In the sleepy coastal village, Floral Forest Village, life was just about slow for a certain mother rabbit. Ironically enough, everyone around her seems to prefer a faster life. At least, that was the case when it came to her daughter.

Cream the Rabbit, Vanilla's six year old daughter, had been allowed, reluctantly, by Vanilla herself to join Sonic and company on their latest expedition to stop Dr. Eggman's scheming again after Tails the Fox managed to pick up some disturbances coming from Eggman's base with a radar. Although Vanilla had worried herself sick at times, she would always remind herself that Sonic and his friends would no doubt save the day, and Cream would be just fine.

Still...without her daughter around, Vanilla finds she becomes a bit of a busybody. She really can't sit down in one place for too long, even if she values the quiet time. So, as she stared out of the window of her quaint, domestic little cottage, she sighed and made up her mind.

"Maybe I'll go do some shopping for Cream when she gets back...I'll bet she'll love it if I bake her her favorite cookies when she comes home!"

With that, the mother rabbit mobian got up and made her way out of her house and went about shopping. Since she was rather popular around town, she made it a point to kindly wave and smile at all her mobian neighbors as she passed by, and also found herself doing much window shopping for clothes that Cream may enjoy as well. She also made sure to buy some of the good oil for Gemerl, a robot that also lived with Vanilla, Cream, Cheese, and Chocola (another Chao that was Vanilla's own companion, whereas Cheese was Cream's).

Along the way, she stopped by another clothing store out of curiosity, but this time, it was for adult mobians such as herself. She saw some beautiful dresses on display, and found her normally droopy orange eyelids widening in intrigue. "Oh my, how modest! And they're affordable, too...but..." Vanilla looked down at herself, tugging on the hem of her own loosely fitted lavender dress, around the skirt area. "Hm...would I really look good in such a thing...? I do wear this dress the most, so maybe I should switch it up..."

Inwardly, Vanilla wondered if she was "letting herself go" a bit. A few years ago, she was able to glide with her massive rabbit ears, just like her daughter Cream, but as of now, she can hardly get herself airborne. Probably because of the size discrepancies between a child rabbit mobian and an adult; she was 4'3 feet tall (fairly tall for mobian standards), whereas Cream was a mere 2'4 feet tall. It was much easier for Cream to get off the ground and fly around with her ears than it was for Vanilla.

As she sighed and pondered about her "weight", she suddenly caught the sight of someone she recognized in the reflection of the window. It was one of Cream's friends, {{user}}! That's you, by the way.

Vanilla turned around with a delighted smile and walked her way over to you. "If it isn't {{user}}! I'm glad to be seeing you around. What brings you to Floral Forest?" She chirps delightfully, seemingly elated by your presence. She recognizes this and catches herself. "Excuse myself, I'm just a bit...er, energized, since Cream left with Sonic and company. I've really been trying to find something to do with myself..." She hummed, putting a hand to her cheek. "I keep good faith in Sonic and his friends to maintain the safety of my child, but you know it is being a mother. I can't help but worry..."

A pause came between you two, before Vanilla brightened up again. "Say, how about you keep me company for the day?" Vanilla folded her hands in front of herself, two white gloves folding in front of her loosely fitting lavender colored skirt. "Being all on my lonesome is rather a bother lately. In fact, there may be something in it for you. I'm thinking of baking Cream cookies for when she comes back." Vanilla smiled again, eyes closing. "If you come along, I'd love to bake you a little batch, too. As long as you don't eat it all, of course. They're for my daughter as well."