Cat Fight!

[enviousemerald]

Crack!The sharp sound of something impacting breaks the oppressive silence, and there's a small, collective gasp that follows. The figures are one some members of the nexus might recognize. Cooan, Berthier, and Calaveras stand back in a semi-circle. In front of them, Petz holds her mouth, and Esmeraude stands across from her, fan in hand and raised

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[notsoblack_lady]

Woah, wait. No. No. This was not where she wanted to be. Not when she was finally about to meet the leader of the rebellion in her world!

"Esmeraude-!?"

[enviousemerald]

Esmeraude's head snaps towards that voice.

"You're--?!" She points her fan accusingly. "Who are you?!" she demands. "Why do you wear that sigil?!"

[notsoblack_lady]

No, that was right. Now was not the time to be scared. Black Lady, not Small Lady. She manages to recover from her surprise quickly to stare down the fan, before looking at Esmeraude with an imperious look.

"From the Black Moon Clan, I am Black Lady."

[enviousemerald]

"Don't mess around!" Esmeraude answers immediately. "What are you trying to pull?!"

[notsoblack_lady]

"I see that the prince has left you out of the loop on things, Esmeraude of the Green! What a pity." Smirk, smirk. It killed her to do it inside. "The weak rabbit you couldn't capture has been reborn as a superior, the queen of darkness."

[enviousemerald]

"I'm closer to the Prince's word than anyone else," she replies coldly. Except maybe Saffir.

"Your tricks won't work on me, impostor. Name your true self, or I'll beat it from you!"

[notsoblack_lady]

"And yet you've been relegated to babysitting those four in the past."

She hopes she looks as bored and unimpressed by the threats as she's supposed to. Hopefully, Esmeraude would get frustrated and simply leave; Black Lady didn't want to get into a fight with the lady if she could avoid it. More for Esmeraude's sake than for her own.

"And I have no reason to lie! I am answerable only to Wiseman and Demand-sama. But, if you want proof."

She almost absent-mindedly fingers the chain around her neck, which holds what looks like the ginzuishou. Power certainly seems to emanate from it.

"It's the rabbit who has what everyone's been seeking, isn't that right?"

[enviousemerald]

Esmeraude stares at it a moment. That crystal...wasn't a shard of the jakokuzuishou...what was it?!

The ginzuishou?! That crystal--

"You look nothing like that person," she replies in a calculating tone. "Wearing the Black Moon sigil isn't forgivable. You're not one of our clan."

[notsoblack_lady]

At this, she lets out a laugh. One she hopes is harsh enough to convey...well. Something.

"You feel free to believe what you want!" She almost waves Esmeraude's concern off. "But I was given this blessed mark and Demand-sama has welcomed me into the family. It's not my problem if no one thought to keep you informed."

[enviousemerald]

Impertinent bitch! Demando-sama wouldn't leave her out of something like that! People aren't just invited into their family!

"Enough!" Esmeraude is suddenly closer, and she strikes out with her fan violently.

[notsoblack_lady]

Black Lady quickly moves to avoid the hit. Well, she knew it either would or would not work, and it clearly didn't work. She doesn't let herself betray this, though. Instead, she simply looks annoyed.

"Such impudence!" She spits out. "Do you think attacking me will help your already-precarious position?"

[enviousemerald]

Esmeraude is done with words for the moment. She steps in with another attack quickly. She might not be quite as weak as Black Lady remembers--she's trained hard, even in this short time. Then again, she doesn't have Wiseman's strength behind her, either from that wicked arm.

[notsoblack_lady]

Esmeraude's definitely stronger, Black Lady realizes, as the heat of the power barely misses her face by inches. But, Black Lady is more so, and if she was to play the part once more, she had to show it.

Her hand thrusts forward, black energy coming forth. In any other form, it would have been the power of the Pink Moon Crystal. In this form, however, it always turns black as the the darkest part of space.

[enviousemerald]

She's not expecting that sort of power. She throws up her arms in defense, staggers back a step, and is thrown easily to the ground. Still laying there, she grabs at her shoulder, sucking in a sharp breath.

Esmeraude pushes herself up on one elbow. To be knocked down so easily...

[notsoblack_lady]

"Hmph." She looks down at Esmeraude with a contemptuous look. "For such violence towards me, I should execute you for treason!"

She gives an airy snort at this.

"However, the project in the 21st century still needs completion and there's no room for making replacements for it right now. So, I'm willing to overlook this lapse of judgment this one time!"

[enviousemerald]

"Still on that act?" Esmeraude manages to retain some bit of dignity as she pushes herself up and tosses her tousled hair from her face. "It's you that won't be forgiven for such crimes!"