1330/It's What Friends Do

It's What Friends Do
Date of Scene:	07 April 2016
Location:	Mitakihara/Pikarigaoka - King Penguin Park
Synopsis:	Utau discovers that she may just have a friend or two who are willing to help her with a rather big problem
Cast of Characters:	Rena Sakai, Utau Hoshina, Chloe Stingray

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Rena Sakai has posed:
Wednesday afternoon. School has finished, just as homework has. Rena Sakai is busy! She has decided she was going to try selling some of her baked goods off to see if she could make some of her own pocket money. She's brought a small table and a chair. She's set things up and put out all sorts of goodies. She has her bag with her which she is using for a cash box at this time. With her as usual is Dabble. Thankfully only a few people can see the fairy. Namely because the fairy has opted to set up shop and start forging stuff.

Once all of the goodies are set out, Rena sits down. "Ahh there we go!" She quickly makes a little sign for the front of the table. 'Humpday Shop! 200Yen a piece!' That is quickly put on the front of the table and then she just smiles. Quietly a soft little song forms inside her. She hums it a little and then before long, words start coming out.

"Flowers rise as everything turns green. The winter is gone and life is now seen. The showers of Spring now trickle into view, Being with you is all I want to do. As the seasons dance and spin and change, I too dance around a joyous flame. The joy inside can not be contained, let it grow and show to all unashamed..." She smiles bright as she continues humming along.

A person or two come up to the table and she does manage to make a couple sales. She gives a smile and a wave before replacing what was sold.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau had just finished a study session and was on her way back 'home', or the closest to home that she has. Easter Tower is hardly homely of course, and so she decides to spend sometime in the park before having to face that prison again.

     Although she was as convincing as possible when giving the excuse that Mikoto was just a 'rabid' and 'over eager fan' who had slipped in the back door, Yukari had decided to make her work doubly hard, having suspected a little more was going on behind the scenes so to speak.

    It doesn't take her long to come across the sale table full of baked goods, having inhaled the delicious scents before seeing who was selling them. "Hmm, these look good.." she mumurs, feeling like she's starving already after a long day, "How much for the cookies and scones?" glancing up at Rena, she realizes who it is for the first time and she frowns softly.

    "Oh, it's you.."

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Walking around the park this time, Cathy decided to go and play with a puppy that had decided to get her attention, then run away. Chloe, however, smelled baked good and followed the smell, waving to REna as she spotted her. "Hieee!" Chloe was certainly in a good mood.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena had begun humming a bit more. The little tune is catchy but definitely raw. Its something that just happened to be inside at this time. Then Dabble starts pounding on some metal in tune with the little tune. It definitely throws Rena off and she just starts laughing.

As Utau comes up to the table, She doesn't recognize her right away. At least not until she is addressed and she actually sees the blonde's face. "Oh Hiya Hoshina-san!" She smiles and points to the sign she had put up. "200 yen each. For you though, Free!" She smiles. Yup Its definitely Rena. "Gotta help my friends right?" She gives a smile to the very famous singer in front of her. She doesn't however treat her any different then she would anyone else.

And then, "OH Hey Chloe-chan! good to see you. I just decided to try to sell my baked goods! I want to try to make a little pocket change. How are you today? You seem to be in good spirits." She smiles and gives a little blush between Chloe and Utau, "Umm... Chloe, Don't fangirl but, I'd like you to meet a friend, Utau Hoshina-san." She blushes a little.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau is expecting threats, a punch to the gut, henshin battling or a combination of the above. Instead, she is offered to take the items for free? Somehow she's not amused.

    "What..Is this some sort of joke? I don't need your charity, Rena-san. I'm quite capable of paying full price for these baked goods.." Her voice trails off. Did she just call her, 'friend?' But Utau has no friends, not so long as Virtue sees her as 'evil', inspite of whatever good intentions she may have.

    "Why would you call me 'friend' after what I did? I tried to kidnap your fairy and hand her over to your enemy." For a moment, she busies herself with digging through her purse for the 1200 yen, after counting up all the scones and cookies that she gathered. Hey, she's a hungry, working girl!

    Then a girl she doesn't recognize walks up, and her frown deepens, feeling put on the spot. Yikes, there's that word again! Chloe is simply given a slow nod, Utau's not sure how to respond to the introduction.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    "hi...Rena-chan, I think that's the proper term." Chloe says as she looks to Utau.....and making a bit of a face. "I'm not from Japan, so I'm not familiar with you." of course, she also heard the mini-explosion Utau just blasted Rena with and she tilted her head at it. "Are you okay?" the question is directed more at Rena than Utau.....

