Everybody that I meet just seems to make my life complete

[thewisdomwithin]

The magic of this part of Outer Space just kept surprising Mokey - particularly the transformations. While it was all impossible to understand, she had found she liked that about it best of all. It was so mystical! Not every "why" needed to be answered. As such, she wasn't hung up on why Daniel had been able to transform into a Fraggle. She had just accepted it, and of course, welcomed Daniel to visit the group in their home with open arms.

He'd been passing time with Gobo - as indicated by the music that echoed underground - but Gobo'd had something to do eventually, and left. While Mokey had originally been seeking out Daniel just to make sure he had everything he needed and was enjoying himself, a thought occurred to her on the way - now she could truly thank Daniel for his help and his courage in the poaching incident.

She followed what was now the sound of just one instrument until she found him seated on a shelf in the rock wall, strumming idly. "Oh, Daniel!" she called up with a wave.

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[scattered_rose]

Daniel gave her an odd look for a moment, before it clicked and he started laughing. "Okay, now I know why I thought his accent noteworthy." He still giggled a bit some himself, as he spoke. "A lot of people talk like that where I come from."

[thewisdomwithin]

"They do?" Mokey gasped, looking positively delighted. "Well, Gobo has to go there to visit someday, then!"

[scattered_rose]

He snickered softly. "That's a long way away. Hold on, lemme show you." He reached into a pocket and pulled out his phone, unlocking it and opening up the map. Leaning over a little, he turned it so they both could see. "Here, this is where we are, underneath Duckburg. And," he paused to punch in coordinates, "aaaaalllll the way over there is where I'm from." Hitting another button, he had the map draw a line between the two of them, and even if the map itself wouldn't give her a sense of scale, the travel time- in the amount of several days -certainly would.

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey's eyes went wide when Daniel pulled out his phone - phones had such bright colors and could do amazing things! Her eyes combed over the map, and she made a surprised sound.

"But we're not there! I thought you could only see where you are with the phone... Amazing. I see what you mean though. Walking for that many days would be very tiring- What if we took another plane?"

And maybe she just wanted to get up in a plane again.

[scattered_rose]

"Oh sure, phones can let you see almost anywhere." Closing the map, he locked it and secreted it away again. "A plane? Yeah, a plane would definitely get us there in a few hours, maybe only a couple days at the most."

[thewisdomwithin]

"Yes, flying in a plane there would be very nice," Mokey stated matter-of-factly. "We should ask Scrooge if he has any planes that go there."

[scattered_rose]

He snorted in his throat. "Scrooge has planes that go everywhere, believe me. He's even been to East Hollow himself before; he's a pretty big supporter behind the Sentinels, and my parents are part of his personal bodyguard team. "If there's anywhere he can get to, it's East Hollow."

[thewisdomwithin]

"Oh, good. I'll ask him about it the next time I see him, then," Mokey decided, leaning back on her elbows. "It'll be another big adventure!"

[scattered_rose]

He leaned on his hands, smiling at her. "You seem really big on adventure. I guess that must be why you're with Gobo, huh?"

[thewisdomwithin]

Mokey smiled fondly off across the tunnel. "I suppose that's part of it, but I wasn't always so sure I liked it. Oh, gathering radishes was always fine, but once I had a chance to leave the Rock, long before Gobo left. I... I wasn't ready, though, back when Cantus gave me a spot with the Minstrels."

[scattered_rose]

"Yeah?" Daniel leaned around a little, watching her. "What was that like?"

[thewisdomwithin]

"The Minstrels are musicians who spread their songs to all the Fraggles of the world, and Cantus is their leader, as much as they have one. He's wonderful, and he helped me hear a Ping - a spark of the music inside me. I did leave with them for about a day, but I missed home, and my friends... I was scared, really. I didn't want to lose what I had." She sat up a bit, glancing over at Daniel. "But then I learned how you cannot leave the magic. And I saw it was true when Gobo left, so... I was able to leave, this time."

[scattered_rose]

"'You cannot leave the magic.'" He rolled that around for a moment, smiling. "That's a really nice way of putting that. And I'm glad you found yourself able to leave the Rock and explore some on your own, too. It's fun to get out and see new sights. If I'd never left East Hollow, I wouldn't have ever met Bridge, for example."

[thewisdomwithin]

"Oh, that's true," Mokey said with a warm smile. "And now that you've met him, it means you have more home than you did before. I think that's another thing I've learned. Home is more about who's there than where it is."