Enter Berthier

[darkwater_sis]

She's just an average (but totally beautiful, she insists) girl walking down the street. There's a light laugh at something in one of the window displays, a pretty dress probably. There's a pause by a bakery. Then Berthier comes to a stop at what seems to be a random store, a cosmetics shop

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[lighteningqueen]

Jun finds herself being swept up from her normal life (dammit she really wanted some of the cake) before being dumped in the middle of an argument. Only her reflexes thanks to training save her from being shoved as one takes the verbal argument to a physical one.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" Jun glares at the two women. She could break up the fight, but really she doesn't feel like it. Besides the two women seem to be ending it anyway, glaring hatefully at each other as they leave the store. Jun watches them with a frown, honestly people. It's just a shop. And, by the looks of it, a cosmetics one. Oh fun.

Turning on her heel, Jun stomps off, heading for the door. The nexus might have picked her up and dumped her here but like hell she's staying.

[darkwater_sis]

The counter girl has a welcoming smile for Jun, but it falters the slightest bit upon noticing her appearance. The tiny wrinkles of consternation smooth themselves out and disappear quickly as Berthier arranges her face into something sweeter. The arguing customers finally glare each other and storm out. Good.

"Oh, my!" she says, the voice friendly and mild but with a hint of teasing, "Such piercings and tattooos! You need to try our cosmetics to look a little more feminine."

[lighteningqueen]

Berthier get's a look of pure wtf, shove it there. Jun's perfectly fine with the way she looks, and no she doesn't care that she's not 'feminine'. If she wanted to be girly she'd grow her hair out and, oh she doesn't know, curl it and wear it in pigtails.

Hannah-Sofia would have a heart attack.

"No thanks," Jun says, tight smile on her face, "I'm fine."

[darkwater_sis]

"Come on, come on!" She keeps the pleasant smile, even as she slides an inordinate amount of lotions, creams, and makeup across the length of the counter to display them to Jun better.

"You want to become beautiful like me, right? You can use this cream for moisturizing, this one for exfoliating, this one for a healthy complexion, this one for-" This just might be overboard.

[lighteningqueen]

"No. Thanks." Gritting her teeth, Jun resists the urge to throw/punch/kick/do anything violent to anything or anyone. It's not a good idea... even how tempting it does sound.

"I'm perfectly fine with my physical appearance and the soap I use," she says, and oh god it's almost as bad as Hannah. "Sorry, but not today."

[darkwater_sis]

Shoot. This girl's pretty cold. It's annoying to someone who's made this subject so important to herself. But she hides that, keeping the smile on her face even as she half-wonders just where Jun's confidence in herself comes from. Maybe, just maybe, just maybe it might be nice.

"Just have a look. I can give you samples to try as a start!" Just take the merchandise and make a tired girl's day easier before she gets dark circles under her eyes, ok?

[lighteningqueen]

God. Whatever. Fine, she'll take your damn samples. Who knows, maybe Hannah will want them. Or Miai. Either one.

"Okay," Jun says, smile practically pasted on. "It can't hurt to take a look yeah?"

Oh it can. It can and usually it results in someone else getting hurt.

[darkwater_sis]

Thank you.

"That's the spirit!" Berthier encourages Jun. "I'll have it wrapped up for you in no time!" If Jun takes a bit of a closer look at the bottles, they're all marked with an upside-down black crescent moon.

Well, it's just a brand symbol, right~?

[lighteningqueen]

"Mhm," she hums, grumpily. Shifting, Jun's eyes rack over the items in boredom, distaste on her face. Do girl's really need all this crap? Seriously? She can do so much with the few things she has, she just can't understand it.

Though, from an artist's perspective the bottles are rather pretty. Even if that black moon-

Wait.

She recognises that symbol. It's the one that her princess once wore, the one the people behind the attack on Crystal Tokyo wore. "Black Moon."

[darkwater_sis]

"Oh, my~" Berthier says. "Looks like you found out pretty quickly." She gives a light laugh, and when she turns around she looks the part of one of the Ayakashi sisters, the same black moon now on her forehead.

"I can't let you leave now," she says, almost regretfully.

[lighteningqueen]

"Oh?" Well we'll just see about that. With a smirk Jun turns, sprinting through the store. She's not aiming to get away, just get somewhere where she can transform.

Ducking behind some shelves, Jun grabs her pendant. "JUNO STAR POWER. MAKE UP!" The green light washes over her and Juno stands there, axe in hand. Let's start this Bertie-bird.

[darkwater_sis]

What?!

"Who are you?!" She's never heard of anyone like this. That uniform is like those horrible sailor warriors, but Berthier's never seen this girl before.

Grrrrrr.

"Droid, come forth!" One of the Black Moon's numerous droids materializes behind Berthier.

[lighteningqueen]

"Protector of a new era, Sailor Juno, Senshi of Devotion and Earth." In the name of the moon I will punish you Juno says, almost arrogantly. "And you, Berthier of the Black Moon are going down."

Juno readies her axe, watching carefully when that droid appears. There's a small smirk. Finally, something she can beat up.

[darkwater_sis]

The air turns cold.

"Droid, please take care of that sailor warrior." Even now, she maintains that somewhat refined air. The droid behind her shoots a jet of something - ice, it turns out - at Juno just as Berthier does the same:

"Dark Water!"

[lighteningqueen]

The Droid's blast is easily dodged, after all it's just a mindless foot soldier. Berthier will be the real challenge.

"Peacock Slash!" The axe slashes diagonally and beam of green/blue light is coming you way Berts

[darkwater_sis]

"You're mean!" Berthier accuses, almost petulantly. Both her attack and the droid's having been avoided, she wraps her arms around herself once more.

"Dark Water!" The two attacks meet midway between their users.

"Ahahaha, at least the other sailor warriors are a challenge!" she taunts.