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[23:11]	Bartleby	[It's the next day after the girls met the strange creature Bartleby on top of the highschool. It is now Saturday and the girls aren't brought together by school schedule as fate has left the girls to brood on their new responsibility alone. At least it seemed that way until half of the girls bumped into each other in the mall that day.]
[23:14]	Miaka	has her arms full of new manga, having just walked out of the bookstore.
[23:15]	Miaka	Hey! Over here!
[23:15]	Miaka	spots Dorothy on the other side of the bookstore, near the boring books.
[23:15]	Diana	doesn't have anything in the bag but a pair of new shoes.
[23:16]	Dorothy	broods for other reasons, but broods nonetheless. She hears someone calling someone else, but isn't really sure that it's her yet.
[23:16]	Diana	Why do you have to be so loud all the time...?
[23:16]	Diana	sighs.
[23:16]	Dorothy	nearly drops the books she'd half-slid out of the bookshelf in surprise.
[23:18]	Miaka	hurries over to Dorothy, grinning.
[23:18]	Miaka	Hey! So, did you decide yet?
[23:18]	Miaka	lowers her voice. A little.
[23:19]	Dorothy	fumbles with the book in her hands and uses it as an excuse to not exactly make eye contact with Miaka.
[23:19]	Dorothy	"Wh-what...?"
[23:19]	Diana	follows closely behind.
[23:20]	Diana	Sorry for all the ruckus.
[23:20]	Dorothy	is not really used to getting singled out like this...
[23:20]	Diana	bows.
[23:20]	Diana	Diana Wordsworth. We've met before.
[23:21]	Dorothy	's brown eyes flick between the pair. She's not really one for the faces, and she doesn't immediately recall seeing them on the roof.
[23:24]	Diana	...
[23:24]	Miaka	Hey! Heeeeeey!
[23:24]	Miaka	Anyone home?
[23:24]	Miaka	You look sick.
[23:24]	Diana	Can't you remember your own club president, if I may ask?
[23:24]	Miaka	waves her hand in front of Dorothy's face
[23:25]	Dorothy	"Oh, yeah, yeah, I remem-Hey! Stop that!"
[23:25]	Dorothy	grimaces and backs up from the waving hand.
[23:25]	Miaka	I asked you about /that/. You know. The amulet.
[23:25]	Miaka	You can't just leave it up there. Someone else might steal it or something.
[23:28]	Dorothy	isn't comfortable with people all getting in her face like this...
[23:28]	Dorothy	"I, uhh... I, what...I'm, I'm sorry, did you, want something?"
[23:28]	Diana	can read the atmosphere.
[23:29]	Miaka	I /asked/ you. Did you make a decision about the amulet yet?
[23:29]	Miaka	I mean, it's kind of important, don't you think?
[23:29]	Diana	I... 'We' would like to discuss with you about the event we shared yesterday. Do you, by any chance, have some free time? Let's find some place to sit and have a nice little chat.
[23:30]	Diana	gesture Miaka to let her handle this.
[23:30]	Diana	Since I am the one suggesting this, it would be my treat. There's a nice cafe' I know of. Let's head there.
[23:31]	Miaka	's eyes light up when Diana says 'my treat'
[23:31]	Miaka	Yesss-! I want a muffin! A big blueberry one!
[23:31]	Dorothy	is MUCH more uncomfortable with all this prodding about "that".
[23:31]	Diana	However, if you are currently busy...
[23:32]	Diana	put her card with name and telephone number into Dorothy's hand.
[23:32]	Diana	It can be later.
[23:32]	Diana	So, what says you?
[23:32]	Diana	smiles.
[23:33]	Miaka	Later? But I wanted a muffin now...
[23:33]	Dorothy	"I, uhh..."
[23:33]	Miaka	pouts
[23:33]	Diana	Shh.
[23:33]	Diana	shush Miaka.
[23:33]	Dorothy	"Oh, okay... I guess."
