A teamup ensues, but they all lose track of who's with who in the confusion and accidentally try to transform with the wrong partner.
For added hilarity, it works. They don't even notice they have the wrong transformation trinkets to pair with. Then the magic takes over and they start talking, half-puppeted through the speeches because, as @Pittauro noted once, they're on autopilot for those.
"DualAuroraPower!" Wait what did we just say, that's not how it goes-
"Flapyourwingstothesky!" Nagisa looks over, Mai looks back-
"EmissaryofLight,CureBlack!" Their eyes widen as their mouths run on without input from their brains-
"TheSparklingSilverWing,CureEgret!" Wait what-
"WearePrettyCure!" How is this-
[girls strike dramatic poses pointing at EACH OTHER] Semi-sentient transformation magic finally segfaults, tosses out the script
[x][Talk] Head up to the Sky Tree
[x][Minori] Let the young girl come with
"So..." Sailor Jupiter says, a bit of a grin on the girl's face. "That wasn't bad..."
Saki gives an embarrassed laugh. "Yes... Yes it was."
"So... Been Pretty Cure for long?" She asks, and Mai looks at the two for a moment.
"Is there any way that we could talk about this... somewhere else?"
"Where are you thinking?" Usagi asks, "There is this really great bakery nearby that I know of, called PAKAPAN Bakery."
That answer just gets an even more embarrassed laugh of Saki.
"I was thinking up by the Sky Tree. Also... It's PANPAKA Bakery." Saki says, pointing to the massive tree that the tiny droplet creatures were still flying towards.
"That's the huge tree up on the hill right?" Sailor Moon asks, looking in the direction that the other magical girl is pointing.
"Yeah," Saki admits, "It's where we first met Flappy and Choppy."
Those were certainly... Names. Usagi glances over to Makoto, the taller girl grinning for a moment hearing the names, before she simply nods. "Oh, do they live there?" Usagi asks, a question that gets a pair of soft and somewhat downtrodden sounds from the two Pretty Cure's pockets.
"But if what you were saying about the police is right," Sailor Moon starts, rolling her neck before the magic wrapping her form shatters, returning Usagi to her untransformed state. Sailor Jupiter follows after a moment later, reverting back into her natural form of Makoto. "Then it might be best to make our way through town as ourselves instead of as Sailor Senshi and Pretty Cures."
"Sailor Senshilapi?" Saki's spirit companion asks, before Saki's entire body begins to glow a dark pink, the same color as her armor. Then, like mist, her form dissipates, revealing the ordinary girl beneath it, with a strange creature hanging onto her shoulder.
The small blue creature on Saki's shoulder is roughly the same height as the girl's head, with short stubby limbs, and a long thin tail. The most noteworthy thing is the fact that the crest that was on Cure Bloom's hand that collected the spirits is the same as the symbol on the creature's forehead.
5 + 14 = 19
[SUCCESS]
"What's a sailor senshilapi?" The fairy asks, and with each word that the creature speaks, the small gem on his necklace lights up for the duration of the word.
Mai begins to glow a soft white, filling her entire form, before the color dissipates the same way that Saki's transformation did, Cure Egret falling away to reveal the thirteen year old girl underneath. Hanging off the girl's own shoulder is another fairy, this one yellow.
"I-I think Sailor Senshi is what Usagi and Makoto's magical girl forms are calledchopi." The Yellow fairy says, and now that Usagi is paying attention to not only the gem, but the actual voice of the spirit itself, the girl can tell that the actual sounds the fairy is making are completely different from the words being spoken. All except the very last part of the sentences, where the translation stops, but the final '-lapi', or '-chopi' are not being translated.
The thought of using magic to learn a new language had never occurred to Usagi, but now that she had seen such a thing was possible... Well, why waste her time in English Class when she could just use magic to learn English?
Makoto ignores the sudden worrisome feeling that runs down her spine as Usagi starts to cackle next to her. Saki and Mai look to the leader of the Sailor Senshi fora moment, before Makoto rolls her eyes. "Ignoring that." the girl says calmly, "Let's head on up to the tree you were talking about."
"I wanna come too!" Minori says, a big grin on her face. "My big sister is a super hero!"
Saki turns to the girl, a frown on the girl's face. "Minori," Saki starts, "You've been out all night. Mom and Dad are panicking, we should really take you home." The girl says.
