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-As much as you'd like to fall asleep with this girl snuggling against you, there are other people watching. Plus, there might still be other youma around that you hadn't defeated. While thinking of a reason to just stay like that for a little longer, you also realize that sooner or later, Yuuno will end the spell that's keeping all the normal people in a separate place.
+"Sakura, you seal Wood." You order as you turn around and quickly move over to Nanoha's side. You get on one knee, unfortunately soaking your left lower leg, but you need to lower yourself closer to the third grader's level. You place both hands on her stomach, your left hand just under her budding breasts, your right, dangerously close to her nether regions.
 
-You roll a little to the left, and pull your cape out from under you. With that done, you sit up, still holding Sailor Moon close to you. Only then do you reluctantly release her and ask her to get up. Your head feels a little light, and you realize that your hat fell off. You spot it behind you. While reaching back to grab it. Sailor Moon quickly goes over to it and hands it to you. You thank her and put it on.
+While you focus your magic in the palms of your hands and penetrate Nanoha's Barrier Jacket with two tendrils of magic, Sakura moves away from Rain warily and tuns back to face Wood's core. For the fourth time today, she swings her staff at Wood to seal it, "Return to the form you originally came from… Clow Card!"
 
-With your hat on and your blonde cuddlebug off of your lap, you're able to stand up. Your head starts to spin from the sudden change in altitude. You stumble a little and catch your balance. Sailor Moon, ever helpful, presses herself against your left side and wraps her right arm around you. Being a head and a half shorter than you, she probably wouldn't be able to stop you from falling if you lost consciousness, but you appreciate the gesture, in more ways than one.
+The tendril from your right hand enters right by Nanoha's womb and pokes it on the way in. The girl gasps and leans back against you for support. You gently run that tendril of magic along Nanoha's womb. It had stimulated her the last time you investigated it, and you don't feel like giving up an opportunity to play with this girl's fully-matured uterus.
 
-"I guess we should head to the roof then." You say, looking at everyone. Your gaze stops at Cure White. Her gown is still tattered, and she's covering herself as best as she can with her hands.
+You extend your other tendril in the space above Nanoha's womb and the unidentified ball that appears to be the source of her magic. You prepare to siphon off some of her energy when she casts her next spell. "I'll help you control it, just remember, be less forceful when you're casting." You feel her heart beating faster, and she takes a deep breath to calm down.
 
 "Go and seal it!" A pinkish-white ball of light starts to gather at the opening of the head of her staff, and a pink ring with Latin characters appears around it. With you siphoning off her energy and helping control its flow, Nanoha doesn't overwhelm her staff with too much magic. She shoots first a small pink beam at the girl on the rain cloud. It impacts her, but doesn't do anything.
-Quick time voting interrupt.
+
->Give your cape to White again.
+Formulas flash through your mind, as you're tapped in to Nanoha's magic. You pick out enough to figure out that that was a ranging shot. Locked onto her target, Nanoha pours more energy into her staff. "Not too much you whisper in her ear. We just want to seal the card, not destroy Sakura's house.
->Don't give her the cape.
+
->Remind White that she could try detransforming to get out of her tattered uniform.
+"Standby Ready." The staff states, confirming the lock.
 
 Nanoha nods and finishes her incantation, "Lyrical Magical. Clow Card, Rain." The gold head of her staff starts to glow. "Divine Buster! Seal!" The nine-year-old shoots a pink beam from her staff. You're worried at the size of it that it might have been too powerful of a spell. However, it hits the clow card and envelops it in a pink ball of light, and it gets pulled towards Nanoha's staff.
-You make your way over to where the two Cures are standing while still letting Sailor Moon support you. You're still a little light-headed, but you don't need her support anymore. Nonetheless, you like the fact that the blonde girl is pressing herself up again you like that. You free your cape from being stuck between the two of you, and let it slowly settle back down. The cape covers Sailor Moon, and your mind is full of things that you'd love to do to the girl while under the privacy of your cape.
+
 
-Like before, you unbutton your cape and slide it off. In a smooth motion, you place it on Cure White's shoulders. She doesn't need your prompting to hold the cape in place while you fish out the gold chain to fasten it in place. Interestingly, Cure White doesn't have the cape closed tightly around her like she did previously. You glance down and confirm, if you were a little farther away, you'd be able to see her panties. Either she's teasing you, or you've awoken a bit of an exhibitionist streak in the girl. The lack of any teasing smirk on her face makes you think it's the latter. "There we go." You state, as you fasten the chain back onto the cape. "I took it back a little too soon, but you can hold onto it for a little while longer."
+Rain's happy squeals and giggles are soon replaced by much more unhappy shouts as she's pulled forward. Once its near Nanoha's staff, a card materializes and the ball of light surrounding Rain disappears. The elfin creature struggles to escape, but it's soon sealed in its card.
 
-With that task out of the way, you proclaim, "To the roof! And keep an eye out for any ambushes.
+You pull your tendrils free of Nanoha's insides, but you feel that she's still leaning against you, so you keep a hand on her to support her. You reach out and grab the card before it can fall into the water.
 
-Sailor Moon at your side, you lead the way up the stairs. The third floor is clear. The fourth floor is clear. After the fourth floor, the stairs have a less polished look to them. Going up one more flight, you reach a door. Cautiously, you open the door while looking to see if there's any danger. Like the two floors below, the roof is clear. "Come on up. You call out behind you. The coast is clear."
+
 Sakura is standing by Wood's core, watching as its branches retreat. When all that's left is the central trunk and roots, the roots suck in all the water in the basement. Instead of growing more branches, a wall of thin flexible branches, like the wall of interlocking saplings from outside sprout out. They quickly envelop Sakura and, and Cure Black moments later. The wild growth heads towards the rest of you, but Kero shouts, "Wood! Stop!"
-The rest of the girls, plus Yuuno and Luna, and join you on the roof. Yuuno claps his hands together and the grayscale bubble that you've been in shrinks until all of your are back out in the sunlight.
+
 
-With everyone standing in more or less of a circle, you say, "Since I think we're all fighting for good, let's introduce ourselves. We'll probably be fighting together more, so we should get to know each other more. I'll go first..."
+The tangle of growths obediently comes to a stop, and then it retreats. It frees Sakura and Cure Black, and even the roots retreat this time. It soon turns into a green Dryad sitting on the edge of a desk.
 
 Sakura goes up to it, beaming a huge smile and holds her hands out. The Wood floats up into the air, and then into Sakura's hands, sealing herself back in her card.
-Quick time voting interrupt.
+
->Do you mention that your quest is the silver crystal?
+"See, it's a gentle card." Kero states matter-of-factly.
 
 "So trees and rain are good friends after all." Sakura replies.
 
-"I am Tuxedo Kamen," You tell the group. You've already introduced yourself to most of the girls, but there's no harm in repeating yourself. You add, "Ally of those who fight for justice. However, my goal is to find the Silver Crystal," You see Luna visibly tense up in the way only a cat can as you mention the Silver Crystal, "to help me find some answers. I'd be honored if any of you might be able to help me." You point to Sailor Moon at your side to indicate that she should go next.
+Sailor Moon points to the window and says, "Ooh, look at that!" Sunlight is streaming in through the open basement window.
 
-"I'm Sailor Moon." The blonde girl states. "Luna gave me this brooch," She points to the small bit of jewelry at the center of her ribbon, "And made me say some strange words, then I transformed in Sailor Moon. Now she says I need to find the Moon Crystal and the Silver Princess."
+"Ah, how pretty!" Tomoyo exclaims.
 
-Luna grumbles, "It's the Moon Princess and the Silver Crystal."
+Nanoha seems to have regained her composure and smiles at you, "Thank you, Tuxedo Kamen. You helped me so much." She looks at the Rain card in your hand and asks, "Can I give the card to Sakura?"
 
-Sailor Moon moon gasps in surprise, "Then you can help us find it, Tuxedo Kamen!"
+Behind you, you hear footsteps. Craning your neck, you see Cures Bloom and Egret, cautiously walking down the stairs. They're both missing all the petal-like folds of their gowns in the shoulder and hip area, meaning they used up their shield charges. Cure Egret is also holding her gown together where it had torn.
 
-"Yeah." You reply half-heartedly. Luna glares at you, and you both know you're thinking the same thing. Even if you cooperate now, sooner or later, you will have to fight over the Crystal.
+
 How do you reply to Nanoha?
-Cure Black breaks the tension with her introduction, "I'm Misu- er... Cure Black." She points to the bluenette next to her wearing your cape, "White and I got roped into helping these two get back the Prism Stones from the..."
+>Yes.
 >No.
-"From the Dark Zone." White chimes in.
+>In a moment.
 >Let's give it to her together.
-"Right, the Dark Zone. Oh, and these two are Mepple and Mipple." The Cures pull out they're phones and flip them open, revealing the two oversized stuffed animal heads.
+
 Do you say anything else to Nanoha?
-"Hello-mepo!"
+
-"Hello-mipo!"
+
 Do you say anything to anyone else?
-"We also say some embarrassing things when we transform." Cure White adds, trying to build a connection to Sailor Moon
+
 
-Everyone's gaze continues clockwise and lands on Sailor Mercury. She appears to wilt under the scrutiny, but after a few moments, she gathers her courage and says, "I'm Sailor Mercury. I'm very new to this." Mumbling she adds, "My transformation is also embarrassing."
+
 
-Next is the ferret. "I'm Yuuno. I'm an archeologist. My clan found some Lost Logia, artifacts of a long dead race. We called them the jewel seeds. We sent them off to the Space Time Administration Bureau on Midchilda for safe keeping, but the spaceship carrying them was destroyed in an accident, and the jewel seeds fell to Earth. I came to recover them, but I was attacked and injured. I needed Nanoha's help." He looks up the girl beside him.
+
 
-"I'm Takamachi Nanoha." She says, "I'm in third grade, and I don't have a secret name. Raising Heart has a long password, but it's not that embarrassing. Yuuno gave me Raising Heart and we've been collecting Jewel Seeds. This was the second one we've found. Umm... I think that's everything."
+You let go of Nanoha and make sure that she's able to stand on her own. "No, thank you for your hard work. I believe soon you won't need my help at all. Go ahead and give the Card to Sakura." You pat her on the head and she beams. She takes the offered card and runs off to Sakura to hand it off to her. You watch the two youngest girls on the team thank each other for the help. Sakura thanks Nanoha for sealing Rain, and Nanoha thanks Sakura for sealing the Jewel Seed from earlier.
 
-You're about to say something, but you spot something moving a few buildings over. It's hard to make out as the twilight is fading to complete darkness. "What's that?" You ask, pointing. Something is towering above a building a few blocks away.
+You look around the girls gathered around and give them a nod, "Well done, everyone; that was a tough job, but you held it together admirably. My thanks for your assistance. If you'll pardon me a moment?"
 
-Everyone turns to look. "Is it some kind of Kaiju?" Cure Black asks.
+You walk up the steps and meet the two new Cures. Egret is holding her drenched gown closed. The top of her gown has been torn into two parts, but she's able to maintain her modesty, just showing a few bits of skin down her center-line. "Are the two of you OK?" You ask, "You've had quite the first day on the job."
 
-Sailor Moon squeaks and presses herself against your side, "A kaiju? You mean like Godzilla!?" You instinctively squeeze her with the arm that you have wrapped around her. If she's going to do you the favor of pressing her breasts against your side, the least you can do is offer that gesture of protection while you fantasize of her breasts being full of milk.
+"I have no idea what's going on, but it's all so exciting." Cure Bloom answers, waving her arms around for effect.
 
-"It's not heading for Tokyo Tower, so it can't be Godzilla." Cure White quips.
+"I'm alright." Cure Egret replies demurely. "But a branch got under my gown when we were running from it, and it tore through..." Her words taper off with a blush, but you still get the gist of it.
 
-You hear giggling coming from straight ahead of you. Mercury's back is turned to you so she can look at the giant something or other in the distance, but you can see shoulders and back moving in a way that gives her away as the source of the giggling."
+You look the two of the girls over. Without her hip petals, you realize that Cure Bloom doesn't actually have a gown. Rather, she's wearing something similar to Cure Black's uniform; she has a pair of bike shorts covered by the skirt portion of her outfit. She's missing all of the petals that are normally form her skirt as well as those on her shoulders.
 
-"Ami! You laughed!" Sailor Moon calls out. She's torn on whether to go hug the bluenette for coming out of her shell, or to stick to claiming you. She decides to continue pressing herself against your side, but looking down, you see a big grin on the blonde girl's face.
+Cure Egret has an actual gown, but she's lost the hip petals that served as a second layer to her skirt as well as the petals on her shoulders. The sash that she had around her waist is another casualty of the branch assaults.
 
-Sailor Mercury touches her earring, and you can see a bit of her visor as it appears. "There's something there." She says in a much more relaxed voice than when she was guiding your strikes earlier. "But it's not giving off any heat, or any mechanical signatures. It's five blocks away. At the park near the shopping center. We should go investigate."
+Behind you, Kero yawns and states, "I'm gonna take a nap." He flutters up the stairs, passing the three of you.
 
-Sailor Moon practically jumps out of her skin and exclaims, "Investigate! I need to go to the Chanela store and free Shingo!"
+
 The Cures' cell phones jump out of their pouches and open up. Just like Mepple and Mipple, there's a head of a stuffed animal-like creature living inside each of them. "You two, Pretty Cures, are the only ones who can save the Garden of Fountains, lapi." The green one states.
-Cure Black joins in, "White! We need to go there too. That's the place with those animals I was telling you about that smell really nice hypnotized me."
+
 "You're our last hope, chopi." The cream one adds.
-"Right."
+
 Together they both say, "We hope you take good care of us, chopi, lapi." Then they both return to the pouches.
-"Um, Sailor Mercury." Nanoha says, "Yuuno and I will go with you to find out what that is, to make up for attacking you earlier."
+
 The two new Cures stare at their pouches, not able to fully process what they just saw.
-"I already forgave you for that. But thank you. I appreciate it."
+
 
 They're interrupted from their stunned silence by Kero shouting from upstairs, "Sakura! We're in trouble!"
-Anything you want to add or ask before the group splits?
+
 You hear footsteps running in the basement. "Let's see if we can help." You say and motion for the Cures to head back upstairs. The three of your clear the basement stairs for Sakura and the rest of the girls. On the ground floor, you see the problem; the entire house is a mess. Furniture is strewn everywhere, curtains are barely hanging up, muddy footsteps are everywhere, and more.
 
 Sakura comes up the stairs and also is shocked, "I- I have to clean the house all over again." You can feel the joy and excitement slipping away from the girl's voice.
-Which group do you go with?
+
->Go with Sailor Moon and ivestigate these Chanela.
+
->Go with Sailor Mercury and investigate the Kaiju.
+"Don't worry, I'll help you clean up." Tomoyo offers.
->Go back to Sendai Hill where you woke up and see if you can find any traces of that evil presence you sensed earlier.
+
 Sakura gets on her knees and hugs her friend, and Kero flies over and does so as well. Both of them are crying from relief [pretend Sakura is still in her normal clothes in the picture].
 
 The other girls chime in one by one, "I'll help too." "Me too." "So will I."
-"A hero's work is never done." You lament. "Let us meet again next time." You pat Sailor Moon's head and say, "I'm confident you, Black, and White will be able to handle yourselves. Mercury and Nanoha may need my help more." Moving your gaze over, you add, "Although White, unfortunately, I need to ask for my cape back."
+
 Sakura starts profusely thanking everyone for the help.
-"Oh. OK." Cure White replies, and starts fiddling with the chain holding the cape in place.
+
 You're worried that something else might still be lurking. Instead of agreeing to help, you close your eyes and focus. With Sailor Moon just a few steps away from you, her overwhelming warm glow is blinding your sensing powers. Suddenly, the glow disappears, and you're able to make out the individual girls in the house with you.
-You give Moon a parting squeeze and step over to her. As you undo the chain and put it back in your pocket, you reassure her, "Don't worry. Both Yuuno and I are going with the other team, so you don't need to worry about any guys looking at your torn uniform." Of course, you know that she's just as self-conscious about Cure Black seeing her like that, but you're banking on her not announcing her lesbian crush on her partner to everyone.
+
 "Ah, now I'm not in those wet clothes anymore." Sailor Moon, no she's Usagi now that she's not transformed, says. In rapid succession, the signals belonging to the rest of the girls disappear. Without them, you're able to sense clearly, and find no sign of an evil presence nearby.
-While you're unwrapping the cape from her, you lean down and whisper, "Thank you for the show earlier." Keeping true to the spirit of your words, you turn away from Cure White so everyone can see that you're being a gentleman and not peeking. Yuuno likewise turns around while you're securing your cape to the buttons on your jacket.
+
 "Ahh! It's you!" You open your eyes to find all the girls detransformed and Nagisa pointing to her doppelganger. "You're the girl from the Chanela store. And you're Mishou Mai." You look over the four detransformed Cures and the resemblance is uncanny. With them this close, you can tell the difference between them, but from a distance, you can certainly see how easy it'd be to get them mixed up.
-Satisfied that your outfit is complete, you say, "I'm sure fate will bring up back together soon. Until we meet again." You take a running start and leap across to the roof of the building across the street. Mid-air, you hear Raising Heart and Yuuno call out two spells, Flier Fin and Floater Field respectively. Sticking your landing, you turn around and see what's happening. Nanoha boots have small wings coming out of them like Hermes's sandals and she's flying across the gap. Yuuno has created a series of platforms out of the same spell that he used to break his fall in the classroom where you first met. He and Sailor Mercury are running along them as if they formed a bridge.
+
 The four girls introduce themselves to each other: Cure Black is Misumi Nagisa, Cure White is Yukishiro Honoka, Cure Bloom is Hyuuga Saki, and Cure Egret is Mishou Mai.
-Strangely, your sensing powers are still fogged up from the warm glow you've come to associate with Sailor Moon being nearby. Since you're faster than Mercury, you stop for a moment. Ostensibly to let Yuuno and Mercury catch up, but in actual fact to focus on your connection to Sailor Moon. Sure enough, she's coming closer as well. Sailor Mercury did say that the giant monster you're heading towards was near a shopping center. Perhaps the store with the chanela is nearby. Maybe all of you didn't need to split up, or at least not yet.
+
 While they're doing that, you take a closer look at everyone. Since they've detransformed, all the girls that were soaked by Rain no longer are. The only exception is Sakura, since she was in her regular clothes the entire time. Likewise, your shoes, socks, and left pant-leg are also wet.
-Reaching the last building before the park, you see the beast. It looks like an overgrown salmon colored plush toy. It's chasing after two girls. You quickly realize it's Sakura and Tomoyo. The two split up, and the giant monster chases after Sakura.
+
 Tomoyo drags Sakura off saying, "Let's get you changed into something dry." The two of them go past you down the hall and up the stairs.
-Nanoha had circled around to wait for the three of you, but now she's flying as fast as she can to help the girl. You likewise jump as far towards them as you can.
+
 The rest of the girls also start heading down the hall to take their shoes off by the door and put on the guest slippers.
-In the air, you see the monster corner Sakura at the penguin slide and step on her.
+
 
 What do you do?
-You curse your timing. If you'd gotten here only a few moments earlier, you could have saved Sakura from what you can only assume is a very gruesome death. Landing on park path surrounded by tree, you sprint towards the play area, dodging the stuffed animals scattered around the path.
+>Join the cleanup as well.
 >Time for your dramatic exit.
-Reaching the play area, you see the pink monster chasing after Nanoha. To your great relief, you spot Sakura and Kero sitting on the ground next to the penguin slide with shocked expressions on their faces. You slide to a halt in the sand next to them and ask, "Are you two alright? I thought I saw that thing step on you."
+>Talk to one/some of the girls/ [Which one(s)?]
 >Ask one of the girls to speak with privately. [Which one?]
-"It did." Sakura answers. "But it didn't hurt at all."
+
 
-"Watch out!" Kero yells and points behind you.
+
 
-"What..." You turn around and get hit in the face by a stuffed animal. "Oh. That's why it didn't hurt."
+
 
 "Yuuno, we'll take care of the basement."
-Nanoha is nearby flying around distracting the pink monster. You, Sakura, and Kero are by the penguin slide. Yuuno and Mercury have just entered the open area of the park.
+
 "Right," the ferret nods.
-How do you want to deal with this "threat?"
+
->Have everyone fire everything they have at it.
+You follow the girls to the front door, admiring the view, and take off your shoes and replace them with slippers. The house may be a mess now, but with so many girls working together, you're sure they'll get it clean quite quickly. You don't want to be rude and leave muddy footprints once the house is cleaned up.
->Try to knock it over. [how?]
+
->Retreat, it's not posing a threat to anyone.
+With Yuuno in tow, you head to the basement. Despite the fact that the basement was the epicenter of Wood's wild growth, there's far less of a mess than upstairs. A single bookshelf is out of place and fair number of books have been knocked to the floor, but it's nowhere near as bad as the mess upstairs.
 
 "Let's start with getting that bookshelf back in place, then we can take care of the books." You order. The two of you head to the bookshelf in the last aisle.
 
 Yuuno uses Chain Bind to pull it back it place while you push. With that out of the way, you split up and start picking up books and putting them back on the shelves.
 
 "Ahh! There's so many books! And they're all about archeology!" Yuuno gushes, "I wish I could read them all." The ferret's certainly interested in the task.
-Blue:
+
-Knock it over using the cane. No on the fire.
+You flip open a few of the books, despite having been soaked, none of them show signs of any water damage. Like Yuuno said, they're all about archeology. One book in particular grabs your attention, "Forbidden Archeology, the Hidden History of the Human Race." Skimming though a few pages, you see that the authors are making an argument that humanity is much older than the current scientific consensus.
 
-Shadow:
+
-Trip it up with Windy.
+
 >Read some more of the book.
-Neal:
+>Hold onto the book and "borrow" it."
-Ask if it's a card, then knock it over. Also, ask who the stuffed animals belong to. No fire.
+>Put the book back.
 >Talk to Yuuno about the fact that the books aren't water damaged.
-Femanon:
+>Ask Yuuno about himself.
-Fire! Fire! Burn! Burn! Then trip it.
+>Ask Yuuno about his mission.
 >Write-in. [what?]
 
 
-With things slightly calmed down, you take a good look at Sakura. She's wearing a simple dark blue dress with white trim, long white sleeves, and a white flower on her breast. She's also wearing a matching pair of dark blue slip=on flats. Her hair is tied up in two small pigtails and her hairties are adorned with two light blue flowers. "Do these stuffed animals belong to somebody, and is this one of your Clow Cards." You inquire.
+
 
-"Yes. It's a clow card. It's small and looks like a stuffed animal, but it stole all the stuffed animals from Maki's store and turned into that!" Sakura answers.
+
 "It's odd that these books aren't damaged." You comment. "Could they be magical?"
-"Oh, then it'd be a bad idea to try setting it on fire."
+
 "Oh. Hmm." Yuuno focuses on something for a while and replies, "No. These are just normal books. There's residual magic in the basement, but that's because of the battle. I don't know. Maybe Rain's water doesn't get books wet, or Wood dried everything up without damaging the books."
-"Don't do that!" Sakura yells at you.
+
 "I guess." You reply, only half paying attention to the ferret. You're flipping through the book. One chapter mentions the migration patterns of early humans in North America being impossibly fast compared to other migrations. Another mentions cities that are much more populous than could be supported in a pre-technological society. One section grabs your attention, ruins of a city in India with evidence of nuclear fallout, supported by text from the Mahabharata.
-"Don't worry, don't worry." You try calming her down, and notice that Yuuno and Mercury have reached you. Taking a moment, you introduce everyone, "Sakura, Kero, this is Yuuno and Sailor Mercury. Yuuno, Mercury, Sakura and Kero." You quickly think of a plan, "Yuuno, use chain bind to knock that thing over. Once it's on the ground, we'll have more options to seal it."
+
 
-"Right." The ferret nods and scampers off.
+"A single projectile charged with all the power in the Universe...An incandescent column of smoke and flame as bright as 10,000 suns, rose in all its splendor...it was an unknown weapon, an iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death which reduced to ashes an entire race."
 
-You feel a vague sensation, like a whisper brushing your ear. You look around, but you don't see anything nearby. Looking back at the action, Nanoha is leading the oversized plush toy towards Yuuno. She then sharply peels away and Yuuno calls out, "Chain Anchor!" Four chains made of magical energy emerge from a magic circle floating in front of the ferret. They shoot out towards the kaiju and wrap around its arms and legs. Yuuno pulls back on the chains, but instead of pulling down the not particularly monstrous monster, the chains pull back four regular sized stuffed animals.
+
 Tingles run down your spine as you read that text. Surely it's poetic license, hyperbole, or a bad translation. There's no way for an ancient civilization from thousands of years ago to have had weapons that were so destructive, and yet you're unwilling to discount the claim out of hand.
-"Is that not one giant stuffed animal?" You ask.
+
 With the silence growing, you switch topics, "Back on the rooftop of the school you said that you were collecting jewel seeds, and you mentioned a spaceship and the Time Space Administration Bureau. Are you from another planet?"
-"Nuh-uh." Sakura responds, shaking her head. "The Clow Card is as big as a stuffed animal, but it gathered up all the stuffed animals from Maki's store and then it turned into that!"
+
 "That's right. I'm from Midchilda. Back home, my job is to excavate ancient ruins. The galaxy is full of lost civilizations, and I found the jewel seeds in an ancient monument. My clan sent them to Midchilda for safe keeping, but the time-space transporter carrying them met either an accident or some kind of artificial tragedy. It veered off course, entered this solar system, and was destroyed. Twenty-one jewel seeds were dispersed over this world. So far I've only been able to find three."
-"Then I've got another idea. Sakura, fly over to Nanoha and the two of you lead it between those two lampposts. Mercury, we'll trip it up with my cane."
+
 "Since they're so powerful, wouldn't this Time Space Administration Bureau send out a retrieval team? They do have things like that, right?"
-The girls nod their assent, and Sakura pulls out a small talisman, "The key which hides powers of the Dark! Show your true form before me! I, Sakura, command you under our contract! RELEASE!" A yellow magic circle appears below Sakura's feet and her talisman grows to its full size as the beaked staff that you've seen her with before. Sakura pulls out a card and hits it with the beak of her staff, "FLY!" The staff grows a large pair of wings from the top, and the young brunette sits on it and flies off, like a witch on a broomstick.
+
 "Of course; they have an entire Navy that patrols their sphere of influence. However, there's an old treaty between Midchilda and your Moon Kingdom, closing off all access to your solar system, and enforced by the Queen's most powerful guardians."
 
