1012/Ami-chan Eloped

Ami-chan Eloped
Date of Scene:	09 February 2016
Location:	Mitakihara - Frozen Beach Ice Cream Shop
Synopsis:	Naru and Usagi wonder where Ami-chan was today. It's not like the bluenette to miss school! The most logical conclusion? Ami-chan eloped with Takashi.
Cast of Characters:	Ami Mizuno, Usagi Tsukino, Naru Osaka

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Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi has her arm looped through Naru's as they enter the ice cream parlor.

It's...most definitely not the Crown. But there's ice cream!

And Usagi needs her some ice cream.

"Naru-chan, I'm worried. She would try to come to school if it were a school day!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I .. well." Naru agrees with a solemn nod. "I didn't think she /could/ not come to school. You don't think.. something's /wrong/ wrong? I mean.. like.. call the police sort of wrong?" She asks, hesitantly, as if that seems extreme.

She nudges Usagi towards being able to order ice cream. "Have you asked her parents?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
She sighs and shakes her head. "I haven't been able to get a hold of Dr. Ami's Mama. And I wouldn't even know how to get her father." Sigh!

She slumps against the ordering station. "Naru-chan, I may need...the ten scoop deluxe."

Oh yes. It's that bad.

"Dr. Ami's Mama is a doctor. If she were at a hospital, she'd know, right?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Let's share it to start." Naru is pragmatic about perhaps not turning her bestie's veins into syrup with 10 scoops of ice cream all at once. Space it out a bit. "It melts if you get them all at once."

"I.. yes. If she were at a hospital, she'd know, I'd think." Naru frowns and then shakes her head. "Her mama must be worried sick /too/. I mean.. she wouldnt have gone on vacation without saying, right? It's not just something silly? Should we put up posters?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi makes a face. "Ew. Yeah. Then there'd be that...milkshake phase." Shudder!

Yes, milkshakes are still totally gross THANKS BERYL.

She waves for Naru to order, her being the voice of reason, and pulls out her wallet with a sigh. "I think she would be! And if she wasn't sure, the phone call from the school today would likely make her very worried!"

Poor Dr. Ami's Mama!

"Maybe...maybe she ran away with a boy no Ami wouldn't do that that's stupid."

"Posters won't work." Is she outright dismissing an idea?! "I thought about it, and if there weren't so many other posters up about...that freak storm, it would be an awesome idea."

Sigh.

Then! Bad Friend alert! "I never asked! Is your place okay?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I like milkshakes. Just, not when I want ice cream." Naru agrees, even if she doesn't have any clue as to why, exactly, Usagi is anti-milkshake. She orders a selection of flavours, all Usagi's favourites with one of her own in the mega mix.

"Well, if we put the posters on top? Just ask people, if they've seen her, I guess?" She uhs softly. "Does.. she doesn't have a boyfriend, does she?" She asks with a touch of a sigh.

*blink* *blnk* "Why wouldn't my place be okay?" Naru asks curiously.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi's eyes light up at all the yummy ice cream flavors! Yummy! Then she hands over the money to the clerk.

As they wait, she hums. "That could work." Then its her turn to blink. "I don't think she does. I mean, there was this one guy, but nothing happened. Literally. And then there was a date thing, but I don't know if it was an...actual date? Things kind of went weird afterward."

And then she's blinking again! "The big storm from a week ago? Or ooo, you guys were out of the danger zones, weren't you?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Oh! Oh no.. we weren't in the worst of it, so it was mostly a non-event. All prepared and everything, and not much of anything." Naru almost sounds disappointed at a lack of big hoopla in /her/ home. "You? Did you get much damage or anything?"

"A date thing?" Naru goes back to that and then uhhs softly. "Went weird how? Weird and date doesn't seem like its likely she's got a boyfriend now."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Her shoulders slump in relief! "Phew!" And then she tenses, only slightly, and rubs the back of her neck. "Well, we need to do some renovations."

Oh good! Subject change! "Oh no, not weird because of them! There was just this...scuffle thing! But she hasn't really talked much about to me so I don't think so?" Usagi, of course, forgets that she didn't exactly tell Naru-chan about Mamo-chan at first, either...

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Renovations are all /messy/." Naru laments in sympathy, as if that's the worst of the irritations brought on by renovations. Certainly the cost doesnt' enter her mind.

