962/I belive I can fly!...

I belive I can fly!...
Date of Scene:	01 February 2016
Location:	Pikarigaoka - Seiyou Public School
Synopsis:	Haruna visits Minoke and Mimori to help Minoke make some new friends and try her best to alleviate her feelings of 'being a burden'.
Cast of Characters:	Haruna Kurosawa, Mimori Togo, Minoke Sato

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Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa is out of the hospital. She's in a really severe looking splint and needs to hobble around.

But she can still walk.

That's saying more than her two friends she needs to introduce to one another. Corvus is with her and Corvus looks really frightened and worried and is doting and fussing over Haruna. "Gull-chan do you need anything!? I can go get cookies! Do you want cookies!?" Haruna smiles. Gull-chan!? She giggles a little. "I'm fine Corvus I promise. I'll be okay. Hannah's..... well she's fine. She'll get help." she says.

She's texted Mimori and Minoke at some point to meet at Seiyou grounds.

She's sitting down on a bench now. She has a single cructch resting against the bench she's been using to get around.

Mimori Togo has posed:
It was quite a crazy night. While Togo was able to keep herself calm by helping to keep others calm, it was still stressful.. and she was quite happy when the storm passed and the morning came.

When the text came, Togo was already up, so it was just a matter of getting to school. Especially on a day like today, there are few enough students around that it's not hard to see Togo approaching, her chair's wheels making a soft crunching sound over the gravel washed onto the path from last night's rain. "Haruna-senpai, I got your message. How are you faring?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Coming from another direction is another wheelchair. There was a big fight yesterday - but after Minoke's first encounter with a Witch, she simply refused to participate. She was hiding in her house and hoping her family wouldn't be affected. Vortex tried to get her to go but she refused. So Vortex is a bit upset at her. Oh well. She heads towards Haruna. "Hey Haruna-san..." She hesitates. "And who's this?" she asks. She was aware of a few other wheelchair-bound students, but why would she be here right now?

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa smiles some. "Hello!" she says to the two. "Hello Togo-san! Hello Sato-san!" she beams. She shifts a little and motions to the splint on her leg. "I got injured during last night. But not as injured as the woman who saved me..." she blushes.

"Um..." she says.

"Mimori Togo, this is Minoke Sato, she's the friend I told you about." she smiles. "Minoke, this is Mimori Togo." she says.

She looks down. "I felt bad when we met last time. No one should feel like a burden when they're not..." she says sheepishly at Minoke. "Mimori here does a lot of things and helps out lots of people! She even did last night and---"

"---and I was hoping meeting one another would be good for you." she smiles at Minoke.

Mimori Togo has posed:
Given that Haruna invited her, Togo has an idea of who the other wheelchair-bound girl is as soon as she comes into view. But first, something has changed recently. "Ah, Haruna-senpai... How are you feeling?" She glances at the splint, but nods at the explanation. She won't pry for now.

"Oh, just Togo is fine... Nobody but my parents call me Mimori." It feels strange for someone close to her own age to use her first name. "Minoke-san. It's nice to meet you! Haruna-senpai mentioned you to me the other day." Togo wheels closer, enough that she can extend her hand out toward the other girl.

"Well... I just helped Fu-senpai at one of the shelters last night. All I really did was help people stay calm!" She doesn't consider what she did to be anything special, at least.

Minoke Sato has posed:
Minoke Sato sighs softly. "I... just stayed home... and hid like a coward," she murmurs as she shakes Togo's hand. "I... I wans't up to trying to do anyting." She wonders if this Togo is a magical girl. Haruna is, but is this Togo? She sighs as she looks down about it. "Can we talk about something not related to last night?"

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa beams at Minoke. "Sure." she says. No, Mimori isn't a magical girl. She just knows magical girls. "Corvus here was worried sick about me all morning, he was all.. crawling up the walls and crying and was all like 'I'm so worried about Gull-chan!'" she giggles. Corvus hrmphs and crosses his wings.

"Well." she says.

"You're not the first person I've met today who feels like that Minoke. No worries, okay?" she says.

She nods. "So." she says.

"I think there is a party coming up soon. I think that you guys should come to it if you can. I'll text you the date." she says.

"And---" she motions.

She smiles at Togo. "Togo-san. See what I mean?" she motions to Minoke.

"Minoke. You're not useless. Or a coward in fact....!"

"I think you're very brave!" she beams.

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo giggles softly at the description of what Corvus did. "It's nice to have friends worried about you when you're not feeling well, isn't it?" The bird is given a warm smile, hopefully enough to disarm that grump.

When Minoke takes her hand, Togo squeezes back gently, and she doesn't let go just yet. Unless the other girl tries tugging her hand back, Togo just holds it firmly for now. "There's nothing wrong with being scared, you know. I get scared by some things, too. I..." She pauses, closing her eyes for a moment, and Minoke can probably feel her hand shaking a bit. "Well... we don't have to talk about that." Green eyes open again, and she glances aside to Haruna. "I can try!"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Minoke Sato sighs softly as she raises an eyebrow at Haruna and Corvus, tapping the choker around her throat. Trying to ask if Vortex can make an appearance. If Vortex will cooperate. She's still mad at Minoke for failing to join the fight.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa nods at Minoke. "If you're asking what I think you are, go ahead. She knows a little about that- but she isn't one herself!" she says crypitcally. "But she knows I'm a Pretty Cure and that Corvus can talk and likes burgers." she insists with a wide grin.