[23:33]	Diana	Magnifique'!
[23:33]	Diana	claps.
[23:34]	Dorothy	caves to peer pressure, for the moment. She didn't feel very strongly about these books here anyways...
[23:34]	Diana	Follow me, please.
[23:36]	Dorothy	follows. She'll at least hear these girls out.
[23:36]	Bartleby	[The girls find a table in the cafe'. The service is unobtrusive and allows for the privacy of their conversation.]
[23:37]	Diana	So...
[23:37]	Diana	starts when her choco parfait is being served.
[23:37]	Miaka	munches on her muffin. Mmmm... blueberry.
[23:37]	Dorothy	"I, uhh, can you... not, go so fast, please?"
[23:38]	Diana	...but I haven't begun yet?
[23:38]	Dorothy	twirls her hair nervously and continues to avoid eye contact for the most part.
[23:39]	Dorothy	"Y-Yeah, I know, but... I, get confused easily."
[23:39]	Dorothy	"Like, like back in the bookstore, I guess."
[23:39]	Diana	Alright. Let's not get to that, then.
[23:40]	Diana	Let's start with this: An introduction.
[23:40]	Diana	Do you remember me and my sister, by any chance?
[23:40]	Miaka	Of course she does! I see her in the library all the time!
[23:40]	Miaka	chimes in, in between muffin bites.
[23:41]	Dorothy	doesn't really know how that works; she's not really AT the library all that often; except for Literature Club, that is.
[23:41]	Diana	just smile and let the situation, the girl, and/or Miaka solves itself.
[23:41]	Dorothy	"Uhh, Diana, right?  You mentioned it at the bookstore."
[23:41]	Dorothy	"S-Sorry. Not really very good with names..."
[23:42]	Dorothy	points to Miaka.
[23:43]	Diana	Just to ensure you that we are no strangers.
[23:43]	Dorothy	"I, umm, umm... Sorry, I think I forgot yours."
[23:43]	Dorothy	goes back to Diana.
[23:43]	Dorothy	"And, uhh... sorry I haven't been to Lit Club in a while..."
[23:44]	Dorothy	"It's... it doesn't always work for me. Just, not always my thing, you know?"
[23:44]	Diana	Don't worry. We all have our own pace.
[23:45]	Dorothy	nods and twiddles her fingers.
[23:46]	Dorothy	"S-So... The other day..."
[23:46]	Diana	Yes. The other day.
[23:46]	Diana	'something' happened.
[23:46]	Dorothy	"That was, that was just, umm..."
[23:47]	Miaka	We're 'magical girls' now. That's what happened.
[23:47]	Miaka	spells it out.
[23:47]	Dorothy	doesn't follow the anime subculture. This phrase doesn't instantly spark her imagination.
[23:48]	Diana	sighs once and just pats her sister's head. Always forward. Always straight to the point.
[23:48]	Dorothy	"...whah? What, what does that... Is this like, some, game or something?"
[23:48]	Dorothy	"Or, like... reality TV?"
[23:48]	Diana	Let me make this easier for you to understand.
[23:48]	Miaka	Here, I got it.
[23:49]	Miaka	reaches into her mall bag and pulls out one of the manga she just bought. 'Precure.'
[23:49]	Miaka	hands it to Dorothy.
[23:49]	Miaka	This.
[23:50]	Dorothy	looks at the cover and raises a skeptical eyebrow, even grimacing a bit.
[23:51]	Diana	decides to not speak for now. Miaka MIGHT be better to explain things like this.
[23:51]	Dorothy	thinks once more that this is all just some horribly dramatic joke. Why, she's not sure.
[23:53]	Miaka	You can borrow that one. But the short story of it is that we're kinda like superheroes now!
[23:53]	Dorothy	"I, think I'd better... uhh, think about this myself for a while..."
[23:54]	Dorothy	"That's, that's okay, I don't need it. I'm fine."
