2408/Decompression Donuts

Decompression Donuts
Date of Scene:	15 March 2025
Location:	Mamoru's Apartment
Synopsis:	After 2405/Maidenless_Behavior and 2407/Death_of_a_Bachelor, and after as much healing as Mamoru had energy left to do, people hang around Mamoru's apartment eating donuts, drinking tea, doing hair, getting checked over by Setsuna... the whole schmear.
Cast of Characters:	Mamoru Chiba, Jadeite, Zoisite, Minako Aino, Amanda Faust, Veronica Perenna, Usagi Tsukino, Setsuna Meiou, Haruka Tenoh, Hinoiri Kirara
Tinyplot:	Black Moon Clan
Tinyplot2:	BMC: Rabbit Hunt

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Mamoru Chiba has posed:
It's at least an hour after they've left the Tsukinos' house, and there's still tea, and still snacks, and still everything else... at this point, everyone who wanted healing has had enough healing to get them out of danger, and Usagi got whatever fortification she could be given while Mamoru's been healing for when she has to collect her family, and there've been phone calls made...

It's quieter with fewer people here. Mamoru is curled up in the corner of the comfy couch with a very LARGE purring Anko on him like a warm heavy blanket, and the huge mirror on the wall is actually a television and right now it is tuned to a giant fish tank screensaver.

That's about the level of awareness the prince has right now. Fishtank.

Jadeite has posed:
Tamaki has rejoined his natural habitat, the floor, with a blanket unfurled over him. He's watching the fish tank along with Mamoru. He's saying whatever comes through his head ,for example:

"Cheese grater with legs."

His hands are in no shape to point at Zoisite, but he points is chin at him.

Zoisite has posed:
"It was one hole. One. You were the one crying about his fingers resembling burnt fish fingers." Izou playfully pulls at Tamaki's ears. He was sitting with legs crossed over the couch and leaning over slightly. Then he looks over at Amy.

"How many times have to spent the night here, anyway?"

Minako Aino has posed:
It was rather horrible seeing the real-world condition of the Tsukino house once the Moon bubble they were in had been released. Venus had gone off to her own home immediately after to grab a few items trying her best to not look back afterward. Everyone was safe.

Now she was here in the apartment, changed into some loose fitting pajamas that wouldn't aggravate her healed leg (or be indecent since BOYS), and she was sitting on one of the couches with her hair brush in hand working it through the mess that her hair had become. She even brought a bottle of leave-in conditioner spray for the really, really tangly bits.

When Izou leans over to prod at Tamaki, she pauses in her brushing. Instead she reaches out to tap his shoulder lightly with the brush. "You could use to comb your hair, too. Want me to help?" It's something she usually did for Usagi so it wasn't as if it was an unusual offer.

"I think he'd have to have washboard abs to be considered a cheese grater anyway, Tamaki-kun." Hey she wasn't going to totally sit out the teasing either.

Zoisite has posed:
"I'm a twink, not a board. I have muscles, just not swol. Yadayada." Immediately huffs, rolling his eyes at Minako. It was a calm thing, tired, but he wasn't about to say no to her offering to comb his hair--even if his type of hair wasn't meant to be brushed often. The gesture was still a peaceful one. Gathered it would put her mind at ease. So he reaches behind and undoes his green ribbon and gem, tying it around his wrist.

"I'll tell you if you pull too hard." Nods at Minako.

Jadeite has posed:
Tamaki considers these two rebuttels of his analysis and nods sagely.

"A silly straw with a very elaborate shape. Those only have one hole in them."

There's nothing goin on behind those eyes. He's too tired to overthink anything right now.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy visited that house for New Year's just a few months ago... She's not sure what to say to Usagi.

    Now an hour later, she's at Mamoru's again. Sometimes she's rested on the couch; at the moment she's sitting at a little table with an old laptop in the corner of the big room. Hearing the others talk, she looks over. "How does that work, like, a cheesegrater cuts things, so... it doesn't make sense... or does it?" Her eyes are drawn to the spray. "...Does that spray stuff help?"

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino shifts to the side to tuck the leg that wasn't injured beneath her. The other is left to trail off the side of the couch possibly bumping lightly against Tamaki's shoulder in the process. It wasn't the cuddly group hug sort of touch that might go on at times, but... It was kind of comforting having others around right now.

"Oh, I never knew," she responds lightly about the twink remark. "I was never into yaoi much. Idols and boybands were more my thing." Once his hair is down she works her fingers through the curls first to test before starting to work at the bottom to brush, pausing occasionally to spritz with the floral scented moisturizer. She's good enough not to pull. At least not accidentally.

Looking back down to Tamaki she raises an eyebrow. "Yes but people suck on silly straws..." Her hands pause in their brushing with the corner of her eye twitching eeeever so slightly.

TOPIC CHANGE. Thank god.

Mina nods emphatically at the spray. "Oh, yes, it's great for getting tangles out. Tangles are usually because hair is dry or weak or split and unhealthy."

Zoisite has posed:
"Take his comment with a grain of salt and symbolism, Amy." Izou calls over his shoulder, a small smirk to his words.

Jadeite has posed:
"Both a cheese grater and a silly straw have big old holes in them. Consider the similarities with the brethren joining us today," Tamaki says, and Midwestern accent is bleeding through stronger than he usually lets it around other people.

Veronica Perenna has posed:
There was a urgent need for healing in Veronica's case, after Rubeus' parting attack, but Amy's emergency first aid helped a lot in keeping her vigil until it was time for the magical round of healing, by Mamoru and probably Madoka, and potentially someone else. She is feeling a lot better as a result, certainly not like she might get a fever anymore.

She probably needed to avail herself of the help she had asked Amy at first and the redhead had agreed to give, but now she is in good enough shape to follow them back to Mamoru's apartment, though she wouldn't have declined if she would have been offered further help either.

