845/TSAB Requires Extraction

TSAB Requires Extraction
Date of Scene:	04 December 2023
Location:	Radiant Heart Academy
Synopsis:	Chrono has been corrupted and needs some help from his allies to remove the dark energy from himself! Rashmi brings him to Sailor Pluto who calls in for aid from the legendary.,.. SAILOR MOOOOON! Things are about... to escalate.
Cast of Characters:	Rashmi Terios, Setsuna Meiou, Chrono Harlaown, Usagi Tsukino

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Rashmi Terios has posed:
Rashmi and Chrono are in different, if slightly parallel, Extremely Bad Places. With the relatively long travel time from Clover Tower to Radiant Heart, for one who isn't the fastest flier, Rashmi has had a lot of time to marinate in self-recrimination as she carries Chrono -- with his arm looped around her shoulders, even in her current state of mind embarrassing Chrono with a princess-carry is Just Not Done -- toward help.

For the longest time, she flies in silence. But as they cross over Pikarigaoka Ward and the great complex of the Academy Ward comes into view, she gives herself a shake, clearing her throat. "Talk to me, Chrono," she says. "Tell me what's going on in your head, okay?"

Meanwhile, she remembers *just now* to send Setsuna a message:

    TXT from Rashmi Terios -- Setsu-chan we need help pretty badly. There was a fight that went wrong in all the worst non-injury ways, and now I have it on pretty jerk authority that Chrono's infected with Dark Energy, and I don't know what to do. We're headed to the Infirmary, unless you know a better place to go?

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
The response takes very little time to come back:

    <<Text From Setsuna Meiou>> The Infirmary is the best place. Meet me at the infirmary windows in about 12 minutes.

On an average day, as just Setsuna Meiou taking normal transportation and without any delays having to wait for the train to arrive, Setsuna typically makes the trip from the Academy gates to her front door in a little over thirty minutes.

At night? Under cover of darkness? In Senshi form and therefore roof running a nearly straight line?

The trip is FAR, FAR faster.

As she comes in at speed, she pulls out a watch and speaks into it, "Niti-chan, coming in hot. Unlock and open window access."

And with that, the highly tuned personal assistant unlocks and opens a window for Sailor Pluto as she dashes in...and she leaves it open exactly long enough for the other two to get inside before closing and locking it, then pulling the blinds before turning to the other two, "...okay, give me details."

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown had a lot of time to ruminate on things. Unfortunately, that dark energy, once subtle, was now in full assault. While before it had been fine just.... tormenting him, subtle, if dangerous, now?

Now it was making him tense and nervous. A constant barrage to his psyche of what could go wrong. Of all the people he could hurt. Of how Rashmi could be hurt. Of what he could have done. If Rashmi hadn't stopped him.

On one level, he was so, so proud of her. His most powerful attack, amplified by dark energy... yet she had stopped it. Managed to make barriers to stop his attack.

On another level, he was scared. If he'd been under its influence for so long, worse, failed to notice... what could he have done? How many people could have been hurt? Or worse? Could have died? Would he have been able to stop himself? Protect her?

"... It's dark. Playing mind games," Chrono said. "I'll be deferring to you, for now."

And once they were in the infirmary, he... just sat and laid down. A patient. His mind spinning in a thousand ways. Unsure of which was himself and which was the dark energy. He glanced to Pluto when she arrived and... "I've been infected with dark energy. We only just discovered. As such, my judgment is not sound and I'm deferring all command to Rashmi."

In other words, get the details from her. I can't be trusted.

Rashmi Terios has posed:
There's something *profoundly upsetting* when you're questioning your judgment, about being more or less handed command of a *snack cart,* let alone the debriefing of the utter fiasco that showed you just how wrong-headed you are when it counts. But all that shows is a slightly sour look to Chrono on being told this, and another to him *again* when he tells Setsuna the same thing.

Thus, when they get into the Infirmary, she sighs quietly, carefully setting Chrono down on a nearby bed, then drags a chair to his side and drops into it.

"...So we found out what exactly Puella fight," she begins. "I noticed something weird at an electronics store in Clover Mall near closing time, and called Chrono to help me check it out. Because when Nicomachea has *never seen* something before, well... investigating on my own was just a dumb idea."

"Turns out Witches have their own kind of Space-Time Barrier, so the actual fighting was creepy, but... not really abnormal. THere were a *lot* of people there, though, and it seemed like half of them had axes to grind for the other half. So the Witch was beaten, and then *immediately* they started fighting among themselves. Riventon and La Crima were the first ones there, before even Chrono and I... and okay fine, I don't like them but it's not about any of our issues so whatever, let's just take care of it and go home, right? ...Nope."

