211/All Energy Must Go!

All Energy Must Go!
Date of Scene:	23 July 2015
Location:	Uminari City - Shopping Strip
Synopsis:	Ali and An are out to cause trouble!
Cast of Characters:	Gaofele Doiru, Ail, Shiori Sato, Ami Mizuno, An, Naota Uneme, Ayana
Tinyplot:	Makaiju

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Ail has posed:
It's a beautiful evening in Uminari City's shopping strip, and the sales are still going! There's a hustle and bustle of mostly teens and younger, going in and out of various comic, game, and toy stores spending money - some earned as a reward from their parents, some saved - and the excitement and joy hangs in the air of one of this strips' biggest sales of the season.

In fact, there's so much of a crowd here, it'd be impossible for it not to attract some undue attention. Which it has, in the form of two slim figures, perched on a rooftop of the Game Center Crown, which is doing a brisk business today as well. "It's so good to have you here again, An." one of the two figures says, this one dressed in blue with long flowing blue hair and pink tips. "Can't you just feel the energy welling up from these humans? Frittering it away on useless trinkets - it would be much better used on us." he says with a grin. Then, he produces from nowhere, like a magic trick, a handfull of arcane cards. He shows them to An, backs facing out. "Now that you're here, my cardians will be even more effective; you always have the talent to pick the best one." he says.

An has posed:
An is on the rooftop, with Ail, looking down at the humans as she boggles. This planet was strange. Why do humans waste time in places like this. She just perhaps, doesn't quite understand it. Or maybe she does- and just hates it. It's really hard to tell. She looks over to Ail giving a sideways smirk. "Well. Only thanks to you~" she says.

She let's her finger come up, and tap the back of the cards. "This one." she says.

She pauses a moment. "So based on what you told me. It shouldn't be very long until others come along to stop us?" she asks with a slight unbeliveable scoff. Stop them!? Really!? Surely Ail had been seeing things all this time. How can anything /stop them/. The very notion is the most absurdist comedy to her.

Ayana has posed:
At a cell phone kiosk, Ayana Moriko is busy getting swindled. Of course she buys the phone with the most features, and the case with the foxes running across it, and the carry-chain with the fox charm, and of /course/ she gets the plan that gives her all the data and phone use she'll never really need. But hey, at least she has a shiny new cell phone! Phone acquired, she skips off towards the food court in search of dinner.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Naota Uneme is in the middle of the crowds, being jossled left and right by classmates and kids he doesn't know, younger and older. It's tiresome, but he's here for a good cause: the store in front of him advertises that it's carrying the new Sailor V dolls. His little sister's birthday is coming up and she adores Sailor V. As a good older sibling he wants to give her something she'll like!

Now if only he could muster up the courage to just ENTER the store. It's a veritable bastion of girliness, all pink and glittery, full of giggling teenagers and children looking at stuffed animals, toys and accessories.

Shiori Sato has posed:
Whoo, spending money! Shiori's in amongst all this chaos too, since he's got a little money to spare, seeing as his grades were actually pretty good this time. Though he's looking for something in particular. He usually has to go online to find what he's looking for, but today he's taking a chance on there being a particular CD by a particular not-Japanese musician being in a music store.

As he heads to the music store, he happens to see a person standing in front of a store and not going in. It looks a little out of place. Generally it's not accepted for random people to just approach random people on the streets, but that fellow just looks so lost. So Shiori heads in his direction and ventures, "Uh... hi there. Sorry to intrude, but do you need some help?" he asks politely, keeping a proper distance between himself and the person.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Ami had finished with her studies and Luna had suggested that she play the new Sailor V video game for a bit of practice. Naturally....after about 15 minutes, she walks out of the Game Center Crown with the new high score on the game. She didn't find the game boring, unlike the other games, where all you had to do was watch for the programming to kick in and dodge. Of course, when she walks out, or tries to, she's stopped on the spot. "What in the..." She says softly as she looks about.

"Didn't you know Ami-san? We usually do a bit more business after the after-school activities." Motoki says after Ami is shoved aside.

"Motoki-san! Thank you for getting me out of the way! And I'm starting to notice that, even though I've only been here a few times." She says as she watches the rush of kids stampede past.

Stampede complete with shaking screen to enhance the effect.

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru wanders the shopping district, contemplating the various wares. With the shops running such wonderful discounts, there's bound to be something available to help brighten the mood at the old convenience store.

He just has to figure out what.

