[Thread] I lost myself inside someone else

[rabbitofjustice]

Characters: OU!Tsukino Usagi (PGSM), OPEN
Where: Park, near the pond.
When: Daytime.
Summary: Usagi is worried about things, so thinks about stuff near the pond.
Warnings: Depends entirely on who shows up. <3

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She was sitting on a moderate-height branch of a tree not too far from the pond. This was too good of an opportunity to pass up. Mercury jumped down lightly from her perch, landing softly on her feet.

"Good afternoon, Tsukino-san!" The blue-suited senshi's voice was purposely a hair too loud, too boisterous, too energetic. Her face wore a broad grin, and her eyes held a light as malevolent as her posture. She was already moving quickly towards Usagi, the long strides and heel-toe step only adding to the impression of something not quite natural.

[rabbitofjustice]

Usagi's attention went from the pond to the person that had appeared, Mercury - Ami-chan. The person she had been thinking about just a few moments ago. Usagi noticed how over the top her greeting was, but shrugged it off. After all, it was Ami-chan. Even after the things that had happened, Usagi still considered her a friend.

"Ami-chan!" Mercury was heading for her very fast, the grin almost like she had something in mind. Usagi wondered what it could be.

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Mercury didn't stop. She continued making a beeline for Usagi, ready to push her back towards and into the water if the other girl let her do it, ready to struggle with her towards that direction if need be, ready to push and bully and bruise.

"U~sa~gi~chan~!" It was a crude mockery of Usagi's own friendliness, and then she smiled, and it was anything but pleasant, so overtly malicious even her foe might have trouble ignoring it.

"Want to ask me about Mars?" The tone was almost coy, playful, in stark contrast to the obvious ill intentions.

[rabbitofjustice]

"Mars..? Ah, that Rei-chan I've talked to a while ago?" Usagi remembered the short conversation they had. Ever since then, she hadn't heard anything from that Rei-chan again, and was wondering why. Apperantly Ami-chan did know why. "Yes! Do you know why I haven't heard from her in a while?" She was curious. She didn't know much about that Rei-chan yet, but nonetheless, it was Rei-chan.

The look, the smile on Mercury's face threw Usagi off for a moment though, as it was just so different from the Ami-chan she had known back in her world. It made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

[waterfell]

"Oh, yes." The smile broadened, if such a thing were even possible. "We defeated her and her ginzuishou. She's still in that unconscious state."

A pause for effect.

"Want to offer yourself next? Or shall it be Neptune and Uranus?"

Mercury was right in front of Usagi now, raising her arms to push at the other girl, still inexorably moving forward and taking advantage of the shock the other girl must feel at that news to do it.

[rabbitofjustice]

She was right, Usagi was very shocked at this news. It wasn't quite what she had expected Mercury to say. She was too shocked to say anything at the moment or to do anything or even to move. We defeated her and the ginzuishou. She wasn't sure why Rei-chan would have the Ginzuishou, but she was too surprised to really think about it. Or to think about who Neptune and Uranus were. Or even who the 'we' Mercury was talking about were.

"Ami-chan.. Why?! We're friends right? Mako-chan, Rei-chan, you and me! How could you hurt a friend like that?" A part of the shock had turned into sadness. Usagi didn't even notice Mercury readying herself for her attempt to push her, she was too shocked by the answer Mercury had given her.

[waterfell]

She was close enough now, and the push Mercury gave Usagi was calculated to be forceful enough to drive her back, possibly even to lose her footing and stumble or fall, giving the water senshi the advantage of height and menacing perspective. The princess looked her best on the ground.

Friends? She'd been away too long; the protest barely registered except as a faint, irritating background noise. Friends shouldn't just move their mouths. The friends Mercury had were people who valued her, people who would act, people who would help her, people who believed in her. They'd all done so. They were nothing like this girl and her sailor senshi.

"Don't ignore my question," she warned the other girl sternly. Mercury crossed her arms over her chest. "Or should I assume you're telling me to go after the other senshi?"