-You watch her fly away, taking a quick peek up her dress as she does so. Turning to Mercury, you say, "Let's go." You jog across the sand pit to reach the light posts that you had indicated earlier. Mercury stands by one, and you stand by the other. While Sakura and Nanoha are trying to get the plush kaiju to turn around and head towards the two of you, you focus your magic into your cane and get a good feel for how much magical energy you need flowing into it to get it to the length that you want. Confident that you know the right rate, you stop and let the cane retract; your magical reserves are still low, and there's no need to waste them while you wait. You tell Mercury, "When it's close, I'll extend my cane. Hold it over your head against the lamp post and we'll try to make that thing trip.
+"I've never heard of a Moon Kingdom, or a Moon Queen, but Sailor Moon and Luna are searching for the Moon Princess. Do you think those could be related?"
 
-You look back towards the two girls. Nanoha and Sakura are having and easy time flitting in and out of range of the plush toy and dodging it's attacks. Once they have it lined up in the right direction, the Nanoha and Sakura lead it towards you and Mercury. Nanoha is pulling off more acrobatics, but it makes sense seeing that Sakura has to be careful not to fall off of her winged staff.
+"It would make sense, but there's an admiral in the TSAB Navy from your planet. I studied everything that he said about your planet before coming here. He never mentioned any Moon Kingdom, or any guardians preventing exit or entry. He saved the life of a Midchildan clerk when he was young and decided to emigrate to Midchilda. That's why I felt safe risking coming here, but I couldn't ask anyone from my clan to take that risk.
 
-Once they're close, you start the measured flow of magic into your cane and extend it past Sailor Mercury and the lamp post. Waiting for the monster to get closer, you order, "Now!" You hoist your end of the cane as high as you can. A little later, the bluenette picks up the other end and likewise holds it over her head. Moments later, the stuffed animal monster trips over your cane. It seems to fall over in slow motion, but it's just an illusion because of how big it is. When it hits the ground, its body explodes in a cloud of stuffed animals that rain down in the park.
+"The hardest thing to believe was when he said that almost no one has any magic potential. According to him, knowledge of magic is limited to a guild and there are very people with magic potential, let alone magic users. I think he overestimated the rarity of mages, but he was right about most people not having any magic potential on Earth."
 
-"Success!" You call out and retract your cane. You run over to the pile of stuffed animals to try to find the culprit. Sailor Mercury, Yuuno, and Kero run (and fly in Kero's case) to the pile of toys as well while Nanoha and Sakura loop around and fly towards the pile, looking at it from above.
+
 What do you do?
 >Ask a specific question about the TSAB or Midchilda. [what?]
-A pink streak flies out of the pile and lands a short distance away. It's like a mini version of the giant plush monster that had been "terrorizing" the park. It jumps around with incredible speed, and Sakura goes into a dive to try to chase after it.
+>Ask about Yuuno's clan.
 >Hint to Yuuno that he might want to ask Sakura if he could borrow a book or two.
 >Wrap the conversation up. [And do what?]
-How do you help Sakura capture this creature?
+
 
->Set a trap. [what kind?]
+
->Chase after it as a group.
+
->Try to surround it.
+
->Shoot at it with ranged attacks until it stops moving around so much.
+
->Leave this to everyone else, and go take a look how the other team is doing.
+"If the TSAB decided to come here, how do you think they'd act?"
->This is a waste of time. Go home.
+
 "Hmm. I wouldn't know. The TSAB is very bureaucratic. It takes forever to get approval for anything. Without an emergency, there's no way they'll be willing to violate a standing treaty."
 
 "And if there was an emergency?"
 
 "That would depend on the admiral they send. The TSAB gives almost unlimited authority to a deployed admiral. They only need to account for their actions after the fact."
-Well, this took almost a month. Lost my muse, found it again, got very busy at work, made a minor scientific breakthrough, found a joy for gardening that I never had before, struggled to get edit a gif into a webm and add sound, and a bunch of other miscelaneous things that sucked up so much time. But, the update is finally here, so lets go.
+
 "That's mildly worrying, especially if they consider us a threat. What sort of an emergency would it take for them to break the treaty and send someone? Something that could destroy the world?"
 
 "No, they wouldn't consider that an emergency. It'd have to be something that could damage the fabric of space-time and have repercussions beyond this solar system."
 
-"Let's herd it in, and have Yuuno chain bind it." You check everyone's faces for any disagreement. Seeing none, you add, "Break!"
+Your blood runs cold at the thought of something that destructive happening. You haven't considered such a force to even be possible. "Let's make sure something like that doesn't happen."
 
-You, Mercury, and Kero spread out to run around the pink plush toy, and Yuuno follows shortly behind the three of you. Sakura flies around to get to the other side of the creature while Nanoha brings her arms close to her body and dives at it.
+
 
-You keep on eye on all the synchronized action happening, and you feel proud of the level of teamwork that's been established. That is the moment that everything starts to go wrong.
+You peek around the bookshelf to the next aisle and see Yuuno with his snout buried in a book. "You know, if you're so interested in these books, you should just ask Sakura if you could borrow some of them."
 
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUYbu5DJA1U
+The ferret looks up at you and replies, "You're right. I'll do that!" He looks eager to run upstairs and ask now, but he looks around at the books that are still scattered about and starts cleaning up and sorting them with a vengeance. Yuuno uses multiple simultaneous levitation spells to greatly speed up his work.
 
-The purpose of Nanoha's dive was to restrict the plush creature's choice of actions so it could be more easily herded. Rather than try to dodge, the animated stuffed animal jumps straight at Nanoha. With Raising Heart at her side, the young girl has to roll to not get hit by the Clow Card. Rolling in a dive causes her to lose her orientation and control of her flight. Nanoha almost hits the ground, but pulls out of the dive at the last moment.
+
 What do you do?
-Meanwhile, the pink streak flies through the air and collides with Kero in midair. The two of them fall to the ground. You and Mercury close up ranks to block any avenue of retreat for the plush toy. Yuuno wasn't prepared for the opporunity to present itself this soon, but ever a trooper, he quickly calls out, "Chain Bind!"
+>Interrupt Yuuno and ask him about something else. [what?]
 >Read the book in your hand.
-A magical circle appears in front of Yuuno and four chains of magical energry shoot forth at the spot where the Clow Card had been moments before. The pink stuffed animal had jumped away once more, and Yuuno's chains continue forward and capture Sailor Mercury.
+>Go back to the last aisle and resume picking up the books.
 >Take your leave of the basement early. [Leave the house, or talk to someone?]
 >Write-in. [what?]
-Two chains wrap around the bluenette's waist and cinch it even tighter. The other two chains each wrap around her upper thighs, lifting her blue miniskirt high enough to reveal a glimpse of her white leotard underneath. Mercury screams and pushes her skirt back down.
+
 
-"Ah! I'm sorry! I'm Sorry!" Yuuno furiously apologizes and dissipates the magical chains, freeing the bluenette.
+
 
-You can see that Sailor Mercury's leotard is a little frayed where the chains had wrapped around her waist, and that Yuuno is blushing so furiously that you can see his cheeks are red despite his fur.
+
 "Yuuno… The Jewel Seeds. Would they be capable of causing that kind of disaster? For example, if things had gotten out of hand with that tree today, or if perhaps that fight with Jadeite had escalated any further than it did?"
 
-Sakura dives and yells, "Don't let Jump get away!"
+"Not with just one of them."
 
-You chase after Jump, but trading altitude for velocity gives Sakura the speed advantage. She flies past you and reaches out to grab the stuffed animal. She's leaning dangerously far to the right, but you're too far away to help. You're about to call out to her to regain her balance, but she manages to get a hold of the Clow Card, and slows down for a landing.
+"And with several of them?"
 
-You breath a sigh of relief too soon. The pink plush hits the ground, and jumps again. Sakura's grip is solid enough to hold onto it, but it yanks her free of her winged staff. The staff falls uselessly to the ground, and Sakura hangs on for dear life as she's pulled high into the air by the stuffed animal.
+"Then there could be a risk. But even so, you'd have to forcibly overload them. That's not something that should happen under normal circumstances."
 
-On the ground, you're powerless to do anything other than watch as the girl leaves the ground behind. Nanoha flies after her, and you watch to see what happens next.
+That information doesn't give you much comfort. "That'd be bad." You state as you resume picking up books. Glancing at each one, none of them catch your attention as much as the one you have under your arm.
 
 You're not even halfway done with your aisle when you hear Yuuno darting towards your aisle. Could he be done already?
-At the apex of its jump, Jump uses Sakura's head as a springboard and jumps again, tearing itself free of Sakura's grasp, and causing Sakura to enter a freefall. The girl starts to panic, but soon calms down and reaches for her key. However, she realizes that she didn't put her staff away back to its key form, but rather left it behind on the ground, and she starts panicking again.
+
 
 What do you do with the book you're holding?
-Fortunately for Sakura, Nanoha reaches her and matches speed with the falling girl. The two elementary school girls hug tightly in midair, and Nanoha slows their fall into a controlled glide.
+>Hide it under your jacket.
 >Set it aside, and ask to borrow it later.
-While the duo is making its way to solid ground, Jump is also coming in for its landing. Yuuno once more steps up to the challenge and calls out, "Chain Bind times four!" Four magic circles in a diamond pattern appear in front of him and each of them shoots out four chains of magical energy in the general area of the falling Clow Card. What he couldn't do with precision, he manages to pull off through sheer quantity. One of the chains manages to hit the pink stuffed animal and wrap itself around it. However, a single chain is not enough to restrict the cards movements. As soon as the animated stuffed animal hits solid ground, it leaps again to the side, trying to break free.
+>Offer it to Yuuno, tell him he might be interested in it, and hope he borrows it (then ask him about it in the future.
 >Let Yuuno finish cleaning while you read some more from it.
 >Put away the book. You can take a look at it next time you're in Sakura's house.
-Yuuno dissipates the fifteen chains that missed and focuses on keeping the one chain that connected latched onto the Clow Card. He's able to hold his ground, forcing the stuffed animal into a circular path around him. The plush's trajectory brings the chain up against a lamppost and Jump is jerked violently to the side on a new trajectory. Its momentum causes it to spin faster and faster around the pole until it hits the lamppost, and is knocked unconscious. It then slowly unravels until Jump comes to a rest on the ground.
+
 
 
-Nanoha and Sakura land near Sakura's staff, and the girl picks it up. She runs over the unmoving stuffed animal and calls out, "Return to the form you originally came from, CLOW CARD!" She taps the beak of her staff against the stuffed animal, and like with illusion previously, a blank card appears in the air, and Jump is sucked into it.
+
 
-The card falls into Sakura's hand and Kero flies over to her. "Well done, Sakura." He commends. The to look at the sealed Jump card and Kero comments, "This guy is aggressive, but also stupid.
+
 You figure that you may not be the most responsible person to borrow something, especially considering what happened with the camcorder you "borrowed" from Tomoyo. However, if you convince Yuuno to borrow it instead, you can ask him for a summary of the book at a later time.
-"Really?" Sakura asks.
+
 The ferret runs to your aisle and starts casting levitation spells. It's like looking at a cyclone in reverse. The books he picks up spin around him and fly onto the shelves. You stop working just to take in the sight. You realize why Yuuno makes sure to spin the books around him. Each one passes in front of his line of sight, and you see him glance at each title, and then send it off to its appropriate spot on the bookshelves.
-Out of the bushes a dark haired girl with an older model video camera comes out. "Good job Sakura!" Tomoyo praises, "But now comes the hard part."
+
 Yuuno stops when there's just a handful of books left near your feet. "Almost done!" He exclaims and starts working on the remaining few books by hand. You join him, still holding onto the first book in your left hand. When all the books are in place, Yuuno asks, "Do you need help finding where that one goes?"
 
 "No." You reply and toss him the book. "I think you might be interested in this one. This completely contradicts everything that we know about the past of this planet, but I think some of it might match up with what you were talking about. It sounds just like a crazy conspiracy theory to me, but maybe they stumbled on the truth."
-Tomoyo lowers the camera and answers, "We have to return the plush toys back to Maki's shop."
+
 Yuuno catches the book and listens to your explanation. "Hmm. That is interesting. Thanks! I'll ask if I can borrow that one too." He looks at the title and authors once more, runs down the aisle, puts it in the correct spot, and heads upstairs, looking for Sakura.
-The two of them look at the stuffed animals strewn in the park and clearly aren't eager for the task at hand.
+
 
-"Don't worry," Nanoha chimes in. "We'll help you."
+
 >Sneak out through the basement window.
-"Of course." Sailor Mercury adds.
+>Head upstairs.
 >Take a look at some more books.
 >Write-in. [what?]
 
->Of course you'll help them out. Its an opportunity to talk to get to know everyone a little better.
+
->Really you should check in on Sailor Moon and the Cures.
+
->Your work here is done. Time to head home.
+
 
 You consider looking over the books to see if something else interesting catches your eye, but you figure Yuuno must have done a clean sweep of the library already, and you'd rather speak with the girls upstairs than stay in the basement and read a book.
 
 Making sure nothing is out of place, you head upstairs and turn the light off behind you. You barely get out of the way as Sakura dashes out of the bathroom with a basket full of wet laundry.
 
 "Sorry!" She shouts over her shoulder as she runs down the hall. The young girl is now wearing a new outfit. It's a pink dress with white sleeves and white leggings. She's wearing pink and white boots and a pink Alice band with two white wings.
 
-Your torn on whether to stick around and help the girls carry the plush toys back to Maki's shop, or go check on Sailor Moon. In the end, you decide that helping out Sailor Moon and the Cures is more important than helping the girls and possibly improving your standing with Tomoyo.
+Now you know why Tomoyo dragged Sakura off to help her get changed. She wanted Sakura to try on the outfit she brought, and knowing her, probably recorded the brunette changing. You hear a deep satisfied sigh from the bathroom. Looking through the door where Sakura came from, you see Tomoyo holding her camera with her eyes closed and a big grin on her face. Figuring she must have recorded Sakura, you keep going forward.
 
-"Ladies." You announce, "I'll leave the cleanup to you. I'll check in on Sailor Moon and Cure White and Black, and see if they don't require assistance." Without giving them a chance to respond, you run off in the direction of the shopping center.
+In the kitchen to your left, you see Ami cleaning with a wet rag. Continuing down the hallway, you look into the lounge. Usagi is on all fours using a roller on the rug. The skirt from her school uniform goes all the way down to her knees so she's not revealing anything unfortunately. Nagisa and Honoka are also looking away from you, trying fix the curtains. From the top of the stairs, you hear Yuuno and Sakura speaking about something, possibly about borrowing some books. This leaves Nanoha and the two new Cures unaccounted for, but a quick peek by the door tells you that everyone's shoes are still here. The three of them must be upstairs.
 
-You reach the shopping center, but there's no sign of the girls. You look around for any clues as to their whereabouts, and your ears are assaulted by a painful scream that's cut off by a croaking sound. It came from behind the building, in the extended parking lot. Such an ear-piercing wail could only belong to Sailor Moon. Her scream fills you with urgency and you map out the fastest way to get to the back of the building. You get a running start, jump onto the metal housing of a trash can, leap towards an overhead lamp, grab it, swing up, and land on a crouch on top of it. Careful not to lose your balance, you jump onto the roof of the store and run to the back edge.
+
 What do you do?
-From your vantage point you have a clear view of the battlefield. A shared parking lot stretches from the back of this building, to the back of the next one. In the center of the parking lot is a large, bluish-purple, humanoid, iguana monster. She's holding the blonde heroine by the neck with her thick tail. Sailor Moon is struggling to free herself, unable to make a sound with the constriction around her neck.
+>Go to the bathroom and speak with Tomoyo. [Topic?]
 >Go to the kitchen and speak with Ami. [Topic?]
-Standing off against the monster are Cure Black and Cure White, the latter of which is still in her damaged outfit. You can only imagine that the monster has threatened to kill Sailor Moon if the girls move. That would at least explain why they aren't trying to fight the monster. Behind the Cures are the broken remains of a door; the back entrance to the pet shop you deduce. A group of people are peeking around the edges of the door frame to see the fight. One of the spectators has his flip phone open and pointed at the action.
+>Go to the lounge and speak with the three girls there. [Topic?]
 >Eavesdrop on Yuuno and Sakura's conversation.
 >Go upstairs.
 >Leave.
->Rose the monster and hope it lets go of Sailor Moon.
+
->Jump down and sneak closer to the fight.
+
->Try to scare the spectators away with a rose.
+
 
 
 
 You really need someone to speak with about everything that you just learned from Yuuno. Ami's face was plastered all over the Crystal Seminar, and she strikes you as a very intelligent young woman. You turn around and head back down the hallway, passing the lounge and den. You hear Tomoyo putting another load of laundry in the washer to your left, and you turn right and enter the dining area.
 
 Ami is wiping the counter separating the kitchen and the dining area. She looks up and greets you, "Oh, Tuxedo Kamen. Are you done cleaning in the basement?"
 
-Every instinct tells you to leap in and help the girl, but a coldly rational part of your mind tells you to stay put. Sailor Moon will never live up to her full potential if you always save her bacon. She needs to win this by herself and gain the confidence that she needs to face the challenges that you are sure will face her in the future. Nonetheless, you still stealthily drop to the ground, and sneak sneak closer to the action, ready to jump in when and if the situation worsens.
+The divider separating the lounge from the kitchen is closed, so you shouldn't have any interruptions from the three girls in there. "We are. Yuuno is a wizard at cleaning up books. We even found a few interesting books on archeology."
 
-A voice from the darkness calls out and almost scares you out of your hiding spot behind the row of cars, "That youma's weak point is at the base of its tail!" You stick your head up and look around find the source of the voice. You spot Luna standing on the roof of a car. Tricky cat was blending in in the darkness.
+
 The bluenette perks up at the mention of an interesting book. "What was it about?" She inquires.
-Sailor Moon struggles to grab her tiara and she limply flings it at the base of the lizard's tail. The glowing and spinning tiara embeds itself in the monster's tail, but doesn't cut through completely. Still, the monster drops Sailor Moon and howls in pain. The blonde girl hits the pavement hard, and Cures White and Black spring into action.
+
 "I only read a few pages, but it seemed just like conspiracy theories, migration patterns and human fossils in older strata, and even an ancient text that implies an ancient civilization with weapons that sound like nukes."
-"Now!" Black calls out.
+
-"Right."
+Ami's excitement fades, but her interest is still there.
-"Black Thunder!"
+
-"White Thunder! Our beautiful souls..."
+"However, Yuuno mentioned that the people of his planet had a very old treaty with the Moon Kingdom. It sounds like the authors might be onto something."
-"Shall crush your evil heart!"
+
 "Ancient Astronaut Theory." Ami replies, "Some people say that advanced aliens visited the Earth a long time ago, but it's supposed to just be pseudo-scientific nonsense."
-Together they shout, "PreCure Marble Screw!" The two girls are struck by color coded lighting during the first part of the chant, and then they fire a black and white spiral beam of death at the lizard creature. It shouts in agony and then turns to dust from the magical blast.
+
 
 "There might be more too it than anyone figured." You add as you walk into the kitchen proper and lean against the counter facing Ami. "That's interesting for sure, especially if it turns all of our archeological knowledge on its head, but what really worries is what he told me about the Jewel Seeds." You recount Yuuno's explanation of the power of the Jewel Seeds.
-Sailor Moon doesn't appear to be moving, and her tiara is sticking out of the pile of dust which is all that remains of the youma. The Cures give each other a high five, and White sees the onlookers. The bluenette remembers the tattered state of her clothes and tries to hide behind Cure Black. Most of the onlookers stay behind the door frame, but one of them dashes forward, a younger kid with light brown hair and a pad of paper and a pen in his hand. He calls out, "Sailor V! Sailor V!"
+
 "He doesn't sound too worried, but I don't like the thought of items powerful enough to rip apart the fabric of space-time just lying around."
 
-You grumble at the mention of Sailor V. She had foiled several of your earlier attempts at robbing jewelry stores, which is why you're now in the habit of scanning for the Silver Crystal as soon as you enter a jewelry store instead of grabbing the jewels to sort through later.
+"Hmm." Ami hums. She nibbles on her left index finger while thinking, "Has Yuuno told that to anyone else?"
 
 "No. At least I don't think so."
 
 
->Keep watching.
+What do you resolve to do?
->Take your leave since no one has seen you.
+>Find Yuuno now, get him to tell everyone about the jewel seeds.
->Sailor Moon needs heals, heal her.
+>Find Nanoha now and tell her about the jewel seeds.
->Cure White needs some cover, give her the cape again.
+>Tell Yuuno to tell everyone next time you see him.
->Intercept the kid and send him back to the store.
+>Think about it some more, possibly speaking with him in private about it later.
->Scare away the onlookers
+>Let him tell everyone about the jewel seeds when he's ready.
->Rope Cure Black into helping.[do what?]
+
 
->Mix and match.
+
 If not selecting one of the first two options from the first question, what do you do?
 >Keep talking with Ami. [Any topics you want to make sure to hit?]
 >Spray Ami with the side sprayer from the sink.
 >Thank her for helping you order your thoughts and go speak with someone else. [Who and about what?]
 >Thank her for helping you order your thoughts and take your leave.
 >Write-in. [What?]
-Taking stock of the situation you know what you need to do. Cure White's modesty must be preserved, that cell phone must be destroyed, and all the onlookers need to be scared away. With that settled, you jump out from behind the row of cars into the central lane. In the air, you unfasten the left button of your cape, and once you land, you sprint towards the girls while undoing the right button as well.
+
 
-The brown haired boy points at you and yells, "Watch out!"
+
 
-Sailor Moon stirs, and both Cures turn around to see what the boy is pointing at. "Tuxedo Kame-" Cure White starts to call out, upon seeing you, but you interrupt her by throwing your cape at her as you leap over Sailor Moon's prone body.
+
 You should have Yuuno tell everyone else, but if he thinks it not urgent, you can give him some time now and speak with him later about telling everyone. You glance at the side sprayer at the sink and consider spraying Ami with it. Sailor Mercury has a water affinity, and it might be an interesting way to get her to loosen up. On the other hand, you don't know her too well and you're not sure how she'd react to something like that.
-You land next to Cure Black and quickly order, "Help me block the view." While she gets next to you to form a wall and keep Cure White and Sailor Moon out of sight of the onlookers, you pull out a rose and throw it at the offending cell phone pointed in your direction. With your target stationary, it's an easy hit and you smile in satisfaction as the flip phone breaks into several pieces. The heads all disappear back behind the door frame. "Everyone get out of here!" You bellow in a commanding tone. "It's not safe. There might still be more monsters. Everyone go home, now!"
+
 "What else did Yuuno say about his planet?" Ami asks as you decide not to spray her with water.
-The boy is frozen in place, but finally gathers the courage to speak up. "Sailor V! Can I get your autograph?" His knees are trembling, and he's looking at you, clearly intimidated by your towering presence. "I'm a huge fan!"
+
 "Not too much. He said that his planet had a treaty with the Moon Kingdom, closing off the borders of the solar system. He didn't mention why though. If the Moon Kingdom doesn't exist anymore, that would explain why he was able to make it in. He also mentioned that there's an admiral in the TSAB that emigrated to Midchilda from Earth, and he never mentioned a Moon Kingdom."
-"She's not Sailor V." You inform the kid. "Now go ho-"
+
 The two of you silently ponder that for a while, then you ask, "How are you holding up with all of this magical girl business?"
-"I'm not Sailor V! I'm Sailor Moon!" The blonde girl proclaims angrily. Being chocked by an iguana monster's tail hasn't managed to cause any problems with her voice at least.
+
 "It's exciting!" She blurts out, and then immediately blushes, feeling self-conscious. "I mean, it's very different from my normal life. I don't have as much time to study, but I didn't know fighting could be so exhilarating, even if I'm not too good at it yet. I always thought fighting was for stupid people, but I see why some people like it, especially today..." A slight grin appears as her words trail off. "And I got to make some friends. Usagi is so sweet, but a week ago, I would have just brushed her off as loud, stupid, and annoying." Ami looks over her shoulder to make sure no one else is in the kitchen to hear her, "but she is just a little bit."
-"Well, you're cute too." He blurts out, before even realizing what he said. For a moment, you think he might run away, but he continues, "So, can I please have your autograph?"
+
 You chuckle and nod, but take note of the fact that she said 'friends' and not 'new friends', "She's a little over-exuberant." The bluenette covers her mouth and giggles at the understatement. Your eyes are drawn to her breasts as they jiggle under her school uniform from her laughter. You haven't really noticed until now, but her breasts are quite large, C-cups you'd guess. She's carried herself so demurely that you hadn't noticed up to this point.
-"Hey!" Cure Black interrupts. "Aren't I cute too?"
+
 
-"Of course you are Miss!" He replies, his resolve clearly reaching its limits. Mumbling he adds, "But she's blonde."
+What do you say next?
 >Continue the conversation. [Next topic?]
-You have to hand it to the kid. He may be young, but he knows what he wants.
+>Let me help you finish with the kitchen.
 >Honoka is pretty skilled at Judo, you might want to talk with her about helping you train.
-Cure Black quietly grumbles, "Hmph. Why is it that only girls notice me?"
+>I'd be happy to give you some tips to help you fight better. [Now or later?]
 >It was nice speaking with you, but I need to speak with _____. [Who?]
-You hear your cape rustling behind you, but you don't turn around to investigate. While you have to admire the kids courage, it's time for you to send him away.
+
 
-"I have to ask you to do something, Shingo." Sailor Moon states from the ground behind you.
+
 
-"Huh? How do you know my name?"
+
 
-"I know everything. I want you to be nice to a cat near you named Luna. That black cat is certain to lead you to happiness."
+When Ami stops giggling, you say, "Just like anything else, you need to practice to get good at fighting. I'd be happy to give you a few pointers."
 
-"OK! Anything you ask!"
+"Here?"
 
-Double checking that no one is still looking at you from the back door of the store, you step up to Shingo and turn him around. "Sailor Moon needs to recover from her fight. Get going. Maybe you'll get an autograph next time if you're good to that cat."
+"No, it's a little too cramped here. Besides, it wouldn't be polite if we started making a mess while everyone else is cleaning."
 
-With fears assuaged he waves back to Sailor Moon. "Bye Sailor Moon. I'll get your autograph next time!"
+"True." She replies, her disappointment audible.
 
-You watch him leave and breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, you notice something missing. In the hallway behind the broken door, the scattered pieces of the flip phone are gone. It's owner must have scooped them up while running away. With nothing you can do about it right now, you turn back to face Sailor Moon.
+"I think Honoko knows Judo, so you might want to ask to practice with her as well."
 
