Elea grinned. "You really can't blame me, the sea lions made me go swimming with them." She moved over to the nearest vendor to get a soft pretzel for herself, glancing over at Lotus to see what she wanted.

Lotus got a soft pretzel as well, and sat down with Elea.

"I doubt the sea lions needed to do much convincing," she teased her friend.

"Not much," Elea agreed with a wicked little grin. She did pause when she noticed two guys walking together looking kind of lost.

"Think I should go help them?" She bit her lower lip, trying to decide. She really should go be a good employee and help the poor lost people. But she was on break.

"Up to you," Lotus replied. Elea could also just sit there and see if the guys came to her, and technically not leave her break, as well. That was also an option.

Elea looked at them for a few seconds before she shrugged. If they really needed help they'd find someone.

"Admit it," Rory said, looking over at his friend in exasperation. "We're lost. You got us lost."

"We're not lost," Tristan retorted. "Not really. There's only so many places we can go here. We'll figure out where we are."

Rory snorted. "And you have no idea where we are. You got us lost; you figure it out. Go ask someone." He waved a vague hand towards the vendors and Elea, who was still sitting enjoying her snack.

"Why are you making me go ask?" Tristan replied. "You can go ask just as easily."

"Because this is your fault. You go fix it, you big baby." Rory rolled his eyes. Honestly, his friend was hopeless.

"This is not my fault, you insisted we didn't need the map," Tristan grumbled. But he did make his way over to the girl in the uniform shirt. "Excuse me, real quick?"

Elea stifled her sigh and looked up at him with a pleasant smile. "How can I help you?" She shifted a little, setting her napkin off to the side so she could toss them later.

"My friend and I seem to be lost," Tristan said. "We've been trying to find the sea lions, and the signs are all leading us in circles." He paused for a second. "Well. I want to find the sea lions. My friend wants to see the whales, but he just has no taste." He grinned a bit.

Elea chuckled. "Well, the sea lions are right around the corner," she said, pointing. "If you go over there, there's an entrance between two of the rocks. And if you go out the other side and head back towards the front, hang a right and you'll be able to see the whales. The otters and dolphins are all off that direction."

"Awesome, thanks," Tristan said. He grinned. "And I'll let you lovely ladies get back to your lunch." With that, he went back over to Rory. "See, not lost. We were really close."

Rory snorted. "Yeah, but you couldn't figure it out on your own." He rolled his eyes and nodded to the girls to show his thanks before following Tristan over to the sea lions.

"Having fun communing with your cousins?"

"Quiet, you," Tristan retorted as they walked. "Go taunt the sharks or something."

Rory snickered but stuck around for a bit. If they got separated they'd never see each other again in this place.

"Alright, it's time for me to get back to work," Elea said, getting up. "You going to hang around or head back home?"

"I'm going to hang around a bit," Lotus replied, stretching a bit. "Maybe go watch the dolphins or something for a bit."

Tristan turned his attention back to the sea lions. They knew what he was, of course, and were more than willing to chat as they went by.

"Interesting," he muttered after a few minutes. He glanced back to where he last saw the girl in uniform, but she was gone.

"Alright. Well, ring me if you need anything." Elea grinned at her briefly. "I'll see you later, then. Have fun." She headed back behind the sea lion exhibit to put her boots on. Because she had to clean up the exhibit a little.

"What?" Rory had been sort of spacing out, but he looked over at Tristan when he spoke.

"That girl," Tristan said. "The one I asked for directions from. She's like me."

That got Rory's attention. "Is she really?" He smiled slowly. "Well, well. A female in the area that you don't know yet. I'm shocked."

"I know," Tristan replied, just a bit jokingly. "I thought I knew all the females around here."

"Clearly you don't yet." Rory grinned. "You'll have to be sure and add her to your harem before word gets 'round that you let one go."

"I didn't let one go," Tristan protested. "She's not part of the colony."

Rory snickered. "Your girls aren't going to see it like that," he said in a sing-song voice. "Actually, maybe they will. I don't think they want any more girls around."