She sits down on any seat that is offered to her, wearing a simple set of baggy blue-grey linen shirt and a beige pair of trousers, the only other distinctive sign a lily hairpin for her hair, fastened on the left side. On hand she has one of her energy bars and a bottle of water, as a pick up after all the energy she has just spent.

The linen shirt was actually something she had sewn herself, with a small addition of a forest clearing to liven it up, the blue-grey contributing to the feeling of a pond. She has greeted Anko in feline when she first came in, and now she is listening in on the conversation. "Did it take you a lot to find a product you trusted?", she asks Minako.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    "How many times habe I stayed over here...? ....I've lost count at this point." Boy bands or yaoi? "I guess I was never into either, but I like some pop music." She blinks. "Symbolism?" And runs a hand through her hair thoughtfully. "So does it need to be washed out after, or...?"

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino mms thoughtfully at the questions of hair care products. This was at least something she was good with. Hair as long as hers meant she'd been at this awhile after all. "Yes and no. Most products work similarily, but like all things they don't stay around all the time. I've had to change the type I use at least three times because they stopped making what I had been using."

"This-" she adds lifting up the spray bottle. "Is leave-in conditioner so you don't need to wash it out after. If your hair is already fairly dirty though it's a good idea to wash first regardless." A gesture with the brush indicates Zoisite's curls.

"It's basic enough to work in his hair but curls should have their own product, too." At least with the detangler it wasn't getting SUPER FLOOFY as dry brushing would.

"You have been here quite often, Amy-chan. I haven't spent the night often but I've been here a lot too." A pause, and another brush of Zoi's hair. "Not as much as him though, I bet."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    "Today? Today we mostly have new holes..." Amy didn't get to go home, but... she can just summon clothes, so. Lounge pants and a T-shirt it is. She listens attentively to Minako and Veronica as hairspray is discussed. Girl talk. She can learn some things!

    She runs a hand through her hair. "It's not as dirty as it used to be... Oh you mean like, after a fight." She nods.

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino offers a bemused smile at the remark with a little nod of agreement. "Right... When it's actually dirty. From a fight, or sweat, or dirt in general." Breifly she wonders if hair care is different for Americans. Surely they WASHED their hair right? Right.

"It's still a good idea to use conditioner when you wash as well though to seal the strands and moisturize."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
There's a knock on the window, before it pushes open without waiting for a response. It's Usagi, dressed down in pajamas, looking like a wilted flower and a zombie had an unholy baby. After they'd fled her downed home, she'd managed to get together enough energy to ask Makoto to fly her to the dorms, so she could talk to her parents... who had been... understandably freaking out. It turned out that Chibiusa had managed to escape Naru and Nephrite's watch, and Naru and Nephrite had told her honestly that she'd flown away, which. Well.

Honestly, she's starting to wonder at the wisdom of giving their little daughter the power to fly when none of them can, but, well...

It's going to make for great escapes, at least.

"I owe Luna her weight in salmon, and I'm grounded forever," she says, before dropping facedown onto the length of a couch. She's dressed down into some cotton pajamas she had saved up at Mamoru's house, a t-shirt and short-shorts combo, and her hair is still a little frazzled. "I don't know if they're going to remember any of this, but I'm kind of hoping not. I've never seen my mama cry that much, and it was so hard to convince them to get on that cruise."

Zoisite has posed:
Blinks at Usagi, almost pitying her before looking over his shoulder at Minako. "Might wanna consider doing her hair to comfort her, hm? I'll be fine, I can wait." Not that he wanted to but, pirncesses were princesses.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy raises an eyebrow at that look from Minako. "Oh. My hair used to be way greasier. Skin too. I have, uh. Been informed that just using shampoo and no conditioner is not a good idea now that it's this dry."

    And then Usagi walks in and Amy goes to greet her happily but sees how she looks and that smile turns to concern. "Grounded... wait, so like... You explained the stuff, and they haven't forgotten yet, and they know you're a magical girl for real and they grounded you?"

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino runs the brush one last pass through Izou's hair when Usagi arrives. It takes a moment for her to wiggle around on the couch since she'd been sitting on one leg, and it had started to fall asleep. "Usagi-chan. I'm sorry." There really wasn't much else she could say for all that had happened. At least her family was safe. The house however, and everything else, was kind of out the window.

"Right, of course. Come here and let me fix your hair, Usagi." The brush was already in hand, and the little bottle of floral scented leave-in conditioner/detangler that she brought from home. She was in her own pajamas with wide, loose pants to keep from annoying her freshly healed leg too much.

"Magic is influenced by strong emotions like love. They watched their daughter go into danger. It might take awhile for the Veil to work on fading those memories, wouldn't it?" It kind of made sense at least but since none of them really knew how the Veil worked it was hard to say for certain. "Maybe it'll start to work with distance and time. So the trip would be a good idea."

Veronica Perenna has posed:
Veronica nods with a brief expression of surprise at Minako's comment. While she had found herself with a similar dilemma once she had started living here, she admittedly wasn't sure if she had yet to get used to the different products here, or it was normal. "Oh, I see. That's just how things are here then, I was wondering if it was just me. I was able to mostly keep with the same product back home."

"I typically don't rely on multi-taskers. Is it the same for you?", she further inquires on Minako's use of hair care. She looks at Amy puzzled over her comment, but Minako has had taken care of it, so she just takes an extra sip of water.

Her good arm rises when Usagi comes, paired with a smile and a wave of her hand. While she hopes the rough look on her face is "just" the fight, Veronica winces when Usagi explains what she has gone through. "They really shouldn't remember, right? Maybe you will be able to talk yourself out of the grounding after they get the redacted version of the events."