Looking down at her hands, Rashmi heaves a deep sigh, then starts trying to scrub away the smudge and tear-tracks off her face. "Someone threw a sword at Riventon, La Crima blasted that girl, then it just... went completely chaotic. I couldn't really understand *half* of what was going on, but Riventon was sassing at Chrono for being a beginner at using Dark Energy... And just when *that* made sense, Chrono... well... prepped a spell that probably would have killed Riventon, La Crima, and the girl with them. ...So I blocked it. I'm not sure how... but I did."

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto blinks a few times on hearing Rashmi's explanation...then she sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose before looking over at Chrono. She gives him a very thorough look up and down before sighing again and turning to walk towards a door in the corner. As she passes Rashmi, she hands the other young woman the Garnet Rod, "Hold this. If he does something stupid again, bonk him with it."

As she goes to retrieve something, her voice floats back, "So let me guess. You're getting a litany of everything that could go wrong...that everything you do is for the worst, thant nothing helps anyone, that the things that annoy you shouldn't exist, that you should just cut loose, that everyone should suffer as you have stuffered, that kind of thing?"

A few minutes later, she walks out of the closet carrying a large jar that's seemingly filled with what appear to be small, silver crystals.

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown sighed, but didn't object. He found it unlikely he'd do anything requiring her to 'bop' him...

But he didn't blame her for not taking the risk.

"Something like that. Mostly... doubts. Fears. Wondering if my judgment can be trusted. How did I miss something that, now, is so obvious. Worries about the pain I've inflicted. But no, I have no desire to cut loose. I certainly don't want anyone to suffer through this, or as I have suffered. I want this out of my system and to sleep for like... three days. I don't think I've used so much mana in..." He paused and then his barrier jacket just... reverted. Back to a card. He sighed.

"Possibly years..."

"... But, for a little bit, I wanted to make him Riventon pay. When he attacked and... it's... every bit as dangerous as I imagined. My device will need to repair itself after... that.... as well," Chrono said, his tone incredibly solemn. "If not for Rashmi, I likely would have killed one of them."

Rashmi Terios has posed:
Dubiously accepting the Garnet Rod, Rashmi takes a moment to examine an Actual Magic Staff, that isn't objecting to her laying hands on it. As Chrono supplements her story, Rashmi nods sullenly. "Which was probably the only thing I did *right* tonight... Didn't even get a half-hearted 'thank you' for *saving people's lives,* but whatever I don't know why I bothered to expect anything. So... I don't know what happened after. The girl with Riventon tied me up neck to toe in ribbons, Riventon did something that I guess was supposed to make him look *so much better* or whatever, and..."

Rashmi lifts a shoulder. "I got humiliated and ran off crying, like a *child.*"

At which point she notices the candies, and lifts an eyebrow. Setsuna *can't* have been psychic and wanting to tease her by putting out candies, so where this is going to go is worth watching.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
As Sailor Pluto walks back, she opens the lid of the container, fishes out a candy and hands it to Chrono, "Ah. Standard Dark Energy kind of stuff then."

She scowls and gets a bit of a thoughtful look, "...hrm."

After a moment, she goes on, "Hrm...if that's how it works on the low end, I'm not sure I'd even notice if it happened to me."

She shrugs, "...I'd just figure the voices came back and go on with my day."

Which heavily implies that Sailor Pluto went insane at some point.

Then again, Rashmi's seen what her home life used to be like, so she might not even be all that surprised.

After a moment, she points at the candy, then at Chrono, "Eat that and we'll see how far it goes in burning out the Dark Energy. I got Guardian Daifuku to make these for me. They heal and purify. It's not as good as what she can do in person, but we wanted something that would have at least a reasonably long shelf-life. I'm told they're pineapple flavor."

She then reaches out with her free hand to take the Garnet Rod back...and spares a moment to give Rashmi a bit of a look as she goes off on her own self-deprecating tirade.

She then glances over at the jar, fishes out a candy and gives it to Rashmi, "Here. You sound like you might need one of these, too."

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown glanced to Rashmi, cocking an eye. He almost said something... then stopped. He sighed, took the candy and slowly popped it in his mouth. No objections, no fights.

"... Rashmi, you're the only one who did anything right there. I want to say more... but frankly, I want the dark energy to be out of my system so I can be certain what I say is me. But... you... were there for me in a time, more than ever, I *needed* you to be there for me. I couldn't ask for a better partner." And, in the end, that was what he needed.