She beams at Togo!

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo glances between the two girls and nods firmly. "What Haruna-senpai said is true. Though if you want to keep it a secret from me, I won't mind at all." She turns to look at the bird, expression suddenly quite serious. "Though maybe I should see about improving Corvus' taste in snacks."

Minoke Sato has posed:
Minoke Sato sighs. "Vortex, set up." "Mistress, if you do not wish to use my talents for combat..." She sighs, rubbing her forehead. "Yes, I already told you, I'm sorry, Vortex." She rubs her head. "Anyway. If Vortex feels like powering up..." She shrugs. "I've never had a problem with her before..."

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Corvus looks at Togo-san and pouts. "What's wrong with Burgers!?" the seagull asks.

Haruna looks over at Minoke and she leans down to Vortex. "Hey Vortex!~" she says cloyingly. "...Sato-chan can make a new friend if you let her transform..." she says coyly. "Don't you want her to have more friends?" she says.

She may be playing this up, trying to appeal to the AI.

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo wrinkles her nose slightly. "I'm sure I can find something you'd like more than Western fast food! I'll cook up a few things for next time." This may or may not work, and it may backfire spectacularly, depending how the bird reacts to being fed.

The sound of another voice makes Togo blink, though. "Was that... Vortex?" Once more, the girl looks back and forth between Haruna and Minoke. "Ah, no..." She waves both hands in front of herself. "You don't have to if you're not feeling well or anything! Haruna-senpai just wanted me to meet you, after all."

Minoke Sato has posed:
The choker beeps. "Acknowledged. Setting up." Minoke begins her henshin and ends up in the red unitard and overcoat of Firebird. She smiles faintly. "How long... have you been in the chair, Togo?" she asks softly as she sits there, gazing at her through the eyes of her mask.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa thinks. "You know..I don't wake up my other special friend often..." she gently reaches into her pocket and pulls out a small bluish charm of some sort. she flips it into the air and it transforms into a brilliant, shining shape of an infity loop-- the classic figure 8. She holds it in her hand and places it on her lap.

< Yay! Someone woke me up! Hello Haruna-chan!~ I sense others hiiiiii! > says Unity Loop.

"This is Unity Loop! She's a lot like your devices but she isn't. She's something called a Lost Logia- and-- is super helpful and nice for one." Corvus ughhhs also maybe a little jealously.

< I'm ready to help!~ > says Unity Loop.

Then Unity Loop starts pinging Vortex friendly like! Ping ping ping ping!~

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo watches wide-eyed as the transformation occurs, hands clasped together. "Oh... what a lovely outfit!" She looks back toward the talkative object and giggles softly. "Hello, Unity Loop. My name is Togo." There's no hand to shake, but she does smile at the charm.

"Ah? About... two and a half years ago, now. I was in a traffic accident." Togo doesn't seem to mind bringing it up too much, at least. "I don't remember a lot about it, though. I lost a few months' worth of memories in the accident as well." The girls tilts her head slightly. "How about you?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird touches the mace laying across her lap. She murmurs, "Four years. I was doing an acrobatic routine. I was quite good... but then... the trapeze anchor broke and I fell... it didn't even hurt." She smiles softly. Then Vortex beeeeps curiously at the appearance of Unity Loop. "One ping suffices." she says. "She's still a bit touchy. Anyway. Free Fall." A glowing vortex forms around her wait, like a back hole, as she floats up out of her chair. "Would you care to join me?" she asks Togo as she floats in the air.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa beams. "Unity Loop is a little odd. But she means well. Her job is to combine the powers of many into one! So her personality represents that. She isn't a device so I can't--- 'bond' with her the way you can and even if she was-- I'm a Pretty Cure already!" she winks.

"There were some others-- like her and they made up part of this weapon that was controlled by... a very sad AI." she says very softly suddenly. "That tried to destroy earth. When the AI was deleted, the Lost Logia regained thier base personalities and Unity Loop led the charge to stop the weapon! It was super cool!" she giggles. "Then she came to me because of some stuff I said!"

< Haruna-chan is super nice and gets what I'm about! Hiii Togo-chan! > Unity Loop lets an 'awwwwww' out when it's told one ping will suffice.

"She's just friendly."

She then 'ohs!'. "Unity Loop... you can call me '-chan' but... remember the talk we had."

< Awwwww. Butit's really cute. Well. Togo-san! >.

She grins at Togo. "Firebird can take you up with her if you wanna fly..." she says. "She's really good at that."

Mimori Togo has posed:
"She's very cheerful!" Togo giggles at the exhuberant greeting. "It's okay. It's very nice to meet you, Unity Loop. And don't worry, Corvus. I'm sure you won't have to share snacks."

