2014-08-22 - Magical Girl Shop Talk, With Cookies
| Title: Magical Girl Shop Talk, With Cookies | |
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| Summary: The Prism Keepers have a Burning Question that they need one of the Sailor Senshi to answer! And since Orange has managed to arrange a meeting with Sailor Jupiter, they finally have their chance. | |
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| Where: A small park in the Asakusa Traditional District. | |
| OOC - IC Date: 2 March 2014 - 8/22/2014 | |
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Orange [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Prism Keeper Orange had arranged a meeting with Sailor Jupiter between her and Mei and herself! It's turns out it's really easy to catch a Senshi when they can't jump away immediatly, to ask questions at. Of course, this was all after making sure she was alright, and okay and safe. Brown-Haired Jerk sure gave everyone a run for thier money!
She's been relaying a lot of information to Mei recently, from everything about 'future dream eggs' to 'Sailor Jupiter' meeting-- but that's only because all of it is important. She's tugged Mei, well, transformed as Prism Keeper Red-- as she is Orange right now, to a small tiny park somewhere in the traditional district. It has large walls. and Trees, and is supposed to be gated off at night! That hopefully means that it's a safe enough place to talk.
She's waiting near the center, where there is a small pond and some trees. She looks around. "I'm pretty sure this is where I said we should all meet!" she says.
Then she blinks. "Mei did you bring the doll?" she suddenly panicedly asks.
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Red [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
"Yeah, don't worry, I have it!" Red says with a confident nod, rummaging through the backpack she had taken along with her to the meeting. Honestly, she's quite proud of how industrious her friend has been since taking on the mantle of Prism Keeper -- and even more glad that she hasn't seemed to run into any of the early difficulties with the job that she had. To be honest, Mei felt as though she was falling behind in her magical duties, largely due to her last-month-of-school race to improve her grades.
But...things had also seemed pretty quiet, lately. At least as far as she knew. There hadn't been a Shade in at least two weeks, and the last fight she had was that one at Dream Land. Was there a reason for this sudden lull in the storm -- or was she just not paying attention?
According to *Roy*, it's the latter, but leave it to birds to not understand how hard school can be. Nyeh.
"So you told her we could meet up here?" the Prism Keeper asks, pulling out the Mars doll by its foot and holding it out. "It's lucky that you were there to help at the symphony the other day. Two monsters at once sounds super-scary."
<Pose Tracker> Sailor Jupiter [Juuban Public School (8)] has posed.
"It was pretty rough." Sailor Jupiter hadn't been eavesdropping, really - but getting around in daylight in full magical girl henshin is often a tricky prospect, and Makoto's gotten used to taking roundabout routes to avoid attracting too much attention when she goes out on patrol. It's a habit that's stuck well enough that instead of walking into the little park through the open gate like a normal person, she's found some way to scale the wall... and as chance would have it, she's made it up to perch on the top of the wall just within earshot of the two Prism Keepers, just in time to hear Red's last comment.
Having thus rudely interrupted their conversation, Jupiter offers both girls a slightly sheepish smile, and hops down from the wall to land in a crouch nearby. She's carrying a small drawstring bag with her, pale blue with a dragonfly pattern on it - not quite standard-issue magical girl gear. "Hi," Jupiter says, lifting her free hand in a friendly little wave. "I didn't keep you waiting, did I?"
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Orange [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Prism Keeper Orange arghs. "....but they were fighting each other aswell as us, too!" she says. "Like I said, there was a brown-haired jerk and a blue-haired je---" she frowns a little and sighhhhhs. "a blue-haired /bully/...' she fixes. "One of them was really creepy, but.. I don't really want to talk about it." she admits. "But yeah! I told her the park at this intersection near the pond, in the middle! It closes at night and it's a super high brick wall around it, see! So we should be alone. I mean. Unless some upperclassmen like barging in here at night." she suddenly peeks around a bit.
"I hope not. That'll be really weir---yiiii! There she is!" she says.
She turns and gleefully waves! "See! It's Sailor Jupiter!" she says.
"No! We weren't waiting long! We had questions!"
She looks at the doll, it's behind held up by a leg. She fixes it and rights it up! The doll is red, with long black hair and a red senshi outfit. It looks cheapy made "Which Senshi is this?"
