2292/Job security

Job security
Date of Scene:	05 January 2017
Location:	The AM/PM Mini Market
Synopsis:	Clotho tries to attack Kyouko at work! It... it didn't work. Clotho has been having a bad, bad time.
Cast of Characters:	Kyouko Sakura, Unmei, Naru Osaka

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Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko often works the late morning-early evening shift at the conbenie. That means, as the clock approaches 8pm, she's just getting ready to trade off with her replacement and head out. There's still a few minutes left, though- the next shiftworker hasn't arrived yet. The evening rush is over, and though business has been fairly steady, the store is empty at the moment other than her.

    She stands behind the counter, wearing black t-shirt and jeans and overtop that the orange apron with the white AM/PM logo on it which is her uniform. She's tapping away at the register, totalling sales or somesuch. Her cellphone is face-down on the counter next to her. She sighs absently, picking it up to glance at it, tapping out a quick reply to whatever message she sees, then checking the time before putting it down again to continue her poking at the register.

    Why are the last few minutes of work always the longest?

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho took a deep breath as she walked into the shop, munching on some potato chips. Ugh, she wasn't sure she liked this form at all. For one, it turned her hair blue, except she just DYED it blue so she was a little worried it wasa bit obvious. But hey, that's what the whole magic undetectable thing was for. On the other end, she wasn't sure how she felt about targeting Kyouko now. Sure, it had been planned for weeks but... Kyouko was kind of a friend now, wasn't she? Well, not really a friend but she was nice. But Pin assured her the girl would be fine. They'd get in, take what they needed, then go out.

But oh my gosh she was so hungrrrrrry. She walked into the am pm, grabbed about... five bags of chips, a hot dog, three bags of jerky and a cookie, placing them on the counter.

She then smiled at the girl. "Busy night?" she asked. Her garments seemed mundane enough. A blue pin in her hair, loose, baggy blue clothes... the odd mix of magic around her...

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Welcome to the AM/PM Minimart~" Kyouko sing-songs by rote as the door oepns and Clotho comes in. She glances up, but doesn't seem to recognize the girl- the dyed hair must be enough. She goes back to looking at the register. A moment later her phone buzzes and she peers at the screen a moment. Her cheeks flush faintly red, and she grins to herself before tapping out a reply, placing it back down.

    A moment later, Clotho is coming up with a whole armful off stuff and putting them on the counter. Kyouko automatically starts ringing stuff out. "Eh.. don't look too busy, now does it?" She comments, with a wink, gesturing to the empty store. The stuff is totalled and put in the bag. "That'll be 1,200 yen, miss." She states, quirking a brow and gesturing to the little tray in which it is polite to put one's money.

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho nodded, a grin on her lips. "Not bad. At all." Then... "You know, you look pretty hungry yourself," she said, reaching into her purse for her money. She then placed the yen gently into the money. "The long shifts are the worst, aren't they?"

Then, when Kyouko reached for the money, Clotho's hand slammed down on it, a... weird, blue gem in her hand. It looked as if it was ice, but it wasn't cold.

"Of course, a girl such as yourself, I've seen the gluttonious nature within." The gem glimmered. "Revel in your sins!"

Kyouko would feel, for a moment, this splurge of magic surging through her hand, battling with her own magical nature. The pin in the girl's hair rose up at a blue peacock, swirling around clotho.

And then nothing. The gem just... fell off her hand.

Clotho blinked a few times. "Err... that's... that hasn't happened before. Um, Pin? Did it work?"

"Does it LOOK like it worked?"

"... Oh. Well. Um. Shit?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
The sound of the door indicates that Clotho is shortly not going to be alone in the store with Kyouko for much longer. It /is/ almost shift change, after all.

Instead its Naru's voice that attempts to pre-empt what she knows is the standard sing-song greeting that Kyouko almost does in her sleep. She's clearly been shopping, to judge by the bags in her hands. "I know you were coming over, but I popped out, and was scared you'd get to my place before me, so I..."

