2178/Bubbles the unicorn!

Bubbles the unicorn!
Date of Scene:	01 December 2016
Location:	Plot Room #1
Synopsis:	Sakura meets a unicorn! Oh, and bubbles was caught. BUT UNICORN!
Cast of Characters:	Ariel Theodore, Sakura Kinomoto

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Ariel Theodore has posed:
    It's Thursday after school. Though hitting the winter season doesn't mean Seishou's gardening club is out of work for the season at all. One such member, Ariel Theodore; the chipper foriegn fifth grader, is working hard. If there is a plant in a classroom- from the smallest bud to the biggest ficus, she's making the rounds, checking soil, watering flowers, and otherwise tending to the class plants, humming merrily to herself.
    One however doesn't seem to meet expectation. Pale lips purse as she inspects an empty class' potted plants. And after a moment of consideration she runs out the room.
    Only to return a few moments later. "Come on, Lucky, this way~."
    Lucky being the utterly gigantic hound that can be seen waiting faithfully by the school every day. She has her hand on one corner of a bag of fertilizer, and the dog's jaw has the other corner clamped in his mouth, helping her with the heavy weight. The two make it with little mess and no incident. Until she opens the bag anyway.
    It's too heavy. Her attempts to pour are met with a squeak and a bleat.
    And soil everywhere. The floot, the plants, on Lucky, on her. "A-ah..."
    That's going to need some cleaning up.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
All of a sudden, almost immediately... there is a small bubble rising over the girl. Odd? There didn't seem to be any soap in the bag, yet bubbles were slowly billowing up over the girl. However, the more she swatted at them, the more they began to roll over her, until both her AND her dog were completely covered in them, and a good chunk of the floor, too!

Even worse, they were CLEANING bubbles! Cleaning away everything. Dirt, grime, magic, completely polishing the girl(not clothes though, they just cleaned her clothes.) Slowly filling the entire room up! Well, that was a fast escalation.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    Well that didn't go to plan. For a long moment, Ariel sits as though in shock. Covered from head to toe in soot and dirt. It only gets worse because of Lucky, too. Bracing his paws on the floor, the massive hound treats all the dirt and soul as though it were water. Albeit much mor dry.
    Lucky shakes.
    "WAH! LUCKY NO!" Ariel bleats. Dirt goes everywhere. This is going to be a nightmare to clean up, and it makes her sigh heavily.
    Right until that bubble appears from nowhere. Lucky notices it first, tilting his head with a slow wag of tail. Then Ariel looks where he looks. "Huh?"
    It's a bubble. Ariel blinks, staring back at her reflection in the floating spheroid, curiously reaching out a finger to poke and pop it. And then there's another. And another. ... And another. And "Uh..." And then there are too many.
    Bubbles are harmless right? Sure, maybe, but the sudden deluge is still surprising. Lucky yelps, Ariel bleats, and they are engulfed-- engulfed.
    Needless to say there is much flailing and confusion.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
The bubbles continue to spread out in all directions, filling out the room, every inch of it being cleaned and scrubbed and polished, bubbles getting everywhere and... it was even cleaning the wax out of her ears and her nose! Eesh! Bubbles was thourough! At least she wouldn't have to wash Lucky after this.

"Sakura, I sense a clow card!" Kero said, making sakura look up.

"What? But i need to get home, I have homework and--"

"You can do them later! It's... at your school!"

"WHAT?!" and sakura took off.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    Oh god they're everywhere. They're getting everywhere, they're going IN everywhere. A sneeze from Lucky says he isn't happy about bubbles up his nose, and Ariel gurbles a sound somewhere between confusion and discomfort when she inhales. For a moment or so there IS geniune panic, but the pair rally surprisingly well.
    There's a small flare of flickering green light and a sudden POMF. Lucky and Ariel come barreling out of the door, bubbles going everywhere as the girl slides slong the hallway floor, and thumps into the wall with a squawk, her hound slip-sliding in a similar fashion before flattening her under his fluffed out bulk. When she DOES stand herself up, she's not in her school uniform anymore.
    Those are magic bubbles, she can tell that much, and that's why the tiny girl now armored, a silvery suit of knightly platemail, fitted for a girl her size. And both her and Lucky are no longer shrouded in their glamour.
    So yeah this might be an awkward sight; a unicorn-girl in the hall, staring completely BEFUDDLED at all the bubbles, once she has her wits.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
And, of course,that was when Sakura arrived. The school girl stood at the end of the hall. Her eyes wide. And... making a sound it was possible only Lucky could hear.

Kero stared down at her. "What? what's wrong?"

