Day 1 of the RPG here

OOC : This will start the first RPG-day we play here - the first one after that two-week break (in game-time).  Feel free to post a reply whenever you're ready to and can afford the time to write it up.

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It was a Saturday - a non-school-day.  So Ayase & Hikaru decided to enjoy it by going shopping.  (Hikaru had recovered from the injury he sustained in that battle with Black Geranium during the ensuing two weeks.)  While they were on the bus headed to the shopping mall, Hikaru wanted to call Hotaru on his mobile phone.  So he did.  When Hotaru picked up, Hikaru smiled "Moshi moshi, Hotaru-chan.  I'm going shopping with Ayase-chan.  Would you like to join us?  You're welcome to."

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Ami Mizuno had just been released from the hospital the day before, due to her having recovered.  So she was at home, calling her closest friends to try to spend the day with them in a kind of celebration.  Ami had already called Usagi, and they had planned to meet at the Fruits Parlor Crown - and Achyan would be joining them.  So Ami called Rei next to see if she liked that idea.  When Rei picked up the phone, Ami stated happily "Moshi moshi, Rei-chan.  Usagi-chan, Achyan-chan, and I want to meet at the café, and we were wondering if you liked that idea and wanted to join us.  Or would you prefer to meet somewhere else?"

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During the ensuing two weeks, Geranium's arm had gotten much better, but this Saturday, it still wasn't at 100% - it was still wrapped up to help with the last part of its healing.  So after she had gotten breakfast at the home she shared with Snapdragon, Geranium asked her husband "What do you want to do today, my love?  Should we go shopping?  Or maybe have a picnic at Juuban Park?  Or do you have another idea?"

Snapdragon awoke again to the nightmare of remembering what those damn Sailor scouts and their friends did to his wife. Though today was different as he smiled and kissed his wife and ate breakfast. "Hmm what to do today other then wanting to hurt those who dared to harm you, my dear... I do like shopping but a picnic sounds a bit better."

"Okay," Ami agreed happily with Rei. "We plan to meet there in a half-hour, so that will give you time to check on your Grandpa. I wish him well!" she concluded in a hopeful tone. "Ja matta ne."

After hanging up from the phone call to Rei, Ami stayed in the apartment she shared with her mom for the time being to call her two other close friends. She decided to call Minako first. After dialing the other blond girl's number, Ami waited for her to pick up. When she heard Minako's voice over the phone, Ami expressed with joy in her voice "Moshi moshi, Minako-chan. We're meeting at the café in just under 30 minutes. Do you want to join us? You're more than welcome to."

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"All in due time," Geranium smiled sweetly to her husband first expressing desire to hurt those who dared harm her. "In no more than a week, I should be ready to join you in that cause." As she continued, her smile turned mischievous "We will get our revenge. And it will be so sweet."

Geranium paused for a sec, then continued on in a sweet tone to SnapDragon "As for today, though, a picnic in the park sounds like a wonderful idea. And I can help you pack for it. Let's get ready for it now, shall we?"

The sun wasn't the shining orb that day, it was just the only one that would incinerate anyone in close proximity to it... This other sphere was significantly smaller and was a bright white, appearing briefly in some random alley in downtown Juuban. The glowing orb dropped a figure...rather ungracefully on top of a dumpster, before vanishing.

The figure rolled off of the lid and fell to the ground, meanwhile something metal clanged against the pavement. He laid there, prone on the ground, a young male who thanks to his height, looked about 13 or 14 but was actually 17. He was clad in what looked like the remains of a red t-shirt with the letter 'R' and part of a 'Y' on top of a '7', written across the front. However anything else was cut off, exposing a pale, muscular chest with several bruises and burn marks...most noticeably the chain-link burn pattern spiraling down his right arm.

He also wore a pair of camouflage pants, with the left pant-leg almost non-existent with how much of it was missing, also exposing bruised and burnt flesh. He was also missing the left shoe, with the right pretty torn up.

Suddenly, the teen began to stir, his bright green eyes began to open, taking in the rays of the bright sun which forced them open all the way...yet there was still a glazed look in them. He moaned rather painfully while struggling to his feet...only to fail repeatedly until he used the nearby dumpster to help himself up. (Man...that was one f***ed up dream...) While stumbling out of the alley and unconsciously turned onto a sidewalk...