-Cure Black is to your left, a frown still on her face. Cure White is in front of her, fidgeting under you black cape. Sailor Moon is still on the ground, but she's spread her arms wide, her eyes are open, and she sighs. You notice that her pink choker is gone, as is the blue sailor collar. Her shoulder pieces are frayed, but otherwise intact.
+Before Ami can reply, you hear a loud gurgling sound from the next room over. Your unspoken question is answered when Usagi complains, "I'm so hungry!"
 
 "It is almost dinner-time." Honoko states.
 
->Take your leave. [Take the cape back or leave it]
+"And it's important for growing girl to make sure to get lots to eat!" Nagisa adds.
->Tease/flirt/joke with Cure Black about what she said that only girls notice her. [Positive tone, or negative tone. Any specific lines?]
+
->Help Cure White with the cape. [Give her the fastening chain, put it on for her. Do you say anything to her about there being other people that saw her in her state of undress?]
+Another voice shouts from the hallway, "Ah! Already? My dad and brother will be home soon! We have to finish soon and you all have to go. I'm not allowed to have guests over."
->See if Sailor Moon is OK or needs healing, help her up.
+
->Anything you want to say to any of the girls or Luna? [what]
+You turn your attention back to Ami, "You heard the girl, let's finish up quickly. Where can I find a rag?"
->Do you rope them in to help carry the stuffed animals back?
+
->write-in [what?]
+Ami points to the right shelf and you start wiping the dining table while she finishes the kitchen counter. "If you didn't have to go home for dinner, I'd offer to help you train after we're done here."
 
 "I don't exactly need to be home soon. My mom's working late again tonight."
 
 
 What do you say?
 >What about your dad?
-Offhandedly you comment to Cure Black, "Don't worry, it's not JUST girls that have noticed you." While she's trying to process what you just said, you pull out the chain that you've been using to secure the the cape from your pocket. Stepping past the surprised ginger heroine, you hand her bluenette partner the gold chain and advise, "You might want to clip this on to free your hands."
+>Great, meet me at the clearing at the end of the nature path.
 >Great, meet me at the park where we fought the youma.
 >Great, we can go together and practice somewhere when we finish here.
-Cure White is holding both ends of your cape with her hands, and accepting the gold chain from you causes her to open the cape and reveal her damaged uniform. You can see her breathing quicken by her chest rising and falling faster. She opens her mouth, you assume to thank you, but quickly bites her lower lip and not a sound escapes her. You drop the chain in her outstretched hand and give her a knowing wink. "You've seen me put it on, so you know where it goes."
+>Write-in. [Anything else before timeskipping to the end of cleaning?]
 
-"Mhm." She replies with a nod, still not opening her mouth."
+
 
 
-With Luna and the other girls this close to you, you dare not look down and take a peek at the goods that Cure White is showing off, but you nonetheless appreciate her gesture. You turn around to face Sailor Moon. The blonde girl still hasn't made any action to stand up, and she has a dreamy, spaced-out, look on her face. You lower yourself, almost taking a knee, and hold out your right hand to the girl. "Sailor Moon, could I offer you a hand up?"
+
 One vote to go together.
-The blonde heroine jumps as her thoughts are yanked back to the present. "I, um, yes?" She places her right hand in yours.
+Three votes to leave separately, but go to the clearing together.
 
-With a firm grip on her hand, you stand up, pulling her up along with you. You don't need to look around you to know that Luna is most certainly glaring at you. So, without shifting your gaze away from Sailor Moon, you call out, "Oh, and Luna, good job finding the youma's weak-point. This would have been a much harder fight otherwise."
+
 
-The black cat tries to 'harumph', but it comes out as more of a squeak. "I only did it to help Sailor Moon."
+Oddly, the bluenette mentioned her mother, but not her father. Wisely, you decide to stay away from that subject. "In that case we'll have a quick practice session. I'll meet you at the corner of the street when we're all done here."
 
-Sailor Moon turns around and beams at Luna, "Thank you, Luna."
+"But why don't we just go... Oh." Ami turns away from you when the realization strikes, but you can see her face turn a deep red.
 
-"Ahh, you're welcome." She replies, flustered, "But you need to be more aware of your surroundings. I won't always be able to help you like that. You'll need to learn to fight on your own."
+"I'll see you outside." You say as you finish wiping the table and head out of the kitchen. You help for a few more minutes before running into Yuuno again. "Any luck borrowing the books?"
 
-Sailor Moon frowns, "But now we have Ami, and Tuxedo Kamen, and everyone else, so I won't have to fight alone."
+"No." Yuuno shakes his head, "But Sakura invited me and Nanoha over as often as we want. I can't wait to read about the history of this planet!"
 
 You chuckle at the ferret's excitement and he soon scampers off.
-What do you do/say?
+
->Chime in in Sailor Moon's defense, she's still new to this.
+While an exhausted Sakura is thanking everyone for helping, you slip out of the house first. Outside, you see Luna napping on the white wall around Sakura's house. The late afternoon sun has done a good job drying her off. She eyes you as you pass by, but doesn't otherwise acknowledge your existence, going back to her nap when you reach the sidewalk.
->Agree with Luna, being part of a team means that everyone has to carry their own weight, and not depend on others.
+
->Take your leave. [To the other team, home, or somewhere else?]
+The immediate area around Sakura's house is OK, but the street and yards are horribly torn up in both directions. The trees truly did a number on the neighborhood. You head down the street to the corner that you agreed to meet Ami on and jump the wall into someone's yard.
->Sneak off with one/both of the Cures. [which one and how?]
+
 You don't have to wait long as you timed your exit well. After a few minutes, you hear voices belonging to some of the girls passing by, later followed by a lone pair of footsteps that stop at the corner. Confident that that's Ami, you jump the wall and land beside the girl.
 
 The girl jumps in shock and gives a surprised yelp.
 
 "My apologies." Afterwards you add, "Shall we go?"
 
 "Mhm."
 
 The two of you head off in silence towards the clearing where you helped the PreCures fight the tree-man and the tree. After a while, Ami gathers up the courage to ask you a question, "Tuxedo Kamen, this isn't a date, is it?"
-As much as the cat is the physical embodiment of a cockblock, she is correct in this case. Sailor Moon isn't taking this superheroine business seriously. She's relying too much on other people to save her bacon. You chime in, "Actually, Luna's right. Sailor Moon, were Sailor Mercury or I able to aid you in that battle just now? Or Cure White or Cure Black?"
+
 
-"They were tryi..."
+What's your response?
 >Of course not. We're just going to practice.
-"No, we were not. I only arrived at the very end of the battle. Had Luna not told you where to aim, that youma would've killed you long before I or anyone else could have come to your aid. What would have happened had Luna not seen the monster's weakpoint? What would you have done then?"
+>Oh, no. That's for next time.
 >Not everything I do with a pretty girl constitutes a date.
-Sailor Moon's eyes start to get glassy and she lowers her head in shame as your words manage to break through her care-free facade. What Luna couldn't accomplish through nagging, you've managed to accomplish through sheer bluntness. Although to be fair, the key difference was the messenger, and not the delivery of the message. You stroke her blonde hair and and continue, "We are able to help you, that's true, but you must still be able to defend yourself if another situation like this arises. If you get caught by an enemy with no one else around to help you, the only one who will be able to save you is yourself. If you're not ready for that, you're going to get killed."
+>No, but I understand if you feel that way when a handsome man asks you to accompany him.
 >Of course it is. That's why I asked you to come with me by yourself.
-Sniffling, she looks up at you with red eyes barely holding back a flood of tears, "But I..."
+
 
-You soften your expression as much as you can, she's exposed and emotionally vulnerable, so you proceed far more gently, "So take Luna's advice, and learn to fight on your own. You need to get stronger, not just for your own sake, but for protecting everyone else as well. We're a team now, but a team is only as strong as the weakest member. We all have our weaknesses, but not trying is a self-inflicted weakness. You have it in you to become much stronger than you are right now, you just need to reach that potential. I certainly believe you can. Who knows? Maybe some day, I'll need you to pull me out of a tight spot. Heaven knows I've found myself in enough of them. I know I would certainly be grateful if that were to happen."
+
 
-The girl is looking up at you. Her tear-filled eyes broadcast her emotions, shame at being chastised, determination to improve herself, and a not particularly small amount of teenage lust from being so physically close to you. If you weren't surrounded by a cat that would scratch you without a second thought, and two girls that you haven't yet convinced about the joys of sharing you with other girls, you'd lean down and kiss her. Unfortunately, you continue instead, "So do your best to become stronger, and listen to Luna's advice on the matter. She clearly knows what she's doing. Isn't that right, Luna?"
+
 
-The black cat looks at you like a deer in headlights. "Y-Yes." She stammers, "Yes, I know what I'm doing."
+Shadow, it sounds like you meant to go with a modded 3 based off of context, but typo or not, I'm leaving your vote as it is.
 
-Before you're able to say anything about how unconvincing Luna just was, Cure Black jumps in, "Then we need to practice!"
+
 
-You and Luna both turn to look at Black and ask, "What?"
+"Business first, but I'm sure we could find something to do after the practice if you wanted."
 
-"You know. Practice." She explains, not understanding why the two of you are unclear about such a simple concept. "Like in lacrosse, we practice playing so that when we have a competition, we know what to do."
+"Oh, no." She stammers. "I mean, aren't you and... you know?"
 
-"It's a good idea." You answer. "I just hadn't considered it." You glance at Cure White and see that she's barely containing her giggles.
+With a slight chuckle you reply, "It's nothing quite that serious yet."
 
-"Yes. It's a very good idea." Luna adds, audibly displeased at having to agree with you. "It'll be good for you and Sailor Mercury to practice together with Cure Black and Cure White, and maybe the other girls too."
+"I thought you two were..." Her voice trails off and you can see her hands fidgeting nervously.
 
-Her eyes still red from crying, but any hint of sadness gone from her voice, she cheerfully hugs your right arm and says, "Then we can all meet at the arcade! You'll be there too, right Tuxedo Kamen?"
+The people that are out are mostly dealing with the damage caused by the sudden growth of trees. Although the damage is not as extensive as it was around Sakura's house, there's still plenty of damage to the sidewalks, lawns, and greenbelts. Fortunately, you don't see too many damaged houses.
 
 Soon you reach the head of the nature trail. A little further down the street is the park where everyone fought the youma. "At the end of the trail is a nice clearing. We should be able to practice there." Glancing at Ami, you see the bluenette glancing in the direction of the park. It looks like somethings on the tip of her tongue, but the bluenette doesn't share what's on her mind.
 
-With all the blank spots in your memory, you can't promise anything, in fact, for a daytime meeting, you can almost certainly promise to not make it. How do you proceed?
+Keeping up some small talk, you tell Ami about the fight that you and the four Cures had here against Karehaan and a tree monster before coming to help her and Sailor Moon. "With Cures Bloom and Egret joining the team, you're no longer the new girl. You'll have to be ready to give them some pointers if your juniors ask for help."
 
->Say you're unable to do so.
+"That's right." Ami agrees. "In that case, please teach me everything you can."
->Say that they should practice without you first.
+
->Say something else. [what?]
+"Everything's going to take a while, but we have time to go over the basics today."
 
-Then,
+Reaching the end of the trail, you notice that all of the trees surrounding the clearing are back to normal. They no longer have that twisted shape that they had earlier. "This looks like a good place to practice." There's an orange bike resting against a large tree at the edge of the clearing, but there's no sign of anyone else here. "Let's see the best way to start is..."
->Take your leave.
+
->Let them know where the other team is.
+
->Start up another topic of conversation [what?]
+>For you to transform in Sailor Mercury.
->Try to isolate one of the girls. [which one?]
+>For you to stay in your civilian form.
->Something else. [what?]
+
 
 
 
 
 
-In a serious tone, you tell Sailor Moon, "I won't make a promise I can't keep. My daytime schedule is troublesome to say the least. As much as I'd like to join you, I doubt I will be able to make it."
+As you're saying that, you realize that you'll need to be on the lookout in case the owner of the bike comes back.
 >Trap defused.
-Sailor Moon 'aww's in disappointment, and rests her head against your upper arm.
+
 "The best way to start is for you to transform. You'll do most of your fighting in that form, so it only makes sense for you to practice in that form."
-You continue, "But if there's a practice session in the evening, I'll do my best to attend." You make eye contact with everyone present, even Luna. "The other girls and Yuuno are helping Sakura and Kero clean up after the monster. If any of you have the energy to help them, they should be going back and forth between the park and a stuffed animal shop nearby. But with that, I must take my leave." You stroke Sailor Moon's blonde locks with your free hand and tell her, "You have to let go. We'll see each other soon enough."
+
 "OK." Ami nods in agreement and then pulls out her transformation pen. She closes her eyes and exhales. The bluenette stays like that for a few moments before gathering the courage to hold her pen out and shout, "Mercury power! Make up!"
-Sailor Moon reluctantly does so, and you wink in the direction of both Cures, leaving it ambiguous as to which one it was directed at. "Goodbye ladies. Until next time." Then, you run off into the darkness. Shortly after reaching the sidewalk and rounding the corner of the building, the omnipresent warm glow disappears, and from behind you, you hear a loud cry of "Usagi!"
+
 A blue symbol of Mercury emerges from the pen, and then a painful, blinding light envelops Ami.
-You gather that Sailor Moon detransformed, and Luna wasn't too happy about that. Regardless, you move on, leaving them to arrange their practice session, or go and help Sailor Mercury's group. Running down the dark streets, the darkness overwhelms you.
+
 
 >Think fast.
 
-End of Episode 3.
+
-Stat sheet as of episode 3: https://pastebin.com/bxVD59qH
+
 
-Vote on an Omake:
+
 You reflexively swing your hand in Ami's direction. You miss her transformation pen, but your hand up against some kind of ribbon that slips out of your grasp.
-Omake for episode 1 and 2 was done earlier this episode.
+
 A few moments later, Sailor Mercury stands beside you, posed for battle.
 
 You rub your eyes until the pain of the bright flash goes away.
 
-Douse yourself in water and repent
+"Are you OK?"
 
 "I'm fine, I just stood a little too close to your transformation."
 
 
 >Surprise quick time event failed.
 
 What's the general idea for the training session?
-You are Chiba Mamoru. You wake up with a deep dull ache in your shoulder blades. It's annoying enough that you take some painkillers before making yourself breakfast. Despite the ache, you start the day in an upbeat mood. A dozen red roses from Hanasaki Flower Shop are in a vase on your table. They look and smell wonderful as always. Your thoughts wander back to the flower shop. Kaoruko implied that she knew more about you than she let on, and so did Honoka's grandmother. She referred to the fountain incident. You had originally planned on investigating the the "haunted forest", out of curiosity, not from believing that it was actually haunted, but ended up waking up at the fountain in the park.
+
 
-You can worry about that later, you have classes to get to today. You turn on the TV and listen to the news while you eat breakfast. Another deadly attack on a museum in Europe. This time the Museum of London was attacked. The Cheapside Hoard exhibit was ransacked, but the attack was stopped by Sailor V. Officials are not releasing any additional information due to the ongoing investigation.
+
 
-There seem to be a lot of attacks on jewelry related stores and museums. It's good that Sailor V stopped those thieves, you think to yourself, yet at the same time, your mood deflates at the thought of Sailor V stopping someone. You wonder why that is, but nothing comes to mind.
+
 
-You finish your meal and head to school. At the bus stop you remember something strange. There were hypnotized people on the buses yesterday, and one bus drove straight into a wall and disappeared into a dark portal. You're worried if you maybe shouldn't avoid the bus, but everyone looks normal, and you don't have time to make it to class on foot.
+You look over Mercury and think back to her previous fights that you witnessed. While playing back her fight, you notice that the seam connecting the main body of Sailor Mercury's leotard to the thicker fabric covering her breasts isn't perfectly fitting, and you can see a small bit of the bluenette's upper abdomen. For a short while, your thoughts wander and you think if you could perhaps be responsible for that. You leave the thought for later as you're supposed to be helping her practice fighting.
 
-The bus ride is uneventful, and you're half-convinced that you dreamt the bus incident, but the memory is a little too vivid to be a dream. You barely pay attention during your classes, your mind occupied by other things. You could go back to Sendai Hill and investigate the buses some more, just to safely put it out of mind. You could also satisfy your curiosity and see what's happening in the haunted forest. Lastly, you could find out when Mikan is having her auditions and see if maybe there's some local talent for you to admire and hit on.
+She's a smaller girl, so you figure an art that focuses more on redirection of energy like Judo or Aikido would be useful for her. Of course, towering over the Tokyo skyline at 191cm makes every girl look short. A closer look gives you an estimate she's a little less than a head shorter than you, which gives her at least 10 centimeters over Sailor Moon. You mentally shake your head, Sailor Mercury carries herself so demurely that she looks shorter than she actually is. None of that makes judo a bad option, you just have to adjust your mental image of Mercury to be bustier and taller to match reality.
 
 So far, she's been doing well when fighting at a distance, or helping finding targets with her visor. It would certainly do her well to get comfortable learning how to open the distance between her and her opponent. Settling on a rough idea of what to do, you explain to her, "The two most critical parts of fighting are to make sure that you have a fighting style that plays to your strengths and covers your weaknesses, and to make sure that your lizard brain knows how to fight. If something unexpected happens, you won't have time to think. Your lizard brain will react first. My job is to make sure the lizard does the right thing." You throw a punch at Sailor Mercury, but pull back before you contact her.
-Classes are out what do you do with the rest of your day?
+
->Check out the haunted forest.
+Sailor Mercury yelps in surprise and brings her arms up to protect her face. If you hadn't been holding back your punch, she wouldn't have covered her face in time.
->Find out when Mikan's auditions are.
+
->Check out the buses.
+"That's what I mean. You should have dodged, or tried to deflect my punch instead of blocking. However, the lizard didn't know what to do, so it reacted by blocking. It's not the worst response, but it was nowhere near fast enough. Unfortunately, the only way to learn that is to drill. You'll have to practice until this is natural for you. What we can do today is to teach you how to get out of a disadvantageous position and into an advantageous one."
 
 Ami nods as you lecture. Taking the role of the student, she listens attentively, trying to absorb the lesson you're giving her.
 
 "Seeing how you fight, I think you'd be best off holding back. That way you can attack with your water balls, control your fog, and use your visor to help coordinate the fight, all without having to worry about hand-to-hand combat." A thought of Ami sneaking through her fog like an assassin goes through your mind and you add, "Or at least not for now.
 
-Leaving your last class of the day, you decide to check out that haunted forest. You want to see what it is that's scaring the kids into thinking its haunted. The story you heard was that there was a group of kids that saw something there that scared them, not just some schoolyard ghost story.
+"Let's start with some simple one-steps." You catch yourself, "No, we need to go even more basic than that. Basic moves first. Stand in front of me, and mirror me. Bow. Ready position." In time with your commands, you and Mercury bow, then you cross your arms in front of your chest, then bring them down so you're making a roughly O shape with your arms and your hands are at your belt. "Good. Point your left hand to mark your target, right hand to your waist." You point to her with your right, making sure Ami mirrors your properly, and bring your left fist, fingers up, to your waist.
 
-Stil wary of the buses, you decide to walk to the forested nature trail that's the source of the haunted forest rumors. Along the way, you walk past a large park divided into several sports fields. On the first field is a game between the Midoriya Junior Football Club and Sakuradai Junior Football club.
+"Pull back your left hand, and bring your right forward." Demonstrating in slow motion you comment, "Your fists will rotate, the one punching rotates to be palm down, the one returning rotates to be palm up. Exhale as you punch, you'll end up mirroring where you started." You show her your fists, "Thumb over your fingers so it stays out of the way and you don't break it." Satisfied her fists are correct, your order, "Now, full speed." You punch at full speed and count, "One." Ami copies your move and you continue practicing her punches.
 
 Once you're done teaching her how to punch, you also cover high blocks, and how to step while doing high blocks and punches. "Good. Now we can do a one-step. Face me." You get into position and in slow motion start throwing a punch at Mercury's face. "My punch is going high, so step back and do a high block." Sailor Mercury deflects your punch above her head and you comment, "Good, I missed you, and now I'm out of position and can't block. Right punch, left punch, right punch, then open the distance, and prepare a water ball."
-On the next field, a team of middle school boys are holding soccer practice. Based off the uniforms and the crowd of spectating fangirls, you're pretty sure that they're their school's soccer team, and not a random group of boys playing a casual game. You in turn watch the watchers. The girls have some cute butts pointed in your direction, and only covered by the short skirts of their school uniform. However, you decide to keep going. After all, you can always loop back and check out these girls some more.
+
 The bluenette's punches connect with you. It looks like she's holding back her strikes, but with her strength enhanced from her transformation, her punches leave a mark. As you wince from the pain, she takes a few steps back, successfully opening the distance.
-The next field after that, you find an interesting sight. A group of girls are holding some sort of practice, but you're not sure exactly what they're doing. You recognize most of the girls: the blonde dumpling head, Tsukino Usagi; the poster girl for the Crystal Academy, Mizuno Ami; your childhood friend with whom you haven't spoken in several years, Yukishiro Honoka; the girl you kissed out of a trance in the Chanela store, Misumi Nagisa according to Honoka's grandmother. Those middle school girls are also accompanied by a trio of elementary school girls: A girl with short brown hair that you recall seeing at your university before, but you're not sure where; a girl with slightly longer and more reddish brown hair; and a girl with long violet hair holding a video camera. The camera looks like the one that you had woken up with at the fountain, but from this distance, you can't tell for sure.
+
 "How was that?"
-Nagisa is leading the group through some drills, sprints and agility training by the looks of it. The short haired elementary school girl is doing the best despite her disadvantages in physical stature, and Honoka is doing decently well. The rest of the girls aren't doing too well, either messing up the drills, or just not being all that fast. You haven't the foggiest idea what they're training for, but you admire the view. Based off their bouncing breasts, you're sure that none of the middle school girls are wearing sports bras, further leading you to believe that they don't know what they're doing either.
+
 "Very good. But I'll need to wear protective gear if I'm training you while you're transformed." You touch your chest and heal yourself. The tingling sensation replaces the pain, and then it disappears as well.
 
-You can't hear what she's saying, but Moon Bunny starts whining about something. Nagisa points to a water fountain, and Usagi starts walking in that direction. However, the ginger girl follows right behind her, yells something, and the blonde starts off at an exhausted run for the water fountain. You can't help but chuckle and admire the two asses running away. After the blonde gets a drink, the two of them run back, and you get a very view of their bouncing bosoms.
+"Oh? Should I change back to normal?"
 
-After some more practice, you see a soccer ball fly over the fence separating the two fields and hit the young short haired girl in the head. Nagisa grabs the ball and marches towards the boys' field while the rest of the girls circle around the young girl to see if she's OK. You consider running down there and offering assistance, but a voice calls out from your left, "WATCH OUT! DELIVERY!"
+
 >Yes.
 >No.
-A girl on an orange bike with a basket on the front is barrelling down the sidewalk. You instinctively push yourself flat against the fence, giving her as much space as possible. As she rushes past you, you realize that this is the girl that looked like Nagisa that you also rescued from the Chanela store. You assume the girl on the field is Nagisa, but now you're not sure.
+
 
 
 
->Run down there, see if you can help, or if they need you to call an ambulance.
+
->Chase after the girl on the bike. You need to find out who she is.
+
->Stay where you are and watch what happens on the field from a distance.
+"No, no. Let's keep going. I have a few things for each of us to try. You need to learn how to pull back your punches during practice, but first, I have something I want to try. One more time. Don't be surprised if something's different this time when you hit me."
->Keep going to the so-called haunted forest and see what's happening there.
+
 You perform the one-step with Mercury again, but this time you force a buildup of your magical energy in the spots where you expect Mercury to punch you in the chest. You still take the recoil from the attack, but it feels like Mercury punched you with gloves on, and the soreness disappears moments later. "Did that feel any different for you?"
 
 The bluenette shakes her head.
 
 "One more punch, right here." You point to your sternum.
 
 "Are you sure." With a nod from you, she punches you again.
-There's one more mystery to add onto the pile of mysteries. Why are there two Nagisas? Even if you could keep up with someone on a bike, the need to ensure that the girl on the field is OK takes priority. You jump the fence, an easy feat as it's only about waist high, and half-run, half-slide down the grassy hill to the level of the field.
+
 You build up your magical energy again and focus closely on what's happening. Sailor Mercury's punch hits you with transformation-empowered force. With your full focus on the point of contact, you feel an instant stab of pain that's immediately wiped away thanks to your healing energy. The secondary damage that would normally lead to a bruise, and its associated soreness takes only a few moments longer to wash away.
-You run up to the cirlce of girls surrounding the girl that had been hit on the head. She's crouching, holding her head, and tears are running down her cheeks, but she's neither knocked out, nor crying uncontrollably, so it's not as bad as it could be.
+
 >It's getting Macross in here because you just unlocked:
-"I'll be OK." The young girl says to the crowd surrounding her.
+>Innate skill: Pinpoint Barrier: focus your healing magic in anticipation of a hit and heal damage as it happens.
 
-"Don't worry, Sakura hits herself on the with her baton during cheerleading practice all the time." The violet haired girl says.
+"Interesting, I'm healing from the strike as it's happening. That'll make practice easier, but don't throw your punches at full strength. Back to practice."
 
-"Hey!" The brunette complains.
+You repeat the one step a few more times before bringing up the next thing to try practicing. "That's good for now. I had a few ideas you could try. I was thinking something along the lines of either water armor or ice armor."
 
-"We need to check for a concussion." You say forcefully, ignoring the chatter of the other girls. You get on a knee in front of her and pull out your flip phone. Pointing to the tip of the stubby antena, you say, "Follow this with your eyes." You move the phone side to side and in a circle, the girl's eyes track the antena without a problem. That gives you some relief. "OK, no issues with your eyes. How about your memory? Do you remember your name?"
+"I don't know how to do that."
 
-"Kinomoto Sakura." She whimpers.
+"That's why we're practicing. You can make balls of water and your fog is cold, so try shaping your water balls into something resembling armor, then we'll test it out. Afterwards, we can try the ice armor."
 
-"Good." You reply, trying to think of another question, "What's your homeroom teacher's name?"
+"OK." Mercury closes her eyes and visibly focuses, creating multiple balls of water in the palms of her hand. Instead of launching the forward, she slowly brings the up in front of her torso. A few of the water balls get too close to each other and merge into larger balls, which cover less area. "That's as good as I can get it."
 
-"Mr. Terada." She answers, "I'm OK. My head just hurts."
+"OK, let's try it out." Getting an affirmative nod from your training partner, you punch her in the stomach, the water barrier doing almost nothing to stop your punch.
 
-You pat her shoulder and tell her, "I don't think you have a concussion. Just put some ice on it when you get home and you'll be OK."
+Sailor Mercury's control over the water breaks down and the water falls down, getting your right arm wet and her entire front.
 