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena Sakai smiles, "Yes! it is!" She beams to Chloe before switching languages, "<Good Job. You will get the finer points down.>" Her English has a missmatch of Japanese and British accents. She gives a little hug. to her friend before turning her attention back to Utau."

"We've already been through that. No point in holding a grudge, Utau-san. If we got into a fight we'd both get beat up, I'm guessing I would be thrashed pretty hard considering what I seen at the show. You'd have some nasty burns and some hurt pride. We'd go our seperate ways and then do it all again another day. Sounds way too silly to me. I'd rather just call you my friend, give you some goodies cause you look exhausted and hang out a bit. That sounds better doesn't it?" Rena shrugs having explained the situation. "You had the chance to do all of this at our last meeting too, you didn't so I am content to let things go."

Dabble flies up to the table and removes a pair of goggles from her eyes, "Utau-san, You didn't know who he was or what he was going to do. That means that even though you tried to help Craft, you are okay. You just wanted him gone. I forgive you for it!" She gives a little smile, puts her goggles back on, and goes back to banging on some metal.

Rena gives a bright smile to Chloe, "Utau-san is a very popular singer. If you haven't heard of her before you will before long. She is an amazing vocalist." She smiles a little.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    "Oh. I see." Utau quietly glares at Chloe for a moment or two. She's so used to the usual fans drooling over her and getting super excited or tongue-twisted upon meeting her, that she's not prepared for the anticlimactic meeting with this foreigner. "And how long have you been in Japan now? You must have arrived just yesterday if you dont know of me by now." Her tone is cold, her amethyst orbs equally icy as she sizes the girl up.

    Glancing over at Rena, she still seems skeptical about the girl, shaking her head slowly, "It's true, we'd fight, both end up burnt, one of us would beat the other and we'd walk away with grudges..However, I'm also ordered to carry on all duties pertaining to Eclipse..Including the capture of your fairy there." she sighs, "Even if it's something I would be reluctant to do, I know that the consequences of disobeying would be dire."

    She pauses for a second, simply watching as the two chat back and forth in English. Utau knows a bit of English herself, and is able to pick out a few words here and there but not a whole lot.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe stares rather....unimpressed at Utau's icy response to her not knowing Utau. "Before the semester start actually, but you don't actually care about that, do you? I'm not a drooling fangirl, if that's what you were hoping for. If the music is nice, then I'll listen, but the performer, often isn't the character she portrays. If someone played Macbeth in a school play, would you think the actor is a flaming nutjob ready to kill his family for power? Or would he be an actor playing a part? I'll listen to your music....give you a shot, in time. But I'm not a fan of you, Miss Hoshina." She then looks to Rena. "What've you got for sale, Rena-chan?"

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena gives a warm smile to Chloe and gestures to the table. Its all sorts of yummy foods. Coffee cakes, Scones, Cookies, cupcakes, muffins, and all different varieties! She giggles, "Take your pick!" A little sigh escapes her lips as she turns back to Utau.

"I see, Well I am sure those in Eclipse must be getting plenty furious with you then. I mean this will be the third time you've come across me and Dabble and not tried to take her. That means, you don't want to. Just because they say you do doesn't mean you have to. besides they sound a little rough to be honest. Like they don't exactly have your best at heart."

She smiles yet again. Its no wonder she becomes a character named Joy! She laughs a little, "Utau-san it sounds like you could use some friends who aren't giving your orders. I have an idea." She quickly pulls out a piece of paper and a pen. She quickly writes down something and gives it to her. It's her phone number. "Here. If you need a friend to talk to, call me. Or if you are bent on fighting and trying to take Dabble again. This way it'll be a little easy, don't you think?" She laughs playfully. "And no charge for the stuff. I know you can afford it but that doesn't mean I'm going to take your money. I give stuff to friends all the time!" She laughs.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau just smirks at Chloe, somewhat amused at her response. "Drooling fangirl, huh. I hate those types. Actually I'm impressed. You're cautious, thoughtful, not just another brainless twit." she shrugs, "I dont really care either way I suppose, I was simply surprised."