Unknown to him, the teen left a rather ornate-looking sword with a large jewel embedded in the hilt. And if it weren't covered in fresh blood, blood that emitted a dark aura, one could make out a large red flame pattern on the blade, lying by the dumpster.

Snapdragon smiled at his wife's response and laughed in agreement to her revenge comment. When it came to the picnic, he was equally happy to go with her. "Yes my dear...let's get ready for it now. What do you wish for us to eat?"

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Minako was spending her morning doing what she usually has to do. That thing just happened to be coming out of audition for a singing role. She stopped outside the doorway to answer her phone. Minako answered Ami's call. "Moshi Moshi to you to Ami. Meeting at the Cafe? Sure count me in, I will be there. Do I need to bring anything with me?"

For Kamiya Taiyoh, cleaning up his apartment wasn't an annoying task, like to some people. He already did the laundry, cleaned his bathroom and bedroom, vacuumed the carpet, dusted, and now was washing the dishes. Enjoying the Saturday, Kamiya was happy about the date with Setsuna was great. "It was a very nice date, she looked very happy with the night. We have to do it again sometime." he thought to himself. Wearing an white apron, an orange t-shirt, blue jeans, and white socks, Kamiya was going to enjoy a nice day at home without any trouble and a clean apartment.

As Kamiya finished washing and drying the dishes, he put up his apron neatly in the place he always puts it, he decides to sit down on his couch and read some manga for a bit.

When Ami heard Minako's response, she was really enthused for the meeting "Great!  I'm looking forward to seeing you there.  And the only thing you need to bring is money to pay for any food or drink that you want to order.  I'm organizing this so we can all be together outside the hospital, for a change."

That made it 4 for 4 so far, which meant Ami still had one more friend to call.  After dialing Makoto's number, Ami patiently waited for the brunette to pick up the phone.  After hearing Makoto's voice, Ami greeted "Moshi moshi, Mako-chan," then asked her friend "Would you like us to all meet outside the hospital for a change?  Usagi-chan, Achyan-chan, Rei-chan, Minako-chan, and I have all agreed to meet at the café in about 25 minutes.  We'd love it if you could join us to make it a full house!"

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After Setsuna woke up and got ready for the new day in her bedroom and the nearby bathroom, she met her house-mates (Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, and Sakuya) in the dining room for breakfast.  As they were eating, Setsuna asked them "What would you like to do today?  The weather's great, so I would like to go out somewhere.  I'm open to all suggestions and ideas."

OOC : I'll post again for Geranium sometime later.

Vita herself had been spending the last few days training more vigorously...and trying to figure out why she had felt so weird and tingly when she met those sailor senshi chicks.

She sighed as her training ended and went for a hot bath. She then snuck out of the house and went for a small walk...hoping some fresh air would help clear her head..or make sense of what she was feeling.

Midway through her walk, her tummy began to rumble. She spotted a small but cosy little cafe' and went inside to make herself comfortable.

He'd been stumbling around for some time now, completely unaware of his surroundings. His ragged clothing, bruised and pattered appearance, the glassy look in his green eyes...or a combination of all three earned him looks and words from passerbys. However, he didn't stop for any of them, he just kept right on moving...Well there was one sound that got him to stop in his tracks. It was a loud, ear-splitting 'honking' noise and it was rapidly approaching...

"Wha..." The teen turned, his green eyes widened and his face became whit...r as a large semi neared the intersection...and he was standing right in it's path! (I-is that...) And suddenly images filled his mind, images of massive monstrous mechanical beings that appeared from a hole in the sky. They blasted at him with both magical attacks and energy bursts from opening in their bodies, and a large mechanical form looked over him before he blacked out. Then an image of him being marched by a couple of the creatures into a large room full of them and being forced to take hold of a bloody sword... "Is that thing one of them?!"

His right fist was clenched tightly, exposing veins around his knuckles. The truck came to a stop mere inches from him, in the cab the driver looked out the window. "HEY DIPSH.." The horn obscuring him. "GET THE F..." Once again, the horn muffled his speech. "OUT OF MY WAY!"