It's about then that Naru realizes that there's a girl at the counter and Kyouko and things aren't quite /right/ and she stops a few steps away, her chatter coming to a halt.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Yeah well, I'm about to go meet my girlfriend for dinner," Kyouko starts to say conversationally, "So I probably od look-"

    She blinks as Clotho's hand slams down on her own with a strange blue gem in it. For a moment, she thinks she feels some sort of magical surge but.. nothing happens. Kyouko just blinks a few times, glancing down at the gem-holding hand on top of hers, then at the girl's hairpin which seems to have unfolded in some strange manner.

    "Um.. excuse me?" She asks, sounding mildly irritated. "If you wanna do your weird chuunibyou stuff, there's plenty of clubs over in Akiba that cater to that sorta thing. But for right now you gotta let me take the money, if you wanna take the snacks."

    Then Naru comes in, and Kyouko beams, looking over. "Hey! Hold on, let me just finish with this last customer." She tugs at the money, turning a scowl on Clotho. "Leggo."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho blinked a few more times, staring at the girl. Then... "Oh! Wait, err, right, err, c-carry on, I'll just, err, yes." She glanced to Pin. Who just shrugged. Then she urked as someone else entered. She turned and saw NARU!

Oh gosh this was quite possibly the worst magical girl villain time of like, ever. She couldn't help feeling extra incompetent as she paid for her food and took her bags. "T-thank you," she squeaked, timidly, her head hanging in shame.

She reached out to take her gem, staring at the magical gem, then back to kyouko. Why hadn't it worked.

Pin just kind of awkwardly hovered over her shoulder. Honestly they were both just kind of... off.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru quirks a brow, looking Clotho over and watching her manipulating her gem. And her magical gem. And Pin hovering. "What's going on?" She asks, quirking her head thoughtfully. There's a lot of 'not quite right' in this picture.

"No rush, I'm early." Naru notes to Kyouko on the topic of finishing up with the last customer. Meeting girlfriend for dinner? Check.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko rings the money into the register, clicking it shut again and handing over Clotho's receipt along with the bag of food. "You're welcome. Please come again." There's something terse in her tone which suggests she will not, actually, be terribly upset if this weirdo doesn't come again.

    She looks over Clotho's head and shrugs at Naru. "I dunno, this weird kid was sayin' something about reveling in my sins, or something, and she hit me with a cosplay jewel."

    She only then seems to notice Pin floating there, eyeing the creature skeptically. "Oh, wait. You didn't actually just try to like, drain my magic or something, did you?" She asks, sounding rather annoyed. "Because I was really just about to get off my shift, and I had plans, and stopping to mince you would really just put a crimp in my evening."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho blinked a few more times, looking between the two and taking the bag of food. "W-what? No! No no. Cosplay. Yes. totally cosplay. I'll, errr, I'll see my self out. Thank you, I, errr, probably won't be coming again!"

And she made a bee line right for the door. "Oh my gosh, Pin, that was humiliating! You didn't tell me it could do that! I thought she wasn't supposed to be a magical girl!"

"Maybe she's not? Maybe she wasn't glutonous enough?"

"I think I saw her down a corn dog, stick and all. I'm pretty sure a lack of gluttony isn't the problem!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"You don't necessarily /need/ to mince you know." Naru sounds more gently amused by Kyouko's stance on attempting drainings than horrified by the prospect. They do have plans, after all.

There's a small hazard in having a magical girl not quite at the counter yet, and Clotho carrying on a conversation with a bird flying over her shoulder as she leaves.

"I can hear you, you know." Naru points out as she turns to watch Clotho take her leave. "What are you trying to do?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko sighs, and she starts taking off her apron as Clotho makes her retreat, even as Naru continues trying to talk to the girl. "Look, at least do your research kid. I've got plenty of sins on my talley-" For some reason, she glances at Naru sas she says this, "But eating corn dogs complete with stick ain't one of them."

    A middle-aged woman comes in the door behind both Naru and Clotho, and Kyouko smiles. "Hey, Satsuki. Just about to head out, she's all yours!" She says, to the person who must be the employee covering the next shift. She steps out from behind the counter and walks over to stand beside Naru, still eyeing Clotho.

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho acked, picking up her pace and practically running out of the store. she paused. Walked back in a moment later and pointed a finger at Kyouko. "D-don't you mock my watching people skills! I know what I saw!" ... No she probably didn't.

"Clotho, just let it go. You're going to get stabbed. Again," Pin said flatly.