Minori is quiet, pouting up at her sister, but the redheaded girl doesn't seem like she is willing to back down. After a moment, Usagi coughs, drawing the four girl's eyes towards her. "Not to step in where I don't have any business being," Usagi says, "But your sister does know that you have powers now." Saki winces at that statement, slowly nodding. "It might be worth having her with so that we can answer any questions that she has, and so that you can talk about how to make sure that Minori here doesn't accidentally reveal you to your parents or anything"
"I think I might have a solution." Mai says, a small, yet sly smile on her face.
Makoto and Usagi both turn to the girl, while Saki and Minori both give the girl their best puppy dog eyes. Mai laughs a little as she looks at the two. "There is a payphone right at the bottom of the trail leading up to the Sky Tree." Mai points out, "We could call the Bakery and say that someone saw Minori heading up the trail, and that we were going to go get her."
"That's pretty smart." Usagi says, before turning to Saki. "Do you think your parents would believe it?"
"Given that Mai and I hang out near the tree all the time I wouldn't be surprised if Mom believed us." Saki admits, before sighing, her shoulders slumping just a little. The red head turns to her little sister, "However..." the girl says, holding a finger up for her sister. "You've been out all night, freaking out all of us, so I'm not carrying you up the trail."
"Yay!" Minori cries out, throwing her hands up into the air. It takes a good fifteen minutes for the group to make their way not only across town, but for Saki to make her phonecall to her parents, and for the group to trek up to the sky tree.
Finding a good spot, Usagi simply leans back, falling to the ground with a soft thump, before giving a long "Ahhhh!" in relief.
After taking a look around the clearing, Makoto hops up, grabbing hold of one of the massive roots of the Sky Tree, pulling herself up onto the towering root in order to sit, while Saki, Mai, and Minori find their own comfortable places around the tree.
"So..." Usagi starts, from where she is laying on the ground. "Where do you all want to start?"
2 + 17 = 19
[SUCCESS]
MINORI QUESTIONS - 1d6 - 3
DC INCREASED BY 3 from 16 to 19
4 + 17 = 21
[SUCESS]
Over the next ten minutes, Usagi and Makoto work together to cover the very basics of the Sailor Senshi, the threat of the Dark Kingdom, and the danger they pose to the world. The two Pretty Cure have a lot of question, Mai more than Saki, who shows herself to have a quick wit and a sharp mind. That isn't to say that Saki doesn't have her own questions, though the red headed girl's questions are more emotionally based, such as asking about how the two Senshi manage to balance the supernatural aspects of what they do with the more normal lives that they try and lead.
That was a hard question for the two to answer, but they try their best.
"To be honest..." Usagi says, sitting up, her eyes slowly tilting up towards the sky. "While I did have a normal life, it wasn't..." she pauses for a moment, putting the words together in her head. "Before I became a Sailor Senshi, I was lost, adrift. I spent my days sleeping and gorging on food, avoiding doing my homework... In a way..." the girl says with a chuckle, "It was almost like I was waiting for my life to begin. I didn't have any real talents, or skills worth honing. Becoming Sailor Moon..." Usagi pauses here, looking back down to her hands, before she slowly clenches them into a fist, looking up to the two with a smile on her face. "In a way it completed me. For the first time in my life, I had direction and goals, so for me... There was this big hole in my life, and in a way that made balancing the two easy."
As Saki, Mai, and Minori turn to look to Makoto, the girl gives a long, heavy sigh. "I'm not the best person to ask either." Makoto says, "Due to..." the girl starts, and there is a heavy moment where everyone is looking at the girl, waiting for her to continue, before she just shakes her head. "For years now, I've had to live alone." Makoto says, and there is something in the way that she says it that keeps Minori from asking anything further. "But... if you want to talk to someone normal, and how they handle it? I've got Naru's number." The girl says with a smile. "She isn't a Senshi like we are, but she knows our secrets, she's stood along side us, helping innocents while we fought the monsters, and she's learning magic too."
"There's also Ami," Usagi points out, "And while she isn't exactly normal 'cause she's like super smart," Usagi says, "She is pretty close to normal. The only other option is Rei, but like... She's a shrine maiden?"
However, in all honesty, the hardest questions to answer come not from Saki, nor from Mai, or either of the two fairies.
No, those hard questions come from Minori. Now, some of these questions were easier to answer than others. For instance, the girl asking if they were superheroes.
"I... don't think so?" Usagi says, "I mean... we don't have super powers, we have magic?"