[23:56]	Dorothy	doesn't buy into this one bit. She tries to surreptitiously slip off her chair to the side.
[23:56]	Diana	...
[23:56]	Diana	Say, Dorothy...
[23:56]	Diana	...Do you have a wish?
[23:57]	Diana	Something that you will never achieve using normal means. Something only a miracle can make it occur.
[23:57]	Diana	spins her amulet on the table for a bit.
[23:57]	Diana	Just asking.
[23:59]	Dorothy	stops for a bit and looks at her. She recognizes the amulet.
[23:59]	Dorothy	"I... Well, I mean, I guess... Doesn't everybody?"
[23:59]	Dorothy	"They've, like, got a hundred prolly."
[23:59]	Miaka	I do! But you gotta keep it secret, or it won't come true!
[00:01]	Diana	Something that is worth dying for it, is what I mean.
[00:01]	Diana	's expression darkens a bit.
[00:01]	Dorothy	is caught off guard by that one. Her thoughts from the previous afternoon start to resurface a bit...
[00:02]	Dorothy	"I... That's, that's a hard question... I, I can't just, well, I mean it's not like I've got one ready just like that."
[00:03]	Dorothy	really has no idea where this is going anymore...
[00:04]	Dorothy	"Can I... Can I just, start back from the beginning?"
[00:05]	Miaka	But superheroes don't die! And when they do, they just come back to life a few issues later!
[00:05]	Diana	I guess.
[00:05]	Diana	laughs.
[00:05]	Diana	Well, all I can say is,
[00:06]	Diana	If we took up the task of being 'magical girls', then after we complete the requirements, we will get a wish.
[00:06]	Diana	A wish without restrictions or boundary.
[00:07]	Diana	It may sound like a fairy tale, I admit. But after I changed into a battlemaiden in an armor set, I am less doubtful.
[00:07]	Diana	shrugs.
[00:07]	Miaka	We are the coolest magical girls EVER.
[00:08]	Dorothy	still thinks Miaka is in on this horrible practical joke. But, the other one...
[00:08]	Dorothy	"S-So, so wait..."
[00:08]	Diana	hm?
[00:08]	Dorothy	holds up a hand, urging them to slow down again.
[00:09]	Diana	just finished her choco parfait and ordering another green tea frappe.
[00:09]	Dorothy	"The, the roof... That was... Was that..."
[00:09]	Diana	nods.
[00:09]	Diana	Yes.
[00:09]	Dorothy	doesn't know how to say it in any way that they will take seriously.
[00:09]	Dorothy	"No, no, you don't, you don't get what I'm saying..."
[00:10]	Dorothy	"I, I didn't... didn't even, say anything..."
[00:10]	Miaka	It was /magic/.
[00:10]	Dorothy	is getting disheartened again. She feels like she's just getting blown off by their brevity.
[00:10]	Miaka	emphasizes the word magic.
[00:13]	Dorothy	"I..."
[00:14]	Dorothy	"...nuh, never mind, forget it..."
[00:14]	Dorothy	slips off her chair and starts walking away rather quickly, trying to put the embarrassing situation behind her.
[00:15]	Miaka	H-hey! Where are you going? You didn't even drink your coffee...
[00:16]	Diana	made no attempt to follow.
[00:16]	Diana	Sigh.
[00:16]	Diana	We put too much pressure on her.
[00:16]	Miaka	pouts, then seeing Dorothy not coming back, drinks the coffee instead.
[00:17]	Dorothy	loses herself in the Saturday mall crowd, intent on putting distance between those girls. This, this is... she doesn't know what this is.
[00:18]	Diana	I said my piece, however. With luck, she should understand the situation.
[00:18]	Diana	because in the end, it doesn't really matter.
[00:18]	Diana	I'm doing this to look after you, anyway.
[00:19]	Diana	absentmindedly pets Miaka's head.
[00:19]	Bartleby	hops onto the table and a few of the eyes over his head peer at the two girls.
