Session Start: Sat Nov 22 16:08:58 2003 Previously, on Hunters: Lady Sakura has taken her new assistants out on a couple of training missions - some tag at the mall, and a paintball sim thing in an abandoned/converted subway station. The Queen pitched in with an easy assignment of her own - just some heavy lifting / delivery to her palace. Afterwards, Sakura came out looking serious, and said something about a real mission starting Wednesday. ...but that's Wednesday. Today is Monday, and most of the gang is starting at their new school, Takeuchi Memorial. They were told to meet at the school offices before classes... so they'd better hurry - it would be bad to be late on the first day! [session start - November 3, 2003, 750 local time] * Kyouko arrives barely on time, humming a mournful tune. It's early... * Leena is already there, waiting for the others. * Kyouko yawns. * Taki will show up fashionably late. * Maya is... already there. She's been there for a bit, actually, and it busy doodling in a notepad, humming some cheerful tune to herself. "Hey, Kyouko! Hey, Taki!" ^^ Morning.. The school is slowly filling with students. TM is a relatively small, exclusive academy - only about 350 girls. * Minami arrives relatively on time. Out of one hell and into another. *mumbles* * Leena seems somewhat saddened as the others show up. For those of you used to a mixed school, the undifferentiated sea of girls in uniforms is somewhat disturbing. * Taki is somewhat disturbed. Well...no one knows me here. Except you guys. ...But you're not guys. Only Darkmoon is a guy. * Minami glances around a bit nervously at all the girls. They look scary. ...and what a guy he is. ... you okay, Leena? It's the first day of the rest of our lives. We should meet it head-on. ^^ TM's uniform is a white dress shirt with brown and tan striped tie, a medium-length tan skirt, and an optional tan jacket. It's both expensive- looking and yet quite subdued. * Leena grumbles something unintelligible under her breath. I'm sorry you guys got transferred here... Is it that bad? ... I heard that I missed something that I'm mildly glad I did. Was it that bad? Well..it was kinda heavy. and big. and we had to carry it for a while. * Maya nods once, slowly. "Big and heavy... check." And lame. and there were some guys. * Minami fffts. "You count those?" Were they at least cute? * Leena looks up, from staring at the ground. "First of all, everyone here sucks. And then there's the fact this is -the- MG school, so our current assignment, once word spreads, will probably make it even more unbearable." No, they were mildly irritating. Then again...not for long. XD * Kyouko smiles a bit. * Minami half-shrugs. "Only if you care about what people think of you." Oh, yes. I'd suggest you pick out a club or three to join before they pick you. Why? * Maya ahs and nods again, then offers Leena a patpat on the shoulder. "Hey, we'll be here to help you. We're a team, so we have to face this together, right?" ... eh? Why? Huh? * Principal opens the office door and clears his throat. * Taki leans against a wall quietly brooding. * Kyouko looks at the principal. Excuse me, girls? Could you come in, please? Okay. * Kyouko goes into the office. * Maya stands, smoothes out the front of her skirt and follows orders like a good little girl. "Yessir." * Leena nods, obeying like the clone whose uniform she's in. * Minami looks up. "Okay." * Principal leads the five of them into his office. * Taki tails the group almost like it's an after thought. * PrincessSqueegee is already there, waiting for them... except not in her Princess getup. Oh...it's Squeegee. Princess Squeegee. * Kyouko sneezes. Ah... h-hi? ^^; In civvies, you realize that Squeegee is notably older than you might have thought before - at least 20, maybe 22 or 24. * Leena is quiet. Trying to look like, ya'know, she's not there. Good to see you all. * Principal pulls off his jacket and starts untying his tie. * Minami looks suitably polite. The queen thanks you for your help the other day. * Maya nods, staying quiet. * Kyouko takes off her jacket and ties it around her waist. * Leena rolls her eyes. Make no mistake, you are an important part of our team, and we will try to help you any way we can. * Taki stays quiet, standing against the wall. * Leena rolls her eyes more, this time suppressing a smirk. Thanks, ma'am. With the tie off, the Principal raises one hand and suddenly DETRANSFORMS, instantly going from 45ish to a barely-shaving 17ish. * Maya puts a smile on. Actual