Makoto on the other hand is quiet, sitting and staring up for a long moment. "Usagi." The girl says, continuing to look up into the leafy branches of the tree. "...We're superheroes." Usagi opens her mouth to say something, but before she can even say a word, Makoto pushes on. "Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter. A four man team colored Red, blue, white and green. There's a mysterious hero who shows up in our time of need but isn't really a part of the team. Usagi... We're a Sentai squad." There is something... jittery in the way that the girl says that, matched by the still growing grin on her face.
The worst part...
Usagi can't exactly argue with the statement or it's logic.
Then there were the much harder questions to answer - "Are you dating each other?" The girl asks with all the innocence of youth at her beck and call. Usagi sputters, her face turning bright red, while Saki squawks, falling backwards out of surprise. From her place up on the towering root, Makoto laughs, but there is still a blush on her face. "N-no." Makoto says, shaking her head. "I'm... I'm not interested in dating anyone right now." The girl says, "Not until I can..." Then, with a sharp Click, the girl's mouth shuts tight, Makoto turning and distinctly looking away from the rest of the group.
"Why do you want to know?" Usagi asks, a sly grin on her face, her eyes subtly tracking up from Minori to the girl's big sister and Mai. Then the girl looks back to Minori, whose face goes red.
"Hana, a girl from my class has a boyfriend." the girl says, the almost non-sequitur answer causing Usagi to blink. "I said that boys were dumb and gross, and she said that I was Less Bean, and that meant that I liked girls, and that that was gross."
"Hana said that," Saki says, her brow furrowing as she glances over towards Mai.
Usagi just laughs, crossing her legs as she looks towards Minori. "That's silly." Usagi says with a grin, resting her head in the palm of her hand, her elbow set on a knee. "Love is love. Girls... Boys... Does it really matter who it is that you love? Why should it matter to you what Hana thinks?" The answer causes all four girls there to blink at the utter sincerity in Usagi's voice. "Love is beautiful in all its forms." Usagi says, "Be it if you love a boy, or a girl. What matters is if you are happy, and if the person you love is happy. Sure, you think boys are icky now, but maybe that will be different in a year," the girl shrugs, before glancing up at Minori, the girl's face twisted in confusion. Usagi chuckles embarrassed, before her grin returns, eyes slipping over towards Saki and Mai. "However..." Usagi says, "This really isn't a topic that you should be talking to me about. I'll just end up confusing you. You should talk to your sister or your parents about that."
"...Okay?" Minori says, sounding very confused, which draws a chuckle from Usagi. "Are there any more questions that any of you have?" Usagi asks, looking between the two Pretty Cure and their younger sister.
"Are there other heroes like you?" Minori asks, and for a moment Usagi goes still, before she flops backwards with a sigh.
"I am a dumb." The blonde says, laying on the ground for a long moment, before she rolls back up into a sitting position. "Yes. I mean, there are the rest of my friends, the Sailor Senshi. Sailor V, Sailor Mercury, sailor Mars, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Neptune." The two Pretty Cure look back to each other, Saki mouthing 'what about Saturn and Pluto?' to Mai.
"But the more important ones that you will want to hear about are Cure White and Cure Black." Saki and Mai snap to attention when they hear those two names, eyes looking to Usagi in confusion. "Two other Pretty Cure up over by Tokyo Bay."
"Two other Pretty Cure?" Saki asks, "But... I thought that we were the only ones powered by the Land of Fountains."
"From what I understand," Usagi begins, "Cure White and Cure Black are different. They are defenders of another place called the Garden of Light."
"Oh!" Flappy cries out, a big grin on his face. ""I've been to the Garden of Lightlapi!"
"The two are assisted by a pair of fairies named Mepple and Mipple." Usagi continues, nodding to the excited blue fairy.
"It has been a while since we heard anything from the Garden of Lightchopi..." Choppy says, her voice soft.
Usagi does her best not to wince, unsure of how to explain what had happened, before making the easier choice. "I'm supposed to meet with them, not this Saturday, but next Saturday." Usagi says, "I can..." The girl pauses, her face lighting up as a new thought appears in her head. "Next Saturday evening. Round like... 6-ish. I can either get the two Pretty Cure's numbers, and you can call them whenever you want, or I could come by and pick you two up. Teleport you guys to the meeting we're having with them, and afterwords bring you back."
[ ][Splash] Get the Pretty Cure's numbers
[ ][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[ ][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[ ][Usagi] Don't give the Pretty Cure your number.