Ice cream arrives, with two spoons and enough dairied sugar to keep two girls high for /minutes/ on it. She offers Usagi one of the spoons with a little giggle.

"It took you /forever/ to say something about Mano-chan, you know. She might just have been keeping it to herself." Naru pauses then, thoughtful.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"They are." Especially when there's, you know, a tree where her livingroom used to be.

Whine whine!

Usagi perks up and wiggles a bit as the ice cream arrives. Om nom! Several mouthfuls!

And pfff, at least ten minutes.

She does, however, have the good graces to blush at that. "Well, I'd never had a boyfriend before...!" Flounder, flounder!

But Ami-chan would say something, wouldn't she?

But wait, what if it was with that Takashi kid?

What if Ami-chan knew how Mamoru felt about him?

What if Ami didn't say anything because she was afraid Usagi would take her boyfriend's side?

Gasp!

"Oh dear!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru Osaka watches the thoughts run through Usagi's head as she eats her ice cream. It's like watching a whole episode of some tv show, sometimes. She carefully licks the ice cream off her spoon and waits for Usagi's expression to stablize on something.

It's the gasp that does it, and prompts Naru to gasp in return, even if she's got no idea what she's gasping about.

"What!?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"What if they are but she didn't tell me because she doesn't think I'd approve because Mamo-chan doesn't like him?!"

Oh no...

What if they've now eloped?!

And now she's crying! "Ami-chan, I wanted to help you pick out your dreeeeeeess!"

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Usagi's phone buzzes with an incoming text. It's from Ami's phone! How convenient!

Ami-chan: Ami-chan is safe. Don't worry. More later. She asked me to tell you. -Agera

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Wait.." Naru waggles a spoonful of icecream in Usagi's direction to slow down /that/ thought train.

"Mamo-chan doesn't like him? Why not? Is he mean? Is he awful? Is he.." She pauses, as if its almost too much to contemplate... "Ugly?"

Because clearly /that/ is what she should pause Usagi's rampaging thoughts about.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi shrugs. "I don't know why, exactly, but the feeling seems to be mutual." A haughty sniff. That Takashi kid may be smart, but apparently he's not that smart if he doesn't like her Mamo-chan!

Then she blinks again! "No, he's actually kind of good looking. Not as good looking as Mamo-chan, of course! But, well, that's nearly impossible to do!"

And suddenly, her phone chimes a text. It's Ami's text tone! "It's her!" She pulls out her phone and reads it. Then she blinks.

"WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!"

She furiously types back!

Usa-chan: YOU GUYS DIDN'T ACTUALLY ELOPE DID YOU?!?!?!

"She...! He...!" She shows Naru the phone. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Oh. Well that's not so bad then." Naru is reassured and pokes at the ice cream a little dreamily. "I mean.. "

Whatever little daydreamy scenario Naru was working on in her own head is inturrupted by the chime of a text and Usagi's reaction. She startles. "Ahhh!" Almost dropping her spoon.

A breath. And then two. "Who's Agera?" she asks curiously, and pragmatically.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi flaps her arms! "Takashi! Agera is Takashi! What! When! WHAT YEAR MONTH WEEK DAY HOUR DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Uh." Naru replies without any comprehension whatsoever and then quirks her head at Usagi. "Uh." She repeats as if that will help, and then takes a bit of ice cream.

Nope. No ice cream revelations. "Agera is Takashi?"

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi slumps. "Yeah. Takashi Agera." She eats some more of her ice cream, a little mopey. "They're gonna have stupidly smart kids and become bazillionaires by the time they're twenty."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Oh!" Naru suddenly has /some/ clue and she absorbs that information with another bite of ice cream. And another.

"Super smart doesn't automatically make you a bazillionaire." She comments, clearly just accepting that clearly the elopement is just a /thing/. Clearly.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Yeah, but, but, but, she's gonna invent...an automatic food...growy thing that grows rice in seconds, ending world hunger, and he's gonna do..." A hand wave. "Whatever smart thing he does."

Sigh. And her and Mamo-chan's children, not that she ever thinks about that?

Well, at least they'll be incredibly beautiful. She just hope they get HIS brains instead!

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Usagi's phone chimes again. This time, it's Ami's mother.

