The ride to the small planet was boring, even Dia's cheerful attitude diminished slightly in the time. When they landed on the planet she found herself in a small town that seemed to be the center of commerce. As her first quest she decided to find a place to stay.

"We don't have any rooms." A busty woman said to her from behind a bar. It was the fourth inn she had tried, and by far the most dingy.

"You must be joking, right? Isn't there any inn on this entire blasted planet that isn't completely roomed?" Arcadia asked, exasperated.

The woman gave her a cold stare before letting a small smirk crawl onto her face. "Well Miss, for a fine gal such as y'self, I'd suggest checkin' out the ol'Benbow on the 'ill." She set down a glass she was cleaning and pulled up another one, "It's just north o'town."

Arcadia resisted the urge to roll her eye at the woman and put on a forced smile instead, "Thank you ma'am." She carried her belongings outside and looked around. All the buildings in the area were short, and there was only one hill that Dia could spot. It looked to be a fair distance away, about an hour's walk, if not more. Dia thanked whatever might be listening and pulled out her surfer. She revved it up and flew off towards the hill in the distance.

The land of the planet looked dry and rocky, but that was probably just this region. Dia saw that the inn that was mentioned before looked rather homey and even had its own dock system. Although Dia didn't like having to stay at a place so far out of the hubbub of a town, she found this inn to look the most comfortable out of all the ones she had seen in the town.

She landed just outside the building and walked in, pushing the old wooden door back. She was greeted with many curious glances from plenty of folk who appeared to be eating their lunches happily in the inn's diner.

All the customers eventually went back to their food and chatter, leaving Dia to stand there waiting.

"Ah! I'll be right there!" An older voice said. It was a female, gentle, motherly sounding voice. Dia felt a small pang in her chest at the thought.

After a few moments a woman walked up to Arcadia. She had brown hair that was swept back into tight bun, with a few wisps of hair escaping the hair band. Her blue eyes looked slightly frazzled and but the smile on her face showed she enjoyed the work.

"Hello Miss! Welcome to the Benbow Inn! Is there anything I can help you with?" The woman asked.

"Ah yes Madam." Arcadia said with a broad smile. "I'm looking for a room to rent. For a little under a week's time."

The woman's smile grew at the prospect of a high yield customer. "That's great! We don't have anyone occupying the rooms right now so you even have your pick! Let me just get the keys and give Mrs. Dunwiddle her juice."

"Of course!" Arcadia said with a bow.

The inn keeper looked at her oddly before rushing into the kitchen. After giving the octopus-like woman her drink, the woman walked over to Dia holding a large ring of keys.

"Follow me!" She said and began walking up the stairs.

Arcadia followed, looking at the handcrafted stairway with awe. "This is a beautiful inn you have yourself Miss...?"

"Oh! Hawkins, Sarah Hawkins." Sarah said with a smile over her shoulder. "Thank you for saying so, it's taken a long time to make this place what it is today."

"I could only imagine." Arcadia looked down a long hallway that had 7 rooms branching from it.

"Now, there are 5 rooms, each with their own baths. The last two rooms are mine and my son's." Sarah selected a key and opened the first door on their right. "You can have whichever you want."

Arcadia looked around the room to see it was decorated in mostly spring colors, filled with pastels and cheerful designs. She tilted her head and turned to Sarah, "If you have any rooms decorated with reds I would love it."

Sarah gave her a smile and closed that door, locking it and walking to the second to last door on the right. When the door swung open Dia was greeted with reds of all shades sweeping the room from the rug on the floor, to the sheets on the bed, and the curtains around the window. Dia smiled happily.

"This will do just fine!" Dia walked in with Sarah right after her. Dia slung her bag to the floor and it plopped down heavily. With care she moved her board to gently rest on the ground as well, without scraping anything.

"So how much will this be?" Dia asked, turning to Sarah who was offering a key. Dia took the key in hand and slid it into her pocket.

"It'll be 300 a night, that includes two meals and all utilities." Sarah said with a cautious smile, afraid of a customer who couldn't pay.

Arcadia could feel the woman's wariness and pulled out her card, "Charge for 5 nights, if you will."

Sarah took the card with a shocked expression, but quickly hid it with a smile, "Thank you so much ma'am."

"Dia." Arcadia responded.

Sarah looked at her with confusion, "Excuse me?"

"My name. It's Arcadia Williams, but just call me Dia for short." Dia winked at Sarah before picking her board up again. "You can return the card to my nightstand when you've finished, but do you know of any good area to go solar surfing in?"

"Well..." Sarah bit her lip, looking at the new board in her hands. "I don't know of any, but my son loves solar surfing. I'll check if he's around and send him to meet you outside."

Arcadia offered the woman another broad smile before nodding and walking out the room, shutting and locking the door behind her. She walked down the stairs and out the door. While waiting, Dia figured she may as well sit so she walked over to a nearby rock and sat on it, leaning the board against the side.

"So you're the one who wants to go surfing?" a voice asked from behind her.