1386/Welcome to Earth, Sarah Point!

Welcome to Earth, Sarah Point!
Date of Scene:	07 April 2024
Location:	Administrative Office
Synopsis:	In the aftermath of Scorpia's arrival on Earth, Bow and Sayaka show her to the school infirmary, explain the situation with where they are and help her pick a new name: Sarah Point! Next up: Language, Room, and Board!
Cast of Characters:	Bow, Scorpia, Sayaka Miki

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Bow has posed:
Ah, the school infirmary. A staple of the high school experience...where students go to deal with the various cuts, scrapes, strains and the like common amongst a building full of 1000 or so hormone-soaked adolescents. Not to mention all the ones trying to scam the nurse to let them skive off of class.

Generally, the infirmary's a fairly small office for the nurse and some equipment. At least, that's the general rule. Given the budget Radiant Heart boasts, the infirmary's a bit bigger and more well appointed than most. There are several beds (which are currently not in use) and to an eye familiar with the medical world, there's enough well-laid-out kit that it's quite likely that, in extremis, one could actually do surgery here.

Still, most of the room is broken up with little rolling-wall medical dividers, with the bulk of the area set up for the kind of service one would need for a typical average assortment of students. Reasonably nice chairs, little triage areas, that kind of thing. The walls have various posters one might see in a doctor's office, though most of them are a bit more aimed at student-level things like common adolescent illnesses and the like. One particular poster, however, probably catches the eye:

This one's photo surrounded by a black frame in the style of the common 'motivational' poster. The picture is of a woman in a maroon yoga suit who, from about the waist down is lying face down...but she's bent over comletely backwards so that her head is lying on the bed between her legs and her face and upper torso are face up with her arms lying next to her legs. There's a nurse behind her in the shot, and the text reads in large letters: 'GOOD NEWS' In smaller type underneath is added: "The Doctor found your problem"

Entering the infirmary, Bow's taken out a small phone adorned with crystals and pressed a button on it - henshining from his prom clothes into the Etherian archer garb that Scorpia is more used to see. "Nurse Meiou may be a bit, she's got a lot of students to handle, but I'm sure she'll be here as soon as possible." he frowns. "How did you get here? Tell me exactly what you remember." he asks Scorpia quietly as they walk.

They had come here straight from the prom, only stopping long enough to request some food for Scorpia and water - in his expecience, the trip always left one feeling a little peckish.

Crystal Hope is about on Bow's shoulder, providing translation for himself and Scorpia, not that they need it - but so that Sayaka can listen in and for Setsuna, when she arrives.

Scorpia has posed:
    Scorpia felt much better with Bow being dressed, well... like Bow. It quieted some of her nerves and gave her the ability to focus on his words, "Perfuma and I had just arrived at a ball that we'd been invited to. Some of her friends had waved her over, so I continued on into the ballroom," she frowned, before continuing, "And then, I was here. Wherever here is."

    Turning to Bow, her face serious, which was not normal at all for the Princess of the Black Garnet, she grasped at her necklace, "What is this place? Where's Perfuma? And why are you here? This isn't home."

Sitting down on the nearest flat surface, that ended up being one of the infirmary beds, Scorpia stared down at her pendant, "Is this- is this my runestone? How did it get here with me, and Perfuma didn't?" She wasn't very familiar with negative emotions, and she was not very well equipped to handle them. She felt... uncomfortable. Things were not right, and she needed to fix them!

Sayaka Miki has posed:
Sayaka came along with Bow since he had asked her to during the prom after explaining the situation to her, even if there wasn't much she could do, besides acting as moral support for Bow and maybe clarifying a few things here and there. She wouldn't even be able to communicate were it not for Crystal Hope. Well, she would, but the method she would rely on... It wasn't exactly orthodox. And it would probably just scare the newcomer. So, it's better if she leaves things to Crystal Hope.