"Hmmm... no, not a small little trinket," he muses. "Something more durable, something to encourage us, to remind us why we're here, and why it's worth it." The search isn't easy, especially when you have to keep an eye out for the occaisonal stampede of children!

Ail has posed:
Ail takes the card that An has chosen. Turning it around reveals the stylized art of a dancer, though her arms are bound with heavy chains and her face is anything but human - blue, with large eyes and a thin mouth. "I am sure this one will serve us well." he says. He throws it into the air where it hovers, and he pulls his flute from his jacket. He plays a song on it - a soft, sad song that would send shivers down the spines of those magically in-tune enough to hear it.

The music flows through the crowd, but only a small subset can hear it at all. Yet, the card reacts to it. Suddenly, it expands and moves, taking on shape! First humanoid, but then explicitly the creature on the face of the card. "Grekkiiii." the chain-dancer hisses.

"Rekki, my loyal servant. Go drain the energy of those humans down there, and bring it to us!" he orders. The cardian obeys, soaring into the air just above the crowd. It then begins to dance, the chains around its wrists and ankles flailing as the creature spins, and energy is pulled from those shoppers! Most humans quickly pass out from the drain, and Ail smiles to An. "This planet is so full of energy."

An has posed:
An merely closes her eyes as Ail plays his flute. She really does enjoy Ail's Flute playing. And perhaps is one of the few things in the entire dark unending universe that makes her even a little happy. She looks down as the monster goes to work draining people. She's familar with this. But... Ail's right. These people are really, really energy rich.

She wonders why, but only for a moment. Specifics aren't really important.

So far... so good. No people acting to stop it. Maybe Ail really was seeing things. She smiles lightly as she taps her chin. "This seems worth it." she says matter of factly.

Ayana has posed:
Ayana hesitates at the entrance to the food court, then frowns. "Really?" she asks of the air around her, then heads towards the nearest place that will serve her meat. She orders a sandwich quickly, then starts scarfing even as she pushes past hordes of people, eyes searching the area curiously.

Naota Uneme has posed:
"Huh?" Naota turns around to look at Shiori. "N-no, I'm fine!" He's blushing an awful lot for someone who doesn't need help. "I was just... window-shopping, you know?"

The first scene Naota gets that something's not right is when he hears the music, quiet but somehow insistent over the noise of the crowd. It can't be the mall's music: it's hardly the kind of cheery 'let's all bow to the gods of commercialism!' jingles you'd expect to hear at a place like this.

The second sign Naota gets that something's not right is when people start passing out. That's... well, that's usually a sign of evil. He reaches into his bag and fishes for his True Heart Mirror, ready to transform at a moment's notice.

Shiori Sato has posed:
Shiori nods to Naota's statement. "Looking for something in particular, or just looking?" he asks. But then he pauses, and looks around... a flute? Who'd be playing a flute out here? Weird place for it. Maybe a busker wanting to try to capitalize on the crowd of people here to shop? Though... in the next moment it really won't matter all that much, truthfully.

Why? Because suddenly Shiori begins to feel inexplicably tired. He knows there's something wrong when people start to pass out around him. He's not the first to drop, but he's not going to stay upright very long.

"...Why am I so tired...?" He doesn't wait for an answer. Suddenly, right before Naota, Shiori just collapses, his eyes drifting closed.

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru pauses slightly at the sound of a flute. An odd instrument for this area... but why does it seem to sound familiar?

The sight of people collapsing is the clue needed to jog his memory -- it's the same sound as when that Sailor V competition was interrupted! "By the Barrier, this guy again?" Gaofele groans. He ducks into an alleyway, taking his bracer out and sliding it onto his arm, invoking his Oath:

"To protect the lands, I am Guardian Gao!"

Stepping back out of the alleyway, the forester Knight tracks the threads of energy with his bow, looking for their convergence. He spots Rekki, then takes careful aim to make sure he's firing well over the fallen <span style="color:rowd.

c#008b45">"Nettle Barrage!"</span> he calls out as he releases the arrow, which splinters apart in mid-flight, each shard growing into a long, narrow shaft to pepper the cardian with countless arrows.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
    Ami shakes her head as she watches Motoki collapse that quickly. "Motoki-san!" She whispers before she yawns herself, looking around and....seeing the students collapse in droves. "Definitely not good." She says before she actually runs for it out of the arcade, out of a side door. The last thing she needs is to be seen, especially by unfriendly elements. Once she's in a nearby alley, She pulls out her pen, and smiles as she sees it. "To defend the innocent...." She recites, mostly to herself before she raises her pen.

Mercury Power! Make-Up!

