2344/Emi, Meet Setsuna

Emi, Meet Setsuna
Date of Scene:	20 February 2025
Location:	Dorms #1
Synopsis:	Emi meets Setsuna Meiou and Hinoiri throws her under the bucking bus.
Cast of Characters:	Emi Hoshino, Setsuna Meiou, Hinoiri Kirara

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Emi Hoshino has posed:
The place: Emi's Dorm Room.

The time: A few weeks ago.

Having been bullied (very successfully) into resting, one Emi hoshino is laid back on her her bed, having propped herself up on a whole lotta pillow. Her TV is on some movie channel, playing a particularly gory horror movie. She is bored. Not even her favorite horror movies can save her right now. She stares restlessly between her phone and the tv screen. She's dressed in goth-casual today, really.

And she is unaware of what's coming her way after Madoka's report reached one Setsuna Meiou.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
It's been a hell of a month or so, having to blip in and out of normal spacetime constantly while trying to take care of a technical issue with the Gates of Time and trying to at least keep her normal life from blowing apart...things have NOT been easy for Nurse Meiou. She's had to have people cover her at the infirmary FAR more often than she'd like.

And occasionally, the notes left for her by those that helped cover for her didn't always get passed along.

Case in point, a reminder to check up on one Emi Hoshino that apparently fell between the desk and the wall. Fortunately, it was only a day or so old...but still, she hadn't heard from Emi like she should have, given the notes left for her.

Thus, Nurse Meiou decides to take advantage of the fact that she basically has the run of the campus and chase down a wayward student who isn't coming in for a follow up.

Which is why there's a brief knock at the door of Emi's room that is follwed moments after by the door opening and the Nurse stepping in and closing it behind her, "Miss Hoshino? You were supposed to return to the Infirmary this morning."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
As the door is knocked upon, Emi responds immediately, "Hinoi--" Wait. That's not who she was expecting to her, but who else would be visiting her right now?

'return to the infimary'. Oh. Oh no. She groans gently and puts a hand over her face before answering with obvious hesitation, "...door is open, please come in." She slowly repositions herself, with some grunting effort, to sit up in bed and turn towards the door.

KenKen, her palm-sized talking spider companion, takes this moment to leap upon her head and drape her long forelibms like bangs on either side of her eyes, also staring at the door.

Emi gently swats at the spider. "KenKen not now," she hisses.

"Hmph, replies the spider.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Nurse Meiou walks into the room, a large case that may or may not be recognized as a rather high-end tackle box in one hand. She pauses to look over Emi and arches an eyebrow, "Well...at least you're keeping yourself to bed, which is better than it COULD have been...and certainly wiser than SOME students I've had to deal with this last year."

She shakes her head, "If you felt that you were unable to make it out of bed, you could have just sent a message. I know the Infirmary's number is provided to all the students."

There's a short pause, then she sets her case down on the desk, "So...what's going on, then? The note I got mentioned you seemed to have been rather roughed up...and that certainly does seem to be the case."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
"... you must be nurse Meiou," says Emi, after a halting moment and a nervous laugh-and-wince.

"I was told to meet with Madoka, so I met with Madoka," she admits, sheepishly. And then didn't stick around *after* that because she is very smart. "Uhhh. A little, I guess," says the girl who is pale without any need for goth makeup. "I just need spme rest and I'll be fine." Big smile on her face. It's fake. Very fake.

"HHiiiiii," says the spider on top of her head, waving at Meiou with its forelimbs. "She has cracked ribs, at least, and also a lot of bruises but she didn't have to stitch a wound closed this time so that's good!"

"KENKEN," hisses Emi a second time.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
If Nurse Meiou is fazed at all by a talking spider, she doesn't show it.

In point of fact, she doesn't even flinch or twitch when confronted by something so abnormal.

She then gives Emi a LOOK and says, "Well, your companion here apparently cares more about your health than you do, Miss Hoshino."

