Texts: Benevolent Ruler

Texts: Benevolent Ruler
Date of Scene:	27 January 2024
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Hinoiri texts Usagi with concerns following scene 1050. After all, if Mamoru (Culinary Guardian Sukiyaki) is gay, won't that have an impact on his GIRLfriend?
Cast of Characters:	Usagi Tsukino, Hinoiri Kirara

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(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara texts: Hey, uhhhh... Usagi-chan? You there?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: hey hinoiri-chan!! yeah, i'm here

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Hey. How you doing? I uhhh, met your boyfriend the other day. He's cool. Apparently he like... heals people qand stuff? Seemed nice.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: oh? you talked to him!!

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Yeah, recently. He seems pretty cool. I swung by to see Naru and apparently she looked like she went three rounds with a buffalo. You were probably still asleep, I wasn't around for long.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: everything likes to snack on naru-chan, i don't get it

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but yes! he's super sweet and wonderful and nice and handsome and sweet oh i said sweet already

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Okay. That's... hey. Listen. Like... you know you're sweet, right? Like... and awesome. If you're having any problems or stuff, you don't need to pretend everything's cool just to make sure nobodies worried, right? Like... We all have problems and need help sometimes. There's nothing wrong with that.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: huh?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i, um, i definitely don't do that! i mean. wow. is this what getting hit with those steel chairs in american wrestling feels like

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: <3 thank you hinoiri-chan. i know i can always count on you, and all my other friends.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Someone... hit you with a chair? And... no. I just... I uhhh... I just want to make sure you're okay. You've seemed a bit... off lately. Is all. And I know you sparkle and all, so I just want to make sure you're not like... trying to do the 'I need to be strong and determined for everyone else's sake, even if I'm falling apart on the inside' thing.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: no, no, it's a reference - um, online, sometimes they call it getting hit with a steel chair when someone tells you something about yourself that's really truthful but that you maybe weren't thinking about or aware of

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but i'm not! i promise. i'm not like - haha, good at all that. when i fall apart on the inside i fall apart on the outside too

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Really? So... there's... like... nothing you're hiding, trying to be strong for everyone's sake... kind of thing? You're sure? You're good? Sorry. This probably sounds weird.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara So we can learn about the world around us while we're best able to absorb the information so we can grow up to wield that knowledge and live more fulfilling lives.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara So we can learn about the world around us while we're best able to absorb the information so we can grow up to wield that knowledge and live more fulfilling lives.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i just wanted to be a housewife

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: my whole life! i just wanted to be a housewife! then i came to this school and everything changed and the one thing that's the same is i STILL just want to be a housewife

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara ... Oh. Wow. Channeled my mentor there for a second. Ouch. But... stress. So uhhh... that's it? Oh... oh Usagi... so... ummmm... I'm just going to come out and say it. I... heard some girl talking crap about uhhh... you and your boyfriend earlier. You two... aren't having issues, are you?

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara ... Wait, just a housewife? Really? Why? That sounds... boring, honestly. Just cleaning and cooking all day.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: what?! someone was talking crap about me and mamochan?! but - but why?! we're a cute couple! we're a really cute couple!!!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: and yes! my mama is a housewife, and she raised us and she does things on the side sometimes - she does art, and she likes to make clothes for us, and she's always got free time to design the house to look just like she wants and has a happy life with papa

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara OH! You want to be a housewife, a mom and like... pursue hobbies and stuff. Okay, yeah, I can see that. Not the worst dream. And yeah, you two are adorable and like... I'm sure it's nothing but ummmm... Okay, this is going to sound really weird... And I'm sure it's just a rumor. But... don't... get mad at me for asking?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: yeah! that's what i want! and i definitely won't get mad, you're just telling me what some other person is saying about us!!

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara ... Mamoru... isn't... uhhhh... dating a guy... too... is he?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: oh!! ohhhhhh

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: ohhhhhhhhhhhhh i know what's going on. don't worry about it!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i should have known someone would make a rumor about that kind of thing

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara So... it's... not stressing you out or anything? Causing some of these nightmares?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: oh no way, definitely not. mamochan and i tell each other everything

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: he's like the one thing that doesn't give me nightmares.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Okay. And like... Okay. Right. If you uhhhh, wanna form this... herd? Thing? With your boyfriend and his boyfriend and all, like... that's cool. But don't let your dream of being a housewife get in the way of your actual happiness, okay? Like. You deserve just as much say in the relationship as anyone else in it. You're a great person and you deserve some happiness in your life. And... like. Even if you are cool with it, if you're upset about something in it, just like. Talk it out with them. Don't let those things fester until they explode.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i won't. i promise. thanks for looking after me, hinoiri-chan. it's really sweet of you to worry for me.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Yeah, well. Sometimes we all just need a little push in the right direction. Besides, you've been helping keep an eye out for my girlfriend and dealing with all this magic crap, the least I can do is give you some guidance on how to properly live your life.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: still. it's a nice thing you did - and i really aprpreciate it. we all have hard stuff to deal with, so taking time to check on someone else is really sweet!

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Eh, it's cool. I'm in this weird stable point where all my projects and homework and stuff are done so now I'm bored. The lil brat is out and don't really have console anymore, so I figured I should make sure you were doing good. You'd just seemed a bit... off the last few times I saw you.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: you don't really have - oh no! did your games get wrecked when your room exploded? do you want to borrow my DS?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: there's a lot going on on the magical side of things, that's all. i'm kind of glad its happening during break.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Eh... honestly? I lost everything, just... haven't really wanted to game much. And admittedly, never... really liked breaks. We had a lot of them back home but they always felt so... weird. Wasteful. Could be spending the time trying to crack Sutasuwaru's theorms and instead all the libraries were closed because staff was off. Got easier once I copied the key, though.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: you lost - oh NO?! Did the school offer to help?! It's their fault you're in this situation, they should be helping you get more stuff, and have things, and - oh you're just like Ami-chan. She's always studying too, though she's finally been convinced to take it easy since she already studied aaaaaall the material for the whole school year.

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Yeah. I got like... money from it but like. All the saves were gone and I'd already mastered them anyway. Ami, huh. Yeah. She's... good. An interesting rival. Maybe needs to be a bit more driven at times, but she puts in the effort for the most part.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: oh, and mamochan's boyfriend's name is kazuo. we're friends! he's cool

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: maybe we could go shopping again! you could get new games, to build on your old skills and experience new stories

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara Cool. He a sparkler too? And... sure. Why not? Maybe we can bring the brat. I'm sure she'd absolutely love to have a voice in what games we get.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: not everyone i know has magic, you know :P

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara And thast's not a no~ So he is, huh? :P

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i just think its rude to ask about people's secret identities

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara OH! No, I'd never ask that! I just figure everyone around you is magic. :P

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but you're around me hinoiri-chan :p

(PHONE) Hinoiri Kirara I'm th exception that proves the rule. That or my time will come. And I will rise up and all will kneel before me, mwa ha ha ha! +_+

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: well, i bet you'd be a benevolent ruler