Families are hard enough to get there on time. What about mixed group of small aliens, and Carer(s) taking them for an 'outing'. -- KnitNan
"Zolt, stop playing in your sib's livesuit, it doesn't fit," Pripa Lylon Kazemahou was still working on the lunchbox assembly line, but that didn't stop him from monitoring the kids' activity whilst his hands were occupied. Even a Gyiik's four arms were not enough to deal with such a full family. "Now put on the gloves and get a cleanser cloth and go over all of the inside there so ze doesn't get the sneezies today."
Zolt whined about it, but she got moving. Anyone can make a mistake, went the Kazemahou family saying, it's making things better that shows you're sorry.
Staas emerged, taking hir daily antihistamine. As a level one Havenworlder, ze had reactions to most of the rest of the universe. Zolt's deciduous scales were one of the things ze reacted to. Ze was one of the reasons why there were special sterilisers on the Kazemahou family kitchen countertop. "Thank you for cleaning my suit," said Staas, climbing in. "You've made sure I don't sneeze and itch all day."
Secpa Tex had finished wrestling Gij into her clothes, and ran an incidental washcloth over Blai's besmeared face. "Those of you who can dress yourselves had better be. Staas, we had your nutrient pack filled last night, so it's going to be room temperature." Another pair of shoes were found and matched to the feet that should have been wearing them. "Lau, get off the datareader. We're leaving for the nature museum in an hour."
Lau slouched towards the door, "I've been ready for ten minutes, I'll still be ready in an hour and a half when everybody else is ready."
"If you want us to be ready sooner, you could help," singsonged Lylon.
Lau gave him an exasperated growl and began herding toddlers of all species towards their Secpa.
Blended families could get complicated. Blended foster families triply so.
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