He then hmed. "A scan shows that it's out of my... no. No, it's still there. It's insidious. It's subtle and if I don't know it's there, it hides too well. Ugh. If only I'd had more experience with it..." He moved the candy around in his mouth. "It helps, though. But I think I'll need something... stronger. I don't suppose either of you know how to remove such things? I'll need to call Fenix back as well... I wonder if it has infected her as well... possibly. With the way the two of us are connected."

"... We're going to talk about that 'voices' thing later, Pluto. I'm making a note."

Rashmi Terios has posed:
Rashmi takes the candy as instructed, but doesn't immediately pop it into her mouth, instead turning it over in her hands and just... staring at it for awhile. "...I'm not sure, Setsu-chan," she says after a bit. "I just feel *awful,* this should go to someone that needs real help." She doesn't hold it out to actually give it back, but there's a good deal of hesitation.

At talk of the voices, Rashmi finally looks up, raising an eyebrow at Setsuna. Then she starts to look back down, but her eyes pause at the nurse's chain belt, and the silence... seems to gain purpose, for a moment. Then, she shakes her head, and speaks again.

"I wish I knew anything about this, Chrono, but Nicomachea's still calling the stuff 'anomalous,' so..."

With a heavy sigh, she leans over, resting her temple on Chrono's knee. "I'm glad I could be there for you, Chrono... I just... could have done without everything *else* that happened tonight. I've never actually *regretted* getting involved like I do now."

Turning the candy in her fingers, she watches it glimmer silver under the infirmary's lights. "...Wonder if Sailor Moon might know anyone who can help. Doesn't she know a priestess?"

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto rolls her eyes at Chrono, "That was thousands of years ago. I haven't had an episode in all of recorded history."

She then twists her hand and produces...one of those paper fans made by folding a sheet of paper back and forth.

Why she was carrying it is perhaps unclear...right until she reaches out to lightly bap first Chrono then Rashmi on the head with it as she hands Chrono another candy, "I'm the medical professional here, and this kind of thing is EXACTLY what they are for...and taking more than one for something nasty is entirely expected, just like normal medicine. Now take your magical healing drugs and I'll giove you a candy bar."

Rashmi's comment about Sailor Moon and a Priestess gets a thoughtful look, "Hrm...I don't think her powers lend themselves in that direction, but let's see what kind of headway a few of these make first before we go that route...so keep up the scan and check to see how fast the 'anamolous' stuff is being burned away."

Still, she produces a watchlike device with the Pluto symbol on it that she taps on for a few moments while they wait.

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown gave a small sigh, glancing back to Rashmi. He wanted to say more, but right now he couldn't even fully trust his own mind, his own words. He then gave a small nod. "Rashmi... sometimes... we regret what happened. But... I think you'll always be involved. No matter what. And... I don't believe you have anything to regret. You did what you felt was best. You saved lives. I..." Slowly, a hand moved to grip her leg.

"I need you."

He then cocked an eye at Pluto. And then he *very noticeably* rolled his eyes. And he *made sure* she could see. And then he took a second candy, sliding it in. "Suppression is one thing, but purging is another. Still... the magic healing candy isn't bad. Just not sure it's going to be strong enough. I'll keep a record of its effects, but so far it doesn't seem to be the most effective."

Rashmi Terios has posed:
Rashmi smiles faintly, her head on Chrono's knee and somehow *not* uncomfortable, because teenagers. "...See why I like this one, Setsu-chan? Dark-poisoned and miserable, and he still knows how to make me feel special."

Some of the pall seems to lift off her spirit, at least enough to allow her to take the candy she was given. "Well," she says after a moment. "No harm in just asking right now. Figure we probably won't have anyone to *go* to until tomorrow at the earliest, assuming she's even *up* at the moment... Setsu-chan, what d'you think?"

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
While Rashmi and Chrono are having a bit of a moment, Pluto is tapping away at her communicator like a teenaged text guru on her Senshi Communicator.

***To Sailor Moon***: Sailor Moon, I have someone with a bit of a Dark Energy infection here. I figure your 'contact' knows how to get rid of that kind of thing, since he's planning to do it for himself. Did he happen to tell you how? I've got some stuff Guardian Daifuku made for me that heal and purify a little, but they're fairly low-dosage in order to make them shelf-stable and he might need something a bit more intense.

