Milly's Journal

-can you smile for Momma? Can you? Oh that's a beautiful smile, now hold it-

[You are being treated to a quick snap of baby Noah Wolfwood, now eight weeks old, smiling at the camera and looking generally adorable with his little tufts of jet black hair and big blue eyes. The sound of the baby cooing happily can also be easily heard, as can the sound of him being kissed noisily by his doting mother.]

I just can't believe he's already eight weeks old, it seems to have gone by so fast which is funny when I haven't slept through an awful lot of it but that's all changing now because Mr. Noah here is finally learning that Momma and Daddy need to sleep at night too so they can play with him properly, aren't you bubba? And he's getting so big! he can't fit into any of the things he had when we first brought him home, it's a shame really because a lot of them were awfully cute, but we just have to go out and get him more and hope he doesn't grow out of them too fast.

[Yet more kissing and happy cooing.]

Anyway! It looks like there's an awful lot of New Feathers arriving again so I just wanted to say hello and welcome to Luceti, and I hope you won't be too upset about being here. I know it's a terrible shock to arrive here all alone and with wings of all things, and a lot of strange and sometimes scary things can happen, but there are also a lot of very good things and wonderful, kind people here, so please don't be afraid to make the best of it.

Action

[Milly and Noah are going to be out and about shopping with the pram, stop and say hi... and be prepared to have your ear talked off because Milly's just about the proudest and most talkative new mother you'll ever meet.]

[Action]

[Milly's out in the garden, covered in dirt and digging out a vegetable patch. Her face is smeared with mud and there's dirt under her nails, but she seems to be very happy otherwise if you happen to come across her. 

What is she doing? Apparently, she is gardening.

Everyone's been so sad lately. Meryl's still missing, and she knows that Mr. Vash is just as worried about it as she is. Mr. Sanji-chan has gone and she knows that his friends are upset about it, and Mr. Priest goes very quiet when she asks about him, and she knows that a lot of people seem to fall away from Luceti like how the leaves are falling from the trees, and there's nothing she can do to stop it. 

Milly Thompson, however, is a determined girl, and she's not about to let the reminded uncertainty of life here wear her down. So she is channeling her energies into making something nice, and to give people something to look forward to.

Later on, she'll be out in town to buy some lumber and some paint, and run some errands. Why don't you stop to say hello?]


[Voice]

Hello Luceti! I'm wondering if you could give me some advice; I'm trying to start up a vegetable patch in our garden so we can have some of our own veggies next year, but I'm a bit of a beginner when it comes to growing things. Does anyone know what sort of plants do best when you plant them at this time of year, and are easy to look after?

[She waits for a little bit.]

And I'd just like to say... to everyone who's lost a friend recently, or who's missing somebody... please look after yourself. I know it's very, very easy to be sad, and you don't really feel like you want to be happy, but my mother once said to me "Milly Thompson, if you don't wear a smile at least once every day, you'll make somebody very sad because you won't be sharing your smile with them," so... try to do that because you never know, if your smile makes just one other person smile then it's a good thing, and it might just make you start to feel happy again.

[Gosh, where did all that come from? She coughs a little.]

Um... that's all I wanted to say. Really. Have a nice day!