291/BAKE SALE!!!

BAKE SALE		!
Date of Scene:	14 August 2015
Location:	Uminari City - Midori-Ya Cafe
Synopsis:	Hannah Sharpe and her club host a bake sale.
Cast of Characters:	Mami Tomoe, Homura Akemi, Yuko Minami, Hannah Sharpe, Mamoru Chiba, Shiori Sato, Kyouko Sakura, Naota Uneme, Vespa Rayne

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Hannah Sharpe has posed:
School may be out, but that's no deterrant to Infinity High's Kickboxing Club! The club, with a tournament upcoming, needs funding for travel! And so the Midori-Ya has been commandeered the shop through equal parts charm and being long-standing customers.

There's a very, very large highschooler with a face best described as 'beaten repeatedly with the ugly stick every tuesday' at a cash register set up on a table somewhat near the shop's display case. Shop employees rush around serving coffee, or helping the high schoolers that are busily offering baked goods to those who enter! They're surprisingly good, owing to the help of both the Midori-ya itself, as well as generous donations from the Cooking Club.

That last bit might explain the predominance of cheesecake here amidst brownies and cupcakes.

Hannah, dressed in a skirt, blouse, and apron reading 'Kiss the Cook', sits with Boris half lounged on her lap!

"Freshly baked goods, all for a good cause! Come on, people, send the city's best high school to the /nationals/ so we can make you proud!"

Hannah's voice can be loud. Even people outside might be able to hear her as she hands over a bagel and a student pays up!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko doesn't care about school and doesn't have any money. What she does have, however, is a nose that can detect large quanitites of baked goods from a half-mile or more. This is why she happens to be showing up at this particular bake sale, hands stuffed in pockets, red eyes darting about. Ooh. It all looks so delightful.

    A stick of Pocky hangs out of the side of her mouth, wobbling up and down a bit as she walks, but if you think that means she's not in need of additional sweets, you don't know very much, my friend. If you also think that the fact that she doesn't have any money will stop her from acquiring sweets, you also don't know very much, my friend.

    If she knew who was really running this bakesale, she might think twice. But as of yet, she remains ignorant of Hannah's alter-ego, and doesn't think twice about entering the bakery and peering around, her nose twitching as she sniffs all the delightful smells. She does seem to be lingering near that tray of muffins an awful long time, looking about in a shifty fashion...

Naota Uneme has posed:
Naoko's here too! She heard about the bake sale from a classmate in the music club who has a crush on someone in the kickboxing club over at Infinity High (long story) and, well, she remembers their enigmatic president. She's taking this as an opportunity to try to be out among people without it being a whole huge Thing, wearing a puff-sleeved mint green top, beige shorts and some white sneakers. Let's see how this goes for her!

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Of course Mami Tomoe is going to support her school! She may have no free time for clubs herself, but anything that involves sweet cakes and treats and the like is an event she can get behind going too. She even shows up in the Infinity uniform for her grade, her silver Puella ring glinting on her finger as she steps into the cafe.

Rock that Infinity pride, Mami Tomoe.

She does stop when she sees a certain shock of red hair though. ... figures Kyouko would find this place. Mami holds back a sigh, peering over the treats from afar. Huh, that's a lot of cheesecake...

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura Akemi shows up to the Infinity High School Kickboxing bake sale. Why? A friend of hers is involved in it. Besides, she might run across someone she really wants to talk to.

Alternatively, she could run across Kyouko. Homura watches from a distance as Kyouko approaches the bake sale, a frown crossing her face. Geeze, could she really be thinking of stealing here?

Homura looks away, trying to avoid eye contact. Maybe if they pretend not to notice each other it'll be alright.

Instead, Homura walks up to Hannah Sharpe with a cool smile and says, "Hello, Hannah-san. How've you been?"

Mami, for the moment, goes unnoticed.

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Who can resit bake goods? Vespa isn't one of them and help a good cause as the same time is a win win in her mind. She was just passing by and saw and heard about the sale. The brown haired caucasian, currently dressed in a Verone school uniform is just mulling about the cafe looking at the different bake good trying to decide what to buy. Maybe she will get something for her little sister too.

Yuko Minami has posed:
     Even outside of work hours, Yuko's been to Midori-ya enough times to know when something different is going on! Granted, it's much easier to notice the change today with familiar and unfamiliar faces manning the registers, and being called specifically not to make a delivery today all but confirms that something's going on, but still.

     That just means she's got something to do! And so, she arrives at the cafe with in her usual casual wear: A yellow t-shirt and black skirt with an old, large backpack slung over her shoulder. Spotting that familiar giant dog with that familiar white-haired girl, Yuko strolls on over while scooping up a cheesecake on the way.

     "Hey, Hannah-chan. Rented out the place for today?" She glances around quickly, pausing on Homura for a moment from recognizing her... Sort of. She couldn't really remember from where, though, but that wouldn't stop her from offering the girl a light curtsey. "And hello to you, too. You know Hannah-chan, too?"

     Just where did she know her from? This was going to bother her all day if she couldn't figure it out soon enough.

Shiori Sato has posed:
    Shiori may not be a student at Infinity, but he knows Hannah. When he heard her mention the sale a while back, he offered to help. He's brought a couple dozen blueberry muffins-- not a whole lot, but he isn't really a baker. Muffin mixes are easy. Yes, he did totally cheat.

    But at the present he's just helping distribute the baked goods to people who buy them. He's probably missable unless you know him, with that dusty brown hair and same-colored eyes, and the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose. He's wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers. And a red-checkered apron! Which admittedly looks rather ridiculous on him, but hey, he's working.