She then pauses. "I mean there's probably more important questions.... and I do have them!" she admits kind of shamefully.
"But this is the one we've been wondering the longest!" she says!
She looks at Mei and nods. "Right!?"
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Red [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Eeeep, Sailor Jupiter! Prism Keeper Red's little heart flutters in excitement. Yeah, they've met before -- even fought a monster together, if she remembers correctly -- but she can't help but be a little starstruck whenever she runs into any Senshi. It means she's one step closer to getting to meet Sailor V herself!
The other Senshi were also cool, of course. Red's just had a longer time to build Sailor V up at The Perfect Magical Girl in her mind.
"Oh, hi Sailor Jupiter! We were just wondering--" she starts to say, then Orange beats her to it, correcting the doll in her hands until it isn't being held upside down. Whoops. "We got this doll at the arcade a while ago, and we just wanted to know who it was. If she's even real. We figured she might be a knockoff that some plushie company wanted to sell."
When her friend mentions more important questions, Red makes an 'oh' with her mouth, then looks over to the orange-clad girl with barely concealed confusion. Did they have more important questions? They probably should, since Jupiter went through the trouble to meet them here; in henshin, no less.
"Why would two monsters fight each other, though? Aren't they all on the same side?" she asks, spouting off the first semi-serious question that came to her mind. She was legitimately curious -- but she also didn't want to look like they'd dragged the Senshi out here just to shove a doll in her face.
<Pose Tracker> Sailor Jupiter [Juuban Public School (8)] has posed.
Sailor Jupiter blinks in surprise at the sight of the plushie - and then laughs, a warm, amused chuckle. "She's Sailor Mars," she answers, grinning at the two Prism Keepers. "The one in blue is Sailor Mercury, and the one in gold is Sailor Venus... and I'm sure you know Sailor Moon, right? I don't actually know who makes those," she admits, "but it's pretty flattering, I guess..."
Prism Keeper Red's question about the free-for-all at the symphony brings a more serious look to Jupiter's face. Her brows lift thoughtfully, and she considers her answer for a moment before speaking again. "I don't think they are," she says slowly. "Nephrite is with the Dark Kingdom, but the other guy, the one with the blue hair... the way they were both talking, it didn't seem like he was connected to them at all. More like he was acting on his own." She smiles again, but this time it's a wry sort of an expression. "From what I've heard, even within the Dark Kingdom they don't really work together all that much. If that's the case, it's probably the best advantage we have against them - we know how to make friends."
And speaking of which, the sailor senshi abruptly seems to remember the bag she's holding, and she offers it out to the two other magical girls. "--this is for you two," she says, cheerful again. "It's thanks for helping me out." Because Makoto expresses herself as much via food as any other means, the drawstring bag contains two smaller cellophane bags, tied with red and orange ribbons and full of colorful jam kolaches lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Orange [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Prism Keeper Orange blinks. "We won it out of a crane game, yeah." she says softly. She listens and takes note. "Sailor Moon!... Yeah! I saw her! Is she okay though? I saw... her get stabbed!" she says with wide eyes. "At this poetry reading--- but... this.. um...kind of handsome guy in a tuxedo came along and took her away." she says closing her eyes and says this with a looong sigh. ~_~.
She snaps out of her Kamen-smitten daze a moment to blink. "Dark.. Kingdom? I don't know if I like the sound of that place." she says with a frown. She sort of clasps her hands in front of her, but suddenly. Gift. Prism Keeper Orange will accept a gift and she accepts it. Delicious, delicious sweets. Her eyes go wide. "Wow.... thanks! Thanks a lot!" she says as she shoves one immediatly into her mouth. Well. Half of one. It's a big bite. Nom.
She manages to chew and swallow, and finally gets out. "Okay... so.... Brown-Haired Jerk's name is Nephrite..." she ponders.
"Um. I met someone named... Runealy recently." she said. "Who said Blue Haired Je---Bully... might turn out to be nice, or something later if he chooses to be?" she makes a confused face. "And not to talk down to him because he's having a hard time or something. So I guess I'm trying not to call him a jerk anymore if it can fix something..." she says with a sigh.
"Are these things usually so complicated?" she asks at Jupiter, who is older.
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Red [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Treats?! JUPITER IS BEST SENSHI.
