628/Wind & Tide

Wind & Tide
Date of Scene:	25 November 2015
Location:	Mitakihara/Pikarigaoka - King Penguin Park
Synopsis:	Aki has some words for Miss White about Haruna. Things get ugly. Haruna gets mopey again.
Cast of Characters:	Hannah Sharpe, Haruna Kurosawa

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Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
So Aki's been doing a lot better. In fact, she's back in full. No wooziness or weird feeling. Aki's been asking questions about Haruna's relationship with 'Miss White' and Haruna couldn't exactly gloss over te details to her sister. She was a nice person, her heart was in the right place- but--- who she worked for in the end, but that regardless of all that she was still very much her friend and someone she loved a whole lot and was practically the first friend she'd made all her own!

Aki merely said... "I see! Well, she wanted to meet me, right? Let's chat. I think I have some things to say now!" she said without betraying the subtext of what she meant.

Haruna sits on a nearby bench and has her hands placed together- palms flat as she sighs a bit and seems to be moving them up and down in a nervous succession. Corvus yawns. Aki is here, and pacing in front of the bench before she raises her PreChangeMirror. Yeah okay, she's had enough waiting. "<ROLLIN' MIRROR CHANGE!>

There's a deep blue flash and Cure Tide is in Aki's place. She looks like Cure Gull with a deeper blue color scheme- no feathers in favor of lacy bows, and munch longer ostentatious Pretty Cure hair. (Tide secretly thought Gull was luck hers barely changed.)

She stands there and waits.

This mostly causes Haruna to blink a little bit and head tilt. "Eh---why did you do that Aki?" she asks.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Miss White doesn't take long to arrive. After her Familiar parked the car, the magical girl cane-tapped her way down the path to the beach, only bothering to use her barrier jacket for its identity-concealing magics. Useless of course against Haruna, but she's not quite gotten the measure of the girl's sister. And indeed, it's the sister that Miss White is mostly interested in today.

That doesn't stop her from calling out, though!

"Hey! Is that Haruna I hear?" Comes Miss White's voice, affection and just a hint of cockiness coming through in her greetings.

She'll walk over to the sound of that voice, trying to grab her for a hug! Squeeeeze!

That is, if Aki doesn't stop her. Raging Tempest pings, and she ah's?

"....That you, Aki? Back amongst the land of the living-and-walking, huh? How're you feeling?" It's all a wild guess, of course, but Aki /did/ say she wanted to meet up.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Aki doesn't stop this! Haruna also doesn't stop it because she very much wants a hug right now because she's suddenly feel very uneasy. She whispers to Hannah-- 'Aki transformed, I dunno why.' she mutters while she's close.

Haruna frowns because Cure Tide crosses her arms. "Yeah okay. Over here now." says Tide as she sounds kind of... mad? Why? Haruna isn't understanding this.

"Me and you are gonna have a talk." she says.

"For starters, step away from my sister." she says.

Yes that's the sound of a fist hitting a palm. Hannah's familar with this sound a lot she bets.

Haruna huffs. "..Aki...Cut this out! This is strange!" she says suddenly.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
The hug ends in a ruffle of Haruna's hair, and a wink. Miss White refuses to show anything but confidence right now, particularly given how agitated Tide seems.

Her focus turns to Tide as she straightens, Hannah rolling her Device in its stand-by form across one hand. A brow rises as she hears that smack of a fist into a palm.

"A 'talk', huh? Well, I can't say I'm unused to those kinds of 'talks'. So lay it on me. You've got a problem with me, right?" Her head tilts, and Miss White just has to go and smirk before finally stepping away. Flipping the coin into the air, emerald green magic bursts from it, and then in a flash she's holding her transformed Device in her fists.

Only when she's a safe distance from Haruna does she stop, and take up a fighting stance.