***From Sailor Moon*** Oh! I can do that! Uhhhh, it might hurt though. A lot. Naru-chan tells me the happy juice hurts. But I can do it, if your friend is willing to meet with me. We can even do it in the infirmary!

***To Sailor Moon*** That's where we are right now. Let me know when you're near and I'll open the window for you. I've got the place in blackout mode again.


A moment later, she nods to herself, then lets go of her 'watch' which disappears almost the moment it leaves her hand, "Well, at least it should help you physically. They're keyed to give healing and burn away some Dark Energy...but it sounds like you're far enough along that it's not burning away fast enough."

She then baps Chrono on the head with the paper fan again for the eyeroll before turning to walk over to the window and open it and pull the blackout blind aside a little to admit Sailor Moon, "Oh, you might be surprised what becomes available in the fullness of Time."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
A few minutes pass between the text messages being sent and the response, and then, shortly after the window is opened, Sailor Moon tumbles in. She's not covered in scratches, but there are definitely some leaves in her hair from getting around the bushes and tree branches around the infirmary window.

"Hello...everyone!" She's a little out of breath, but when she looks up and sees Pluto, Rashmi, and Chrono, she blinks, eyes widening. "Oh no! It was one of you who needs the purification?"

One hand lifts, and the Moon Stick appears inside it - a pink shaft about the length of a hand, with a large and sharp-looking golden crescent moon at one end, the place where handle joins crescent moon marked by the symbol on her transformation broach. "Like I told Pluto-san, I have puriifcation powers, so I can help with the um, Dark Energy problem, but - you should know, I have it on good authority that it hurts."

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown went a little red. "I just know how to make you feel like yourself, that's all." Yes, even poisoned he had some charm.

"And... yeah. I uhhh... I'm calling Fenix back now. I figure she'll be here soon. Hopefully this hasn't spread to her..."

Fortunately for her, it hadn't.

The second bop made her just cock an eye at her. "You know, you're not too old to have your toys taken away," he said firmly. Then blinked a few times. "I don't know if that was me or the dark energy... this is truly infuriating," he muttered.

Annnnd... then.... Sailor Moon. Oh dear heavens. He was going to die. Wait. No. That was the dark energy. From what he'd heard, she was a fine and noble warrior. "Yes. I'm not sure when, but I have been infected with dark energy and it is only thanks to Rashmi's efforts that I managed to avoid... doing something I regretted. If... you can fix that? I would appreciate it."

Slow, deep breath, then a firm, stoic look formed on his face. "I'm fine being hurt if it ensures my mind will be in its correct state again. so please, go ahead." Slowly, he got to his feet... and almost fell over the moment he did, having to reach out to grip the bed and hold himself out. It likely didn't help he'd expended his entire mana reserves.... and then some.

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"...Okay *that is some good theatrics,* Setsu-chan," Rashmi says with a chuckle, as Sailor Moon just *rolls on into the Infirmary,* as if Pluto had cued her on up. Her chuckle dies a little bit, as Moon explains the purification process, and she raises her head to look Chrono in the eye for a moment.

As the TSAB agent starts calling Fenyx back, Rashmi nods to herself, shifts her seat to the actual bed, and reaches out to take Chrono by the waist, pulling him back to sit in her lap.

"You were probably too out of it to hear," she says quietly. "But when I said 'What happens to you, happens to *us?* I meant it.'"

And with a decidedly mulish look, she leans over just enough to look Moon in the eye again. "So just out of curiosity... Is there any property damage when *you* do your nonlethal magic? Cos if so, I can account for that."

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto blinks as she sees Sailor Moon a bit scuffed up, and she absently hands her a candy that looks remarkably like a silver crystal, "Here. Take one of these. They heal...and yes, Chrono apparently got hit by a Dark Energy infection a while back and it lingered until it got too big to just burn away with the candies Guardian Daifuku made for me to keep around here."

She nods at Moon and the candy she was given...which she suspects might have disappeared already.

Chrono's comment about 'taking her toys away' gets a brief raspberry blown at him in response before the tallest Senshi comments, "...you're ten thousand years too early to take me on, Chrono."

She then moves out of the line of fire and makes a motion like she's about to fall sideways...only to stop herself by catching up on the Garnet Rod which is suddenly in her hands once more and leaning against it as she waits to watch the magic fly.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi's never been full of Dark Energy - she's had a bit of the stuff inside her, but never so much that she needed to be purified. Naru-chan, on the other hand? And Hemachan? And the way La Crima had screamed and Nephrite had lashed out?