She isn't really sure if she should be the one to explain things. Bow has learned a lot by now, and it would maybe be better for the tall girl to hear about it from someone she knows than a complete stranger, as stressed by the fact she is addressing Bow. The bluenette is just silent for now, as is the tiny mermaid that has by now floated next to Sayaka, and gotten to sitting on her shoulder.

Bow has posed:
"...how odd." Bow admits, lips pressed together in a thoughtful line. "As far as I know, Adora was the first one to end up in this world -- tell me this. Where you're from, were Catra and Adora about to marry?" he asks curiously. "That's the litmus test to know exactly... which time frame of Etheria you're from." he admits. "This. This is Earth. It's a planet. Larger than Etheria. They have countries, not kingdoms, and they are not as clearly defined as they are back home. We're in a city called Tokyo, at a school known as Radiant Hearts. Quite a few of the students here share the same abilities that you have. Well. More like Adora."

"This is Sayaka Miki. She's a resident of this world." he continues with the explanation. "She helped me when I arrived here from my Etheria." And then Scorpia is bringing up the pendant, and his eyes fall to it, widening slightly as he realizes what she just said. "Yes... that looks like it." he agrees.

Crystal Hope perks up. "Yes, I concur. It is your runestone... Bow, you know what that means, if we can get the other Princesses here with their runestones, we should be able to get everyone home." A glance between the two Etherians. "This could change everything."

"Let's not get hasty, Hope." Bow responds with a thoughtful look. "We still don't know what the catalyst is that's causing Etherians to arrive here at random - much less if we can get them back home." he points out. "...as for Perfuma? I... I don't know, Scorpia. These portals seem random. I was able to recreate one with a runestone, but I'm not sure if..." He looks thoughtful, considering his thoughts. And he's getting ideas how to figure out how best to explain, a glance to Sayaka and a reach to squeeze her hand, appreciative of her support. "Can you see the small creature next to Sayaka? That's Ula. Her mascot."

Scorpia has posed:
Scorpia nods, "Yes! Everyone had been invited for the wedding." She sat and stared at Bow as he explained this new world, and how it all worked. Eyebrows scrunching, she shook her head, "This is so crazy. I thought all the weird stuff would stop once we kicked Horde Prime's butt."

She narrowed her eyes at the small version of Light Hope, "What is she doing here?"

Scorpia turned to the blue haired girl next to Bow as he made the introductions, and immediately stood up, crushing her into a trademark Scorpia hug, "I love your hair! Your little pet is so cute! Can I pet it? You must be good, if Bow likes you. Thank you so much for helping him when he needed it!"

Sayaka Miki has posed:
"Oh, that would be so pretty!" Sayaka exclaims when she is informed the Etherian was about to go to a wedding, before catching herself. "I mean, sorry that you missed it. And you found herself here. As Bow said, I am Sayaka Miki, and it's very nice to meet you. What's your name?", the bluenette smiles at Scorpia.

And since Bow is dealing with checking a few files, Sayaka takes over the explanation for him when she is prompted to. "Bow was looking for Adora to save his world, and so he brought her here", Sayaka's voice betraying how much she didn't trust the AI, something she very clearly had in common with Sarah, even if the bluenette didn't know the circumstances on Etheria. "That one is named Crystal Hope, and she is like a derivative of the main one. She is Bow's ally here. Sort of like his mascot."

"T-thank you", Sayaka says as she is pulled into that very strong hug, and hugs back as best as she can. "She is Ula, and I think she would be fine with that", she adds, looking uncertainly at the mini mermaid. "Yes, you can go ahead", the mascot replies after a brief period of looking at the powerful hug.

"If that is a runestone, then you must be a princess, right? And those stones are linked with you, I think I remember" Sayaka asks for confirmation. "That might have something to do with why it came with you", she conjectures. "Anyway, welcome to Earth. The city you are in is called Tokyo, and specifically you are in a school. Bow goes here too."

