Twenty-third Link

[colorbymemory]

Characters: Namine, Amaterasu, Chibiterasu
Content: Field trip to the Louvre
Location: The Louvre. Paris, France. Circa the 1990's.
Time of Day: Early afternoon.
Warnings: Artwork.

Namine hadn’t thought she’d use the time machine. With the exception of Kaldur, Aqua, and Twilight Sparkle’s expeditions to find good books, most of the others seemed to use it for adventures. While she enjoyed hearing their stories after they got back (even if she worried), she was usually well content to wait for them while they were gone.

That was before she’d found about something called an art museum. She hadn’t known that people on this world collected art to display, simply because it was pretty. Some of the pictures in the book had seemed interesting, and a museum seemed safe enough from how she’d heard that sort of place described. The worst was that it might be crowded, and the snacks far too expensive.

Still it seemed best to have some company, and Amaterasu seemed like the one who would most enjoy this sort of excursion. Taking her without asking Chibi along as well seemed cruel, though, so she’d decided to see about getting all three of them there.

The main problem was that, from what she could tell, animals weren’t allowed in museums. Finally, she’d gotten some help finding information about something called a “therapy dog.” Amaterasu had seemed amused at the idea of playing the part of one, with Chibi along as her puppy training for the same kind of work.

That settled, it was time to go. At first, they’d see if all three of them could go through with her carrying Chibi. If that didn’t work, Amaterasu would wait while she went back for Chibi.

Comments

[yabigfurball]

It looked like they weren't going to be left alone at this point. Admittedly, Amaterasu was annoyed...this museum was big, and they hadn't gotten to see nearly enough of it so far. But from the sound of what Namine was saying, they were probably going to have to leave anyway. How fair was it to chase out someone harmless like Namine?

Still, it wouldn't do to resist what Namine said. She began to follow her back out the way they came.

While Ammy didn't want much trouble for Namine or Chibi, she was not without her mischievous side. As they began to leave, she glanced back and drew a power slash over the guard. It wouldn't actually cut him like it would an enemy, but it probably would feel like someone had slapped him upside the back of the head really hard.

[littlesun]

Chibi laughed silently. The guard had deserved that, after bothering poor Namine the way he had. At least they had gotten to see some of the things that the museum had to offer before heading back. It would be a nice memory that they could take home with them afterwards.

He'd have to see if Namine could teach him that different style of drawing or painting; it would be a good way to pass the time.

[colorbymemory]

Namine appreciated how readily Amaterasu and Chibi followed her. Looking back to see if they were being followed, she saw the guard react as if struck, and then noticed Chibi's laugh. Well, she couldn't prove it was either of them, and it had distracted the guard long enough for them to lose themselves in the crowd heading outside so he couldn't follow them anymore.

All too soon they'd made it back to the time machine. It was too bad they hadn't been able to stay longer, but they'd made some good memories. She'd be happy to have Chibi paint with her sometime so she could show him how those kind of paints worked.