<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Mess Hall</span></b><br/><br/>The bustle in the mess hall slowly grew as a steady stream of residents came from the sleeping halls. Shattering the silence with noise in mere minutes. Skippy's whooping almost drowned in clamor of the growing crowd trying to find their seats, but Arthur still laughed softly at his antics. It warmed a veteran's heart to see such youthful excitement full of innocence. From the hallway the goblin had darted out of came those that volunteered to work at the shelter, carrying baskets of bread, cartons of milk, coffee, and much more. Breakfast was always the most hearty meal at the shelter, in order to provide the energy needed for those long, rough days at whatever job or profession the residents held. Arthur wasn't sure where the fried fish came from, or why they'd serve it at breakfast, personally, he preferred some hot soup with some buttered bread, which is exactly what he got.<br/><br/>Spotting Lorelei arrive, Arthur Dent offered a wave to the woman seeking a seat. The man prided himself on knowing most, if not all, the names of the people residing at Arthur's Rest. To have a human recognize them, and remember their names was often comforting to transhumans used to be ignored or unseen. Speaking of such transhumans, Arthur grabbed his bowl of soup when he spotted Aura arriving at the mess hall. The halfbreed was one of the newer members of the shelter, and according to what Mort and Shade had told him, the one with the most trouble to fit in so far. Placing his soup bowl on the table, Arthur sat down in front of the woman eating by her lonesome, greeting her kindly.<br/><br/><span style="color: Blue">"Good morning, Miss Meridian, how are you doing today."</span><br/><br/>A smile on his lips, Arthur spotted Nesea not far from the seat Aura had picked, and offered the snake woman a wave in greeting as well. The welcoming attitude the half-snake showed new residents of the shelter made Arthur quite fond of the scaly woman, even if he had to admit not entirely trusting her.<br/><br/><br/>Meanwhile, Mort had approached Michael, sitting near the man, but not addressing him yet, just watching the man like cats tend to do. Presumably the Cheshire cat was sticking close to the rift-warped human was because the alternative was being cuddled by some kids like Shade, whose blithering comments fell on deaf ears.<br/><br/><b><span style="text-decoration: underline"><br/>
Rift Lab</span></b><br/><span style="color: Plum"><br/>
"...and he says <i>- he says -</i> 'I swear I had two when I came in here!' Hah!"</span><br/><br/>Whisper just finished his rowdy tale when Skippy arrived, laughing heartily at his own humour.<span style="color: Sienna"> "You're so full of shit." </span>Torres moaned tormented at the eldritch cat and it's story, nursing a hangover while draped out in the couch. The rift hunter grumbling ever more when Skippy made his excited entrance, leaving it up to Whisper to great the half-goblin.<span style="color: Plum">"Ah! Skips! Breakfast? You're a good man! Carry on!"</span>The cat laughed, claiming his slice of fish eagerly while Skippy moved on.<br/><br/>Meguri was, unsurprisingly, still wearing her labcoat. It was a poor habit of the kitsune, to keep working late into the night until she simply collapsed of exhaustion. Everyone in the lab knew it was a habit Whisper was heavily concerned but could do little about. At least the Cheshire cat manages to rein it in somewhat by making sure Meguri only gets her hands on decaff coffee. The sleeping foxgirl moaned tired at Skippy's poking, her tail twitching but failing to wake otherwise.<br/><br/>It was only when Skippy skipped over to Takara that Meguri could muster enough energy to raise her head off the keyboard with a long groan.<i>"...Mmmmm... Asa Sudeni? Morning already?"</i>She stretched and yawned, looking over at her fellow scientist working at the rift lab, rubbing the sleep from her as she greeted Takara and Skippy.<i> "Good morning you two, what's all the racket for?"</i><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>