    Glancing back at Rena, she's still bothered that the girl refuses to accept her money, and so she slaps it on the counter, folding her arms, "Regardless of what you say, I'll leave the money there and not take it back. I cant accept gifts from you, not until I get some..Things, sorted out."

    It's true that she doesn't want to be carrying out Eclipse's dirty work, and this is no different, however, she does have too much pride to ask for help. Still, she does take the slip of paper, discreetly folding it away and tucking it into her cellphone case. Who knows if she'll actually call her though?

    It takes her a long time to look back at Rena again, but when she does, her gaze seems to have softenned considerably, and there's a faintly sad glimmer in her eye. It's true, Utau doesn't have many friends although she has started to open up to Mikoto lately.

    But for all she knows, Mikoto is just an ordinary teenager who couldn't help her in a fight. And Kukai is..Well she's not even sure if she'll see him again, as long as she's working for the 'enemy', and he's likely in love with someone else..

    She bites her lip and nods, "Rena-san...Thank you.."

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe stares at Utau as she mentions 'having some things sorted out'. Chloe's heard that tone of voice, and seen that sort of face before. She crosses her arms and takes a deep breath as she watches Utau. It's when utau says 'Thank you', that Chloe finally smiles, but it's more of a respectful smile toward sher acknowledgement than anything else. She doesn't even acknowledge that Utau had said anything else.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena gives a warm smiles and then a polite bow, "You're welcome, Utau-san." She smiles and quickly assists another patron as they come up and buy a good bit of her stuff. She accepts the money and stows it before replenishing her stock. Then its back to the conversation at hand. "If you need anything, don't be afraid to call. I am always willing to help my friends."

Her attention shifts to Chloe and she gives a warm smile to her as well. "How are you doing today? The other night was crazy! I patched up Sky Jack. I'm actually kinda worried about the whole thing. That weird card... I sorta realized that there could be a lot of them. Think about it, if a little card and dark magic was all you needed to create something as nasty as that crystal youma, would you just make one card? I am worried we are going to have more of those to fight with before long."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau's composure quickly shifts back to being cool as she looks back at Chloe thoughtfully. She's not going out of her way to impress her and so she doesn't bother acknowledging her any further either. Instead she focuses on Rena, nodding briefly at her response.

    Mostly, they seem to be chatting up small talk, and Utau is somewhat disinterested, until Sky Jack is mentionned. Suddenly she seems concerned, upset, confused...Many mixed emotions.

    "Kukai..? How is he? What happened to him..Is he alright?" something about a card and dark magic, but Utau's not all that interested in hearing about that stuff. She hasn't seen him in a long time, as always.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    "It's entirely possible he has to use up a lot of energy to make that one minion, Rena. Or they're trying really hard to not use that much energy." Chloe then turns her head as Utau mentions Kukai. Putting two and two together, Chloe looks to Rena and raises an eyebrow, but doesn't say anything about what Utau said.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena Sakai nods, "That thing was nasty. I just hope whoever created it doesn't get any crazy ideas and try again in the near future." Then, Utau blurts out who Sky Jack is. She quickly rubs her head and a little sweat drop forms beside her head.

"I don't think he wanted everyone to know who he was." She shakes it off and speaks up again. "We were fighting with this creature, It was throwing sharp crystal all over the place. Sky Jack got hit in his side. It was a nasty cut but I patched him up. He will be alright. No permanent damage thankfully. I wouldn't expect any football games in the next few days though." She gives a reassuring smile to Utau. "Either way, That guy that caused that thing, If he appears again, it may be an all hands on deck thing. If he is throwing youma like that around, I'm pretty sure it will take more then you and me to take him down."

Then she turns to Utau and cants her head, "That reminds me, Where are Il and El? I didn't think you went anywhere without them."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau nods, looking visibly relieved. "Rena..Thank you. It seems I'm in your debt again." she sighs, looking a bit sad again, "I wish...I could see him again, it seems like forever. But I know he doesn't approve of what I'm...Doing.." No need to go into details with Chloe standing there, whom she already doesn't trust.

    As for his 'secret identity', she doesn't seem all that concerned, largely because as far as she knows, none of the Guardians have secret identities. Well, whatever.

    "Hmm, Iru and Eru? Well..." Utau glances over at the table, where Iru is peering around at all the food. In fact, she's trying to steal a bit bag of muffins, which are at least three times her own size!

