School's Out! (tataani and open)

Boarding school needed a new name. Borrrjing ssschool. Daani was wearing half of her uniform - a navy mini skirt - but had opted for a bright green tube top to show off her blossoming figure. She was sixteen now, no longer the little girl who had chased mice around the floor of this very establishment.

She also was supposed to be meeting her guardian for lunch. Her mother had finally taken one too many pills and killed herself, and so the cubling had been transferred to the care of Tataani Meorrrei. Daani ran a hand through her long blonde hair, luxuriating in the feel of it, and made her way to the bar. It wasn't as hard to get onto a stool as she remembered. The young Cizerack cleared her throat to get the bartender's attention, and tried out something new. "I would like a bowl of sajoi please."

The bartender did a double take, but nodded and turned away to fill the order. Daani grinned triumphantly. Her teachers were very impressed at her ability to produce accentless Basic, although it did require a lot of concentration. As far as she knew, she was the only full-blood who had the ability. People whispered that she might even have a chance to get into the K.A.R. because of it.

Daani looked around to see if her 'aunt' was already there.

The Cizerack Female's perfect basic cought another person's attention. Jaassuuvi, A large full-blood cizerack male with light creamy brown skin, dark brown stripes, and short brown hair, was sitting next to the Female with his back turned to her. At the sound of her good basic he turned in his seat to look at her. Never had he heard such good basic out of the mouth of his Species

"How djid jyou learrrn to ssspeak ljike that?" He asked "Neverrr have jI hearrrd a Cjizerrrack ssspeak ljike that."

"Because she's a rregularr genjious!"

Taataani practically beamed as she entered the Bar and Grill, regarding her "niece" with all of the doting affection she was known for.

Grinning ear-to-ear, Taa approached Daani, for once at a loss for anything to say. Eventually she got over herself, throwing her arms over the teenager's shoulders in a hug.

"Ohh how long has jit been? jI rrememberr when you werre just a ljittle snaggletoothed cubljing chasjing everrythjing that moved on the floor. You arre shapjing up jinto a beautjiful young lady!"

Daani blushed mightily at Taataani's compliments, and hugged her tightly as well. "Aunt Taa, jI've mjissssssed jyou." She felt the familiar cold of the older female's spectacles against her ear, and pulled away, grinning. "jI'm onljy one jyearrr frrrom grrraduatjion! Can jyou beljieve jit'sss been sssjix jyearrrsss?!"

She tugged Taa towards the stool next to hers, just as her bowl of sajoi arrived. The little white mice were crawling over each other with frenetic energy, but the lip of the bowl curved inwards so they could never climb out. Daani dipped her slim hand in and pulled out two by the tails and handed one to her 'aunt.' "jIsss Sssaarrrrrrrrreeaa ssstjill on Corrrussscant?"

"Alrready?!?"

Taa gawked, looking at the youngster.

"But...just yesterrday you werre jin prrjimarrjies."

She took the rodent from Daani with a thank you in her native tongue.

"Cjirrsseeto would be so prroud. jI thjink he and my daughterr arre on some vacatjion of sorrts, orr so she told me last. jIn all honesty jI haven't spoken to Saa jin severral weeks."

She shrugged a little.

"That's alrrjight. She's so busy all the tjime. jI'd just wejigh herr down."

The sajoi flipped itself over, scrambling up the top of Taa's hand, and the Cizerack matron decided it's time was up, popping it in her mouth with a flick of the wrist. Speaking mid-chew, Taataani paused only to lick the sajoi's tail up, and swallowed it down.

"Have you thought about what you want to do? You know, afterr grraduatjion?"

Jaas turned away as the older female approuched. The last thing he needed was to make a female angry at him and in his grumpy mood he was more then likely to say something rude

He didn't watch them but he listened. He didn't reconized any of the names and continued to sip his drink.

ooc: you keep messing up the accent, 'Taa.' :p /ic:

Daani dabbed her lips with a napkin and fished for another sajoi as she answered Taa's question. "To be honessst, jI have no jidea. Therrre'sss been talk of the..." She looked around, and lowered her voice, "the K.A.R. But jI don't know that jI want to get jinto that. But the opporrrtunjitjy!"

Taa's brow furrowed somewhat.

"Well, yourr carreerr jis forr you alone to decjide. jI just want you to be carreful. jI don't know what those K.A.R. people do, and jit worrjies me."

She glanced to the floor, as she toed Daani's barstool.

"Then agajin, you could do worrse. Look at my sjisterr. Orr worrse, what poorr Saarreeaa has to endurre. jI just want you all to be happy."

Daani's eyes widened. "Half-sssisssterrr, Auntjie. jYou don't want to be assocjiated wjith herrr too much." She tossed her hair over her shoulder, and laughed off the tense moment. "Anjy wajy, the K.A.R. hasssn't come to me wjith an offerrr orrr anjythjing, and jI haven't appljied therrre jyet.

"jI jussst don't know what jI want to do. The mjiljitarrrjy jisss too... too bossssssjy, jI sssuck at math so accountjing jisss out..." Daani chewed another sajoi pensively. "I just do not know what to do."