"So, how's work been?" Ulrich wondered.
"If I didn't know of Arson's existence it'd be fan flippin tastic. Other than that, things have been cool." Naomi answered.
"Humans can work for QUILL right?" Aelita pondered.
"You might be able to show Moniqa a thing or two, who knows? But yeah, though the only position you could work in is coding since it's dangerous to be out on the field cause ya have ta fight Adepts which is hard for humans. Why do you want to join all of a sudden anyways?" Naomi responded.
"I'm just worried that with everything that's happened to my parents thta I'll have trouble getting a job where I can stay safe." Aelita explained.
"The only reason you'd need to worry if you worked for the Sumeragi would be if you were experimented on or you were the one doing the experimenting." Naomi assured.
"How'd you know that Naomi?" Yumi asked.
"I looked it up, you guys know I worked for the Sumeragi cause I was lab created right?" Naomi sneered.
"Of course we know." Yumi confirmed.
"I didn't." Aelita added.
"Dang it." Naomi groaned.
"So, Naomi, if there was anything you could change about your current life, what would you pick and why?" Odd queried.
"My family so I would have less issues." Naomi remarked.
"You know that's not nice right?" Jeremy commented.
"I have to agree with Naomi on this one Einstein." Ulrich laughed.
"So, about the whole being lab created thing, what's it like?" Aelita wondered.
"Uh, it's hard to explain. I was created with the same genetic material as Copen and Mytyl but I was created in a tube with similar dimensions to the scanners. Biologically we're siblings but i just feel alienated." Naomi explained.
"Huh? So you're an alien?" Aelita guessed.
"Heck no! What gave ya that idea!?" Naomi protested.
"Well you did say you felt alienated." Aelita supposed.
"Alienated means you feel like you don't belong somewhere due to your personality, physical appearance or other qualities. But for me it's my origin." Naomi elucidated.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that." Aelita apologized.
"Thanks, it's not your fault though." Naomi thanked.
"How many bad habits do you have?" Ulrich queried.
"Whadda ya mean?" Naomi pondered.
"Aelita felt bad for you, but you said it wasn't her fault." Ulrich informed.
"Your point being?" Naomi yawned.
"People like that tend to be used by others." Ulrich notified.
"Ha! That'll never - switching gears. It isn't Aelita's fault so what's wrong with that?" Naomi remarked.
"Naomi's right, there's no reason she couldn't notify Aelita it wasn't her fault. Aelita possibly felt the reason Naomi was feeling alienated was because of her." Jeremy theorized.
"I did feel as if I made Naomi feel unwelcome." Aelita admitted.
"Well I hope it makes you smile knowing I feel better around you. You're nice and your hair color is vastly different from that of the majority of the population." Naomi smiled.
"Since there's no missions or anything we need to worry about, what should we do today?" Odd questioned.
"Maybe we could go to my house and talk." Aelita suggested.
"Sounds great, let's race there from the park enterance to the Hermitage. Ulrich and Yumi take the North path, Jeremy and Aelita take the East path, Odd takes the South path and I'll take the West path. Whoever reaches the Hermitage first has to have their arms up or sit. Now, the winner gets bragging rights for an entire week. Call me when you get to your designated paths." Naomi spoke before running to get to the West path.
After reaching the West path and waiting, Naomi got her last call from Odd. So she created a group chat to tell the others all at once to start running. As she was running, Naomi heard footsteps behind her, thinking it was one of the others messing with her. Most likely Odd, so Naomi turned around.
"How's it feel to be eatin my dirt? And not a dirt cake either." Naomi mocked.
However, when Naomi opened her eyes, she saw a ninja.