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
Then another Infinity student walks in: an upperclassman, notably in the Kendo club instead of the Kickboxing club.

Actually, 'walks in' is an understatement.

The door bursts open and there, standing silhouetted against the outside light, is the extremely tall, very good-looking, absurdly expensively dressed, and slightly sunburnt Mamoru Chiba. He pushes up his glasses and announces, "I would like three servings of everything sweet and one chocolate cake!"

THEN he walks in, pulling out his wallet.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Hannah might be blind, but neither Boris nor her big, ugly compatriot are. The big highschooler stands up, and walks over to the particularly shifty looking Kyouko. He looks down at her as he walks up. He gives a gap-toothed smile.

"Hey there! You lookin' to buy!? Got the good stuff in here!" He waves to that pile of muffins, giving a low laugh.

As Naota enters, one of the other volunteers, a short dark-skinned highschooler, waves over.

"Buy one get one free cheesecake...jeez, why did the baking club send so much cheesecake!? Uhh...one one get two free!?" Naota is looked at with desperation by the volunteer.

Boris gives a little whine, then walks right past Homura. She gets a little rubbing across the legs from the siberian husky, only for the dog to stop right in front of Mami.

Boris barks, sits down, and wags his tail. There's a wrapped brownie in its jaws, in a little baggie! It's a dog-gift!

Homura and Yuko both get big smiles from Hannah, recognizing both after a moment!

"Homura-chan, Yuko-chan! You both made it!"

Yuko gets a grin first.

"That cheesecake is buy-one-get-one-free! Better than any store bought brand!" She gives a wink to Yuko teasingly.

"How are you, Yuko-chan? Yup! The Midori-ya's pretty popular with most of the clubs, us too! They have been so very helpful!"

Both hands go up. "Great! We are going to the nationals! Oh, do you think you can come! It should be next month! Umm, here!" Three tickets to the competition are produced. One goes to Yuko, two more to Homura. She winks.

"Take that friend of yours along, okay, Homura?" Leeeeean in! Whisper whisper!

"It could be a date full of high-impact violence! The best kind!" Yes, she's teasing mercilessly.

And then, suddenly mamo!

"Chiba-kun! Yeeesh, feeling hungry are we!? Alright! Everyone! Shiori-kun! Get Mamoru here some grub!"

A lot of the helpers pick up food and start wrapping it up. The massive platter that's forming is passed over to Shiori! There's about eight cheesecake slices on there in addition to everything else!

Seems Shiori will have to add the finishing touches and deliver it to Mamoru!

Meanwhile, Hannah's grinning at the man with one hand out. One of the other helpers is over to help count!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko continues looking shifty right until the big, ugly bouncer walks up to her. As he greets her in that 'friendly' manner, she doesn't look the least bit intimidated, instead scowling slightly as she straightens up. "'Course I'm lookin' to buy," She says, her tone indignant. "Why would I be in here if I wasn't lookin' to buy?"

    She glances down at the muffins as the guy tells her they got the 'good stuff'. Her expression becomes slightly skeptical. "Hmm.. I dunno. I'm not sure this is the 'good stuff', and I wouldn't want to waste my hard-earned money on some sub-par stuff! I better test it to make sure its good. If it passes muster, I'll buy it for sure."

    She then brazenly reaches out and takes a lemon-poppy muffin. Looking right up at the guy as if daring him to stop her, she takes a bite. "Mmmm. Mf.. no.. no, I don't think this is quite good enough to buy." She says, swallowing, and putting the bitten muffin back on the tray. "Sorry!" Then she tries to scoot past and head for the door!

Naota Uneme has posed:
Naoko makes a little 'eep!' noise when she's addressed directly, but keeps it to the tiny eep and doesn't engage in flailing or stammering. "Oh!" she says, voice high, "That sounds good! I guess I'll have three, then: something to share with mama and my sister." Mamoru's... entrance... makes her turn her head: did he really need to announce it like that? Maybe he just really wants to help the kickboxing club.

She goes to check her pockets, remembers that her shorts don't HAVE any pockets, then reaches into her purse for her wallet. "How much do I owe you, sir?"

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura reaches down to brush her hand against Boris as he walks by. No Familiar goes unpetted around here, mister! Aside from that, she doesn't hinder his progress at all. Turning to Yuka, Homura blinks for a moment. Has she seen her before? Probably not. "Yes, that's right. Sharpe-san and I are very good friends. My name is Homura Akemi."

Homura listens to Hannah, and accepts the tickets. Homura blushes slightly as Sharpe whispers. A-a date? Actually, that might not be such a bad idea... Would Madoka like that kind of thing?

Homura turns around as Mamoru enters, and boy does he /ever/ enter. The sheer haminess of it makes her want to chuckle. Not too many people can really make her smile like he does.

She waves at him from a distance. Oh geeze.

Mami Tomoe has posed:
"Hmmm?" Mami looks down, and then kneels down.

Boris is gently petted, Mami extricating the bagged brownie from his mouth with a flicker of a smile crossing her face, petting the cute thing. Mami has a weakness, or rather, an appreciation for cute things. Like Boris. And Nagisa. They are to protected. She continues petting him for a few minutes before standing back up, her gaze flickering straight towards Mamoru.

"... oro..." She mutters, vaguely, a word and sound that make no sense.

Yuko Minami has posed:
     That's definitely one way to make an entrance. How would that guy even carry all that stuff out? Well, it wasn't really Yuko's job to worry about things like that, especially if it wasn't tied to her own work or appetite. Besides, he isn't nearly as intimidating as the ugly one approaching Kyouko. Certainly much better looking, but...