She opens her hand, and each of her fingernails light up in sequence, turning each fingernail blue, before she closes her hand over the pen, and it's symbol spins out of the pen. Ami spins in place, bringing a ribbon of water out of the pen, before she lifts her leg, arches her back and spins into the elongating ribbon of water. The water encloses around her, and bursts into light. She keeps her hands clasped around the pen as she stands back up....turning to reveal herself as....

Sailor Mercury, Guardian of water and Knowledge!

Mercury runs out of the alleyway and looks up at the cardian, shaking her head. "This definitely isn't one of the Dark Kingdom's Youma. I'll have to buy us a little time." She presses her earring to bring up her visor, but she doesn't scan it yet.

Mercury Aqua Mist!

The voice is familiar, but the attack isn't. The thick fog surrounds the Cardian and anyone unfriendly to Sailor Mercury. Mercury doesn't see Guardian Gao yet, or else he'd have his face full of fog too.

Ail has posed:
Ail nods to An. And that's when the thing he's been waiting for - the thing An is about to discover exists - occurs. Even as all of the people are toppling over, there are two who refuse to give up the energy - at least, so easily - to the Cardian. The fog rises up, everything's obscured; and then the nettle barrage flies out, peppering the cardian. While Ail and An can't see the source of the attacks, they can pick up on the energy within them - and the screech of the injured Cardian.

"Never takes them very long." he says. "The planet has a lot of energy, but it is also home to some rather obnoxious interference. That's why it took so long to get the energy needed to revive you. But..." he says, turning to her, holding her hand even in the dense, cold fog. "It was worth it, for the most beautiful woman in the universe." Fight time? Now. Flirt time? ALWAYS.

Rekki has had enough of the cold and not being able to see, and it begins to spin, like a dervish, or even a machine, and her chains whip through the air, cutting through the fog and causing it to dissapate rapidly. Once that's done, and two of the offending heroes can be seen, she makes a flourishing gesture, which sends those iron-link chains snaking down to attack Gao and Mercury! Ail speaks up as the fog is cleared. "If you don't leave you're going to get hurt. This planet, and the energy of those on it, belong to me!"

An has posed:
An is surprised! Why!? Because Ail wasn't seeing things, and Magical Girls and Boys come out of the woodwork like nasty termites. She is taken a little aback. This is going to make things difficult. So so so difficult. But they've handled things before. This is no different, right?

And then Ail flirts~ Even with all that going on down below. Ohoho~ She giggles just a little like a schoolgirl, and leans against Ail. "Is the Cardian going to be enough to finish them off?" she asks.

"Surely... they're not that strong?" she asks as she rests her head against her prince of the universe. ~_~.

"Or do we need to interfere?"

Naota Uneme has posed:
"Belongs to you? Now I just know that you're bad news." The fog is handily keeping Naota hidden as he transforms: the figure that steps out of the mists is a girl in a flowing yellow dress and silver armor. "Shopping is... okay, it's a frivolous activity, but it's okay for people to do friviolous things! They're buying something nice for themselves, or maybe for a loved one! As a sworn defender of innocent hearts everywhere I, Valkyrie Kirin, will not allow your evil plan to succeed! Whatever it is!"

So having speechified, Valkyrie Kirin raises her scepter. "SHINING TOPAZ!" Motes of yellow light gather together and dance around her for a moment before launching at the youma in a barrage of tiny explosions.

Ayana has posed:
Ayana peers around the corner at the energy-grubbing youma. She should probably join the heroes in protecting people, but her sandwich isn't done, and besides: sometimes it's fun to just /watch/. So the kitsune takes another bite of her sandwich, then peers around curiously.

That's when Ail speaks, and Ayana pauses to study him curiously. "Hmmm," she murmurs, then licks her fingers and steps into the shadow of a large vehicle.

While Sailor Mercury and Gao are busy fighting the youma, Ayana glances down at her outfit, then twists her fingers into an arcane sigil. Drawing her hands up from floor to head, she pulls dark energy into herself, and uses it to empower her illusions. Her pretty summer dress and sandals are drawn into the spell, replaced by a steel chestplate. The chestplate sprouts a barrier jacket in blue and gold. A black skirt and stockings flicker into place, both trimmed in gold. Her hands wrap in black silk ribbon, and a pair of red silk ribbons pull her hair into twintails. She draws a thin golden wand from the air , with a fox-eared heart at its tip, and white boots form around her feet. "There," says Black Fox.