"She's so adorable!" Sakura said with a little squeak. And this was coming from SAKURA! Lil miss 'gets glomped three times a day by random women.' Ariel might recognize her from the cheerleading squad. And now she was staring at her as mroe bubbles began spilling out of the room.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    That timing is pretty handy. Between being wholly confused, Ariel wouldn't know the first thing about... battling a wall of bubbles. "Uhhh..." She doesn't even realize Sakura is there for a moment longer, before the girl makes that sound.
    It doesn't matter how high pitched it is, Lucky hears is, turning his head to peer at the girl. But Ariel's ears- long and floppy- prick up as well, and she follows his gaze.
    Oh.
    Oh that's one of the girls from the grade just under hers. "... A-ah! I know it looks weird! Um!" Think Ariel, think fast!
    "I-it's cosplay?"
    Lying does not come easy to her. Nor is it really... A believable one.
    Wait is that stuffed animal talking? ... No that's not a stuffed animal at all. Ariel is practically staring at Kero.
    "Wurf." Lucky interjects, to remind everyone about the whole 'room full of bubbles issue. That is a thing.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto eeped as suddenly the bubbles washed down the hall in a flurry! In fact, in a matter of moments, there was a 'poof' as bubbles spilled out from the windows and doors of the building. Sakura shrieked, coughing and shaking.

"K-Kero-chan, what card is this?" she cried, trying to see in the bubble filled halls.

"It's... the bubble card, obviously. It's mostly made for cleaning!"

"Then why is it doing... this?!"

"It's trying to find a mess! A we need a really, really big mess to draw it all back together before we can reseal it!"

"Is the horned girl a card, too?"

".... Possibly!"

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    A card?
    Unicorn and dog both tilt head curiously, at the same time. To the same angle, even. And there is another beat of just staring, before Ariel comes back to the moment with a flail. "Wah! Card? What? I'm not a card!" The girl bleats. She was clean just moments ago from all that sudsing. But as soon as her arms start waving and that tail swishes side to side...
    She sheds.
    It's just a light dusting, but there's no questioning what it is. She sheds glitter. Colorful and shimmering, a rainbow detritus. She doesn't even think about it. it's just natural. "... Huh? Bubble card?" She finally asks, horn glimmering that flickering green again. She's reaching for the gossamer shimmgering stuff that dreams are made out of, her very dreams forming into reality, glimmering transluscent brick work blocking up the windows to try and halt the spread, and working on making a flood barrier to keep herself and Sakura from being washer over, temporarily.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto blinked a few times, coughing and sputtering. Finally, she opened her mouth and held out her hand, moving towards the girl. "I've got an idea! The key that holds the power of darkness. Reveal your true form to me! I, sakura, command you under our contract! Release!" Her wand forms in her hand a moment later.

"FLOWER! Create a mess!" she yelled, using the flower card and sending petals everywhere.

So now there were bubbles, sparkles and flowers everywhere. Kero was not amused. He just face palmed. "Why didn't it work?!"

"Flowers aren't.... necesarily dirty, Sakura," he said flatly.

"Oh. Ummm... a-are you okay?" she called out to the other girl as the bubbles pushed against the barrier. Well, at least the bubbles only tickled, they didn't hurt.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    The shielding raised by Ariel's spell is a temporary bulwark at best. Something to hide behind, withoug actually solving the problem. And for a moment, again the two are staring at Sakura when she summons that wand.
    Well, it looks like Ariel DOESN'T have to lie after all. This is someone else steeped in the magical world. She sighs.
    "I'm fine- it just caught us by surprise," she answers. She only stops to watch the sudden flowery growth. "Um. Flowers aren't really dirty, yes." She confirms. Before a thought strikes. Dirty. Dirt.
    "-Lucky, go get another bag."
    With a "Wurf." The gigantic dog turns right around and bolts off. It'll just be a moment or so before he comes back dragging another bag of soil and fertilizer with him. "Will this work?"
    Dirt is dirty, right?

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto stared at it, before looking to kero. The little animal hummed. Then nodded. "Yeah! where are all trhe bags? If we open a bunch of them at once, that should do it!" he said with a grin. "There are more, right?"

Sakura blinked, then made a face. "Wait, is that... fertilizer?" Oh dear, bubble was getting a bit more pent up, too.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    All of the bags. Ariel cringes at the thought. "The uh. Gardening Club storage space." She answers. BUT, "Hopefully one should be enough though."
    Hopefully she won't have to awkwardly answer about 'where did all the fertilizer sacks go?' While she was tending to classroom plants. She opens the bag, reaches in for a handful of soil...
    And hurls it through the barrier against a wall.
    That should get some attention.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Bubbles began to surge through it, purging the bag in a moment and then...