Scorpia has posed:
Releasing Sayaka, she turns her attention to the small mascot and pets her gently on the head, "You're so precious!" Looking down at the blue haired girl, she asked, "Do you have magic too? And yes, I'm the Princess of the Black Garnet, Scorpia." She salutes, like she'd done her whole life when introducing herself to new people. Processing the rest of the girl's words, she nods and smiles, "Thank you so much for your welcome! I guess, since we're all stuck here, I'll be staying here as well. I don't want to leave my friends here by themselves."

She turned her gaze back to Crystal Hope, "Is she really an ally though? She wasn't very nice to Adora... or Glimmer."

Sayaka Miki has posed:
Sayaka's eyes squint at the AI when Scorpia says she wasn't very nice towards Adora and Glimmer. "Why, what did she do? If you don't mind telling me."

Then she regards Scorpia's next questions. "I do have magic!", Sayaka confirms with a smile. "You can see Bow has transformed, right? That is how magic works here, it's mostly sealed behind a transformation." Then Sayaka demonstrates, a blue flash enveloping her from the ring on her left hand and changing her clothes.

"There is also a force we call the Veil hiding our identities and obscuring magic from those that aren't sensitive to it. If you didn't see me reveal my identity just now, you wouldn't have been able to recognise me no matter what. It's a bit of a pain at times. I couldn't recognise my best friend of a lifetime until she revealed herself", she says with a slight frown.

"Anyway!", she goes back to smiling to Scorpia. "If you want to get enrolled here at Radiant Heart Academy, it would be good if you got an alternate name to go by, at least on paper. Bow has chosen Luke Armbruster for example. Would you be interested in that?" If Scorpia says yes, Sayaka starts pulling up a list of names from her phone.

Scorpia has posed:
Scorpia waves away the other girl's question, "That requires snacks and a comfortable chair. We could have a sleepover! I'll tell you all about Etheria. And Perfuma, and everything that's happened. It's been craaaazy. Things have been calmer, the last few years, which has been amazing for everyone. It's a much happier time, which makes me happy to see."

Laughing, she watched as Sayaka finished her transformation, "Whooooa, that's so cool! You're so cool. I can tell we're going to be good friends. Thank you for trusting me with your magical identity," Scorpia smiles through her watery eyes, "That means so much to me."

Scooping Sayaka up in another, less crushing hug, Scorpia empathizes with her, "That sounds absolutely terrible! I'm sorry you had to go through that." Watching the blue-haired girl pull out a strange device, Scorpia leans in to look at it, "What kind of device is that? We have all kinds of tech back in Etheria. OH man, Entrapta would love it here! So many new things to inspect in the name of science!"

Focusing back on the matter at hand, she nodded, "I think it's important that I blend in as best as I can." She held up her human hands, muttering to herself, "Like these. I definitely could make more friends now that I look human."

Bow has posed:
As Sayaka is getting the full 'Scorpia' experience, Bow comments, "I hate that name. Just call me Bow. Everyone else does." And with that, he's back to the whiteboard. He's drawing something, it takes several minutes as he's doing so, Crystal Hope making no effort to defend herself in the meantime. Several of the markers are taken and used on the whiteboard, and finally, when he's finally finished, he flips the whiteboard over to present his artwork.

There's a long line drawn. One one end is a cartoonish dust cloud, with an anime-style Adora and Catra - Adora has @.@ eyes and Catra is all >.<. "This is the earliest point that I can reference on the timeline that I know - where Catra and Adora were still at odds with each other." An arrow comes from that dust cloud to a little chibi-Catra looking smug. "This is the point in time where Catra is from. She believes she destroyed Etheria when she activated the portal." Scorpia would know what that is.

On the other end of the line is Catra and Adora again - except this time Adora is in a wedding dress, Catra is in a wedding tux, holding hands with hearts all around them. "This is the point where..." Line down - Chibi-Adora. "...Adora is from. Adora has already tried to convince Catra once that they were supposed to be in love. It didn't go well. We'll talk about that later. Just... be careful when you see Adora."