[00:19]	Dorothy	keeps hanging her head, shaking it with disbelief. Is this all still part of the act...? Is this just another horrible scene from their movie or something?
[00:19]	Bartleby	"I appreciate your efforts but they are unnecessary. I do not make mistakes, she has been chosen because she will accept."
[00:20]	Diana	is startled by this and instinctively throws her green tea frappe at the thing.
[00:20]	Diana	-------!!
[00:21]	Dorothy	wanders quickly around the mall, looking for an unoccupied bathroom where she can retreat to...
[00:21]	Bartleby	[Everyone looks at Diana when they hear the frappe careen off the table and onto the floor. If she wasn't sure it would have seemed to pass through Bartleby instead of bounce off of him]
[00:22]	Diana	oh my.
[00:22]	Miaka	...
[00:23]	Miaka	is staring at Diana just like the others.
[00:23]	Miaka	D-Diana... if you didn't like your coffee, I would have drank it for you...
[00:23]	Dorothy	finds a single-room handicap restroom near the movie theater. She closes the door and locks it, trying to silence the din of the crowd and the outside world.
[00:23]	Miaka	seems strangely unfased by the appearance of the magic frog.
[00:24]	Diana	Sorry. That was unsightly.
[00:24]	Bartleby	hops away paying the girls no more mind. When Dorothy enters the bathroom Bartleby is already there sitting in the sink.
[00:24]	Diana	...
[00:25]	Diana	sit there confused with the spilled green tea frappe and a whole lot of customers staring.


SUBSCENE A:  DOROTHY & BARTLEBY

[00:25]	Dorothy	doesn't notice Bartleby at first as he's somewhat the same color as the sink to begin with. Her gaze is still on the floor as she paces around, unsure of herself.
[00:27]	Dorothy	doesn't get it. She thinks it might be true... but at the same time it can't be.
[00:28]	Bartleby	speaks up, his eyes all focusing on Dorothy.
[00:28]	Bartleby	"What do you intend to gain by locking yourself in a corner?"
[00:29]	Dorothy	initially jumps from shock at the sound of ANY type of voice. Her head jerks around to the sink, where she slowly-yet-quickly pieces together what is wrong with the thing she finds there.
[00:32]	Dorothy	's breaths come in oddly-timed gasps as she stares, then looks away, then looks again hoping that that wasn't what she thought she just saw...
[00:33]	Dorothy	"N, n-n-o, n-no no... wh, wh..."
[00:33]	Dorothy	backs away, her skin freezing up and shivers running across it. This, this isn't, can't...
[00:34]	Dorothy	acts as if she hadn't even seen the thing the day before. Before, it was far away. The sun was bright. She was hiding. There was room to doubt...
[00:36]	Dorothy	has backed herself to the wall. She dare not approach the thing. She dare not leave the room. She dare not speak.
[00:36]	Bartleby	"Oh yes, I forgot. 'Do not be afraid.' Is that not the stock like I should give? Forgive me. Regardless your reaction is most unnecessary. Unless you were intending to use this room for its built function, of which you gave no indication."
[00:39]	Dorothy	doesn't know what to say. She can't look at it, but... she can't look away. But she still can't look at it. This causes her to keep taking deep glances at Bartleby before becoming gripped with fear again and looking away.
[00:39]	Dorothy	"You... what, do... Are you... I, I..."
[00:40]	Dorothy	keeps trying to ask questions, but keeps cutting herself off. She can't help it.
[00:41]	Dorothy	wants to ask if this is still part of the television show, but... it wouldn't matter. Of course they'd never tell her that it was fake...
[00:42]	Bartleby	"I have chosen you for a task you are suited for, regardless if you believe so. There is no sense if this meandering about for you are only delaying your reward."
[00:43]	Dorothy	realizes with every extra glance at the creature that it is a VERY real thing. And yet pessimism, or perhaps cowardice, keeps holding her back, making her doubt.