genuine-ness can't be determined. * Kyouko blinks. ....Huh? * Minami starts, blinking. Sorry about that. * Taki quirks an eyebrow. ...eh? I'm Lord Oldman. * Leena blinkblinks. The Principal, too? That's new. ...oh. * Taki snerks. .... ah. Nice to meet you, sir. ^^; We don't tell all of our girls that come here, but you five are going to, uh, take advantage of the situation more than most, so we have to let you in on more of the secrets. ...more secrets? * Minami brightens a little at the thought of that. TM is meant as a haven for the Ladies and Princesses that come here - a place to be safe, and a place to learn. * Taki almost looks interested. * Maya purses her lips, paying close attention. * Kyouko listens. * Leena mumbles, "And a place to practice your bitch skills." For you, however, it is merely a springboard to enable and propel you in your new role. Whenever there are issues involved with your duties, do not hesitate to bring them to me. Oh? What kind of issues? I have orders from the Queen to provide you with anything you need... in your duties. I'd like to think things like... well, carrying them out, Kyouko. Oh. * Taki nods but remains quiet. ...things not related to your duties... well, you're on the same footing as any of the other girls. * Leena brightens up for a moment, then falls back to her disinterested state. Understood... I guess. You have all been assigned relatively light afternoon schedules. PE classes at the end of the day, and History courses before those. * Minami nods slowly. Okay... When Sakura needs you, it will almost always just be in the afternoon. You will be excused, and will report to her immediately. Sometimes she will pick you up here, sometimes you will have to rendezvous with her. Mmm-hmm. I assume you'll explain things away to our parents, right? I will let your teachers know. They will give you no trouble, especially since we've done this for all of Sakura's previous partners. You are technically on a work-study program - mixing real-world business experience with essential high school instruction. * Taki remains quiet and just watches everyone else. * Kyouko nods Right, right... Make no mistake - we expect you to maintain good grades while you attend here. If you let your coursework slip, there will be grave consequences. But I'm sure you'll have a good time. All of my girls love Takeuchi Mem. * Minami raises an eyebrow. *slight leer* * Kyouko twitches. * Leena coughs. ... eh-heh. ^^; * Taki crosses her arms uncomfortably. * Maya tries to hold her happy face as best as she can. Um. Anyway, you know that we maintain this school for the Ladies and Princesses, but do not make the mistake of thinking that all the girls here are in the know. In fact, most of them are not. I think... counting you four new girls, we have 25. That's about one in fifteen. But aren't there a lot more magical girls than that? Just enough to almost fit in, but not enough to where it's annoying and you can't talk about it openly. We mostly send the best and the brightest here... and besides, many don't want to leave their home schools. You can't really blame them, can you? * PrincessSqueegee shrugs. And besides, if all of us went through here, someone would notice. * Minami nods slowly, being almost as quiet as Taki. We don't want to reveal ourselves like that. Not... yet. * Taki has years of training at being quiet. She can out-quiet anyone! :P * Maya just nods, deciding to keep her mouth shut for now. * Kyouko sighs. Too late. * Principal transforms back into an old man. His shirt doesn't seem to change, but the wrong-color jacket and tie appear. He quickly changes back into the ones he previously removed. Are there any questions? Er. Are we under any special restrictions? None from me. Since we're some important, is there any chance I can ask you to expel Athena? No? Thought not, what good is this assignment. *glares at the ground, speaking in a quick, clipped voice.