[ ][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[ ][Comm] Don't give the PreCure communicators
Glancing back up towards the sky, Usagi just lightly grimaces. "We've been talking for a bit." the girl says, "It's probably for the best that you get Minori home now. You said your parents are worried sick, right?"
The younger girl pouts, but Usagi just laughs. "Hey, don't look too down." Usagi says, "I only live a couple hours away up in Tokyo, and there's nothing stopping me from coming and visiting every now and then."
"You promise?" Minori asks the older girl, a stern look on her face.
"Hey, I'm your sister's Senpai, I won't lie to you." Usagi says with a smile, deeply amused by the way that Saki sputters at her words.
Minori opens her mouth to try and say something else, but the girl's words are interrupted by a yawn. It only takes the two Pretty Cure a few minutes more before they manage to gather up Minori, and start back down the trail.
Once the three girls are gone, Usagi and Makoto have time to start working on what they actually came down to Kamakura for.
Usagi to test and train her transformed self, and Makoto to experiment further with her magic.
[ ][Usagi1] Training
- [ ] Train your transformed Strength
- [ ] Train your transformed Speed
- [ ] Train your transformed Leap
- [ ] Wrestle Makoto
- [ ] Train your Magic
[ ][Usagi2] Train
- [ ] Push your transformed Strength
- [ ] Push your transformed Speed
- [ ] Push your transformed Leap
- [ ] Wrestle against Makoto
- [ ] Push your Magic
IF TRAIN YOUR MAGIC
[ ][TMAG] Try to learn a new Sailor Moon Spell
[ ][TMAG] Experiment with the Crystal Rod
[ ][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
- [ ] What effect are you wanting
IF PUSH YOUR MAGIC
[ ][PMAG] Try to learn a new Sailor Senshi Spell
[ ][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[ ][PMAG] Work to develop an entirely new spell
- [ ] What is the effect of the spell
[ ][Mako1] Try to learn a Sailor Jupiter Spell
[ ][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[ ][Mako1] Work on developing an entirely new spell
- [ ] Effect of the Spell?
[ ][Mako2] Try and learn a new Sailor Jupiter Spell
[ ][Mako2] Experiment with magical elements
[ ][Mako2] Try to develop a new spell
- [ ] The Effect of the Spell?
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[X][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
Networking~
Hm. @Lunaryon, can we do If-Then stuff? Like, if Makoto develops a new element with the first action then I want her to be poking it with spells, not trying to unlock a third element. Or is the spell thing assumed in the first "develop new element" action?
[X][Usagi1] Training
- [X] Train your Magic
[X][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
- [X] Some kind of shield spell or other protective thing.
[X][Usagi2] Train
- [X] Push your Magic
[X][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[X][Mako2] Experiment with magical elements
-[X] Unless she's already unlocked a new element. If so, try and get a new Sailor Jupiter spell out of it.
Can we give at least one of them a communicator? That seems like a lot better way for us to stay in contact that giving out our home phone and it would let them communicate with other people/groups.
"I am a dumb." The blonde says, laying on the ground for a long moment, before she rolls back up into a sitting position. "Yes. I mean, there are the rest of my friends, the Sailor Senshi. Sailor V, Sailor Mercury, sailor Mars, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Neptune." The two Pretty Cure look back to each other, Saki mouthing 'what about Saturn and Pluto?' to Mai.
So considering Makoto's 'revelation' should we have her start training Sentai/Power Ranger style attacks soon?
Would be kind of fun to mix it up so she has a lot more physical attacks so she can leverage her strength/skill more rather than just sticking to her canon powerset if i'm honest.
Possible issue: the [Usagi] vote category is being used twice.
[x][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[x][Usagi] Don't give the Pretty Cure your number.
[x][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[x][Usagi1] Training
- [x] Train your Magic
[x][Usagi2] Train
- [x] Push your Magic
[x][TMAG] Try to learn a new Sailor Moon Spell
[x][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[x][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[x][Mako2] Try and learn a new Sailor Jupiter Spell
Finally someone said it!
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[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[X][Usagi] Training
- [x] Train your transformed Leap
She is rabbit.
[X][Usagi2] Train
- [x] Push your Magic
[X][PMAG] Work to develop an entirely new spell
- [x] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to learn a Sailor Jupiter Spell
[X][Mako2] Try to develop a new spell
- [x] Experiment with magical elements
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Training
- [X] Wrestle Makoto
[X][Usagi2] Train
- [x] Push your Magic
[x][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[x][Mako2] Try and learn a new Sailor Jupiter Spell
I don't have a particular opinion on what to do while training magic, so I'm leaving that part blank.