     ... Well, maybe he'd visit the supermarket sooner or later.

     "Of course it'll be better! Our stuff's from a supplier, anyway." Snickering lightly at Hannah's response, the green-haired girl eyes the cheesecake and the tickets briefly before scurrying back to scoop up another one. She glances at Boris as he approaches Mami, although her attention returns to Hannah quickly once she gets back over there.

     "Nationals? Ooh.. Congratulations! I've been busy at the store, but I've been trying to get out more. Er. Outside of work, anyway." She raises an eyebrow slightly at the whispering and the mention of a date, and she can't help but look over at Homura for a moment out of curiousity. She's not going to pry too much just yet, though, especially with that light blush. So much romance in the air, yet none of it directed her way...

     Well, it wouldn't do Yuko any good to dwell on that too much. She simply giggles again and rebalancing the cheesecakes in her arms. "Yuko Minami. Good to meet you, Akemi-san. High-impact violence is so much more fun to watch than finesse-based fights, anyway. Lot more... Impact."

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vepsa turns to look over at the sun burnt fellow entering, she thinks someone is trying way to hard to be cool, she just rolls her eyes. He probably got all the good stuff too. Oh well. She better grab something before the rest of it is gone. ?I'll take 2 strawberry cheesecakes and 2 chocolate cheesecake.. and a chocolate muffin. Some stuff for her family and something for her to snack on while she's heading home.

Shiori Sato has posed:
    Shiori notices Mamoru all right. And he snickers. That's a big order! But he will indeed accept the large platter-- wow, that's a lot of stuff! But yeah, he starts putting the last few things on it. He's got a lot of stuff to balance, so he doesn't notice Kyouko bite into the muffin. He probably will when some protest is made though.

    "You want a bag for some of this?" he asks Mamoru. "Looks like it might be a pain to carry otherwise." There's a pause... it looks like he wants to say something... but he doesn't. He just smiles.

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
Mamoru grins like the cat that ate the canary, glances over the prices of stuff briefly, estimates, and starts counting out bills. There are people here he knows -- hell, he probably knows most of the people here -- but other than brief nods, smiles, smirks, or conspiratorial winks at his various associates and/or friends, he seems pretty focused on his task.

He is, after all, a Man on a Mission. A sweets mission. A great variety and quantity of sweets mission.

He's still counting.

Finally, the eleventh-grader hands Hannah a stack of bills triumphantly. He may have overpaid slightly, but, "No change, it's for a good cause," he says cheerfully. "Hey, do you have a box? Oh, thanks, Sato-san-- here, I'll help you pack it, if you want? I've gotta get these where they're going--"

One of the winks was for Homura. Another's for Shiori.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Naoko soon has a trio of wrapped cheesecake shoved in front of her!

"Oh thank God, I was seriously getting worried. Here! Have an extra brownie to go with it!"

The price turns out to be pretty cheap, too, only the equivalent of a few dollars in yen!

"I like your clothes by the way! Ooh, where'd you get that shirt?" Comes the girl at the counter, smiling.

Mami soon has Boris rolling over, exposing his belly, and getting all the pets! His tongue pants out the side of his mouth, before he's back up again and plopping his rump right beside the girl. There's a doggie head right against her leg.

He barks to Hannah! She laughs.

"Is someone playing with Boris-kun? One free baked good for keeping our volunteers happy!" She says to the crowd in general, pointing towards the source of bark, and by proxy, Mami!

Homura just gets a continued, teasing grin. Silence. Not unusual for Homura, and she can guess why.

A cane pokes her in the ankle.

"No use standing around and blushing~. Here!" There's a plate being offered to Homura with a variety of things.

"For your friend."

Both arms cross at Yuko.

"Then hire the Infinity Baking Club! They are almost as good as the Midori-ya in my completely-unbiased opinion!" Wink!

Yuko gets it.

"Darn right! None of those silly aikido competitions! No dancing around, just punching each other in the face until one person doesn't move! You should join!" She's /far/ too into it all. The club in general gives an 'ehhhhh' enthusiastically.

Vesp too gets a quadruple serving of cheesecake! The club member grins as they take the girl's payment!

"Great! Four cheesecake! We'll be selling a real cake too, soon! It's almost done!"

~~In the Midori-ya Kitchen~~

Something small and black slips into the kitchen from outside the shop, a little moving shadow going unnoticed by the baker there. It slips into the oven where the cake rises. The oven gives an ominous /shudder/. The baker doesn't notice anything, but the atmosphere feels charged versus a few seconds ago!

~~Main Room~~

Hannah thumbs the bills, and actually /blushes/!

"A...are you sure, Chiba-kun? Ah, okay! Thank you!" She very nearly hugs the man, but restrains herself visibly.

"You really going to eat all of those yourself?" Squint!

As for Kyouko? The big man doesn't stop her as she grabs that muffin. He chuckles lowly.

"Oi! Aniki!"

Hannah smiles. "...Do we have another runner? Ohhhh Boris-kunnnnn~." Sing-songs the girl, and Boris gives an affirmative woof!

A big, fluffy siberian husky comes running towards the slinking Kyouko, intending on tackling her and lick-lick-licking her face!

Somehow, the dog has brought a wrapped brownie with him for Kyouko.

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura nods softly as Yuko talks about the fights. "It sounds like a lot of fun, Minami-san. I'll have to look into it." Turning back to Hannah, she accepts the plate and says, "Thanks... By the way, you wouldn't happen to have any pumpkin pie for sale, would you? I do like pumpkin pie."