Clotho scowled and then STORMED off, clutching her back of chips and tearing it open... spilling half of them out in the middle of the street. They'd probably hear the stream of curse words from inside.

Were tokyo's villains getting worse?

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I don't stab people." Naru points out gently and then Clotho storms off and she takes a moment and then looks back to Kyouko and there's a touch of an odd expression on her face. "I don't think that entirely went as she intended."

Naru lifts her hand to wave to Satsuki as the woman arrives, clearly someone visits enough to start to get to know Kyouko's co-workers.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko quirks a brow as she pauses next to Naru just inside the entrance to the store. "Aw, c'mon babe, we can work on your stabbin'. It's not that hard. Basically it's just a forward and back sorta motion. Just make sure the pointy bit is towards the bad guy." She says, humor in her voice.

    She winces slightly, hearing the stream of profanity coming from otuside as Clotho spills her chips all over the street. "Yeesh. And people say I have a dirty mouth. I imagine it didn't."

    She glances back at Satsuki, then grips Naru by the upper arm, towing her just outside the stoor into the streetlamp-lit evening, and leaning in to whisper, "If she really was trying to drain my magic, do you think we outta.. I dunno, do something?"

    She glances at her phone, still held in one hand. "I mean, it is kinda late.."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho started walking down the street, grumbling darkly to Pin as she walked. "See, this is why I wanted to call the whole thing off! It's bad enough she's Naru's girl friend, now it turns out she's a magical girl too, probably. I can't believe this! You have any idea how embarrassing that was?"

"Clotho, it's bound to happen once in a while. Your magic--"

"Oh don't you even START with my magic," she tore open a bag of jerky and started munching it. "You know what I could have been doing? I could have been over at-- ummm, w-well, you know... ummmm..." Her cheeks turned red.

Pin snorted. "Oh, and so it comes out. You're just upset you didn't get to snuggle with your girl friend."

"It is cold, wet and miserable. And thanks to you I made a total ass of myself! You know, I bet none of the other villains have to deal with stuff like this. I bet whenever they go out and try to drain magical energy, it works a hundred percent the first time and there's NO issues at all," she said with a shake of her head. "How am I supposed to show my face around town now? All the other magical girls are going to laugh at me!"

"... They don't even know who you are."

"That doesn't make it better!"

"You're being over dramatic, Clotho."

"Well, screw you, Pin!" she said angrily. Probably getting so many stares as she stuffed her face with jerky.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Pointy bit in the other guy, that part I have." Naru quips to Kyouko as they head out of the store.

"Look, if she's struggling enough to be trying to drain you at work.." Naru whispers back. "It's not /that/ late, and just make sure she's alright, okay?"

Because of course, Naru's more worried than distraught.

She tugs Kyouko along, following after where Clotho is grumping at her bird and calls over. "Clotho!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "What does me bein' at work have to do with anything?" Kyouko grumps, clearly not really on board with this plan. But she sighs after a moment. "Alright, alright, fine. But if we're doin' this, we're doin' it official."

    There's a brilliant flash of scarlet light mid-stride, and a moment later it's Apatite who stands there, complete with cape and spear resting lazily over one shoulder as she walks alongside Naru.

    "Hey kid," She snaps, suddenly with an authoritative ring to her street-accented voice. "C'mere for a sec."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho blinked a few times and turned back. Jerky in her mouth. "Mrfffl grgggff nurfff," she said eloquently, before choking it down. She coughed a few times, choking on it as tears welled in her eyes. She then scowled at them.

"W-what do you want? I'm already embarrassed enough, okay? No need to rub it in. My next plan will go a lot better. J-just you wait! And you..." Pause. "You weren't even supposed to BE a magical girl. That's cheating! you were just supposed to be dating one!" She hugged her food to her chest. So much pity food.

Pin just sighed and rested on her head. "I think you're reveling in the gem too much, Clotho. It's affecting your mentality..."

"Oh you just shut your beaky mouth! I'm not in the mood for your back talk!"

"Don't you talk to me--"

"I will FLUSH your pin! Down a toilet!"

Oh that shut the bird right up.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Chew first." Naru advises, looking perfectly comfortable with no longer having Kyouko as Kyouko by her side, but rather Apatite. "And swallow. Choking isn't fun."

