Texts: Kidnapping O'Clock

Texts: Kidnapping O'Clock
Date of Scene:	06 September 2023
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Following Scene 376 and between scenes 380 and 382, Hematite texts Riventon for help.
Cast of Characters:	Mamoru Chiba, Takashi Agera

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(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Hey. So uh. Do you know Sunbreaker? Because she just kidnapped a friend of mine.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Do you have any idea what time it is?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: It's kidnapped o'clock.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Wait, kidnapped? Who?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Naru Osaka? The girl from study group. Also Usagi's best friend

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: And apparently also Sailor Moon's friend

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: why would somebody do that? Oh that explains it

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: She doesnt have any magic

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: One second. I know *A* sunbreaker. Not one of my people, though. Freelancer.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Cool thanks

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: So that puts you on the case and also Sailor Moon? Or just Usagi giving you sad eyes?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: bro sailor moon is the one who princess carried me at the beach, she's good at sad eyes too. all my bad decisions aside, yes, both i and sailor moon are on the case. so are others. i'm probably going to bring pyrite in.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: How many others? I feel like this is A Thing.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: at least four others. this is A Thing

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I mean of course it's A Thing because that's a civilian but. you know what I mean. Not Internal Affairs Thing but External Affairs.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: ...let me guess, knocked her out first, in front of somebody?

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: fought and grabbed her in front of counselor fucking inai

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: teleported away

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: naru is friends with like everyone

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Everyone as in civilians, or everyone as in people who matter.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: how would i know? i mean i end up making friends with everyone too, it's awkward when they turn out to be magical and not on my side, but they're not all magical. she has a lot of magical friends though, apparently

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I expected you to know because you are the one who texted me in the middle of the night, and I'm trying to figure out how badly this other person screwed up.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Well the people involved in making it A Thing are magic. Sailor Moon is trying to keep civilians out of it.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: It was absolutely this Sunbreaker.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Any chance of getting Osaka-san back in one piece?

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Working on it. She's hotheaded, full of herself. Offworlder. I don't control her.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Oh jeez. Thanks, I will owe you big.

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(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: she's being stupid.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: You know Pyrite is a little overenthusiastic about knives and bones and teeth and ghosts, right? I mean

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: I will def tell her not to kill Sunbreaker but she likes Naru too

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: She's being really stupid. I don't think it's a 'Naru's in danger' kind of stupid, but she's not listening to me. Like I said, she's not one of my people. Stubborn offworlder with an overexaggerated view of herself because she can perform a few tricks. I'm going to try and find Naru before Pyrite turns half of Tokyo into spirits way too early trying to help. I'll let you know if I track her down. If you guys start making a lot of noise it'll be harder, not easier. I taught her some of how this world's magic works, I can trace her.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Okay. I'll relay the relevant parts to the most frantic. And I'll keep Pyrite from making this a ... ghost town

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Thank you so much. SO SO much.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Good to see you're taking this seriously.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Yeah, yeah. put it on your tab

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: I'm scared as fuck dude

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: If i don't make dumb jokes I'll scream.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Py won't eat people if you tell her no all the time, you don't need to be scared, just keep repeating in a firm voice. Or call Hotaru, she's got the big-sister act down.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: Yeah? OK.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: Look I have a box of energy drinks and a box of also actual energy. I'll text you when I find her.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: <3 <3 <3

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: won't be long. rest so you don't accidentally give them my real name or something.

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: I WOULDNT

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: not if you've gotten enough sleep. You gotta get that beauty rest, you have to close that gap with me.

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: I've even been not sleeping to make it more fair

(PHONE) Mamoru Chiba texts: So kind!! A-as expected of Taka-senpai!!

(PHONE) Takashi Agera texts: pyrite give the phone back