She glances at the mace, then looks up as Minoke begins to hover. "Ah? W..well..." Togo seems conflicted, hand resting on the arm of her wheelchair as she looks up. "I'm not so sure I'm built for flying..."

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird nods. "That's alright. It's magic. Apparently I ended up gettnig partnerned with an Intelligent Device who specializes in gravity magic. I'm still learning how to use it - just figured out the basic flying spell. Here. My gift to you. Gravity Shift." She points at Togo as a black aura would limn her as she would float up out of her chair and be next to Firebird. "You now weigh 1 pound as a note." She grins widely.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Haruna Kurosawa thinks.

<'Rollin' Mirror Change!> Time to change!~

Haruna turns into Cure Gull and turns the bow on her back into wings. She floats upwards with the two of them and grins. "Hi!"

Unity Loop is now floating beside her too and Corvus is on her shoulder.

"Just take it easy Togo-san!~ Isn't this fun? Don't worry, Firebird knows her stuff!"

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo can feel her hair wafting upward before her body begins to move, and there's a brief panicked look on her face as she finds herself no longer in contact with her chair. The girl lets out a surprised sound, reaching out to cling to Firebird's arm tightly with both hands. "Ah! This.. this is such a strange feeling!" She finally lets one hand drop to her lap, smoothing her skirt down to make sure it behaves. "This..."

Togo swallows hard as she looks back toward Haruna's transformation. "I'm not so sure I'm really cut out for flying!"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird smiles. "I can put you back at any time - but this is one of the main uses for my gravity magic. Well - ignoring gravity. Moving freely like I used to do. I go by Firebird like this - the name I used when I was on the gymnastics circuit..."

Meanwhile, Vortex is doing a deep scan of Unity Loop, bombarding it with a variety of sensors of all types, both scientific and magic.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Unity Loop is a Lost Logia, meaning it's Belkan in origin. Beyond that, vauge weird readings.

Haruna motions for Unity Loop. "Nighty nite Unity Loop~"

< Awwww > it says. It shrinks back to it's charm mode and Haruna places it carefully away.

"Okay you two I need to go but...." she floats forward and offers a hug to the two. "Thanks for responding and visiting with one another!" she smiles wide looking at her two friends!

"Be well..okay?" she asks.

Mimori Togo has posed:
"A..ahh, then this is your magic? I..." Togo still isn't sure what she thinks about this, though one hand remains touching her legs so she knows exactly where they are. "S..senpai? Wait..." She's a bit stiff as Cure Gull hugs her, but she offers the leaving Cure a smile.

"Firebird? I... th.. thank you. Thank you for letting me try this, but I think I might be better off sitting!" Being in the air like this makes her nervous in ways she can't pin down, but she remains polite as can be. Her grip is still rather tight, though, as she holds onto Minoke's arm to make sure she doesn't float away. "I...if you don't mind?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird nods as she smiles as she floats Togo back to her chair and sets her down in it and the aura winks out. Firebird floats back to her own chair but the glowing effect of Free Fall is still visible around her waist.

Mimori Togo has posed:
As she's lowered back into her chair, Togo reaches down to make sure her legs are arranged properly. She breathes a bit easier as she smoothes her skirt and cardigan down, though there's a soft smile on her face as she looks back to Firebird. "Th...thank you. That was exciting." She arranges her hair back over her shoulder and looks thoughtful for a moment. "It's wonderful you're able to fly again, though. It seems like you really like it."

Minoke Sato has posed:
Firebird nods. "I do. But... then there are monsters that Vortex tries to get me to fight... I want no part of those witches..." She sighs softly as she states, "Vortex, stand by." And then with a flare of light Minoke's back in her normal outfit.

Mimori Togo has posed:
One hand comes to her chest as Togo breathes deeply. She didn't terribly mind floating like that, but it was such a strange feeling... and it's comforting to be seated again. "Oh.. well... there's nothing wrong with that, I suppose. I haven't seen any of these witches you mention, but... but I think it's normal to be scared when facing monstrous creatures, isn't it?" A brief pang of guilt tugs at the back of her mind as she takes another breath. "Regardless... it was nice meeting you, Minoke-san. I hope we can become friends?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Minoke Sato nods. "Of course - you understand as few can what it's like to be confined to the chair... misery loves company, hmmmM? At least you seem to handle the situation better than I am - I was a wreck before Vortex showed up."

Mimori Togo has posed:
Togo tilts her head slightly. "I met a good friend who helped me. I wasn't always so comfortable with things." Her expression shifts, a fond smile coming to her lips. "--ah! Speaking of which, I was supposed to meet Yuna-chan this afternoon. I should get going so she doesn't start getting worried!" Reaching out, she takes hold of Minoke's hand and squeezes it gently. "Keep in touch, okay?"

Minoke Sato has posed:
Minoke Sato smiles. "Yes - I'm glad you can accept this - I never could." She sighs, and she starts to roll away as well, also heading home. She hmmmmms as she tries to think of a reason to avoid fighting witches.