-"Mhmm."
+Once more you're treated to a view of her in a wet uniform. You notice that her uniform is slightly damaged where you struck her. "Well, that was a failure. I hope the punch didn't hurt too much."
 
-You stand up and look behind you. Nagisa is returning, the anger gone from her gait, and you notice she's blushing profusely. You can only imagine how unsuccessful she was at chewing out the player that kicked the ball this way.
+Sailor Mercury tries to wipe the water off of her, but it doesn't really help her when she's this soaked. "Not really. I could feel the force of the impact and it startled me, but it didn't really hurt."
 
-Honoka puts words to your thoughts and says, "I wonder where that threatening attitude went."
+Your thoughts turn back to Luna's explanation of how Sailor Moon's uniform works. It feels like it's been years since the black cat explained how Sailor Moon's uniform redirected any damage that the blonde heroine took to her uniform. "You must have the same protection on your uniform as Sailor Moon. It absorbs damage to protect you. I guess that negates the purpose of water armor, although ice armor might still be useful because it'll hurt anyone that tries to attack you."
 
-"I'll take Sakura home." The violet haired girl announces.
+"If you say so." The bluenette doesn't seem fully convinced, but she tries anyways. Like last time, she brings a few balls of water in from of her torso, then fog starts forming near her hands. You can already tells this is impractical due to the time it's going to take to freeze the water, but you let her continue; even if it's not practical to form during combat, it might still have other purposes.
 
-The young lighter haired brunette chimes in, "I'm exhausted. I'll head home too."
+
 After a minute, ice crystals start forming on the water balls and on Mercury's outfit. A little later the bluenette drops the water balls on the ground and shivers. "It's too cold." She complains.
-Still blushing and looking at the ground as she makes her way over, Nagisa announces, "I guess practice is over. We'll get together again next time."
+
 The cold has made her nipples stand at attention and tent her uniform despite the fact that the fabric is thicker over her breasts to prevent such a thing.
-"I know a nice wooded area where we can relax." Ami offers.
+
 "That's alright. We can mark those up as failures. You still have your uniform functioning as armor, so you at least have that level of protection. It's getting late, but we can still do a few drills before we call it a night."
-"Ooh! I'm going with Ami!" Usagi calls out.
+
 "Are you two practicing fighting?" A new voice calls out.
-With everyone else starting to leave, Honoka starts to thank you, "I'm glad it wasn't anything serious, but thank you very much for making sure she wa-." She cuts herself off as she gets a good look at your face and inquires, "Mamoru?"
+
 You look behind you and see Hyuuga Saki jogging up to you and Mercury.
-You smiles at her, "Hey Honoka. It's been a few years."
+
 "I forgot my bike when we fought here earlier. That looks fun, but I can't transform without Mai."
-At the sound of your voice, Nagisa finally looks up and notices you. "Ahh!" she screams pointing at you, "It's you! From the petstore!"
+
 
-"Looks like the effects of the Chanela have worn off. I'm glad you're doing well." You reply.
+>Not a problem. We're done with the transformation part.
 >I'll be sure to give you and Mai a few fighting tips for next time.
 >Write-in. [What?]
-What do you do now? The other girls are still close by, and you could easily catch up with them, but not if you stick around and talk with Nagisa and Honoka.
+
->Stick around with Nagisa and Honoka. [What direction do you want the conversation to go in?]
+
->Go with Sakura's group and walk her home. [Conversation ideas?]
+
->Go with Ami and Usagi. [Conversation ideas?]
+
->Go to the haunted woods.
+
->Try to get Nagisa and/or Honoka to join you in one of the three options above.
+"That's not really a problem. I think we've just finished everything I wanted to try with Ami transformed into Sailor Mercury. If both of you girls still have time, then Saki can join in as well. It's getting quite late though, I don't want anyone to worry that the two of you are out late."
 
 Saki visibly deflates, "I told my parents I just needed to get my bike. They might get worried if I stay and practice."
 
 "I don't think my mom will be at work for all that much longer, but I still..." Ami starts, but she's interrupted by the orange-haired girl.
 
 "Then hop on!" Saki interrupts, pointing to the basket of her red and orange bike. "I'll give you a ride and you can make it home before your mom does."
-The brunette that you're reasonably sure is named Nagisa is flummoxed at seeing you again, so you turn the conversation towards Honoka, "I haven't seen you or your parents at those fancy parties Mr. and Mrs. Hina loved to put on."
+
 "But even if my mom..."
-"Mr. and Mrs. Hina?" She asks, confused at your choice of names for them, "Aren't they your parents?"
+
 "Don't worry. She won't catch you. Plus it's a lot of fun riding in the basket. I used to do it all the time."
-"Adoptive," you reply with a crooked smile, "Or at least unofficially." You don't want to go into the full details of the situation.
+
 You're trying to restrain your laughter as the two girls are holding two separate conversations, or at least they would be if Saki would let Ami finish any of her sentences. From your earlier conversation, you can infer Ami was understating how much time she had left until her mom came home. "Go ahead, Ami. Like I said, we're just about done, and you should get to know your new teammate."
-"Oh!" She says in shock, "I'm sorry, I didn't know..."
+
 "I guess it is getting late." Ami agrees and heads towards Saki and her bike. In a brief flash of light she detransforms and is back in her school uniform. The bluenette carefully climbs into the basket and her butt sinks into it. She pays careful attention to her skirt to make sure she's not flashing anyone.
-You interrupt her with a raised hand, "It's been a long time since that happened. Don't worry about it." Despite that, you feel a pang in your heart as the topic is brought to your family. You wonder what your life would have been like had your parents not died in that car accident and had you not lost your memories. Nipping the awkward silence in the bud, you reiterate your question, "What made you decide that those parties needed one less pretty face?"
+
 As Saki takes off she waves back and yells, "See you!"
-She bites her lip as a blush forms on her cheeks. She may still be mentally kicking herself for braching that topic in such a manner, but your reaction has at least reassured her that she didn't commit a major faux pas. "They were a little to fancy for me." She answers. "I didn't want to dress up and go to a party when I could stay home with my grandma and read a book."
+
 Ami waves at you, "Goodbye, Tuxedo Kamen."
-"I did always peg you as the smart type." You remark.
+
 "Bye girls." You watch them ride away and then lean against a tree, reviewing the past day.
-Nagisa chimes in, "That's why they call her the Queen of Knowledge."
+
 
-"The WHAT?!" Honoka asks in surprise.
+
 End of episode 4.
-"The Queen of Knowledge." Nagisa repeats, sounding much less sure of herself. "That's what Rina and Shiho said your nickname was last year."
+
 New feature: Standing orders.
-"I didn't ask to be called that." She mumbles, her eyes closed in embarrassment as her cheeks glow bright red.
+Do you have any standing orders you want to give to Tuxedo Kamen? Among other things, this is the flipside to the QTE with Ami's transformation. You guys can plan and give a standing order for that specific situation, or any other well-defined situation.
 
-Trying to salvage the situation, you ask Honoka, "Why don't you introduce me to your friend?"
+
 
-"Oh! This is Misumi Nagisa" She replies, at least partially breaking out of her funk. "And this is... Mamoru. It's not Hina..." She pauses, realizing she never learned your family name.
+Vote on an Omake for each episode:
 
-"Chiba Mamoru." You inform her.
+Episode 1:
 The Wind verses the Wings
-"Ah, Chiba Mamoru."
+Onegai [already seen]
 Meteor Shower [already seen]
-Nagisa bows, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
+Catscratch
 
-"Likewise." With a little malice aforethought you add, "And I usually ask a girl's name before kissing her."
+Episode 2:
 Fightin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
-The brunette freezes like a deer in headlights. She clearly wants to take offense to what you did, yesterday, but she's at least honest enough to recognize that you did rescue her from whatever was happening in that pet shop.
+A Grandmother's Youth
 Panty Flash! [already seen]
-"Wait, what?" Honoka asks confused.
+A Mother's Love [already seen]
 
-"He's how I figured out that kissing someone can break them out of being hypnotized." Nagisa answers, her emotions still clearly mixed at the encounter.
+
 The scent of battle
-"Oh."
+
 Douse yourself in water and repent [already seen]
-With yet another pregnant pause building up, you inform them, "I was going to take a walk in the woods. Would you two care to join me?"
+
 
-The two of them look at each other for a bit, and then Honoka nods, saying, "Sure."
+Episode 4:
 Confrontation Averted
-__________
+When Animals Attack
 Dopplegangers
-Back on the road to the forest you ask Honoka, "Are your parents still trading in jewelry?"
+A Tree In My House? It's More Likely Than You Think!
 
-"Mhmm. They're even more crazy about it now. They do everything internationally now, so they're only home once a year for my birthday."
+
 
-"Ah, so that's why they stopped attending."
+
 
-"Once a year!" Nagisa blurts out. "Don't you miss them?"
+As you head back from the clearing, you think back to when Ami transformed into Sailor Mercury. You looked straight into the blinding light with predictable results. You think if you might not be able to reinforce your eyes if you find yourself in a repeat of that situation.
 
-"Well, yeah." The bluenette replies, still clearly not used to her friend's outbursts. "But that's their job, and they have to do it."
+>Standing order: Reinforce eyes if looking into a magical transformation.
 
-"But, there's plenty of other things they could do so that they don't have to travel!"
+The last thing you hear is the whooshing sound of a car going by on the road running paralel to the trail you're on.
 
-"Yes, but that's what they love to do."
+
 You wake up with that odd combination of lots of energy combined with some slight soreness that you always get after some good exercise. Your mood is good enough that you try not to think about the fact that you don't remember exercising yesterday.
-"But still, that's..." Nagisa's voice trails off as she fails to find words to express her distaste for that situation.
+
 As always, you listen to the news as you eat breakfast. The coverage is entirely about the freak incident that happened yesterday involving trees spontaneously growing around the city, and the expected cost of repairing the damage that was done to the city. Meanwhile, the chyron mentions another attack in Europe. Museum Island in Berlin was attacked and countless treasures were stolen; Interpol suspects the same group that attacked the Louvre and the Museum of London.
-"But at least you still have your grandmother, and friends from school and clubs." You offer.
+
 One thing you notice is that all schools, including your university, are closed while everyone deals with the aftermath of the tree incident. That gives you the freedom to do whatever you want today. Thinking about it, you make a list:
-"That's true," the blunette agrees, "Science club is lots of fun."
+
 >Find out when Mikan will be hosting her audition, and see if there aren't any cute girls auditioning that you can try to pick up.
-"Science, fun?" Nagisa asks, confused by the very idea.
+>Go back to Sendai Hill and see what's happening with the buses.
 >There's some farmland just outside of the city. Head out for the day and spend it in the countryside, and not worry about all the strange things going on in the city.
-You and Honoka both laugh, and you reply, "I bet you're one of the sports girls, right?"
+
 
-"Uh-Huh. Lacrosse." She proudly answers.
+
 
-"I did a lot of track and field in high school, but studying geology is taking up most of my time now."
+
 First thing first, you see the missing flowers in the vase on your dining table and you go to your local florist to restock, back to an even dozen. On the way back to your apartment, you decide that investigating the disappearing bus near Sendai hill was the best use of your day today.
-"Are you in college?"
+
 You add the roses to the vase and head back out of your apartment, but you're still not sure how to proceed. You could take the #66 bus which will take you directly to Sendai hill, but you're still somewhat wary of the hypnotized people you saw on the bus the time before last. On the other hand, you could take the metro to Wakabadai station, which will take you to Verone Academy, and you'll have to walk the last stretch to the site of the disappearing bus.
-"That's right."
+
 >Take the bus.
-"Oh, you looked a looked like you might still be in high school."
+>Take the metro.
 
-"I did skip ahead a year. That might be why."
+
 
-"Oh." The brunette repeats, surprised by that fact.
+
 
-As you enter the forested trail, you completely change the topic. "Have the two of you been seeing any weird things lately?"
+For your own peace of mind, you decide to take the metro. You had to have been imagining things with the disappearing bus, but you're positive you weren't imagining the hypnotized customers at the Chanela store and on the bus, so it might just be possible, laws of physics be damned.
 
-"Like what?" Honoka asks. The waver in her voice gives away more than her innocent question.
+It's a quick walk to the metro station from your apartment. Due to the disruption caused by yesterday's tree incident, the metro is less packed than usual. However, as the line continues, more and more middle school students in their school uniform of a white shirt, red blazer, and pleated plaid skirt and bow-tie for the girls, and grey or teal slacks and necktie for the boys. They have the Verone Academy emblem on the left breast pocket of the jackets. Either there's a special event happening, or the Academy was not one of the schools that was closed today.
 
-"Like how everyone was hypnotized at the pet store where I saw Nagisa the first time. And by the sound of it, she then found you hypnotized as well. How something strange has been happening with the busses. And how there was that other girl that looked just like you, Nagisa, in the pet store."
+As more and more students pack onto the metro, you conclude that school simply hasn't been cancelled for them. You can tell you've reached Wakabadai Station when all of the middle school school students leave the metro like a flood. You let them leave first and head out afterwards, shamelessly enjoying the bare legs of all the young girls wearing short skirts. As you're riding the escalator up, you even glimpse a few upskirt panty-shots of the girls in front of you.
 
-"Oh! That's right!" Nagisa calls out, "Honoka, I wanted to tell you. I ran into someone that looked just like you at the fountain when..." She glances at you, "where everything happened. But she said her name was Mishou Mai."
+When you step out onto the sidewalk, you hear a familiar voice call out, "Nagisa!" Looking ahead, you see Honoka walking with a boy with longer dark brown hair and carrying a bag over his shoulder. You think you've seen him before, you can't put a name to the face, or recall where it was you saw him. The two of them walk up to Honoka and they greet each other. "It's green." The boy points out, and the three of them cross the street following the rest of the students.
 
-That coincidentally lowers your wariness of the clones running around. It sounds like it's just a coincidence of two people that look alike.
+
 You follow them, staying close enough to hear their conversation, but far enough away so it doesn't look like you're listening in on them. The boy dominates the conversation, talking about soccer club and student council meetings. Honoko helpfully reminds him of the student council meeting dates, and the boy laments having to miss soccer practice for student council; he's the captain, and he doesn't like having to rely on Kimata to cover for him on those days. Nagisa meanwhile is keeping her head down and not participating in the conversation at all.
-The two of them are clearly hiding something, and failing at being subtle about it, especially the brunette. However, you have a hard time believing that they might be responsible for the strange incidents, especially since Nagisa was caught up as a victim in one of them. They may know more than they're letting on, but much of that might just be the sexual tension that you're sensing between them throwing off your analysis.
+
 
-"I'm going to try to find out what's going on. If you run into any more strange things, or want to know what I've found out, let me know."
+Honoka teases the boy about never being able to think of anything else when he has soccer on his mind and giggles at his expense. The boy admits loudly, "Fine, so I'm just a soccer boy." This causes Honoka to giggle some more, and then suddenly stop. Making a big show of thinking about something, Honoka calls out, "Ah!"
 
-The two girls agree and you exchange phone numbers, you get Honoka's cell, and Nagisa's land line as the brunette doesn't have a cell yet.
+Nagisa and the boy turn half-way around to look at Honoka, and you slow down so you don't pass them while they're stopped, "Oh that's right, I haven't properly introduced you to each other yet. This is Misumi Nagisa, she's in the same class as me."
 
-_________
+"N-nice to meet you." Nagisa stammers.
 
-Continuing along the trail, you see a small clearing. At the far end of it, next to a broken section of railing, is a man looking at the construction equipment on the road below. It's an unusual situation and you consider walking over that way to see what's going on.
+
 "And this is..."
 
-However, everything suddenly gets darker. You look up and see a thick swarm of insects flying overhead, blocking out the sun temporarily. They continue flying in the same direction as the trail leads, and the shadows passes over you quickly. Such purpose and unity is highly unusual for insects. This definitely qualifies as one of those "strange incidents" that you had asked the girls about.
+"Boy's third year, Fujimara Shougo. Pleased to meet you."
 
 "Everyone calls him Fujipi, though."
 
->See what's up with the man here.
+"Fujipi?"
->Follow those insects up the path and see what's going on.
+
->Split up with the girls. [give an IC reason if you go with this.]
+"Honoka, I told you not to call me that. It's not like I'm still in elementary school." Fujimara replies as you pass the group.
 
 
 The bluenette giggles at his protestations. At the same time, another boy Fujimara's age runs up and practically tackles him, "What's up, Fujipi!?"
 
 Fujimara stands up straight and yells in the interloper's face. "You too Kimata!"
 
-You see the two girls are looking at the insect swarm as well. "Strange things like that?" Honoka asks.
+"Why are you already angry in the morning?" The boy with short black hair asks. "Not getting enough calcium, I bet."
 
-"Yeah. Like that." You reply.
+
 
-Nagisa grabs Honoka's arm, "Quick. Let's go after them!" She starts off running, and drags the bluenette along until she starts running as well.
+"You should drink more milk, right Honoka?"
 
-You consider following them, but the man standing by the precipice is bothering you. Something feels off about him, so you go up to him. You're about to greet him, but you hear him muttering something. Stepping closer, you see that he's sweating profusely and you're able to hear what he's saying, "I will teach these humans the wrath of nature. I will teach these humans the wrath of nature. I will teach these humans the wrath of nature."
+Nagisa looks at Honoka and the two boys, unusually quiet and lacking in energy.
 
 "But I'm glad I could introduce you and Fujimara, since you've wanted to speak with him for a while, right?"
-Looking down you see the construction crew being attacked by butterflies, or possibly moths. Whatever they're doing is clearly hurting the construction workers and even managing to damage the equipment.
+
 
 "Just a second, Honoka!"
 
->Ask the man what's going on.
+Kimata looks at Fujimara and asks, "What's going on?"
->Run up the trail and try to catch up with the girls.
+
->Run down the trail and try to get out of this area.
+Fujimara continues looking at Nagisa, "I don't know."
 
 You can only image Nagisa's face at the moment, but you're sure she's not happy at the turn of events. She's frozen in place and clenching her fists. Finally, she yells, "I can't believe this!" And you hear footsteps running away behind you.
 
 You turn around to see Nagisa running back in the direction she came from, and Honoka running after her yelling, "Nagisa!"
 
 Kimata asks, "Did I say something wrong?"
-Something is very not right about that man. You probably won't be able to get any information out of him in the state that he's in, and a gut feeling tells you to keep your distance from him. Instead you decide to chase after the girls up the trail.
+
 "Beats me." Fujimara replies. After looking at the two girls to see if they were coming back, the two of them start heading to school again.
-And yet there's even more strange things on the trail. The first thing you see is a squirrel on the trail with glowing red eyes. You keep to the other side of the trail and pass it. Afterwards, you spot a flock of birds flying down the hill, with a group intent much like the insects you had seen earlier, but flying in the opposite direction. Aside from those you can see, you can hear more movement in the forest itself. You certainly see know why people were saying that it was haunted, and it isn't even dark yet. You can only imagine how much worse it will be once the sun sets and more spooks come out.
+
 You consider following the girls, but you're afraid it'll look strange if people see you chasing a pair of middle school girls. If you walk, on the other hand, you won't be able to keep up. Reluctantly, you accept that there's nothing you can do here. You resume walking once more, rounding a corner before your reach the Verone Academy and head towards Sendai Hill.
 
-Up ahead, you spot a pillar of light, mostly blues and violet, with a few specks of yellow in it. Along with it, you feel a reverberation in your head, matching in intensity with the pillar of light, stopping when the light dissipates. You come to a stop on the trail. Your head hurts from the unusual sensation, so you lean against a tree, hoping it passes.
+
 It doesn't take you long to reach the #66 bus route. You walk parellel to the route until you reach the Hikawa Shrine. Like any other Shinto shrine, you're sure they sell a bunch of trinkets, hold ceremonies, and have spaces for you to pray. Most importantly, they usually have shrine maidens that embody traditional Japanese standards of beauty. One of those maidens might even know something about the disappearing bus.
 
-A minute later, another pillar of light appears further up the trail, this one strobing every color of the rainbow, and your head once more pulses with the light. You squeeze your head, trying to get the awful sensation to pass, but it only stops once the pillar of light is gone.
+Alternately, you could keep going past the bus stop to where you think you remember seeing the disappearing bus and see if you can't find any clues.
 
-It takes a while before you feel comfortable trying to move, and then your head lights up in pain. It's as bad as it was when you were at the fortune teller a few days ago. There's a spike of pain, and soon follow the hallucinations. A voice, exhausted from running says, "I have to protect ________." You realize that's your own voice. You're running, with a Western-style sword drawn. Who are you supposed to protect? Why do you have a sword? So many half-formed questions fill your head. Moments later, the pain and hallucinations are replaced by oblivion, and you crumple to the ground.
+
 >Go to the shrine.
 >Investigate farther along the line.
-You are Tuxedo Kamen, infamous jewel thief, and ally to magical girls everywhere, except Sailor V. You find yourself in the same forest where you first found the Illusion Clow Card. Up the trail, you sense the unmistakable discharge of energy that indicates combat is taking place. There are two sources of evil energy there, one much stronger than the other. However, you can also feel a foul corruption making its way down the hill, spreading from tree to tree.
+
 
-Behind you is the unmistakable warm glow that you've come to associate with Sailor Moon. She is likewise engaged in combat with something, but you can't sense what she's fighting, it's too diffuse.
+
 
 
-Where do you go?
+
->Up the trail see what's happening there.
+Investigating the Shrine won't hurt. After all, you have all day today. Heading up the steps to the shrine, you see a group of three girls talking amongst themselves and laughing.
->Down the trail, help Sailor Moon.
+
 "Did your prayer already come true?" The girl with long dark brown hair asks.
 
 "What?" The girl with short reddish brown hair looks around and sees you. She blushes and looks away, but doesn't answer her friend's question.
 
 "I'd rather have him hitting on me than the old man at the shrine." The girl with short light brown hair adds.
 
-You did tell Sailor Moon that she needed to learn to fight on her own and not rely on others. You'll be at odds with your own message if you show up now to help her. Plus, the battle further up the trail has piqued your interest. You break into a run and head up towards the source of the foul energy you sense spreading down the trees.
+You give them a wink and the three of them giggle and continue down the stairs. You could pursue them, but the mystery of the buses has you more enthralled than a trio of cute girls. Instead, you continue to the top of the stairs.
 
-As you get closer to the summit of the trail, another energy starts spreading from tree to tree, but from the opposite direction. It feels like a reflected wave, but it's stronger than the original flow of foul energy, and without that distinctly evil taint. As the two energies mix, the trees start growing rapidly, taking on a misshapen form. You can hear the sound of combat right as the trail ends and opens into a clearing at the summit of the hill. You hide behind a tree and scope out the situation.
+
 At the front of the shrine is an altar to make an offering and pray. As you get close to it, an incredibly short old man almost skips over to you, "Ah! What a handsome young man! Wanna work as an assistant priest?" He practically brings his face against your groin as he asks the question.
-There are four girl fighting against a tree with a massive chin and a human-sized tree-man with purple leaves forming a mask. You recognize two of the girls as Cure White and Cure Black. The orange-haired and purple-haired girls wearing dresses that remind you of flower petals are new to you. The tree-man is fighting against the Cures, and the tree itself is fighting against the new girls.
+
 
-The new girls are almost as off balance as the Cures were in their first fight. The only reason for the almost is they don't appear to have gotten as much of a physical boost as the Cures had gotten, and so their jumps appear to be less off balance and out of control as compared to the Cures' first battle in the amusement park.
+"Grandpa! Stop hitting on everybody already!" A sharp voice scolds. You were focusing on the old man and you didn't notice a stunning young woman in a shrine maiden's outfit walk up behind him. Her sharp features match her sharp tone. This is a girl that would never accidentally be called cute, but it's clear that that's not the goal she was trying to attain. Her long black hair stretches past her hips and her violet eyes simultaneously look like they're piercing your soul, and gazing off into the distance. You can only describe her as a classical Japanese beauty; beautiful, hard-working (as you assume from the shrine maiden's outfit), and capable of defending the homestead when her husband is out on campaign.
 
-Additionally, the two new girls also have shields. Like Nanoha, they're able to create a spherical barrier around themselves, and have been using it to great effect to stall the fight against the tree. However, each time they use it to defend against the nuts that the tree is launching at them, you notice a small bit of the petal-like portions of their dresses sublimate. You're not positive if they've taken a direct hit from their enemy yet, but their costumes show signs of combat damage regardless.
+"Oh, Rei." The old man starts to reply.
 
-The tree swings a branch and appears to get a solid hit against both girls. However, you can see the glow of their shields beneath the foliage. The tree lifts its arm-like branch, and you can see that the girls each lost a whole shoulder petal to block that attack.
+"There are bad rumors about you going around the neighborhood."
 
-Contrasting the two pairs of girls highlights how much Black and White have grown since you first ran into them. Cure Black and Cure White are engaged in combat with the tree-man, and they're showing off how much their teamwork has improved. They're taking advantage of the fact that they outnumber their opponent. Like the way you and Sailor Mercury were taking turns attacking Jadeite while his attention was focused on the other person, the two Cures take turns playing bait and hook. Whenever the tree-man starts to focus on one of the girls, she starts to fight defensively and the other girl comes in with a punch or a kick to his back, causing him to open some distance before swooping down at them for another round. They're doing a better job than against Pissard. They're still trading blows with the tree-man, but they're coming out on top of the exchange, even if just barely.
+The old man laughs uncomfortably.
 
 Suddenly, a wave of nausea strikes you. "There it is again!" The shrine maiden reaches into her outfit and exclaims. "It must be an evil spirit!"
 
->Help the new girls. [Rose, cane, unarmed?]
+The old man waves his hands excitedly and interrupts, "Stop, Stop! Exorcisms aren't free." In a whisper loud enough for you to hear he adds, "And you hurt the last girl you did this on earlier."
->Help the Cures. [Rose cane, unarmed?]
+
->Try to help both. [how?]
+Rei pulls her hand out of her outfit without whatever it was she was reaching for and rubbed her head. "You have a point."
->Stay around and watch.
+
 With that threat resolved, the old man turns his attention back to you, "We sell our ever popular amulets for love. But since you're here, why not draw a fortune slip? We also sell votive paintings of horses for passing entrance exams. Wanna buy one?"
 