She exhales a sigh when she hears they are going on that trip regardless. They really don't need to have them stick around, that hasn't changed. "You have a bit of time before they can enforce it, and hey, if they don't mellow before then, I could take your place in the punishment."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"You don't have to interrupt things for me," Usagi says into the couch cushions, but then Minako is there, ready to comb her hair and so she groans a little and sits up, a smile pulling to her face a little, because she does like having her hair done, by people she trusts, and she'll let Minako mess around with it. "Thanks, Izou-kun."

It's as she's doing that that Amy speaks up, full concern, and Usagi just - blinks, glad that Minako gets there first. "I'm pretty sure they're going to forget," she nods to Veronica, "But it's like Mina-chan said. My mama and papa just found out that their precious little girl - that's me - has been fighting scary people who can destroy houses for like almost two years and they didn't know. Of course they grounded me."

She's trying not to think about destroying houses.

"On the plus side, Shingo said I'm finally cool."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Despite everything, Amy's hair is somehow never messier than 'anime bedhead'. Which is where it is now, after everything, since she's been. Being healed and such and hasn't thought to stop and brush, actually. Or to bring a brush in her backpack, for that matter.

    She pouts a little at Usagi's explanation. "Yeah, but you explained about the veil, right? That they forget and can't remember and not telling them isn't your fault?"

    Amy rubs her chin. "Maybe if you got them to write a note you could show them in the future, to show you did tell them and they forgot..."

    Amy sighs. "I'm not thinking emotionally enough, am I. Like. It's not about any of that, they just... think making you stay home will protect you. Despite what just happened. Or, or they want to feel like they're doing something."

    Amy shakes her head. "I don't know what I'd do in their shoes. What about you? What would you do if Chibiusa became a magical girl? And wasn't already targetted by the Black Moon Clan, obviously."

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino mmhmms softly at Usagi's grumbling knowing it rather well. The attempt at brushing out hair doesn't come until she's sat up though. There was just too much to work with to do it incorrectly. The buns are coming down! Veronica gets a grin. "It's easier to use seperate products in case you need to adjust your routine. I might need a moisturizing shampoo one day, and another day I may need a volumizing."

As she works on Usagi's hair, carefully and with some familiarity, she listens to Amy with a shake of her head here and there.

"Well of course they wanted to feel like they were doing something. There was just this whole situation they couldn't do anything about to protect their daughter." A pause, and she adds, "I don't see how explaining the Veil was really necessary either. It'll happen either way. It never sticks." The brush is brought down, and she adds, "I tried to tell my parents once. They just got headaches and forgot."

"The important part is they're safe, and safely away for the moment for when... Whatever happens next, happens." Because surely there would be something. "Saphir came for them after the last fight. He's certain to look for anything left over this time."

Zoisite has posed:
His gaze wondered over to Mamoru and Tamaki, the two having snoozed away and with every right to. Exhaustion was seeping in earlier for Izou, only being shaken awake by Minako's brushing and the quiet chatter about hair products. Now it was about the Veil and... family.

Something he wasn't exactly willing to indulge much. Personal reasons. It was sometimes easy to mask when the subjects are black and white. Easy to know which side to be on, depending on the wanted outcome. This wasn't the case right now. It was much closer to what he did consider home. And he wasn't willing to risk it that badly with lies or masking.

Well... a bit of masking at least. He still had to be nice.

Back resting on the cough he was on, arms crossing over his oversized Barbie Girl t-shirt, which went well with his Hello Kitty pajama pants. Both were pink, had been cheap, and it got a look from Nephrite like he was pointing a high powered flashlight to the man's eyes. It was great. Underneath the shirt, the bruising was left behind from the spike, but most of himself was healed and taking painkillers to stave on any lingering shock and aches.

Oh, that's right. Saphir would probably look for the remains. Ash and gore. In private, would that man be at liberty to grieve the loss? Unlike for Rubeus, he had more empathy for Saphir. It was hard being someone cold or uncaring when emotions still ran strong underneath. The control was admirable.

It... reminded him of Kunzite and Ami. Calm, collected, proper advisors of knowledge to the leaders they were beholden to.

Deep breath.

"Don't forget about Esmeraude." A nod. "Lovely hair, annoying voice." Gestures with a hand before shrugging. "Do you want anything to drink? I can make us some tea." His question was initially to Usagi, but the offer was for everyone. Thank the gods for electric kettles.

Veronica Perenna has posed:
The last comment gets a smirk out of Veronica. "You are a real life superheroine, he better. if he hadn't, I would have had to call out his impossibly high standards", she chipperly tells her, letting a second pass as she eats a bit more of her cereal bar.

She raises an eyebrow at Amy's comment. She did not know it had already happened before. "Is this the second time you are telling them, Usagi-chan? How did they take it the first time? Without housewreckers around."

"The problem would be exactly how they remember in its place. If they remember Usagi doing something reckless, the problem is still there. If they keep their grounding on, I think the switch up is a good idea. Let me know if you want to take me up on it", she tells Usagi.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Veil doesn't really matter just yet. I mean - don't get me wrong, I'm - I'm really looking forward to them forgetting, because I don't... they felt so helpless. They had to leave it to us, and there was nothing they could do, and it's scary." She closes her eyes. "So you know, I'm grounded. I bet they won't even remember by the time they get to the first port. But if they do - I'll take you up on that offer, Veronica-chan. If you don't mind the lecturing you'll get in my place. I never tried to tell them before - Minako-chan... you're braver than I am, for trying."

Then the question comes, and she says quietly, "I don't think Chibiusa-chan gets a choice anymore than me or Mamochan or Izou-kun or Minako-chan did. At least I can fight with her."