Emerging back into view, Black Fox rushes towards the fight. "Look out!" she calls. "those chains look like they hurt!" Her fox ears and bushy tail are visible, now, as she rushes to join the fight.

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru swaps his bow for his quarterstaff just in time to parry the iron chain; the metal links leave a bruising hit as they wrap around the staff, but the worst of the momentum is reduced. The fog is indeed familiar, and his mouth narrows -- while having Mercury here is good in the fight against the monster, it might complicate things afterwards.

He looks towards the arrival of Valkyrie Kirin and Black Fox with some interest; the more help, the better! Although Black Fox /does/ get an odd look; the ears and tail are rather unexpected, after all.

The forester Knight yanks on the quarterstaff, trying to pull the youma off-balance for a moment. He unsummons the staff in favor of his bow, then takes a quick shot at the cardian -- no special tricks, just a swift arrow to take advantage of the brief potential opening.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
"Well blast, I hoped that would last a little longer than what it did." Mercury says as she watches the chains dissipate the fog. However, with her visor up, she's getting active scans of the cardian. She's getting better at this. "At least with this, Mars and the other Senshi will know what to expect." She says tapping her computer a couple of times while backing up from the cardian.

Ail has posed:
Ail looks over at An. "They're stronger than they look, especially when there's so many of them. See how fast they converge?" he asks. "It's dangerous to get involved ourselves, especially when we still have so many cards left." he adds, as she asks if they should get involved right now. "Perhaps the Cardian will remove some of them."

Rekki is making an attempt to do just that, though it is having questionable results. Being pulled towards Gao prevents her from making any further progress before he swaps his quarterstaff to a bow and fires an arrow! It sinks deep in her, and she howls out, calling her name.

"What are you doing, Rekki. If he's going to use a weapon like that, get in close!" Ail shouts, obviously annoyed. The cardian follows his orders, chains whipping about as she moves, arrow still embedded in her, towards Gao! If those chains wrap around him, she'll make an effort to drain him dry of energy!

An has posed:
An hrms and watches with narrowed eyes. "They seem very unorganized, Ail." she says. "I think it will be easy for Rekki to remove them one by one~" she says. She purses her lips in thought. Such an array of different types of opponents down there. Some sort of... forester knight, a fox girl, an armored girl fighting with motes of light. A bluenette with a visor doing... something that isn't attacking. This is all so very bizzare to see.

So far, none of them have been silly enough to attack them directly it seems. She's thankful for this.

Ayana has posed:
Black Fox's eyes widen as the cardian rushes towards Gao. She leaps forward and raises her wand. "FOXFIRE!" she shouts, and a burst of dazzling, rainbow-coloured light streaks towards the Youma to try and spoil its attack.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
The cardian isn't going to get enough of a chance to get a hold of Gao. Apparently, Ayana has the same idea as Mercury does.

Mercury Aqua Jet!!

She puts both of her hands forward and a large torrent of water, like a firehose, towards the cardian to push it away from Gao.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Valkyrie Kirin, meanwhile, has a different plan. "Let him go!" She races towards the youma, skirt whipping around her, and leaps at it when she's within reach with scepter raised high. "Take this! VALKYRIE HAMMER!"

Back at Naota's home a certain blue hamster feels a shiver. "I hope she's not doing something stupid again..."

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru tenses as Rekki flies his direction, ready to pull the same move on this cardian as he did on Skreeia a month ago. But before he can summon a tree upper-cut, the youma gets broadsided by light, water, and hammer, knocking it off-course.

He blinks once, then draws another arrow. "Bramble Grasp!" the forester Knight calls out as he fires, and the arrow splits into a web-like group of thorny vines that seek to bind the youma's chains. After all, if they're an entangled mass, what can it do with them?

Ail has posed:
Rekki makes a dive for Gao! She's coming in fast - and then the sudden burst of sparkles in her eyes from Fox-Chan distracts her so much she doesn't notice the counterattacks! Suddenly, there's a burst of water from Sailor Mercury - like a sledgehammer, it knocks the Youma off-course, and then the actual hammer of Valkyrie Kirin slams into her, shunting her back the other direction! She stands, chains flailing - but before she can attack anyone, she finds herself entraped and bound, and is now desperately trying to free her chains from the brambles!

Ail gestures to the Cardian. "Maybe we need better servants. They might be disorganized at first, but you see how rapidly they come together - they act as a combined threat very quickly. They can really blindside you with how many there are." He considers getting involved, but... he turns to an. Suddenly, there's a hand on her cheek. "I don't want to get you involved and risk losing you, or seeing you hurt. It's been so hard seeing you so weakened. But you need more energy if you're going to take them on directly."