The greenhaired woman shakes her head, "...seriously, You DO NOT mess around with cracked bones. If they don't heal right, they'll break much easier next time...and let me tell you, having your lungs break in a fight is a good way to end up with a punctured lung or worse."

She opens her case and starts shifting around things inside, "Lucky for you, I thought to bring my general purpose kit...which has supplies for me to tape those ribs into place so they'll heal properly."

The nurse then turns and gives the younger woman a rather severe glare before sighing and saying, "...and if you're REALLY good, I'll give you some of the REALLY good painkillers so that you can rest properly."

She goes back to rummaging for a few moments before she glances back, "...KenKen, was it? Does she have any OTHER injuries I should know about?"

Because if the patient is refusing to give good information, then getting someone who cares about them to tattle is usally the next best thing.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
And then there was more knocking on the door. Followed by the door opening and peering in of Hinoiri. Suspiciously.

One might ask 'Wait, she was swinging by again? What was she doing, avoiding goin home?' And the answer was yes, yes she was. She had stayed over at Sayaka's, Emi's, probably Usagi's, probably Rashmi's, just about everywhere BUT her home for the last week or two and... had no intention of ruining this record even if she didn't realize she was doing it.

Then she saw Setsuna and smiled. "Ahhhh, Meiou-senpai. She's not giving you any trouble, is she?"

Then she glared to Emi. "*Are you?*" Oh, there was a warning there when she walked over and sat at the foot of the bed. "Thanks for helping her out, she's..." Pause. "She's dangerously lacking in self preservation. And yes, I know, that's coming from me. But *I* was lucky enough to have people who tried to save me." And this was why Emi had Hinoiri.

Emi Hoshino has posed:
Oh. Oh no. Hinoiri just arrived *and* the nurse is here? If Emi wasn't sweating before she is now!

She closes her eyes tightly at Setsuna's initial call out of her that followed KenKen's 'betrayal' and she makes a face before peering beyond her towards the arriving Unicorn. "Oh, hi Hinoiri! Nice to see you again," She says, all innocent, as if she was doing nothing wrong at all. "Hey! I'm not *trying* to get killed, you know! I didn't get hurt on purpose!"

She turns towards Meiou again and offers, "Uh, yeah. So, I taped them, but ... probably need a proper hand on them, huh?" she says, ruefully.

"I helped," says KenKen, "I am a helper. And she hasn't had the chance, so I'll finish! She has a lot of bruising on her hands and shins from fighting. Her left ankle is tender, but nothing else broken, I think. It's not like I can see her bones, but I can see when she winces!"

Emi buries her face in her hands for a moment.

"Hi, Hinoiri," chirps KenKen, now, hopping off Emi and heading right for her to try to crawl up her leg. She wants to say hi, see.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Nurse Meiou just gives Emi another LOOK, then turns and listens as KenKen rattles off what they know of Emi's wounds.

Said nurse gives a nod, then starts pulling out supplies and doublechecking others...

...and then there's another knock and addition to those in the room.

A brief look of surprise crosses the taller woman's face, but then she smiles a little, "Ah, Miss Kirara." A snort and a shake of the head is given, "...Miss Hoshino here is being a bit of reluctant patient..." A glance is turned towards Emi, then she looks back at the redhead, "...but she's still far from the worst patient I've had."

As she moves over with her first equipment, a long flat, thin bar of metal with foam padding on one side and a roll of bandages, "...in fact, if you don't mind helping, this will go a fair bit quicker. First I want to brace that ankle so that Miss Hoshino doesn't accidentally strain it worse during the day or so it takes to heal up. Then once we have that, I'll retape those ribs."

A bit of a soft smile is given to Hinoiri, "...and yes, you did have people...and we're all glad you're doing so much better."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara gave a small nod. "Yeah, you do need a proper hand for them. And you're going to get it, aren't you?" she asked, before kneeling down and holding out a hand for KenKen to crawl into. She reached out with her other hand to pat him on the head. "Good little helper." Betrayed by her own mascot, how terrible. She say back down before holding out her hand for the spider to climb off onto the bed besides her. "Okay, stay out of the way while we take care of your reckless brat."