"Now, since you know of the wedding, you're from this point in the timeline as well." he explains, drawing a quick little chibi-Scorpia with her little pincers and tail, lifting Catra over her head like a barbell.

"Me... I'm from somewhere in here." he explains. "I used Crystal Hope - after she tried to activate the Heart of Etheria, to open a portal to try to bring me to my Adora, who is missing in my timeline." A drawing of chibi-Bow looking confused, an Adora hiding behind a bush going 'tee-hee'. There is another drawing, the lizard form of Double-Trouble, with question marks all around her. "I have not pinned down where Double Trouble is from yet." he explains. "I just only recently found out she's here and masquerading as Glimmer."

And then they are talking about devices and tech and Bow sparkles like whoa. "You don't even, Scorpia!" he says excitedly. "Look!" He holds out a hand and an arrow just appears. "I'm magical!" he offers with a squee of excitement. He still hasn't gotten over it yet. "Crystal Hope has been keeping my magic in check and helping me out, so please, allow her the chance." So trusting, this Bow is. "But it's called a henshin device. And... if you're able to summon your claws and tail... I wonder, you can probably do it the same way that Adora does with the Sword of Protection, you may just need to discover your phrase of power to activate it, you know, Adora's all." Deep voice, so projected, hands on hips, HEROIC POSE. "By the Honor of Greyskull." Back to normal. "That."

Sayaka Miki has posed:
Sayaka smiles at the offer of talking over snacks. Whatever Crystal Hope had done, the mention that Scorpia's world is a lot more more peaceful leaves her delighted. "That sounds nice, Scorpia-san. I know just the place for that, and it even comes with a view on the beach", Sayaka enthusiastically throws in as a bonus. If Scorpia was interested in that.

"Thank you", Sayaka smiles bashfully, her right caressing the back of her head at the comment on the transformation. "And it's no worry, really. You just look trustworthy, and I would love being your friend", she replies in acceptance of Scorpia's offer. The mention of her not looking like this originally makes a curious look appear on Sayaka's face. "Oh, I see. So it's like you already have your own transformation. At least, if you can access it. We had to work it out with Bow", Sayaka comments, a hand moved to brush Bow's shoulder.

Then Scorpia starts inquiring over the phone with complete excitement, that is very much contagious and makes Sayaka grin at her. "This is a phone, it allows you do many things like call or send messages to people that have given you their contact, make registration or videos, listen to music or watch videos and even access all sort of information, like this!" the bluenette says, pointing at the list of names on the screen. Names which she starts pronouncing one at a time, in case there is something that clicks with Scorpia.

Sayaka only frowns when Bow mentions to give Crystal Hope a chance, but otherwise doesn't comment on it.

Scorpia has posed:
Watching with rapt attention, Scorpia laughed at the little figures as Bow drew them. She nodded in understanding as he finished up, "This is completely wild! Entrapta would be going nuts over this stuff. Honestly, it doesn't really make much sense to me, but you have me to assist you in whatever way I'm able! I've always got your back!" She looked down at her pendant in her hand, excitement in her eyes, "I can't wait to figure out what my power phrase is! I love having human hands, but I miss my pincers... and my tail. I'd feel much better being able to protect you guys with them."

Turning to Sayaka, Scorpia grinned, "The beach sounds so relaxing! Perfuma would love that. I could teach you some of the breathing techniques she's taught me!" She teared up again at her new friend's words, hugging her again, "Oh, I'm so happy right now!" She looked down to the device and was instantly drawn to Sarah, pointing to it "How do you pronounce, that one?" Having to learn a new language, was going to be difficult. Etherian was all she knew, and she'd need to be able to communicate in this new place. Her thoughts turned to Perfuma, 'She'd love to be here to learn this new place, and to make friends.'

Bow has posed:
As Sayaka is going through the names, Bow explains, after dismissing the arrow, he comes back to the Puella, setting his hand on the small of her back for a moment in support. "The students that don't know who we really are believe we came from a place called America that is on this planet." he explains. "So that's why you're not getting names closer to hers." he explains.