"You're not going to get hurt! No injuries here! It just, um... well, you'll see. But Chrono-kun, I promise, you'll be completely purified, after this. If I could banish dozens of tainted youkai back to the spirit world, I can definitely remove the Dark Energy that's messing you up!"

Her smile is warm and confident, and her eyes are kind. She looks from him to Rashmi, who looks so worried but so strong, who pulls Chrono into her lap to make sure that they take the attack together...

And turns up the megawattage on her smile, doing her utmost to emit confidence.

"No property damage from this one at all. It doesn't leave you injured, or anything! It just... hurts, to get purified, and you'll be tired, Chrono-kun, but otherwise, you'll bounce right back. In fact, if there's no corruption or Dark Energy, it doesn't do anything at all."

Which had not been fun to find out, but was actually pretty important, in this case.

And without further ado...

Sailor Moon flips the Moon Stick in her hand and and dips at the waist, arm fully extended, and with the sharp tip of the crescent moon, carves a circle of golden light into the air itself. When the circle is completed, she calls out the name of the attack, and beams of light and clouds of silver dust rain down over the pair.

"Moon Healing Escalation!"

For Chrono, it will feel like a scouring of his very being, like peroxide poured over an open wound, burning, scrubbing, purifying, and when it passes, he will indeed have no injuries, and yet still feel like a thoroughly wrung out towel.

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown blinked when Rashmi held him and, for a moment, there was concern. "Rashmi, I don't think..." Then he stopped. And he nodded. "Very well."

Before glancing to Setsuna and, with a slightly mirth hinted smile. "Pluto-san, I was born old enough to take you on." Yes, he would throw the gauntlet at her. In front of Moon and everybody.

Then glanced to Moon, his face stoic as ever. And... "I'm ready."

He looked at her, intently... but... Then, however, he glances back. "Rashmi?" he asked, as Moon did her pose and... He reached up. A hand to her cheek. And then he kissed her. Right on the lips. Yes. He definitely just used purification magic as a way to sneak a full lip kiss, the little putz. Rude!

OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW!

The white light eventually dimmed and... he laid his head on Rashmi's shoulder. Stoic. Calm. He didn't even cry out. He didn't even...

... If Rashmi nudged him so his head fell back, they'd be able to see his eyes were @.@ swirls. He was going to need a few moments to uhhhh... recover... from that. That. That was unpleasant at the best of times. When you were already physically exhausted from having worn yourself out by overcasting magic? It was insane. Also, reverse sleeping beauty.

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"That's right," Rashmi says -- much closer to her old self, now -- when Chrono acquiesces. She even says it with a warm smile.

And while it may not be painful at all for *her,* according to Sailor Moon, she can't help but shrink a bit from the gathering energy, which for some reason reminds her *strongly* of Nanoha at the end of a fight... And then all worry and dignity fly out the window in a storm of flailing arms when Chrono uses *that moment* to sneak a smooch. Was it for her sake? For his? Doesn't matter, brain has been too firmly reoriented to worry about the silver dust and twinkling lights--

--and when the lght dies away, and after she pauses a moment to process feeling refreshed, she does indeed gently tip the limp Chrono's head away from her shoulder.

@_@

"...Looks like it worked..."

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto quietly sneaks a few photos when nobody's looking...both of Smooch of Purification and of aftermath.

Otherwise, when someone looks back at her, she's just leaning against her staff and looking smug.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
And as soon as Sailor Moon sees that it's done - that Chrono is out of the light and limp, and Rashmi tips his head back to reveal he's fully swirly-eyed - she breathes out a sigh of relief and reaches out to take that offered candy. It is promptly stuffed into her mouth, the pineapple flavor hitting her tongue with perfect bliss.

"I am so glad that worked."

Not that she doubted it would! But! There was being sure and there was seeing it was over.

"...he'll probably be really tired, for a while, and want to sleep more than usual. And Naru-chan recommends snacks, especially ones with protein, but that might be her general suggestion because she's always getting drained..."

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown groaned, slowly blinking a few times... wait. Was he awake?

... Okay... yes... he was... barely. "R-Rashmi..." he managed to say. He was in his right mind again? So... whjen he said this...

He hugged her. Leaning into her, arms around her, tightly around her neck. He could already see the darkness parting out of the corners of his eyes... But... before that, he had to say it.

"Thank you... for... stopping me..." he whispered.

And then he promptly dropped. Falling over entirely if she didn't catch him. Hopefully she caught him. Because he was ouuuuuut.

A moment later a BIRD flew in through the window... turning into a very tall lady with blue hair... Blinked a few times...

