Usagi sits hunched over a table in a small restaurant, looking a bit uncharacteristically mopey in front of an alarming number of empty soft-drink glasses. She's been here awhile
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It's a public place. Kaorinite is kind enough to call her enemy out by her civilian name. "Tsukino Usagi," she hisses venomously once she's close enough, right hand clenching where her Buster staff should be. She's wearing a long black coat, which is luckily enough to not draw too much attention from the other patrons.
There's a tight-lipped smile as she stands by the girl's table. "All alone?" she says in a falsely sweet tone.
It's not an acting job. She hasn't heard the Death Busters say a word about the ginzuishou, so that's pretty strange in itself. But if so many people and alternates come through the nexus, and Kaolinite does, they can't possibly all have the ginzuishou, right?
Urgh. How did she end up with such stupid enemies anyway?
"All the worlds that I have encountered, the people from other worlds, all seem to know of the ginzuishou. And if they're entirely normal worlds, they know you. Tsukino Usagi."
She's not stupid! She had very good reasons for thinking it was a strange question!
Now this, this is just plain nervousness:
"I didn't make the Nexus, I swear!" She scoots back even further in her seat, if such a thing is possible, and looks ready to climb over the back of the booth bench.
Kaorinite looks at Usagi in disbelief. "Don't worry," she answers in a mock-sweet tone, "I wouldn't give you more credit than is due." smirk. "It's just--" She looks directly at Usagi. "Rather strange."
Ok, that tone is really making her want to either bawl or run away. Maybe both. But she can't. She swallows back some of the nervousness (although she's still clinging to the booth) and manages to ask, "Did you have more questions?"
Way! Nervous laugh time. Whoa, nervous laugh time. But she has a very plausible lie:
"No one would ever let me touch the ginzuishou! I'm clumsy and forgetful and lazy and-"
Yeah she'd kill the others for ripping on her this bad, but can't help being aware she comes off this way and she can actually use it to her advantage for once.
"Whoa, the ginzuishou? No way!" See that nervous laugh? It means no! No no no! No ginzuishou-using here!
"I don't even really know anything about it." Which is not quite denial that she knows of its existence, but just that she knows nothing about how it works.
Kaorinite examines her teacup with mild disinterest.
Say, Usagi. See that nice-looking gentleman over there? He's suddenly very quiet. Actually, he doesn't seem to be drinking his tea anymore either. Must be cold by now.
"Usagi-san," Kaorinite says in a light tone, still examining her cup, "I don't really like it when people lie to me."
Don't be confused. Kaolinite really wants something about the ginzuishou. That means she needs Usagi. And Usagi needs somewhere to transform because Super Sailormoon can definitely defeat Kaolinite again. She knows she can because she already has.
This may end up being the end of Kaolinite. Again.
Usagi stands up and runs from the restaurant. The second she's outside, she calls out her usual transformation phrase and her second henshin immediately.
Tch. Kaorinite rises, walking past the still man. There's a moment, and he picks up his tea as if nothing happened. She didn't used to care. Humans were something to eventually be eliminated, right? The earth would be theirs, and it didn't matter. Maybe the fact that Tomoe Hotaru had become important to her extended just a little to the rest of the human race. She hadn't really thought about it, but maybe, just maybe the fact that she didn't leave the unknowing patron paralyzed showed a tiny bit of humanity she may have once had, long ago.
The magus steps out of the cafe, and she glances to the side. Where is that troublesome girl?
"Stop right there!" She knew Kaolinite would follow her. Good; it keeps her from hurting anyone else. There's absolutely no fear in those eyes or that voice now, now that Kaolinite is facing Super Sailormoon.
"Picking on a girl who was only out to have a fun afternoon with her friends for once, I won't forgive you! Even if you're Kaolinite's ghost come back, I'll defeat you again!" The voice comes from a girl standing on top of the restaurant roof with her arms folded across her chest, silhouetted against the sky. She leaps down easily and lands in front of Kaolinite.
There's no pause before her attack. "Rainbow Moon Heart Ache!"
Kaorinite looks rather unimpressed at the speech, and she opens her mouth to speak when the girl attacks.
A yellow staff with a black star is immediately in her hand, and she manages to fend off some of the attack, but it knocks her away a good distance, landing her hard on her side.
"Ugh," she mumbles, pushing herself up to a half sitting position. "Dreadful woman," she snaps, glaring at Sailormoon. "Attack first, ask questions later, isn't that right?" she accuses. "You always rush in like that. It's that which gets those people hurt that you pretend to protect!"
It's a public place. Kaorinite is kind enough to call her enemy out by her civilian name. "Tsukino Usagi," she hisses venomously once she's close enough, right hand clenching where her Buster staff should be. She's wearing a long black coat, which is luckily enough to not draw too much attention from the other patrons.
There's a tight-lipped smile as she stands by the girl's table. "All alone?" she says in a falsely sweet tone.
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Sip.
Yes, perfectly normal conversation. Mm-hmm. Sip.
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It's not an acting job. She hasn't heard the Death Busters say a word about the ginzuishou, so that's pretty strange in itself. But if so many people and alternates come through the nexus, and Kaolinite does, they can't possibly all have the ginzuishou, right?
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"All the worlds that I have encountered, the people from other worlds, all seem to know of the ginzuishou. And if they're entirely normal worlds, they know you. Tsukino Usagi."
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Now this, this is just plain nervousness:
"I didn't make the Nexus, I swear!" She scoots back even further in her seat, if such a thing is possible, and looks ready to climb over the back of the booth bench.
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Sit. Stay.
"Can you use the ginzuishou?" she questions, obviously not finished with the Question & Useless Answer session.
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"No one would ever let me touch the ginzuishou! I'm clumsy and forgetful and lazy and-"
Yeah she'd kill the others for ripping on her this bad, but can't help being aware she comes off this way and she can actually use it to her advantage for once.
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"I don't even really know anything about it." Which is not quite denial that she knows of its existence, but just that she knows nothing about how it works.
Liar.
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Say, Usagi. See that nice-looking gentleman over there? He's suddenly very quiet. Actually, he doesn't seem to be drinking his tea anymore either. Must be cold by now.
"Usagi-san," Kaorinite says in a light tone, still examining her cup, "I don't really like it when people lie to me."
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Don't be confused. Kaolinite really wants something about the ginzuishou. That means she needs Usagi. And Usagi needs somewhere to transform because Super Sailormoon can definitely defeat Kaolinite again. She knows she can because she already has.
This may end up being the end of Kaolinite. Again.
Usagi stands up and runs from the restaurant. The second she's outside, she calls out her usual transformation phrase and her second henshin immediately.
"Crisis Make-up!"
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The magus steps out of the cafe, and she glances to the side. Where is that troublesome girl?
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"Picking on a girl who was only out to have a fun afternoon with her friends for once, I won't forgive you! Even if you're Kaolinite's ghost come back, I'll defeat you again!" The voice comes from a girl standing on top of the restaurant roof with her arms folded across her chest, silhouetted against the sky. She leaps down easily and lands in front of Kaolinite.
There's no pause before her attack. "Rainbow Moon Heart Ache!"
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A yellow staff with a black star is immediately in her hand, and she manages to fend off some of the attack, but it knocks her away a good distance, landing her hard on her side.
"Ugh," she mumbles, pushing herself up to a half sitting position. "Dreadful woman," she snaps, glaring at Sailormoon. "Attack first, ask questions later, isn't that right?" she accuses. "You always rush in like that. It's that which gets those people hurt that you pretend to protect!"
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