"Good to know she's not the worst. So, what do you need me to do? Hold her leg still while you wrap it, or something else?" she asked. "Oh! Reminds me... Setsuna..." She pulled out... the compact. "I'm a pretty cure now. I got fire and violence and everything, it's great. I punched an octopus. It was amazing."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
"Okay," says Kenken, not even contesting it. She does love the pets, though.

Emi is left sputtering and scoffing a moment in turn at Hinoiri before she rights herself and takes off her shirt. It hurts to do so, but she won't surrender to needing help on something like that. She still has her pride! Her spider wasn't kidding about her bruising. Bruising on her back from a hard hit against some flat surface, and more on her side peeking out from under the (decent) wrap she actually did do with KenKen's help on the lower right side of her ribcage. She at least doesn't have any visible scars there.

Himoiri gets another face made at her while she pulls up pants leg for the ankle wrap. Ah, *there's* the scar from stitching herself up on her shin.

It looks like its fading quite nicely, at least.

"I'm right here, you know," she mutters sullenly as they talk about her.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Nurse Meiou looks down at the compact as Hinoiri shows it off and arches her eyebrows in mild surprise.

She then gets a slightly contemplative look on her face as if trying to recall something before saying, "...ah. Pretty Cure...if I recall what I was told, that means that while you have some kind of elemental attack, your general go-to is 'I Cast: FIST'?"

She MAY have gotten a somewhat mangled interpretation of them after hearing a friend of hers describe them as 'Glitter Belkans'.

A shake of the head to clear, then Nurse Meiou nods, "Yes, if you could help Miss Hoshino hold her leg still while I shape the brace around it and secure it, that would be much appreciated."

A glance is given over at Emi, "Oh, I know you're here, Miss Hoshino...but since you're not taking care of yourself properly by coming to see professionals when you get hurt or running out before even trained nonprofessionals can give much help, I am forced to rely on those around you who care for your wellbeing."

As the leg is held out, she pauses for a moment to tsk at the scar, then she sighs and starts bending the strip of metal so that it braces the ankle on either side and hooks under the foot, making a 'U' shape that's a bit more formed to the ankle, at which point she wraps it securely in place with some elastic sports bandages until it's well and truly immobilized.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
"Oh, trust me, I know you're here. I could never forget the girl who tried to fight the reality warping library youma with a *bat* and no backup." The most frustrating part, likely, of Hinoiri referencing that? was that she wasn't therrrrrrre. Tuxedo Mask was! And yet she knew ALL ABOUT IT!

She reached out, taking hold of the leg. "And yeah, a bit of that. Honestly, I mostly throw fire and cast kick, but the effect is the same. I've been working with Cure La Mer. Its been pretty great, dark energy always felt like I was having the magic chew on me, you know? And then Equivalence was... just... kind of weak. But this feels like real magic again. I missed it."

"And don't worry, Emi, when you start acting like a responsible teenager who I don't need to regularly check in on to ensure she doesn't get herself killed, I'll stop treating you like that. But, until then? I guess I'm going to play nurse pony." Pause. "Oh... there was a bit of a flashback. Feels weird being on this side of the conversation..."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
Emi Hoshino is getting lectured and she does *not* like it. There's a range of expressions that cross her face from frustration to petulant anger. She is, after all, a teenager and then she screws her face up and forces herself back to a state of calm. That instinctive sense of angry humiliation bubbled all to close to the surface for her comfort, if she's honest with herself. She often isn't.

The brace is applied and she cooperates with it fully before bowing her head. "I'm sorry," she mumbles, "to be such a problem." She offers, at least. She's staring at Hinoiri a little bit, though.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Nurse Meiou finishes securing the bandage, "...you shouldn't need to mess with that for a day or two, and by that point, it should be good to come off, anyhow."

She then looks over at Emi, "...and to be clear, Miss Hoshino, I'm not irritated at you for getting hurt."