Then just promptly pulled out a bag of chips, which she began to crunch on. "... Boss feeling better?" she asked.

... Fenyx then held the bag out to them. "Want one? They're salt and vinegar."

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"Always," Rashmi murmurs back... likely right after he's passed out, and *of course* she catches him. It's practically muscle-memory by now!

"Thanks again, Moon-chan, Setsu-chan. Seriously... Both of you just made one of our worst days into a pretty good one. So at the very least, I'm buying you both dinner, whenever you want to call it in."

Then Fenyx flies in, and assumes her 'Aunt Fenyx' guise. At her question, Rashmi can't help but laugh. "Boss feelin' better," she confirms. "Want to do me a favor and help him get to bed? Only you're a known face around his dorm room, and I'm *really* not."

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
As Sailor Moon gives her advice about eating, Sailor Pluto nods, then turns and steps over to a corner of the room and rummages for a moment in a jar.

Then she walks over to Rashmi and Chrono, looks down at the two of them...then hands Rashmi a full-sized Snickers bar.

She stares at Chrono for a few moments...as if weighing if he was a good enough boy for a treat...before she hands him one, too.

Fenyx is absently handed a Snickers as well with a whispered 'make sure he gets this one later'.

Then she turns around to see Sailor Moon, as perhaps expected, giving her a longing look...to which Sailor Pluto just smiles and hands the healer of the hour a Snickers bar as well before moving around to start straightening the place up.

And for some reason, all the writing on the Snickers packaging is in English.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Sailor Moon is indeed turning a pleading look to Sailor Pluto as soon as she sees the full sized candy bars, and the candy bar is barely given a moment to offers its goodbyes to the world before she is unwrapping it, biting into the first bit with hungry delight. Yeah, this is the stuff.

"I love dinner," she says, "And I think we need one soon, anyway, since the translation stuff is almost done, right? Once it is - we'll finally know what was going on with all that other stuff.. but you really don't owe me anything, Rashmi-chan. I'm always happy to help a friend."

But she really does love dinner. Always has, always will. The Moon Stick has gone, back to the subspace it lives in when she isn't in need of it, which is great, because her free hand has the Silver Crystal lollipop in it. Look, she'll need that later, okay? She also does take some of those salt and pepper chips. Don't worry about the mix of flavors in her mouth. It's fine.

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Chrono Harlaown was now sleeping soundly...

So Fenyx gave a small nod. "I could... but I'd need to carry him like this and I don't think he'd appreciate me carrying him through the school. Might be better to just let him sleep... it... off... here..."

She took the candy bar. But now? Her eyes were locked on Sailor Moon. It truly was a thing of beauty. Miracle pop. Chips. Snickers. Anything and everything disappeared into that mouth as the Senshi of the moon. Fenyx couldn't help it, while she watched with rapt attention, she offered the bag again, letting the girl have some more. Two hands. One mouth. Three snacks. It was a math that even midchildian magic couldn't hope to imitate.

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"...Good point," Rashmi says to Fenyx, gently easing Chrono's head back to a more comfortable position. But it doesn't seem like she's *quite* ready to put him down on the bed juuuust yet.

As Usagi asks after the translation, Rashmi smiles. "Decryption, remember... Translation's if Dark Captain-san says it's not too private to share, and it'll be his job. Speaking of, Setsu-chan, if he says yes then you're gonna get another SD card pretty soon. Mostly because some things you just... don't leave to school email, y'know?"

While Usagi's snacking abilities are legendary, Rashmi has to make do with the merely *extraordinary* storage space of a Devicer gut; somehow, without waking Chrono, the Snickers bar is opened, unwrapped, and devoured with a speed all out of proportion to the unhurried pace she eats at. Just, with enough stretches of silence, a candy is gone.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto looks back and forth between Rashmi and Chrono...and then at Fenyx as the uplifted bird looks like she's observing the 9th wonder of the world.

She holds a hand up to cover a giggle...then she shakes her head, "Sorry, Rashmi-chan. Normally I'd carry him, but I'm afraid that under this transformation what I'm wearing would draw even MORE attention.

In point of fact, what she's wearing under the henshin is a t-shirt comically oversized enough to function as a one-piece dress with wording on it that reads: 'IF YOU CAN READ THIS, MY CLOAKING DEVICE IS OFFLINE' in LCARS font.

