-Origin Space, Arceus-

“Thank you again for hosting us Arceus and retrieving the materia of our friends.” Bahamut stated as he took the marbles.

“Those quests you sent them on… how cruel of you, I approve of the chaos that will bring.” Sighing at Tiamat, I just shook my head.

“I didn’t do it to be cruel, I did it so that I know they are willing and able to live with the consequences of living outside of my watchful eye and influence without complaint. At least while being strong enough to do so.” I worry about my children, whether they be legendary or not.

Also I was kind of hoping that my fight with Lit would be epic given his title of ‘hero’ recently changed to ‘super hero’ when he made his declaration of war against me.

So I might like a little excitement and wonder to watch by tasking them with ridiculous things to do.

If they still wanted to go to Pom’s world afterwards, I’ll let them do so and will have to ask the local deities of Equus if I can move a few new species over.

-Planet of Petopia?, Tent, Pom-

I sighed. We were in a relatively small valley, lots of trees and forests, some jungle, a lake, what looked like a city built by children given the jungle gym nature of it.

Climbing back down the tent with three legs hadn’t been easy, but creating an extra leg out of wool was currently out of the question. Any shifting of my broken hind leg sent agony through me worth screaming about, but I didn’t.

The creatures of this world were small and not very threatening, but Arceus could have the whole attention grabbing tent. I really didn’t want to interact with the locals and…

As I was about to enter the tent I felt Dormarch experiencing terror, I was immediately in the tent and didn’t really think about my three legged hobbling. I was quickly wrapping up a tossing and turning three tailed puppy in a hug and trying to shush his frantic flailing, once I got him calmed down enough I started to rock him back and forth.

Sure his mega form had been horrifying and stupidly powerful, but in the end he didn’t give into the power and devour me… given that I could sort of see what he was dreaming, he was afraid of doing that very thing.

Lucha Mundo, I hope you’re guidance sessions will help me here. Well he kind of helped me with the fact that I now breathed fire and had a taste for meat. I’m functionally an omnivore now since my fangs became a bit more permanent outside going beast mode. I don’t think Tianhuo saw my teeth when I talked to her.

The cuddly wrestler bird really gave good hugs and I’m kind of a connoisseur of those thanks to Paprika.

Eventually Dormarch’s whimper quieted down and he woke up and I tried to smile at him. He almost seemed panicked in my hooves, but I held him tight.

“It’s okay, everything is alright.” I whispered.

“S-s-so… I-I didn’t devour your soul?” Poor Dormarch, my silly boy, though if what we know about servants to be true… hopefully that Vector Man thing’s soul went to a better place.

“I’m okay Dormarch, well… at least a given definition of it.” He looked at the mess of wool that bound my right hind leg to my body.

“As per usual, anyone looking at your medical records would be quite horrified by what your body has gone through.” Dormarch stated with a hint of grim humor in his voice, but he wasn’t trying to get out of my hooves as I held him. “Also you have fangs now and you’re golden wool is kind of…”

“Well aware.” Nuzzling his forehead like a mothering dog would do to her puppy, his three tails started wiggling. “Now did you dream about eating your mother, doesn’t sound like something my sweet boy would do.”

“…. Mother…” Dormarch whimpered.

“At least you know what it’s like to be as traumatized as I am.” Wish that didn’t come to pass. If all wishes were granted, there’s always going to be that one person that wants to destroy absolutely everything. “You truly are my son in that respect, before you know it you’ll be as paranoid and as nerve wracked as I am… which is silly considering how strong you are.”

“Says my strong mother who some would say has a heroic streak a mile wide.” Before Dormarch or I could say anything further, our ears twitched in unison as we heard voices coming towards the tent.

-Some time back and a distance away, Tusky-

“Are you sure Brainy said you could come down here with me, I’m fairly certain my appearance is going to be a bit more discreet then… you.” Pocus the white rabbit with a top hat and a fancy small tuxedo stated while looking about. “You’re not exactly inconspicuous here given your size and coloring Tusky.”

He wasn’t wrong.

“You can investigate the town for them, while I can take the surroundings. I’ll listen or sniff around for any suspicious activity eh.” It was going to be hard to find the felonious felines, especially if they were alerted to my presence and went to ground.