* What do you mean by... restrictions? * Principal snerks. Don't bring guns into the classrooms. Anything special that wouldn't be covered in a normal school? You're just students on a work-release program, going to school. Sakura will... handle your training in that job. Technically, you're not subject to all of the school rules... but we have to maintain the appearance of normality. So if you break rules, we have to be seen to be enforcing them. ....ah. Such as...? Well, gee. Don't beat up your fellow students. Don't cheat. Obey your teachers. * Minami nods... The basics... Conduct yourself with dignity. You represent the Queen after all, even if most of your fellow students don't know it yet. * Leena continues staring at the ground. Anything else? Not really.. Are we done? * PrincessSqueegee stands up and shoulders her purse. Do tell the Queen we greatly appreciate all of this. I have to get going. Oh, I will. * PrincessSqueegee scurries. I've put all of you into Miss Leena's homeroom. Leena, could you take your new classmates there now? * Leena buries her face in her hands. Yaa. Wonderful. * Taki walks out of the room and waits for Leena outside. ... eh-heh. Sorry, Leena... look on the bright side, though! At least we won't be too far apart. ^_^; There goes any chance of the news of our assignment -not- spreading. * Minami looks a little confused. "Er? All right..." Leena's popular? * Leena grimaces. "I wish." Wait..what grade are you in Leena? Yes, that kind of confuses me... I was a senior... * Leena tilts her head. "It's not like that... Takeuchi has a different way of doing it." Well, it looks like we're going to have to adjust... although... er... ...okay.. There's mixed homerooms here. Oh...odd. * Maya lowers her voice. "Oldman kind-of worries me." He leered at us! * Leena grumbles. * Taki follows along behind the girls, not saying anything. * Kyouko tries to whisper. "That was really creepy." * Minami looks to see if the Lord in question is around. Must want this team to stick in the same homeroom. I suppose that would make sense.... Well... yes, the leer was a bit much. Oh well. Guess there's no way around it, now. * Leena sighs, and starts walking. "This way." * Kyouko walks after Leena. A slightly-dowdy thirtyish woman opens the door as the group approaches. Hello, Leena. Are these the new students? * Maya waves to Sakamura, smile firmly in place once again. * Leena mumbles to the ground. "Yes." Please come in. * Minami enters. * Leena shuffles in. * Maya tags along, doing the usual new-place-rubbernecking. * Kyouko shuffles along as well. * Taki trails at the back looking disinterested. The room is a pretty standard-looking classroom, filled with about twenty girls. It looks like math is taught here during the day, judging by the decorations and calculus textbooks on the shelves. The girls stare back at you, vaguely interested. * Kyouko tries to avoid their gaze, behind Leena. Which is ironic since she's taller than Leena. * Minami ignores them, looking around for an empty seat. * Maya manages to not look too flustered at the group staring. * Leena glances up to make sure the teacher isn't doing anything that needs to be watched visually, and slumps down on her desk, hiding her head in her arms. She's giving a good impression of 'tired.' Girls, we have a whole lot of new students today - all of them are on a work-study program that TM occasionally helps with. And I think Leena is joining that program as well. Aren't you, Leena? * Leena groans, and looks up. "Yes." There's some giggling from the back of the room. * Leena submerges her head in her arms again. From closer to the front, an underclassman raises her hand and without waiting for permission, asks, "Are any of you Magical Girls?" Um....no. * Minami tilts her head and looks at the girl quizzically. * Kyouko tries to look truthful. * Leena doesn't respond. It's not the teacher, she doesn't have to answer. *chiding* Sanako... you should be more polite to newcomers. * Sakamura turns back to the group. Would you all introduce yourselves? * Sakamura hands Kyouko a piece of chalk. * Maya does a damn good job of looking too plain to seem like a magical girl. Kyouko Mizui. * Kyouko bows. * Taki looks nervous with everyone looking at her. She tries to look elsewhere, like out the window. * Sakamura taps her foot impatiently. .... ah! Oh... er... Uzuki. Maya Uzuki. ^^; Minami Terazaki. * Maya proceeds to deprive Kyouko of chalk and write her name on the board. ... You were talking a bit too long, soooo... * Kyouko realizes she had a piece of chalk. Oops. * Maya adds a little heart at the end of her name, then hands it back. * Kyouko writes her name on the board in precise, squared off kanji. Heehee. ^_^ *looks at Taki* And you are...? * Minami takes the chalk after Kyouko's done and scrawls her name quickly, legible but rushed-looking. She then hands the chalk to Taki. * Taki looks back at the teacher. I... Oh. * Taki looks at the chalk in her hand. Someone at the back snerks. "Doesn't even know her own name." * Taki writes her name really small in the corner of the chalk board. * Kyouko prods