Saturday Evening, lobby of some fancy overpriced hotel in Manhattan, Momoko's world
Blossom smiled as Bubbles approached, meeting her with a hug. It was a bit awkward, though, what with all the bags the blonde was carrying.
"So I guess you had an awesome day?" Blossom laughed, taking some of the bags and handing over the keys to the security room.
Bubbles grinned madly, her eyes sparkling. "It was so wonderful! So many fashionable stores!" She spiriled in the air, enraptured. "And I met so many designers and models! I was given a tour of the Fashion Institute and even allowed to attend some shows! Thank you so much for letting me have the night shift! I know the day shift is so much longer."
Blossom laughed harder. "It's fine! I'm more used to this type of assignment anyway, and I've been to New York before." Admittedly not this New York, but that was fine. She'd had an interesting time as it was. "Are you going to be able to stay awake until I come back?"
Bubbles sank back to hover next to Blossom and rifle through one of the bags. "Of course I will! I probably won't be able to sleep for simply days! Is this New York the same as the one you went to? Why didn't you tell me it was this wonderful? Ah! Here it is!" She held up a very cute white dress.
"Ah! So beautiful!" Blossom squealed, lifting at the fabric to see it closer.
Bubbles snickered. "I'm glad you think so, since it's for you! It's from last season, but I saw it and totally knew you had to have it! It's an Altuzarra. Maybe you can find a party tonight to wear it to?"
"I'm totally going straight to bed! I have to be back on duty in a few hours, remember?" Blossom laughed and returned the dress to the bag. "I'll take these back to the hotel with me. Everyone's asleep; the last light went out an hour ago and when I checked, the Mayor was snoring peacefully. No troubles all day, unless you count a protestor throwing tomatos at the Brazilians during the 'Sister Cities Luncheon' this afternoon."
"You mean he's snoring loudly," Bubbles giggled and reached in for another hug. "I'm sorry it's been so boring, but I do enjoy working together again. I wish Buttercup could have come, too."
"She'd just be mad she couldn't understand what everyone is saying," Blossom gave a squeeze, avoiding the part where yes, this bodyguard detail was boring. And a bit emotionally draining, since it involved a week long trip to America, reminding her of all the things she missed. "And then she'd totally start yelling when she couldn't punch anything. I'll be back in the morning to relieve you again."
A twirl of her wand and a quick salute and Bubbles flew off to take her turn guarding the Mayor's suite. Blossom grabbed the bags and headed out of the hotel and into the darkening New York night.
A different New York than she was used to, and that was strange to think. This should be the New York she thought of first! It was the one in her home world! The one she'd spent most of her life knowing existed somewhere across the ocean. But now she found herself missing the busy and bland city of concrete and steel she knew from her days at Fandom. This neat and clean, totally friendly city she was visiting now was so... so... foreign!
And there was no Gotham here. Or rather, Gotham, here, she'd found out, was a nickname for New York that hadn't been used in hundreds of years. That had been a depressing reminder that she didn't have her friends in this world.
A dark car pulled up beside her and slowed, causing Blossom to tense and stop walking. Purely habit, since there was little to fear in this city, apparently, but she did it anyway. The car stopped, purring in idle as the window rolled down and a familiar face appeared. Of course Ms Bellum had an international driver's license and a car available to her in New York. Blossom facepalmed.
"Ms Bellum! You shouldn't sneak up on people like that at night!" On superheroes just coming off an uneventful guard-duty, at least.
"I was coming to pick you up, but you left before I got there." And the passenger door clicked open.
Blossom chuckled and climbed in, bags and all. "Thanks, but I was fine walking. You didn't have to come get me." She'd walked back to the hotel after every other shift, after all. It had given her a good chance to see the city, learn the area. Think.
"I wanted to talk to you as well," Ms Bellum said, nodding at all the bags. "Bubbles did some shopping?"
Blossom looked at her amazed. "How did you know?"
"Well, for one thing, you've been on duty all day," Ms Bellum's smile was soft. "And for another, the bags are all from clothing stores; not a single bakery or comic store among them."
A quick glance to the bags confirmed that the names on the bags were all from the fashion world. "Ah ah. I totally should have noticed that. You can't tell anyone at the Academy, okay?"
"You're tired. And actually, the Academy was what I was hoping to talk to you about..."
"I'm doing much better! Honest!" PANIC!! FLAIL!! "I've stopped going to visit people instead of studying unless it was really really important! I even got the highest marks in Interrogation last week!"
Ms Bellum raised a hand, laughing. "No, no. You have been doing excellent, both at school and at your internship. We've had nothing but good reports. I need to talk to you about what you will be doing after the Academy."
"A...After?" Blossom paled and looked down at her hands.
"When you graduate and join the police force as an actual officer." The car slowed at a stop light. "You won't have as much time to be Blossom. Have the other girls and you talked about this yet?"
Blossom shook her head. "No. I've talked about it with my friends from school, but not the girlz." She sighed and looked out the window; another thing she wasn't used to- this lack of congested streets. Where was everyone? "I need to tell them." That she was leaving their world.
"It would be a good idea." The light changed and the car started forward smoothly. "Keeping your teammates up to date is important."
Teammates... and bosses. Taking a breath, Blossom set her shoulders and smiled her best, most confident (ha!) smile at Ms Bellum. "Actually, I need to talk to you as well..."
