2787/Spin, Measure, Snack

Spin, Measure, Snack
Date of Scene:	16 October 2025
Location:	Port Warehouses
Synopsis:	After the fight against Seriss Nyx's two superyouma, some of the heroes regroup for a few minutes on Mamoru's roof.
Cast of Characters:	Mamoru Chiba, Miho Inada, Amanda Faust, Kazuo Saitou, Usagi Tsukino

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Mamoru Chiba has posed:
Immediately after the fight with Clotho and Lachesis...

Rashmi's taking off with people, Yukihime looks exhausted, Usagi is following Saturn home, Amy is right there by them--

"I'll catch up," Tuxedo Mask calls after Sailor Moon, then looks back at Amy and Yukihime. "You both did incredibly. Is either of you hurt? I have energy left, I can heal it up and help you get home," he says, unnecessarily possibly, but his voice is warm if tired. "What a good fight. I think we made more progress than Nyx did."

Miho Inada has posed:
    Yukihime takes several deep breathes as she leans on her naginata. As she looks up, the mahou looks beyond exhausted. "You need not worry about me. I will be fine.", Yukihime states as she tries to fake that she is fine. Those wolves she called from the snow storm were at least twice as big as her Wolves of the Capital, and she used all ten to defend everyone. She is trying her hardest just to stay henshined at the moment.

    "Amy, are you alright? Mask, are you well? You do not need to fake if you are harmed.", she states. Yukihime takes a moment to focus her mind as she settles herself.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy blinks. Everyone else has run off except the two teleporters, so she'll probably be OK.

    She can't help smiling at the praise, "Oh... uh..." She looks down, there are some cuts bleeding into the bodysuit on her left side, and small spots where the beams burned or froze a little... she re-enables pain and winces.

    When the exhausted-looking Yukihime says she's fine, Amy turns and opens her mouth just as Yukihime is asking about her instead, which... it does feel nice having so many concerned for her. "Uh--"

    Amy looks down at herself, and then back at Yukihime. "Mostly fine, thanks to that thing you did with the wolves, that was amazing!" She steps forward to give Yukihime a half-hug with her right arm.

    Then looks at her seriously. "I don't fake. Although I might not prioritize myself in the moment, I think I've been good about asking for healing." She turns to Tuxedo Mask, smiling. "Which I would appreciate, yeah! And uh... I don't think I've ever seen Tuxedo Mask hiding injury, but maybe I don't notice? You always seem pretty open..."

    She glances back to Yukihime. "Could also be that since he has healing powers, I wouldn't see him hurt for long though anyway." She looks back to Mamoru for his thoughts on it.

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
"Yeah, I mostly don't bother trying to hide injury unless it's bad and Chibimoon is there..." Mamoru says, squinting at Yukihime, actually, and taking his gloves off to offer a hand to Amy. "I try not to get injured at all. I'm very good at dodging very quickly. And my cape is very good at stopping attacks! But I also heal quickly, and much more quickly if I'm doing it on purpose."

The hand Amy takes now glows gold with little motes of light; the healing is under the skin and up out through it, sealing cuts and burns from the inside out, directed and efficient and swift. He winces. "Oh you did get slammed kind of hard in the middle there, didn't you?"

He addresses Yukihime while still healing Amy, but his gaze behind the mask is unfocused, he's not looking at her, he's looking at cell damage. "If you're fine, Yukihime, you can come with us. I'm absconding with you to the roof of my building."

In the touch, Amy can also tell that Mamoru doesn't believe that Yukihime is telling the truth. And he thinks Usagi might be able to bully her into it with love and intimidation! And he's also concerned -- is she okay otherwise, did she have a good talk with Usagi, is the whole thing settled? He also telegraphs that he's about to teleport so Amy can let go before he does, if she doesn't want to go.

FSHHHHAH~ is the flash of light's sound effect as he teleports them away and deposits Amy on the roof. He pats her arms. "Be right back with Miho. You should be fine now."

FSHHHHAH~ back to Miho. Tuxedo Mask pulls his glove back on and wryly offers his hand to Yukihime. "I'll get you back to campus or your house after."

Kazuo Saitou has posed:
And as Tuxedo Mask vanishes from the rooftop to go after Yukihime, there's a different familiar voice in Amy's ears. "You all right? Need anything?"