    "Iru! Stop that!" as for Eru..She pats the two decorative eggs slung around her belt like jewelry, "She's sleeping." actually Eru hasn't been ative much, lately due to not so recent events. But Utau's not about to go into excessive detail about all of that.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe looks to the two decorative eggs and tilts her head. That was certainly different. "huh, they almost look cute." She then looks to Rena, then Utau. 'if he doesn't approve, then why do you do it if his opinion matters that much to you?" She then lets a breath out of her nose. "never mind." She says as she looks to Rena. "Count me in, Rena. If he shows up again, we'll just have to work together. If he has that much power, he'll be tough to beat....even if I did learn bigger spells."

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena nods, "Will do. We need to be ready for that jerk." She gives a smile to Chloe before she looks over at Utau. She shakes her head, "You're not in my debt. Friends help each other. Just as I consider you my friend, I consider Kukai a friend as well. I wouldn't be much of one if I let anyone get hurt right or stay hurt in his case. You help your friends."

Thats about the point she sees Iru. She stifles a little giggle. Then she can't help but let out a full on laugh. Watching the little devil chara trying to steal such a big bag. Its a riot to her. "Iru, Even if you get that off the table, I don't think you are going to be flying it anywhere." She glances to Utau and nods, "She can have it. I've got plenty more to sell." She frowns though, "Aww, poor thing, Hope she gets enough sleep." She states in regard to the Eru.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Well, frankly, Utau has no desire to help these girls out with their cardian problems. However, she does owe Rena a lot, even if it could get her into trouble. Lately her conscience has been bothering her a lot, after the secret concert she and Ikuto held that netted them even more x-eggs.

    "If you need help against this youma, or another, then I will assist you just the one time..If you can help me with a problem.."

    Finally, she looks back to Chloe, responding with a soft frown, "Because..There's more at stake than meets the eye.." She hesitates to speak freely in front of the girl, but..With a deep breath she continues.

    "My brother, Ikuto, is being held captive by Easter. They've promised that as long as I do their bidding, no harm will come to him..But the moment I relax, they will continue to torture him. That's why, even if I care about Kukai, I cant stop fighting him, and the other Guardians."

    Of course there is so much more to it, but she hesitates to delve deeper than that. Utau's only starting to become acquainted with Rena, and there's no guarantee that she can fully trust her. Yet.

    As for Iru, she just makes a face at Rena, struggling with the muffin bag..Until it falls off the table, dragging Iru with it. "Ouch!" she falls on the ground with a SPLAT, the muffins fortunately cushioning her blow, although now they're squished.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe turns and, rather than glare at Utau, she listens....REALLY listens. Once Utau finishes explaining, Chloe lets out a breath. "So you're being abused too. Through your brother, whom you care for a lot, but still, you're being abused." She then looks to Rena, before looking to Utau. "What's keeping him there? Or can you not divulge that much information?" Her voice is very very soft, caring. Chloe seems to know, almost, what Utau is going through, but she is blunt.....knowing someone who has been abused won't really care much for 'beating around the bush'.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena listens carefully to Utau's request. She listens to Chloe as well. It takes her a few moments to actually speak again. Its an uncommon silence for her. "The more I hear about this Easter Company, the more I am starting to think they are more trouble then they are worth." She frowns and rubs her forehead. "Utau-san, I'm willing to help you. You don't need to trade your help for it. I may be trying my hand at business but there are much more important things to life then what a person can get. Your brother is in trouble. That is what matters. On top of this, You're in trouble too because they are manipulating you. That to me is simply unacceptable. So I am in. I will help out as best I can.

She glances down at Iru and laughs her bottom off, "Told ya so. Tell you what, here." She grabs another bag of muffins. Same as the ones that were just destroyed. She quickly hands them over to Utau, "It seems your chara is wanting muffins. I wouldn't wish smashed muffins on my worst enemy so here you go! Just share with Eru when she wakes up, k?" That last part is directed to Iru of course. She has a pretty good hunch that Eru may not see them.

Finally she looks toward Chloe, "Wait, Isn't the Easter building like massive? I think it'll take more then three mahou, and two guardian charas and a fairy. We should probably get some additional help?"

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau peers slowly at Chloe, trying to answer as many of her questions as she can. "Keeping him there? He's..." She hesitates to speak, but a quick glance around confirms that they are more or less alone in the playground, or at least out of earshot of any bystanders. Still, she looks nervous and lowers her voice considerably.