[NFB, NFI, la la handwavy timeywimey. I will interact again with peoples soon, I promise!]
"So I guess you had an awesome day?" Blossom laughed, taking some of the bags and handing over the keys to the security room.
Bubbles grinned madly, her eyes sparkling. "It was so wonderful! So many fashionable stores!" She spiriled in the air, enraptured. "And I met so many designers and models! I was given a tour of the Fashion Institute and even allowed to attend some shows! Thank you so much for letting me have the night shift! I know the day shift is so much longer."
Blossom laughed harder. "It's fine! I'm more used to this type of assignment anyway, and I've been to New York before." Admittedly not this New York, but that was fine. She'd had an interesting time as it was. "Are you going to be able to stay awake until I come back?"
Bubbles sank back to hover next to Blossom and rifle through one of the bags. "Of course I will! I probably won't be able to sleep for simply days! Is this New York the same as the one you went to? Why didn't you tell me it was this wonderful? Ah! Here it is!" She held up a very cute white dress.
"Ah! So beautiful!" Blossom squealed, lifting at the fabric to see it closer.
Bubbles snickered. "I'm glad you think so, since it's for you! It's from last season, but I saw it and totally knew you had to have it! It's an Altuzarra. Maybe you can find a party tonight to wear it to?"
"I'm totally going straight to bed! I have to be back on duty in a few hours, remember?" Blossom laughed and returned the dress to the bag. "I'll take these back to the hotel with me. Everyone's asleep; the last light went out an hour ago and when I checked, the Mayor was snoring peacefully. No troubles all day, unless you count a protestor throwing tomatos at the Brazilians during the 'Sister Cities Luncheon' this afternoon."
"You mean he's snoring loudly," Bubbles giggled and reached in for another hug. "I'm sorry it's been so boring, but I do enjoy working together again. I wish Buttercup could have come, too."
"She'd just be mad she couldn't understand what everyone is saying," Blossom gave a squeeze, avoiding the part where yes, this bodyguard detail was boring. And a bit emotionally draining, since it involved a week long trip to America, reminding her of all the things she missed. "And then she'd totally start yelling when she couldn't punch anything. I'll be back in the morning to relieve you again."
A twirl of her wand and a quick salute and Bubbles flew off to take her turn guarding the Mayor's suite. Blossom grabbed the bags and headed out of the hotel and into the darkening New York night.
A different New York than she was used to, and that was strange to think. This should be the New York she thought of first! It was the one in her home world! The one she'd spent most of her life knowing existed somewhere across the ocean. But now she found herself missing the busy and bland city of concrete and steel she knew from her days at Fandom. This neat and clean, totally friendly city she was visiting now was so... so... foreign!
And there was no Gotham here. Or rather, Gotham, here, she'd found out, was a nickname for New York that hadn't been used in hundreds of years. That had been a depressing reminder that she didn't have her friends in this world.
A dark car pulled up beside her and slowed, causing Blossom to tense and stop walking. Purely habit, since there was little to fear in this city, apparently, but she did it anyway. The car stopped, purring in idle as the window rolled down and a familiar face appeared. Of course Ms Bellum had an international driver's license and a car available to her in New York. Blossom facepalmed.
"Ms Bellum! You shouldn't sneak up on people like that at night!" On superheroes just coming off an uneventful guard-duty, at least.
"I was coming to pick you up, but you left before I got there." And the passenger door clicked open.
Blossom chuckled and climbed in, bags and all. "Thanks, but I was fine walking. You didn't have to come get me." She'd walked back to the hotel after every other shift, after all. It had given her a good chance to see the city, learn the area. Think.
"I wanted to talk to you as well," Ms Bellum said, nodding at all the bags. "Bubbles did some shopping?"
Blossom looked at her amazed. "How did you know?"
"Well, for one thing, you've been on duty all day," Ms Bellum's smile was soft. "And for another, the bags are all from clothing stores; not a single bakery or comic store among them."
A quick glance to the bags confirmed that the names on the bags were all from the fashion world. "Ah ah. I totally should have noticed that. You can't tell anyone at the Academy, okay?"
"You're tired. And actually, the Academy was what I was hoping to talk to you about..."
"I'm doing much better! Honest!" PANIC!! FLAIL!! "I've stopped going to visit people instead of studying unless it was really really important! I even got the highest marks in Interrogation last week!"
Ms Bellum raised a hand, laughing. "No, no. You have been doing excellent, both at school and at your internship. We've had nothing but good reports. I need to talk to you about what you will be doing after the Academy."
"A...After?" Blossom paled and looked down at her hands.
"When you graduate and join the police force as an actual officer." The car slowed at a stop light. "You won't have as much time to be Blossom. Have the other girls and you talked about this yet?"
Blossom shook her head. "No. I've talked about it with my friends from school, but not the girlz." She sighed and looked out the window; another thing she wasn't used to- this lack of congested streets. Where was everyone? "I need to tell them." That she was leaving their world.
"It would be a good idea." The light changed and the car started forward smoothly. "Keeping your teammates up to date is important."
Teammates... and bosses. Taking a breath, Blossom set her shoulders and smiled her best, most confident (ha!) smile at Ms Bellum. "Actually, I need to talk to you as well..."
[NFB, NFI, la la handwavy timeywimey. I will interact again with peoples soon, I promise!]