Kunzite, in full uniform, cape and all, is sprawled casually in one of the chairs that lives on the rooftop, his head turned from where he was looking out over the city lights. Possibly he just makes a habit of not sleeping. Who knows?

Miho Inada has posed:
    Yukihime takes Mask's gloved hand. She takes a deep breath as she watches him a bit. She makes her naginata disappear as she sucks in another deep breath. She's trying her best to hide her exhaustion. "Thank you. I should conserve a bit of my magic at the moment.", she tells. The girl takes a long moment to adjust her outfit as she waits for the teleport. "After I eat a few snacks, I shall be fine.", she states.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy reaches for the hand, then pulls her hand back and pulls her glove off, then reaches for the hand again, smiling. She giggles at the notion of 'healing on purpose.' When she senses him healing, the outer layer of skin and costume refresh to save him the trouble, but the rest would cost magic he can save her, after all.

You did get hit hard...
    "Not as bad as I would've." And he can sense the memory of the moment, being so focused on dodging rocket bees and then suddenly BEAMS which just as suddenly stopped and she looked back and saw the wall of wolves...

    She furrows her brow at the sense that Yukihime is lying. Amy doesn't see why she would lie, but perhaps she misunderstood and meant that while exhausted and low on magic, she's not injured?

    She's fine with teleporting, but wants to make sure Miho gets home safe first. Oh he can only carry one at a time and is coming back? Affirmative.

    A memory of the conversaiton with Usagi skips through her head, and the issues covered -- it's weird to keep pretending to be part of their circus outside of certain circumstances and she gets why, can liken it to if someone pretended to be Puella, and Usagi and Madoka have unique relationships with their respective groups. Usagi was so nice and considerate and concerned for her, she's a wonderful friend! So yeah everything's fine on that front.

    And then she's alone on the rooftop. Or not. "Huh?" She turns to blink at Kunzite. "Oh. ...How come you're transformed?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Sailor Moon had made good on her intentions - she'd followed Hotaru all the way back to the Outers' house, being as stealthy as a girl in a white leotard, blue pleated skirt, bright red bows, and five feet of golden hair can be.

But she's not out with Hotaru anymore. Instead, she's on the roof as well, sitting comfortably on one of the tables (not a chair) and waiting for the group. She'd greeted Kunzite with all the warmth he could expect from her, and to what should be no one's surprise, she's dug up snacks from the fridge - a whole heap of rice balls, made with Mamoru's never ending rice supply. This means Amy isn't quite alone with Kunzite, though she may not be expecting the voice that speaks up behind her.

"The power did go out and there was a big fight. Makes sense to be ready. Want one? There's tuna and shrimp and plum."

Tuxedo Kamen has been blown a kiss with a wink.

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
Tuxedo Mask nods gravely. "Fortunately, there's even protein," he says, and then FSHHHHAH~ they are on the roof with the others. "Have a seat," he says, pulling out a chair for Miho. Then he takes off his gloves again and vanishes them into the aether before reaching for a rice ball-- and pausing.

He looks at Yukihime again. "You wouldn't hide it if you were injured, would you?" he just asks outright, matter-of-fact. "We have to look out for each other and make sure we're not being too self-sacrificing and polite to accept help when it's offered. So thank you for coming with us, but you're also moving very stiffly. Are you hurt? Or do you mean you-- heal yourself with food? Like a videogame?"

He's bumbling in the dark, there, obviously. But his tone is concerned, trying not to sound TOO concerned, and then trying not to sound weirdly fascinated at the idea.

Quick shake of his handsome masked head, his floofy hair moving with it at a slight delay. "Also--" he blows two kisses! Sailor Moon and Kunzite! and then focuses on Kunzite. "Do we still have any of that rose-hibiscus-chamomile? I'm really wound up."

A glance to Amy. "Sometimes he's inscrutible. Most of the time weird decisions can be traced back to two things, or a combination of them -- paranoia and fundamental laziness, one so true and deep in the soul that it ends up looking exactly like efficiency."