“Did I hear someone say ‘suspicious activity’? Well you can gather over at the tent and wait for me and my friends to show up, apparently a rather large circus tent popped up overnight over in that direction… very odd that nobody mentioned putting it in that small valley, or is it more of a hollow?” It looked like we were caught out by a colorful bird flying overhead. “If you’re new here, it might be an adventure and a way to make some friends around here. By the way nice coloration of your coat, quite Siberian of you! I’ll introduce myself later, I think some of my canine friends might like you.”

The fairly colorful and pretty bird flew off, she sounded a bit upper crust and dramatic.

“See, not so out of place, no comment on my size or thinking anything weird or off with me eh.” I stated as I started moving towards the tent. “Head into town and start looking for those heinous space criminals. I’ll look into this circus tent, wouldn’t put it beyond them to try hiding in an oddly flamboyant manner eh.”

“Hate to see how big you’ll get when you finally become a full grown adult.” Pocus was talking about my current size making me look like a full grown canine from the planet he is being from, my adult form is going to be the size of a… what do they call them… elephant? Still in my teenage years right now, haven’t hit my adulthood growth spurt yet. “Look, just try to keep up the appearance of normalcy with in the relative realms the locals can expect, basically don’t use you’re powers openly unless you need to defend yourself.”

“Of course my friend, eh.” My friend Pocus could probably get away with using his powers openly, he had an excuse of being the rabbit of a stage magician named Zatanna. He wasn’t wrong about keeping what made me abnormal under wraps.

I started my way towards this so called tent to see if it was a false alarm.

-Pocus-

I took off after the bird and stopped when I saw a dog dragging a black cat around, the dog called out to the bird. The cat was thankfully not one of the ones we were looking for and looked bored with the situation.

So I moved on and decided to keep a low profile, the magic in the air was making me fit in perfectly with the local population.

-Dog?-

“Okay, I’ll gather our friends, but first we have a problem… we have a bit of a runner that didn’t get my greeting at the gate when they arrived. They need help as this would be their first time being here!” As part of the welcoming committee it was my job to make sure the runner didn’t get lost or hurt before we could help them get settled in to this wondrous place. I was already fretting about the newcomer not knowing a single thing about this world or how one naturally ends up here. “Oh, they must be so confused about this place!”

“Like you were when you found out I’ve been living here?” The black cat best friend forever stated.

“Do you know what they smelled like? It might help if we knew what we were looking for, all kinds of odd sorts end up here.” My best bird friend forever seemed to be on the ball today and not going into some kind of theatrical production, good news for everyone involved really.

“Oh right, they smell liked… smoke, spots, a fire hydrant and like they have light fur… so they are possibly a Dalmatian that came from a firehouse!” I said excitedly. “Right Jade?”

“Well your nose does know.” Jade the black cat stated lazily. “Can I go now?”

“Yeah, you can go to the tent and see what that circus is all about!” I said excitedly before running off. “Meet you there!”

-Forest, said lost Dalmatian in a firefighter hat and wearing a mechanical backpack-

I put my paws over my face and grumbled as I had tripped and fell into a ditch, I think I’m just going to stay here for the rest of the day… like we were able to compete with the Burn’s family and their rescue bots anyway.

I’m just going to lay here and be depressed for a while.

-Back to the present, tent, Dormarch-

“I don’t want the locals bothering us so don’t let them see you have three tails son. Just stick your head out talk to whoever’s coming while I wake up Dolly, don’t let them in the tent or know there’s anything odd about you. You’re head looks fine, but I really doubt the big goofy claws that most digimon would go without comment or the lovable three fish tails for that matter.” Okay Mom. I still kind of wanted to say goodbye to all our friends including that nice rather Skvader Caerbannog Cuddlestare.exe, but when a god wants teleport you across dimensions I guess you can’t do anything about it. “This world seems to have a lot of little animals running around and Dolly probably won’t make too big of a splash, provided she doesn’t get carried away. I’m going to send her out to distract the locals and gather some information about our surroundings to see what kind of situation Arceus dropped us into.”

Mom quickly went to Dolly who was sleep cuddling her skateboard, at least Arceus saw fit to drop us here with a fully stocked travel wagon so we might not have to worry about food for a while. I looked outside and saw… a fairly pleasant world and two figures approaching.

“So yeah, I like water.” The black cat stated as they stopped outside the tent and noticed me staring at the two that approached the tent.

