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"You're the Three Fairies of Light, right? Cirno already told me a little about you all."
"Mhm~! I'm Luna, that's Sunny and that's Star. Dai-chan is here too because we figured the more the merrier today!"
"It's nice to meet you Miss Renko!"
"Larva said you had a cool hat! Are you just not wearing it right now?"
"I have a couple cool hats, thank you very much. This outfit just...doesn't need one. Actually, it's nice to meet you all but can I ask a funny question?"
"What is it?", the three say in unison as they lean in towards Renko.
"None of you would've happened to have seen a...stray hat? Floating around the Forest anywhere maybe?" It was a longshot but she needed every chance she could get.
"A hat, huh? Uhmm...no, not really."
"Yeah, I don't think we've seen anything out-of-the-ordinary around lately. Except you Renko."
"Why do you ask? Did you lose the coolest one?"
"Oh! That must've been the important thing you were talking about, right?"
"Yeah, Cirno's right. I lost one of my good hats flying around with Marisa and I fear it might be done for by now."
"Well we can always try and keep an eye out for it if you'd like."
"Plus, the Forest still gets a decent amount of traffic this time of year so it could've ended up in someone else's hands too."
"What did it look like?"
"Black with a slightly-curved brim, bow with a white finish, but it's not the most important thing to worry about..."
"You looked pretty stressed over it earlier, are you sure it's not all that important?"
"I'm just saying there are bigger things to focus on now! I need to find shelter for the night that isn't just here and I don't even have a plan together for what I'm going to do tomorrow yet."

"Wait, do you mean that Marisa's...not coming back tonight?"
"Nope. The Scarlet Sisters scooped her up and Renko here barely made it out of the Mansion with her life! That's why I've been helpin' her out ever since."
"Woah..!"
"That's so brave!"
"Poor Marisa..."

"I was wondering where she must've went, those Vampires really are no joke...I can't believe you three were actually maids there once."
"It wasn't for too long, all we wanted was a nice vacation spot away from home."
"Maid work is a lesser-fairy's job if ya ask me, what's in it for you even? Besides like...shelter, and food, and security, and...uh...you all know I'm right!"
"Maybe we should take this outside so were not just chatting in the middle of someone's broken house..."

Everyone more-or-less agreed with Luna's suggestion since their little impromptu meeting was starting to feel more like a post-break-in bickering session, the messy environment not really all that conducive to anything constructive anyways now that Renko was essentially done with the place until further notice. The Physicist idly trailed the other 5 fairies with her belongings as they all began to file out into Marisa's front lawn, the descending sun overhead hopefully being just a little more inspirational for these embodiments of nature.
"Did you three even have any good ideas for today before calling me up in the first place?"
"Well...not really? It was a little hard to wake up Sunny this morning so we were all feeling sorta off but I think Star thought of something. Didn't you?"
"Oh yes! I did have one idea...but I ended up forgetting all about it by the time we got fed up with looking for Cirno earlier."
"You big dummies! Why didn't you think of writing anything down?"
"They probably didn't even think they'd have to Cirno, it's not like they could've predicted I'd wind up in your hands by the time today rolled around."
"Well all that stuff doesn't even matter now anyways, what's important is that we're all here now."
"Then where do you think we should go from here, Sunny?"

For a moment, everyone had stopped to think the Greater Fairy's question over in the grass. A few birds flew overhead and Cirno laid back in the grass eyes-closed with a sigh as the brainstorming session began.

"Miss Renko, how long do you think you'd be able to hang out with us for until you have to get going?"
"I'd say until tomorrow afternoon at the very latest. If I can help it then I wouldn't want to stay anywhere all that conspicuous for the night but I need to be sure I can have something else to focus on after tonight. I didn't exactly come here for some kind of Fall Vacation." Though, part of the Physicist still craved some kind of a small break after the rollercoaster of risk that's been these past few days.
"Well...I don't think our house would be able to cut it there. All our beds are too small for most humans and it's pretty close to the Shrine anyways."
"I don't know Sunny, we could get a bunch of our blankets & pillows together and make a nice little space for Miss Renko on the floor."
"You want to have a guest over and have her sleep on the /floor?/ Where's the hospitality in that?!"
"Oh c'mon, I don't think it'd be so bad. Where else could we even take her for the night without exposing her beyond the Forest?"