"I need a bit of a flexiing after last night, and you probably need a chance to warm-up after being stuck in a mirror for so long. Fine. Let's do this. You first." As if Miss White would back down from a fight!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Aki huhs. "An Intelligent Device User...." she mutters. "Intresting." she says.

"Yeah Haruna told me a bit. So you work for jerks. So how'd you get my sister to work for a jerk like you then eh!? Are you blackmailing her!?" she asks. Okay so that's what this is about.

Tide just shoots forward, she brings her fist- trying to aim for Hannah's face. She doesn't move super quick- Hannah can block this or counter easily enough. Of course- it's slow-- but also powerful- as if it was the power of a large ocean wave behind it.

Haruna sort of looks scanadlized. "...Aki! It's nothing like that! Cut this out! Cut it out right now!" she calls out as she stands up.

Aki isn't listening as she follows through into the punch.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
"You know about them? Either you've been reading up, or you've ran into one before. Good, this might not be boring then." She chuckles, still smirking.

Miss White's right leg glows green, Raging Tempest already feeding her data, the pair working together to sidestep the sudden blow. It wooshes by Hannah's face, slow but hard. She really earned her nickname, and yet, she can see wny Phantom caught her.

Still, it'd be a problem if she got hit with too many of those, particularly when Miss White isn't looking to crush Haruna's sister of all people.

"Haruna, don't worry. I think your sister needs to work this out. I can take it!"

Really, she can appreciate a woman who solves her problems with fists. "Nope. Actually, Haruna herself /asked/ me to join. With a few conditions attached. Well, you're not wrong on a few things. I work for jerks, and I /am/ a jerk. So I can see why you're so angry."

Both of her eyes close, and she sighs. There's a light jab aimed for Aki's stomach in turn as she's following through, but it's just a distraction.

The real attacking being a hard kick aimed for the face, a burst of wind aiming to blast her in a wide arc into the air, and then back into the water!

"But if you're worried I'm taking advantage of her? Well. I run a company. It's my /job/ to make a profit for my own ends, and I have plenty of ideas for Haruna's power to be used on. But she's the one who 'pulls the trigger'. She can walk away from any job she wants."

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Cure Tide smirks. "Well.. I used to be Virtue's poster child until, well. I dissapeared. That tends to be Sailor V nowadays- ya know?" she says as she she huffs---he fist flies by Miss White's face. Okay- this one's fast. Then there's a powerful wind kick coming up after her face when she gets jabbed----and she flies through the air into the water of the pond with a splash. Wind Elemental Users---ugh.

Haruna gets up and cries out. "S--stop!-----" but Hannah says something and she just grits her teeth. But she looks and sounds so agigtated. She's trying to plead for this to stop.

"Oh, how kind of you." she says, this drips of sarcasm. "What'd you promise her, eh!?" she asks then. As she does this she puts her hand out, "Free me? Well I'm free. Let her go." she says as she calls out. "Tide Rush....!". A strong jet of water burns out towards Miss White. She didn't need to spin her PreBrace. This causes Haruna to blink a lot, but she shakes it off.

Haruna still stands up. "SHE PROMISED ME NOTHING! STOP THIS!" she screams. It's all she can do- but Aki isn't listening.

Ugh! What is it with punchy jerks and solving things with thier fists and stuff!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Miss White flinches just a moment at Haruna's yell, but then huffs. No, a mere yell won't stop Cure Tide. She's truly angry.

Hannah can't help but smile. Aki reminds her too much of herself.

"Promise? What a..." She starts to explain, before it's Cure Tide's turn! A jet of water smashes out for her, Raging Tempest throwing up a Wind Shield just in time. As usual, it shatters, both of Miss White's going up to block. Similarly sent tumbling back, her suit-jacket bites it, in favor of the rest of her barrier jacket. Grunting, she shoves herself up, and dusts the sand from her Jacket.

"At least it looks like you're not some chump. Just the kind of thing I'd expect from Cure Gull's sister!" She laughs, that feeling of adrenaline and the enjoyment of a fight welling up in her. This won't be simple.

