omegafriends | 001 | action (closed: Tsubomi, Yuri), backdated to Friday

It's been a little bit of a weird week or two for Itsuki. She hadn't been expecting to see those girls out and about fighting evil so close to her house, and it'd been on her mind for a while now. She wasn't sure what to think of it, really. They seemed to be about her age, too, but they were crazy strong. They moved with a certain deadly efficiency, completely different from her learned grace that she hadn't really mastered yet.

Of more concern, though, was the fact that she'd been called out here for some reason, to a park not far from where they'd had that battle before. And not just by anyone - the communication was from Cure Blossom, one of those girls from then! She definitely couldn't turn that down, not when it's from someone so important. Someone that strong and graceful, talking to her? That didn't happen every day, and she was going to capitalize on it.

She doesn't really have a whole lot she's comfortable wearing for something like this, so she's in a plain buttoned shirt and jeans, and hoping she's not going to get dragged along for something important in clothes that are going to be an embarrassment. Too nervous to sit still, she's leaning against a lightpost, checking her phone every two minutes to see if there's a message.

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If Itsuki is nervous, Blossom is absolutely sweating buckets. She's standing behind a tree, trying to work up the nerve to finally approach. But... how could she do this out of the blue?! A-and this Itsuki, he was so... so...

It made Tsubomi blush a deep shade of crimson that wasn't thought humanly possible.

Still, she couldn't sit around! Taking a deep breath, she clenched a hand into a fist, and moved to emerge.

"Good evening, brave citizen!" she announced, in her most "heroic" sounding voice... which ended up sounding pretty damn cartoony and fake, all things considered.

Itsuki blinks. And turns to the source of the voice. And... can't help but giggle softly for a second. "I'm sorry, that was too funny, I couldn't help myself. Um, if it helps, you don't need to force yourself around me. I'm pretty impressed with you as it is."

It's certainly helping to relieve her tension, at any rate.

"E-eh? Impressed? With me...?"

Ahhh, dangit Tsubomi, get it together!

She straightened and cleared her throat, walking closer. "U-um, I wanted to talk to you about your helping us out the other day. You were certainly very brave, but I worry those villains may target you in the future..."

"Yes, with you." It's immediate. "You fought pretty hard that day. Not just anyone can do that."

She smiles. "That's probably a fair concern. I'm not terribly worried, but... I hadn't really thought about it. Still, only a fool attacks a martial arts dojo." But there's a seriousness to her tone that suggests she's considering it.

"A-ah..."

Her composure breaks again... before she sucks in a deep breath and straightens up for a second time.

"Yes, well! I'd like you to have a way of getting in contact with me! Err - I mean, me the other Omegafriends, that is...!"

Very delicately, Itsuki raises one eyebrow. "You... what?" Internally, of course, she's screaming; is this how it's going to go? Is this going to get her one of the fabled Omegawatches? She just had to... well, do something that would have gotten a lesser civilian killed, sure. But it's the thought that counts!

"Getting in contact with you? All of you? What did you have in mind...?" Itsuki, don't fangirl all over the poor hero. She might not react well.

"Um... well, it's with one of these!" she reached into the pouch she kept her heart perfume, and provided exactly that, an Omegawatch.

"Um... it comes with some restrictions, but... you should have access to the Omeganet, and you can call anyone if you're ever in trouble...!"

"The... the Omeganet!?" Okay, she can't keep the excitement out of her voice. Everyone knows about the Omeganet! Well, not actually what's on it, or how it truly works, but it's a big thing! Itsuki moves forward, a huge grin on her face, and takes Tsubomi's hands, careful not to make her drop the watch. "Oh, thank you, thank you! This means so much!"

A beat passes before she realizes she's being way too cheery about this, and awkwardly backs off, looking aside, blushing. "S-sorry. I got a little carried away there."

Edited 2014-07-04 23:00 (UTC)

The moment Itsuki took her hand, Tsubomi's face turned a shade of red that could be best described as "red thermometer". She began stammering, before stepping back suddenly.

"D-Don't mention it! It's f-f-for your s-safety after all!"

"Haa..." It takes a second before she recovers; this isn't really like her, on either end of the scale. Still, it's not terrible. And she's having to fight to keep her head in the game - she wants to break into song at the fact that she's finally made the big time, even if in a small way.

Although, the reminder of her safety causes her to snap back to reality just a bit. "Do you really think I'd be in that much trouble from just one incident? Is he really that vindictive?"

"..."

Tsubomi's expression quickly turns serious. "Yes. He is... he's already taken something important from someone... please, don't underestimate him..."

Itsuki immediately sobers. This... might have been a bad idea, in retrospect. She's not a hero - she doesn't have that rumored fringe benefit of an organization to protect one's family while they're off on heroics. She drops Tsubomi's hands, frowning, considering what she's done.

"Okay. I'm going to try to be more careful. I... need to think a little more about how to proceed from here, though. If you're right, I've just put my family in more than a bit of trouble all at once."

Tsubomi frowned again. The burden she must be putting on Itsuki's shoulders.

"Don't worry!" she said, reaching out for their hand. "We'll do everything we can to protect you! I'll do everything I can...!"

Her face colors slightly as Blossom reaches out for her hands again; it's a sweet gesture, and it makes her feel quite a bit better about this. Uh, the protecting thing, not the hands thing. Although that does make her feel more than a little special in a different way, and... um.

"I... I'll be counting on you, then. Thank you, Cure Blossom. Really." And she smiles warmly; there's really nothing she can do to repay it, but maybe she can cheer the girl up somehow...?

Oh. Oh. There's the heavy blush again.

"A-ah, well... don't think anything of it...! I-it's a hero's duty...!"

Despite the high pitched squeak of her voice, though, Tsubomi managed to smile through it all.

Huh. Blossom seems to be taking it even worse than Itsuki is... that's interesting. Worth noting for later, not that she wants to attract the indignant wrath of a superhero by accident.

"Not everyone takes their duty this seriously, though. Some wouldn't bother to come back and check on me."

"Yes, well... in my opinion, I think it's a hero's duty to act this way!" she said, sounding a little more confident.

001 | action (closed: Tsubomi, Yuri), backdated to Friday

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