“Interesting, excuse me one moment. Hello there, we want to know what this circus tent is all about eh.” Stated the big blue furred husky with an odd accent.

“Oh this? Me and my family are out camping, yes this tent is a little odd… but then again our lives are like a circus already.” After hatching out of the digitama, what even was normalcy and could someone point it out to me? I direly wanted to know. “Also we’re just passing through.”

“Would you mind if we came in?” The husky asked as he approached.

“Yes, I do mind, my family is actually trying to sleep.” I stated looking behind me at the roughed up Dolly being raised and Mom was tapping on her bond to her. “Though we’ll send someone out for a kibble run soon, since we’ll have to wake up eventually. Maybe you can show our runner where to get some, we kind of came in late last night…”

Considering how early in the day it was that should be logical and nobody could poke a hole in the story so far.

“Your entire family made it here?” The cat asked skeptically as if thinking something was up given her clear interest in something being entirely off about what I said, she perked up considerably and wandered forward.

“No, mostly my mother, sister and some… rather extended family. I don’t know how anyone would deal with one hundred Dalmatians suddenly running around...” That bit commentary sparked a look of disbelief.

“You have a hundred siblings?” The cat asked in disbelief. The husky looked like he was about to push by me and see everything when I was saved by my adoptive elder sister’s voice.

“Yeah, we’re a bit of a rowdy bunch, so this is a little vacay for us who made it here!” Dolly stated immediately popping out wearing her skateboard helmet and holding her skateboard. “So…”

Dolly stopped and I felt her mind going into a meltdown as she slowly looked the husky up and down with wide eyes and a her tongue hanging slightly out of her mouth. Clear signs of attraction… sometimes wish I didn’t have an entire hospitals database in my skull to know about mating rituals.

“Hey there handsome, use me as a lolli-, er, uh… I mean… I’m Dolly… I’m Dolly D. Dalmatian, yep that’s me!” Ah right, Dolly’s Step-brother Dylan did mention several times that Dolly was particularly attracted to huskies to an absurd degree. Her face was turning red and her brain was malfunctioning quite badly and her heart was beating rapidly. “Wow you’re hot!”

“Smooth.” The black cat stated with a hint of humor.

“That’s my big sister alright, now if you’ll excuse me I think this has been far too much social interaction for me… remember to bring back some good kibble will you Dolly?” I stated as I pulled my head back into the tent and once I was out of sight I quickly teleported over to the wagon to hop in.

-Dolly-

“He almost sounds like my kind of dog, maybe I’ll talk to him later if he’s feeling up to it.” The black cat seemed amused. “Introverts like us tend to like our solitude from time to time.”

“Yeah well, excuse my little brother if he’s a bit overly shy for a few reasons more than just him being introverted.” I said as my heart thundered in my chest, holy dog what do… wait, Pom, where’s Lit? WHAT?!

Okay, but we’ll talk about this later… I’m so totally going to miss that little guy and I’m kind of angry about not being given a chance to say goodbye to him if that’s the case!

“You seem a bit distracted Dolly, eh.” The handsome and fairly big husky stated, yet he smelled like he’s my age? Weird, he looks like an adult, must have some really good parents.

No, get your head in the game Dolly! Stop roving that taut muscular body with your eyes. Darn it all, he’s a twelve compared to Hansel and he’s actually paying attention to me unlike that very notable airhead with the nice eyes.

“Wha… oh sorry, did you want to do anything to me?!” Why was I still freaking out and what was wrong with my mouth?! “I mean did you want anything from me including my bo… UGH?! Did… you… want… something?”

I grit my teeth and tried not to make my face any redder than it already was. Oh dog, I am so embarrassed right now!

“Wow… you’re so much worse at this than Roxy is.” The black cat earned a slight glare from me as she blandly chuckled. “Didn’t even think that was possible.”

“I find it quite flattering and adorable eh.” The handsome dog stated with a light chuckle.

Can my heart truly melt and explode at the same time?! It feel exceptionally painful. Also I did know ‘a Roxy’, but she’s probably talking about a different dog.

“Rottweiler?” I asked.

“Boston Terrier.” The cat stated while stretching out lazily while maintain a calm attitude with snarky things to say. “Big world, a lot of dogs have the name Roxy.”

“Ah, then I don’t know her.” I stated waving a left paw at the cat, this seemed like one of those lazier cats, I hated the more persnickety ones. Nice to meet one of the cooler kitties around her. “Know any dogs named Snowball?”