 
 >A love amulet won't hurt.
 >Draw a fortune slip.
-None of the girls are in any immediate danger and you want your surprise attack to give the biggest bang for the buck. The best way you can think of is to strike the tree-man with your cane while he's in the air and hit him into the tree. It'll take a little luck to line everything up to pull that off, but the challenge excites you.
+>Horse paintings are where it's at.
 >Ask if they've heard anything about disappearing busses.
-You step back from the clearing, and make your way counter-clockwise between the trees. Fortunately, the fighting is at an impasse. The new girls aren't hurting the tree monster, but they aren't loosing too much of their outfits from casting their shields. Likewise, the Cures are taking damage, but not at an alarmingly fast pace. They aren't doing to much in turn, especially since the tree-man's dive bombing tactics bring him into melee range faster than the Cures can cast PreCure Marble Screw.
+>"You can sense evil spirits?"
 >"I felt something a moment ago as well. What was that?"
-The tree is content to stay more or less in place and swing wildly with its branch arms and launch volleys of nuts at the new girls, and the Cures have no real reason to move too much from where they are, aside from dodging the tree-man's diving attacks. That simplifies things for you. You know the angle that he likes to attack from, so you line up the path that you expect him to cross and the tree further behind.
+
 
-You get in front of a tree that's in the second ring of trees around the clearing. Two trees diagonally in front of you hide you from the tree-man's view, and the tree behind you serves as a backstop for your cane. You're ready for strike, but he comes in from too high, and you hold your fire.
+
 
-This time, he aimed for Cure White. The bluenette barely dodges out of the way in time, but the tree-man bounces back from his impact and goes straight at her. Barely grounding herself in time, White catches his outstretched arm, and, redirecting his momentum, flips him towards Cure Black. The ginger-haired girl jumps towards the tumbling tree-man, fists cocked, and once more attacks him with a flurry of punches. She lands a few good hits on him before they hit the ground and he jumps back to open some distance. Not much later, he stops in midair, and attempts another dive bomb at the girls. You visualize his path, and you know that this time, he'll be in the perfect position. You aim earlier in his trajectory to account for his downward momentum. Holding the cane firmly with your right hand, and loosely guiding it with your left, you push your magic into the cane, causing it to expand.
+
 
->Sneak attack (you guys forgot about this didn't you?)
+
 You answer the old man while looking at the shrine maiden. "Actually, a fortune slip sounds good right about now. I don't know what that feeling was just now, but this isn't the first time this week I've had it. You sensed it too, Miss Rei?"
-Your aim is true, and the far end of your cane connects with the tree-man and pushes him away from you. The impact almost rips the cane from your hands, but with the back of the cane resting in a notch in the tree, you're able to hold on. The extending cane is forcing you to move forward to maintain your grip. Your aim is true and the tree-man collides against the tree. The end of your cane drives into his chest, and he turns into a swarm of insects. The tree cries out, "Uzainaaaaaaa!" from the impact. The feedback from the impact interrupts your flow of magic to the cane and it starts to shrink again.
+
 The raven-haired girl looks at you in shock. "I did. How did you..."
-Your cane had been expanding so quickly, especially during the final few moments of your attack, that it propelled you past the first row of trees into the clearing. The Cures turn from looking where the tree-man was sent flying to where the attack came from.
+
 The old man grabs your arm and says, "The fortune slips are this way." He drags you over in the direction of the omikuji. "Come along, Rei."
-"Tuxedo Kamen!" Black calls out, happy to see you. Cure White, on the other hand, has an embarrassed smile on her face. She's also glad to see you, but she's still coming to grips with the fact that she was flashing you yesterday.
+
 There's a wall of drawers and a metal hexagonal box containing numbered sticks. You pay for your fortune and the old man hands you the hexagonal box. "Shake this." He orders while Rei closes drawer 13 which was open. Next, he and Rei both wave their gohei over the box, blessing you to get the appropriate fortune.
-Before any of you can exchange greetings, your attention is pulled back in the direction of the tree by two female shouts of exertion. The tree is off balance from the earlier impact and the two new girls are holding hands as they leap towards the tree. Their outside hands are glowing with a gold and blue energy. They hit the tree with a visible shockwave of discharged magic energy.
+
 You shake the box for a while and then tip it over. Through the small hole at the top, a single stick emerges halfway. Number 49. Rei opens the drawer marked 49 and hands you the slip.
 
-The tree staggers backwards and falls over into the trees. The two girls stick a landing and look at each other.
+
 GOOD LUCK:
-"Wow!" Exclaims the girl in the pink and yellow gown.
+You have bright prospects. It is the time to work hard to realize your wishes.
 
-"This is amazing." Adds the girl in the beige gown.
+You look over the fortune slip and read your fortune.
 
-At the top of a tree, the insects start to reform into the tree-man that the Cures had been fighting earlier.
+Auspicious events: There will be plenty. However, things could be too good, which may lead to trouble, so beware.
 
-"Let's do it!" Cure White says, grabbing Black's arm.
+Health: You must remain cautious, even when things may seem to be improving.
 
-"Right."
+The person you're waiting for: They may have difficulty coming to you.
 
 Lost item: It won't be found.
-The tree is knocked over, and the tree-man is returning to his humanoid form. The Cures are about to launch a Marble Screw, and you don't know what the new girls are up to. What do you do?
+
 Lawsuit: You will win, but you must not get carried away and want more.
->Tell the Cures to switch to targeting the knocked over tree.
+
->Tell the Cures to hold their fire.
+Residence: It's a good time to build a new house/move houses.
->Join in their attack with a rose. [charged or not?]
+
->Run over to the new girls and ask them something. [what?]
+Travel: It is a good time, but be careful with theft on your trip.
->Run over to the new girls and coax them to stay on the attack. [Do you assist them?]
+
->Mix and match.
+Engagement: Things will go well, but be careful.
 
 Business: It is a good time to sell and buy, but not to sell and buy too much.
 
 Study: Things look good, but it won't last long without effort. Make sure to keep working hard.
 
 Love: Things will go well, even if you ask for more now, but you should stay sincere if you think about the future.
 
-Bigger doesn't necessarily mean stronger. You're convinced that despite his smaller size, this tree-man is the greater threat as compared to the large mobile tree, so you focus on him for now. You consider using your cane to aid the Cures, but you settle on charging up a rose. Much like when fighting Jadeite, you push your magic into the rose straight ahead and the rose takes on a sleek dart-like shape.
+
 
-You run further into the clearing, towards the tree-man and the downed tree, also getting closer to the new girls, while the Cures are still charging up the Marble Screw. Once you have a clear line of sight to the tree-man in his perch, you throw your dart, aiming at his right knee. He's still reforming from a cloud of insects into his humanoid form, but the lower 3/4 of him is already formed. Your aim is a little low, and you hit him in the shin.
+
 Quick time voting interrupt (this is open for everyone to vote, not a quick time event that's restricted to the first person to vote):
-His leg buckles, but he remains standing. Once's he's fully formed, he snaps the stem of your rose dart, and he starts absorbing your rose into his body, healing the damage you caused. The tree-man looks up just in time to see the incoming attack from Cure Black and Cure White. He near instantaneously breaks up into a swarm of insects, dodging around the blast. He does not attempt to return to his humanoid form and instead flies away.
+>"I already knew I had good luck when I saw a beautiful shrine maiden today, this slip only confirms it."
 >Continue with the original plan.
-The two new girls are looking at their hands in surprise, still not believing what they had just pulled off. You interrupt them and yell, "Now's your chance!"
+>Say something else. [What?]
 >Write-in. [What?]
-The orange-haired girls yells back at you, still shocked by the surreal experience, "What do you mean, 'now's you're chance'?"
+
 
-A pouch hanging from her belt starts bouncing around violently and answers for you, "Splash it with your Pretty Cure Twin Stream, lapi!"
+
 
-You realize that these two girls are also Cures, it makes sense with the similarities between them and Black and White.
+
 
-The girls give off a sound of confusion, but the pouch continues talking, "Hurry hold hands, lapi!"
+
 You finish reading your fortune. While the line that you won't find what you're looking for really sticks out at you, the rest of the fortune is very positive. With a wink at the raven-haired beauty, you comment, "I already knew I had good luck when I saw a beautiful shrine maiden today, this slip only confirms it."
-Another voice joins them, this time from the pouch hanging from the purple-haired girl's belt, "Then call out to the spirits of the Earth and the Sky, chopi!"
+
 You can see a brief moment of surprise on her face, but she immediately regains control of her emotions and her eyes gaze deeply into yours. She's not looking at you like a lover, but with careful focus, trying to make clear your intentions.
-"It gets harder and harder to understand!" The first girl complains.
+
 The short old man breaks the silence with a boisterous laugh, surprisingly powerful coming from a man of such small stature, "See! Our love amulets are so powerful that even just being near them will bring you love!"
-You notice the large tree getting up again and you yell at them, "Just hurry up and do it!"
+
 "Grandpa!" She complains and hits the old man with her gohei.
-https://a.pomf.cat/qjthna.webm
+
 The old man covers his head with his arms and cries out, "Oh no! What a cruel granddaughter I have. Who disrespects her elders so!"
-The two girls look at each other and nod. They hold hands and, starting with the orange-haired girl in the pink gown, call out:
+
 Rei sighs while you chuckle at the antics.
-"Oh Spirits of the Earth."
+
-"Oh Spirits of the Sky."
+With a mischievous grin he adds, "It's all because your father sends you to an all-girls school. You never learned how to flirt with a handsome boy."
 
-The two of them are surrounded in a swirl of gold and blue particles, and the purple-haired girl in the beige dress continues the incantation"
+The dark haired girl raises her gohei threateningly, this time seriously upset with her grandfather, "Grandpa!"
 
-"Now, together with Pretty Cure..."
+The old man beats a hasty retreat, "Fine, fine. I'll leave the two of you alone."
-"Release the power of a miracle!"
+
 "That's not what I..." She calls out, but her grandfather escapes around a corner before she can finish her sentence. She sighs once more and apologizes, "I'm sorry about my grandfather, he can be such a pig at times."
-Together, they finish, "PreCure, Twin Stream Splash!" A gold and blue disk hovers in front of each of them respectively like one of Yuuno's magic circles. When they thrust both hands forward as they say 'Splash!', a stream of gold and blue water emerges from the disks. The two streams spiral around each other, and then envelop the tree.
+
 "It's alright. I think he does a very convincing job of playing a perverted old man."
-The tree yells out, "Uzainaa!" as it's overwhelmed by the attack and returns to it's original form as a normal tree. A black spirit emerges from the tree and breaks up into countless little green spirits and a tiny blue orb.
+
 "I don't think he's pretending."
-"What...?" The pink-clothed Cure that called on the power of Earth asks, unable to comprehend what she had just seen.
+
 "Be that as it may, we both felt something earlier." You reply, "It was like a mix of dread and eating food that had gone bad."
-As you approach them, you hear a voice from a pouch explaining, "The captured tree spirits were released, lapi."
+
 "There's something strange going on these days." She confides. "My sixth sense and prophecies used to be absolutely accurate, but now, it's all gone haywire. It happened right as people started disappearing on the 6:00 Demon bus."
-The girl in the beige gown that called on the spirits of the sky looks up and says, "Ah! Something's falling towards us."
+
 Your thoughts jump back to when you saw a bus drive into a wall and disappear, "What do you mean people are disappearing?"
-"It's a Miracle drop, lapi."
+
 "The police have been keeping everything quite because they thought it was a ransom attempt, but there's no sign of what happened to everyone."
-"A Miracle drop?" The orange hair girl asks while catching it in her hands.
+
 You swallow and say, "A few days ago I was walking nearby and I saw a bus drive into a wall and disappear. But it had to have been a dream; that's not something that's possible. No, I blacked out afterwards, and then woke up at home. It had to have been a dream."
-"It's something we need to take back the fountains, chopi."
+
 Rei frowns and asks "Are you trying to imply that this shrine is responsible?"
-The girl shakes her head violently, "I don't understand any of that!"
+
 "No, no. Not at all. I don't go around accusing girls of mass kidnapping."
-You interrupt them and comment, "Looks like you just got roped into helping them."
+
 She sighs and relaxes. "Sorry for snapping at you. A woman barged in earlier today and blamed me for her daughter's disappearance."
-The purple-haired girls asks you, "Do you know what's happening?"
+
 "Perfectly understandable."
-"I don't know, but you're not the first girls to get roped into helping some fuzzy critters gather some missing trinkets." You answer.
+
 
 >Ask her what school she goes to.
-As the trees return to their normal size, you take a look around. Where you expect to see the city, you instead see a forest of trees, with some buildings peeking out when they're not fully obscured by the trees. Furthermore, there's a large cloud in the sky over the city and a light drizzle is falling on the trees below. The path towards the city will lead you by where Sailor Moon is still fighting.
+>"But just to be sure, you didn't cause that girl to disappear, right?"
 >"What's this sixth sense of yours?"
-"Where'd the city go!?" Cure Black asks.
+>"I'll have to look around. I'll let you know if I find anything." Then take your leave.
 >Write-in. [What?]
 
 
->Time for some introductions.
+
->Head down towards the city. [Detour to grab Sailor Moon or no?]
+
 
 Continuing, you ask, "What's this sixth sense of yours?"
 
 Rei eyes you warily for a bit before replying, "I can catch glimpses of the future, and I can channel that power through flames, especially the sacred flame in this temple, to get better insight."
 
-Neal:
+You see her start to wince, mentally prepared to be disbelieved, mocked, or both. You defy her expectations by instead saying, "That's a powerful gift. You should treasure it, though I'm sure it made it hard for you to fit in. It's easy to mistrust what you don't understand."
-Introductions later. Check out the Sailor Moon fight.
+
 Rei looks at you in a new light, not used to someone both believing her and sympathizing with the ramifications of her abilities.
-Blue:
+
-Pick up Moon. Introductions, walk and talk.
+"Plus it's far more interesting than what I can say. A recurring dream of a woman with long hair telling me to find something, but not being able to hear what it is that I'm supposed to find, isn't as exciting as being able to glimpse the future."
 
-Femanon:
+"You shouldn't discount dreams like that. They're a conduit to the supernatural. With the right practice and meditation, you might be able to learn more. After all, you must have some abilities. You sensed the evil spirit earlier." She misses a beat, shocked at the directness of her fiery retort.
-Pick up moon. Trust the mascots to take care of introductions.
+
 "I guess I shouldn't, but it would still be nice to know what it is she wants me to find."
-Limits:
+
-intro later
+
 >"I should leave now, but perhaps you could help me understand my dreams sometime."
-Shadow:
+>Ask her what school she goes to.
-Intro along the way
+>"But just to be sure, you didn't cause that girl to disappear, right?"
 >"I'll have to look around. I'll let you know if I find anything." Then take your leave.
 >Write-in. [What?]
 
 
 "Anyway, I should leave now, but perhaps you could help me understand my dreams sometime."
-"Everybody! Come with me. Sailor Moon is fighting at the base of the hill. We're going to help her, then find out why all those trees started growing in the city."
+
 "Certainly. If we're lucky, we'll also find out what's wrong with my sixth sense."
-The new orange haired girl asks, "Sailor Moon? Is she like Sailor V?"
+
 The two of you exchange phone numbers and you take your leave. You walk around the block where the shrine is. Near the shrine is a bus stop, but no one's there. You must have missed the bus. Finishing a lap around the block with nothing particularly out of the ordinary. The disappearing bus is supposed to be the six o'clock bus, and it's not even noon yet. Still, you could go for an early lunch right about now.
-You mentally wince, but reply, "Yes, a little. Now, all of you, move it!" Leading by example, you turn around and jog back to the path leading down the hill. Glancing behind you, you confirm that the four girls are following you. Your thoughts turn back to the Sailors. If there's a Sailor Moon and a Sailor Mercury that both work together, it would only make sense that Sailor V would also be part of their team. Could the V stand for Venus? That would fit the theme of the other two girls. How many more Sailors are there to encounter? Sailor Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn? How many more Cures are there to encounter?
+
 
-You hear a conversation behind you, so you slow down to listen in.
+You're nearby the strip mall where Crystal Academy and the Chanela store were, but rather than going there, you decide to head out to in the other direction. It'll take more time to find a place to eat, but odds are that it will be tastier, one of the hidden gems that you can find throughout the city.
 
-"The Garden of Fountains is under attack, mepo?"
+Sticking to a slow pace, it takes you a while to go anywhere. However, next to a laundromat named White Cleaning, there's a bakery called Pan-Paka-Pan. You grin at the pun and decide it might be worthwhile to check it out. You do a double-take at the balloon floating above the bakery. For a moment, you think this bakery is part of a chain. However, you don't recognize the mascot, and assume that it's just the owners deciding to be a bit weird. That's certainly something you can appreciate.
 
-"That's right, lapi."
+
 As you approach the restaurant, you take a peek at the garden on the side. There, you Honoka, or possibly that girl that looks really similar to her, Mai, drawing something in a sketchbook.
-"But with the heroes from the Garden of Light to help us. We're sure to save the Garden of Fountains, choppi."
+
 
-"We'll try to help, but the Garden of Light is also under attack, mipo."
+
 >Go inside the bakery.
-Both the orange-haired and ginger-haired girls yell in unison, "I don't understand any of that!"
+>Talk to Honoka (or is that Mai?)
 >Write-in. [What?]
-Cure White starts giggling at the the antics of the two girls and gets her purple-haired counterpart's attention, "I'm Cure White, and that's my partner, Cure Black."
+
 
-The purple-haired girl replies, "Oh! I'm Mi- I mean, Cure Egret, and that's Cure Bloom." In a quieter voice that you can barely make out over the sounds of all of you running, she adds, "Who's he?"
+
 
-"Oh. That's Tuxe-" White starts to answers.
+
 You approach the bluenette and you realize that this in fact is not Honoka. Her hair is a different shade, and Honoka's interests tend more towards science than art. You stand next to her and try to get her attention. However, she doesn't respond to anything you say. She's completely engrossed in drawing a picture of the scene in front of her.
-Cure Black interrupts her and finishes, "He's Tuxedo Kamen!"
+
 
-You look over your shoulder as your name is shouted and you see Black and White looking at each other with slightly confused expressions on their faces. You groped White's tit the first time you ran into her, and not only did she not react negatively, she's been flashing you glimpses of her underwear. It also sounds like you're the only male to have given Black any positive attention, and she's reacting well to it. Turning you attention back to the trail in front of you, you realize that you'll have to do something about the tension between them before it boils over. "Double-time!" You order and speed up. The footsteps behind you let you know that they're keeping up, but the faster pace has forced them to end their conversation.
+
 >She must be hypnotized. Kiss the girl. [Sha-la-la-la?]
-At the base of the trail, you find the area getting foggy, and the occasional drop of rain falling on you. After exiting the trail, you head right, deeper into the fog. An ear-piercing wail that could only belong to Sailor Moon lets you know that you're headed in the right direction. However, the fog that you assume belongs to Sailor Mercury is getting thick enough that it's going to be easy to get lost. It looks like you're in some kind of a park as there are benches and planters full of flowers around.
+>Shake her to get her attention.
 >Grab a seat and wait for her to snap out of it. [At her table or at an adjacent one?]
-What do you tell the Cures?
+>Go inside the bakery.
->Stick very close to not get separated.
+
->Stay back and let you deal with it yourself.
+
->Split up and cover the most ground.
+
 
 
-What's the general approach?
+
->Approach cautiously, scope out the situation, and take advantage of the fog.
+You take a seat at the table next to Honoka's doppelganger so you have a good view of her sketchbook. The half-finished landscape is quite impressive already, and it's mesmerizing to see her work. You don't want to interrupt her, but you have comment of praise ready for once she's done.
->You're the cavalry, charge in to the rescue.
+
 Before you she's done drawing, you're interrupted by two girls. The more athletic of the two is carrying a table umbrella that can go into the center of the table. Her chubby friend is carrying a bunch of party supplies.
 
 The auburn haired girl goes up to you and says, "I'm sorry sir. We don't have any wait staff. You'll have to go inside and place your order. Normally you could eat out here, but these tables ahhhh!" She points at you and drops the umbrella when she gets a good look at your face. "You're that guy from the Chanela store!"
 
 
 >"Ah, that's right. We didn't get a chance to introduce ourselves. I'm Chiba Mamoru, who might you be?"
-Sailor Moon stops her ear-piercing wailing, and you take that moment to tell the Cures your plan. "Girls, stick close. We don't want to get lost in Sailor Mercury's fog." You drop the bluenette's name for the benefit of the two new Cures. "We'll try not to be seen and find out the best way to help. The blonde girl and bluenette in sailor uniforms with miniskirts are on our side."
+>"You did say thank you last time we met, but how about a thank you kiss?"
 >"You did invite me to your parents store, so here I am. Although to be fair, you never did tell me how to get to your parents store, or what it was called, so it's purely a coincidence that I'm here.
-Sailor Moon starts wailing again, putting a halt to your conversation. You motion the girls forward and head deeper into the fog. As you cautiously approach the fight, you try directing some of your magical reserves towards your eyes and ears in the hope that you might be able to magically enhance them and let you see through the fog. Your view is still obscured, but your ears stop ringing from Sailor Moon's scream. It's still loud and interfering with your hearing, but to a much lesser extent now. To your chagrin, you don't see through the fog any more clearly. You stop the flow of magic to your eyes to make sure you don't hurt yourself somehow, but let the slow trickle of magic towards your ears continue to counter the effects of Sailor Moon's incapacitating scream.
+
 
->Class skill - Damsel in Distress: Ignore bangs: Use your magic reserves to undo the effects of painfully loud noises on your ears. Cures pain and ringing. If the loud noise is continuous, you'll still hear it, but you'll be able to focus on other sounds.
+
 
-Now able to hear sounds other than Sailor Moon screaming, you proceed a little more boldly. You're able to make out a human shape in the fog. You continue closer. but you stop when you hear a noise at your feet. You look down and barely avoid stepping on a squirrel. There's a pile of unconscious squirrels surrounding Luna, who is also unconscious. You get down on a knee and you're finally able to get a good look at Sailors Moon and Mercury.
+
 
 You blink twice and ask, "I beg your pardon?"
-Sailor Moon is on the ground, completely restrained by what looks like vines. She's screaming her lungs out. Her red odango covers are pulsing with her screams, amplifying them to a paralyzingly loud volume. It appears that her tiara is gone.
+
 "Saki," The chubby girl adds, "Who's that?"
 
-Sailor Mercury is not too far off from Sailor Moon. She's likewise wrapped in vines, but she's not completely immobilized. The vines appear to only be wrapped around her and not tied off. A tangle of loose ends drags behind the bluenette. She has her visor up, letting her see through her own fog, and is engaged in an artillery duel with a foe that you can't see. Mercury's arms are pinned to her sides, but she's still able to fire off balls of water at her opponent. At the same time, she's hobbling around as fast as she can with her thighs bound together, dodging the return fire of what looks like giant seeds.
+The auburn haired girl takes her chubby friend aside and says, "Yuuko, could you take the rest of the things out?"
 
 Yuuko looks at you, then back to Saki, "OK." She heads back to the store, occasionally glancing back at the two of you.
-A few ideas come to mind as to how to handle the situation.
+
->Heal Luna.
+"Chiba Mamoru." You say as introduction, "And yes, that's right. I snapped you out of that trance at the Chanela store. You ran off before I could get your name, though."
->Give Luna to one of the girls.
+
->Worry about Luna later.
+"Ah! It's Hyuuga Saki."
->Try to get Mercury's or Moon's attention. [how, and which one?]
+
->Get in there and help free one or both of the Sailors from the vines. [how and which one?]
+"Pleasure to meet you."
->Look for Sailor Moon's tiara.
+
->Attack in the direction that the enemy's attacks are coming from.
+"L-likewise." She stammers, hear earlier excitement gone.
->Loop around and get an attack on the enemy while it's focusing on Mercury.
+
->Hang tight and continue observing.
+"So, is this your parents' store?"
 
 "Mhm. They make the best bread, cake and pastries in town. Please try some."
-Sailor Moon is going to have to take a breath soon. That'll be your opportunity to hand out orders. Between yourself and the four Cures, what should everyone do?
+
 "Oh, I certainly will."
 
 
 >"Speaking of the Chanela store though, I found out who the other girl that looks like you is."
 >"I'm glad I ran into you though. There's a lot strange things going around town, like how everyone was in a trance in that store, or what happened to the trees yesterday. Have you seen anything else strange going on?"
-You take a knee next to the pile of animals and pick up Luna. As you touch her, you see an image of a black cat inside of a glass tube. The cat appears to be sleeping, or in stasis. The image fades away almost as quickly as it appeared. You start to heal the kitty while you decide on a plan. Despite what you said earlier for the five of you to stay close together, you figure the best course of action is to split up. You motion for Black and White to get closer.
+>"Do you have recommendations on what I should buy?"
 >Write-in. [What?]
-Shortly afterwards, Sailor Moon stops screaming to take a breath. You try to tell the two Cures to loop around and attack the opponent that's shooting at Sailor Mercury. However, the girls are rubbing their ears and show no sign of being able to hear you. Realizing that their ears must be ringing from Sailor Moon's screams, you touch of each of their ears in turn with your free hand. You don't like the increased strain on your magic reserves from healing two targets at once, but you quickly fix up the Cures' ears and tell them, "Try to outflank the enemy and hit it with your Marble Screw."
+
 
-"Flank?" Cure Black asks.
+
 
-"Got it." Cure White replies. She grabs Black's arm and runs into the mist.
+
 "I'm glad I ran into you though. There's a lot of strange things going on around town, like how everyone was in a trance in that store, or what happened to the trees yesterday. Have you been safe?"
-You call over the two new Cures. You heal their ears and give them their orders, "Egret, Sailor Mercury is the one that's standing up. Help her out of the vines and tell her that Tuxedo Kamen says to thin out the fog. Bloom, Sailor Moon is the one on the ground. Untie her. If either of you see a tiara on the ground, give it to Sailor Moon. Go!"
+
 "Oh, um, yes." Saki replies, unsure of her words.
-You watch the two of them run towards the bound girls for a moment, but then you turn your attention to more pressing matters. You need to take the high ground. There's a tree nearby that will suit your purposes. You take a running start, run a few steps up the trunk, and jump up and away. You neatly land on the branch that you had selected. Pulling out a rose, you observe the battlefield, waiting for the fog to thin so you can have a better view of the combatants.
+
 "That doesn't sound too convincing." You state with a raised eyebrow.
-After what seems like a long time, but was less than a minute, you can see Mercury's fog start to thin out. Since the fog isn't contained by the walls of a classroom like last time, Mercury is able to dissipate the fog much faster than the last time. Furthermore, her efforts are aided by a slight breeze.
+
 "Uhhhhhh. Mai and I ran into... had some problems because of the trees. But it wasn't anything serious."
-Your view of the battlefield rapidly expands as the fog thins. First, you're able to see the Sailors and the new Cures. Cure Egret is making quick work of the thorny vines wrapped around Sailor Mercury. However, you see that thorns are tearing through Mercury's white uniform. Unfortunate for her, but perhaps you'll have a nice view later on. The bluenette steps to the side and pulls the purple-haired Cure with her, barely dodging another attack from the enemy. Cure Bloom is ripping the vines binding Sailor Moon, but she's in visible pain from the blonde girl's wailing.
+
 
-You hear Cures Black and White start the incantation for their attack. Then, the bolts of black and white lightning striking them mark their position clearly for you.
+>"OK. I'm trying to investigate all the strange things that are happening around the city. Let me know if you find something."
 >"Speaking of the Chanela store though, I found out who the other girl that looks like you is."
 >"Speaking of breads and pastries, do you have recommendations on what I should buy?"
-The fog clears enough for you to make out Cures Black and White and the monster. The monster is purple-skinned, green-haired elf-like creature. A tangle of thorny vines emanate from her hair, but they end at a surprisingly uniform length. The vines match the thorny ones wrapped around Sailor Mercury, but not the lighter green ones tightly binding Sailor Moon. You quickly put two and two together and realize that Sailor Moon must have cut Sailor Mercury free using her tiara. From your vantage point, you mentally draw some lines connecting the monster to Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon's possible firing arcs. Sure enough, on the other side of the enemy-Sailor Mercury axis, you spot a glint of metal, Sailor Moon's tiara.
+>"I'm glad you've been safe. I'm going to buy one of those pastries you so recommended."
 >Point to Mai, "She's just focused, not hypnotized, right?"
 >Point to Mai, "If she's hypnotized, you know how to snap her out of it, right?"
-The monster is turned to the side to face the new threat. Instead of hands, she has a flower at the end of each arm. From each flower a seed sac at the two girls. At the same time, Cures Black and White fire the PreCure Marble Screw at the monster. The monster's right seedsac flies straight into the spiral beam of death, and almost instantly vaporizes. The attack continues and grazes the monster. Her right arm is destroyed by the attack. All that's left is a small cauterized stump of her brachium.
+>Write-in [What?]
 