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Don't give the Pretty Cure your number.
[X][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[X][Usagi1] Training
-[X] Train your Magic
[X][Usagi2] Train
-[X] Push your Magic
[X][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
-[X] Lunar Binding
[X][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[X][Mako2] Try to develop a new spell
-[X] A stunning, trapping, or binding spell
Regarding the possibility of making a new spell... we really need something that can be used to prevent our foes from escaping, so spells that make it harder for someone to move or traps them or removes their ability to make use of teleport spells would be very nice to have.
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[X][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[X][Usagi1] Training
-[X] Train your Magic
[X][Usagi2] Train
-[X] Push your Magic
[X][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
-[X] Lunar Binding
[X][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[X][Mako2] Experiment with magical elements
-[X] Unless she's already unlocked a new element. If so, try and get a new Sailor Jupiter spell out of it.
The thought of using magic to learn a new language had never occurred to Usagi, but now that she had seen such a thing was possible... Well, why waste her time in English Class when she could just use magic to learn English?
No, those hard questions come from Minori. Now, some of these questions were easier to answer than others. For instance, the girl asking if they were superheroes.
"I... don't think so?" Usagi says, "I mean... we don't have super powers, we have magic?"
Makoto on the other hand is quiet, sitting and staring up for a long moment. "Usagi." The girl says, continuing to look up into the leafy branches of the tree. "...We're superheroes." Usagi opens her mouth to say something, but before she can even say a word, Makoto pushes on. "Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter. A four man team colored Red, blue, white and green. There's a mysterious hero who shows up in our time of need but isn't really a part of the team. Usagi... We're a Sentai squad." There is something... jittery in the way that the girl says that, matched by the still growing grin on her face.
The worst part...
Usagi can't exactly argue with the statement or it's logic.
Also yeah, Tuxedo is basically the sixth ranger (in this case the black one) except he appeared from the beginning. We're already at the part he joined our team though, more or less.
"I am a dumb." The blonde says, laying on the ground for a long moment, before she rolls back up into a sitting position. "Yes. I mean, there are the rest of my friends, the Sailor Senshi. Sailor V, Sailor Mercury, sailor Mars, Sailor Uranus, and Sailor Neptune." The two Pretty Cure look back to each other, Saki mouthing 'what about Saturn and Pluto?' to Mai.
Usagi does her best not to wince, unsure of how to explain what had happened, before making the easier choice. "I'm supposed to meet with them, not this Saturday, but next Saturday." Usagi says, "I can..." The girl pauses, her face lighting up as a new thought appears in her head. "Next Saturday evening. Round like... 6-ish. I can either get the two Pretty Cure's numbers, and you can call them whenever you want, or I could come by and pick you two up. Teleport you guys to the meeting we're having with them, and afterwords bring you back."
[ ][Splash] Get the Pretty Cure's numbers
[ ][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[ ][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[ ][Usagi] Don't give the Pretty Cure your number.
Also yeah, Tuxedo is basically the sixth ranger (in this case the black one) except he appeared from the beginning. We're already at the part he joined our team though, more or less.
Sailor V could fit better in this quest, considering she is the veteran whom has been in the business longer than anyone else, while tuxedo mask, not so much...
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[X][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[X][Usagi1] Training
-[X] Train your Magic
[X][Usagi2] Train
-[X] Push your Magic
[X][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
-[X] Lunar Binding
[X][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[X][Mako2] Experiment with magical elements
-[X] Unless she's already unlocked a new element. If so, try and get a new Sailor Jupiter spell out of it.
[X][Splash] Accept Usagi's offer and go to the Magical Girl Meeting
[X][Usagi] Give the Pretty Cure your own home phone number
[X][Comm] Give the Pretty Cure a pair of Communicators
[X][Usagi1] Training
-[X] Train your Magic
[X][Usagi2] Train
-[X] Push your Magic
[X][TMAG] Try and develop an entirely new spell
-[X] Lunar Binding
[X][PMAG] Experiment using the Crystal Rod
[X][Mako1] Try to experiment with the elements Makoto can draw on
[X][Mako2] Experiment with magical elements
-[X] Unless she's already unlocked a new element. If so, try and get a new Sailor Jupiter spell out of it.