Taki. "Go on..." Girls! * Leena crumples up a piece of paper, sits up, and chucks it at the one who spoke ill. T-taki... Takeshi. * Kyouko is surprised no one has commented on her hair yet. ... wow, I wish I could write that small. * Taki gives the chalk back to the teacher and attempts to hide behind the girls again. * Sakamura nods. * This is rather hard since she's the tallest of the bunch. And I'm Kiko Sakamura. It's good to meet all of you. Find a seat, and I'll start going over the day's announcements. * Minami finds an empty seat, preferably one near the middle of the room, to the sides. * Taki tries to find a seat at the back of the room near the window. * Kyouko blinks in surprised at the older woman telling them her given name. * Maya sits down, making sure to not be too terribly far from the others. * Kyouko sits near Leena * Leena is still doing her 'Ignore me, I'm sleeping,' act. * Sakamura starts the day in the usual way... isn't school fun? * Maya does a pretty good job of staying alert. Huh, imagine that. Time passes slowly on a school day. * Minami stays on-task, although somehow you get the feeling she's doing it for other reasons than sheer academic :Dness. * Kyouko daydreams about swimming and Sugizo. After homeroom, everyone goes on to their own classes - the teachers here are all pretty smart, though it doesn't take long for the Ladies to start noticing a certain trend: * Leena buries herself in classwork, like a good little student. Easier to not be noticed like that. All the male teachers are young and very attractive. The female teachers are not. No exceptions. The men are all in their twenties, and probably too old to be you-know- whats... ( Then again, you never know, do you. *_* ) [lunchtime] * Taki takes her boxed lunch up to the roof to eat. The school cafeteria is somewhat smaller than you would expect, and the girls are all packed pretty tightly. The food is good, though, if you didn't bring your own. * Kyouko takes out a sloppily wrapped bento that has rice and some miscellaneous snacks. * Maya has her lunch with her today, and then some; it's good to share, after all. "Quite an interesting school..." * Taki has rice and pickles. Taki finds that the roof is occupied already. * Taki tries to find an open corner. * Leena grabs a school lunch, and wanders off to her usual table, glancing at the others on the way. She sits down over there, and plops down quietly. The girl who asked in homeroom if they were MG's is up here, along with a number of her friends. They are all passing around trading cards... ...oh, hi!!! ... hi. * Minami waits in line for a school lunch and finds a spot on a table somewhere along the edges of the lunchroom. Do you collect MG cards, too? ... hey there. ^^ * Taki keeps looking around. We come up here at lunch so they don't get bent in that crowded cafeteria. ^^ I-- no. * Sanaka holds up one. It's Princess Squeegee. * Taki quirks an eyebrow. Can... I see? Squeegee's my favorite! She's a princess! And she's so smart! * Maya approaches LEENA. "Um... hey, Leena? Mind if I sit here?" ^^; * Kyouko goes and sits with Leena, and continues eating her rice. * Sanaka hands the card to Taki. * Taki examines the card. The front of the card is a long-range action shot of the Princess as she points at something out of the frame. The back is a short bio, such as someone who knows nothing about the woman could write. Approximate height, powers, and personality. * Taki hands it back. "Interesting..." I don't have a complete collection - some of the older ones are hard to find, of course. So, do you have any for trade? * Taki looks at some of the other cards the girls have. Oh! Even better, join our club! No, I didn't know we-- they had cards. Taki picks out images of several other Ladies and Princesses she's met, and many that she hasn't. I don't know... There's even a very old one, that appears to be of the Queen. In some common piles, Taki notices Mallet and Darkmoon. * Taki indicates those two. "Can I see these?" Hmm? Oh, you can have them. ... Really? * Sanaka gives away the cheap cards. * Taki blushes. "Th-thanks." I have plenty of Mallet, and Darkmoon was never very popular. * Taki sits with the girls. Why not? I dunno - he's just not been spotted very often, I guess. He sure is dreamy, though... Yeah... * Taki blushes more. If you join the club, you'll get lots of cards. Older cards we have to collectively purchase, but the new sets we can get for all our members. * Sanaka stares at Taki intensely. Okay... I don't have much money