She does accept the plate, but Homura's a relatively rich girl and Sharpe knows why. She drops an appropriate amount of yen on the counter. She's not going to leave without contributing.

Mamoru winks at her. She smiles back, raising an eyebrow as if she suspects mischief or something funny.

"Well, you're throwing around a lot of money today," she comments, briefly. Homura isn't sure what's going on, but he doesn't seem like he'd plan to stick around long. Whatever she wants to talk about with him would probably be better discussed in private, so for now he gets friendly smiles and short words.

Kyouko gets a look that only says 'really...?' Well, at least things seem to be going well.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Naoko accepts cheesecakes and also free brownie! Yay, free food! "Oh! This? I, uh, w-well, I found it when I was shopping with a friend. I don't remember the place's name." She's blushing: the whole 'people compliment you on your clothes' thing is still very much new to her. Meanwhile, Mamoru is still being weird and there's a huge dog chasing that girl! "Look out!" she says to Kyouko, also running in her direction. Maybe not the smartest thing to do under the circumstances.

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa smiles and says. ?Thank you.?, after she give her money over. She takes the choclate muffin out of the the bag walking away from the counter taking the chocolate muffin out and taking a bite out of it. She just watches at the husky goes to tackle the red haired girl. This should be amusing.

Yuko Minami has posed:
     That... That actually wasn't such a bad idea. If the club could actually provide them with a steady supply of baked goods at a lower price...

     Well, that was something best left for another time. "I'll have to keep in touch about that. Do they have an e-mail address or... Actually." Luckily, Yuko's prepared for this exact sort of situation! She flicks a business card out of her inner pocket expertly and places it gently in Hannah's hand. "Can you give this to whoever the president is? It'll be easier to talk business when there's not all of this happening."

     She's not going to forget about paying for those cheesecakes, of course. She fishes out the necessary amount of yen for those delicious sugary death disks, then hands that over to Hannah as well. "I've seen Hannah-chan in action before, and she's great at it. I'd join, but... Different school, being allergic to pain. It's hard to play video games when your face is swelled up like a balloon."

     The green-haired girl raises her eyebrow again as Boris goes barrelling after the red-haired girl, watching the two with rapt attention and biting back a cheer for the big dog.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko's unhurried pace suddenly begins to get a bit more hurried as she glances over her shoulder when Naoko yells 'look out.' Her eyes visibly widen at the sight of Boris bearing down on her, friendly brownie in his mouth or not. She breaks into a sprint towards the door, rushing past Mamoru on the way. "Hi Mamoru!" She gasps as she dashes past.

    Boris catches her just outside, and she goes down with a 'wah!', thudding onto the pavement. Good thing Puella are hardy or she might have skinned her knees. He drops the brownie on her chest before starting to lick her face. Kyouko begins to giggle helplessly, squirming but unable to dislodge the large dog without using magical strength to hurl him away, which she seems unwilling to do.

    "G-get off me, mutt!" SHe gasps between giggles. "H-help! Somebody c-call the dogcatcher, dammit!"

Shiori Sato has posed:
    Shiori gives a smirk in response to that wink from Mamoru. Yeah, he saw it. And he still hasn't spoken to Mamoru about that. But right now is hardly the time for it. Shiori nods to Mamoru's questions. "I think so, yeah. Might be better to put them in a couple boxes. Cakes don't like to share space with other baked goods. And sure, a little help would be appreciated."

    He takes the pile of stuff over to a free spot, and then grabs a couple boxes. Mamoru is free to come and help if he'd like. Though you can bet Shiori's going to be careful not to touch Mamoru. It was kind of weird the last time it happened...

    That is indeed the kind of commotion that will catch his attention. He pauses in packing the boxes, blinking curiously, reaching up to push his glasses up on his nose a bit. He knows Boris won't hurt Kyouko even if he does catch her. Only question is, why is he trying to catch her? though he still chuckles at the 'attack'.

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Mami watches the dog tackle Kyouko, and she puts one hand to her mouth to stifle a very quiet giggle.

That done, she approaches the table, glancing over at the cheesecakes...

"Can I get two cheesecakes, please? The full cake, yes. Just... split them each in half so I'll have four boxes, if that can be done?"

Mami, what do you need so much cheesecake four. Let's count the kohais. 1) Kyouko. 2) Nagisa. 3) Madoka. 4) ... ...

4) ... Homura?

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
"I might be planning to share some with a couple of bottomless stomachs I know," Mamoru laughs towards Hannah. Since he doesn't speak the language of eyebrows, he just gives Homura a super cheesy grin, then starts helping Shiori pack boxes.

And almost gets knocked over by Kyouko. "Aaaa--! Kyou--?! ko...?" he yelps and trails off, and she's gone and there's Boris chasing her with a brownie-bag, and he has to literally bite his lip to keep from laughing. "Oh man. Hey, man, call me later, okay? There was some stuff I wanted to ask you, but I've had my hands full lately," he tells Shiori, and then the boxes are all set. "Whoof, and now the boxes will have my hands full. Thanks!"

Loading them up, stacked, Mamoru carefully picks up the boxes and starts for the door. "Pardon-- sorry-- coming through! Sorry-- oop-- bye!"

Outside, he looks down at Kyouko on the ground getting 'mauled' by Boris. "Yo, you two. Kyou-chan, you busy~? Want to give me a hand being cake santa?"

Provided she agrees, his god damn stylish god damn imported electric sports car is over there.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Can I drive?" Kyouko asks, pushing Boris off finally, and even patting him on the head as she retrieves the brownie.