"Okay look." Naru pauses as the three of them come face to face. "I can appreciate how that was embarassing, and I am certain that your next plan will be much more effective." Her voice is calm and and fairly matter of fact about it all. "That being said, what were you /trying/ to do? Because if you're starving for energy, there's some of us who are pretty accustomed to being drained. It sounds like you can't affect magical girls at all though, yes?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "What do I want?" Apatite snaps, scowl in place, fang evident. "You're the one who came into my store and tried to do some shady shit. I don't want to hear that kind of-" She cuts off as Naru starts to speak, casting a smoldering gaze sideways at the un-henshined girl standing beside her.

    The butt of her spear thunks into the pavement as she plants it with a *smack* and her scowl doesn't lessen even a little bit. "For the record, I am not cool with you offering free drainings to bad guys just 'cuz they're too incompetant to get 'em themselves, Naru." She says. "But in this case she might be out of luck anyway."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho blinked a few times, then her cheeks turned redder. "W-wait. Are you... are you trying to help me?" she asked, her eyes going wide. "Oh my gosh Naru, I-I knew you were one of the nicest people but... but..." She actually sniffled and shook her head. "I-I mean, no. I-I was just trying to turn your friend into a Youma for a little bit so it could drain magic from the surrounding area which I then gather--"

"Oh for the love of the fates! turn into Pride so you can stop gushing over the FREAKING ENEMY!"

Clotho blinked a few times, opening her mouth to object. "B-but... but I'm still hungry..."

"OF COURSE YOU'RE HUNGRY! you're gluttony! That's the whole point! I swear by the three sisters! I knew you were nothing when I chose you but it was supposed to change!"

"W-what? J-just shut up!" she snapped, before looking to Naru. "You don't need to worry. I don't need it, I'm just gathering it because that's what I was told to do. And... err... if it had worked, your friend would have been fine. Mostly. Just tired. Possibly fire. But fine." She said with a nod.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Controlled is WAY better than rampage." Naru points out to Apatite, her expression placid even in the face of pointed disapproval.

Naru listens and there's a soft little mmm and a nod. "Youma's not ideal, but my memories from that are really hazy. For a whole lot of reasons." She nods slowly, thoughtfully. "Told to do it? Who told you to do it?" She glances to Pin, as if she is willing to have either of them answer, or possibly expecting that Pin is going to /be/ the answer.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "For the record, if it were up to me you'd be on your way home in multiple pieces." Apatite comments rather testily to Clotho, as she asks if she is being helped. She blinks, looking mildly offended at the revelation that it was an attempt to turn her into a youma. "We can't just let her get away with that, Naru," She points out. "It didn't work on me, but if she does it to somebody else a buncha people could get hurt."

    "And I dunno," She then notes to Naru, a hint of glumness in her voice. "If it's rampaging then I can stab it without having to worry about how pathetic it is."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho blinked a few times and then poked her fingers together. "I ummm... can't... really tell you that." She then leaned down to put her bags down, glowering at the girl. "And... and I'm NOT pathetic. I may not look it, but I'm a lot tougher than I look!"

She held out her hands and then the threads shot out from the rings, enveloping her. Her clothes were replaced by loose, blue body suit that was covered in bright blue gems. It even came with a little helmet on top, shaped in a pig's face with little tusks, her face seen through the mouth.

She then held out her right hand an the threads wove themselves into a guisarme, the blade having taken on an icy sheen while the pole was a light, aquamarine blue.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Most of us aren't really quite what we appear." Naru points out, the only one not in henshin at the moment, and she doens't seem to be in a rush to change that fact.

"I didn't figure you could, but its always worth asking." Naru replies easily, with a touch of a smile and then she gets more serious as she looks between the two girls. "If you two are fighting it out right here and right now, that's probaby not the best plan. If only for the exceptional public nature of it."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko raises both her eyebrows as Clotho henshins in front of her, complete with icy blue blade. Her lips set into a grim line, but there's a sense of satisfaction about the expression, as if the situation is finally shifting into an arena in which she feels at home. She spins her spear around her neck flashily, the red and silver blade leaving a glowing streak in the air, the haft a blur, ending with a twirl around one wrist before it falls into a ready position in her hand, the whole manuver taking mere moments and appearing effortless.