though... Doesn't matter! The school funds the club, and the more we have in the club, the more money we get per student! Join! Join! Join! * Sanaka looks around furtively. Oh. I-- I guess I can see what it's all about. The Anime club hasn't already gotten you, have they? I haven't heard about any of the clubs yet... * Sanaka snarls. "They made off with five of our members last week... oh, you will." You will. Made off with...? (back in the cafeteria...) * Leena watches the approaching Kyouko with her peripheral vision, starting to eat. * Kyouko scarfs down rice. Leena is just getting settled. Kyouko and Maya are just sitting down beside her, when... * Kyouko pauses for a minute to retrieve something from her bento. Do you want a cookie Leena? * Athena jostles Leena hard, with an elbow. * Kyouko offers a slightly battered chocolate chip cookie to Leena. No th- erk! Eh? What are you doing here? * Kyouko looks at Athena. ... um. * Leena turns, not sitting up. "I -attend class- here, or have you forgotten that already?" * Maya blinks at Athena. "Not-quite-friend of yours, Leena?" No, what are you doing at this table? Sitting here? It's for Tea Club members only, remember? ... Tea Club... members? tea club? Yes. The TEA Club. * Athena puts a very strange emphasis on that phrase. Do you make tea? ... I like tea. ^^; I'm bad at making tea...but I can make rice. * Kyouko gestures to the large amount of rice in her bento. * Leena blinkblinks. "She's a guest. I'm gonna try and get her to join." We're joining tea club? No, you're not. And Leena, dear, what makes you think we keep rejects in the club? You're not a wannabe, now, you're a never-was. ... ah, excuse me. 'Rejects'? ^^; * Maya raises a hand, almost as if waiting to have her question answered. We're not rejects. Rejects. I heard all about it from our... mutual friend. * Leena sits up, angrily. You. Stay out of this. * Kyouko attempts to understand what's going on. ...okay... And it's not your say. *quietly* You're on the queen's little shit squad, girl, and we don't let your like pollute our membership. ... oh, wonderful. * Kyouko sighs. * Maya sighs heavily, smile fading. One girl, a few seats down, looks up. "But, what about our membership? You don't mean to actually kick someone out, do you? * Leena glances sharply that way, alarmed. I can make up the money, if that really concerns you. You wouldn't... The rest of the Tea Club is busily ignoring the conversation. *grin* I sure would. * Maya looks towards Kyouko. "... really should've expected this." * Athena makes shooing motions. Time to leave, girls. Have a nice life - what little is left of it. * Kyouko whispers back to Maya "...Yeah.." * Leena doesn't leave. ... ah well, I'm sorry, but I've been eating and it would be disruptive for me to get up and find another seat... I'm almost done, anyway. ^^; * Maya strains to retain her smile, and fidgets juuust a bit. I'm almost done too...Do you want a cookie? * Kyouko offers two slightly battered chocolate chips cookie to Athena and Maya. * Leena stands up, her anger vanishing to a cool mask. Tell you what. I'll duel you for it. ...you'll what? I win, you shut your pie hole about this matter. And you can guess what happens if you win. * Maya takes the cookie, eyeing Leena the entire time. ...I like pie. ... I like pie, too. Pie and cookies. * Maya nibbles at the cookie. "Mmm. Not bad." Ha! I should teach you a lesson. But it's not just me - I think the rest of the... club would agree. * Kyouko looks at Athena and Leena. Oh. They can have their say either way. It's just your mouth I want zipped. *shrug* You'll still be out of the club... They are going to get a chance, at least. And you'll be beaten to a pulp. But if you insist... ... Leena? After school, then? Sure. *smirk* Now get out of here. Are we leaving then? * Leena picks up her mostly untouched lunch, flicking off Athena on her way off. * Kyouko messily wraps up her bento and follows Leena. * Maya sighs. "Never mind... and I think we are. Nice meeting you!" She waves to Athena before finishing off the cookie with a smile and following Leena. "Hope to see you again!" * Maya is imagining seeing Athena again in a post-Mallet manner and giggles guiltily. * Athena turns her back on the three, and sits in their place. * Leena lets out a breath, and growls angrily. "I'll show miss high-and-mighty she's not the Queen herself." Minami had about five minutes of peace after she sat down, but quickly there was a sort of hush around her, and a feeling that many people were