Texts: not fakey nice

Texts: not fakey nice
Date of Scene:	16 June 2024
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Usagi and Chiyo text after Chiyo's post in the Shed, in which she shared some of the information she obtained from Phantom with her.
Cast of Characters:	Usagi Tsukino, Chiyo Sakai

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(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: hey hey hey i saw the thing you posted on the board!

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Yeah. I'm sorry it was so late. I feel like I only just got enough rest after everything else going on to really sit down and write it out.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: meh i get it, and it doesnt sound like we can like, do anything with all this yes

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: so is he cute

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Oh my god too pretty for his own good.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: ooh, a pretty boy, huh? so was he the strong and silent type or the sassy bad boy type or?

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Definitely the strong silent type for the most part. He kept telling me to get away from him which was kind of... I mean, not bad? He was worried and kept asking why I was helping him.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: And when I turned around to get a first aid kit to help him out he just took his shirt right off and told me to use it for bandages!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: muscles! were there muscles?!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: also, that sounds kinda like mamochan, when he was hemachan. i mean, a little, because he was always helping me, even if he wasn't obvious about it, instead of being all i'm a stoic manly man who doesn't need no help

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I mean, not a huge amount? He wasn't in bad shape but he was skinny. And tall. Lanky? It was so embarassing. But I got him fixed up, and visited every day and made sure he had water and food and blankets and stuff. He even sat down and ate with me.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: hmmm, so he's not super built, huh? well, at least you got an eyeful!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: admittedly, it really sucks that he like, traps people in mirrors and is kind of a creep, but i guess you can't get everything in one package.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I think... Yeah that does remind me a bit of when he was Hematite. Back then Mamo-kun had warned me that if we fought not to hold back because he couldn't hold back either. Kind of had the same feel.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Ugh yeah that part is... Wait in one package?

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Oh he has a huge sweet tooth, too.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Seemed to know I was the 'candy girl' but then again most people do.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: well, he's pretty, he's magic, he listened to you, clearly, cause he let you help him, he's pretty strong, but, also, he's a jerk, so, that's a ding

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Well, yes. That's true.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: oh shit one second

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: (ten minutes later) sorry my COD session popped, i forgot i was in queue!

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: okay so do you think he's like, salveagable, or is this a 'if only it could have been' deal?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: and wait wait wait does he know about YOU or Daifuku-chan?

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Me me. I was out of henshin when I ran across him. I think he suspects I'm magical somehow. I didn't share that info though!

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I don't know. He seems loyal to Queen Mirage, but he also gave me the information before he left. ... He was already healed to the point he could use magic the last time I saw him but he didn't tell me that until he left. He just said he wouldn't be there anymore.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I don't know he was so nice to me.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: But not fakey nice.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: except for the loyal part, that does sound a lot like what happened with hemachan

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i mean i never had a meet cute with him where i nursed him tenderly back to health, but, if i did, it would have went like that, i think

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: so. do you think he could be good, under all that kidnapping and evil?

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Usagi! It wasn't a meet-cute! It was just... I took advantage of the moment not... It's not like we were playing house!

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Ugh. I think he's been good and properly brain washed or something. He just didn't seem to understand kindness and thought it was a weakness. But I explained why and he seemed to get it. I don't know. I think there's something there that could be good but it's like that's an alien concept to him.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I really shouldn't care. Or try to care. I've been hurt so much already. I feel like I'm emotionally bruised when it comes to boys.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I even had the new guy, Philip, hit on me recently and I just. I don't know. He's cute too but in a different way. A British way. Gave me his number and told me to call him if I change my mind about dating but I think he was trying to upset Taro-san.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: well, of course you weren't playing house

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but still, you got to live out a little fantasy with a pretty boy and that's not nothing, especially since we know more about an evil jerk

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I guess you're right. It would have been pretty cute if it wasn't so tense. I guess.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i'm sorry your heart's been hurt so many times, chiyo-chan. i'm not teasing, i promise. boys have been real jerks to you, and it's been messy, and i'll definitely be watching that philip guy as soon as i know his face

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i'm just making light because it sounds like it was scary, but it worked out, and you did good

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: It was at first. He just seemed like he had more to lose than me. He wasn't scared. It just seemed like no one had really been nice to him in a long time.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Thanks, Usagi-chan.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Philip brought ME candy from his trip to Turkey. No one brings me candy. Oh, and this is him but don't let him know I snuck a picture of him! (Inluded is a photo of a boy in a punk band t-shirt looking intently at the candy selection at Nounamu)

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: awww he bought you candy! oh and he's pretty, too. hm, i don't know that band, i wonder if mamochan does.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: well, you know, there's way worse things in the world than one of our enemies maybe being nicer to you than usual, because you were nice to *him*.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Yeah, you're right. Even Hinoiri had her moments after all.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: yeah, she did. so if this guy could have some moments, that might help the poor girl stuck in the shed. or maybe the next girl he wants to put in a coffin.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: That's the hope. I'm trying to find out some information about this fairy some of us found that lost his memory, too. Do you happen to know of anywhere called the Sky Kingdom?

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: a sky kingdom? no... definitely not. not unless it's some other name for the moon kingdom?

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I don't think so. Maybe. The legend Rei-san and I found out about was from another shrine. Apparently they used to trade with the 'Sky Kingdom' back in the Edo period and they may have an artifact that sounds pretty bad if it gets in the wrong hands.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Ah, it's a long story there. More than I expected. I'll tell you in person later.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: you were working with rei-chan? hmmm and a weird artifact... definitely something there, but idk about it. hmm, maybe... who would even know about sky stuff.... uh....

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: i guess we should just ask everyone we know, just in case.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Yeah. He drew a picture of a miko with a head dress I didn't recognize. She's the only one that knows about shrines that I know of so I asked for her help the other day.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I'm going to ask around but you know more people than I do as well. I'll put up another message in the Shed about it.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: What we did find out though? That miko was from the Edo period, and she was definitely a magical girl. They had her broken henshin device and everything.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: The legend said her shrine god gave her the power to fight the Dark Kingdom, and they won. But she had fallen in love with the shrine god who refused her feelings. So she broke her 'token' from him and the Dark Kingdom convinced her to join them. They were sealed in a box given to the Sky Kingdom for safe keeping.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: I thought maybe there was someone hurt or injured that the fairy had belonged to at first. After learning this I'm worried maybe the box was opened. That fairy vanished after you all defeated Sunbreaker though so I can't ask him anything else.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: huh..... well, the dark kingdom is what we call beryl's kingdom, but there's no way she's the magical girl

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but other than that, it almost sounds like one of us got corrupted, way back when.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: but if that's the case, she's probably like.... dead now.

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: No, definitely not. I mean when you think about it the term 'dark kingdom' isn't that descriptive... but yeah that's what I'm worried about. I'm going to try to find out more.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: inai-sensei is like, the oldest mahou we know, but idk if she knows anything about this. wako-chan's a shrine maiden too, so maybe she could know stuff about shrines...

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Ah good point. I'll check with them. And keep looking for info about this 'sky kingdom' as well. Maybe it refers to a location.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: well ok there's setsuna-san too but i dont think SHE knows anything. i guess you could ask though

(PHONE) Chiyo Sakai texts: Okay. Thanks Usagi-chan. I should get some rest before school tomorrow. Take care.

(PHONE) Usagi Tsukino texts: of course!! and if i see phantom, i'll try not to blast him tooooooooo hard for you : P