[ Arrival has been hard on Lillie. Once the shock wears off, once she is certain Nebby is simply not here and not...lost out in the wilds. The panic has been difficult to stuff down consistently. For now, she's simply tired, and stays in her new lodgings for the first couple of days, trying to make sense of things.

The Galaxy Team had told her she didn't have to work for her keep, that she was young and they understood if she felt it was too dangerous or difficult. But sitting on her futon, pokeball clutched in shaking hands, she isn't sure she believes them. Surely the time will come when she will be more of a burden than an asset? She has to be ready for that. Or she has to be ready to command the creature she arrived with - a Cutiefly, whom she's been calling Blossom - in the field. She's not sure she's got it in her.

So she lets the little creature out of the ball and feels her breath catch in her throat as it looks at her expectantly. Perhaps you're her roommate, or perhaps you wandered into the wrong room, but whatever your reason for being here, she doesn't seem to notice anyone enter initially and is talking softly to the creature. ]

H-Hello. Um...I just wanted to meet you properly. My name is Lillie. I hope we can be friends.

[ Thankfully, not every task boils down to battling. Sometimes it's enough just to ask your bee-adjacent friend to gather some honey from other bee-adjacent friends. During one of her round trips between the Fieldlands and the Wallflower, Beni has asked her to take a break and help with prep work.

Lillie isn't much of a chef, or a craftsperson, or a trainer, but she turns out to be pretty okay at sorting and washing ingredients. You can find her hard at work in the kitchen, extracting honey from combs and sorting it into perfectly portioned tiny ceramic jars. She's been told they'll be serving tea, so she takes it upon herself to portion out the leaves for when the pots are ready, and to clean the cups that will be used. But boy there sure are a lot of cups and boy there sure is a lot of honey and if she looks frazzled and sticky it's because she is frazzled and her hands are super sticky. She sure would welcome a helping hand, or at least some conversation. ]

[ When the time comes for eating, Lillie can't lie - she's hungry and tired from all the prep work and walking between the Combee hives and the village. She finds a place near the edge of one of the outside seating areas and takes only a small bit of mochi and rice, and a small cup of tea. It's painfully apparent she feels awkward about taking food others have made without paying in some way. After all, even Commander Kamado said that they'd be expected to put food back on the table, and Lillie knew she had no concrete skills for that.

But if you're looking for a quiet place to sit, near Lillie is probably a good bet. Besides, she looks oddly sad for being at a celebration. Perhaps you can cheer her up? ]

[ As night begins to fall, so do the stars. Beautiful, colorful streaks across a jet black sky. Lillie stares up at them in awe and wonder and immediately rattles off a wish in her mind for each color she sees. Wishes for Nebby, and Professor Kukui and his kind wife, and even one for herself and her safety here in Hisui. When she's done, she turns to the nearest person with an excited smile. ]

Did you make a wish? They say each color can grant one wish...

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