Naota Uneme has posed:
Naoko wasn't really considering possible results of this scenario when she ran towards Kyouko running from Boris. On the list of results the number one would probably have been 'go tuchus over teakettle and fall into a pile with the dog and the girl' and, well, that seems to be where this is going. She pulls to a stop as quick as she can, which only makes her fall forwards on top of the dog that Kyouko is so busily pushing off of herself. "Someone help!"

Meanwhile, four cheesecakes and one brownie have achived airborn status. I wonder where those are going to end up?

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
The big ugly guy grins to Homura after Hannah thumbs-ups!

"One pumpkin pie comin' up buddy!" Comes his booming voice, and adds it to the plate. He then gets to wrapping helpfully, adding in a cute bow-tie to it all with perhaps surprising care and dexterity from a guy with big, meaty hands.

"Take it! We do not want the bake club president's work to go to waste!" Referring, of course, to Nagisa-chan.

Naoko gets a laugh. The club member leans in.

"You should take Hannah-chan shopping! She gets so stubborn about it, but she really does need the help with color coordination!"

The business card is taken!

"I am not sure. I will get in touch with Nagisa-chan, and let her people talk with your people! She's absolutely adorable!"

And then she's looking absolutely /pleased/ with all of Yuko's comments.

"That kind of allergy only goes away with treatment. Fist treatment, Yuko-chan!"

Lick lick lick! Boris seems to be having fun as he licks and brushes Kyouko with his tail! Woof! The dog finally relents as Hannah whistles, and then gets off the thief.

"Do you see what happens when you steal from other people, Miss? Be nice, alright, and if you apologize /maybe/ we'll let you have a plate of brownies okay?" Comes Hannah to Kyouko.

Boris is sitting proudly, /staring/ at Kyouko with big, cute doggie eyes and wagging his tail!

As for Mami?

The big ugly dude and Hannah both get to work wrapping up some plain cheesecake! There's some tea and coffee packs thrown in two!

Hannah hands it over!

"Here you are, miss!" The price is even decently reasonable. Then down goes the cheesecake, raining on Hannah! She blinks. A finger licks it off. Mmmm!

"Careful!"

~~Kitchen~~

Something in the back goes /WHUMP/! It's loud enough that it can be heard from the front. A few employees turn around.

Hannah does so as well. She gets up, grabs her cane, and walks over.

"Sato? Is everything okay in there?" She steps into the kitchen.

A burst of magic, and a crash, and Hannah is shoved back into the display counter with the crack of glass and flying baked goods! She shudders, before exhaustion from the week and pain has her pass out.

Bursting through like the kool-aide man, a fat, massive creature made seemingly of cake, frosting, and gummi bears! Most of the volunteers wisely begin running!

Mamoru Chiba has posed:
"I don't know, can you?" Mamoru asks Kyouko like he's someone teacher dad. He beeps the doors open, glancing back at the new pile of dog and girls, even as Hannah's calling Boris off and lecturing. He lowers his voice. "You can have half of one of the boxes if you don't try. I love this car."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Wagh!" Kyouko shouts as Naoko falls on top of her /and/ the dog. "Gerrof!" Luckily, Hannah calls Boris back at that moment, and she's able to disentangle herself from Naoko. She even, quite nimbly, catches the cheesecakes flying through the air as they fall, her hand zipping back and forth to catch all four of them! She misses the brownie though. It falls on Boris' head.

    "Watch it, kid." She says to Naoko, handing the cheesecakes back. Then she turns to Mamo. "Dude, you think I'm a bad driver or something? I should tell you what I did with a motorcyle last weekend.." BUt she seems to be agreeing as she walks with him to the car. As they get in, she thinks she hears a crash from the bakery, peering back. "You hear something? Eh, I'm sure it's fine. Let's go."

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura nods to Yuko, saying, "Yeah, I've seen her in action before, too. She's pretty fierce."

Homura and Yuko might be talking about different things entirely.

"She's got a lot of speed and power. I feel sorry for her opponents."

Kyouko is caught and isn't too happy about it. Homura looks over at her, watching from a safe distance. Homura's pretty sure she'd only get a punch in the face if she tried to say hi to the redhaired Puella.

Homura takes out a camera while Kyouko is distracted. She snaps a photo before slipping the camera back into her pocket.

Is Homura one of Mami's kohais? Well, /technically/ yes, but is that the really the question being asked? Homura's kohai status remains a mystery.

Though it's really cute of her to get something for her kohais and forget about herself. Mami's a nice person. It's good that she isn't dead yet.

A pumpkin pie is delivered, and Homura accepts it. "Excellent. Now I'll have to find someone to share it with. It's no fun to eat it all by myself."

Her eyes glance towards Mamoru for a moment. Another stack of yen is put down for the pie.

Homura's about to thank Hannah before something suspicious happens. Something suspicious becomes somehthing magical, and something magical becomes a bakery Youma coming through the wall.

Homura's hair flies up as people rush past her. Purple eyes dart around, looking for a safe corner to hide in. She runs through a doorway labeled 'Employees Only', running until she finds a private spot. Once she's alone, she henshins.

Her baked goods and tickets are stowed away in her shield. She's not letting anything happen to them.

Yuko Minami has posed:
     "I.. Uh. I think I could do without that kind of treatment, actually." Now Yuko's just laughing nervously. Knowing Hannah, she might actually try it at some point.

     It's not like Yuko /needed/ all those teeth, anyway. Still, she'd miss the little things. Like chewing and swallowing comfortably.