The nurse pauses and gets a contemplative look for a moment, then says, "...well, to be more accurate, while I AM upset you got hurt...I DO understand it's an unfortunate consequence to our calling that getting hurt in the line of duty is a rather regular consequence."

She waves a hand, "...I'm irritated you didn't let yourself get the proper care after getting hurt so that you don't have to worry those around you like your polite little companion or Miss Kirara here."

A sigh is given, then Nurse Meiou moves over to apply a bit of liquid from a small squeeze bottle to the tape over Emi's ribs, "Give this a minute or two to break down the adhesive somewhat and we'll be able to undo that tape and redo it a bit more professionally...it's not bad for an amateur job...and no offense, but I can do better."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara glanced over at Emi before shrugging. "You're not a problem. You're self destructive. But that doesn't make you a problem. I'm self... I was self destructive too. I bucking drank dusk zone water for Sora's sake."

"... But we all need help sometimes. Eventually, someone is going to need your help. And you're going to be entirely *useless* if you don't take care of yourself. And then someone is going to get hurt or worse. And trust me... it hurts a whole lot more watching someone else get hurt when you knew, if only you were better, you could have stopped it or protected them." She then paused. "But that's when you kidnap the nurse and drag them off in the middle of the day," she said with a light chuckle. "Luckily, the nurse here is *very* forgiving." Oh, yes, these two had history. "Oh, that reminds me. Whatever happened to your daughter? I never saw her again after that bike ride." THAT, at least, was to Setsuna.

Emi Hoshino has posed:
"I mean, she told me to meet Madoka so I met Madoka but --- she's not going to buy that is she," says Emi, briefly crestfallen as she realizes her latest approach is just silly literalism and absolutely will not get by either of them. She braces herself as she awaits for the bandage and tape to be reapplied by more experienced hands. It hurt when she did, it's bound to hurt this time too. When the time comes, Hinoiri will find her arm very much grabbed and squeezed hard bevcause ow.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Braces and tape are gotten from the nurse's case...along with a small bottle with a large marble occupying it's entire opening.

After the tape is removed, alcohol and a sponge are used to remove leftover adhesive...and then there's a moment as it dries.

While that is happening, Nurse Meiou looks over at Hinoiri, "Ah, funny thing that, Miss Kirara. That wasn't my daughter. That was me. Turns out I got caught in a bit of a magical mishap and exchanged sizes with someone else for a week or so. I do thank you once again for helping me out at the time, however...since I really doubt the truant officers would believe that I was actually the nurse, just shrunk down to preteen size..."

She snorts, "...even for a place like Radiant Heart."

Enough time having passed, she gets the roll-on bottle and uses it to coat the rib area that needs taping...and there's a rather intense tingle from the fluid used for a few moments until it goes away.

Once it's dry, Nurse Meiou begins taping up the rib a bit more expertly...and also showing it's easier done by someone else rathern than on yourself...but the pain...just isn't as bad. Apparently that roll-on stuff was some kind of mild topical anesthetic.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara blinked when she was grabbed. She didn't say anything, she just gave a light smile and her other hand reached out, lightly patting Emi on the head. Keeping her mouth shut.

Relaxing against her and watching Setsuna work. "Really? That was you? Huh. I guess that makes us even, then, in some ways. We all have issues with running from authority it seems," she said in a playful tone. "Any other secrets I should know about? You're not secretly someone who tried to stab me or anything, are you? Cause you probably could pull off the cure look yourself..." she said in a playful tone. "Though, I still have to say I'm surprised you even can use magic at your age. What's your secret? Like... I thought only Fuyuko could, unless there's some dark energy in those veins of yours."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
Emi Hoshino openly blushes in a mixture of embarrassment and scowls at Hinoiri. Headpats! How dare you!! She grips that army firmly an then ... it's

It's ... not as bad, actually, and she sort of sags with relief. Oh, it still hurts, but she's had worse hurts than this -- like when they were injured in the first place. The tale, however, gets her staring ab both of them and looking back and forth again.