However, the green-haired youth ignored the driver and when the truck stopped, he punched the grill, and punched it...and punched it. "PIECE OF SH*T! DIE! DIE!" He pulled his fist back from the now mashed grill and cocked it back. His knuckles bleeding, but he did NOT care he just wanted to kill this thing. "D-I-E!!!" His fist, enveloped in green gales launched forward, impacting the front of the vehicle with a bang, the semi lurched back a few inches from the impact which utterly demolished the front of the cab and shattering the windshield and windows. Luckily the driver had gotten out when the kid started attacking the vehicle.

Hotaru's cellphone started to ring after Setusna had asked her their plans for the day. She got up and walked to the side of the room to pick up the phone after seeing it was Hikaru who called. "Moshi moshi Hikaru-kun! Oh, I would love to go shopping with you guys. But I would have to check if it's ok for me to go. It seems like Setsuna-mama wants to go somewhere today since it's such a nice day today."

Sakuya thought for a minute on what activities might be fun for such a wonderful sunny day, "Mmm, maybe a trip to the aquarium? Or maybe the zoo!" Sakuya was starting to get excited at the different activities that would be fun for today. She loved going outside and enjoying such nice weather.

Michiru smiled, "That sounds nice. I'm good with going anywhere today, where ever you guys decide to go. Do you have a place you would like to go Setsuna?"

Haruka smiled as well, giving the same answer as Michiru. She hadn't been making any plans recently, though there had been a few tentative ones that she'd discarded after the last few days, at least until things calmed down. "I think we all need a day of just relaxation, and I find not planning that out works better, personally," she added, even as she gently interlaced her fingers with Michiru's.

Setsuna listened to the responses. When they were done, she replied thoughtfully "Hmmmm - the zoo is definitely one possibility, Sakuya. The only idea I had had - and it's not something I'm dying to do or anything like that, so my feelings wouldn't be hurt if you decided against it - is to go to the beach. That's why I had opened it up to suggestions from all of you. Whichever one you decide is fine with me - especially if it's relaxing, as Haruka said."

Hikaru listened to what Hotaru told him over the phone.  When she finished, Hikaru replied in a semi-happy tone (a little less happy than his greeting, but still with some noticeable happiness because she had kept open the possibility of joining them) "Okay, I understand.  Ask her when you can, and call me back if you want to meet up with us."  He then told her which shopping center he & Ayase were heading to, which was not the same one that the villains had attacked them at the last time they attacked, two weeks ago (he did not want to chance going back to that same shopping center).

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Meanwhile, Bellbud and Daisy had started their morning jog together.  They were jogging the streets of the Azabu-Juuban neighborhood.  But they were both being silent, because neither one of them could hold a good conversation while jogging.

Not too far away from Bellbud and Daisy, a young woman with waist length white hair was taking a quick breather from her own morning workout. Usually it consisted of practicing karate katas, but since she had just moved into the neighborhood, she figured a jog would give her the opportunity to learn the area. Having grown up all over the world while travelling with her father, and indeed following in his footsteps with her own successful designs, Hoshiko Yamamoto had longed for the chance to stay in one place, and was very glad her father agreed to allow her to find a place of her own, so long as Natsune and Kyo were there to make sure she was cared for. She snickered to herself at that thought. If only he knew, she thought to herself. She looked up at the sound of pounding feet and saw two others jogging, taking notice of the bulky male. He was rather cute, she admitted to herself.

A sound from behind her made her whip around in a fighting stance. "Well well, looks like we got a fresh face here boys," said one of the 3 men who apparently though it was a good idea to sneak up on her. "And she's tough too."

"You boys better get stepping before I had you your sorry hides on a plate," she snapped, her voice carrying.

The first guy, obviously the ringleader snarled at her. "You better watch yourself there, babe, or you're liable to pick off more than you can chew." The three then started circling her as she tensed and waited for the first blow.

While Bellbud and Daisy were jogging, they saw a semi-short distance away the scene involving the girl and those three male punks. Bellbud gestured towards them in a way to point them out to Daisy, but Daisy had already seen the developments and started jogging over in the direction of those four. Bellbud quickly followed suit in jogging over that way. Though because there had been no physical activity yet, Bellbud and Daisy didn't intervene yet in any way. However, they did make sure to keep their eyes on the developing scene, stopping their jog if need be to keep observing.

Hoshiko noticed the two from across the street moving in but made no move to acknowledge them, as she didn't wanna tip her attackers off. "I'm warning you, back off now before I decide to get pissed."