And when Minako mentions the rest of the Black Moon Clan, and she grimaces. "They disappeared, but I don't think he - or any of the rest of them... will be satisfied with that... I wouldn't be."

The she is in nod to Izou, who's just reminded them all of Esmeraude. When he offers tea, she smiles, and nods appreciatively, accidentally yanking her hair where Minako is brushing it. "That would be great, thank you Izou-kun."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy looks like she wants to make a comment like 'but grounding Usagi doesn't help anything and surely they can see that' when Minako speaks, but trues to hold her tongue.

    Minako tried telling her parents. "I tried telling mine, during one of Hinoiri's loops. Apparently they had trouble thinking about me in any present sense, wondering what I'm up to or anything. Only remembered they had a son in an abstract sense, and like, remembered past events. ...It's a little nuts the Black Moon Clan were even able to find the connection between my old identity and this one... or maybe they found some records and guessed from surname and nationality."

    Izou mentions they've got more Santennou to worry about. Or is it Nitennou, now? "Ugh. She can deflect Moon's attacks. What do we do with that??? Uhh... chamomile tea, I guess. Nothing with caffeine in it this late. Honestly I'd rather have cold sweet tea. It's weird, I know."

    Chibiusa doesn't get a choice. Most of us don't. Amy nods. "But you wouldn't ground her, is my point."

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino has settled into a seat on the couch beside Usagi. More like behind, as she's twisted to the side so that she can brush Usagi's hair. One leg is crossed beneath her to sit on while the other dangles off the side of the couch. It was impossible to tell at this point, but that leg had been the one speared through. She was wearing simple loose fitting pajama pants and a tshirt with a boy band on it.

"Usagi don't tug!" She chides when the hair being brushed gets pulled. With a sigh she reaches for the bottle of leave-in conditioner to spritz some more on.

"Oh, right. I picked up the Heart Crystal that was left after Rudeus went down." Brush-brush. Random remark about something maybe super important. "We should let Ami-chan look at it maybe."

She was doing better this time! She was telling people when she got suspect objects!

Zoisite has posed:
Izou begins to stretch carefully before getting to his feet as Usagi accepts his offer of tea. Then he stops dead in his tracks as Amy brings up sweet iced tea. And he looks at her with a mixture of horrified, morbid curiosity, like a dog just decided to pee on someone's grave.

"American? Southern?" No judgement, he just wanted to know for future reference. "If you're able to woogle up what type of tea it uses, and text me a recipe, I'll make that abomination for you. For now, chamomile."

He continues into the kitchen to fill the kettle and turn it on. The pot full of his collection of teas he brought up to Mamoru's apartment was found along with raw honey, already pulling out the tea cups from a cabinet as well.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Being a Nurse means one is often 'on call'.

And as a fully medically-trained Nurse as well as a Senshi, Sailor Pluto long ago accepted that that would be part of her role.

Thus, when she gets a somewhat disjointed message from Usagi about having been in a fight, people were banged up, and everyone was crashing at Mamoru's place, she doesn't do more than blink a few times as she parses the message typed by an exhausted Sailor Moon...and then she gets moving.

Normally, the trip would be extremely short...roof running at the speeds a Senshi can manage make short work even of the distance between the Casa del Outers and Mamoru's place...but knowing that there's no emergency, Pluto decides to take a quick detour for supplies.

Of course, partway there, she gets another message from her wayward housemate...which causes her to make YET ANOTHER detour.

Still even with the distractions, it's not a HUGE span of time before there's a quick knock at the door followed almost immediately by it opening...to reveal Sailor Pluto princess carrying Sailor Uranus, who had just opened the door.

Pluto strides in, absently catching the door with one foot and nudging it closed as she says to the woman in her arms, "...see? I told you it would be open."

She pauses to look around at the various exhausted and/or sleeping bodies all over, then shakes her head, walks over to a convenient chair and deposits her passenger there, "Well, I see everyone's at least MOSTLY okay. Are there any injuries that still need tending? By the looks of it, Mask has done what he can before faceplanting."

As she walks a quick survey, Sailor Pluto pauses over near a convenient table spot and, with a flourish of her hands, she deposits several large boxes labeled 'Jack In The Donuts', "...also, for those just low on energy, I brought some pick-me-ups..."

She trails off before taking a few sniffs at the air, "...and it smells like someone is making tea...excellent idea."

Zoisite has posed:
Izou doesn't turn around immediately when he hears the two new guests, recognizing her voice from one of the earlier fights. Setsuna, yes. Another sailor. At least she had good taste. "It's chamomile." He calls over, preparing the cups.

Haruka Tenoh has posed:
    "Why wouldn't it be open?" Haruka asks Setsuna from her position in her arms. She's rather nonchalant about being carried - or she's actually accepted that maybe kicking a metal robot and then proceding to fight it and make several multistory tall combat leaps after wasn't her brightest course of action and she may actually need to take it easy for at least one evening.

    She plops down in the chair rather undignifiedly, in jean-shorts and a t-shirt, which is about as lowly dressed as most people have seen her maybe ever, which also probably links to her leg's current state. "But hey. This is a party right? Donuts! Dead enemies! Fantastically beautiful and very alive teammates! What more could a gal want, right?"

    "...actually a gal could want a donut. Is one of the Galaxy Donuts in there? It's kinda pinkwhiteblue." she says, looking at Setsuna or anyone else who looks like they might grab her one while she keeps her leg kind of propped out.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"You have what, Minako-chan?!"

This, at the casual mention that she has a part of Rubeus' heart crystal just, on her. Before she can get further into that - and argue that it's way weirder than her tugging her hair - the door is opening, and Setsuna is carrying in Haruka.

"Suna-san, Haruka-san! I'm glad you made it over, but were you hurt badly?" This is directed at Haruka, mostly because Usagi's never seen her hurt - and then the scent of donuts registers, and she breathes in the sweet, slightly yeasty scent, and barely resists lunging for the donut box.