watching her eat. ...and then the rush started. * Minami looks around cautiously. In a matter of fifteen seconds, Minami finds herself surrounded by seemingly a sixth of the student body, all jamming brochures, forms, and gifts at her. "Join the Riding Club!!!" * Minami goes o_O at it all. "Anime! Anime Club!" "You know Leena? You want to be in acrobatics!" "Kendo! Kend- erk!" "Judo Club!" * Kyouko looks over at the crush of bodies around Minami and gapes. ... oh dear. "Baking Club! We went to nationals last year!" * Minami looks around at all the people and the stuff and erk and goes mildly swirly-eyed. Ummm... I warned her... guess I should have elaborated a bit more... * Minami shakes it off and starts taking stock of the options. "Swimming is fun! Swimming is cool! Swimming Club gets exclusive use of the pool!" Eh? Swimming club? * Minami looks at the Swimming Club girl. "No thank you...I have a friend who might be interested, though..." * Kyouko heads over to the Swimming Club reps. The press of bodies forces some of the petitioners up onto the table, which begins to rock and creak. * Minami o_os and starts backing away towards the wall, carrying her lunch with her. The wave of girls surges over the table and traps her, back to the wall. Swimming Club? I'm a swimmer! * Minami edges along the wall towards the entrance/exit. ... is there a magic club? "Performance Club! We own the stage!" * Leena tosses a rice ball into the air in an arc, aiming for the middle of the mob surrounding Minami. Intent: Start a food fight/cause enough confusion to give her a fighting chance to escape. ... that works, I guess. ^^ * Maya homes in on the Performance Club rep LIKE A HAWK. * Minami , although being pressed against the wall, really doesn't seem too incredibly scared. She looks at the performance club rep, then does a relative 180 hearing someone say "Gaming Club." "Wait--did you say gaming club? What kind of games?" Leena's rice ball hits the Kendo club rep in the face just as she's standing back up, and she whips out a bokken and lays into the girls around her. There is much screaming as the cafeteria disintegrates into a club melee. ...Oops. * Kyouko eyes Leena. * Minami eeps and edges out of the way, trying to find/identify the gaming club rep. * Leena yells out over the crowd, "MINAMI! RUN FOR IT!" * Kyouko attempts to find the Swimming Club Rep, wah. ... oh my! * Maya moves clear of the violence! o_o; A troop of girls with odd headwear sweeps in with mops and wastebaskets. "The Maid Club will clean up this mess!" ... Huh. * Leena retreats to nearby an exit, ready for a hasty exit herself if things get too hectic. I... think I'm going to come to like this place. ... eventually. * Minami runs off with the gaming club rep into the sunset. Or at least a relatively safe corner. The cafeteria empties quickly, save for the club reps, who are very intense in their battle, so much so that they miss their quarry leaving. * Kyouko comes back, clutching a brochure, a big shiny button saying "SWIMCLUB" and a brand new bathing suit. Yet. * Kyouko looks rather happy with her new prizes. * Kyouko looks for everyone else. * Maya rolls her eyes and proceeds to get back to the matter at hand; finding the others. No luck with finding the non-fighting Performance Club peeps. YET. * Leena navigates her way to Kyouko, waving. That was... something. I joined the Swim club. * Maya is back to smiling, it seems. * Leena blinkblinks. "Swimclub." * Taki listens to the card club ramble on and on and on and on... Ano... well, if you beat up enough Ningyo there, it should be okay. Oh. Right. Wait. What? We don't swim? We beat up Ningyo? They show up right there in the pool, usually, they should be a piece of cake for Heat. Oh, okay. ... * Maya snickers. * Kyouko tries not to be surprised by this information. ( I should note that the pool is the only large water structure on the campus. No fountains. Oh god, no fountains. O_o ) * Leena turns to Maya. "And you?" * Taki heads down to her next class, lunching having ended. Um... I think the fight scared off most of the Performance Club people, but I'll find them later. ^_^ Ah. Okay. * Leena smiles. "Think about a second club, too." * Minami heads back to class, nibbling on a biscuit and bogged down with a pack of cards, a pair of dice on a keychain, and three brochures: One for the gaming club, the other two for the baking and performance clubs. o-o I'm going to try and keep that bitch from summarily denying you access to the Tea Club, but we'll have to see