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

[sunbloom]

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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[sunbloom]

Itsuki fights very, very hard not to flinch as the girl touches down right next to her, and thinks she succeeded readily. Thinking on the evaluation, though, she frowns. "I'm glad I was of use... although I'm hoping nothing bad happens now that I got involved. It hadn't occurred to me at the time that Skeletor might try to get revenge."

She looks at her wrist. "Although, it might not matter as much now, considering what I just got from... Cure Blossom, wasn't it?" There is, in fact, a new Omegawatch glistening in the light there.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

"I can't blame you for not realizing it - and in the end, I fully understand you did what you thought you needed to do. Which is why we should really..."

She trails off, and she cocks her head to one side, briefly breaking her stern demeanor to blink at the watch.

Tsubomi was thinking ahead.

"...hm. Yes, perhaps but... you would do well to be careful with that, as well." She frowns. "The dirty little secret of the Omeganet is that we're not the only ones who have been able to gain access to it. You should be careful with that just as well."

Be careful with this, be careful with that. Deep down, there's a part of preaching all of this which Yuri is starting to find irritating, she can only imagine how it is for anyone else.

"But between your own ability and us... Should you ever run across anything peculiar, feel free to ask, and if you have any questions... I suppose I could offer that, too."

You know, so long as one of them wasn't, "who are you?"

[sunbloom]

It's still good advice, and while the full set of warnings is a little off-putting, it's important enough that she won't complain. Itsuki just nods. "I'll be careful, I promise. I don't want to let harm come to my important people just because I was careless."

Still... Moonlight's being awfully generous for the moment. "I appreciate the offer, but... did I really do something so amazing that's worth all this? Cure Blossom gave me an Omegawatch. You're offering to lend me an ear if something comes up. I don't feel like I did anything worth all this, even if you all keep telling me otherwise."

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Moonlight purses her lips and thinks a moment. Under a lot of other circumstances, she makes a good point. All the same - if this is indeed someone who Tsubomi and Erika will be going to school with, if she's become even a blip on Skeletor's radar...

"Not many people would have done that, necessarily," she says quietly. "With as many heroes as there are in this city, I figure there are far and away enough who would just put their faith in that presence. You acted, however - that's both commendable and something that could place you in a lot of danger. I have..."

Her eyes shift away, enough that eye contact is broken.

"I have seen what happens when someone who doesn't have the power we do gets in the way of Skeletor. I can't stop anyone from doing that, but I'll do whatever I can to prevent it from happening again."

[sunbloom]

Itsuki hums at that. "I can understand that. I know I put a lot of faith in everyone myself. But still... this is my city, too. Even if it's only something small, I want to take responsibility for helping to protect it. The power I have in these hands... I won't sit idly by, whatever the challenge.

"Even if it puts me in a little danger. Although... this sounds like a lot more danger than I was expecting. And I appreciate your kindness, Cure Moonlight. I won't go down without a fight if something happens, but I know when to cut my losses."

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Moonlight looks back, and at this point she actually smiles. It's only slight, and it's a thin one, but it's there all the same. "I'm glad to hear that, then. It's good to be strong enough to be able to stand up for what you believe in... but only if you're smart about it. So if you ever do need to cut those losses..."

She nods to the watch again.

"You'll know how to find us, and we will be there."

[sunbloom]

"You have my word. I'm reckless, not stupid. I just hope I never need to use it."

Silence for a moment, and then she decides to ask the question that's been nagging at her for a few minutes now.

"How did you know I'd be here?"

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Moonlight's smile remains, but that bit of worry remains in her eyes. She might hope it never has to be used... but things rarely worked out so easily. "Hopefully not, but... it's better safe than sorry, isn't it?"

A pause, then. She was perceptive, too - luckily, she's considered such a moment.

"You were defending your home before, weren't you? This is near where that attack was, so... It wasn't hard to figure out you might be around here."