Which, to be fair, probably WOULD draw more than a little attention from anyone who saw her at school in it.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"He'd be even more embarrassed if I carried him," Sailor Moon says with an apologetic look, and handles the three snack problem easily, by flipping the lollipop back so the stick was stuck between the fingers of the hand carrying the candy bar (though it's already half-gone), her other hand dipping into the chip bag so that she can have some.

Chip, chip, suck on the lollipop, nibble at the candy bar -

She has no idea about the way so many eyes are fascinated by the snacking.

"Hmm... well, I have a way that you could do it, I think? But you'd have to promise to give it back, and also, not to tell Luna I did this again."

And, if this help is accepted, she'll hold out the Disguise Pen.

"It's magic! If you use it, you can transform yourself to look like someone else - it's not really good for like, shapeshifting or anything like that, but if you wanted to like, say... Moon Power, turn me into a Campus Security Officer!, you could probably carry him with no one saying anything."

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Fenyx gave a small chuckle, watching Rashmi hold the boss. She was, admittedly, the only one who Fenyx would have permitted. Well. Or Setsuna. After all, Setsuna occupies a special, if different, role from Chrono. Colleagues were great like that. Granted... seeing Rashmi devour the candy. She just finally gave Setsuna a look that plainly said 'Holy crud, did you see that? It's like magic.'

The bird was impressed.

Alas, as Sailor Moon offered an alternative... Fenyx had no choice but to dash those dreams. "Oh, no. I more mean he'd likely be upset if anybody carried him. Believe it or not, the boss has a very... ahhhh... he's a little sensitive about being carried. I sometimes imagine he'd rather walk on a broken leg than have to be carried somewhere. Well... I think he'd still let himself be carried. But he'd have preferred not." Then, finally, she had another chip. Still offering more to Sailor Moon, though. Because this show was too incredible to pass up.

"I can wait here until he wakes up. It's not like I have anything better to do until we find some more leads on the Arthra crew." Pause. "I assume you're authorized," Fenyx said, before glancing to Moon. "Since these two have the highest authorization and they like you. Honestly, I think I like you too." ... Seriously. How. could. She. Do that? Dual snack drifting...

"... Though, if you'd rather just wait with him until he wakes up, I'm sure he wouldn't mind, Rashmi..."

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"Wait, you have a--" Wide eyes look from the pen to Usagi to Setsuna. "She has a magic disguise--" Back to Usagi "*You have a magic disguise?!* ...Wow Koji-kun would be so jealous..."

There's a moment, a brief, aching moment, where she's tempted to accept it.

The potential!

The possibilities!

*The shenanigans!*

But, Fenyx does speak wisdom, and if she *must* be 'in command,' then she shoud probably also be responsible. "Yeah Fenyx-chan is right... We'll just stay here until he wakes up and can take himself back to his room... Oh! And, yes, she's authorized; Chrono still hasn't found all of his missing crewmembers, which... ... ...huh."

At this, Rashmi looks to Setsuna, eyebrows rising. "...Now I get why he was so weird when he headed north. Wonder how often Dark Energy poisoning disguises itself as just, intrusive thoughts."

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto pinches the bridge of her nose, then sighs, "...okay, I can't have you guys in here when the school opens. There WILL be questions asked. So getting out of here WILL happen."

She then GLARES at the bird-woman, "Now I COULD just medically override boy wonder here...but fortunately for him, I have a way to accomidate his hangup."

She walks across the room...and the clacks of her heels hitting the floor are quite a bit more noticable than normal.

She goes into one of the closets for a few moments...and then she comes back out carrying something in her arms.

A something that with a gesture like someone snapping open a lawn chair, she reveals to be a WHEELchair.

She absently flips the little brake handle...then she reaches over, plucks Chrono out of Rashmi's lap with a soft little, "Sorry, dear."...and then she sets him down in the wheelchair and makes a little 'presentation' gesture at the chair, "There. Viola. Now he doesn't have to get 'carried'."

She stares at Fenyx for a few moments...then she sighs, pinches her nose...and then abruptly turns and walks back to the corner of the room, retrieves another Snickers bar and starts eating it at a somewhat more sedate pace, "...sorry. I skipped dinner and apparently I get crabby when the adrenaline wears off."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Sailor Moon really is all set to let Rashmi borrow the pen - and then the other woman speaks up, and she blinks, then withdraws the pen, only surprised by Rashmi's surprise. "Is it that surprising? I don't use it super often anymore, I mean - it's useful sometimes, but I haven't really had to trick anyone in a while..."

But it did come in handy those times when she did.

"But Chrono-kun just wouldn't want to be carried at all, I guess it's no help?"