"And everyone has two names.... like... Adora Rainbowfist and Catra... you know, I don't know her fake last name, so I'm just gonna call her Catra Meow-Meow-Mix." A mutter, and then a smirk as Sayaka invites Scorpia to the beach. "Already working to replace me?" he asks with a smirk.

"As for the language, while Crystal Hope helped me learn, there is a program the staff has that can fasttrack you with learnin it. That'll come when you verify your name and meet with the administration for discussing your room assignment, what grade and classes you'll be in, and what clubs you want to join. Oh. And you get a small stipened with free room and board, but if you want extras, you'll need a job. I work at the Korma Chameleon, which I will introduce you to later, because it's neutral ground where we can meet with Catra and stuff and the curry is soooo good."

Sayaka Miki has posed:
"Why are all your names so literal?" Sayaka exclaims flabbergasted after taking in that Scorpia is supposed to have pincers and a tail, presumably with a stinger. "Double Trouble is obvious, Glimmer's name follows her magic too, is Catra is part cat then?" she decides to check with Bow and Scorpia. But when Scorpia mentions that she misses her old appearance, Sayaka tells her with an energetic smirk "It's ok, we will find a way to let you regain your transformation soon, Scorpia-san!"

"Wonderful, I can't wait to show you around! That's my favourite place, it's called Gullwing Coffee", Sayaka replies at Scorpia's eagerness to sew the beach. "As for that name, I believe it's" - she says "Suh-ruh" here - "and if that's something you like then we are halfway done." Because as Bow said, there are surnames still, and Sayaka then starts pulling up another list.

"And yes, like Bow said, they have a course to let you learn japanese very quickly via magic. Why don't they do that with the other languages they are teaching the normal way instead, I will never know. But nevermind that, there are lots of clubs here at the school that you can choose to attend. For example, I am in the music club and in track and field. Bow is also in the former."

Scorpia has posed:
Scorpia hummed, "Interesting. So, there are different names for different places? How confusing." Laughing at Bow's made-up 'last name' for Catra, "Wouldn't that be something!," she turns to Sayaka, and says good-naturedly, "Our names aren't confusing! Earth is 'strange'."

She nodded at both Bow's, and Sayaka's mention of learning the language, "I would very much like to take this program. How would I do that? I am very excited to transform! I really hope it's as pretty as Sayaka's. I can't wait to explore your world, it seems interesting compared to Etheria!"

Scorpia guffawed and pointed at one of the options for her last name, "I choose that one. My pincers are pointy!"

Putting her human hand up to cup her chin in thought, Scorpia considered the concept of clubs, "Do you have any kind of club for singing? And maybe yoga? I love those two things!"

Sayaka Miki has posed:
"Sounds like you can be in the music club with me and Bow then! As for Yoga, I believe we can have the boxing club", Sayaka nods sagely. "I play the piano, and you probably already know that Bow plays the violin", she happily informs Scorpia. "And your transformation will be awesome, I am sure of it."

"You will met lots of people that will be very eager to show you around Tokyo, everyone here is very friendly, almost as much as you", the bluenette smiles at Scorpia. "If you feel like you want to hangout with me, I would love to do that."

Glancing at the name Scorpia is pointing to, Sayaka tells here the name. "Sounds good, then we can later tell Meiou-sensei that you would like to be called Sarah Point... For now, the three of us can show you the japanese classroom. How about it?" the bluenette smiles, giving Scorpia her hand to hold.

Scorpia has posed:
Scorpia grinned, "All of that sounds great, Sayaka! Let's head that way then. I want to be able to fit in more, sooner rather than later. I'd absolutely enjoy hanging out with you more, especially at the beach place you mentioned," she started to walk towards the doorway to the infirmary, or at least where she thought it was, "As stressful as this has been, I'm excited for this adventure!"