    "I'm not sure what's wrong with him exactly. Like I said, he's like a mindless zombie, constantly in pain any time he tries to think or break mind control or rebel against his superiors. Most of the time he is simply too complacent. We temporarily broke the mind control, but he refused to budge. And then Death Rebel arrived and prevented him from escaping with us.

    A glance back at Rena and she shakes her head stubbornly. "I already told you, I do not want charity! It's true, I cant take down Death Rebel on my own, and he seems to be the biggest threat preventing me from rescuing Ikuto, however, I will not accept your help without payment.."

    Meanwhile, Iru just makes a face as she struggles with trying to open the squished bag of muffins. "Wah! I want these muffins! It's the last blueberry one! Bah!" she busies herself for a moment in silence, hungrily stuffing her face. Utau just rolls her eyes, looking away. "You little pig." She shakes her head again at Rena, "She's fine, she doesn't need more muffins."

    As for that last part, she stares warily between Chloe and Rena. No, the three of them wouldn't be enough to take on Death Rebel, however she's not even sure if Chloe would help her as they just met.

    "I'm not asking you to break into Easter building. Security is too tight. I just need help in luring Death Rebel out and defeating him..And trying to get a reading on whatever is controlling Ikuto. We've figured out it must be some sort of hypersonic sound wave. I just wish I knew someone who was smart enough to analyze whatever is controlling him.." But she's no scientist or brainiac, and she doesn't happen to know of any, either.

    "I also dont really have any friends or allies outside of Easter, or Eclipse. Other than Kukai, but I suppose he's been...Busy.."

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    "Have you tried, I dunno.....asking anyone?" Chloe says bluntly....then inhales. "You can't just anyone because they might be involved with Easter, and would report you back to them, which would torture Ikuto, yadda yadda. Stop me if I'm wrong." She then looks to Rena, but then back to Utau. "you're a pain in the backside, but you snap at people because you're being used. You're tired of it, but you don't know how to break away." She then takes a deep breath. "Utau.....you need help. not JUST from Kukai. You need friends. More than you realize." She then looks over towards Cathy and smiles a little, before looking back towards Utau. "And it's not charity.....screaming that it's charity won't change it to charity. You need help.....WE...are offering it."

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena Sakai listens carefully, "Death Rebel? Sounds like a Metal band." She comments as she is understanding the situation. "Alright. Step one We find out how they are controlling your brother." She turns to the most unlikely source present, "Dabble, Think you can help out with this one? Or is this world's tech too out there for ya?"

The light colored plush bearlike fairy flies up from her forge and she is covered in soot. She gives a little smile but its a nervous one. "I can try. This world has weird technology. Even your watches are super simple." She states and then gives a polite bow to Utau. Quickly she returns to her project whatever it may be.

"Chloe, We need need some friends in on this. I don't know the Guardians. I mean I've heard about them, They are out of another school... wait. What school do you go to Chloe?" She asks in earnest.

Finally she looks back to Utau, "Utau, Its not charity. Its the right thing to do. You are in trouble. Your brother is too. You are both in a dangerous situation. That means that even if you were still coming after Dabble and I heard about all of this a different way, I'd come to help you. No one deserves this sort of problem." Then with a smile she bags up Utau's purchases. As she does, she uses her slight of hand to put the money that Utau paid into the bag. Then the acting comes into play. She rolls her eyes, "Fine. I'll accept your payment." She reaches out and takes the yen off the table only to put it in her bag.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau clenches her fists, seemingly frustrated. Being trained to trust and depend on no one but herself for so long has hardenned her skin, and her heart. She sighs, looking annoyed. "....Fine. I will accept your help. But the three of us..I dont know if that alone is enough, especially if they were to send X-charas after us."

    She's about to ask what can be done about the brainwashing mechanism being used on Ikuto, when Rena suggests that Dabble might be able to do it. Finally, a piece of good news!

    "Really? You think you can figure it out? It was strange, Mikoto was able to determine some high frequency sound wave was being used to control them, but we werent sure of where or what the source was, or if there was a range limit on the device. Is that something you would be able to analyze and overcome..?"

    As for allies, she just shrugs, "Well, most of the Guardians hate me. I dont know of anyone else, honestly, except for Mikoto, and I guess she's just an ordinary girl, so I couldn't ask her for help again, even though I know she is stubborn, being as she cares for Ikuto.." She cant blame her, though.