Kazuo Saitou has posed:
There's a little twitch upward of Kunzite's eyebrows at the question, but it resolves itself - as if he were surprised that Amy were asking, and then reviewed and concluded that no, she had good reason. "I felt the dark energy surge, too," he adds to Moon's explanation. "Played defense in case someone tried to take advantage of the distraction." He gives a one-sided little smile, and adds, "It let the others get some extra sleep. Waking Zoisite up in the middle of the night makes the next entire day no-one's idea of a good time."

A moment's pause. "I see you don't actually want the rose-hibiscus-chamomile," he adds to Tuxedo Kamen, even as he's picking himself up and turning to head down the stairs. "Anyone else want something hot to drink? Or cold, for that matter."

Miho Inada has posed:
    Yukihime can't help what she says next. "Yes, I need ten gold to buy a meat pack to heal ten hp.", she tells with a straight face. And then she laughs a little bit. "No, I do not hide my injuries. I stayed back enough to not call much attention from attacks.", she tells.

    "The problem is that I used a spell that has a very high cost. I guess its a spell. In fact...I didn't know I could do that until I actually did it. It came to me as I was trying to think of a way to trap Nyx. And then with the attack, I changed things to protect everyone. I tried to sprint a mile then jog a mile.", Yukihime explains.

    Yukihime stares at the rice balls, and well, there is growling. Very loud angry stomach growling. "I don't think I can jump right into another battle for a few days, but with some rest and food, I shall be fine. Ummm, I think...", she says. Yup, she's still doing the formal speech...

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Amy nods to Kunzite, "Good idea. ...Kind of surprising they haven't taken advantage..." She taps her chin. "...Is she just not telling Obsidian her plans and working entirely on her own?"

    Amy looks over at Tuxedo Mask and, when he asks if she'd hide injury, takes note of whether there's skin-to-skin contact between them at the moment. Either way, she giggles at the mental image of Miho healing herself with food like a videogame -- and then laughs out loud when Miho runs with the joke!

    At word of Kunzite's paranoia and laziness, she makes sort of a 'there you are then' gesture as he mentions the issue of an irritated Zoicite, and adds with a simple nod, "Less trouble if things happen when you're ready rather than surprising you."

    She looks back to Miho, "You know... I'm kind of wondering about that. You didn't just summon ten wolves, you summoned ten wolves and did the shield thing. Are your magic reserves getting bigger?"

    She gives a little shrug. "I mean, I spent about... almost seven wolves there, relatively. I really wanted Seriss's damn monsters done with, and I had an unused grief seed and then some to spare."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
There's Tuxedo Kamen flirting with Kunzite, but flirting in a way that's absolutely asking for - well, not a punishment but something that she's wondering if she'll be helping Kazuo dish out, later.

Sailor Moon decides that if she pays attention to that at all she's going to end up ignoring her friends entirely and focuses on Amy and Yukihime.

"It's good you're not hiding any injuries, but I was serious about sharing, you know! Even I wouldn't hog all the snacks after a big fight."

She waves the plate of rice balls towards Yukihime.

"Come on, eat up. You went beyond your limits!"

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
Mamoru's eyes blink wide behind the mask and he swipes a tuna rice ball and starts to clatter after Kunzite, protesting, "I was teasing! You're like a cat or a lizard--" This is how he talks to his boyfriend. "And I was gonna get it myself if you knew if we did..."

But he trails off and stops, then turns sheepishly to everyone else again and belatedly, awkwardly, laughs about the hit points. He started it but-- he got distracted! Alas. The Crown Prince of Earth is not batting a thousand tonight, but now he can pay attention, and he bites half the rice ball and drops himself in a chair between Sailor Moon and where Kunzite was sitting.

"I have no idea about spells, I thought that was just a Devicer thing," he confesses to Yukihime. "I mean... most of us have calls for most of our attacks, and I guess that could be considered incantations? But that was really impressive, so it's no wonder it cost so much energy. Anyway yeah, eat up."

He tilts his head back and slouches down in the chair, doing as he just advised and chom chom the rice ball. He watches Amy, smiles, but doesn't really have anything to add to what she says, except at the end he asks, "Are you done with the grief seed that shall not be spoken of? I mean I knew you were really slinging around the attacks, it was cool."

Kazuo Saitou has posed:
Cape goes whoosh! out of sight, which does not do anything to defend Kunzite from comparisons to cats. Or lizards, if one thinks of their vanishing tails.