     The sounds from the kitchen draw her attention quickly enough, however, and she yelps lightly at Hannah getting thrown through the display. "H-Hannah-chan! What the-" At the sight of the giant cake monster, Yuko's first instinct is to reach into her pocket for the Change Mirror. With so many people around and Hannah in such a precarious situation, however, she can't afford to transform yet!

     No, she'll have to jsut hope there's some other magical girls around to take care of it. If not... Well, she'll just have to get Hannah somewhere safe first! Hauling the unconscious girl onto her shoulders, Yuko starts hoofing it to get out of that cafe and to seek safety across the street!

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa blinks and then blinks again as a youma made of bakes good comes throught the back wall. ?Well that something you don't see every day..?, she says. She looks around and start making a dash to women's washroom scarfing down her muffin, heading into a stall and hensins. This might be a bit awkward when she comes out of the bathroom.

Shiori Sato has posed:
    Shiori's still chuckling over Boris when Mamoru talks about something Shiori was thinking about. Without mentioning it of course. Too many people here who wouldn't believe it. Or would and shouldn't know. Shiori nods, looking sheepish. "Yeah, I've been tryng to figure out how to ask you about... that... but I didn't know when was a good time, or how to go about it." At least he's honest. "I'll call you though," he promised. "Later!" He waves a hand to the retreating Mamoru. And to Kyouko as well, since they're leaving together.

    When Naoko's bought food goes airborne, Shiori's about to try and see if he can catch some of it... but then suddenly Hannah gets thrown back! He diverts his attention to the fallen Hannah instead, and tries to go see if she's all right. Then something comes out of the kitchen. Something that is definitely not goods for the bake sale. Something that is quite obviously REALLY BAD NEWS!

    Volunteers are running; this is probably a good idea. He needs to find a safe place, for two reasons-- one because Hannah seems to have gone fully unconscious, and two because he needs to see if he knows how to fight with his new powers. Thankfully someone seems to be taking one concern off his mind. He just hopes she can be trusted.

    Barring a phone booth, the restroom is as good a place as any to try to call those new powers of his. So into the men's restroom he runs. If there's anybody in here? "Oi! Get outta here quick, the stove exploded and the kitchen's on fire!" Probably not too far from the state of things, actually. And once the bathroom's empty?

    "Seize the cord of fate!" The glowing strand seems to try to sneak past his right side, but his arm shoots out and grabs hold of the cord formly. As he does it turns into a crimson ribbon that winds around his body, from his nose to his feet. And then in a flash of light he's in ninja garb and his hair his light blue and spiky. Then he runs out to see if he can help.

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Mami is about to pay when the Dessert Youma busts through the wall.

She instead puts the money on top of her cheesecakes, and thenp uts the cheesecakes down. Unlike Homura, who bolts into the Employees Only area, Mami throws herself at and past the youma, reappearing on the other side in full henshin mode. Distraction via frosting, one supposes.

Naota Uneme has posed:
And on top of everything else, dessert monster! Naoko struggles to her feet after Kyouko and the dog both bail, then runs off in search of a place to transform. Happily, the retreating crowd gives her decent cover and she soon finds herself behind a tall hedge. "Mirror of the heart, shine with truth! Invincible elegant heroine, Valkyrie Kirin!"

You know, it's a real shame that these hedges are in the way: we're missing a transformation sequence that someone probably put a lot of time into.

A few minutes later Valkyrie Kirin arrives on the scene, looking flush and maybe a tiny bit out of breath. She poses, pointing at the monster with one hand and holding the scepter up with the other. "Baked goods and sweets are supposed to make people happy! When they're put to the wrong use, the only thing that they should cause is a few extra pounds! As a protector of innocent hearts everywhere, I won't allow you to do... whatever it is you're going to do! Rampage, probably!"

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Hannah is lifted! Boris, ever mindful of his mage, is right alongside Yuko, growling and barking at the monster while slowly backing out of the room! Seems it'll have to go through the dog before it gets to Hannah or her saviour! The big golem of cake raises a frosting covered hand, and the gummy drops on its knuckles fire off like bullets! Boris leaps into the air, and chomps down each one. Nomf! Nomf!

That's not one normal dog.

Yuko gets to the other side of the street easily enough! A crowd follows after as people rush to leave. There's a convenient alleyway for henshin'ing nearby! A concerned citizen on hand is already calling the ambulance for Hannah!

Shiori's words have those few laggards soon vacating the shop, people barely able to dodge big, frosty fists of fury! The thing stumbles around, crushing tables and generally making a mess!

Mami runs through the things legs, and proves to be the closest target! But now the cake-thing is facing a magical girl! It makes a hork'ing sound, and then spits a big ball of custard at Mami's face, before swinging a gummy-covered fist at her! Those gummies may as well be brass knuckles! Which puts the beast's back for easy targeting for those who just ran off to henshin! And then in comes Valkyrie Kirin!

The cake golem roars! "Weiiiiiight! Calorriiiessss! MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE!" Howls the enraged creature as it charges for the valiant valkyrie and her scepter!

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Pay no attention to the magical girl with the coming out the bathroom. Vespa doubts that going to happen. Vespa hops over the counter pointing her massive axe at the bake good youma. "Time to cut this cake!", she charges at the bake good youma bring her axe trying to cut of one of it's arms.

Homura Akemi has posed:
Baked good secured, and henshin done in private, Homura Akemi bursts through the Employees Only door with a long assault rifle in her hand. "Alright, let's bake this cake!"

Yes, she said that with a straight face. She's oblivious to the fact that Vespa already used a similar joke.