"Feed me, Suna-san."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy looks to Izou. "American yeah, no but my parents were from the south. We just use like. Regular black tea with saccharin. Two or three teabags in whatever size pot, then diluted out to about a gallon with the sweetener mixed in." she recites, as if this has had to be figured out before.

    Her head whips around to Minako, red hair flying behind her. "Did you say he dropped a heart crystal??? What? How???"

    And then... "Setsuna-chan!" Amy smiles, happy to see her -- and then she grunts, as she turned her upper body this time and ow. "I... I mean you can take a look, but yeah, he did what he could. It's still tender, though."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara had been, admittedly, a bit nervous about coming buuuuut...

She'd, eventually, worked up the courage. She knocked on the door and, after being told to come in, pushed open and... Froze. "Oh shit," she said, before glancing around. "Oh, cool, just two thirds of the gank squad. I was gonna say, I haven't done anything THAT bad lately, have I?"

She then paused and glanced towards Usagi and gave a friendly smile. "Well, you're smiling, so I'm guessing not. Another big jerk gone and dealt with, huh? How do you feel? Better?"

She'd, at least, walk to the table to grab one of the creme brulees. "You know, I almost grabbed some donuts from Pastry Patty's on the way, but wasn't sure if the portal would be open, good to know someone else brought them."

She then glanced to Haruka. "So... how's the leg?" Then everyone else and... "So, don't take this the wrong way, but you all look like... well, hot, but shit. How bad was the final fight? There's no new bodies so like... good... I imagine?"

Minako Aino has posed:
"Well I wasn't going to *leave* it there!" Minako blurts in response to Usagi already a bit defensive in case it became A THING. She wasn't going to do anything weird with it after all. Just make sure that the enemy didn't do weird sci-fi zombie things with it, either. That guy was tough to take down!

Thankfully there's a distraction! As Setsuna and Haruka come in she greets them both, "Setsuna-san! Haruka-kun!" There's a particular sing-song tone to her voice when she greets Haruka though, one that Usagi and perhaps even Izou would recognize as her 'flirtatious' voice because... Well it's Haruka.

Amy's surprise causes the brushing of the Usagi to stop so that she can spread her hands wide in a helpless sort of shrug. "I don't know! That's why I said we should let someone else look at it. It certainly looks like a heart crystal though." This is from someone that has held two of them already.

Oh. Wait. There's donuts?! She leeeeans over to try and snag one herself but pointedly doesn't put weight on her leg. Okay it was healed but she was trying to baby it a bit longer.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Hearing someone in the kitchen, Sailor Pluto pokes her head in and says, "If I could get a spot of Earl Grey when you have a few moments, I would greatly appreciate it. Chamomille will put me right out, and I need to stay up to take care of Uranus' leg, at the very least."

She pauses, then adds, "...also, there's a wide assortment of donuts here, including some savory ones for breakfast in the morning."

Message passed on, she absently grabs one of the 'excellent creme brulee' donuts and gently lobs it towards Usagi, "...incoming donut, Usagi."

She smiles at Amy, "I'll be with you in a few minutes then, Amy-chan. Let me just deal with Uranus' leg first."

Pluto then absently snags a galaxy donut as requested and expertly lobs it to Haruka to land in her lap if she doesn't catch it...but then turns to see Hinoiri let herself in, "Ah! Miss Kirara. Good to see you up and about as well."

The tallest Senshi sighs, looks about at the state of the various people strewn about, then looks back at the redhead, "...and while your observation is perhaps somewhat crudely-worded..."

She looks around once more then shrugs and continues, "...you're certainly not WRONG. Have a seat, have a donut. They're still fresh and warm."

All that addressed, she walks over to where Haruka is sitting and kneels down to examine the dishwater blonde's leg to see just how bad the break is.

Zoisite has posed:
One more cup added to the bunch. He's going to have to make how many now? That's a lot of dish washing, he could already feel himself want to whine. Be nice, Mamoru says. It'll be good for you. This is what nice gets you.

Deep breath. Slow exhale.

Kettle is boiling. Izou finally turns around to see who all joined besides Setsuna. Another blond woman. Injured leg. Has no idea who that is, wasn't paying attention, but she seems to be handsome and fits right in. Good job Minako, be obsessed with this one instead.

"Good evening, Setsuna-san, Haruka-san, Hinoiri." Nods. "I'm about to pour the tea. I'll set set out the type of poison you want with it." And by poison he means cream, milk, sugar, or honey. Each placed on the counter. And after pouring the first few cups, he's setting also placing them out as well.

"Setsuna-san? This is your Earl Grey." That particular cup was extra large.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Okay, it was good that you brought it - I just meant that it's been like an hour," Usagi tries to explain, gathering the reasons for defensiveness and thinking - well, she's not wrong there.

And then she's getting a donut launched her way, and because this is food related, she absolutely catches it and takes a huge bite, teeth cracking the brulee'd sugar type and sinking in through fluffy dough and sweet cream interior. Oh, it's good. Not as good as those KiraKiraFantastica donuts,but good.

"Hinoiri-chan! I'm glad to see you're okay - and we're uh, well, Rubeus kind of went wild on us?" She doesn't really want to describe the ways he tore into them. "But we made it. All of us, none of them, and my parents are on their cruise and will hopefully forget that I'm grounded by the time I have to call my grandma and grandpa again."

Haruka Tenoh has posed:
    When she's greeted by Minako, Haruka gives the girl a wink right back. And Of course Haruka catches the donut casually and pops it into her mouth in a swift motion. She then decided to adress Hinoiri.