[00:43]	Dorothy	"N-no, no, this... I'm, I'm not... I don't want..."
[00:44]	Bartleby	"What is it that you do not desire? Anything? Everything? There must be something. Humans have each their own price."
[00:44]	Dorothy	covers her face with her hands, sinking to the floor. Her longing soul clashes continuously with her despairing heart.
[00:46]	Dorothy	"You, no... you, don't want me. Please, just... j-just, go..."
[00:47]	Dorothy	can't stand it. She just wants to be left alone... or she thinks she does.
[00:49]	Dorothy	is gripped with fear and shock, clouding what is already not the best judgement.
[00:49]	Bartleby	"You are correct. I did not desire this choice. I made this choice because it is the right one. It shall be what you want."
[00:50]	Dorothy	finds it a little easier to talk hiding in the corner with her face buried in her knees.
[00:50]	Dorothy	"You... how, do YOU know what I want? I don't even k-know what I want!"
[00:52]	Dorothy	doesn't like this creature's dominant attitude, whatever it is.
[00:52]	Dorothy	"Y-you, no one can... give me..."
[00:54]	Dorothy	's "want" is starting to creep into her mind. Not a wish per-se, just... a want.
[00:55]	Bartleby	"I have observed humans for ages longer than you can possibly imagine. Their behavior is predictable and their motives can be inferred. I possess a grand perspective that you lack. My perception of you is not muddled as your own."
[00:56]	Dorothy	just wants some answers...
[00:56]	Dorothy	"What's... what's going ON here? What ARE you? Who were THEY?"
[00:56]	Dorothy	"This, this is... It's all just a mistake!"
[00:57]	Bartleby	"I do not make mistakes!"
[00:57]	Bartleby	makes no gesture but his ambient voice echos louder
[00:57]	Dorothy	winces and tries to retreat into the corner more. She fails.
[01:00]	Dorothy	settles for a better question.
[01:00]	Dorothy	"W-w-what do you want with me...?"
[01:02]	Bartleby	"I require you to destroy demons. That is all you need to concern yourself with. Give me their oblivion seeds, and I shall reward you."
[01:04]	Dorothy	"De, mons...? What...? Those... no, no, but... this, this isn't REAL. YOU'RE not real! Unngah, this can't be happening!"
[01:05]	Dorothy	clutches her hair. She knows it's real and yet keeps trying to tell herself that it's not.
[01:07]	Bartleby	"What final evidence do you require that this is indeed taking place?"
[01:07]	Dorothy	"I'm, I don't know, I wouldn't know how! I'm, I'm just, I'm no good at anything... I'm never any good..."
[01:08]	Dorothy	"...I can't fight..."
[01:09]	Bartleby	"You need only the correct tool to fight. Or shall I make your hands weapons?"
[01:09]	Bartleby	opens his mouth and the rune on his tongue glows. Dorothy's hands go numb and lose their color.
[01:11]	Dorothy	stares in horror before jumping up and stepping away from Bartleby, waving her hands and panicking.
[01:11]	Dorothy	"N-no, aaahh! S-stop, stop it, stop it!"
[01:13]	Bartleby	[Dorothy's fingers stick together and eventually her hands form into blades.]
[01:16]	Dorothy	is not thinking that this is the LEAST bit awesome at all. She's freaking out for real now.
[01:16]	Dorothy	"Stop it, stopitstopitstopit! I can't, I CAN'T! I'm no good! I don't know anything!"
[01:17]	Bartleby	sighs. Dorothy's hands return to normal.
[01:20]	Dorothy	stumbles and leans against the sink, turning her hands over and over again, looking at them in the mirror.  She splashes cold water into her face and rubs her hands in the stream, as if trying to wash away the traces of what just happened to them.
[01:22]	Dorothy	feels weak in the legs, and holds onto the handicap rail on the wall to steady herself. Her panic-filled adrenaline is failing her after being kept up for so long. She stares at the creature again.
