With a long groan, Sailor Moon slowly rolls her shoulder again, flexing her arm as she shifts her arm this way and that way, testing her range of motion. "Okay... It hurts, but I don't think anything is broken or anything like that." She mutters, more to herself than to anyone else.
The Senshi of the Moon looks over to Sailor Mercury, "Now that we've dealt with the demons..." She stops, looking back and forth down the hall. "Maybe this isn't the best place for this. I know how we can get up to the roof. Less chance of people overhearing us up there."
"That's probably for the best," Luna agrees, as she leaps up, landing on Sailor Moon's good shoulder. "This is going to be complicated enough to explain without running into regular people."
"...And where were you during all of this?" Usagi asks, but the grin on her face makes it clear that there aren't any hard feelings.
"I was helping." Luna says simply, I managed to keep the fat one busy for nearly ten minutes before it lost its temper and went after you."
"Uh-huh." Sailor Moon agrees, distinctly sounding like she doesn't believe the cat. "I didn't happen to see that."
"There was a lot of mist, I'm not surprised you missed some of what was going on."
"Uh-huh." Reaching up, Sailor Moon scratches Luna behind the ears in the one spot that the cat likes most, causing her to break into a soft purr. "Anyways, this way," Usagi says, pointing over towards the room she came from.
The three quickly backtrack through the cram school, returning to the room that Sailor Moon used to enter into the building. "Thanks to our Senshi transformation, we'll be able to easily climb up to the roof from here." She says as she slides open the window, swinging a leg outside. "Come on, it's easier than it looks."
Sailor Mercury doesn't exactly look like she believes Sailor Moon, but she is willing to at least give it a try, if only so that she can get some kind of explanation for what is going on. However, Sailor Moon is right - Climbing to the roof is remarkably easy.
Once on the roof, Sailor Moon finds a spot, dropping down to sit on one of the metal cooling units on top of the building. "First off... I'm sorry that you had to learn about all of this, like this." Sailor Moon says to start. "I know exactly how crazy this all feels. Some cat coming out of nowhere telling you that you have magic powers and that it is your destiny to save the world. I'm hoping that in the end you'll be willing to help us out, but I'm willing to answer any questions that you might have about any of this... I can't promise that I have the answers, but I won't lie to you."
Sailor Mercury is quiet for a long moment, slowly pacing back and forth across the roof. More than once, she opens her mouth, starting to say something before she seems to think better of it, cutting herself off and returning back to pacing. "This..." She starts to say. "All of this, the talking cat, the demons, the fact that you aren't dead. I have to confess, this is indeed a major adjustment that I am going to have to give a lot of thought to."
Sailor Moon simply nods, waiting for whatever else that Mercury has to say.
"You are saying that I am one of the few people capable of stopping these monsters, right?" Mercury asks, and Sailor Moon looks first to Luna, before looking to the girl.
"As far as I know, yes," Usagi admits with a sigh. "From how Luna explained it to me, it would be possible for... Like the Police or the JSDF to handle the Youma, but these monsters are inherently superhuman. Stronger and faster and far more durable than a person is. Even for the six demons that we fought today, it would have taken... what...?"
"Probably two or three dozen soldiers to handle the demons." Luna chimes in, "At least, using the weapons and equipment that Earth has in this era. Most of them would have more than likely died as well."
"Then..." Sailor Mercury says softly, "Then I guess it is my duty to do this, to help stop this."
Sailor Moon perks up, a grin on her face. "Well, that's great! Welcome to the Team!"
"Excellent." Sailor Mercury agrees, a bit of a smile finally starting to form on her face. "So when am I going to meet the rest of the team?"
"Well, I can introduce you to Naru tomorrow at lunch," Sailor Moon says, "But other than that..."
"What do you mean?" Ami asks, as she starts to wonder just what she has agreed to, "There have to be more, right? The people who developed the Mercury Computer," The girl points to the device on her wrist, "or whatever these outfits are. And the people who scouted out the Crystal Seminar, or who are going to train us."
"There... There's Naru, but for now... we're... it." Sailor Moon sighs, before steeling herself. "There will be others though." She amends quickly. "We are the Sailor Senshi, the Guardians of the Solar System, Champions of the Planets, and Personal Guard of the Princess of the lost Silver Millennium."
"So..." Ami asks, even as words and terms are filed away into the back of her mind. "How did you know that the Crystal Seminar was a scheme by the Youma to steal people's life force?"