The 3 punks laughed right before the 2 who had been silent up to now jumped her. She managed to take one guy out with a well aimed kick to his family jewels, but the other one was able to wrench her arm painfully behind her.

"Pretty girl like you shouldn't be out by herself anyway," said the first guy. "It could be....dangerous."

She snarled and struggled. "You haven't seen anything yet buster."

When the two boys moved to (physically) attack the girl, Bellbud quickly warned them sternly as she approached them closer (not close enough to get in harm's way, but still closer than she had been) "Ganging up on that innocent girl is unfair! Knock it off - now!" But because she just looked like a regular woman in her upper-20s (not fat in any way, but not very tough either), the boys probably paid her no heed.

That's when Daisy intervened himself. Without a word of warning (because Bellbud had done that), the extremely muscular young man ran up to the boy holding Hoshiko's arm and, with momentum behind it, kicked his leg hard enough to break bones in that part of his leg.

The guy holding Hoshiko cried out and dropped to his knees. Seizing the opportunity, she yanked herself out of his grasp, turned and punched him square in the face. Not even stopping, she then rammed her elbow into the stomach of the last one standing. "Like I was saying, you clowns better beat it. I'm not just a pretty face."

The three punks made her laugh as they clearly couldn't get out of there fast enough. Chuckling a little she turned to her rescuers. "Thanks for the help. I wasn't looking forward to having to dislocate my shoulder."

When the girl thanked them, Daisy felt all funny and warm inside. He had never felt this way before, so he wasn't sure what to make of it. Furthermore, he found it more difficult to speak his mind than normal. "Ano ... y-you wewcome," was about all he could get out. His cheeks turned red.

Bellbud was somewhat amused by her friend's reaction. She decided to step in and start the introductions. Just happy that the girl was alright, she politely said "I am Bellbud. And this is my friend Daisy. We're happy to help. Dislocate your shoulder? That sounds painful. Though it also sounds like you know some moves yourself." She then bowed slightly toward the girl, expecting her to introduce herself.

Hoshiko smiled, blushing a little herself at Daisy's actions. "Nice to meet you both. I'm Hoshiko, I just moved in not too far from here. And yes I do, though those guys were nothing compared to some other jerks I've faced. Like this one cheesy sleazeball in Paris. His pickup line was 'We're in the City of Love so let's make some'." She shuddered a bit before grinning evilly. "Doubt he'll ever get full use of his arm back."

Daisy somehow gained a little bit of composure in response to Hoshiko introducing herself, because he said rather sweetly (as well as a little nervously) "Nice to meed you too, Hoshiko. Y-You look pweddy." Though he was still blushing as he said that.

Bellbud's face lit up in response to what Hoshiko said "That's great to hear, because we recently moved in near here ourselves!" Then her facial expression showed understanding and sympathy as she replied "Yeah - that would be moving quite fast to do that right away upon meeting someone. Sounds like you taught him a lesson. Though considering how boys like that usually are, I have to wonder if he learned it." Bellbud rolled her eyes upon considering how those types of males typically were.

Hoshiko laughed. "Yeah well either way he won't soon forget." Daisy's comment then had her blushing worse than the red decal on the shirt she was wearing. "Thank you. I tend to look a lot better after a morning shower though. You're not too bad yourself," she said, giving him a sly wink as she ignored the hard time he apparently had speaking. Such things didn't matter to her, and never did. People probably gave the poor guy a lot of grief for it, but she sure as hell wasn't gonna be one of them.

Bellbud chuckled at Hoshiko's first comment "True!"

When Hoshiko's cheeks turned redder than the decal on her shirt, and she said "You're not too bad yourself," Daisy's cheeks turned almost as red as Hoshiko's "Th-Th-Thank you." When he had recovered his composure from that, he asked nervously "So what kind of inderests or hobbies do you have, Hoshiko? I specialize in fiding in scuffles."

Hoshiko smiled at him. "Well I love to read, i've taken martial arts lessons since I was 5, and I'm not too shabby with computers. My real talent though is fashion design." Here she kinda withdrew into herself just a little bit, not so much embarrassed, but more from the effort of not wanting to sound like she was bragging. "I uh, take after my dad in that department."