[01:23]	Dorothy	"I... I don't, I don't... know... I, I want... I can't."
[01:24]	Bartleby	"Do not think yourself weak. You can be made a weapon. A sharp mind cuts more than any blade."
[01:24]	Dorothy	"It... it won't work. It never works out..."
[01:25]	Dorothy	shakes her head again and again. She wants to try... but every time she's tried, she's failed, or at the most, not succeeded.
[01:25]	Bartleby	pauses when Dorothy speaks and seems to chuckle.
[01:25]	Bartleby	"Perhaps, but every rule has its exceptions."
[01:26]	Dorothy	"I... I don't have a sharp mind, either... I don't have ANYTHING."
[01:27]	Bartleby	"Now you have an opportunity."
[01:27]	Dorothy	looks at Bartleby in earnest, though she doesn't really know what part of him to look at.
[01:27]	Dorothy	"But... what, what if... what, happens if I can't? What happens if it doesn't work...?"
[01:28]	Dorothy	starts crying a little. In her recent years, she's started to believe and practice that the only way she can escape the pain of failure is by not even trying in the first place...
[01:28]	Bartleby	"The demons shall devour you. I suggest you try your hardest. But do not worry about being a disappointment. These matters always are."
[01:29]	Dorothy	"...Whuh, what? De, vour..."
[01:31]	Dorothy	"I... I, I can't."
[01:31]	Dorothy	hangs her head in defeat.
[01:31]	Dorothy	"I can't..."
[01:34]	Bartleby	"How tiresome. You should not worry so much over your life, you will never survive it anyway. When you are done being paralyzed with fear at getting what you want for once you will find your tool."
[01:34]	Bartleby	hops off the sink and through the door without opening it.
[01:37]	Dorothy	just stays in the bathroom, crying and lamenting her patheticness. Magic is REAL... and even magic can't help her...


SUBSCENE B:  DIANA & MIAKA (simultaneous with Subscene A)

[00:26]	Bartleby	[An employee picks up the cup and tosses it out. He turns to Diana,] "Ma'am are you okay?"
[00:27]	Miaka	Yeah, she's ok. She's... just not feeling well.
[00:27]	Miaka	gives the guy a tip and takes Diana's hand to lead her out of the cafe.
[00:27]	Miaka	Thank you!
[00:27]	Diana	?
[00:27]	Diana	is leaded out.
[00:37]	Miaka	is heading for the exit of the mall with Diana.
[00:37]	Miaka	Wow, I've never seen you freak out like that before, sis?
[00:38]	Diana	It was sudden.
[00:38]	Diana	And you know I'm not very good with horror movies.
[00:39]	Miaka	Yeah, it's gonna be like that. That's the way mascot animal mentors are. They pop up whenever they like, usually when it's inconvenient for you.
[00:39]	Miaka	But, they DO have our best interests at heart.
[00:39]	Diana	You seems very... well informed, for a total newbie.
[00:40]	Miaka	Hey, I've been reading these kinds of stories for a long time! It's kinda like I've been training my whole life for this!
[00:40]	Miaka	suddenly starts to feel a heat around her chest, under her shirt. She stops.
[00:40]	Miaka	...?
[00:41]	Miaka	pulls out the amulet. It's glowing.
[00:41]	Miaka	Oh wow...
[00:44]	Diana	hm?
[00:44]	Diana	whips up hers.
[00:44]	Diana	Mine is, too---!
[00:44]	Miaka	I... think that means a monster is somewhere nearby!
[00:44]	Miaka	looks around them in the mall. There's actually a bunch of people here.
[00:45]	Miaka	This... isn't good.
[00:45]	Miaka	We should try to get it away from where there's a lot of people.
[00:46]	Bartleby	The amulets shine slightly brighter as the girls move farther from the mall
[00:46]	Miaka	I think it's... chasing us! Come on!
[00:47]	Diana	Chasing us, or are WE chasing it?