    "Leg's been doing better and Michiru's out of town so if you are gonna do something extra dumb, make sure you wait till my leg's better and Michiru's done with her current concert series, eh?" she asks. But it's a gentle poke, not a real threat.

    When Pluto comes to look at her leg for the first time Haruka looks just a little bit self conscious. "It's fine, I just didn't want to waste anyone's time on it during the fight. It's probably just hairline. I've hurt myself worse." she admits. But maybe that's not a good point to be trying to make.

    "If I didn't think you guys could handle it I would have stayed up, but I'm trying to have faith in my friends more." She admits to Usagi. "And I was right, everybody is in one peice except the people we wanted in many peices." she says.

    "I think I heard extra people show up after Kirara-san helped me away?"

Minako Aino has posed:
Donuts. Noooo. So far away, out of reach, but the smell was amazing and then Usagi has one and Haruka and... Minako sighs abandoning the hair brushing to wriggle to the edge of the couch so both legs can drop off the side. There's a moment where she stubbornly stamps her half-asleep foot on the floor to help wake it up in spite of the pins and needles of doom that attack her causing her face to scrunch unpleasantly.

Then she's up, gingerly hopping here way to the kitchen and the totally unprotected donut box. "I know it's been awhile but a lot was going on and I'm tired plus there's donuts." Yes. Donuts. Counter reached she leans heavily on it to take the weight off her feet while perusing the contents of the box.

The Croissant Glazed Donut becomes her victim of coice.

"Oh yeah you totally missed meeting Masquerade Lapine. Suuuper cute," Mina grins in that way that says she might know something another person doesn't. She makes her way back to the couch a bit less leg-asleep-limpy this time. "Oh, Michiru is out of town? That's too bad." No she is not fixating, Izou.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara nodded to Pluto...

And then... Izou outed Setsuna. And all of the bits and pieces flew into place. And then... Multiple things smacked her in the face at once. "Wait. YOU'RE the nurse I kidnapped?!" Pause. "Wait, the nurse is PLUTO?!" Pause. "WAIT! THAT LITTLE GREMLIN WHO I DROVE AROUND WAS YOU?! You're your daughter?!"

She just stood there, staring, before letting out a growl. "I HATE THE VEIL SO MUCH! Every! Bucking! Time! I swear! I'm supposed to be SMART. How am I falling for this 'I hide my identity with a hood and a wink' nonsense?! Guh..." She took an angry, frustrated bite out of her donut, grousing grouchily at it.

"This is some mind manipulating magical donkey bull..." She grumbled and took another bite.

"... And uhhhh, don't worry, Haruka-san. I have no intention of causing any more trouble for you people. In fact... depending on... some things I've been thinking on, before long I might not be anyone's problem ever again..." She mumbled softly, before taking another bite and... Then blinking. "Wait, that sounded more ominous than I meant it. I meant since like... erasing memories... of Sora. Maybe some of... Dee, too. So I ummm... can get over her and stuff. Not like... anything reckless or stupid."

"... So, where's Chibiusa-chan? I figured she'd be up partying with all of you. I hope you didn't send her to bed early, after a day like today I think she'd earn a bit of celebration," Hinoiri said to Usagi with a big grin.

"... Wait, Masquerade Lapine? Heh. What, someone cosplaying as Tuxedo Maskes and Daifu-- err, Sailor Moon's magical kid or something?" Hinoiri asked with a grin.

Veronica Perenna has posed:
Veronica smiles at Setsuna and Hinoiri when they come in, and gives her own to Hinoiri. "Rough, quite rough, but wounds aside, we are all in one piece, and he isn't. Isn't anything, really", she nods to herself. "Thank you for the donuts, Nurse Meiou."

She winces at hearing of Rubeus' Heart Crystal. She is still not sure of how that can be. Don't you need to be alive to have one? Shouldn't it have faded away, or something? Have they found a way to make it persist like a Soul Gem? Veronica has no interest in vocalising that, but secondly-

"This may be how the Spectre Sisters got brought back, even if Koan lost something along the way. What do we do with it, now, besides bringing it to Rashmi for analysis?", she asks the rest of the group.

"You got it! There is a rabbit thief in our fold now!", Veronica smiles pleased. She is including Kazuo and Mamoru in that. "Probably a Device Mage, but anyway, she fought well, I wonder how she tends to leave an impression when she doesn't come in to big battles from nothing."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Heart crystal. "I guess... Mamoru's telepathy could tell if there's anyone still in there, but... that might be unpleasant."

    Hinoiri! Amy tries to shrug and grunts and winces again at Hinoiri's question. "It was... rough."

    She nods to Setsuna. "No rush. Oh, and we should order a bunch more clotting bandages, we're uh... going through them even faster now. Better order twice as much as last time. D'you think I could get like... serious pain medication for the first aid kit? Need more... gauze, too. Hey, y'think we could get that like... the sticks-to-itself bandages? That also would've been handy..."

    She stands up to get a donut and grunts again at her sore thigh. Walking a bit more tenderly around the table to take a donut. "Mmm..."

    She looks at Haruka. "Just hairline?! Geeze, have Mamoru look at it when he's awake..."

    Amy blinks as Hinoiri goes on about a gremlin and. "You're your daughter??? What?? Oh, right." She can't help but smile a bit at Hinoiri freaking out at the veil. "Yeah, it's like that every time, it's wild."

    And yes, she looks concerned at Hinoiri saying she won't be a problem... and also concerned at the talk of erasing memories, but after thinking a bit, nods. It's Hinoiri's decision.

    Masquerade Lapine? "This new magical girl. She's really small, I'd think she's like a first grader or something, but..."

    Amy looks at Pluto, then back at Hinoiri. "She could just be temporarily small."

Zoisite has posed:
Fixate, damn you.