how that turns out. But I'm bad at making tea. * Leena glances around cautiously. "It's not safe unless you pick two. They'll come after you every day, and they won't stop. They're worse than Ningyo..." I can teach you, Kyouko. ^_^ Okay! And don't worry about tea. It's not really a tea club. ^__^ ... wait, it's not? Huh? * Maya blinks. "I could understand the Swimclub being... y'know, but... it's tea." * Leena blinks. "It's a cover. It's a MG club." ooooh. What's that girl's power? * Leena smiles. ^__^ ... c'mon, tell us. She makes people happy? * Leena starts to say something, but cracks up. Pleeaaase? Leenaaaaaa... * Kyouko offers a cookie. That's- hah- I- ... Ha. Hahahahahaha. That's funny. * Taki passes the girls in the hall. Oh. Hi. Hi Taki. Here. Want a cookie? * Kyouko offers. Well. Um. I really don't know. Just that she's a Princess. * Minami runs into the group on the way back. "Oh! *chomp* Hi!" * Taki hands mallet her card. * Kyouko eyes the card. Leena, you have a card? * Leena blinkblinks at the card. * Minami peers over at the card. "What's tha--oh! Interesting." * Leena poses. "Of -course-. I'm a lean mean Ningyo smashing machine. ^_^" ... okay. On the card, Mallet has just swung the mallet and struck the pavement - a water main has ruptured, and telephone poles have been knocked over in all directions. * Maya shrugs... then spots the card. "... do I have one?" So...they have MG trading cards? I've seen a few before. One girl at my old school had one of the Queen. I only saw hers and Darkmoon's... On that back is a note that Lady Mallet is best known for property damage, and to evacuate immediately if you spot her. Yeah. Just ignore that picture of me, though. That's a bad one. *whistles* * Maya snickers. That looks pretty accurate... ... yep. That sounds like you, Leena. ^_^ Eh hehehehe. Okay, maybe it is. * Taki quietly vanishes into the crowd and continues heading for class. Maybe someday we'll get our own cards... Anyways... try and think of a second club, just in case I mess up, okay? Okay. Heh, maybe. Do you need help getting to class? * Kyouko ponders the Music club. * Minami finishes off her biscuit and heads back to class, waving to the group as best she can under all the stuff. Right! * Kyouko goes through classes, woo. ...so lunch passes. And the afternoon classes start. As promised, the afternoon schedules seem pretty light. History and PE and things you wouldn't care if you missed the classes. The day ends soon enough - some clubs meet, some don't. Hundreds of girls loosen their neckties and stream out of the building towards the train station. Principal Oldman stands proudly on the front steps of the building and smiles as his many charges head back to their families and homes. ...and then there are Leena and Athena. * Kyouko watches from afar. Very afar. * Maya has gone home, content to leave Leena's business to, well, Leena. * Minami goes on home, unless one of her clubs is meeting. * Taki is the first one out of the school, watching everyone leave the school. * Leena is humming to herself, doing some dance steps to the beat, waiting. * Kyouko decides to go to Swimclub. * Athena meets with Leena just outside the front door. ...you really want to do this? * Leena waves, smiling. "Of course. I'm not going to let you make their life a living hell too." She cocks her head ever so slightly. They are going to get a chance if they want it. I may have been stuck on a doghouse team, but it's still a team, ya'know? Hmph. But for how long? * Athena starts walking towards a nearby park. * Leena clenches a fist. "All the way, if I have anything to say about it." * Leena follows. * Leena is almost-walking again. Leena... you don't remember Hoshi - Lady Nike, do you? When she started here at TM, we didn't let her in the Tea Club, either. ... that's cruel. And then she left the school last month, after just a month here. Surely you member that announcement? * Leena nods, slowly. Except... what they didn't announce is that she got killed. She was Lady Sakura's last "partner". And she got used up like that. * Athena snaps her fingers. That's what your team is. Throwaways. Disposable soldiers in a battle that we have to fight, but we don't care about. I'm aware of the lack of choice we have. But damned if I'm not going to make the most of every choice I do have. And I'm not going to let you close off my new teams choices, either, however small. *shrug* That's admirable, but it doesn't change things. I have no intention of allowing you to blight our club with