"Now's not the time for being stingy!" Kero snapped. "Do you have any idea what will happen if bubble's keeps expanding? We need a big mess and we need it now!"

Sakura cringed. "K-kero-chan, I don't think--"

"Think about it! Bubbles everyhwere! everything polished clean!"

"That doesn't seem so bad..."

"And unable to see anything because all the bubbles!" Sakura sighed and looked to ariel. 'I... I think we don't have a choice..." Oh poor ariel...

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    B-but...
    Well that didn't work. A bead of sweat rolls down the side of Ariel's brow. No time to be stingy, Kero says, and she stares at him, even Lucky lets out a rumbly grumble. But she sighs. "Lucky?"
    Well she's probably going to have some explaining to do, when the Clow Card goes through the whole bag so fast. Ariel remains where she is, doing her best to keep the barrier up, but she shoots Lucky a pleading look. A HUFF and the hound trots off, one by one starting to drag the heavy bags back to the hall.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Kero nods. "Good, no, we need to spread them out and fast! Sakura, can you--"

"On it!" she said with a nod. Drawing the windy card. "Windy! Spread this far and wide!" She activated the card and the fierce winds spread through the hall. Tearing the bags open and... it does not bear repeating what happens next. The bubbles do, however, converge on them. Sakura stands there, frozen in place, whimpering. She did not think her choice of cards through.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    Annnd there's dirt everywhere. The bags are torn and Windy goes to work... And poor Ariel is covered in soil ALL OVER again. Both she and Lucky stand good and stock still for a moment, just. Dusty.
    Lucky SHAKES himself off again, and as Ariel takes a step, a lot of it sloughs off her, but it's stuck in spaces in her armor and all over her hair and -- everywhere. This has been a day...
    Sakura gets a gentle shake, when the girl locks up. A wordless nudge and motion at the open bags and how the bubbles have all converged.
    "So um. Now what?"

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto gulped, turned to it. She then lifted the wand. "A-ah, right! Return to your true form! Clow card!" she yelled. The bubbles weere gathered up into a small card which then floated gently to Sakura's hand. She smiled and, with a pen from her pocket, wrote her name on it. "And done!" She then looked around at the mess and blinked. "Errr... Bubble, clean up this mess!" she ordered, activating the card a second time, but this time it was under control. She then looked to Ariel and eeped, before... "Y-you're... a magical girl too, right?" She... really, really hoped so. She looked up at those ears, giggling a little as the bubbles tickled her. "Are... are those real? Can... can I touch them?"

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    There... Handled... All the bubbles and suds turned into a card in the blink of an eye. Ariel heaves a sigh, shoulders sagging.
    Lucky shakes again to get a few last bubbles out of his coat.
    This time, Ariel pops one with her fingers. Puff. "Um. Yes?" Yes. She is a magical girl, she confirms it sheepishly. And then... "Y-yes?" Yes her ears are real. "... Y-yes?"
    Poor Ariel is just more befuddled than anything.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto squeaks giddily, then moves in close, reaches up and proceeds to scritch her ears with both hands! "Ohhhh! They're just so cute!" she said with a little giggle. "They're like cute lil puppy ears!" Then blinked, eyed the horn. "Is the horn real too? What are you?"

Then eeped and pulled back. "O-oh! Righ,t I ummm, I'm Sakura Kinomoto, nice to meet you! S-sorry about all of... this. It's kind of my fault..." The card flew back to her hand, all of them... completely polished clean. Probably cleaned than they'd been in months. Like, every inch of anything dirty off them.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    "A-ah..."
    Ears flick and wiggle, the scritching flusters Ariel, tail flicking behind her. Lucky tilts his head again, just... Looking at Sakura as though the girl were scritching the wrong person here. He's the dog, after all. "U-unicorn, actually." Ariel notes. Which means the horn is probably real too. Introductions though.
    "Eheh heh... Nice to meet you, Sakura. You're ah... On the cheerleading squad, right?" Sakura has probably seen Ariel at track and field club, to boot. "I think you're in the grade just under mine- I'm Ariel."
    And Ariel is now squeaky clean.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto nodded, staring. Then pulled her hands back. She just stared. Then, finally. "YOU'RE A UNICORN?!" and well, she WAS just a little girl who met a unicorn. You can imagine what happened next.

Ariel was so going to get allll the pampering.

Ariel Theodore has posed:
    There's an odd sound that can be heard through the halls at Seishou, after that.
    It sounds a lot like a bleat.