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe nods her head.......and doesn't whip out an 'I told you so' to Utau. Cuz quite frankly, that's a slap to the face, no matter how you slice it. However, she looks over towards Rena and listens, at least so far. When she asks about what school she goes to, Chloe simply says 'Seiyou Public', same as Cathy." She says before listening for Dabble's answer.

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena thinks a few moments. A plan begins forming. She gives a little sigh and just frowns for a minute. "I hate that I am thinking this but, its the best option. Chloe, The Guardians attend Seiyou I believe. You speak with them, Explain the situation and see if you can get their input and help." She gives her a smile.

Then she turns her attention to her little fairy. "Dabble, let me know what you need. We will try to get it for you. You like to tinker so get ready to work I guess. If you can't handle this, I will try to find someone else who might be equipped to handle it." She sighs softly.

Turning her attention to Utau she closes her eyes, "This is the part that I don't like about this plan. You need to keep up appearances. Sorry, Not meaning to be bossy, but I just have a solid plan building and I think if we work together we can do this."

"As for me, I am going to do some research on Easter. I wanna know what they are up to. Also I will get in touch with Kukai and maybe a few of the Senshi that we fought beside during that attack." She quickly makes a sale. One of the patrons just stops and looks dumbstruck by the fact that... Hey? Isn't that Utau? They walk away though thinking that there is no way such a famous person would be at such a place.

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    Utau bites her lip. She's really quite uncomfortable about this plan..And the potential consequences. "I..Hope you know what you're doing. This could go terribly wrong."

    She then eyes the fairy curiously, "Can you analyze sound waves and track them to the source? Are you able to sense that sort of thing..?" Looking back to Rena she frowns a bit more, "I'm honestly tired of stealing peoples' X-eggs, but it's the only thing keeping Ikuto alive. Fortunately, they're no longer being destroyed but merely experimented on. I suppose...."

    She cuts off quickly as she sees people stopping and staring at her. But they appear to be just more random fans. Still, she's certain she caught a glimpse of black suits behind a nearby tree and she instantly tenses again. "I...I need to go. Here.." She scribbles down her phone number, handing it to Rena.

    "I'm sure the Guardians wont help, nor the Senshi, but I suppose it's worth a try. Rena..." Her eyes soften, showing a bit more compassion again, as she lowers her guard just briefly, "Thanks, for all of this.."

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Chloe watches as Utau makes her 'escape', and turns back to Rena. "She's like I was when I was back in the states." She then looks to Rena. "So who should I be looking for. I mean, I don't think Magical girls are going to be dressing up in their magic outfits on a daily basis."

Rena Sakai has posed:
Rena nods, "I understand. We will do our best to keep quiet about this. Last thing we need is to draw the attention of some of those who would cause you strife."

Dabble looks up and shrugs, "I will try to make a device that lets us observe that stuff. I will get working on it tonight. Don't worry Utau-san! Sentinels don't stop trying." She states with a wink before returning to her work.

Then Utau gets skittish. Rena quickly accepts the the phone number and pockets it. "Keep safe, Utau-chan." She smiles softly to her as she heads out. "You're welcome." she smiles and bows politely.

Finally she turns her attention to Chloe, "I don't know the Guardians. I've just heard rumors. I go to a different school. Ask around the school. I am sure someone will know of them. This is going to be difficult. I'm really worried about what I'm going to be studying. I poke in the wrong place, I will get all the wrong attention."

Utau Hoshina has posed:
    "Utau-chan...?" she frowns again, her eyes growing cold again. "You can call me Utau-san!" even so, she lets a tiny smile slip for just a moment as she starts to back away from the two of them and quickly disappearing into a group of trees on the edge of the park. The two men in black quickly join her, grabbing her arms as they escort her to a black limousine parked nearby.

    She glances only briefly back at the two girls, wondering if she just made a stupid mistake that might have consequences..Oh well, sometimes you gotta take chances! Let's just hope she made the right decision!

    "Oooh...Ooh!" Iru dives into Utau's bag, stealing a cookie, before she spots the money that Rena slipped back in there. "Look at this! Someone dropped money in your bag! I'm rich!!"

Chloe Stingray has posed:
    Watching as Utau gets taken away, CHloe makes a bit of a face. "I pray we haven't just made ourselves targets." She says before looking to Rena. "I'll do my best, Rena." She then smiles. "And I'll keep it as downlow as possible. Perhaps even Cathy can ask."