your presence. You have my sympathy. But just go away. * Athena stops as they reach a relatively abandoned area of the park. If you must go through with this, here is as good as anywhere. Nothing here for you to break, mallet-girl. * Leena grins. "Nothing's going to break but you. All I need to do is get in one good hit." *Lady* Mallet, I am afraid your ego has outgrown your fuku. That's the way it goes, doesn't it? You're a veritable blimp yourself. * Athena crosses her arms and stands straight. Her eyes shine from within for a second, then light bursts from her eyes, nose mouth, and ears. It intensifies, then her entire body seems to light up - a pure, blinding white light, brighter than the sun. It fades, and she's standing there in an all-white fuku... and pure white hair. I am Princess Purity. You... are less than dirt. * Leena shields her eyes, then transforms herself, in a not nearly as impressive rainbow-colors cone of energy spiraling around, then enclosing her, and shattering like so many pieces of glass. * Kyouko watches from a distance. Then it's dirt you'll lose to. * Athena sniffs. * LadyMallet lets loose The Mallet from it's portal, letting it land with a *whumf* * Kyouko mumbles to herself "I should probably move farther away..." Don't call your enemy trash unless you're willing to admit it's possible you can lose to trash. Because then you're worse than trash. You keep talking, but I do not think you have any idea what you're saying. * LadyMallet picks up The Mallet, and slings it over her shoulder. Then I'll beat my words into that ego of yours. * Kyouko transforms for the sake of, well... not getting blown/exploded/falling into a crack in the earth. * PrincessPurity poses. "Pure Pure Power Pulsation!" Once again she flashes with light, but this time the light seems to stick to her, an opalescent aura that covers her from coiffure to sandal. Ow. my eyes. Come on, Lady. Let's get this over with. * LadyMallet walks forward, intending to do just that. * PrincessPurity is holding no weapon, but calmly raises her arms in a blocking stance as Mallet approaches. * LadyMallet twirls The Mallet once in her hand like a baton, swinging it over her Purity's in a fluid motion, then snapping it back with a blow aimed for the ribs. (Tech #2). * PrincessPurity 's eyes pop open as the impact catches her in the gut - her aura seems to splash away from her, and then, as she arcs backwards, it flickers and disappears. She lands poorly, and tumbles another five meters before coming to a stop. ...but the hit felt weird to Lady Mallet, as well. She looks down at her mallet, and sees that its head has largely disappeared - almost as if it melted away on impact. ... ...Huh. * PrincessPurity twitches, then slumps over, holding her gut. * LadyMallet walks over, holding the good end of The Mallet at Purity. "I won't miss here. You've lost." ...that's... a good... hit. H-heh. So much... for... the Mallet. ...and no... I haven't. * PrincessPurity lifts one hand tremulously, then pants, "Pure Purity Purification!" Lady Mallet swings what's left of her weapon up in a vain attempt to block, but it's not nearly enough to stop the wave of onrushing white light. Lady Mallet is lifted in the light, tossed around, ground into a pulp, then spit out... as Leena Leena. * LadyHeat runs out from where she's standing towards Leena. She lands on her back, dazed, but mostly unhurt. Leena, are you okay? * LadyHeat glares at Purity. * PrincessPurity slowly gets to her feet. * Leena woozles. @_@ ...now, it's over. *sniff* * LadyHeat grabs a water bottle and unscrews it. * Leena steadies herself, and blinks a few times. "I... lost." I'll expect... not to see you tomorrow. ...but do try to stay alive. * Leena glances at Heat, and holds up one hand in a 'Stop' gesture. * LadyHeat puts the cap back on and replaces it back on her belt. And fate strikes another nail into our coffins.... Are you okay? I'm sure we can find other clubs. * PrincessPurity starts off, slowly at first, but soon running at full speed through the streets. * LadyHeat detransforms. * Leena laughs hollowly. "That's not the point." She's just a stupid Princess. * Leena grins. "Well, no point in worrying about it, anymore. I tried to change it, and failed." *shrug* "And now it's beyond my control. Ice cream?" Okay. I know a place around here that's good. * Leena sighs. Seems mostly forced bravado, that last line. * Kyouko takes Leena's arm and leads here away from the battleground. [end session] Session Close: Sat Nov 22 20:18:59 2003