Cheep hops on the truck when it speeds up, since be can't go that fast on his own. He's a bit nervous about going away from his Meelia but she likes adventures and so does he.

The truck goes at a pretty steady pace so it's not all that hard to hold on once he's found a good niche on the bumper.

The truck drives out of the city, dumps its contents into a pit, and then turns around and drives back in to the city again.

Cheep hops off the truck at the pit - this place looks so different then the other places near her and Meelia will be so proud of him. Also it's his chance to find the shiny foil!

Finding the shiny foil is not going to happen, it's really not set up for that to be doable. The pit is crunching up all the trash and turning it into compact chunks and conveyor-belting them into a deeper pit-section.

There are a few little buildings around the giant machinery and the people in them have red hair.

Cheep would still try to get the foil but thinks it seems too scary and isn't as good at figuring out ways to do things as his Meelia. Instead he goes to find out what the New Color people are doing!

One of them is monitoring some instruments displaying various numbers. One is watching a video feed of trucks as they approach. A group of two are meeting one of the trucks before it can dump anything, and taking some of the stuff off it and putting it on a different truck.

Cheep is investigates all the different things people are doing, saving the Different Truck for until he's done exploring here.

Numbers Red appears to be scared of mice and yelps and stands up on her chair when he approaches.

Oh no, Cheep didn't mean to scare her! He wiggles at her to let her know he is friendly and okay to meet.

She grabs a broom and attempts to sweep him away, yelping!

He is okay being swept away even if he's a bit sad about scaring her.

Meanwhile, back in the city, Meelia is on her own exploring adventure.

Does Meelia want to crash this park party full of purples? Does she want to watch a green put a mural on the side of a wineshop? Does she want to buy a swimsuit and go swimming in this swimming pool? Does she want to tag along with this field trip of little oranges at the science museum? Does she want to splash in this fountain? Does she want to listen to this string quintet playing an open-air theater?

She wants to do all of the things!

Then she shall! Tish is endlessly indulgent about this. Eventually Haemi meets up with them at the fountain.

Meelia likes trying all the things but likes swimming the best - she's also really really good at it though she might scare Tish a little when she doesn't come up for air for a while once or twice.

She had gotten dry after the pool but now she is wet again from the fountain which she is doing splashy gymnastics in when Haemi shows up.

As long as she's still moving around down there Tish will figure she can just hold her breath a really long time or something.

"Awwww!" says Haemi. "Hi Meelia! Having fun?"

"Yes"

Watery spinny flip! 

Awww. They will sit and watch her <3

She does things sorta like this, 'cept she's better at it and fancier and smaller.

They are very impressed and clap when she completes tricks.

"Do you want me to teach you? I can do some that aren't ankle hurty."

"I think gymnastics is harder for people who are bigger! If I were going to learn even non-ankle-hurty tricks like that I'd want to start somewhere with a softer surface than a fountain," says Haemi.

"I can teach you on the grass and can do easy things? Like stretches that look sorta fun or jumping jacks."

"Yeah, all right," says Haemi, and Tish gets up too and they go over to the grassy area.