"Do you remember yesterday, when we first arrived at the gates?" Usagi asks, "The way you shivered. Like everything had gone all still and pale and gray..." Usagi shivers simply describing the sensation. "That is one of the biggest signs that we have figured out about how to find a Youma's den..." Usagi is quiet for a moment, but the look on her face makes it clear that she hasn't finished yet. "...Then they tried to kill me."
Then Luna starts to speak, making sure not to lose the momentum that Sailor Moon had managed to build. "The thing is that we have discovered evidence that there is some kind of hidden magical society in Japan." The cat explains. "For some reason, they have developed special magic barriers that contain their own magical signature, making it nearly impossible to find them. I have a theory that the Youma are doing the same thing in order to prevent modern magic users from finding them."
"Why...?" Usagi picks back up, "We don't know yet."
"So... If you are Sailor Moon, and I am Sailor Mercury," Sailor Mercury asks, "How many Senshi are there, is this just the beginning of a Japanese branch, something akin to Sailor V in London?"
"I..." Sailor Moon says, raising a finger to argue, then she pauses. Slowly, her head starts to turn to the cat. "Is Sailor V one of us?"
That was not the question that Ami expected, nor is the answer that Luna gives what she expects either.
"Sailor V is in London. There isn't anything short of Kunzite's Dark Agency being defeated or the Princess being found that will draw her back to Japan. There is no point in asking about that right now."
That was very much not a no.
That wasn't really a yes either, but the way that Luna shuts down the conversation, and the way that she seems to know what is going on with Sailor V is doing makes it sound like Sailor V may indeed be a Senshi.
"...Speaking of which, Luna... You're a Cat?" Ami asks.
Luna goes very quiet, not answering the question at all.
"Luna is a Mao." Usagi says, "They were an alien race from outside of the Solar System that had connections to the Silver Millennium... back... before everything happened. Then the Silver Millennium fell... however long ago it fell now, and Luna was put into Cryo... Cryostatic? She was frozen." Sailor Moon goes quiet now again. "Really... The Mao... Everyone should know about the Mao. They should have arrived after the fall and helped rebuild society. They didn't."
"We..." Luna starts to say.
"We don't know why," Usagi confirms. "We won't know until we manage to redevelop faster than light travel and go to the Mao's home system. Or any of their colonies."
"So..." Ami says, finally managing to put all her thoughts together. "What you are saying is that... it's just the three of us?"
"Well, four." Usagi agrees, "But Naru hasn't managed to learn any magic yet. We only managed to find a primer on magic theory earlier this week..." But Usagi sighs, nodding. "Right now, it is just... me. A girl who has had these powers for less than two weeks, a completely normal teenaged girl, and an alien cat whose memories have been damaged by being frozen for.. a long time. We're looking for a Princess with no idea how to find her. More than that, we know that we have to find her. The Princess is the best bet for defeating the Dark Kingdom Once and for all. Why? We don't know. We are flailing in the dark. That... is part of why I am so happy to know that you are willing to help, even just a little."
"We need the help."
"You have got to be kidding me." Ami groans, but there is still a bit of a smile on her face. "Well then, you said I can meet... Naru, right, tomorrow at lunch?"
Which Councilor Role will Ami act as for Usagi
[ ][Ami] Chancellor
- 20% of Ami's Diplomacy (0) is added to Usagi's functional Diplomacy
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Diplomacy score
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every time Usagi's Diplomacy increases, there is a chance of Usagi learning a new spell
[ ][Ami] Trainer
- 20% of Ami's Martial (1) is added to Usagi's functional Martial
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Martial Score up to Ami's own (8)
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every time Usagi's Martial increases there is a chance of Usagi learning a new spell
[ ][Ami] Manager
- 20% of Ami's Stewardship (2) is added to Usagi's functional Stewardship
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Stewardship up to Ami's own (10)
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every time Usagi's Stewardship increases, there is a chance of Usagi learning a new spell
[ ][Ami] Spymaster
- 20% of Ami's Intrigue (1) is added to Usagi's functional Intrigue
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Intrigue up to Ami's own (9)
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every time Usagi's Intrigue increases, there is a chance of Usagi learning a new spell
[ ][Ami] Grand Magister
- 20% of Ami's Learning (3) is added to Usagi's functional Learning
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Learning up to Ami's own (18)
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every time Usagi's Learning Increases, there is a chance of Usagi learning a new spell
I know that this isn't much of an update, mainly covering information that has already been brought up, this is the second half the update. I probably shouldn't have split it, but I did.
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