Cats and lizards, however, do not generally come back just a couple of minutes later with trays. Two teapots and cups, rose-hibiscus-chamomile and green tea, both steaming pleasantly in the cold air. A handful of bottles of water for those disinclined to those alternatives. Pastries - of course pastries - and wagashi, along with a couple of little bowls of dried fruit for those who prefer their sugars less processed. Because rice balls are excellent and the protein is necessary but it does not take great observational skills to realize that mahou magnet to sweets in part because the sugar counters the post-fight crashes.

There is for some reason no cocoa. And no chocolate. For some reason. Ahem.

Miho Inada has posed:
    Yukihime nods her head as she takes a rice ball. She chomps into the ball, showing her fangs. Yes, she has fangs. Cute ones. The mahou grabs another ball, and demolishes it a few bites. And there goes the refined elegant look as she attacks the rice balls, and tea. She nods her head a bit as she looks at Amy a bit. "So you used about 70 percent of your magic. That spell I used...Rough guess...About 20 to 25 wolves. Those weren't Capital wolves. Those were Dire Wolves.", she points out.

    "And remember, I don't summon. I make. They're constructs built around the prayer beads.", she points out. Yukihime blushes a bit more as she looks at the rice balls. Her stomach growls a bit more before she looks at the pastries. Miho does remember when her and Kureha had talked, and because of their henshins, they tend to be very hungry after fights.

    Yukihime breathes out, and changes back into Miho. She moves over to Amy, and leans against the other mahou a bit. Miho looks at Amy a bit. "And don't think you're out of the woods, young lady. You doing alright?", she asks. The girl says this with rice around her mouth....

Amanda Faust has posed:
> Is that Witch's grief seed used up?
    Amy nods. And smiles at the comment about how cool she was. "Yeah... it's really neat, to... think, can I do this, and feel that I can, and then do it, I mean... we have magic, real magic! It's been two years and we're kinda used to it but... yeah! It is cool!"

    Then she looks a bit more awkward. "I got a bit carried away... I didn't use that much on even Otto... But the next one--" she remembers that day, glances at Usagi, then back to Mamoru, "is still barely used... But I guess I might want to have another one before we try to free Molly."

    Amy nods to Yukihime, "Like two thirds, including the rocket and stuff, yeah. I wasn't planning to blow it up, there, but, after the attack, I was like... I wanna be sure."

    "Ah right, sorry. Conjuration [Creation] then. So it turned out your magic reserves go deeper than you thought. ...Does that change how much a 'wolf' is to keep it ten, or...?"

    While she's thinking about this, some other thoughts have finally made their way through her brain. "Y'know, I'm surprised you guys don't have battery back-up... but I guess most people don't think of -- did you say shrimp? Heck yes!" she takes one of the snacks and chomp! "Mmh!"

    And there's Kunzite with visibly steaming tea. "Wait, do you have battery-- no, not for cooking. Propane stove? ...Or you just have a gas stove in the first place?" She frowns at a thought. "...I hope a magical fight never brings explosions here..."

    She jumps when Miho leans against her, startling her out of such thoughts and also trying to parse Miho calling her young lady like a teacher. She's not sure how to respond, so she leans back against her and puts an arm around her, dehensioning and smiling. "Better, now that I didn't have to go home without this,"

    But then she looks clueless, "But seriously, I'm not sure what you're insinuating. I'm not saying I'm perfectly fine in all ways, but there's nothing coming to mind right now when you ask. Are you asking about some specific issue, or...?"

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
CLEARLY the reason is that cocoa is caffeinated and Mamoru is full of nervous energy. It's nothing so base as revenge! Also, Tuxedo Kamen keeps his henshin, but that's because he's their rides home. Also, he looks contritely at Kunzite from under lowered lashes, the glint of his dark blue eyes bright in the strange shadow of his mask. But the spell's over quickly, and he says cheerfully, "Sorry! And thank you," he says, reaching over to tug at Kunzite while Sailor Moon chom choms the delectable array of sweets -- sans cocoa or chocolate, of course.