Miss White takes a step forward, and then she's gone in a flash, right above Aki's head! There's a flurry of fists and feet as she hammers down upon the PreCure, testing speed against pure power!

"But let's see if you can keep up with me! Promise!? I only ask that she does what she thinks is right! This world is only moved by the strength one possesses and the power of one's dreams! Can you and her gather enough strength to stop this disgusting, rotting world from festering, or does it need to be utterly changed to the core? That's the question I want answered!" Her flurry ends with a ball of emerald-green wind energy gathered into her hand, and Miss White slams it down towards Tide!

"Wind Bomb!" Like the crazy she is, it's an explosive ball of wind energy that will rip right into the both of them!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa lets the jet rip out, as she jumps up and out of the water. She huffs as she begins to wether Hannah's kicks and punches, trying to block- and defend- this is works most of the time. Tide's rusty-- this much is obvious. She huffs.

"Yeah!? That's a bunch of----"

Her eyes go wide---is this girl nuts!? That's a strong blast and it's going to hit both of them! She tries to block it- but it blows her across the park and into the dirt- but she still gets up. "Heh, you're crazy." she says painedly.

Okay Haruna's breakingpoint's been reached. She running. Corvus is trying to stop this.. "Haruna...! Don't...you'll get hurt!" he starts spouting. Haruna doesn't care. She stands in front of Tide as she goes to jump forward and she has to come to a sudden stop. Tide beigns to trip up. "STOP I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" she calls out.

Haruna begins by shoving at Tide's shoulders. "HOW DARE YOU! WHY COULDN'T YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS!? SHE'S DONE NOTHING! NO BLACKMAIL OR NO PROMISES OR NOTHING LIKE THAT!" she gives another shove. "I'M NOT LIKE I WAS TWO YEARS AGO...I KNOW THAT'S REALLY HARD FOR YOU AKI.....!" she calls out with concern. "Yes! I work for Miss White! That's my choice! But she doesn't make me do stuff! And She Understands I may even need to fight her! and sure sometimes she does stupid stuff like Burn down a Jewelery store! But Then she also does stuff like stop evil ice cream from getting out! She's not the best person...okay....." she mumbles a little ashamedly. "I'll admit that.. and I know she knows that! But--- She's my friend still! I have lots of other weird friends to!" she says. "I could tell you all about the dark jerk I meet for burgers sometimes!" she says. "Would you punch him too!?" she says.

Aki is just there looking baffled at first then begins growing more ashamed the longer Haruna chews her out--- hell. /Haruna/ is chewing her out. That's a thing she'd though she'd never get.

"You two are going to really hurt each other....! please stop...." she suddenly turns on her heels to White-chan. "Please...?"

Aki seems to have stopped because she's gathering a sudden lot of thoughts, but then frowns..."Haruna....I'm sorry." she says as she jumps over Haruna---and then proceeds to rush forward into Miss White- trying to punch her in the gut with a powerful punch that seems to have gathered a weird water rush around it.

Haruna sort of blinks!? and turns around----!!!!!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Similarly, Miss White is blown away by her attacks, landing on her feet and grinning as she wipes away sweat and a trickle of blood on her cheek.

"Funny how often I get that."

But then Haruna rushes forward, and Hannah smiles and crosses her arms. She listens, not bothering to take the offensive, eyes closed and pondering. What /had/ prompted so violent a reaction from Aki? Sure, she's done terrible things, but it seems odd that a PreCure would suddenly lash out. Latent effects of the mirror world? Or was her sister simply that worried?

Even as Haruna pleads that they stop. Her veins crawl with ice for a moment, Hannah reaching into herself, and then she sighs. Up leaps Aki, apologizing! No, the PreCure seems intent to end this.

"...Cure Tide. If you want to hurt me, that's fine. I probably deserve it. No, I definitely deserve it."