Meanwhile, on the ground, the cardian is getting close to getting free - if this thing is going to be put down easy, now's the time for it!

Ayana has posed:
Ayana whirls her wand in her hands, then points her wand towards the youma again. "Finish it off, before it can get free!" she calls to the others. "Foxfire Illumination!" she declares, and a beam of even more brilliant rainbows streaks towards the captured chaindancer.

An has posed:
An tsks, her eyes watch the heroes suddenly...begin to work together? They're all so different though! That doesn't make any sense to her. Surely, when they're done here---they'll turn on one another, right? That's how it happens...

Right?

She closes her eyes and sighhhhs to Ail. "No..No, you're right. I still need more time." she says cooly. "We'll just consider this draw a mulligan if they manage to defeat it. I'm sure more chances will happen soon." she says.

She considers a moment. It looks like they may need to leave soon at this rate, for better- or worse.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
    "Yes, lets clean her clock." Mercury says before she holds out her hands in front of her.

SHABOU SPRAY!!

She then twirls around and crossing her arms behind the growing point of light.

FREEZE!!

She sweeps her arms across the point of light, to have bubbles fly towards the cardian, and pop as they hit. Of course, this is a MUCH thicker fog than before, and the effect is that it's also a LOT colder than the Aqua mist earlier. She hopes this attack gets tot he cardian first though, so it'll slow it down enough for everyone else to land solid hits upon it.

Meanwhile....she's STILL scanning and taking notes.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Valkyrie Kirin's scepter really isn't that good a weapon in the 'clobbering people' sense of things, so all she's accomplishing is a distraction. But then Ayana makes her suggestion and the girl smiles. "All right, let's do this!" She raises her scepter and spins, suddenly surrounded by a glow like hundreds of tiny stars. "I shine with the light of truth: let the wicked face it or flee! PRISMATIC DIAMOND!" The lights gather together, forming a multicolored haze around her, before launching in one massed bolt.

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru nods and draws another arrow. This one has a large mass of pulsating energy instead of an arrowhead, coruscating with green light. The forester Knight takes careful aim, targeting the center of the <span style="color:ardian.

c#008b45">"Verdant Explosion!"</span> he shouts, releasing the arrow, which flies towards the youma like a rocket -- and will hit just as explosively as one, too!

Ail has posed:
Rekki tears itself free of the binds by lashing some of its chains against the other ones, tearing the binds away! Before it can do so again, the fog rolls back in! Only this fog is thicker than before - and MUCH colder. It's attempts to drive the fog away the way it did before are thwarted by a blast of energy from Fox-Chan, and the ice begins to coat its body!

Frozen in place, the two other attacks come twirling in together - Gao's Verdant Explosion and Valkyrie Kirin's Prismatic Diamond converge on the youma, with explosive results, shattering the Cardian in a burst of bright green with multicolored streaks! When the fog has cleared, all that remains of Ail's 'servant' is the card he summoned it from before, which spins to the ground and sprays negative energy out of it, before becoming a solid black, otherwise blank card.

Ail looks down on the assembled heroes from above, a sneer on his face. "You haven't won. You've barely even accomplished anything!" he shouts at them angrily. As if to prove his point, a flick of his wrist causes his hand to fill with cards again, as he puts his other hand around An. "You see? This was only the begining! This world belongs to us - we are its king and queen, and that means your energy is ours for the taking!"

Ail starts to shift the two of them back to their apartment hideout, though there is likely enough time before they fade out for An to get her own observations and remarks in, as well.

An has posed:
An sighs and crosses her arms. She'll let Ail teleport them back to the apartment because he has way more energy than she does at the moment. She's at least awake and coherent now. That's a start. She says. "It's really only a matter of time." she says. "You're just the next in a long, long line of worlds~" she says in a rather arrogant, condescending tone. "But enjoy the small victories while you can." she says.

Ayana has posed:
Black Fox rushes forward to where the Youma fell, pointing towards Ail and An, "Don't let them get away!" she declares to the other magical girls and boys here. Meanwhile, she leans down to scoop up the falling card and slips it carefully into her barrier jacket.

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru holds his bow at the ready, watching Ail and An in case their retreat is merely a feint. Once they are gone, he looks around at the fallen people -- if this goes anything like it did last time, people should start recovering soon, as long as they didn't lose all of their energy.