And then Sailor Pluto reveals that actually, this decision doesn't get to stand, and grabs a wheelchair, which neatly avoids the carrying problem, and also - "Maybe you should borrow the pen after all? Or... Setsuna-san could push him? It wouldn't look strange for the school nurse to take a student back to their room!"

She is all for Setsuna getting a snack - her candy bar is, sadly, finished after a last bite, lowering her to the level of a mere double snacker, rather than famed triple snacker.

Chrono Harlaown has posed:
Alas, the chips weren't going to last much longer either. And soon, they were gone as well. The bag was thrown into the trash and Fenyx had no other options than to nod along. "The pen might be useful for other things and the boss might be interested in scanning it." ... Okay, so yes, she was more than willing to encourage Rashmi to have fun.

Though, it's only after Setsuna moves him... that she speaks up again. "You know, he likely would have woken up eventually, before the sun rose. At least for morning PT." She then reached over to place the candy bar she'd been given for him in his lap... before turning, once more, into a brilliant blue and red bird. Flying up, she circled once before landing... on Setsuna's shoulder. To give her an affectionate ear nip, before flying over to land on Rashmi's shoulder once she'd gotten properly positioned with the boy soldier.

< He was very intense the entire time we were up north. We... had... no real success. It upset him a lot more than I think he is willing to tell you. >

Rashmi Terios has posed:
"*I* don't have a magic disguise!" Rashmi says, chuckling. "So yeah, it's *cool.* Magic is just *cool* sometimes, like when you have magic superspy gear just *because.*"

Then Setsuna relieves her of the burden of Chrono, and for *just a moment* Rashmi's mule-stubborn face comes back. Would she actually *fight* Setsuna over a passed-out Chrono? Probably not, but she sure can wish for half a moment that she was the kind of person who *would.*

But the wheelchair *is* an elegant solution, and one she might have asked about were it not for the way *everything that happened tonight* screwed up her brain chemistry. "Thanks, Setsu-chan," Rashmi says, heaving a relieved sigh and lifting her glasses to massage her nose. "So... ... ...Actually you should probably do it, if you're gonna get yelled at for giving the pen away. I'm *not* gonna keep it on me, and it sounds like just going to your room to give it back's a recipe for trouble.

    << It makes sense, >> she thinks to Fenyx. << He's barely talked about his *successes,* and he was probably looking for him mom more than anyone else... It doesn't really surprise me that this Darkness-poisoning stuff turned him into a little wreck. But he's okay now, and if it happens again? We know who to call. >>

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Oh, I don't mind a scan! I mean, I guess it is pretty cool. And it's great for changing your clothes when you don't want to go shopping!"

Maybe she should do something magic and fun. Remind herself of just how cool all this stuff was, because Rashmi does look sparkly about the pen... and honestly, she hasn't done something goofy with it in a little while.

And then Rashmi says that she should just go ahead and take Chrono, because of the pen and the yelling, and Sailor Moon feels - bad. Because she would hate not being able to be with Mamoru while he was hurting, even for the length of a walk to his dorm, and Rashmi-chan is probably going to have to go all the way back to her home, instead of being able to stay...

"If you're sure," she says, rather than argue, and almost asks Rashmi if she wants to stay over at Usagi's dorm - it's only down a flight of stairs and across the building from Chrono's room, she'd be closer, but -

Maybe that would be weird. And Rashmi is taller than her, so she wouldn't have clean clothes, or pajamas. And it was only until morning...

"Moon Power, turn me into a campus security guard!"

And in a quick flash, Sailor Moon's fuku had been exchanged for an official looking uniform, complete with badge and belt laden with objects that were entirely false. To Rashmi and Sailor Pluto, her appeareance would seem to shift in an out of focus, like the colors in a kaleidoscope, going from her very recognizable Usagi Tsukino face in a uniform, to the appearance of an adult woman with short hair tucked under a uniform cap. "To the dorms!"

For all the good cheer in her voice, there's genuine care and concern in the way her hands grip the handles of the wheelchair, in the careful way she tests the motion before preparing to push.

"Rashmi-chan, I'll make sure he gets home safe - and so will she, for sure."

She being the bird woman, of course.

Setsuna Meiou has posed:
Sailor Pluto watches the back and forth...and then Moon finally takes the pen and activates the disguise and wheels Chrono out of the Infirmary.

Pluto, for her part, just opens the door, chivvies Rashmi out once she's certain the younger woman will be okay to get home...then fusses around for a few minutes before killing the lights and locking the place back up before silently slipping away to head back home herself.