-However, the other seed sac barely avoids getting caught in the Cure's attack and it reaches them. It hits Cure Black, bounces off of her a short distance, and erupts into a mass of vines similar to the ones that Sailor Moon has been partially freed from. With both girls right next to each other and holding hands, the vines wrap around the two of them. Faster than the two of them can react, the vines cinch tightly and tie themselves off. The two Cures are pressed against each other, face to face, and you can only imagine, breast to breast as well. You smirk, "Cure White is certainly enjoying it." The two of them struggle, but with their movement so restricted, they soon fall over. They land on their shoulders, fortunately neither of them landing head-first on the concrete pavers, and then they roll over so Cure White is on the bottom.
+
 
-Luna stirs awake in your arms. Your healing has returned her to consciousness and starts to struggle in your arms, although you can feel that she's not fully healed yet from the squirrel attack.
+
 
-You see Sailor Moon's tiara. Mercury is moments away from being free of the thorny vines. Sailor Moon is still only about half free of the vines. Cures Black and White are incapacitated, Cure Bloom is helping Sailor Moon, and Cure Egret is almost done helping Sailor Mercury. The monster has lost one arm, and hopefully lost the use of her thorny hair-vines. And the fog has mostly lifted. What do you do?
+"I'm glad you're safe, but be careful. there have been some strange things going on in town recently and it's making a lot of people nervous. I've been looking into some of them myself, like the rumors about the disappearing buses recently. If you or your friend get into trouble, don't hesitate to run and get help, okay? I'd hate it if anything bad happened to you. On that same note, I did run into that girl who looked a lot like you as well, if you were interested in hearing about it."
 
->Let Luna go.
+"Oh! You mean Nagisa?"
->Tell her to hold still while you heal her.
+
 You look at her with a raised eyebrow. "I thought you said you didn't know her?"
 
->Rose the monster.
+"I didn't!" Saki replies defensively, "I met her after the trees were growing like crazy."
->Cane the monster.
+
->Retrieve Sailor Moon's Tiara.
+"Of course." You pause and think for effect, looking over at Mai. "Which reminds me, she's just really focused right now, right? Not hypnotized?" With a sly grin, you add. "Because we have a way to fix that if she does get hypnotized, don't we?"
->Help break Sailor Moon free of the vines [how?]
+
->Help the Cures out of the vines.
+"What?! No! She's focused on drawing. You don't get to kiss her because of that!"
->Get into the brawl and distract the monster so the girls can regroup.
+
 Saki clearly didn't take kindly to your joke. You hold your hands up defensively. "OK, OK. If anything happens to her I'll be sure to let you steal her first kiss."
 
 Saki pouts, realizing that you're teasing her. She's not as upset as she was earlier when she thought you were trying to kiss Mai, but she still doesn't appreciate the teasing.
 
 You give her a wink, them look towards the bakery. "Anyway, I was thinking of ordering something. What would you recommend?"
 
 The mention of food snaps Saki out of her funk. "The curry bun is the best!"
-You squeeze Luna closer against you and order, "Don't move too much, you're still hurt." To your relief, she stops squirming in your arms and allows your to continue healing her.
+
 You smile, "With a resounding recommendation like that, I guess I can't go wrong." You stand up and head towards the shop. Yuuko passes by you carrying the rest of the party supplies. Inside, you see a large man behind the counter. He boisterously greets you.
-You turn your focus to the youma at the scene. She's screaming in pain and moving around a lot. That gives Egret enough time to free Mercury from the last bit of thorny vine binding her, and Bloom time to free Sailor Moon's hands. Unfortunately, that doesn't give you the clear shot that you need to hit the monster so you pull out a rose and hold tight.
+
 Without much fanfare, you order a curry bun from him. While doing so, you see Yuuko run back behind the counter and into the kitchen. Take a few bites of the curry bun, you take your leave. Sure enough, the curry bun is delicious. Not exactly enough for lunch, but it'll tide you over.
-Upon her arms being freed, Sailor Moon stops yelling and starts helping Bloom rip through the vines binding her legs. Mercury resumes firing water balls at the youma, turning the monster's attention to the girls assembled between it and you.
+
 You're half done with the bun before you even step outside. As soon as you do, you hear two voices shout, "Dual Spiritual Power!" You see blues and pinks reflected off of the walls of the neighboring buildings, and your head starts to hurt really badly, like in the forest the other day. You cover your head and squeeze, as if trying to relieve the pressure.
-The youma brings her left arm to bear on them and spends a few moments deciding which one to shoot first. That moment of hesitation is all you need. You push your magical energy into the rose, and then push it forward once more. Your rose transforms into a sleek dark that you throw, aiming at the youma's eye.
+
 
-You hit her in her left eye, right before she was about to shoot her seed sac at Sailor Mercury. Instead, she falls backwards from the unexpected attack and her seed sac is fired off uselessly straight up. You consider retrieving Sailor Moon's tiara, but Cure Egret is closer, and you decide to give the task to her. Announcing your presence from the tree you call out, "Now! Cure Egret! Get Sailor Moon's tiara!" You pull out your cane and point to the location of the discarded tiara.
+>Just close your eyes. It'll pass soon enough.
 >Grab something to support yourself and straighten up. You don't want people to assume you need help.
 
-Sailor Moon cranes her neck to look up at you and calls out, "Tuxedo Kamen!"
+
 
-The purple haired girl looks around to find the source of your voice, and then looks in the direction of the cane to locate the tiara. She hesitates for a moment, but Sailor Mercury nods her head and says something. After some encouragement, Egret runs off to recover the tiara. Sailor Mercury does a very good job of pinning the youma in place, repeatedly pelting her with the water balls. The monster is clearly elementally associated with plants so her attack isn't doing too much damage, but it's still restricting the youma's movements.
+
 
-Egret reaches the tiara, picks it up, and turns around. She calls out, "Bloom! Catch!" The purple-haired Cure throws the tiara like a frisbee to her partner. Her aim is less than stellar, but her partner stops helping Sailor Moon get free and quickly takes a few steps to get in the path of the tiara.
+It'll pass. You know it'll pass. You just have to let it pass. You squeeze your brow and close your eyes. If your head would just stop hurting for a moment, but it doesn't. It hurts so bad you feel like you're about to pass out.
 
-The brunette easily catches the wobbling tiara and calls out, "I'm in top form!" Bloom quickly takes the tiara back to Sailor Moon and hands it to her.
+
 You open your eyes at a new, unfamiliar location. It's some kind of shop, a bakery based off of the sign; Pan-Paka-Pan. Punny. You're alerted by the sound of familiar voices around the corner.
-The blonde girl takes her tiara back and it starts glowing with magical energy. Seeing that Sailor Moon has the tiara back, Sailor Mercury stops harassing the drenched youma, letting it stand up and present a larger target for Sailor Moon's attack. "Moon Tiara Action!" She yells as she throws her glowing tiara at the youma. Since Sailor Moon threw from a sitting position, the tiara is slicing through the light rain slower than usual, but it turns out to be enough. The youma stands up just in time to be cut in two by the tiara and turns to dust.
+
 "The shining golden flower, Cure Bloom!"
-Sailor Moon and Cure Bloom both yell, "We did it!" Egret turns around and smiles at the sight of them, but Sailor Mercury calls out, "Watch out! Above you!" Cure Egret looks up just in time for the seed sac that the youma had fired to fall down almost on top of her. She vainly puts up her shield just moments after the sac explodes and releases a torrent of vines at her, but the vines were already inside the perimeter and they quickly bind the girl. She's teetering on her feet, but without anyway to recover her balance, the slightest force will tip her over.
+"The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!"
 "We are, PreCure!"
-The pile of squirrels stirs and they dart back into the forest to escape the light drizzle, no longer under the monster's spell. A gray-haired man that had been unconscious is stirring, but still not awake. Presumably he was also affected by the youma. However, the vines are not turning to dust along with the youma, so it looks like you'll have to free everyone by hand.
+"Those who desecrate the holy fountains..."
 "Stop your cruel behavior!"
 
-Sailor Moon just needs to free her legs. Cure Bloom is looking back and forth between Moon and Egret, not sure whether to finish helping Moon or go free her partner. Mercury is looking at Bloom, ready to go to whichever one the other doesn't go to, and further away are Cures Black and White bound together. White is of course squirming, taking advantage of their close quarters. Luna is healed to full.
+"So, these are the legendary warriors, PreCure. Heh."
 
 You hear a loud crash around the corner, so you run up to the corner and take a peek.
->Help free one of the girls from the vines. [which one(s)? Bare hands or use one of your items?]
+
->Tell Bloom and Mercury which girl to help. [Cross series or same series.]
+A giant flower monster has crashed into the ground, cracking the concrete around it. The tree man that Cures Black and White fought against in the clearing is standing on top of the flower. However, you don't see the Cures anywhere.
->Dramatic parting words and tell them to meet you in the city as you're going ahead to help Sakura and Nanoha. [What do you say?]
+
->Try to get one of the girls alone.
+
 The flower monster shoots out two vines into the air. You follow them, and immediately spot Cure Bloom and Cure Egret. Your encounter with both sets of Cures previously tells you all you need to know. They underestimated their jumping ability and now they're in the air, sitting ducks as they fall in a predicable, ballistic arc.
->Mix and match.
+
 There's nothing you can do before the two vines wrap around the girls. The monster pulls on the tendrils and slams first Bloom, and then Egret into the ground. They're able to form a partial shield as they impact against the ground, losing a shoulder petal each.
 
-Also, what do you do with Luna?
+"Bloom!" "Egret!" Two voices call out. It must be the strange stuffed animals that live in their cell phones.
 
 "Heheheha." The tree-man laughs, "I was worried about what these 'legendary warriors' could be like. But if this is the best you can do by yourselves, then I have nothing to worry about. Hand over the two spirits. If you do, I'll let you go."
 
 "I can't even bear to listen to you." Cure Bloom counters while struggling to stand up. "Bleeeeeeh!" You can only assume she's making a face at the the tree-man. You try to recall his names. You know the Cures mentioned it, but all that's coming to mind is Curry Pan (Curry bread). You know it's wrong, but the name is so strong in your mouth you can even feel the aftertaste of curry.
 
-You decide to help free the girls, so you jump out of the tree. As you land, you necessarily loosen your hold on Luna. The cat, well aware of the fact that she's been fully healed uses that opportunity to slip free of your grasp and land on her own four paws. In a very cat-like fashion, she ignores you and runs over to Sailor Moon. All things considered, that's probably an improvement over your usual interactions with her.
+
 What do you do next?
-At first you consider helping Sailor Moon, but Cure Bloom is right next to her, and the blonde is almost free. Instead, you gently chide Mercury, "Go help free Cure Egret. She did help free you from the vines earlier." A quick glance over her confirms that her uniform is covered in a bunch of small tears from the thorny vines. You can see small bits of boob peeking out from the tears, but nothing too titillating.
+>Gloating is another word for sitting duck. Rose to the face.
 >Reveal yourself to get the tree-man and flower monster to focus on you and give the girls time to stand up.
-"OK." She replies, but doesn't go at first. She takes another look at Moon and Bloom, and then runs off towards Egret.
+>Climb onto the room, your eventual entrance needs to be more dramatic.
 >Stay a while and listen. You might learn more from the gloating, or spot a better opportunity.
-Seeing the bluenette go to help Cure Egret, Cure Bloom turns her attention back to Sailor Moon and helps with the last bit of plant matter binding the girls.
+
 
-You jog over to Cure Black and Cure White, admiring the sight as you approach. Your erection visibly tents your pants, and you don't have a good way of hiding it, instead hoping for the girls not to notice it.
+
 
-Cure White has managed to get Cure Black to start squirming to try and free themselves of the vines. The vines are sufficiently tight around them that they only real way for them to move is to press their breasts against each other and pull back. It's a strange sort of breast humping and you're not sure if they're even getting any pleasure from it. Either way, Cure White is clearly enjoying being bound to another girl like that.
+
 
-While neither of them have noticed you yet, you pull out a rose and decide to test out another way of charging the rose. You push some magic into the rose, and then direct it to the sides, hoping to create something with an edge, rather than a point. The flower closes back up into a bud and hardens into a pommel. The stem flattens and widens, with the thorns creating a serrated edge on both sides of the stem. The point is relatively dull, and not much of a stabbing weapon, but certainly useful as a slicing weapon. A very short section of the stem remains round and thorn free. It's not enough for you to grasp it in a traditional manner, but you place the pommel in the palm of your hand and clench your fist, letting the stem go between your index and middle finger. It looks like you have a long claw. You could easily hold two more roses like this and give yourself three "claws".
+Your roses weren't particularly effective in fighting the tree man last time, so you pull out your cane and hug the wall, peeking around the corner just enough to see the fight and wait for the right moment to strike. You take a moment to focus on your hearing, seeing if you can perhaps enhance it and be able to listen better to what's happening. You focus on moving your magical power towards your ears, but like when you tried to see through fog, the magical energy just bounces off your ears. Fortunately, it's not needed, the Cures and the tree man are speaking loudly enough for you to overhear.
 
-Cure Black has her back to you, so it's Cure White that notices you approach them. "Tuxedo Kamen!" She calls out, "Can you help free us?" If you didn't know any better, you'd think she was completely earnest in her request and her struggles had nothing to do with rubbing up against a girl she liked. She lowers her eyes and then smiles while a blush forms on her cheeks.
+"Are you saying you'd throw your life away to protect the Garden of Rainbows?" He taunts the girls.
 
-So much for the girls not noticing your erection.
+"When you say something like that out of the blue, I don't understand what you even mean." Cure Bloom counters.
 
 This makes her opponent mad and he yells, "Then why are you fighting?"
-Quick time voting interrupt. What do you say to the girls?
+
 Cure Bloom stands up and points straight at Curry Pan, "It's because you made me mad, of course! How DARE you come here and mess up Mai's welcome party? I absolutely cannot forgive you! That's why!"
->Yes
+
->No [but thou must!]
+Ferocious and spunky is always a fun combination. Egret turns from looking at the tree man to her partner. You can see her move her lips, but it's quiet enough that you don't hear her.
->Congratulate them on the attack, even if they did get tangled up in more than they'd bargained for.
+
->Tease them that for serving as a great distraction, even if that wasn't their original mission.
+
->Obliquely let White know exactly what she's up to in a way that doesn't spill the beans to Black.
+"Then I'll throw a little welcome party too." The plant monster he's standing on shouts, "Uzainaa!" and swings a large tendril at each of the girls. The girls catch them. They're facing away from you, so you don't see their faces, but it looks like they're struggling to just hold their ground.
->Thank them for the show. Joke that they should kiss.
+
 
 What do you do now?
 >Cane extension into the tree man.
 >Hang tight and see what happens.
 >Climb the roof for a better vantage point.
 >Write-in. [What?]
-"But of course." You reply, taking a knee near their feet. You grab Black by her ankle to keep the girls in place, and you slice through the vines binding their lower legs together. "You two did a great job disarming the youma." You say, as your work. The upper half of the thorns on the front of your rose claw snap off as you cut through the vines.
+
 
-Cure White giggles and Black looks back and forth between her partner and you. "What did I miss?" She asks confused.
+
 
-"Disarmed." White replies.
+
 The girls are struggling with the tendrils, but not unreasonably so. Still, it might behoove you help them out, and you have a flair for dramatic entrances. The roof of the bakery will do just fine. You take a running start, jump off of a railing and onto the roof. Fortunately, the roof of the bakery is side gabled. So while you're completely visible from the street, you're able to partially hide yourself from the action in the side garden. Scooting up to the edge of the roof, you once again peek at what's happening.
-Cure Black groans upon realizing your bad pun.
+
 "Tch. You think you can pick up something this big?" Curry Pan taunts them.
-You move your hand up to Cure Black's thigh and start cutting through the vines around their thighs, using the back of your claw this time. Cutting through the vines you continue your banter, "I'm not kidding though. You two did well." Your claw snaps in half as you finish cutting through the second set of vines, the thron free upper half of the claw falls between the girls. Part of White's gown got caught on your claw and there's a tear in the fabric showing off more of her thigh.
+
 The Cures don't respond, instead clearly straining against the tendrils, but also appearing to move them. Quickly, they get the upper hand. The two girls run around the plant monster still holding the tendrils. They don't run in a circle to tie up the tendrils, but rather keep running straight behind the plant monster. It's clear that they're going to try to throw it or knock it over.
-"You even made a good distraction, and that wasn't part of the plan." You move your hand up once more and cup Cure Black's bum. She tenses up and you can feel her incredily tones glutes clench under your hand. You start cutting through the vines with the front of the bottom half of your claw. "Hope you don't mind," You say as you work. "But I need to make sure you two don't wiggle too much so I don't accidentally stab you with this." You tilt your head to point at the claw with your nose.
+
 
-"Not really, no." She answers, but she hides her face under White's head.
+
 >Let the girls throw the plant monster and see what happens.
-Locking eyes with Cure White, you continue talking to Cure Black, "I'm sure you'd be more comfortable if I had Cure White holding you, but I need to cut through these vines to free her hands first." You wink at White and she responds with a guilty smile.
+>The moment he loses his footing, cane extend into Curry Pan.
 >Cane extend into Curry Pan now, making the plant monster lighter for the girls to throw.
-"Really, it's OK." Cure Black mumbles into White's cheek.
+
 
-You move up and cut through the vines aroud their waist, using the back of your claw. The last of the thorns fall off your rose as you finish cutting through the vines. Your claw appears to only have four uses before breaking.
+
 You can take your time and wait for just that perfect moment. You move higher up the roof until you reach the ridge, giving yourself something to support yourself against. You ready your cane, aim it at the tree man riding on top of the plant monster and wait.
-There are two more sets of vines binding the girls. You have nine remaining roses.
+
 The two Cures pull the plant monster's tendrils to the max and stop their feet down as they jerk the plant monster behind them. The girls come to a stop, having transferred their kinetic energy into the plant monster. At that moment, you see Curry Pan lose his footing and you extend your cane as hard and fast as you can.
->Create another rose claw and cut them free. [careful when cutting, or "accidentally" lighten their uniforms a little?]
+
->See what happens if you push your magic to the back of the rose.
+
->Tear through the remaining vines by hand.
+>Sneak attack.
->Try to slide the last two vines off of them.
+
 You cane hits him dead center and knocks the wind out of him as the plant monster is flung high into the air. The tree man goes flying as well, but your blow knocked him off of the plant and the two of them go flying in separate directions.
 
-Conversation topics
+
 Cures Bloom and Egret stand frozen in place, their arms held out in front of them for a few seconds. Bloom is the first to act, looking at her own hands. Mai does the same and is the first to find words, "Wow."
 
 You stand up on the ridge of the roof, one foot on each slope and loudly announce your presence. "Good job girls, and thank you for the opening."
 
 The girls look at you, but before they can say anyone, another voice shouts, "Hurry and go after them, chopi."
 
-Fem: Claw
+"You have to defeat the Uzaina to get the Miracle Drop, lapi."
-Limits: Slide
+
-Blue: Claw, experiment with the pommel
+"But how?" Bloom asks.
-Neal: Claw, how did they meet the new cures?
+
-Shadow: Claw gush
+"This time, focus your consciousness into your legs and jump after it, lapi."
-Lucifer: Claw, how did they meet the new cures?
+
 Egret looks up and you and asks, "Tuxedo Kamen, are also going?"
 
 
 >"No, I think you girls can handle it, especially with the two of them separated."
 >"I'll see if I can follow you."
-Although you're interested in testing out the last way of charging your rose, and also about testing the discarded rosebud pommel, you decide to go with what you know will work. You pull out another rose and charge it with your magic, once more pushing the magial energy to the side after charging your rose. It turns into the serrated rose claw again.
+>"No, I should go after that tree man."
 >"I think I'd have to hang onto you two while you jump to do that."
-Placing your left hand on Black's side, your thumb right under, but not touching her right breast. You start cutting through the vines right below their breasts and ask, "How did you find the new Cures?"
+
 
-Cure Black pulls her face out from under White's and answers, "There was a cloud of insects that we followed to find out what was going on. We saw a bright flash, at the top of the hill, and that's where we found them fighting that tree. Karehaan then attacked us to keep us from interfering."
+
 
-You're being careful with cutting through the vines, but when you finish cutting through the vines under their breasts, you see that you still cut a little through Black's pink bow. It's a minor cut though, not revealing anything beneath.
+
 
-"Tuxedo Kamen." White says, getting your attention.
+
 "No, I trust you girls to handle your adversary now that they're separated. I'll seek out his accomplice." You throw your right hand out to dramatically flare your cape and you jump down to the back garden.
-You move up to the last loop of vines around them, but don't yet start cutting through them. You make eye contact with White and reply, "Yes?"
+
 The two Cures look at each other and nod. They plant their feet forward as if they're lunging and focus. Their legs start glowing and Bloom comments, "T-This time it's our legs..."
-She wilts under your gaze, searching either for the words or the courage to ask you something. After an awkward moment of silence, she finally works up the courage and asks, "Before we transformed, when we were walking up the hill..." She pauses once more, and then blurts out her question, "Were you there with us? I mean, without your mask. In regular clothes."
+
 "Jump there in one go, lapi!"
-"No." You reply, "I sensed a fight, so I came to offer aid. Although to my surprise, I found four beautiful heroines instead of just two."
+
 "Here goes!" The two girls clasp hands. Streams of magic particles are coming out of their legs, almost like clouds forming near the bleeder valves of a cryogenically cooled rocket boosters.
-Black turns to look straight at you, but she moves her entire body and rolls over, pulling White on top of her. Cure White gasps in surprise at the sudden motion, and again when her partner grabs her upper thighs for stability. Sure enough, Black's index fingers are brushing against the swell of the bluenette's bum. She asks you, "You really think I'm..." She can't bring herself to finish the question.
+
 
-You wink at the ginger-haired heroine and watch as a mixture of emotions run across her face, shock, elation, embarrassment. She's at a complete loss for words, so you instead say, "Hold still." You cut the last vine binding them together and White rolls off of her partner. Quickly looking them over, you confirm that they're OK and that your rose claw didn't do too much damage to their uniforms. You get up from all fours to being on one knee, put the claw on the ground beside you, and offer a hand to each girl.
+With a slight nod, they signal that they're ready. They run across the garden, gaining speed. Then, with a hop, a skip, and a magical explosion powered jump, they're launched into the air, roughly following the same course as the uzaina that they had thrown earlier.
 
-Cure White quickly places her left hand in your in a very feminine and formal manner, and you wrap your fingers around hers.
+With them gone, you have to decide how to pursue the Tree man.
 
-Cure Black takes a moment to process what to do, but then claps your right hand with hers, like a sports player being helped up by a teammate.
+
 >Try to copy the girls and magic overload your legs.
-You stand up and help them get up. Before you can forget, you pick the rose claw back up. It's now at half length, but it still has two uses on it.
+>Throw your cane and jump on it to ride it like Mercernary Tao.
 >Use your cane to launch youself.
-Cure White is grinning like the cat that ate the canary from the fun she had with Cure Black. Black on the other hand is too flustered to notice. A quick glance around tells you that Sailor Moon is free. She's looking back and forth between you and Cure Egret, wondering whether to join you, or follow Cure Bloom and Luna to help Mercury free Egret. Mercury has gotten half of the vines off of the purple-haired Cure and the two of them are working on dealing with the other half.
+>Launch yourself with the cane while overloading your legs.
 >Stick to the safer method of travel, by ground.
 >Write-in. [What?]
->Chat with the Cures. [give me a topic]
+
->Go over to Sailor Moon.
+
->Wave Sailor Moon over.
+
->Go to Cure Egret and help free her.
+
->Head out to help Nanoha and Sakura. [take any of the girls with you, or head alone?]
+
 You're not sure if you quite have the magical ability or control to copy the sort of magically powered take-off that Cure Bloom and Cure Egret performed. However, you do have a magically extending cane that you can repurpose to perform something that's a cross between a pole vault and a piston shot. You take note of the direction that Curry Pan went flying and find a nice notch in the ground where you can plant your cane. It's not as flexible as a pole vault pole, so you can't store your kinetic energy in the flex of the pole, and you need to be careful to not try to bend your cane in such a way.
 
 You back up to give yourself as much runway as you can. Taking a breath, you charge ahead, plant your cane, and as soon as you pass the point that your cane is vertical, you push your magic into the cane. Your momentum carries you forward, lowering the angle of your cane, and your little maneuver launches you up and forward. You give a whoop of joy at the fact that this crazy idea worked. You're pitching forward, but your cape serves as a drogue, and you straighten out after a half-turn, flying feet first.
 