“I know a few cats named that, plus there are a lot of snowballs around here and I don’t mean in the tundra zone skiing zone.” Yes cat, please keep up the small talk and distracting me so I stop crushing so hard on that ‘beefcake~’ quietly and patiently listening to our conversation. “There’s enough of them here to make a therapy support group for all the poor animals that end up with that unfortunate name… barely half of them even have white fur.”

“Are there any peculiar cats in that tent Dolly?” Said Hunky McHunkerton Hunksylvania bite my neck and turn me into your slave vampire bride already?! What, no Pom I’m not going overboard with my fantasizing… boy do I ever want that fanta! Hey, it’s not like I’m actually saying it out loud!

“What were your names again?” That odd question reminded me that I needed to know the soon to be Mr. ‘Dalmatian’s’ name… okay I admittedly might have a slight problem…

Okay, alright, I get it! So I might have a highly notable thing for huskies that borders on ridiculous, give me something of a break here Dormarch! No, I’m not going to roll over for him, don’t you dare imply I’m as easy as that Mop lady happens to be, who was basically Pom’s dimensional sister!

“I’m Tusky eh.” Oh dog, he told me his name… wonder how he got such a name, he doesn’t have any oversized fangs in his mouth, but he did look a little buck toothed. Which I find to be cute and a positive if that’s how he got the name Tusky!

“Uh… what was your question again Tusky?” This was after I got the mental equivalent of a hard slap through my bond by Pom, she got my head on straight for a few seconds.

“Are there any unusual cats in that tent eh?” Tusky~ asked me again, I could talk to and listen to this guys voice all day.

“No, just my family… thankfully not my full family, really doubt anyone’s ready for one hundred Dalmatians.” I commented dryly, Pom had her mental hoof ready and waiting to slap me again, but I was getting myself under control. I was in total control… nope… no panting or scoping out that maximum ‘go for it with all haste’ whatsoever.

“I’m Jade… so wait, you actually have…” Jade started to say.

“Ninety eight brothers and sisters who aren’t here. Hold on a second I’ll show you!” I went grabbed the digivice and came right back in a flash, the two seemed surprised that I wanted to introduce my family to Tusky.

“Dolly didn’t you call the other… oh no… I am so sorry about this, Dolly kind of gets a bit odd around huskies.” Dylan stated as he appeared on the screen with a chaotic mess of Dalmatians running around in the background.

“A bit?” Jade asked sarcastically with a raised brow to my bro and the odd device I held up so they can see the screen.

“Okay, so she has a thing for cold weather extreme sports, she’s a skateboarding expert and if you like exercise then she’s the dog who can run you ragged more than rest of my family. She’s playful and lovable, but really she’s incredibly good at getting into trouble if she wants your attention. With a family as big as ours, getting attention is a little bit… hard, to say the least. She’s one in a hundred so she has some issues that translates into her issues with talking to someone she really likes with a working brain.” Thankfully nothing odd was happening aside from all the dogs running around in the background behind Dylan. Pom was scolding me to not give out the fact that there were oddities here or that someone might notice something was up. “Also zero degree temperatures or lower don’t have any effect on her one bit, she’s a rather hot blooded Dalmatian through and through. If you’re thinking about dating my step-sister, go ahead… but if you hurt her I will find a way to launch you into the nearest sun. Also she already likes you a lot apparently, enough so to call us, so take it easy with her please. Mom, Dad, Dolly’s on the dimensional phone.”

“Are you currently on an illegal puppy farm and need help?” Tusky asked nicely, it was so nice of him to worry about my family. I wonder if he likes snowboarding?!

“Oh no, we’re perfectly fine here, no puppy farming just all love and being rich enough to afford this many mouths to feed! Also Dolly… honey… please heel, don’t bother the nice husky.” Oh come on dad, look at him. My chunky loveable hug magnet of a father appeared on the screen. “He looks a bit old for you...”

“I’m actually the same age as her, my growth spurt makes me look… far older than I am. So I’m actually in my… what do you call it? My teens, I’m likely to get much bigger than this eh eh.” Tusky is very much viable to me dad, look at his cute butt darn it! Also bigger, this guy? Yes, all the yes!