    Only to hesitate as Naru reminds her that she is, technically, still standing right outside her place of employment. Frowning, she slowly straightens her stance again, though she doesn't quite lower the spear. "Well, what do you suggest we do then?" She asks, just a tad bit ascerbically.

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho took a step forward, aiming the head of the guisarme at the other girl. Then... 'Oh. Right. I guess... um. Yes. Fighting in the middle of the street might be a bad idea. Someone might get hurt," she said with a frown.

You could almost feeeeeeel the despair emanating from Pin.

"... so, ummmm, an alley or something? I think there's a park near here. We could probably... Wait, am I going to have to fight both of you at the same time? I mean, ummm, well, I guess I could... hmmmm. If I have to fight both, can you wait a few minutes so I can get a youma? That way it's fair? I can't really make the dream soldiers like this."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Just not right on the sidewalk." Naru points out and gestures. "If you two are going to fight it out. Alley or park work fine. I'm not much of a combatant, no matter what Kyouko is about to say about me getting better at it. What are dream soliders?" She asks, curiosity winning out as she moves down the street a little to peer down an alleyway.

"Please try not to kill each other." Naru notes as she confirms that it is, indeed, empty.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "A true warrior," Apatite says, pedantically, "Will fight anywhere, and make the best of the situation." But she sighs and goes along anyway, kicking her spear back over her shoulder and looping one arm around it as she follows Naru. She peers into the alleyway as well.. then smirks slightly. Ah.. she's had some good fights in alleyways.

    Turning, she leaps nimbly up onto the lid of a dumpster, crouching down with the spear across her shoulderblades and both arms looped around it. "You are getting better." She sniffs towards Naru, before turning her scarlet gaze back upon Clotho. Her expression falls in a moment from affectionately teasing to deadly serious, and there's a light in those eyes which speaks of long, long experience in these sorts of situations.

    "So what's it gonna be, kid?" She asks, in a flat voice, lined with a razor's edge of menace. "You got somethin' to prove, or you wanna walk out of here with all your pieces still attached?"

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho nods. "A true warrior might. But a true warrior knows not to fight in front of her girl friend when she says not to," she said, with a smirk... and then balanced her spear over her shoulder, picking up the bags and... "Actually there's some grime on the ground here. You hold these." and handed them off to naru. "Thanks!" She then walked up to stand in front of kyouko and...

"Really? I mean... you're a magical girl with a spear. I beet you can't even shoot laser beams or anything. Or summon a thousand swords."

"... Okay, this isn't exactly what I meant when I said use pride. You're still gluttony," Pin snapped.

"Shut. Up."

"Have you even used a spear before?"

"It's NOT a spear. It's a guisarme. It's one of the most effective pole weapons in existance as WELL as an effective weapon for long range fighting. Just as good, if not better than her weapon. And yes, I have. I used to larp." ... Oh gosh she was serious. "whenever you're ready."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Yes dear. And the diplomat knows that if you can get the warriors to move off the sidewalk, it's a helluva lot easier on the metaphorical paperwork." Naru comments dryly.

Naru takes the bags as Clotho offers them to her and then she laughs softly, shaking her head. "I never ask Kyouko not to fight. I will ask for a change of location, but as I said, that's purely for convenience." She glances back to Apatite and watches her perched on the edge of a dumpster for a moment. A long moment really.

Naru steps back out of the way, attempting to not be accidentally collateral damage here. Or at least not /much/.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "A true warrior," Kyouko comments to Clotho, "Knows fighting in front of one's girlfriend is the best place to fight. Because it means you get to show off." She smirks slightly. "So.. I apologize in advance."

    Then she springs up into the air, twisting, and at the same time her spear fragments into pieces, wood linked by glowing red chain. And it seems to be long- too long, much longer than it was a moment ago. The snake-like links of chain and half crack like a whip as they impact the pavement, moving with what seems to be a life of their own, constant undulating, spinning motion as Kyouko herself lands a few yards away amidst the storm of circling spear-bits.

    And then she pulls her hand back ,and the snake-spear is retracting in a hurricane-rush of metal and wood, aiming to wrap around Clotho and drag her forward, bound and trussed like a Christmas ham.

