1789/A Second Chance

A Second Chance
Date of Scene:	02 August 2016
Location:	Plot Room #2
Synopsis:	Kyouko warns Momo about her run-in with Takashi and it's potential ramifications, and reiterates her vow to protect her sister this time around.
Cast of Characters:	Kyouko Sakura, Momo Sakura

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Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Things have settled into a pretty steady rhythem at the Sakura's apartment these past few weeks. Kyouko spends a lot of time working at the conbenie. Momo, now that she has papers, spends a fair bit of her time working at the Thrift Shop. Many nights the sisters go out hunting Wraiths, either together or singly- Kyouko has enough faith by now in her sister's ability that she doesn't always feel the need to babysit her when it's just Wraith-hunting, and sometimes the alone-time is cathartic.

    And then there are the times, like right now, when everybody is home. Dog is laying on the battered couch with his head on his paws. Momo is.. somewhere in the apartment. It's not that big, so there aren't too many places she can be. And Kyouko herself is standing by the single window which looks out onto the fire escape, and another brick wall- but at least there's enough room there for a breeze to come by and ruffle her hair as she thinks about.. stuff.

    After a moment, she turns around and leans back on the windowsill. "Hey, Momo-chan?"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo is in the bathroom, counting out her money she keeps in a jar and taking stock of her grief seed/candy stock. She taps her chin in thought as she mentally goes over bills coming up, calculating out her share and budgeting what she'll have left over.

(The budgeting is more or less along the lines of 'I can put this much away for a bed and have enough to splurge on the bookshelf I want for my wall. That one in the thrift store is nice! And doesn't smell like cat pee!')

She's counting out the paper bills when she hears her name and doesn't answer until she's done. She puts the rest of her wages back in the jar and scoops the grief bits back into their pouch. "Coming!"

She comes out of the bathroom and plops on the couch, not far from Kyouko's leaning. Grinning widely, she hands over a wad of bills. "Here! My part of the electric bill!"

There may even be a puffed out chest as her lungs are full with the air of pride!

She tilts her head a bit. "What's up?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko doesn't bother calling again, even though Momo doesn't respond right away- she knows the girl heard her. The apartment is literally too small for it to be otherwise. Instead she just waits until her sister emerges from the bathroom.. and then blinks as she is handed a wad of bills!

    She takes the money, flipping through it briefly, counting, before looking up with a quirked brow and a little grin. "Well, ain't you just a hard-workin' lady." She says, sounding proud, as she tucks the money into a pocket for now, to be added to the safe pile she keeps under a loose board in the other room a little later.

    Then she sighs, her joviality fading just a bit. "I needa tell you about somethin', cause it may end up being a problem." She hesitates a moment, and then goes on, "The other night I went and broke into that Takashi Agera guy's lab. You know, the guy who beat us to that Grief Seed a few weeks ago? I figured he might have some way to tell where Witches are gonna be, since he beat us there, and I wanted to see if I could snag it."

    She shrugs. "I didn't find anything.. well. I didn't find anything about that. I did steal two Grief Seeds." She grins, patting the pocket where they reside. "But.. well, he kinda came home in the middle of my rifling and he was real pissed. He made a lot of threats, including towards you."

    She sighs again, and shrugs. "I dunno how serious he was. Apparently he knows Sailor Mercury, and nii-chan told me she got him to say he was gonna drop it, but I don't trust him. So I just want you to be on guard, alright? Hopefully nothin' will come of it, but.. better safe than sorry."

Momo Sakura has posed:
A bit of a preen joins the puff. "I am! And Obasan says that if I keep it up, she may ask me to open on a Saturday!"

She listens to Kyouko, chewing on her lip a bit. Her eyes do light up at the mention of grief seeds. "Ohhhh? Are they full or empties?"

Despite how things went with Hannah, Momo's been keeping the few empties she has, Just in Case. She'll bring it up as a possibility should it ever be needed, but for now, she's content with collecting them.

She starts to scowl as Takashi's temperament and threats are brought up.

"He sounds very spoiled." She harrumphs a little. "He should get a time out."

She sighs, though. "I'll be careful, promise. And if I see him, and he tries to act all scary, I'll try to let you know, okay?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko smirks slightly, quirking a brow at her little sister. "What time do they open on a Saturday? Cuz if it's before noon, I have a hard time believin' you'll be a good fit for that position. I ain't seen you stir your lazy butt until lunchtime yet."

    As for the Grief Seeds, she smiles a more genuine smile. "They're unused. I wouldn't have bothered taking them if it was otherwise. The cubes do ok, but Seeds are better, 'specially for fighting. It made the whole thing worth it, or at least not a total waste of time."

    As for Takashi, she shakes her head, a faint scowl touching her features. "Yeah, somethin' like that. I told nii-chan that I wouldn't press matter so long as he leaves us alone, but like I said, I don't trust him. He had another chick with him.. a young girl in a bat-themed dress. Lacrima, I think her name is. She might try to cause trouble, too, so look out for her as well."

    She gives a stern look. "Don't try to fight either of 'em unless there's no choice. And call for me either way, okay?"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo sticks out her tongue! "Only because I gotta listen to you snore all night!"

Okay, that's not true. But hey, sibling arguments make the days interesting.