[00:47]	Diana	Anyway, be prepared.
[00:47]	Miaka	grabs Diana by the hand and leads them to a low-traffic area.
[00:56]	Diana	grips on Miaka tightens. {'my first work as a supernatural being...'}
[00:58]	Bartleby	[Diana and Miaka go near the school, abandoned today, as they follow the increasing glow of their amulets.]
[00:59]	Miaka	...the school?
[00:59]	Miaka	Why's it here?
[01:00]	Diana	You lead me here.
[01:00]	Diana	make an :| face.
[01:01]	Diana	However, this place should connect to the cause of this glow.
[01:01]	Miaka	Hey, it's not my fault! I'm just trying to make sure no one's around when we have to fight it!
[01:01]	Diana	A fight...
[01:02]	Miaka	takes a look around.
[01:02]	Diana	gulps. She was all hyped up about protecting her sister, but when it comes to real fight... will she be able to do it?
[01:03]	Bartleby	[The whole amulet glows brightly as the sisters near the entrance to the school.]
[01:03]	Diana	I'll go in first.
[01:03]	Miaka	...the door shouldn't be open on weekends, though. Should it?
[01:03]	Diana	tries to open the door.
[01:06]	Bartleby	[The door is locked, they'll need to find another way in]
[01:07]	Diana	fiddlesticks.
[01:07]	Diana	Hm... what about windows?
[01:08]	Miaka	Maybe one of the side doors?
[01:08]	Miaka	Let's split up and meet at the library.
[01:11]	Diana	Got it
[01:11]	Diana	looks for an alternate entrance. She checks the window one by one, hoping to find an unlocked one.
[01:18]	Bartleby	[Diana finds an open window leading into the girls locker room for the gym. The amulet is blindingly bright]
[01:19]	Diana	climbs in, albeit a bit awkwardly.
[01:20]	Diana	Alright. Now, to the library.
[01:20]	Diana	make her way to the place, if there is one.
[01:21]	Miaka	follows Diana in, not having found a window herself.
[01:23]	Bartleby	[Diana and Miaka do not climb into the girl's locker room as they know it. They appear to be in the shower section but the architecture is odd. They land on what appears to be a stage and runway made of window panes flanked on both sides by floating cameras.]
[01:23]	Miaka	...?
[01:23]	Miaka	This is... new...
[01:24]	Diana	...aren't we in school?
[01:27]	Bartleby	[The cameras give out a staccato of blinding flashes. Between the shutters there is the sound heavy breathing.]
[01:28]	Diana	This is not good---!
[01:28]	Diana	, however, does not transform yet. She's too green to understand what she has to do in times like this.
[01:29]	Miaka	continues inward, looking around.
[01:30]	Bartleby	[The showers activate as Miaka passes them. A humid steam fills the area.]
[01:30]	Miaka	Wah!
[01:31]	Miaka	I'm wet!
[01:31]	Miaka	gets a little flustered, but she gathers herself and keeps going.
[01:32]	Miaka	Stupid broken showers...
[01:32]	Bartleby	[The breathing grows louder. There is obviously someone else in the baroque locker room]
[01:32]	Diana	This is getting even more bizarre...
[01:33]	Miaka	?!
[01:33]	Miaka	Wh-who's there?!
[01:34]	Miaka	calls out in the direction of the breathing.
[01:36]	Bartleby	[The breathing stops for a moment when called out to.]
[01:36]	Miaka	...
[01:36]	Miaka	turns to Diana
[01:36]	Miaka	...I think we should transform.
[01:36]	Diana	You don't say...
[01:36]	Diana	I trust your sense!
[01:37]	Diana	transforms into her green-armored battlemaiden form.
[01:37]	Diana	's transformation take only a brief moment, unlike her first time.
[01:38]	Miaka	also quickly transforms with a set of rapid clanks as her armor claps together, piece by piece.