Hannah takes the strike head on, slamming into her gut and blowing the wind from her lungs even as that water-magic slams into her. Wind bursts from her legs, causing a torrent of sand to rush behind the two magical girls as they go skidding backwards from the force of Aki's attack.

One eye closed, Miss White's lips are a line. She stands, solid, all of her cockiness gone.

Power grows in her right hand, as she pulls it back, pausing as the energy of a hurricane gathers in her hand. She ignores the pain, instead 'staring' right into Aki's eyes.

"But if you hurt Haruna, you're going to make me very, very angry. Do you really think you can survive that right now? Take a breather, kiddo. You can't beat me when you're this weak. All you're doing is something you'll regret later."

The looming threat of a followup doesn't leave, but she can't help but smile.

"...Not that I wouldn't do the same in your place. I like how you work, Cure Tide."

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa brings a fist down-----right next to White-chan's head. She's upset. "/I'd never hurt my sister!./" she spits. "Not after all she went through to save me! I'm here because she told me about things and who she works for and how she's paying for things, really!" she huffs. It seems she's already had an idea. "You can take any job offer you were gonna give it and shove it." she says.

She stands up, and her henshin sort of just splashes off her. (Yes, it splashes off.).

"Thanks for the talk." she says as she turns around towards Haruna and walks over and gives her a tight hug---something gets whispered---Miss White can't hear it. Haruna just sighs and nods-- and then Aki nods-- then there's smiles! Then Aki begins leaving on her own power. She doesn't want to be here anymore. "Can you go make sure she doens't faint on the way home Corvus...? And make sure she's really gonna be okay..." she asks the seagull. He salutes and takes off after Aki to go perch on her shouler.

Then Haruna turns back to Miss White and walks over and looks down. "S--sorry. I didn't know. She was going to get angry at you." she murmurs. "I told her. Things. I didn't know she'd take it wrong she reallyshouldhadjusttalkedtome..." she says spastically. White-chan gets bombarded with a huff. "Are you okay!?" she asks worriedly.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
That fist stops, and almost as soon as Tide is yelling, Hannah's magic slips away. Eyes close, hands behind her back, and she's nodding with every yell like a good pacified villain.

She doesn't speak up until the end. There's a thumbs up!

"Any time, Aki! I'll take someone straight and to the point over half the problems I have these days. Let's do lunch some time, okay?"

Wave.

"What /exactly/ did you tell her...you know, nevermind. I'm not sure it would really matter at this point. She's your sister, your big sister, probably full of pent-up failings she's imagining right now. 'If I'd been there, my sister wouldn't have been snatched up by that evil jerk White-chan'." Comes Hannah, making an Aki-voice!

A shrug.

"So don't worry about it. I'm fine, just out some mana and a bruise or two. You sister is going to be something when she's back in one piece, though. Looks like I'll have to train even harder from now on."

Then, she leans in and hugs Gull tight!

"Go be with her. She needs you right now, I think."

Miss White lets go, and then flops onto the sand with a frown.

"...What a pain! I couldn't even hire her!" Laments the CEO as she lays back, and enjoys the sound of gentle waves.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa sighs and hugs Hannah tightly and doesn't let go for a bit. "Yeah---I. Told her that. I mean. Not--- like that. That--I worked for you and-- stuff like that. I thought she'd understand but..." she looks down ashamed. "I didn't tell her anything confidential!" she insists. "--and if even she's my sister...you're...!" she just kind of crosses her arms and blushes. "My mind isn't changing on anything, okay!? Aki can be upset all she wants! I can make my own decisions!" she says as she huffs. "And I missed her but that doesn't mean she can come back and boss me around either.." she says sourly.

She sighs. "Are you going to be okay...?" she asks. When she's sure she gets up. "I'll.. call later. I'm really sorry..." she says looking down and gives White-chan a kiss on the forehead. "I'll bake more cupcakes." She insists.

Then she goes off to race to catch up to Aki. This'll gonna be an awkward talk.