Momo beams at Kyouko. "Well, yay then! My nee-chan's crafty!" She nods a bit. "Yeah. The cubes taste kinda greasy like potato chips. Filling and they help, but they're not like steaky seeds. With vegetables! Mmmmm!"

She closes her eyes in concentration and mouths 'bat-themed dress' to herself. Right, okay, got it. When she opens them again, she looks confused. "I thought he was seein' Mercury? Is he two-timin' or do they have an Agreement?"

Another tongue stuck out at Kyouko! "I don't go lookin' for trouble! But if he kicks Dog I'mma hafta beat him up."

Dog looks up from his place on the floor, tail thumping against the floor.

"Not yet, you just had lunch!"

Wag, wag, wag.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko sniffs slightly in mock-indignation. "I do not snore. And you're one to talk- you wet the bed until you were six. So I don't want to hear any smack-talk about bad sleeping habits from you!"

    She actually laughs at the food-comparisons though. "Steaky seeds.. I kinda like that." She says, grinning that fangy smile of hers as she pulls a box of Pocky out of her pocket, shaking one of the sticks out like it was a cigarette and catching it between her teeth before pulling it free.. then offering the box across to Momo.

    She rolls her eyes at the latter comment. "You may not go lookin' for trouble on purpose, darling imouto, but you don' seem to have any trouble finding it anyway. Still, I suppose that's somethin' we have in common so I can't talk too much."

    At mention of Takashi 'seeing' Mercury, she shrugs. "I dunno. I ain't real close with Mercury, so all I know is what nii-chan tells me. He don't trust the guy either- thinks he might be leadin' the girl on. Dunno if that's true or not, but I certainly wouldn't trust him."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo squawks! "If I went up to pee, the monsters would get me!"

However, her indignation is soon but a memory at the offered pocky. Her eyes light up and she takes one, mimicking her sister.

She wiggles the stick between her teeth, working her jaw so it flops up and down. "'s true! Us Sakura Wimins seem to attract trouble. Must be why we handle it so well! We can take 'em on! (Don't worry, I won't try to provoke them.)"

Momo sighs. "But he's watchin' after her, right? And all them other planet people? And the ones with rock names?" She taps the naked cookie part of the pocky stick against her lips. "You know, the bad thing about being a magical girl is saying 'I wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw him' isn't as meaningful as it would be if our arms were noodley."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko sighs a little bit.. if only she could still tease her sister about those monsters not being real. She was all-too-aware of the realities these days. Although Momo is also more than capable of protecting herself from those monsters these days, too. Maybe that's why she doesn't wet the bed anymore!

    Kyouko shakes her head slightly at Momo's declarations, but her grin is more pride than anything else. "S'like they say.. if there is a god, he sends trouble to those he knows can handle it. Dunno if our dad would agree with that but it seems true in my experience." She bites into her own Pocky, nibbling off the end.

    She nods her head at the question about Kunzite, adding, "We all gotta watch out for each other, Momo-chan. That's what bein' friends.. bein' family, means. I ain't close with Mercury, but I am close with nii-chan, and Usagi and Mamoru and Mako-chan, and I know they would be hurt if Mercury was hurt. So that makes me not like it if I think he's playin' her false.. even aside from the fact that it puts us in danger. Though that is the most improtant thing, accourse."

Momo Sakura has posed:
It actually got a lot better when she found out what Kyouko did. After all, if there were monsters out to get her, her nee-chan woulda gotten them all before breakfast!

Momo shrugs as she rolls her eyes. "I got no clue what he woulda said about that. Probably something about sleeping with our belly buttons exposed."

She hums a little noise in agreement, thinking hard thoughts about things. "I ain't as close to them as you are, but I'm close to you! Well, maybe Kunzi-nii, I dunno." She likes to think she is! "So I'll help you kick his toe if he's tryin' to play her for a fool. More than his toe, even! And the rock and planet people would help, so we won't be in as much risk!"

then she sags a little as she caves, just enough. "But if he is honest about things, I guess that's another reason not to beat him up. Or tell him Dog has rabies."

Waggathump waggathump.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Kid, you can tell him Dog has rabies all you want." Kyouko says, with a little bit of a grin as she finally pushes off of where she had been leaning against the windowsill and pads over to the kitchen, opening the fridge to pull out the pitcher of filtered water and fill a glass. "You want some?" She asks, enough manners for that at least, before putting it away.

    She gives Momo a look over the counter separating the kitchenette area of the apartment from the living room. "I told 'em, if he leaves us alone, I'll let bygones be bygones. But if he so much as plucks a hair off your head, sister mine, I will hunt him down to the ends of the earth." She carries the water back over to the couch and plops down next to Momo. "I got this thing about grudges, see.."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo considers this as she studies Dog for a bit while Kyouko's in the kitchen. "No thanks." Her response is automatic and sort of distracted. Finally, she shakes her head. "Nope, telling him Dog has rabies probably won't work."

Plus, well, if he saw Dog as a threat, he may try to hurt him!

Momo gives a soft squee as she snuggles against her sister. "Kyou-nee always protects me from monsters!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko acks as she nearly spills her water when Momo suddenly and energetically snuggles against her, but she laughs and puts her arm around the younger girl as she settles in, taking a sip.

    Her expression goes a bit soft, though, as she considers the one time she very definitely was not able to protect her sister from a monster. "Well.. I do my best anyway." She murmurs, silently resolving never to fail like that again. No matter the cost.