"Aaaaah, thankyousomuch!" Red says when she sees the little red bag, zooming to open it and see what's inside. They look so yummy, filled with red jelly and topped with powdered sugar. Possessing no self-control, she takes one and pops it into her mouth, chewing a few times appreciatively before swallowing. "They're so good, wow! And you made these just for us?"
She can't help but feel bad about not being at the symphony now, hearing just how much went on. It seems like everything's ok now...but somebody could have -- *Reiko* could have gotten hurt.
"So...there's lots of different bad guys, then?" she asks tentatively, tilting her head a bit to the side. "I guess it's good if they don't all work together. It just doesn't seem very smart of them." Chinhands. "I mean, when we work together, we take down stuff that's way stronger than we are. So, if they don't work together, we should have no trouble beating them, right?"
"Ah, I know Rune!" Red says when her friend brings her up. "She's a princess, and that's really, really cool." Her smile is dampened, however, when Orange mentions that the Blue Haired Guy might be anything less than evil. "Hmph. I don't agree with that at all. If you hurt people, you're a bad person. It sounds like whoever this guy is is just trying to trick people."
<Pose Tracker> Sailor Jupiter [Juuban Public School (8)] has posed.
Sailor Jupiter would like to have a better answer for Orange, really. "It's not always so complicated," she says with a rueful half-smile. "But... yeah, pretty often. There's a lot I still don't get either. But that's why we help each other out, right?" Her head tips to Red, a little nod of acknowledgement and agreement. "The enemy's stronger than any one of us, but there's no way they can be stronger than all of us."
She stretches her arms upward, folds her hands behind her head as she contemplates the subject of Ail some more. "I've run into that blue-haired guy a few times now," she says. "The way he talks sometimes it's like he thinks he's the king of the whole world, but then sometimes it's like he's just trying to survive. I don't know if that's true or not." She shrugs, lets her arms drop to her sides again. "If it is, then maybe someone can convince him that there's a better way. But I can't overlook him going around trying to steal people's energy." She says it very seriously, uncompromisingly firm on this subject. "As long as he keeps doing that, I'll keep fighting him."
<Pose Tracker> Sailor Jupiter [Juuban Public School (8)] has posed.
Sailor Jupiter would like to have a better answer for Orange, really. "It's not always so complicated," she says with a rueful half-smile. "But... yeah, pretty often. There's a lot I still don't get either. But that's why we help each other out, right?" Her head tips to Red, a little nod of acknowledgement and agreement. "The enemy's stronger than any one of us, but there's no way they can be stronger than all of us."
She stretches her arms upward, folds her hands behind her head as she contemplates the subject of Ail some more. "I've run into that blue-haired guy a few times now," she says. "The way he talks sometimes it's like he thinks he's the king of the whole world, but then sometimes it's like he's just trying to survive. I don't know if that's true or not." She shrugs, lets her arms drop to her sides again. "If it is, then maybe someone can convince him that there's a better way. But I can't overlook him going around trying to steal people's energy." She says it very seriously, uncompromisingly firm on this subject. "As long as he keeps doing that, I'll keep fighting him."
In another moment, quick like the flash of heat lightning in summer, her face brightens up into a smile again. "Anyway," she says, in a much brighter tone now, "don't worry. Sailor Moon is fine. And you guys are doing great jobs, you know. I'd have been in real trouble if you hadn't been there to help the other day, Orange-chan."
<Pose Tracker> Prism Keeper Orange [Juuban Public School (4)] has posed.
Prism Keeper Orange huffs at Red! She HUFFS! It is filled with indignance! "Blue-Haired Bully deserves everything he gets until he stops." she says as she squeezes her fists. "I can still talk at him while I punch... some.. creepy thing he summons or- wherever he gets those things." she says with wide eyes. She hasn't Mei about the horrible nightmare yet. Since it happened only once, she hadn't seen any reason to. She smiles at Jupiter!
"That's good she's okay! That was scary for a bit. It made me feel really bad."
She smiles at Red! "I threw koi at the jerk that tried to take her away." she says. "I mean. The others there did, too..." she looks at Red with a smile.
"She's actually really nice! She says she's on a Queen Quest!" she says with a curt nod. She looks to Jupiter and smiles! "So.. um. I guess. It's getting late. My granddad is forgiving but....he may shoot me if I'm super super late..." she giggles a bit.