The last of the chamomile teas were set out for everyone else to add as much sugar or honey as they wanted. Izou wasn't about to guess on any of that. For himself, he decided to drink Earl Grey as well as he figured he'd need to clean up after everyone and make sure not much of a mess was left behind for Mamoru and Kazuo.

Finally stepping out from behind the counter himself, leaning a hip against it and now just listening to the rest of the gaggle of women speak as he sips his share. "Good catch, Mina-chan. He's dead anyway, he doesn't need it." On the Heart Crystal.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
After a short examination that more or less confirms Hauka's guess about her break, Sailor Pluto gives the blonde a rather flat look at her attempt to blow off her injury, then shakes her head and blows out a huge sigh, "At the very least, I'm going to brace this so you don't inadvertantly make it worse before you get a night or two of sleep in...that should be about all you'll need."

One set of metal braces and a bunch of stretchy sports gauze later, Haruka's leg is wrapped up so that she doesn't accidentally make herself worse.

Just before she gets up, however, the penny gets dropped for Hinoiri...and Sailor Pluto can do naught but blink in confusion at the minor meltdown...then she stands up and smiles, giving a little snort as the redhead grumbles about the Veil, "...oh, I am TOTALLY in agreement with you on that M...Hinoiri-san."

She then points a finger over at Minako, "...that one's disguise magic was so strong that it once made myself and Luna-chan FORGET VENUS WAS A PLANET."

She walks back over towards the kitchen and retrieves her cup of tea, "...thank you, Mister Saitou...you are a dear."

Tea acquired, she snags a donut for herself (a strawberry cream cheese choux) and sits down near Amy so that she can produce a pad of paper and a pen to scribble down the supply requests from the redhead...and absently hand her a small bottle with several sparkling pills in it, "...here. Take four of these every eight hours until they're gone, Amy-chan...should take the edge off until your healing kicks in."

That said, she pauses and looks around, "...anyone else need anything to take the edge off?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Izou sets out tea for everyone, including himself, and Usagi finishes gobbling her donut and sips at her tea, yawning just a little. "Izou-kun, I'm going to wash the dishes, okay? Everyone worked really hard, but it's not like I got hurt this time, so we should all pitch in on everything else, right? I'll clean up in there, and then wash all the cups and stuff when everyone finishes their drinks."

On the subject of the Heart Crystal, she grimaces, before saying honestly, "I think Ami-chan, Rashmi-chan, Entrapta-chan... and yeah, Mamochan, are probably our best bet of figuring it out. I wonder... I mean, maybe it's something to do with why they could bring them back? It makes me wonder if... if they all had them."

It's not a pleasant thought, but it is...

She shakes her head.

"Anyway! I'll just be in the kitchen, but - I really could use sometime to think about everything that happened today... including that adorable little Masquerade Lapine, and how scary it is that her first ever fight was this."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy stares wide-eyed at the thought of Recognition Inhibition being so strong that it could make them forget Venus was a planet. She briefly wonders how, but can suss out that perhaps it had to do with realizing Sailor Venus was one of the Senshi, early on. "To be fair." Amy gestures towards Setsuna with the donut, "The Black Moon Clan didn't know Chalcopyrite wasn't a planet until they saw me transform."

    Amy blinks and looks at the bottle. "...I think I'll be okay now, but I'll keep it ready in case I can't sleep. I more meant to add to my kit. You shoulda seen what happened to Veronica and Venus, they probably could'a used it after the battle." She sets the bottle down next to her laptop.

    Amy nods to Usagi. She's say 'seeya around', but she's just heading to the kitchen. And then Amy remembers something else Setsuna said.

    Beat.

    "I'm sorry, did you say two days to heal a fractured leg?!" Amy stares at Haruka, then back at Setsuna. "When I was a teenager the first time, I fractured my pinky and it took like a week!" Amy blinks as she considers this information, staring into the distance. "...Okay, so we heal even faster 'cuz we're magic, it's not just 'cuz we're young. Neat." MYSTERY SOLVED AFTER 20 MONTHS.

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino was mid donut bite when Setsuna pointed accusingly her way causing her eyebrows to raise, and eyes open wider as if trying to appear as utterly innocent as possible. The bite is gulped down as she offers a shrug and plucks the rest of the donut away with two sticky fingers.

"I was Sailor V at the time, and had to figure out who our Princess was. It wasn't anything personal."

She was admittedly pretty good at disguise magic. "I've had to disguise myself a lot. Nurse, teacher, train conductor, police officer, boy band member... Lots of things."

Reaching for her own teacup she downs the contents in a few gulps, and works on polishing off the donut. At least she's careful about where those sugar covered fingers go. "I'm going to go freshen up a bit," she decides herself after a moment. "Thank you for the donuts, Setsuna-san. And for the tea, Izou-kun."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara blinked a few times before glancing to Setsuna. "Wait... you... forgot about a planet? That's... weird. I'll be honest, when I heard of Sailor V I just assumed she was like... a knockoff orbital body or something. I didn't make the connection to Venus. Magic is weird."

"... Nothing for me, though. It's weird. I think... Dark energy was, well... so. I heal slower like this, I think, than I did on dark energy. But I get less hurt? It always felt like it was gnawing at me. Like... wrong. I don't feel nearly as exhausted after a fight. It takes longer to get better, but I get less wrecked? But the finishers are... still wild..."

"... The posing after is also a lot embarrassing, too. But I often feel so tired, but so jazzed up and can fight so soon after. I almost came back midway through round two, but you absolutely wrecked that guy."

Of course, Minako's confession made her pause and then glance towards her. "Boy band..." Then towards Haruka. "Member?"

"..." Finally, she looked towards Setsuna. "So, does that qualify as 'hot'?" What? She's from another world and her theyfriend was a shapeshifting lizard and just dumped her, she's figuring things out!