Dr. Ami-chan's Mama: Usagi-chan! Have you seen Ami-chan!? I got a call from the school saying she missed class!

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I.. well." Naru starts and then goes back to ice cream scoop number probably entirely too many, really. She starts again at the sound of Usagi's phone. "Is that her beau again?" She doesn't recognize the text tone, so clearly.

"I hope they got married somewhere pretty. With a waterfall. That would be pretty." Naru sighs a little dreamily.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
She looks at her phone again. "No, it's Dr. Ami-chan's Mama!"

Ami's Girlfriend?: Dr. Ami-chan's Mama! <3 I just got a text saying she's safe. I don't know what's going on! WHAT IF THEY ELOPED AND HAVE REALLY SMART BABIES?!

Now its Usagi's turn to sigh dreamily! "I don't care where I get married, so long as there's really good food. And Mamo-chan."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Her Mama doesn't know where she is?" Naru gasps. "Uh oh. She's going to be in trouble."

Now that Ami's known to be safely off honeymooning, Naru can relax into the ice cream. "Good food is important, yes. And well Mamo-chan is a given." She makes little swirls between the chocolate scoop and the mint chocolate chip scoop as she thinks about it. "I think you should have a waterfall too, because they're pretty."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi gives a hopeless shrug. "I...really hope not. Though Ami-chan doesn't do a lot of trouble things! So maybe she'll get off for good behavior?"

Usagi eyeballs the Mint in her ice cream at first. Did it just troll at her, or is she more tired than she thought?

"Waterfalls are super pretty. Oh! And cherry blossoms! But no wait, roses." Nod.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Dr. Ami-chan's Mama: Usagi-chan, what do you mean by that? Do you know where Ami-chan is? You aren't making any sense.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Cherry blossoms. The pink! It's so *pretty*!" Naru has distinct opinions about Usagi's wedding, or hopes perhaps. "It would look so pretty with your hair!"

She scoops up a spoonful of the mixed together ice cream, quite content to have the flavours touching.. ewwww! Flavour cooties!

She leans over at the sound of another text arriving, to try and peek.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi leans over so Naru could read the screen.

Ami's Girlfriend?: Well, I was thinking with my friend Naru (she says hi) and we were wondering different reasons Ami-chan could be out of school. And boyfriends came up. And then I was thinking about what if she eloped and they have smart babies! And THEN I got a text from her phone! It must be a sign! But I don't know exactly where she is, but the text says she's safe!

"I told Dr. Ami-chan's Mama you said hi."

She takes a few more bites of ice cream. "Well, I do love pink! Do you think cherry blossoms and roses go together?"

Yes! She is Very Adament on the roses!

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Dr. Ami-chan's Mama: But I thought ... no nevermind that. Why would Ami-chan run off with a boyfriend? I don't think she has one. She's never really expressed an interest in boys, much to my sorrow. I wish she would find a nice boy to elope with and have smart babies! I don't think that's it, though. But if she's safe, why won't she reply to my texts? Is she replying to yours?

Naru Osaka has posed:
After the fact, Naru waves at the phone and finishes her mouthful of ice cream before saying 'Hi!' to the currently, temporarily, silent screen.

"Why didn't Ami text?" Naru asks with a bit of a puzzled question and then looks over and points. "See? Ami's Mama agrees with me. Unless she's napping, I suppose. Boyfriends.. no wait.. HUSBANDS.. they'd be nice and text on your behalf if you were napping, right?"

A moment or two of thought. "Cherry blossoms and roses could go together. It'd be pretty."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Ami's ? Usagi: Thought what? And I don't know! I know she likes boys! Or at least she blushes lots around a few of them! But I'm keeping an eye out just in case! Unfortunately the smartest bestest gorgeousest boy in the world is my Mamo-chan, and well...! But I'll keep looking! I don't know why she's not. That's the only text I got from her. But if I get any more I'll keep you updated, okay?

Then she hums in thought and sends off another text, especially after what Naru says.

Ami-chan: Text Dr. Ami-chan's Mama too, you dummy! She's worried sick!

"Pink cherry blossoms and red roses!" Dreamy sighs!

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Dr. Ami-chan's Mama: Mamo-chan? No nevermind that, either. Thank you, Usagi-chan. I'm really worried about her. I hope she hasn't been kidnapped or worse. Do you think I should call the police?