"You can be fundamentally interested in putting out the least amount of effort and not actually do so," he says, giving librarian for a half-second and then looking back at their guests. He has the grace to look sheepish, and picks up a piece of wagashi to munch on while he drinks his rose-hibiscus-chamomile infusion, fully fully fully aware of way too many social dynamics right now, including partaking in the delicious treats that his boyfriend brought.

"I have no idea," he says frankly, "how you figure that out. I mean-- I store a lot of energy, but, mostly I channel it, and I get really physically worn out from doing that."

Kazuo Saitou has posed:
Yukihime's comment about her wolves being constructs prompts visible interest from Kunzite, but he doesn't pry. Partly because he doesn't know Yukihime well enough to. Partly because Yukihime is leaning on Amy, and there's the general sense that that doesn't need to be distracted from.

Within limits, at least. Being basically invited to be a small distraction is an exception. Kunzite gives Amy an amused look, and a nod. "I presume you aren't asking about our UPS setup," he says. "Besides Mask's channeling, I am our battery back-up when I'm transformed. I didn't wait for the stove, the water was heated by my air-conditioning the apartment during that last heat wave." He reclaims his seat, giving Usagi's attack on the pastries a wide berth. "Which is one of the methods we'd use to cope if a magical fight did bring explosions here - I'd try to absorb the parts that would do significant structural damage. Not the only method, but one."

Annnd there's a tugging at him, and he shifts to wrap a hand over Kamen's briefly, then frees it to pour tea (and let Tux pick up wagashi).

Miho Inada has posed:
    Miho takes a long moment. "Well, I mean, I figure each of my capital wolves is 10 percent of my magic. I don't think my reserves got bigger. Just...I don't know. Things clicked.", she tells. Miho shakes her head at Amy a bit. "You got tagged, and healed. I was just asking if everything was alright.", she says. The girl gives Amy a tiny cheek kiss as she leans on Amy.

    "Either way, its good that you're not seriously hurt.", she says. Miho hugs Amy a little bit as she grabs another series of rice balls. Oh, these things are good. "Maybe in a few days, when I feel human again, we can go to the spa for a victory pampering, Amy.", she says.

Amanda Faust has posed:
    Tuxedo mask stores energy. Amy holds out her hand with the rest of the shrimp rice ball between fingertips, looking at the ring. "I guess I never thought about what it feels like for everyone who's not wearing a meter that shows how much magic they have left."

    She listens to Kunzite, "I mean, I guess I am-- wait, what? You can do that? That's pretty cool!" And she does look impressed, but quickly turns her head to listen to Miho. She nods, and then smiles, happily surprised at the kiss but not so surprised as if it were something that never happens.

    Mamoru may remember, in the thought about how Amy didn't want to leave without Miho, there was the start of a thought that could've been hoping for closeness like this.

    She half-hugs a little tighter, "You stopped most of it, he healed what's left, I'm fine. I don't prioritize myself sometimes because I can turn off pain, won't immediately die if I lose too much blood or something, and if it comes to it I can spend magic to heal. But if I had to do that for a bad enough injury, I'd be out of commission too..."

    "But he got to me quickly, because your wolves stopped all of us from getting hurt so much, and I'm fine." She smiles, and takes a bit of rice ball, chews.

    "...If you don't feel human, what do you feel like?" she asks, lightly, and then processes what else was said and does look surprised, but not uninterested, "A spa? I-I-I've never been..." She looks away and down at the floor, never in her life has anyone said she was worthy of pampering -- but, her friends repeatedly reminding her of her worth is stopping her from voicing that she couldn't possibly deserve it. "N, not that I'd mind trying it..."

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
At the brief contact, Kunzite's hand over his gloveless one, Mamoru smiles up at the white-haired boy. He settles down, picking up another piece of wagashi in his other hand, then sitting back with them both, cape swept out of the way so he doesn't slide off when he slouches.

He watches the interplay between Miho and Amy, squinting a little. He blinks, and it does click into place. He almost lets something fall out of his mouth, something to the effect of 'oh are you a thing' but he stops himself in time. He doesn't want to actually be in trouble-- and they're-- they don't live here and it's a school night. His hands brush against Kunzite's and Sailor Moon's again, and he gets up and walks over to Amy and Miho, smiling. "Where am I dropping you off...?" he asks. "Not kicking you out, but you both look sleepy and it's a school night."