Haruka Tenoh has posed:
    "Absolutely faster after I awoke as Sailor Uranus." Haruka confirms. "I've had... a lot of broken bones, haha." she says, putting her hand behind her head and scratching it. "I kinda knew during the fight but if I stopped to think about it I woulda lost the adernaline and really been in the dumps." she admits.

    She doesn't... comment... on if she's hot or not. But her smile slowly spreads across her face whether she wants it to or not...

Zoisite has posed:
Oh? He's a dear? Delicate brow arches at Setsuna for a moment, wondering if he should request any extra painkillers for the morning. No, he'd be fine. Pain will go away eventually. Another sip of his tea.

"Amy, you're just now figuring this out? Took me three days to get over a fractured spine, with Mamoru's help." And he assumed he'd be taking more supplements again after this wound.

As Usagi made her way into the kitchen, offering to wash the dishes instead, Izou blinked. Oh. No wait, that was his--Whatever. He didn't want to admit that was actually nice of her to help out that way, and it made him look over to the server room. Then back to Mamoru and Tamaki.

"Setsuna-san, not for me, but Tamaki might need some extra painkillers. His fingers were almost burned off this time." A nod, and he put's his tea down on the counter. "I'll be in the kitchen assisting Usagi." And he turns away.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto returns Hinoiri's slightly confused look for a few moments...doing hre best to parse what was meant.

She then looks from the departing Minako to Haruka...then back to Hinoiri.

A moment or two is then taken to mentally run the whole thing through a few filters that she uses to figure out other people, then she shrugs, "...I'm fairly certain it does, Hinoiri-san..."

She glances back and forth once more, then says, "...though I'm not really the best person to ask about such things...but based on what I've seen...yeah, you've got the right of it."

Hearing Izou, Pluto nods and produces a few more little pill bottles filled with the extra sparkly pills (actually just bog standard ibuprofin covered in food-grade glitter) each with a label reading 'Take 2-4 as needed every eight hours for pain) and leaves them on the table for anyone who needs some, then looks back to Amy, "To be fair, it's not a clean break, just a partial fracture...but yes, Senshi do heal rather fast...most mahou of whatever stripe do to some greater or lesser degree."

Amanda Faust has posed:
    V, a knockoff orbital body? "'Sailor Zoozve.'" Amy mutters.

    "Boy band member?!" Amy echoes, but perhaps that's a story for another time. She watches Minako go, and then blinks at Hinoiri, "Wait, was which thing hot?" then looks back towards Setsuna and observes, softly, "You know, nobody's told me what freshen up is code for, and whenever it's come up it's been around people who didn't know so I felt too awkward to ask. There should be a class on this stuff."

    As for Izou's observation she notes, "I did not break bones before I learned I had magical regeneration powers, and that we had healers. Excepting the time I got healed by divine medicine. Also, like. You take a lot longer to heal as an adult! It really is that dramatic! I do remember that like, a scratch that once would've healed in a few days could take weeks to disappear... and then I'm young again, and healing is fast, and then I learn I can heal a scratch instantly with magic. So I haven't really timed it a lot. I'm... trying to conserve soul gem this time... I'm glad to hear it'll probably be pretty quick, then..."

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara sighs and shakes her head. "Eh. It took me like, a week to heal from the rose through my hand when I was Sunbreaker. But like... maybe I was just unlucky. Had to do it all myself."

She then nodded to Setsuna. Well, it helped, at least. "Gotcha. And... I think freshen up generally means 'I need to use the rest room' or 'I am really tired and need to step away and recoup some energy before I slap one of you' or like 'My makeup is wrong and I need to fix it'. It's a vague term because the reasons are, of course, vague. It'd be impossible to teach this kind of stuff, Amy-chan, since so much of it changes frequently and culturaly. You should hear some of the things going on back home somedays."

"... And don't worry about the hot thing. I'm mostly just trying to calibrate myself and... frankly... I'm a unicorn from another world and my last theyfriend was a shapeshifting reptile from another world... who said she loved me and made me feel important and wanted for once..." Hinoiri mayyyyy have mumbled tha last bit. "... But turns out it's... kind of nice doing the dating thing, so I'm going to try again soon. But I figure I should figure out what humans like... find hot, because my measurements are so many... worlds of calibration off." She took another nibble of her donut before yawning. "Speakin of figuring things out... I just said figure like, eight times. I'm heading out to..." ... Heading home? To her empty apartment? "... I think I'm going to go on a patrol before I head home. I'll see you all later, mmkay?" she said before stuffing the donut into her mouth and heading off, waving goodbye.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy nods at Hinoiri's assessment of the phrase. "I suspected it might be a vague all-purpose phrase, but man, if I assumed wrong and used it there could be an awkward misunderstanding, you know?"

    "As for what's hot... I mean, I feel you, my sense of what's hot is also kinda off a bit from others, and I've... tried to understand others. I don't mind talking about it, it's interesting."

    Hinoiri's leaving? "Seeyou around. Don't be a stranger." Amy waves -- and winces, "Ow." She slowly lowers her arm and takes another bite of the donut.

Veronica Perenna has posed:
"I kinda get the feeling you are worrying too much about it, but Hinoiri-san, you having a shapeshifting partner was perfect for your question", Veronica grins Hinoiri elaborates on the hot comment.

"Did your previous partner have any specific forms you appreciated more than others? If yes, you have your answer there." She is not sure if she has Hinoiri's doubt right, and she probably had considered it, though.

"Nurse Meiou, I would appreciate some painkillers as well. Rubeus' spike attack did a number on me, and that number was three", Veronica asks her with a joke mixed in on top.

When Hinoiri starts going away, Veronica waves with her good arm. "Good luck with your research, later, Hinoiri-san."