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Ami-chan: Probably, you know, now. Or at least text me more. She's seriously considering calling the police. I'm trying to stop her.

Ami's ? Usagi: Only the sweetest smartest most wonderfulest snuggly boyfriend ever <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3. Hmmm. I don't think so? I'll definitely keep you updated! I don't think it's Police Territory! And they may take a long time to respond what with all the people still relocating after that freak storm and when they DO get there FINALLY we'll know everything and they'll just be all rude and grumpy.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"And pink roses!" Naru adds, keeping with the theme. Clearly that calls for a spoonful of pink ice cream. She leans over to watch all the texting, reading over Usagi's shoulder. "Make sure you don't mix up who you're texting what to."

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Dr. Ami-chan's Mama: Well okay, I guess. If I don't hear from her after my shift tonight, though, I'm going to call them. Usagi-chan, I'm very worried about her. She's never missed a day of school in her life.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi gives Naru a serious nod! "Text Juggling is an important skill!"

Ami-chan: If she doesn't hear from Ami-chan by the end of her shift, she's calling the cops. Just a heads up.

Dr Ami-chan's Mama: I know. I am, too! Because she never does! But I'm very much less worried than I was earlier if that helps! <3

"Pink roses! White roses! Red! Yellow! So many roses!"

She has hearts in her eyes!

"What kind of flowers do you want?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"If she's texting, I dont think the police would do much." Naru muses as she scrapes along the side of the bowl of ice cream, keeping it neat.

"Roses with cherry blossom accents? That could be pretty! And some fluffy green stuff. That too." She nods, already envisioning the bouquets in her mind.

The quesiton about her own flowers brings a blink and a little shake of her head. "I don't have to worry about flowers."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Oh, true!" Usagi hums a bit more.

And eats more ice cream, not nearly as neat as Naru.

"I like the fluffy green stuff! What about those teensy white flowers? Baby's breath?"

Then it's her turn to blink! "But...why don't you have to worry about flowers?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Baby's breath always looks like old lady arrangements." Naru mmmms. "Better to have the smaller size made up of cherry blossoms, better colour, better scent, better size difference. It looks more .. just /better/." Someone clearly has been reading design magazines again.

Naru licks her ice cream spoon, setting it down now that she's had enough. It /is/ possible, to have had enough ice cream.

"I'm not getting married, so I don't have to worry about flowers."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Chin tap! Very good points! "Yes, that could work better!"

Usagi, of course, will gladly finish the rest!

Because it's impossible to have had enough ice cream.

Her jaw drops, though! "What! Why?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Especially if there's cherry blossoms along the drape of the dress.. now /that/ would look amazing." Naru ooohs softly as she pats her pockets to dig out a pencil and start doodling on a napkin as she gets inspired by sprays of cherry blossoms envisioned in lacey dresses.

"Hmmm?" The shock of her bombshell declaration percolates through her dress doodles. "Hunh? Oh right. Boys are interested in me." A simple, matter of fact declaration. Because clearly one's dating life at fourteen is the only factor in one's lifetime of marital status.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi peeks at the sketch! Or at least the beginning of it!

But then she gasps! "That's crazy! And if not now, they will be! (Except Umino, he doesn't count.)" She leans forward, and close, and lowers her voice. "Mamo-chan was the only guy who's ever liked me that way. (Except for Umino, he doesn't count.) And sometimes..." She lowers her voice even more! "I think he's insane for it."

Naru Osaka has posed:
The sketch is a rough thing, not in proportion, and in dull pencil on a napkin that has a smear of tiger tail ice cream on it. "Blossoms in your hair, trailing down along the back of the gown, and down along the train.." Naru muses as she doodles out blossoms.

"Oh no. It's okay. I'll just enjoy /your/ wedding!" She reaches over to pat her besties arm. "He is insane, but that's okay too."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Ooooo pretty!" She just watches for a moment!

"Don't worry, Naru-chan. You'll find your own insane boy, too." A beat. "But not mine!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I dont /want/ yours, silly!" Naru tasks softly with a roll of her eyes. "He's /yours/." With classic 'duh' sort of sentiment. She goes back to drawing, letting Usagi finish the ice cream.

She doesn't comment on the potential of finding her own insane boy.