Quit Playing Around!

It wasn't hot inside of the Jedi Temple, but it was pleasant for most species. The temperature was regulated by a series of heating and cooling mechanisms that worked together in harmony.

There was some kind of Jedi lesson in that, but Numako wasn't thinking about it. She was too busy making minute adjustments to the various bits of machinery that had been offered up to her after she pried the cover off of a control panel.

The mischievous senshi carefully worked her arm into the wires up to her elbow. Numako grinned to herself as she felt the item she wanted. With a swift tug, the thing broke loose in her hands. She whistled to herself and tucked it in her pocket.

"Wow! It feels great in here!" Yuki exclaimed with a grin. She set her shopping bags down and collapsed onto the all-purpose punching bag/target/table/couch. "Usually it's a little warm."

Priire glared at her. "It is freezing in here!" the ex-mercenary growled. She wasn't too fond of cold weather. The blonde had on a long-sleeved shirt and was tucked under a blanket. "Brrr!"

Zyta was in worse shape. She was bundled in a huge jacket. "Who m-m-messed with th-th-the thermostat?" she chattered. "It's c-c-cold!"

While not affected by the cold, Nom Da'Gara was affected by the complaints of the senshi. And the fact that no one would eat the ice cream desert she'd invented. "I will see what I can do."

Normal people would have attempted to turn the heat up. Nom, however, knew that wouldn't solve the underlying problem. So instead of going to the thermostat and adjusting it, Nom went down the hall toward the rooms of the senshi.

Numako was sitting in a chair. Not just any chair, but a pink chair. Annika's pink chair. However, the mischievous senshi had covered it with a blanket so that the casual observer wouldn't be tempted to return the chair to its rightful owner.

"Numako."

The no-nonsense tones of the Room Behind the Waterfall's resident warrior witch surprised Numako and made her jump sky high. As she did, she lost her hold on the item she had removed from the heating/cooling unit.

"I will take that and return it to its rightful place," Nom announced, pocketing the piece. "And you will quit playing around!"

Numako looked anything but contrite as Nom walked out. "The polarized one, she has," the senshi giggled to herself. "Find out soon, she will. Be far away I must!"

And with that, Numako began running.