Scaredycat Club in: Total Eclipse [open]

[moonlitlove]

Date & Time: November 16th, all day
Location: Housing areas, mess hall
Characters: Usagi and OPEN
Summary: The world is ending. Usagi freaks---and then maybe realizes that other people are scared too. Useless people unite!
Warnings: dramatic teenage wailing, maybe some silliness as she tries to keep busy

[a]

It's dark. The atmosphere can't seem to keep it together---she feels heavy, then light, then she keels over. There's no message from anyone about what might be going on, and she can't call either. Most doors are locked. Sure, the place is dreary, but it's even worse now! There's nowhere to go. The ship is sinking! Or...it would be sinking if they were on a ship, but this is the non-boat version of the same thing.

They're gonna die. Usagi knows that much.

So she can be found curled in a tight ball in one of the few open hallways, making enough whimpering noises to be heard even in the dark. She's shaking, muttering to herself.

"...no, this can't be happening. I can't die yet! No one will ever know what happened to me. We'll just rot up here in this place forever unless we get to be zombies too? Oh, that's gross.

And I haven't even had a boyfriend yet!" she wails, burrowing her head in her knees.

[b - some time later]

Eventually, after hearing the hustling of feet and the mutterings of people who would probably help, Usagi manages to dry her tears. Is she still scared? Oh, of course. But even though she's not a fighter, she has to be brave like Sailor V and the cool people who protect them, right?

Easier said than done. But she tries anyway, channeling her energy into playing with some stray paper scraps she's picked up. Mama tried to teach her how to fold paper cranes once, and so Usagi tries this to calm herself. They're messy and they would look more like sea urchins if she could see them well, but it helps.

If someone who doesn't seem too sure of where they're going passes by, Usagi calls after them.

"Hey, wait! Wanna sit down?"

Comments

[have_hat_will_travel]

"If you know healing techniques, that'd be great."

[moonlitlove]

"Healing..."

Something about that word pulls at her memory. Usagi can almost see herself standing in light, healing...but it's not quite there. She shakes her head.

"Oh, forget it. I guess I could run news---but I tried that. Crashed into a door."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"... What kinds of talents do you have?"

[moonlitlove]

"...I'm good at video games? And I can eat really fast?"

Usagi at least has the grace to look embarrassed by this.

[have_hat_will_travel]

"We'll have to teach you a few things, then, it seems. Trust me, there's plenty of unpowered types around, but... Well, with the United Earth as our enemies?"

[moonlitlove]

"I'm not cut out for war," is all she says. She bites her lip.

"What could I ever do?"

[have_hat_will_travel]

"There's plenty of ways to learn. It's even possible to learn magic, at least from some worlds. How old are you, by the way?"

[moonlitlove]

"Magic?"

She looks down at the brooch on her bow and wonders. Hmm.

"I'm fourteen. I think? Unless something weird happened before I warped here."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Not that I know of. Anyways, where I'm from, that eliminates some but not all options. Depending on what kind of power you're up to take, of course..."

[moonlitlove]

"There are kinds of powers? I guess that has to do with the weapons."

Usagi looks again at her brooch and sighs. "This is what I thought I should take, but I'm still not sure what it is. Does it mean I blind enemies with makeup?"

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Hrm. Possibly. Or just as likely, it called out to you for some other reason," Pidonus observed, quietly using one of her abilities to see if the brooch had magic in it.

[moonlitlove]

Usagi thought about this for a few moments more, then shrugged.

"Okay. But...these types of magic. What can I learn?"

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Well... If we're talking the stuff from my world, if you're decent enough at basic math... We'd need to stick to 'untrained' classes at your age. Things like sorcerer and warlock."

To Pidonus' understanding, even that was cheating - adulthood for humans was 15 years - but...

[moonlitlove]

"...uh...I got a 30 on my last math test."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"... You sound embarassed to admit that. Where I'm from, a 30's a very good roll, so I'm going to assume it's not where you're from?"

[Sounds like she's not used to out-of-100 scales...]

[moonlitlove]

"It's a really bad mark," she admits, scratching at the back of her neck.

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Ah. Yeah... That might not be so good for where I'm from. Even if the math doesn't get used directly here..."

[moonlitlove]

"Mostly I'm good at reading comic books," Usagi admits. "Is there anything I can do with that?"

[have_hat_will_travel]

"... Erm..."

Pidonus blinked a few times.

"... I dunno?"

[moonlitlove]

"...hmm."

Usagi idly kicked at some dust, looking frustrated.

"I guess I could train. Martial arts? I'm probably pretty bad, but maybe I could be like the guys in the movies someday."

[have_hat_will_travel]

"Possibly? Also, keep in mind that the brooch you grabbed? That's going to be your 'weapon'. Exsilium provides one for each of us 'Transports' - or enhances part of ourselves. My voice, for example."

[moonlitlove]

"You think if I throw this really hard, it'll hurt?" It feels heavy, and that's the only use Usagi can think of right now. She bounces it in her hand, feeling the weight.

[have_hat_will_travel]

"... Uh, no. Maybe it's a magic device of some sort?"