"....and I thought my dreams were strange," she mutters.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Murse Meiou goes silent for a few minutes while she finishes taping up Emi's ribs. After a few more moments getting things cleaned up, she nods, "Okay, you'll need that for at least a little while longer, but you look to be healing nicely, so swing by the infirmary in a few days and I'll get that off you. It's waterproof, so you don't have to worry about keeping it dry in the shower...though you'll need to tightly tie a bag around your food while you're doing so."

She then does a quick examination of the various bruises and nods, "Nothing more than some surface damage, and these are purpling nicely, so they should be gone in a few more days as well."

That said, the nurse begins packing away her supplies, "Now, from what I'm to understand, your powers work around dreams? Would a mild drug that promotes a dream-free sleep help you heal?"

While she waits for that answer, she turns back to Hinoiri, "Puberty hit me rather exceedingly early and hard...and while, due to various...shall we say...SHENANIGANS...I'm VASTLY older than I look while biologically I'm actually in my late teens...and apparently the rules care more about your physical age than your actual one."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara gave a small nod and then rolled her eyes. "Ugh, tell me about it. Believe it or not? I was practically an adult back home. I could have opened my own business and have my own home now if I wanted." Pause. "Well, taken out a loan. Not like, the way that Mamoru does it. And dream free medication... that's... clever. Huh. I feel a little silly having never thought of that. Nice," she said before grinning back to Emi and shrugging.

"You're hanging out with a unicorn who ate the sun and a school nurse who came up to my knees a year ago." And now towered over Hinoiri. "Your world is only going to get stranger, sweetie. Stick to just being in people's dreams for now, okay? At least until we figure out how to get your powers outside of there. Otherwise I'll stop being so sweet and gentle with you."

Emi Hoshino has posed:
Blink blink. Dream-free?

Emi scratches the back of her head with her left hand. Right is the injured side, and raising her arm doesn't feel great at the moment. "That's ... interesting," she muses, "but I don't think so. But, yeah. You've got the gist of it. I'm dreamy, ask anyone. Anyway I can fall asleep really easy, and it's really good for me. It's why I'm healing so well." She wiggles her fingers, stretching her bandages there... but if you *can* do that, I can think of a few people I'm helping it'd be *great* for. We'll need to discuss this further." Wheels are absolutely turning, about that and about physical age no doubt.

And then Hinoiri calls her 'sweetie' which distracts her and makes her swat her on the arm, losing her train of thought.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Nurse Meiou shrugs, then gets out a small bottle of pills.

They're in a small clear bottle, there are ten or twelve of them...and at close look, they SPARKLE.

She hands the bottle over, "For the next three days, take two of these every six hours or so. They'll help you heal."

In truth, they're just bog standard ibuprofin coated in food-grade glitter.

That taken care of, she'll stand up and head for the door after grabbing her case, "Kenken? If she starts feeling worse, pester her until she calls me, okay?"

And with that, she hands Hinoiri and Emi each a full sized SNICKERS bar, then heads out the door.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara couldn't help but grin when she got smacked. "See? You can fight AND take care of yourself, little delinquent... oh, as an aside." And then? Then she just... threw Emi entirely under the bus as she got to her feet and took the snickers. "I should head out. But, before I go? Setsuna-senpai? Emi has opinions that 'delinquents like her need to smoke'. Can you kindly inform her of the consequences, especially as a sparkle, such things can create? And help inform her of how to break such a habit?" Oh. Just. RIGHT UNDER the bus. "I'll see you later Emiiiii~" she said before she headed out the door. Yes. She even did a waaaave as she went, with that grin.

Emi Hoshino has posed:
Emi is already winding up to say something to Hinoiri, really, her lower pitched voice edged with a growl already as she starts to speak.

But then... Hinoiri tells the nurse she smokes, and that comneback dies in her throat before she turns to look at Meiou and then just laughs nervously, with big, innocent eyes. UNDER THE BUS. You'll pay for this Hinoiri!