 While flying, you realize you should consider what you're going to do for a landing.
 >Trap defused
-"I'll go check on the new girl," you announce to the two Cures in front of you. You turn around and look at Sailor Moon. Nodding, you wave her over towards Cure Egret. As you head over to the new Cure, Sailor Moon practically skips along.
+
 
-The blonde girl reaches you before you reach everyone surrounding Cure Egret. "Tuxedo Kamen?" She asks, getting your attention.
+How are you going to land?
 >Write-in. [What?]
-"Hm?"
+
 
-"I did what you said yesterday. I mean I did it today, but you said it yesterday. Just like you asked." She babbles as Cure Black passes by both of you, turning her head to keep looking at the two you.
+
 
-Sailor Moon's clearly nervous, and masking her nervousness by babbling on and on, without getting to a point.
+
 The sound of your cape flapping the wind gives you a crazy idea. You might just be able to turn your cape into something like a wing suit. It's a bit of a pain to reach behind you and grab your cap, but you manage it. Pitching forward to be at a proper gliding angle, you throw your arms our while holding your cape and push your magic into it.
 
-Quick-time voting interrupt.
+You feel yourself have some control over your fall. It's not a perfect glide, but it's close enough. Gliding head-first instead of feet first like earlier, you're able to spot the tree man right before he lands. Some quick estimates say that you'll land only about halfway between him and the bakery. Additionally, although you have control of your fall and you're still falling too quickly for a gentle landing. Fortunately, you have an additional idea. You have your pinpoint barrier, and you ready your magical energy to use it.
->Cut her off, tell her to wait until you free Egret.
+
->Cut her off, tell her to get to the point.
+When you're close to the ground, you flare your cape to slow down as much as you can, drop your legs, and create a pinpoint barrier in your feet. Your knees buckle from the impact, but much of the force has been absorbed by the barrier. You fall to your knees before coming to a full stop, somewhat surprised that you pulled this off without killing yourself, or even hurting yourself.
->Listen to her babble until she gets to the point herself.
+
->Interrupt her with a kiss.
+You've landed in a quiet neighborhood, there's a car ahead of you, but it's moving away from you, so you probably haven't been seen. You double check that you are in fact fine, then you try to get a feel for you magic reserves. The use of your magic for the jump, glide, and landing pulled a lot out of you. You try to get a feel for how much. Still not too sure how to fully sense your own magical reserves, you can only get a rough idea. You feel you've burned a quarter or so of your total magical power on this jump. You assume a second one will require the same amount.
->Continue onto Egret without replying.
+
 
 What do you do?
 >Leap again.
 >Leap to the girls instead [This will need a full leap, plus another, smaller, one afterwards]
 >Pursue on foot.
 >Write-in [what?]
-You put a hand on Sailor Moon's shoulder and guide her to walk with you towards the rest of the team sans White. She continues talking, "And she surprised us and tied us up, but I threw my tiara and it cut through the vines. It was so cool, but then I fell over."
+
 
-The blonde girl runs out of breath saying all of that, and you take that moment to interject, "Do you mean you relied on your own strength for this fight?"
+
 
-She beams at you and nods, "Mhm."
+
 As elated as you are about your successful magic boosted pole vaulting tecnique, it does burn a lot of magic. It's not something you can afford to spend right now. Keeping the general location of the tree man in mind, you set out on foot. It's not as fast as your previous glide, but you run at a sprint, and use your healing ability to constantly restore your muscles, allowing you to maintain that pace indefinitely.
-You pat her on the head and praise her, "Well done, Sailor Moon. Sailor Mercury must be glad you're becoming so dependable."
+
 You burst out of the residential neighborhood and into a rather quiet shopping district. The few people that are out and about give you strange looks, but quickly move out of your way.
-She opens her mouth and squees at your praise.
+
 
 You run down the street, but don't see any sign of the tree man. A shriek behind you grabs your attention and you look behind you. You drop to the ground, barely avoiding being hit by a swarm of angry flying books.
-Leaving her where she is, you take the last two steps to Cure Egret. Egret has just finished tearing through the vines above her breasts, and Mercury has started working on the last vines around the girl's calves. "Here, let me." You say. Crouching next to Mercury, you cut through the last set of vines, leaving your rose claw with a single charge.
+
 
-Quickly looking Egret over, you see that she's no worse for the wear, although she's missing some shoulder petals from using her shield at the top of the hill earlier. You give her a hand and help her up. "Good job everyone." You say, glancing at everyone gathered here. Like her partner, Cure Bloom is also missing some of her shoulder petals, but is otherwise unscathed. Sailor Mercury, with numerous small holes in her outfit from the thorny vines that were wrapped around her is the only one with any real uniform damage. However, everyone, yourself included, is a little wet from the continued drizzle. Continuing on, you ask, "Is everyone OK? We need to figure out what's with all those trees. I can sense three more people fighting there. That should be Sakura, Nanoha, and Yuuno."
+They pass by over head and loop around you, returning to their source. Curry-pan stands there, and the books circle near him forming a whirlwind. The books fuse and form a giant book monster, "UZAIIIINAAAAA!!" The tree man is standing next to it and shouts, "Your meddling ends here. Prepare yourself!"
 
-You get a smattering of positive replies. Sailor Mercury looks down at her uniform and inspects it for a while, then adds her voice to the chorus of yeses, "OK."
+You get into a ready stance to prepare to fight, but out in the open, your at a marked disadvantage.
 
 
 What do you do?
->Great, let's go. [Any conversation topics along the way that you want to ask?]
+>Attack [Rose, cane, fisticuffs?]
->Offer Mercury your cape.
+>Ask a question [what?]
->Split up. [try to get yourself alone with one of the girls?]
+>Taunt [how?]
 >Flee for cover
 >Write-in [what?]
 
 
 
 
-"Then let's go." You say, and head off at a brisk jog back towards the city. Leaving the park, everything seems normal around you, but the city skyline is obscured by trees. Lots of large trees.
+
 
-Once you find a pace that's comfortable for you and the six girls and cat following you, you ask, "Did you girls have a chance to practice?"
+You straighten up a little and relax from your fighting stance. Getting your heartbeat under control you let out a crooked smile, "Not quite the way I was hoping to get you aside, but I suppose I'll take what I can get. So, am I to assume you're also after the Garden of Light?"
 
-"We did." Cure White replies first.
+"Uzainaaaaaaa!" Curry-pan makes a motion with his hand, and the book monster calms down for a while. Curiously, the motion wasn't in the book monster's line of sight. The control link must be telepathic or something similar. "The Garden of Light doesn't interest me. How about you tell me where the Fountain of the Sun is."
 
-"I hope it went well." You add.
+You've seen the PreCures and Nanoha shoot blasts of magic energy at their opponents. Nanoha might have to use her staff, but the PreCures are able to shoot it out of their hands. It's a long shot, but you start gathering energy in your left hand. Hopefully, you'll figure out how to safely release it.
 
-"Eh. It could have been better." Cure Black replies, not having any trouble talking while running at this pace. "Sakura was doing really well at first, but then she got hit in the head by a soccer ball, and we had to finish practice early."
+You make a show of thinking about it for a bit, "I guess I can get you that information. It's gonna cost you though. I need a hand taking care of a troublesome individual."
 
-"Ugh." You reply in sympathy, feeling White's eyes on you. "I hope she's OK."
+Karehann growls, "You'll tell me the location of the Fountain of the Sun, now!"
 
-"Mamoru had a look at her and said that she was OK." White replies, putting extra emphasis on the name.
+You raise your hands up, "All right, all right." You point at the monster with your left hand, "Just put that thing away so we can talk like civilized individuals." You think, "Shoot! Fire! Launch! Destroy it! Hand Laser! Kill the bad guy beam!" Nothing causes your built up energy to shoot at the book monster.
 
-You try to recall if there's a Mamoru that you know, but nothing comes to mind. Other than the girls, cat, ferret, and stuffed animal that you've recently befriended, your interpersonal contact had been limited to an annoying rivalry with Sailor V. With complete honesty you tell her, "I don't recall knowing anyone named Mamoru, should I?"
+Karehann launches two tentacles at you, and wraps them around your torso and starts dragging you towards him. Fortunately, your arms and cape are free of his embrace. "Now!" The tree man yells at you.
 
-"Oh no." Cure White replies, denying what she obviously had implied "He's my friend. He was with us earlier."
+This looks like your last chance before you're in serious trouble, so you're forced to make your move. You stop pulling against the tentacles pulling your forward and instead break into a run. The move is surprising enough that the tentacle connecting you tot he tree man goes slack while he tries to reel it in.
 
-With a crooked grin you ask, "The same friend that you thought I was earlier?"
+
 "Uzainaaaaa!" The book monster points one if its arms at you and starts throwing what looks like spit-wads at you. You grab your cape with your right hand and shield your front. The giant spit-wads hit your hardened cape and slow you down, but your get under the monster's firing arch shortly. You jump trying to punch the book monster between the eyes, but the tentacle line goes taut and you punch the monster in it's butt-chin with your left hand, hoping that the magic improves the power of your punch.
-The bluenette's face turns a bright red and she nods in reply.
+
 Your entire left arm past your forearm erupts in a fountain of pain, as if it was stabbed by ten thousand needles simultaneously. The impact causes a blinding flash of light that sears your retinas.
-With a slight chuckle, you reply, "It's alright. I know I can't prove it to you, but I'm just Tuxedo Kamen. No one else."
+
 
-"OK." White says.
+>Think fast
 
-You can tell that she's not fully convinced, but she also hasn't found anything in what you just said to disbelieve.
+
 
-Turning your attention back to Black, you prompt, "You were saying about the practice."
+>QTE success
 
-"Right. Sakura was doing really good. But Honok... Cure White! I mean Cure White!"
+This is just as blinding as when Sailor Mercury transformed right in front of you, perhaps even more so. However, you decide to try reinforcing your eyes. It worked to allow you hear over loud noises, perhaps it will let you see throught bright flashes.
 
-You try hard not to laugh at her, but you aren't completely successfully. "That's OK." You say. "Those little guys that live inside your cell phones spilled the beans that you two are Honoka and Nagisa. But it is good practice to use your secret identities when you're transformed in case someone is listening in."
+>Ignore bangs upgraded to Ignore flashbangs.
 >Class skill - Damsel in Distress: Ignore flashbangs: Use your magic reserves to undo the effects of painfully loud noises on your ears and bright lights on your vision. Cures pain, ringing, and blindness from flashes. If the loud noise is continuous, you'll still hear it, but you'll be able to focus on other sounds. If the light source is continuous, you'll still see it, but you'll be able to make out other details as well.
-Cure Bloom who is also finding the pace that you're setting very easy laughs at her doppleganger's expense.
+
 As soon as your healing magic starts flowing towards your eyes, you can start seeing details, no longer blinded by the bright flash. You look at your left arm, blue needles of magic are shooting out of your arm in every direction. You think of something to do to vent your magic and prevent anything bad from happening to your arm, then the shockwave hits you. Your ears pop from the sudden change in pressure and you're sent flying backwards.
-Black doesn't take long to recover her composure and continues, "White was doing much better than I expected."
+
 >Think fast
-Cure Black can't catch a break and finish telling you about the practice. This time, she's interrupted by White. "Wait. Why did I do better than you expected?"
+
 
-The ginger-haired Cure stammers, "Well, you're the Quee-, I mean you're not in any sports clubs, and you're in the science club. I kind of thought that without transforming, you'd run like a, well, like a turbo-nerd." She's aware enough to know that she's treading on thin ice, but she decides to answer the question honestly anyway.
+
 
-"What?" White asks, not too happy with Black's answer. "I used to do Judo. We had to do drills like that all the time."
+
 You wake up face down in some bushes. Your head hurts far worse than usual when you wake up like this. You have no idea how you got here, wherever here is. At least you can remember your name, Chiba Mamoru. That's more than you can say about some of the other times you've woken up like this.
-"I didn't mean anything bad." Black says frantically, trying to defend herself, "You just did better than I expected."
+
 You roll to your left to get on your back and you yelp in pain as you put weight on your left arm. You quickly roll on your back to get the weight off your arm and cross your left arm over your chest. You apply pressure on your arm with your right hand, doing anything to get the pain to go away. You breathe deeply and try to think of anything other than the pain.
-"No, I should apologize. I just really don't like that nickname."
+
 The left sleeve of your tuxedo jacket is crusty. You look down the sleeve and see your dress shirt is red with dried blood. That at least explains the pain, even if that only brings up the question of what happened to you.
-Figuring that's a good enough point to cut them off at, you switch the topic of the conversation. "You seem really good at running a practice, Black. Are you the captain of your lacrosse team?"
+
 You rest for a few more minutes, trying to get the pain to die down, and you consider what do. You're not sure if you need any medical attention, but some pain pills to dull the pain definitely won't hurt. However, it's getting late in the afternoon. You sit up and again take a few minutes for your head to stop hurting. There's a tree in front of you, so you scoot over and lean against it. You recognize the shopping district you're in, and how to get back to the Hikawa Shrine. It's getting late in the afternoon though. You probably still have time to grab some pain pills and make it to where the route 66 bus disappears at 6 o'clock. There's no way to get your arm checked out professionally and still make it. Even just taking off your jacket and dress shirt will be an exercise in patience.
-"No way! I could never be as good as Nakagawa. She's an amazing team captain. When we split into small groups, she sometimes puts me in charge of a group, but the whole team? No way."
+
 
-As you've been talking, there's been more trees showing up in the green belt, and they're getting larger as you get deeper into the city. Also, the rain has gotten much stronger since you entered the city proper. In the distance, you see two objects flying around a grove of large trees, dodging branches being swung at them by the trees. You can't tell for sure, but based on the power that you're sensing, you assume it's Sakura and Nanoha.
+
 >Swallow it up buttercup. Mysteries abound, so check on the disappearing bus, then worry about your injuries later.
-"There!" You point out, making sure that everyone know where you're all heading.
+>Step into a drug store along the way and get some ibuprofen so your arm doesn't hurt as much, the go to the spot where the buses disappear.
 >You've got a little bit of privacy here, take your jacket and shirt off and see how bad your arm is. [You'll have to take the bus to make it in time.
-As the trees get taller and denser, you lose sight of the girls and hope that they're OK. Following their power, you soon enter a familiar looking residential district. With the additional trees everywhere, it takes you a moment to register that this is Sakura's neighborhood. However, that information doesn't do you too much good as the way forward is blocked by a thick tangle of interwoven saplings. The barrier is about twenty feet high, and thick enough that you can't see the other side. However, there is enough space for someone small, like Luna, to make her way through to the other side.
+>The disappearing bus might be pressing, but your own well-being is even more so. Go to a clinic and get it checked out. [End the day.]
 >Just go home. This is too much excitement for one day. [End the day.]
-How do you try to get to the other side of the barrier?
+
 
->Climb over
+
->Cut through it.
+If you decide to go to the shrine, how do you get there?
->Blast through it.
+>On foot.
->Have Luna try to get to the other side, and ask the other girls for an airlift?
+>Bus. [Not the 66 bus.]
 
 
 
 
 
 The mystery of the disappearing bus is important, but finding out what happened to your arm is more pressing. You take off your jacket. It takes a few minutes for you to figure out how to bend your arms in such a way that you're not straining your hurt arm too much, but you eventually manage. Your dress shirt is another matter. Since it's tighter than the jacket, it takes more effort for you to peel it off. When you peel it off of your forearm, you feel it ripping the scabs off your arm. You pull the shirt of the rest of the way off and you see you're bleeding from a few places where the scab was ripped off. However, your entire forearm is covered in a criss-crossing network of scabs. You can see your skin in the spaces between the scabs, so at least you know that your skin hasn't be completely ripped off. It's almost like a dog bit your arm countless times, but never actually ripped your flesh out.
-Taking stock of the situation, you start giving orders. "Luna, head off to the side a bit and try to squeeze through the growth. Let Sakura and Nanoha know that help is on the way. Black, White, blast us a hole."
+
 Your arm certainly could be worse, but it could also certainly be better. In the worst case, this might have been caused by rusty metal, or by a mad animal. Tetanus and rabies are both high on your mind. Still, you don't think you could have been hurt this way by rusty metal, unless someone purposefully stabbed you, and a mad animal would have certainly torn your arm apart instead of leaving clean bite holes.
-Luna a grumbles for a bit, but relents when Sailor Moon adds, "Please, Luna?"
+
 None of this explains what did happen to you though. You fish out a handkerchief from your inside jacket pocket and press it against your arm to stop the bleeding. There isn't much of a point putting the shirt back on. You'll just put the jacket on over your undershirt. The blood-stained white shirt is going to be trash anyway.
-While the black cat scampers a safe distance away to crawl through the vegetation, Cures Black and White get into position. They start the incantations and shoot a PreCure Marble Screw at the intertwined trees in front of them. Splinters and chunks of the tree spray out of the gash in the barrier. You just barely manage to shield yourself with your magic-boosted cape, and you see the girls around you getting hit by the splinters and taking damage to their uniforms. Putting your cape back down, you see the blast didn't go completely through the trees, and they're starting to grow back, healing the damage that had been dealt.
+
 
-"Hurry! One more time!" You shout. "Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon get behind me."
+Anything you want to do before heading off to the shrine?
 >Yes, write-in. [What?]
-Preparing for the next wave of splinters, the two new Cures throw up their shields. You throw your cape up like Bela Lugosi and pour some of your magical power into the cape to have it function as armor. Sailor Moon quickly hugs you from behind, clearly happy at the opportunity to get close to you. Sailor Mercury stands behind you and a little to the right. She seems unsure as to how close she should get to you, but Sailor Moon solves that dilemma by reaching out with her right arm and pulling the bluenette into the hug.
+>No, grab a bus and go to the shrine.
 
-Not having expected that from her blonde friend, Sailor Mercury stumbles forward until she's also pressed against your back. She seems unsure of what to do, but Sailor Moon's arm is keeping her pressed against your back. The two sets of tits pressed tightly against your back make the next few seconds very enjoyable, but also passing far too quickly. Before you know it, the two Cures fire off the PreCure Marble Screw again, and another spray of splinters hits your group. This time though, the blast punched through the wall of trees, and much of the debris continued forward instead of being blasted back at all of you.
+
 
-As much as you'd like to stay with the girls like that, the wall of trees is already regrowing and you need to move quickly before the hole is sealed off. "Go! Go!" You yell.
+
 
-The four Cures start going and Sailor Mercury is trying to squirm free of Sailor Moon, but the blonde heroine is too preoccupied with hugging you to let go. You release your cape and give her thigh a slap with your left hand. That snaps her out of whatever day dream fantasy she was having and back to reality.
+You'll probably be able to get the blood out of your jacket, but your dress shirt is a lost cause. You shove it under one of the bushes where you're hiding. Some unfortunate gardener is going to have the misfortune of dealing with it when he finds it. Slowly and carefully, you put your dress jacket back on, careful not to do anything to your scab-covered wounds.
 
-With Sailor Moon no longer holding you and Mercury tightly, the two of you run towards the closing hole in the trees. You jump through and the bluenette jumps in right behind you. You tuck and roll, coming back up to a crouch more or less gracefully. Sailor Mercury flops down rather ungracefully beside you. Since it took a while for Sailor Moon to get going, the hole is almost completely closed by the times she jumps in. She almost clears the barrier, but the wall of trees closes back up around her lower legs. The blonde girl yelps in shock as she's brought to a sudden halt by the new growth grabbing her boots.
+By the time you're ready to stand up, quite a bit of time has passed. You're going to have to treat your wounds once you're home, but for now, you can try to suffer through the pain while you investigate the mystery of the disappearing buses.
 
 You get up out of your hiding spot and walking at a sedate pace and head towards a bus stop to double check exactly where you are. The bus will get you close to the Hikawa shrine, and you should have a small buffer of time to find the place where you thought you saw the bus disappear.
-She falls to the ground even less ceremoniously than Sailor Mercury. Her front is on the ground, but her legs are still supspended in the air, which causes her skirt to flip up and give a clear view to everyone. It takes you little more than a quick glance to see that she's not flashing her underwear to everyone, as instead her leotard continues under her skirt. While she's certainly in a very immodest position, she isn't flashing her underwear at anyone either.
+
 _____________________________
-Sailor Moon is struggling to free her legs and you're about to help her, but you Cure Bloom's gasp catches your attention. "Is that alive?" She asks.
+
 
-You follow the direction that she's pointing in and you see a light-colored furry creature falling from the sky.
+The ride is uneventful, you're able to avoid any strange looks by sitting on the left side of the bus, so no one is able to get a good look at your bloody sleeve, at least any strange looks because of your arm. You get the usual curious onlookers trying to figure out why you're dressed in formal evening-wear in the afternoon. You get off at the stop nearest the shrine and walk the last few blocks.
 
 There's already a handful of schoolgirls at the stop outside the shrine. They look spaced out, and you see that some of them are holding some kind of amulet.
->Pull Sailor Moon free.
+
->Run towards the falling critter and try to stop its fall.
+
->Take stock of the area inside the wall.
+You've got a few minutes remaining. What do you do?
 
 >Head to the shrine, ask if that amulet is their love amulet
 >Wait at the bus stop near the shrine. [Possibly snag an amulet from one of the girls, yes/no?]
 >Wait at the next block further down so you've got a good view of the stop, but without being in any danger, hopefully.
 >Head further down the line to where you think you saw the bus disappear.
 >Write-in. [What?]
-You glance back at Sailor Moon once more as she's still mooning everyone. Her long legs lead up to a plump rear. It's not fat, but you do note to yourself that it could be the first sign of her otherwise slim body packing on some pounds. You store the image in your mind, and start giving orders. You point to Mercury and the original Cures, "Try to pull her out." Pointing to the two new Cures, "Let's catch it."
+
 
-Trusting Mercury, Black, and White to handle extracting Sailor Moon, you, Bloom, and Egret head towards the estimated impact point of the falling critter. Between the animal's light weight and its spread limbs to increase drag, it's not falling all that fast.
+
 
-The three of you get into position with time to spare, and Cure Bloom immediately gets into a posture to catch a fly ball. You figure she plays softball. The rain has gotten stronger inside the barrier, and it's annoying to look up as you keep blinking to protect your eyes from the rain drops. A quick glance at Egret's beige gown let you see that the white fabric is getting visibly wet. If it weren't for the bow on her chest obscuring your view, she might make a good candidate for a wet t-shirt contest once she gets soaked from the rain.
+
 The tag or amulet that some of the girls have is a clue, but it's not something you can let yourself be distracted with now. If you leave now, you won't see the disappearing bus. However, if the bus really is going to disappear, you don't want to be on it. Since it'd look weird for you to stand at the bus stop, but then not get on it when it arrives, it clearly makes sense for you to park yourself a short distance away.
-A voice shouts "Floater Field!" and two magical circles appear below the falling animal. The two circles compress and absorb its momentum, slowing its fall. You're able to make out that the falling animal is a light brown ferret, Yuuno.
+
 You walk further down the street, cross the street to be on the same side of the road as the bus, then cross again to be on the opposite corner, further down the line. You pull out your flip phone and pretend to mess with it, but you're actually paying attention to the bus stop.
-He jumps off from the magic circles and lands on Bloom's hand. Yuuno runs down Bloom's arm and stops on her shoulder, "Thanks for the catch, Cure Black."
+
 You're getting impatient, but it isn't time for the bus to be here yet, so it's completely irrational of you. You find yourself tapping your foot as you keep checking the time. The line of people waiting for the bus slowly grows.
-"It can talk!" Cure Bloom yells.
+
 5:57 Two familiar faces join the queue. Moonbunny and Ami. You didn't think about it too much when they were part of the larger group at the playing fields, but now that you see the two of them together, admittedly with Ami also carrying a black cat, you're a bit confused as to how the two of them managed to be friends. You have Usagi, the girl who got a 30% on an English test, and Ami, the literal poster child of the most prestigious cram school in Tokyo. They must have some shared experience that you're not aware of.
-"Huh?" Yuuno asks, tilting his head to the side.
+
 You start brainstorming. They were practicing something together as part of that group. It looked like running and agility drills from what you could see, nothing too informative. Still, Honoka, and her friend, Nagisa, definitely knew more about the strange things happening around you than they tried to let one. Could they have formed some sort of detective club? You chuckle at that, but that might just be something that a group of middle school girls would decide to do. Plus, Honoka and Nagisa did run off after that weird swarm of insects. Then again, there were those three elementary school age girls as well. Were they part of the club as well? Friends? Younger sisters that just had to tag along?
-"Actually, That's Cure Bloom." You explain.
+
 As humorous as that line of reasoning is, you have to be realistic, probably none of that is true. Honoka or Nagisa probably stumbled on something weird happening, but decided to keep quiet to protect someone. This little detective club idea of yours is probably wrong, and Ami and Usagi have no idea about the disappearing bus.
-"What? Ahhhh! I'm sorry. I got you confused with Cure Black! I'm really sorry!"
+
 
-Cure Egret covers her mouth and giggles at the two of them.
+
 You were thinking about this long enough for the bus to show up. It'l be at the bus stop in just a few seconds. Do you warn the duo of the danger they're about to get into, or do you trust them to know what they're doing?
-You can't help but smile at their antics, but you do have pressing work. "Both of you stop." You say forcefully, managing to get both of their attention. "The ferret is Yuuno. He and Nanoha..." You point up in the general direction of the two flying girls, "are recovering jewel seeds. Yuuno, we found some new allies earlier today, Cure Bloom and Cure Egret." You point to the two girls in turn.
+
 >Sprint over there and warn then.
-"Pleasure to meet you." Egret says, giving a little bow.
+>Leave them alone and observe.
 >Write-in. [What?]
-"Likewise." He replies with a bob of his head.
+
 
-"Pleasure to meet you." Bloom adds, "Can I pet you?"
+
 
-"What?" Yuuno asks, blushing a little, "Um, sure."
+
 A pang of conscience tells you that you should warn them off, but not make too big of deal of it. The spaced out girls step on the bus first, slowly shuffle in. You mosey your way back towards the bus stop. You spend a little more time at the intersection than you'd like, but you don't want to make a scene and cross illegally.
-Cure Bloom scratches his head with a finger, and Yuuno gives off sounds of approval.
+
 By the time you're on their side of the intersection, you see the last few of the other girls stepping on the bus. You pick up your pace, hoping to get there in time. Ami is looking away from you at Usagi, clearly expecting something from her. Usagi doesn't move, so Ami gets behind her and pushed the blonde girl, saying, "Here, let's go."
-You motion for the two girls to walk with you back towards the rest of the group. You see that they've pulled Sailor Moon free of the growth, but her pink boots are still stuck between the regrown trees. "I'm happy you're enjoying the head scratch, but we came here to help Nanoha and Sakura. What's the situation?" Before he answers, you call the rest of the girls over.
+
 Usagi cries out, "I don't wanna!"
-Cure Black reluctantly lets go of Sailor Moon's boots, leaving them in their wooden prison. In addition to the small tears in her uniform from the youma's thorny vines earlier, Sailor Mercury has some grass and mud stains on her front, especially on the blue ribbon on her chest which did a good job of protecting the uniform underneath from the mud. Sailor Moon heads towards your group carefully, the wet grass and soggy mud feels strange on her bare feet.
+
 "Hurry up." The bluenette nags, pushing her towards the door.
-Once the groups join together, Sailor Moon immediately hugs your right arm. You look down and see that she still has some mud on her forehead. Not surprising considering the way she landed.
+
 "No, I don't wanna!" She grabs the post with the bus schedules and cries, "I really don't wanna!"
 