“Yikes, Christmas shopping must be horrible for you.” Jade said with some sympathy and she wasn’t wrong about that and she watch a screaming chicken get dragged by the camera. “Was that a chicken with Dalmatian spots?”

“My fam is a ‘little’ weird.” Really, what was I thinking, jumping to introducing my fam to Tusky like this?! Oh right, I’m a total mess around huskies… especially guys like this one, that’ll give me the time of day and then some!

“Dolly, please keep your libido in check. Also yes, they are all mine… well mostly by adoption, I’m Dolly’s stepmother Delilah, I can kind of see why Dolly is flipping out. Poor girl, if only she can reign her emotions she might actually get the attention she wants.” Okay just don’t say anything incriminating mom and… “Again, I’m pretty sure I gave you the talk Dolly! Don’t jump into parenthood all four paws first too soon. While I don’t mind the idea of being a grandmother, I think you’re rushing well too far ahead of yourself. Sir… please make sure my step-daughter doesn’t get too far.”

The screen winked out.

“You’re step mother really likes kids…” Jade stated wide eyed. “How many of them are biologically related to you?”

“I’m not liable to answer that, because we’re all family regardless of blood.” Patented big sister response number eighty three.

“Haha you come from a big family too eh? You have me beat by at least thirty seven family members.” Tusky stated with a chuckle.

“You too, didn’t know dogs really go so hard… awesome.” Jade said that last word a second later with a forward head bob and cheeky grin.

“Now about that kibble, because there are no cats in that tent and you can smell the air to make sure of that.” I said as I looked to Jade and Tusky as several other animals arrived and seemed.

“Oh you’re hungry, then let’s go-go-go!” Stated a peppy Boston Terrier that had to be Roxy… huh, I could remember her name because I already knew a Roxy, go figure.

“Roxy, I presume?” Leaning over I asked this to Green the black cat.

“Yes, she is always that hyper and happens to be my roommate. She’s a paw full, but she means well.” Jade sighed as she watched Roxy bound around about how much fun she and their new friends were going to have.

“Say are you taken by any chance?” I actually managed to say that to Tusky without rushing it, looking needy or saying anything insane. "Oh my dog, why is my brain like this?!"

“No, but if you would want to pursue romantic options with me, then you should try being my friend first eh?” Tusky said loftily.

“Sure thing!” I said excitedly, tail wagging so fast it might catch fire.

“Let’s go get your food and maybe a date now!” Roxy stated cheerfully as she pushed at my backside with her head.

-On the way to food place, Jade the black cat-

Something was odd about all of this, but I couldn’t quite put my paw on what… wait dimensional phone? Also how was she able to get real time video outside of this world?! Was she possibly… an alien? She looked and smelled like a normal Dalmatian to me, but that Dalmatian spotted chicken was certainly odd and something seemed very off with it in the few seconds I got to see of it.

Now there’s a mystery to look into and that dog Dolly might slip up even more, but I’m sure my friends will ignore it entirely given how often we ignored each other’s many, MANY, oddities and eccentricities already.

“Come on Jade, let’s go-go-go. No thinking or reading poetry in a quiet corner, new friends, fun get!” Roxy was as excitable as ever. “Also sharing food for lunch and a possibly watching a budding romance squeeeee~!”

Oh cats my ears, why Roxy, why?!

-Tusky-

Dimensional phone? Interesting that a dog would have that kind of tech around here, but not unknown to me.

Maybe she would like to become a member of my friend’s team? I wonder if she had any combat skill, she seemed fairly intelligent and the digits on her paws seemed oddly flexible as to be opposable unlike a normal dogs.

Was she a visitor from another world with a colony of family members here somewhere? If she’s trying to lay low about her status, she might have accidentally given away something to the locals already if she was trying to be quiet about it… I should help her out eh.

It helped that she was adorable and cute too.

-Pom-

“Okay coast is clear and I don’t think Dolly is coming back any time soon. Now to get in my vacation by running into the nearby forest and hope to not be followed by anyone. Dormarch are you hungry? I can make us a picnic with the stuff Arceus left to us… also I need to ingest some of the Sitrus Berries he left me if my leg is to get any better.” I received a nod from Dormarch and started preparing for a picnic, I was going get my vacation in and avoid the locals like the plague so I didn’t get drawn into whatever trouble awaits me in the nearby civilization. “It’ll be just you and me.”