Mami and a few magical girls Homura doesn't recognize are already in combat. Homura runs around the room, strafing until she can get a good firing angle, and once she finds an opening she squeezes the trigger. Her muzzle flares and the room is filled with the sound of gunfire as a river of bullets flies out from her gun.

"So does anyone actually know how a dessert youma got in here?!"

Yuko Minami has posed:
     Once Yuko's certain that Hannah's in a safe place and that helpful civilian calls for the ambulance, she wastes little time in heading into that alleyway. One mirror removal and high budget transformation sequence later, Cure Boost inexplicably emerges from the alley!

     She's also looking mighty pissed. The two tower shields are already out even as she's making a beeline for the cafe, the pistons on the back of her elbows are already whirring, and she's even moving faster than she normally does in a fight. Granted, that's still not quite that fast, but a casual jogger might at least have trouble keeping up with her even without those shields in tow.

     "Fiend! If you want to fight someone your own size, then here I am!" Little attention is given to the other magical girls already on the scene, and she seems intent to tackle the thing head on.

     Literally. She's just going at the cake monster in a straight line, trying to get close enough to hug it to death.

Shiori Sato has posed:
    "Afraid not," Shiori-- now Akahana-- pipes up to Homura's question. Oddly his voice isn't muffled even though his face is covered. "But it needs delat with." Shiori's responses are different here. He's terse and quiet here, where Shiori is normally friendly and engaging. Though the suddenness of his appearance might startle, given it's likely not many people were looking in the direction of the men's restroom when he ran out of there.

    He thinks fast. Desserts, especially baked goods, tend ot be soft and squishy. Meaning that he might be able to cause some pain and irritation right from the off. Suddenly there are caltrops in both his hands. And he tries to skirt around the youma's periphery, tossing them down at the thing's feet before it can realize it's about to step on them. Hopefully they'll stick in its feet. Hopefully caltrops work on cakebeasts too...

Naota Uneme has posed:
Apparently Kirin is just popular with the youma or something. No matter! "Time to-no, wait, I heard that already. Whatever! Eat this, dessert! BRILLIANT SAPPHIRE!" She spins, performing a complicated twirl with the scepter and then holds it aloft: it glows with a blue light that quickly brightens in intensity until it lets off one blinding pulse.

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Mami gets covered in ... cream?

Something? She's really quite terrified to open her mouth at this point to figure out what she's covered in.

She takes off her hat, throwing it in front of her in an arc, guns dropping out of it, and she smoothly starts sliding around the youma, shooting, firing, shooting, firing, and breathing heavily through her nose. Eugh.

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Vespa charges with her Massive Axe (tm)! The big golem is too busy charging Valkyrie Kirin to notice Vespa, and down that axe goes! It's left arm is neatly slashed off, falling to the ground! It roars again, yelling something about trans fats, before scrambling for that arm! Bullets impact the creature, going in and out with very little resistance! It's like it's made of cake! Still, at least it's being splattered around a little by the bullets, frosting dripping everywhere and seeming to wobble a bit more now.

Caltrops come out from the ninja just as it's reaching for that arm! It steps on a pile, tripping, and landing on its fallen arm! The thing reattaches, but now flails aroundon its back! It helps it get up, but at least now it's a little harder to hit things as it stumbles about, howling in pain!

The blinding pulse of magic from Kirin further debilitates the youma, and soon it's holding it's cupcake eyes!

Mami ducks into a dance of gunfire, and bits of youma are blasted off with each shot! Between the two gun users, there's tons of holes in the thing, and it's barely on its feet! The creature raises its' one good arm, and spins around! A wave of magical candies goes flying at all of the magical folk! Gummies of all kinds, snickers, reeses, and other deadly sweets fill the area, taking out windows!

But ti's aim is poor with the blinding and it's de-arm-ing!

Then Cure Boost comes running up, and decides to hug the youma! Her powerful shields crush and squish the thing, causing its eyes to bulge and make cakey-squelchy sounds! It can't stand the pressure, and it's held in place! Time to finish it off!

Naota Uneme has posed:
Valkyrie Kirin grins. "This is easier than usual. I wonder who sent this one? Time to finish it off, everyone!" She dodges back, landing neatly on one foot. She swings her scepter around her: motes of shimmering, multicolored lights begin to dance around her, raising her off the ground. She thrusts her scepter towards the Cake Boss. "PRISMATIC DIAMOND!" The lights gather together, forming a massive globe and then surging forward in one beam!

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura stares blankly as Mami gets creamed. That's washable, right?

Homura considers her options. Explosives are no good in a fight like this, not with Cure Boost, whom she /does/ recognize from a while ago, currently hugging the youma.

On the other hand, maybe she could bring out something else.

Hard candy pelts her in the face, and soft fudge chocolate and other gooey sweets splat against her cheeks. She takes a moment to clear a bit of peanut butter and chocolate from her eyes.

Homura Akemi runs close to the giant cake, leaping above it and reaching into her shield, pulling out a large flamethrower. The flames roar, descending upon the cake Youma in a stream of scorching heat. She focuses the heat on that cake until her flamethrower starts to overheat.

She lands on her own feet.

It's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake!

Vespa Rayne has posed:
"You've been ..DISARMED!", Vespa is just full of puns today. The blade of the axe start to glow with a green arua.

"Take this! FINAL SLICER!", she rushes past the bake good youma leaving a vertical green slash as she passes.

Yuko Minami has posed:
     If Yuko was in a better mood, she'd probably make a quip to go along with the others. The lack of arms, the questionable custard, probably something about giving the youma a big hug like some sort of copyrighted dinosaur creature.