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho was smiling. Up until the thing began to spread out and... "Wait. Your weapon is made of threads too? That's not--" She shrieked as the metal bits started flying around. She lifted up the spear to protect herself, trying to block it. Which ended up just binding her to the shaft as she was dragged forward, shrieking.

In the end, Apatite got her christmas ham. And Clotho was looking extra pale, staring at the other girl. "Um, P-Pin? a little help?"

"Oh, am I allowed to speak now?"

"P-pin..."

"Hmph. No, carry on, you're doing -fine-."

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru finds a crate to perch on, setting the shopping bags next to her as she tucks herself in. She's dug out a sketchbook in that moment that the fight has started, a pencil to go with it, to sketch while the two of them sort out their differences.

There is just a little wince as Clotho is, in short order, gathered up in Kyouko's whip-spear and dragged over looking pale. It is clearly not the girl's day.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Apatite makes a sharp 'tsk' sound as Clotho is snared and dragged over in front of her. Even with the other girl tied up tightly, the loose ends of the spear dance about, the bladed head moving like the head of a snake as it circles around her where she stands. "Lotta talk, if that's all you got to show for it." She says, dismissively.

    A finger is levelled at Pin. "Look, sqwuaks, why don't you shut the hell up, huh? It's obvious that you're the one pushin' this poor kid to do shit she clearly ain't cut out for. So how about you just bugger off, and then we can all get on with our evening? I had plans."

    She shoots a glance over at Naru sitting nearby on the crate with her sketchpad. "Satisfied? We talked to her. Oh, wait."

    She turns back to Clotho, and levels that finger at her, poking her in the chest. "No turning people into youmas. Got it?"

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho gave a little squeak, her eyes going wide as the other girl held her there, looking around nervously at those bladed ends. Today was turning out to be full of suck. Just... just so much suck. She really wasn't cut out for this.

Pin didn't say anything then, it just kind of floated there, watching them.

Clotho let out a yelp and, when Kyouko did that, she'd feel a gem underneath the garments, hidden away unlike the others that are outside the outfit. also, clotho's eyes managed to get wider. "YES!" she said quickly. "Yes yes, whatever you say. No more youmas for me, nope. All done with it, uh huh. P-please, don't let me stop you from your date any longer. I've taken up enough of your time."

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru closes her sketchbook, she didn't really get very far in her drawing.. possibly the fight didn't last as long as she might have expected. A quick hope off the crate and she leaves Clotho's shopping waiting safely there, while she takes her own shopping.

"Satisfied." Naru declares as she comes up alongside Apatite. "Good luck, Clotho. Please try not to get yourself hurt."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    APatite eyes Clotho for a moment longer, as if to make sure that the message stuck. Then, with another whip-crack and a whirl (that sends Clotho spinning, by the way), the spear retracts, re-assembling into a single weapon again without a break in sight. She twirls it once, and then there's another brilliant red flash, and it's once-again Kyouko standing there, as Naru comes up beside her, in her jeans and t-shirt.

    "And stay away from my store." She adds to Clotho.. before reconsidering, and adding, "Unless you just want to buy something. But no youmas."

    Then she links her arm through Naru's, and steers her out of the alleyway. "Now, I believe we were going to eat food, and talk about painting.."

Unmei has posed:
Magical Girl Clotho spun around and, for added measure, landed face first in the mud. She whimpered and got up a moment later, watching them leave. Pin glided over as the strings started coming out again, cleaning her off. "I'm not any good at this, am I, Pin?"

"No, you're not."

"Then why did you grant my wish?"

"... If you live long enough, you'll find out. Clean yourself up. Your handlers are going to want to hear about this."

"... I didn't mean it," she whispered. "I'll still make youmas. I promise I will..."

".... I know. Come on. Before they decide to come back and finish the job." She grabbed her groceries and, with a sigh, walked off down the street, unhenging.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru loops her arm into Kyouko's and there's a nod at her words. "Dinner and painting. I have some sketches to show you." Because /someone/ has been busy. Procrastination ftw!

Naru leans to murmur something quietly to Kyouko, the grin that touches her face as she does is downright impish as they head off towards Naru's apartment.