 "Usagi, don't be silly. Let's get on the bus. Come on, be brave now"
->Chide Sailor Moon for her carelessness.
+
->Tease Sailor Moon over her landing.
+"I don't wanna. I'm scared!"
->Tease Sailor Mercury over her landing.
+
->Ask if Sailor Moon is OK.
+They clearly know something is up. That detective club idea might not be as farfetched as you first though. Still, it might not be the best for them to get on a bus that's going to disappear into who knows where.
->Thank Mercury, Black, and White for helping extract Sailor Moon from the barrier.
+
->Ask Sailor Moon to let go of your arm and focus on the briefing.
+
 What do you do?
 >Just walk past them while their focus is on other things.
 >Turn around and go back to where you were.
 >Pass by and comment, "Probably not a good idea to get on a cursed bus."
 >Get their attention and tease Usagi, "What, are you scared of getting on a bus?"
 >Write-in. [What?]
-You quickly thank the original Cures and Mercury for pulling Sailor Moon free of the growth, "Shame about her boots though." Seeing that the blonde girl's attention is still on you, you nudge her with your elbow and tilt your head at Yuuno to get her to focus her attention on the ferret. "What's the situation, Yuuno?"
+
 
-With everyone assembled, Yuuno takes your prompt and explains the situation. "There's seven giant trees in here. The center one is growing out of Sakura's house, and its surrounded by six more trees. One of them has a jewel seed, but it's not the one in the center and it's not the second tree in that direction. Actually..." He runs down Bloom's arm and jumps to the ground. Yuuno shakes the water out of his fur, then draws a circle in some mulch. "We're here, and Nanoha and I already checked this tree. But the trees are attacking anyone that comes to close. It was hard just to get the two of us close enough for me to do a search on that tree. If I had a device, I could do a Wide Area Search. Nanoha tried, but she can't control her magic. I'd ask for your help, but since you can't fly, I'm not really sure how you can help."
+
 
 
-As you consider how you can help, a giggle echoes near you. "What was that?" One of the girls calls out, but you're too busy looking for the source of the giggle to see who it was. You notice a small cloud appearing over Sailor Mercury. Suddenly, it opens up and a stream of water falls on the bluenette. She screams and tries to run away from the cloud, but it follows after her, keeping the stream of water centered on her. After a few seconds the cloud dissipates away with another giggle.
+You continue walking towards the two girls and cat and say, "What in the world is with all the yelling? Oh, it's dumpling-head causing a scene." You glance at the bus driver who is staring at you unblinking.
 
-"Mercury, are you alright!?" Sailor Moon calls out, letting go of your arm and running over to the girl.
+Seemingly forgetting her earlier crying, but with tears still running down her cheeks, Usagi stands up and yells, "I'm not a dumpling head and what kind of idiot goes around wearing a tuxedo without a dress shirt!"
 
-"Mhm. I'm OK. I just got soaked." She replies.
+"Usagi! You shouldn't be mean to him." Ami chides her friend, "Sorry about her."
 
-She's handling being soaked quite well. But the nice bonus is that you can sort of see her boobs through her wet leotard. Unfortunately, the area around her chest is made of a thicker material, and he breasts aren't as clearly visible as her flat belly.
+The bus driver away as Usagi sticks her tongue out at you.
 
 You chuckle, "You really are a dumpling head if you're scared of getting a bus. Through all of your commotion, you missed your bus."
 
 "Am NOT!"
->Offer to help distract the trees.
+
->Offer to help Nanoha control her magic.
+"Even little kids aren't scared of getting on a bus, right Ami?"
->Leave the trees to Yuuno and the younger girls, something needs to be done about that cloud.
+
 "That's true." She replies cautiously, "But how do you know my name?"
 
 "You were all over the posters for the Crystal Academy. You're somewhat of a famous prodigy."
-Do you do anything to help Sailor Mercury?
+
 "Oh. I guess that's..." Ami's mouth drops as she stares over your shoulder at something behind you.
 
 You turn around, and where you expected to see the bus, you see two. One of them is on the road as you'd expect, the other has lifted off the ground and is flying into a portal. Both have the same marking on the back of the bus, route #66. You have no idea how to even process what's happening. You look at the other driver on the road and pedestrians on the side walk, but no one seems to be paying any attention to the bus flying in the sky and disappearing into a portal.
 
 Usagi looks at where you and Ami are looking and shouts, "No way! No way!"
-Neal: Help Nanoha control magic. Mercury uses goggles to scan.
+
 Some people are looking at the tree of you since you're making somewhat of a scene, but then carry about their business.
-Blue: Help Nanoha, other girls cover Mercury.
+
 
-Fem: Help Nanoha, SS cover Mercury, Moon+B/W search 5 O'clock tree.
+>Wh
 >Wh
-Shadow: SS with Mercury, BW distraction, Moon and TK secondary distraction/standby team.
+>Wha?
 
-Limits: Fem's plan.
+
 
 
 
-It takes you a while, coming up with several ideas and shooting holes in all of them, before you finally come up with a plan that might work. "I think I can help with Nanoha's control problems. I can control the flow of my magic, and I think I apply that to her control problem. Mercury, use your goggles to scan the trees for the jewel seed. Bloom and Egret, cover her in case that cloud comes back.
+If this was an anime, you're sure you'd be able to form some sort of overly dramatic reaction to the disappearing, and possibly duplicating bus. Instead, you struggle to form words, "Uh... Wha? What happened?"
 
-"Black, White, and Sailor Moon, head over to that tree." You point to the tree at 5 o'clock on Yuuno's map, "and see if you can't find the jewel seed there."
+Ami starts babbling, "A black hole? Fourth dimensional space? A hole in the magnetic field? What was that?"
 
-The girls mutter in agreement. Yuuno lowers his head and closes his eyes for a while. When he opens them, he says, "We'll meet Nanoha on top of the big tree in the middle. Just follow me."
+
 You're the college educated young man here. You've got to have some kind of explanation for this...
-"Wait!" Cure White calls out. "We saw the jewel seed that Jadeite was holding, so we know what it looks like, but how will we find it in a tree that tall?"
+>Right? [What?]
 >lol no. [Do what instead?]
-"Right!" Cure Black chimes in, "We don't have a search spell."
+
 
-"Oh." Yuuno comments.
+
 
 
-Quick time voting interrupt:
+"I'm not sure what that was, but I'm pretty sure it's dangerous. It'd be best if you didn't take this bus. People have been saying that it's a cursed demon bus and..." You point to where the bus disappeared. "It looks like they're right."
->Ask if Nanoha or Sakura could give you a lift, and Yuuno can go with the girls.
+
->Have the girs serve as extra protection for Mercury.
+You make eye contact with Usagi and with Ami, making sure they understood you. Both of them nod. Wait, did the cat just nod nod as well. No, you're just imagining things. Ami probably just bobbed a little while nodding and that made it appear that the cat moved out of the corner of your eye.
 
 "I think the shock of the disappearing bus is getting to me. It looked like your cat was nodding." The cat looks away from you and rubs against Ami's cheek.
 
 "That's silly. Cat's don't nod." Usagi counter. "Come on, Ami, let's go." She grabs Ami's free arm and drags her away.
 
 Ami looks back at you then follows along with her blonde hair. You see her whisper something to Usagi who then looks back at you, but then looks back in the direction she was going when she sees you're still looking at them.
-"You know what the jewel seed look likes. Have either of you three tried sensing something before?" You inform and ask Sailor Moon and Cures Black and White.
+
 You wonder what that was about, but the thought does make you feel a little self conscious. You'd like to talk to Rei about how you blacked out again, but that may not be the best idea when your arm is wounded and you're clothes are in disarray.
-The three of them look at each other and shake their heads, "No."
+
 Instead, you decide to speak with her tomorrow, and head home for tonight. You've only heard rumors of this bus disappearing, so you feel safe taking another bus home.
-"Then you have an opportunity to try it out." You reply, "And if you can't figure it out, you can serve as extra cover for Sailor Mercury."
+
 You clean and disinfect your left forearm, wondering what could have caused such a strange wound pattern, and so deep too. You wrap some gauze around it, take some pain medicine and catch up as best you can on homework. Once it's late, you turn in for the night.
-"That sounds good." Cure White replies.
+
 
-"OK." Sailor Moon mumbles after a short while. She clearly would rather go with you, but at least she's grudgingly agreeing.
+In the morning, you wake up refreshed. It's always a nice feeling when you wake up in your own bed for once. Your day is rather uneventful. KO University has class again today, but with all the disruptions, everyone has been granted an extension on their assignments. Helpful, but you were more or less done with everything anyway. Between professors having been caught unprepared, and lots of students still out from the effects of the tree incident, the work load is very low.
 
-"Lead the way Yuuno!" You exclaim.
+After classes are out, you decide to make good on your decision to meet up with Rei again, and take the bus to Sendai Hill. You close your eyes, and almost doze off at the back of the bus. Perhaps you can lock down a date for your date with the shrine maiden. You'll want to figure out how to thank her grandfather for practically throwing her at you.
 
-"Right!" He responds, and scampers off towards the center tree. "Stay on the platforms." As he runs, the ferret creates floater field circles. You follow along behind him climbing into the air, similar to the way that Sailor Mercury did the day before. You hear the giggling once more behind you and you hope the girls are on top of things.
+
 Some time later, you hear a voice next to you.
-Yuuno leads you to the top of the center tree. Unlike the surrounding circle of trees, this one isn't attacking anyone. At the center of the crown, the tree seems to have formed some sort of platform. Nanoha is standing there waiting for you while Sakura orbits the tree, keeping an eye on everything.
+
 "How many cram schools does Ami-chan have to go to? She doesn't have to go at a time like this."
-When you approach her, Nanoha says, "Tuxedo Kamen, Yuuno said that you could help me control my magic?" Although she phrases it more like a question.
+
 "That's OK. You can stay in touch with her with this communicator."
-"That's the plan." You tell her. "I'm not sure if it will work, but I can manipulate my own magic, so it's worth a shot."
+
 "This? Isn't it just a watch."
-"OK!" The girl beams. Her expression changes into something more befitting a nine-year-old girl than the serious expression she had earlier. It really drives home just how young the girl is; she barely reaches your sternum.
+
 A cat starts meowing annoyingly and you open your eyes and see who's talking.
-"Turn around, and I'll see what I can do." You say.
+
 "Eh? What's wrong, Luna?" A certain blonde meatball-head asks.
-Nanoha turns around and starts to fidget a bit, not knowing what to expect.
+
 "Why are you talking to yourself?"
-The height difference is too much between you two, so you kneel behind the girl. You place your right hand on her belly, and wrap your left hand over her left hand on her staff. You pull her back so she's against your chest, the top of her head barely reaches your chin.
+
 "Ahhh! It's you again!"
-Nanoha gasps in surprise but quickly composes herself and says, "This is how my brother helps my sister train."
+
 "Stop screaming, Miss bun-head. We keep bumping into each other."
-You grunt in acknowledgement and wonder what exactly it is that the girl's brother is helping their sister train in, but the question can be put off for later. For now, you try to remember what it feels like when you're able to control your magic when it's inside of a rose. You extend a small tendril of magical energy out from your right hand. At first, it's rebuffed by Nanoha's barrier jacket. You try once more, but you imagine the tendril being sharp and stiff, like your penetrating darts. There's resistance to your intrusion, but the focused tendril soon pushes through her dress. Since your hand was below her jacket, your magic tendril only had a single layer of her uniform to penetrate. Once past, you guide it to her belly button and your magic tendril enters the young girl.
+
 "Are you a high school student?"
-Nanoha inhales sharply at the sensation of your magical energy mixing with her. She rests her weight against you while she gets used to the new sensation.
+
 You whip out your student ID card and show it to Usagi, "I'm a college student."
-You're practically overwhelmed by the chaotic mass of magical energy inside of the girl. Any doubts you may have had about Nanoha's magical potential have been wiped away. Clearly the girl's problem isn't a lack of magical power, but a lack of the control and experience to harness it into a useful form. Trying to focus on the flow of your own magic was not sufficient to prepare you for this, but you can only image how blind you'd feel without that experience.
+
 She reads it out, "Chiba Mamoru, First Year, KO University."
-You're able to maintain the shape of your magical tendril inside of the young girl, but you can feel that bits of magical energy are flowing in and out of your control. Your magic and her magic are not being separated by the boundary of your tendril, but rather your will is temporarily controlling some magic inside of the girl and then exchanging that for other bits of magic. Cautiously, you poke around inside of the Nanoha with your tendril. You follow the gradient of her magic, down towards the stronger concentration.
+
 You put it away and the two of you sit there in silence for a few moments. Finally, Usagi breaks the silence, "So, what do you know about the Demon 6PM bus?"
-There are two things that grab your attention. Continuing forward, you reach the first object. It's stronger, brighter, than the surrounding chaotic flow of magic. You gently prod it and take in its general shape and conclude that it must be Nanoha's womb. You're not sure how you know, but you can tell that her womb has matured enough; it's ready for new life to be created within.
+
 
-Satisfied with that, you move your tendril towards the other object. The second one is much brighter and appears to be the source of her magic. However, as you bring your tendril closer to the second object, the chaotic storm of magical energy emanating from it blows away the tip of your tendril, and your control over it collapses in a chain reaction.
+What do you know about the 6PM bus?
 >Just that there's supposedly a cursed bus. I didn't believe it until I saw it yesterday.
-You open your eyes and focus on the real world, rather than on the magic inside of Nanoha. The girl is leaning against you completely and breathing heavily. You stick your head forward and see that the nine-year-old is blushing. Playing with her womb, even indirectly with a tendril of magic has sexually aroused her. However, it's not just her that it had an effect on. Your own erection is straining your pants. Fortunately, you're kneeling, so your bulge is between Nanoha's legs rather than pressing against her. You rest your chin on her wet brown hair and say, "No wonder you're having trouble controlling your magic. There's so much of it inside you." You rub her belly and you feel that you made a small hole in her dress right over her belly button.
+>There's been rumors that people are being kidnapped for ransom. The police have been quiet about it to not risk those people's lives. But with what happened yesterday, that's clearly not the case.
 >It managed to disappear like that yesterday, but I don't think anyone but the three of us noticed.
-"I'm going back in again." You warn Nanoha, then once more form a tendril of your magic. Her barrier jacket once more resists your intrusion, but it feels different this time. The obstacle is not directly ahead, rather like a field from the surrounding fabric of her dress squeezing your tendril to prevent it from entering. You once more shape it like a dart, squeeze past Nanoha's barrier and enter her through her belly button. When you're comfortable and think your tendril has a good vantage point you tell Nanoha, "OK, try casting it now."
+>I thought I told you stay away from that bus. It's clearly dangerous.
 >I know that you and your little detective club are investigating it.
-The brunette tenses up and starts her incantation, "Lyrical, Magical..." The entire chaotic mass of her energy shoots up.
+
 
-Your tendril is buffeted by the sudden flow, but you're able to maintain it. "Stop, stop!" You shout, interrupting her. "You're using too much power at once, that's why you're not able to reliably control your magic." You think back to the spell that she's able to cast reliably, Protection. It requires her to release her magic in every direction, and using more of it only makes the shield stronger. But when she's trying to cast a spell with Raising Heart, trying to funnel her magic into the device is overloading her ability to control it.
+
 
-"You have to try to hold back. Try to use just some of your magic, not all of it, and don't try to force it, let it flow out from you." You tell her.
+
 
-"How do I do that?" She complains.
+"Mostly just the rumors about it. Nothing specific. But did you notice that we were the only ones that noticed it disappear?" You answer.
 
-"Just..." You're at a loss how to describe it. You think back to when you tried limiting the flow of magic into your cape in your second battle against the red-skinned youma. "Just try to be less forceful."
+"Not really, but Ami did. She told me that after we left."
 
-"Lyrical magical..." She starts her incantation with a quieter voice and less pause between the words.
+You recall Usagi turning around to look at you the day before. That's probably what that was all about.
 
-To your surprise, it's helping. She's still trying to push through more magical energy than she can control reliably, but it's no longer the full mass of her magical potential that she's trying to squeeze into her device. You come up with an idea. If she has too much energy, all you need to do is drain it. You start draining her of her magic, pulling it back into your arm through the magical tendril.
+"There's been a lot of hypnotized people wandering around, so that could explain why the people one the sidewalk didn't notice anything, but people driving cars couldn't have been hypnotized, so there has to be something strange about it."
 
-"Search for the root of the misfortune." Nanoha finishes, her voice is audibly less strained.
+"Does that mean there's something special about you?"
 
-Raising Heart accepts the spell from Nanoha and in her robot voice says, "Area Search." A large magic circle appears beneath you and Nanoha. Nanoha points Raising heart to the platform that the two of you are standing on and a pillar of pink light rises up. It bursts into multiple pink streams that split up and bounce around the area.
+
 How do you reply?
 
-The streams are sending back images to Nanoha. You can catch glimpses of them as you are tapped into Nanoha's magic, but they flash by too quickly and are too distorted for you to make anything out.
+>Nothing really.
 >I have these strange dreams.
-Nanoha stands up straight and her eyes snap open. "I found it!" She exclaims.
+>I have these strange dreams, and I was going to talk to the Shrine Maiden, Rei, about them.
 >Don't you mean something special about us?
-"Really?" Yuuno asks from nearby.
+>Don't you mean something special about us? Or do you already know what's special about you and Ami?
 >Write-in. [What?]
-"Mhm." She answers. "That tree!" Nanoha points to the tree at one o'clock with her staff.
+
 
-"Good job." You praise her, tapping her belly with your fingers, but leaving the palm of your hand in contact with her the whole time to not break your connection with the tendril of magic inside of her.
+
 
-"We'll get closer and seal it right away." Yuuno states.
+
 "Don't you mean something special about us?" You counter.
-"No. I'll seal it from here."
+
 "Eh?" She opens her eyes wide, "No, no. There's nothing special about..."
-"That's impossible! We have to get closer."
+
 You chuckle a little as the blonde girl doesn't know how to react to your comment. She's pretty cute when she's just being a ditz instead of being aggressive. "I can only speak for myself, but I know I've been having strange dreams lately, and I was going to talk with Rei Hino about them."
-"If Tuxedo Kamen helps me, I can do it!"
+
 "The shrine maiden?" She asks.
-Before you can respond, Sakura flies close to the tree of you on her winged staff and exclaims, "Wow! That was a lot of magic, Nanoha!"
+
 "That's the one. You know her?"
-Nanoha moves her head out from under your chin and cranes her neck to look at you. She's still beaming with pride from successfully casting the spell, and from your and Sakura's praise. "You'll help me, right?"
+
 "I met her yesterday." Usagi replies, "She's so beautiful." The blonde girl gets this dreamy look on her face.
 
 "Sounds like you like her."
->How can you resist a cute girl asking you nicely?
+
->Get everyone, get close, and seal that jewel seed.
+"Mhm" She replies unthinkingly, then yells, "No I mean..." Without knowing what to say, she grabs her cat and hides behind her. The cat meows loudly in protest.
 
 You try not to laugh too much at her antics, but a few chuckles get out anyway. You get up, "This is the stop for the shrine." You exit the bus, hearing Usagi scramble off of it behind you.
 
-Do you want to send Sakura to pass along a message to the rest of the team?
+
 >Wait for her.
 >Head up to the shrine.
 >Write-in. [What?]
 
 
-As much as you don't want to disappoint the young girl, you're not sure if it's a good idea to seal the jewel seed from this far away. You hug Nanoha and tell her, "I'm sure you could do it, but Sakura, remember when you sealed The Illusion and that redheaded woman stole it right from under you? Nanoha, I'm worried that the same thing will happen if you seal it from a distance."
+
 
-Nanoha hangs her head and reluctantly agrees with you, "Oh. I guess that's true..."
+
 
-She's clearly upset at your decision, but she agrees with your logic. It looks like she's just upset that she didn't get to show off some more. You pat her belly and reassure her, "Don't worry, you'll have plenty of opportunities to try in the future."
+You had a surprisingly pleasant conversation with Usagi, you may as well wait for her.
 
-"Yeah..." She replies halfheartedly, but at least it's a noticeable improvement in her demeanor.
+"Luna, why did Ami have to have cram school today?" Usagi complains to her cat as she steps off the bus. It's so weird how the girl keeps talking to her cat. You know she's just doing that to have something to say her thoughts out loud to, but it's still strange.
 
-"Sakura. Go tell everyone to meet us by that tree." You point to the tree with the jewel seed, "And we'll figure out how to retrieve it."
+"Are you also heading up to the shrine?" You ask.
 
-Sakura hangs around for a bit and adds, "Umm. Nanoha. If you think you can seal it from here, I could fly ahead and grab it as soon as you seal it so no one can steal it. Would that work?"
+"Ahh!" Usagi jumps at the sound of your voice. "You're still here."
 
-Nanoha snaps to attention, but then sags her shoulders, "No, Tuxedo Kamen is right. We should wait for everyone."
+"I told you, I'm heading up to the shrine, and a little birdie told me you're here to investigate the bus again with Ami, and seeing as there's still plenty of time before 6, you're either going to go to the shrine, or to the shopping center over there. And I think you're heading up to see Rei as well, right?"
 
 Usagi bites her lip and nods, "Mhm."
-Quick time voting interrupt.
+
->Stick with the plan.
+"Then let's be off." You head to the stairs of the shrine.
->Sakura makes a good point.
+
 Usagi stands in place for a moment then runs to catch up to you. She asks, "Um, Mamoru, how do you know so much about the demon bus?"
 
 You turn and look at her without breaking your pace. "I really don't. I heard some rumors about it, then came here to see if it's true. Everything else is just putting pieces together."
 
 "Oh." She looks like she's mulling a thought over, but doesn't say anything after that.
-"That was very considerate of you, Sakura." You praise the young brunette. "But it'll be safer to go as a group and have everyone there." You stand up and pat Nanoha's head, "Don't worry. There will no doubt be more chances for you to show us your best shot soon enough. Just remember what we've learned when you do so no one -especially you- gets hurt."
+
 The two of you reach the top of the stairs and you see three women in their thirties hassling Rei.
-Nanoha nods at your words. Reassured she replies, "Right."
+
 "I want you to predict Mii's location by using your spiritual powers. I beg of you."
-"Sakura, bring the rest of the girls over to us. Yuuno, lead the way." You order.
+
 "My powers aren't as powerful as you think. You should speak with the police."
-Sakura flies off on her winged staff to call over the rest of the girls. Yuuno runs off the platform, creating magical circles of Floater Field beneath him. You follow behind him using the circles to run through the air down to the ground level. Nanoha flies beside you using the Flier Fin wings on her shoes.
+
 "Her child is missing! Wy don't you help her!?"
-The three of you land just out of range of the swinging branches of the tree at 1 o'clock. Not much later, Sakura arrives, leading the four Cures and two Sailors. Sailor Mercury and Cure Egret are both soaked. Clearly the mysterious cloud has claimed another victim. Sailor Mercury still has her googles on and she exclaims, "Oh, I see it!" She points midway up the tree, where the first branches are splitting away from the trunk.
+
 "You caused her disappearance, didn't you!?"
-There's a boy and a girl squeezed in an indentation in the tree. "The boy is holding the jewel seed." Nanoha explains, answering your unasked question. It's too high to reach from the ground. You'll have to get up high to seal it, either someone that can fly needs to reach it. You should be able to reach it by extending your cane as well.
+
 Usagi runs from your side and yells out, "Hey hey hey! How can you accuse this beautiful girl of something like that!?"
-How do you get to the jewel seed?
+
->Covering fire while Yuuno, Nanoha, and Sakura move in to seal it.
+The three woman turn around in surprise. Rei says, "Usagi?"
->New Cures use their shields to escort the sealers to the trunk, then the sealers fly up.
+
->Let Sakura seal from a distance.
+"She would never do such a thing!"
->Get the kids out of the tree and seal the seed in safety.
+
 "Where have all the kids gone then?"
 
 "Well... I wonder where they are too." She replies, the wind gone from her sails.
 
 "Are you involved in this too!?"
 
-Standing outside the range of the tree's swinging branches, you come up with a plan to recover the jewel seed. "Bloom, Egret, the two of you escort escort Nanoha, Yuuno, and Sakura to the trunk of the tree. Use your shields to protect yourselves. Once you get that far, the three of you take off and try to seal the jewel seed. Black and White, you two blast anything that's coming too close to Yuuno and the girls when they're flying toward the jewel seed. Sailor Moon, Mercury, we keep an eye out in case anything else is coming in."
+"N... No. I'm not." Usagi stammers.
 
-You, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Mercury spread out and try to keep your heads on a swivel to look out for incoming danger. The two new Cures converse for a moment before splitting up. Cure Bloom, Sakura, and Yuuno partner up, and Cure Egret and Nanoha form the second team. Cures Black and White stand next to them and you see Cure White take Black's hand into hers and start swinging a little. You'd tease her for such a lewd act, but you're not sure if she'd get the joke.
+
 What do you do?
-The two teams look at each other to make sure they're both ready, the Cures activate their shields, and they take off running. Cure Bloom and Sakura quickly take the lead. You realize that they split along relative fitness. Cure Egret's drenched outfit may be slowing her down, but you can tell that she and Nanoha are clearly not as sporty as Bloom and Sakura.
+>Continue spectating, this is some grade A drama.
 >Politely tell the women to leave and talk to the police.
-A tree branch swings at the girls in front and Yuuno. Yuuno casts protection, reinforcing Bloom's bubble with his own. The combined shield holds against the attacking branch, but it knocks them back a short distance.
+>Rudely tell the women to leave and talk to the police.
 >Sarcastically tell them that the bus flew into a portal that opened in the sky.
-Cures Black and White start the incantation for a Marble Screw, but by the time they store the lighting, the branch had already hit the first group. However, while that first branch is moving back into position, a second branch is swinging to attack the second team. The two original Cures launch the PreCure Marble Screw at the second branch. They manage to break it off and it harmlessly tumbles off to the side.
+>Sincerely tell them that the bus flew into a portal that opened in the sky.
 >Write-in. [What?]