     Instead, though, she's just feeling particularly rage-y today. Ragey enough that she's more than content to hold the youma up in place for all the other magical girls to just wreck that cakey beast, and she even throws her own in for good measure.

     "Boost... BREAKER!" And with a mighty roar, the pistons in her elbows spin even faster before push forward, driving the stakes in her palms through the shield and into the youma with an explosive crash!

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Mami ends up shaking herself, wiping at her face with an arm to get most of the cream off of her face.

"KILL IT! IT CREAMED ME!" Thanks, Mami. She looks at Boost, considers her options... "TIRO..."

"DOUBLE CANNON!" Armed with two giant cannons, she drops down to her knees, and aims low and below her fellow magical girl!

Shiori Sato has posed:
    It's just after he's gotten done dropping the caltrops when the Kirin's light shines. Akahana emits a quiet, choked sound and raising an arm to shield his eyes from the light. Unfortunately this leaves him open to attack. And it's just as the candies come flying at him, too. He is not designed to take damage, but to avoid it. But not being able to avoid this attack leaves it hitting him harder than he expected. Akahana is knocked off his feet, thrown back a little.

    Down maybe, but not out. He spins back ot his feet, sending a sidelong look at the Kirin for her choice of attack, but saying nothing. OK, getting hit like this hurts a lot more than he thought it would. As everyone else makes to attack the youma, Akahana's doing something else. Muttered syllables under his breath, with each one he changes his hands' and fingers' positioning and configuration-- hand seals.

    "...Lin bing dou zhe jie zhenlie zai qian..." As he speaks, a circle begins to form on the ground where the youma went down. It's a Taoist symbol. He pauses here, waiting for the last of them to attack... and then he thrusts out a hand. "Xing!" The circle brightens suddenly, and there is a sound from the circle like a roar. And the circle's magic tries to unmake the youma at the deepest level it can. It's a banishment!

Hannah Sharpe has posed:
Valkyrie Kirin's burst of multicolored energy slams into the cake-golem, ripping out a huge chunk of its side! Only gobs of cream within keep it from falling apart! Then in rushes Homura, intent on having re-fried cake, as the fire of her flamethrower rips into the creature! Cake hardens, turn brittle, and then turns black as the thing catches on fire! There's the smell of burning cake everywhere!

Vespa's giant slash hacks off the creature's remaining arm, and even catches it's second one again! Now thoroughly defenseless, all it can do is spit horrible cream everywhere!

Boost's grand hug is only added to as those pistons spin, and them slam her stakes into the creature through those shields! An explosion rocks the building, and the cake golem goes flying into a wall, plastered there by its sticky frosting!

Then Mami pulls out her big guns, aims, and fires! The twin blasts of Tiro Finale rip away half of the creature's body, turning it to ash! But it's still spitting out cream and candy bits! Tenacious, this pastry!

And then a circle of magic rings around the creature as Akahana works his magic! Shuddering, quivering, and soon back to smelling like a cake, it goes still and simply fades away, wiped from existance! The dark little shadow that possessed it tries to escape, only to be caught up in the spell, similarly turning to mere ash to salt the Midori-ya's floor.

All that's left is destruction, and dozens of baked goods /everywhere/ as the sounds of sirens approach.

Homura Akemi has posed:
Homura Akemi puts up her flamethrower and pulls out a towel from her shield. She starts wiping off her face. Ugh. She's going to need a shower later.

She walks up to Mami and offers her a towel, too. "Here. Looks like it got you pretty good. Kindof dangerous for a bake sale, huh?"

Vespa Rayne has posed:
Vespa looks around the store, now covered in baked goods. She got a some of herself now too. "I'm so not cleaning this up..", with the sirens in the distance she desides this is a good time leave...

Shiori Sato has posed:
    And once the youma's gone, the ninja does something strange. He looks at his hands, as if surprised. "...Whoa," he Neos quietly. Did somebody just get powers and doesn't know how to use them yet? Because that's sure that it looks like~.

    Anyway, the sound of sirens gets him looking up right quick. He notes, "Better not hang around. Listen." He's sure they'll hear the sirens if they do. Either way, as soon as he dispenses his warning he drops a small round thing. Yes, of COURSE it's a smoke bomb, he's a ninja. POOF! And predictably, when it clears, he's gone.

    He hasn't gone far, though. He's on the roof pretty soon, and leaping away via the rooftops. Except it happens again-- when he's far enough from the scene, he de-henshins. While still on the roof.

    He stops running, and sighs. "I gotta quit doing that," he mutters. "Now where's the damn fire escape..."

Yuko Minami has posed:
     Still panting lightly from that combination of exertion and anger, Boost drops those cake-covered and moderately singed shields to the ground with a loud clang. They disappear quickly enough, at least, not leaving behind any evidence that there had been any gigantic metallic objects there just a moment ago. "Is.. Is everyone alright?" She glances around slowly before the color drains from her face at the sound of incoming sirens.

     "... W-we should probably go. Uh." And then she just bolts for the employees room! She can come up with an excuse later.

Mami Tomoe has posed:
Mami takes the towel and uses it in a brisk, efficent manner to wipe herself down.

"Thank you." She says, muffled. "I'll wash it and get it back to you." She wanders off to dehenshin, then wanders back out, the elegant girl in a daze. She nabs her cheesecake and bails. Good bye, Mami.

Homura Akemi has posed:
"Y-yeah, whenever," says Homura. She doesn't really sound like she cares if she gets it back or not.

Homura also wanders off, not wanting to be around when the authorities show up. Most everyone seems safe, so her job is done here anyways.