<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/7/7d/Claire.jpg/265px-Claire.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Sophie DeLaurents</span></span><br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Mascot<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The train station<br/><strong>With:</strong>Her 'uncle', Sue<br/><br/>I was sad to say good bye to aunt Amelia when I left on my but I was excited too.  She was sending me to visit my Uncle Sue for a while so I could see a bit of the 'Verse.  I know I 'vexed auntie Amelia somethin' fierce at times with my questions and gettin' in mischief an this was her way of learnin' me 'bout the wide world.  Not that I 'spected to come back with fancy manners like a Companion or such but there would be lots of fun things to learn and see.  'Sides, Uncle Sue had rescued me from that place and taken me to live with aunt Amelia so he was good folk all around.<br/><br/>Tha trip on tha liner ta get ta Shadow was cool.  I'd been on a ship once when Sue rescued me but never on a shiny ship like that one.  There were lots of fun and sexy people and I made lots and lots of friends.  For some reason the captain got really mad at me and had me locked in my stateroom.  I don't see why he was so angry; sure I sneaked down into the engine room and was necking with the chief engineer but the engines only overheated a teeny bit when I was bent over the control console and pressed all those buttons.<br/><br/>Tha train was fun too.  It was really crowded and I ended up gettin' pushed inta a corner by tha press of people.  That was fun 'cause a couple of cut guys that looked like they was in a gang or somethin' felt me up.  I got really hot and started to make so much noise that the conductor came along and locked me in the bathroom.  It's not like they actually did anything too bad to me; I found my undies and even put them back on.<br/><br/>The big conductor-man led me off the train.  He had really nice muscles and it made me feel tingly when he pulled me along.  He said he was afraid I'd cause another scene or somethin'.  Then I smiled and tried to wave as I saw Uncle Sue.  He looked just the same as when he rescued me.  The conductor pushed me forward toward him.<br/><em><br/><strong>“Is she yours?”</strong></em><br/><br/>I stumbled forward and would have fallen if I hadn't run inta Uncle.  He helped me from fallin' with one strong arm.  I loved it.   I stepped back as my trunk was brought out.  I could tell that Uncle liked my dress.  I wore one of my favorite girlie dresses and I know that Uncle liked it because I saw the way he looked at me.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.prlog.org/11056413-cotton-yellow-lace-trim-sweet-lolita-dress.jpg)</div><br/>The conductor had a couple of things to say to Uncle that didn't make much sense.  I don't think he liked the way I behaved.  That was silly but everyone was different or at least that was what Auntie would say.  I did like the one thing he said;<br/><em><br/><strong>”Spare the rod, spoil the child.”</strong></em><br/><br/>That sounded like fun if I was naughty.<br/><br/>I noticed all this out of the corner of my eyes.  My focus was on the girl in front of me.  She wasn't just no girl, she was a girl I rescued sometime ago, except she was more grown up than I remember her last.  I addressed her directly.<br/><br/>Then uncle Sue spoke to me;<br/><em><br/><strong>"Howdy, Sophie.  It's been a while."</strong></em><br/><br/>I smiled up at him and dipped a little curtsy as Auntie taught me.<strong> "It's good to see you again Uncle Sue, thanks for letting me visit."</strong>Then I stepped into his embrace.  It was good to see him again.  Uncle was so strong and manly.  I felt totally safe in his arms and I wriggled against him to snuggle deeper and just feel his muscles.  Uncle smelled of hard work and man stuff and I just about melted right there.  I sighed and laid my head on his chest.<br/><em><br/><strong>"How ya'll been, Sophie?  What you got there?"</strong></em><br/><br/>Stepping back a bit I handed my letter to him.<strong> "That's a letter from aunt Amelia for you Uncle."</strong>I stood quietly in the crowd and watched him read.  Or at least I watched him for a little bit before I saw a cool video on the new stand display and walked over to watch something about a shiny new dress that all the stars were wearing.  When he was done I looked around as he called me over.<br/><br/>Uncle wheeled my trunk over to a cute little hover car thingie.  I had never been on one and when I got on I bounced a bit to see how the hover thing worked.  I sat next to Uncle as he drove off and watched how he was driving and how things worked.<br/><em><br/><strong>"Why was that conductor all flustered about ya'll?  What kind of trouble was you causin' on that there train, Sophie?"</strong></em><br/><br/>I was dying to know what the letter said but I figured I could sneak it out of uncle Sue's pocket later.<br/><br/><strong>"Oh, tha conductor got angry 'cause a couple of tha guys got me inta a corner and we was neckin'.  Then I pulled the emergency brake lever just ta see if it really worked.  Tha whole train stopped and I think that was why we was late.  I was perfectly behaved."</strong>