The Smeet

The Vacation

If someone had told her that her father owned a sort of vacationing place she wouldn't have believed them.

But it turned out it was located on a nice planet named Vacatio*, made into a beach-like vacationing resort. It wasn't that bad, it was mostly beaches and a blue ocean. The Irken Armada stopped there for a break in order to raise the morale (plus Red and Purple really wanted a break), and she found it was actually open to all species, much like Foodcourtia.

Having spent her first four years in space without even having seen her own homeworld yet, Ilk was very curious about the new surroundings; the sky was a clear blue, there was actual ground under her feet and a pleasant breeze caressing her skin. It was a nice feeling.

To Red, though, it was a bittersweet moment. Being here brought him memories of Miyuki, it had been her favorite planet. In fact, SHE had turned this planet into a resort in the first place as an attempt to raise morale. As such, she had owned a villa here which she left to him after... the incident.

But he never came to Vacatio afterwards, it brought him too much pain being there. It had been their favorite place, and it pained him that he'd never enjoy her company again.

In this instance he couldn't refuse, however, given that Purple really wanted to come here and Ilk went with the flow, in part because she was curious about the place herself. Eventually, with no other choice, the Massive made a stop in Vacatio. He had to admit, though, Ilk's awed expression made it worth.

"You own the place, daddy?" she asked, looking around the house's big living room, which had been changed from blue to red hues after the property was given to Red.

"The planet actually is the Empire itself's, only the house is actually mine." Red explained, chuckling despite the squirming feeling in his squeedly-spooch.

"Why don't we live here?"

"You see, daddy's job requires him to travel around the galaxy making sure Operation Impending Doom II goes smoothly."

"You mean the thingy where you blow planets up?"

"I wouldn't exactly say we blow them up, we just give them a new purpose."

"But what about the people who live there? Shouldn't you ask them first?"

There it was again. It was worrying him. She actually cared about inferior species's feelings; it was going to be a problem when she went to the Academy. Hopefully it would go with time as she matured, or when she got a PAK it would diminish it.

He couldn't say he wanted it removed altogether, however, he loved his daughter the way she was.

Just at that moment Purple emerged from the bathroom, his armor gone, and instead wearing a purple swimsuit that covered most of his body*. "Bikinis, here I come!"

"Why are you so thin if you're always eating doughnuts, uncle Pur?" Ilk asked innocently.

"It's a secret." Purple grinned, wiggling his antennae.

"How about you two go ahead?" Red suggested, looking around. "I'll catch up later, it's been a while since I was here and I'd like to take a look around."

Purple saw through the sugarcoating and nodded. "Ilk, sweetheart, remember I promised you we'd make a sand-fortress?"

"Yay!" Ilk was already running through the doorway, followed by Purple.

Once he found himself alone, Red sighed sadly as he walked upstairs and unto one of the bedrooms. Their bedroom. It was, indeed, still as the last time he was here, minus the color. He swore he could even smell her perfume in the pillows.