[01:38]	Miaka	would have trouble keeping her head from hitting the ceiling at this point... if the ceiling was still there.
[01:39]	Bartleby	[When Diana sheds her outfit to don her armor a hideous creature strikes from the shadows against her.]
[01:47]	Diana	nuh---?
[01:48]	Miaka	!!
[01:51]	Bartleby	[Diana is caught off guard and the creature punishes her defense. Out of the shadows the girl can see it clearly, it appears to be a giant snakelike eye]
[01:54]	Diana	rolls on the ground with the force of the impact.
[01:54]	Diana	Kyah-!
[01:55]	Diana	heard something cracking inside.
[01:55]	Miaka	DIANA!
[01:55]	Miaka	turns to the eye, not scared one bit. In fact, she's absolutely furious that her sister got hurt.
[01:55]	Diana	coughs up some blood.
[01:56]	Miaka	levels her rifle, the one that shoots bullets that leave car-sized craters in the ground.
[01:59]	Bartleby	[The snake slithers out of the way as Miaka burst fires at it. The wet ground giving it speed.]
[01:59]	Diana	I've been caught off guard...!
[02:00]	Diana	gets up, however painful it would be. She levels herself and brandish her polearm into defensive position.
[02:00]	Miaka	keeps the trigger held down, leaving a trail of damage where her bullets pass by. It's kinda like that scene in the Matrix where they destroy the bank lobby.
[02:07]	Diana	Over there---!
[02:08]	Bartleby	[The creature shrieks as Diana bops it and retaliates]
[02:08]	Diana	spins the halberd into wide arc like it's nothing but feather, and send storms of heavy halberd to the point she designated. It hits the creature and cause some pain.
[02:10]	Bartleby	[Diana deflects the attack]
[02:11]	Diana	anticipate the incoming retaliation and swat it off with her heavy halberd just in time.
[02:11]	Diana	Kuh-!
[02:17]	Miaka	keeps up a steady stream of gunfire, but due to either her inexperience or her nerves, she just can't manage to hit the youma.
[02:17]	Diana	Sister, leave it to me!
[02:24]	Diana	does the same twirl and sends another bunch of user-less armaments at the thing.
[02:25]	Bartleby	[The creature shrieks again when struck and hastily slithers out of the window. The nightmare fades when the creature leaves and the girls find themselves in the normal locker room]
[02:25]	Diana	Fuh...
[02:25]	Miaka	Waah-!
[02:26]	Miaka	is startled as the roof suddenly reappears over her head, forcing her to crouch down.
[02:26]	Diana	Ngh---!
[02:26]	Diana	got caught up by the pain.
[02:27]	Miaka	notices her sister.
[02:27]	Miaka	H-hey! Are you ok?!
[02:28]	Miaka	tries to move over to her, but being too big is troublesome. Then she gets her shit together and un-transforms.
[02:29]	Diana	's battle form fades, and she turns back into her casual dress.
[02:32]	Diana	coughs a few times.
[02:32]	Diana	It... doesn't hurt as bad as I would think.
[02:32]	Diana	still... hurts.... though.
[02:34]	Miaka	But... it's not supposed to hurt after you change back to normal!
[02:34]	Miaka	looks panicked as she looks down at Diana.
[02:34]	Miaka	This is my fault! I'm the stronger one, I should have been watching out for you...
[02:35]	Diana	Stupid.
[02:35]	Diana	bonks Miaka.
[02:35]	Diana	I'm here so that you don't get hurt. It's fine.
[02:35]	Diana	tries to sit back up, resting herself on the locker.
[02:35]	Diana	Real shame it get away, though.
[02:36]	Miaka	We won't let it get away next time...
[02:37]	Diana	is so relieved she unconsciously take a shut-eyes...
[02:37]	Diana	We will...
[02:37]	Diana	Zzzz...
[02:40]	Miaka	...
[02:40]	Miaka	picks up her sister, it's hard now that she's unarmored, and heads home.