Ami Mizuno has posed:
"Like everyone else." Mercury says as Ayana rushes forward. "as much as I'd like to, I haven't figured out a way to stop them from teleporting yet." She then walks forward to Ayana and tilts her head. "May I have that card for a minute?" She says holding out her hand. "I'll give it back after I've scanned it." Her visor is still up.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Kirin sighs. "Well, they got away." She turns to face the other assorted magical people - pausing for a moment when she sees Ami and her costume, who reminds her of someone else - and waves. "I'm happy I could help, but I think this is where I need to disappear. Until next time!" With that she leaps off, finding someplace convenient to transform back and rejoin the throng.

Ail has posed:
With Ail and An gone, and the cardian removed, a portion of the stolen energy is returning to the victims, and they're waking up - groggy and confused maybe, but alive and safe. You'd think people would be more concerned or surprised, but somehow they all seem to start to stagger back to their feet and go about their business; a side effect of Ail and An's magical power, or perhaps just the curtain that seperates magic from normal people's everyday lives. It would be a different type of person indeed who wouldn't fall victim to this almost casual ignorance of the strange and different.

Ayana has posed:
Ayana hesitates a moment, then pulls the card out and offers it to Mercury. "I'm Black Fox," she says with a smile. "I've been tasked with collecting these cards and returning them to where they safely belong. I don't know much about them, though."

Gaofele Doiru has posed:
Gaofele Doiru smiles. The people's energy has been restored, and as an added bonus Sailor Mercury appears to be distracted by the cardian's card! Time for a highly tactical move:

Getting out of here, before awkward questions can be asked.

He quietly steps into the alleyway, summoning his quarterstaff and using it to create a springburst of plants under his feet. The forester Knight bounds away across the rooftops by using this method, finally going to ground several blocks away in another alleyway.

Dropping his henshin, Gao starts making his way towards one of the larger parks. Perhaps some woodcarving will help decorate the store, and what better wood than a fallen branch?

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Mercury, upon receiving the card, holds it up in front of her. Her computer runs a LOT of active scans on the card, and more as she flips it over. "I'm Sailor Mercury, Senshi of Water and Knowledge." She says as she flips it over. "Better to have more than one group looking into this. You never know what both groups might turn up." She says handing the card back to Ayana. "Thank you. The more scans I get, the more I can compile data."

She then looks over to make sure Guardian Gao isn't going to attack her, but finds he's gone. She smiles a little bit more. "At least I don't have to worry about him." She says softly. "Excuse me. I do have to talk to the other Sailor Senshi about this."

Ayana has posed:
"What'd your scanner thingie tell you?" Ayana asks, ears twitching with curiosity. The fox-girl tucks the card back into her barrier jacket, then leans in to inspect Ami's scanner, sniffing at it suspiciously.

Shiori Sato has posed:
Amongst the first to wake is Shiori. Collapsed on his side near where he'd been talking to Naota he stirs, his eyes open, and he blinks, confused. He gets to his feet, dusting himself off, and looks around. "...Why did I pass out?" he mutters.

And then he checks his watch. Why was he unconscious for that time?! He just remembers getting incredibly tired and just... losing consciousness. He looks around, noticing the people just going about their business. No one seems to have noticed anything.

And then he sees magical girls, two magical heroes that haven't scrammed yet. Maybe they're about to!

Quickly, Shiori tries to get over to where they are before they run off. "E-excuse me!" he calls out to them. "Do either of you know what just happened? I've got a huge time discrepancy between now and what I thought was just a second or two ago."

Ami Mizuno has posed:
Holding the computer up to her chest so Ayana can't see, Mercury looks to Ayana and smiles. "I'll be looking more at it later, I fear. For now..." And that's when Shiori walks up and asks them the question. "Unfortunately, I have to say that 'the less you know, the better'." She also obviously doesn't like saying that, but she still leaves it at that....and starts to run away from the area.

Ayana has posed:
"Uhm," Ayana replies to Shiori, and then her ears fold down to either side. "I don't ... know, actually. I was just out with my friends enjoying the day, and then this monster shows up and bang, boom, and then I feel asleep, and then I woke up and the girl in blue was there. I think I need to get home and get out of this costume. My mom's gonna be so mad!"

Shiori Sato has posed:
Shiori blinks at Sailor Mercury's reaction. "Uh... o...kay...?" Definitely something weird. Ayana's response is more normal however. But also not very informative. He blinks. "Got you too, ne?" He sighs. "Well... thank you, anyway. I don't want to keep you. Sorry for the trouble." He bows politely. Shiori doesn't seem to register that Ayana's anything more than just another person gotten by the weird sleep.