“I’d like that, but what if someone notices my claws or tails?” Well… we did have blankets so Dormarch could get away with wearing a cloak, I’m not letting him stay cooped up in Arceus’s joke tent or wagon.

-In space, Brainy-

“Darn it all, Tusky went down there with Pocus… if those felonious felines spot him before we can set up a blockade they might escape us again!” I rubbed my paws on my head as I felt like there was a major headache oncoming, also why couldn’t I predict the future anymore? “This better not blow up in our… what in the…”

I zoomed in the screen on a sheep with a cloaked dog walking away from the circus tent Tusky was just at with a bunch of other locals.

The ewe was long legged, small body, beautiful eyes, big head, the gold wool was odd but endearing… there’s something about her that I really liked… aside from her sadness inducing injuries, it’s like she’s perfection personified!

I wonder if she would let me herd her, maybe she can even tell me I’m a good dog and will rub my belly too!

I shook my head violently of those thoughts, I was a professional!

Those temptations were unnatural… but I wouldn’t mind it if the subject of a belly rub came up and I happen to be near her, maybe scratch me behind the ears?

Oh my goodness was she quite a temptation to resist when I have a job to do!

-The cat lazing about on a roof-

It’s already starting, I can feel the tendrils of the ‘dog totem’ spreading out everywhere and even into space. That absurdity was quite a beacon for canines.

My masters ‘cat totem’ wouldn’t even begin to compare with the monstrosity I was feeling here from that thing.

It was still rather intriguing to see what would come of all this.

-Forest, Pom-

“Say, watch your step… DORMARCH!” I watched Dormarch trip on and fell into a ditch and rolled into colliding with another animal… and oh my goodness it’s a dog.

Can’t I ever know peace? I know I love dogs, but really now?! I was trying to avoid the locals!

The Dalmatian with the fireman’s hat and the odd mechanical backpack sat up and looked at Dormarch.

Dormarch looked back at him entirely exposed until the makeshift cloak landed on his head awkwardly.

“Huh? What’s a mer-pup doing here… also you have four legs and three tails?” something seemed wrong with the puppy staring at Dormarch in fact he was underreacting to Dormarch and seemed to have some form of familiarity with his appearance to some degree.

He even seemed... depressed? I shook my head and made my way down.

“Dormarch, are you okay?” I asked as my son was exposed entirely to someone.

“Buster wolf, mom.” Well if Dormarch can make joke he’s feeling a little better about his nightmare with trying to eat my soul. His Mega form of ‘Dormamon’ did come off as quite terrifying and dangerous, also it caused our bond to snap as he out powered me… sop that might help with adding on to the trauma. Now that I think about it, it is odd that the bond didn’t break considering how powerful his ultimate form ‘Garummon’ is.

“Buster what?” The Dalmatian asked with a tilted head.

“Nothing, just a joke between me, mom and my older sister. Er… I’m Dormarch, nice to meet you.” Letting Dormarch try to befriend the puppy, the poor thing seemed a little down about something and I doubt that was because Dormarch collided with him.

This puppy could use a friend and Dormarch needed more practice at making friends on his own.

“I’m Marshall and you probably wouldn’t be saying it’s nice to meet me, especially if you knew just how clumsy I am…” Poor dear, this Marshall, maybe we can cheer him up?

Wait, no… he’s not in physical danger Pom, he shouldn’t be your problem…

“Want to come on our picnic with us?” Darn it Pom, you’re inviting trouble to yourself again! Arceus said this should be an absolutely easy place to avoid trouble unless it actively found me and I'm supposed to be on a small vacation here! “Maybe some snacks will brighten you’re mood, so you can tell us what’s wrong. You said something about being clumsy, you saw that my son just took a bad spill so he's not much better in that department. I love him all the same though, even I'm a little clumsy sometimes myself!”

Marshall looked at me, he really looked at me and a part of him seemed to be struggling with an answer, like he was reluctant to do so. I kept my gentle eyes on him, hoping I could make this puppy's day. It didn't seem like my canine magnetism was affecting him in the slightest.

“Okay…” He finally said quietly.

Author's Note

Paw Patrol is now a label for the interlude world, now for someone to state the other two worlds colliding with this one.

Most them are kid friendly, so really Pom's issues here is just finding a place to quietly relax and not be bothered by anyone. Though she clearly has a problem with not taking on other people's problems.