800/A Strange Equation

A Strange Equation
Date of Scene:	05 January 2016
Location:	Mitakihara - Downtown
Synopsis:	Ikuto steals an egg from a young skater-to-be! And Prism Keeper Orange tries to figure out how
Cast of Characters:	Ikuto Tsukiyomi, Reiko Touyama

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Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
This is an unusual place to be shopping for eggs, a local skating rink. But Yoru's got a lead on some really strong ones. Ikuto has, of course, not gotten out on the ice. Cats don't do ice skating. But his target has aspirations of just that. So. He and Yoru are hanging around outside the rink. Fortunately nobody seems to be able to see the ears and tail Ikuto's sporting.

But when they start playing? Oh, that's noticeable. Especially for one young boy about ten years old. He has skated circles around most of the other young people out there. And can already manage a single lutz jump without formal training. He notices it... because he stops dead in his tracks, stock-still on the ice. His eyes go unfocused. "...It's impossible."

"...Impossible."

"Impossible."

The black egg with the white X exits his chest, and the boy just... falls over. Of course people go to tend to him. But in the meamtime, yoru's grabbing that egg and bringing it to Ikuto as he stops playing his violin. The magical heroes, of course, can see what's really going on...

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Reiko Touyama had come to the skating rink to get her mind off... things. and stuff. She was just dressed as---boring, usual, nerdy Reiko Touyama- with those big doofy glasses and long hair that was hard to keep unless she did it up. What was the point of trying to be elegant for no one?

She was skating idly-- but sadly- it wasn't helping. A younger couple skated past, hand in hand and she sighed and closed her eyes just a moment and shook it off. Surely---

These feelings weren't for forever... right? Maybe... maybe she should just talk to Tadase... or Amu... or both... Well. Maybe just Tadase at least. Maybe Amu wouldn't understand- or worse- she could stir some pot she isn't meaning to.

She seems to be good at that recently.

This causes her just to sulk a little to the side of the side of the rink- gentle skating.

There's someone on the ice who is a great skater- thou Reiko is too caught up in her own feelings to notice much beyond idle observation. What she isn't able to ignore is the gentle thum of her Chroma Crystal aching out at the sudden flare of nearby dark, corruptive energy as an X-egg is made. She turns around towards it---

---and frowns hard as she watches that egg. Nrg. She skates off after it and then indeed- sees Yoru nab it. Her eyes get more narrower. She taps her Chroma Crystal...

"Chroma Prism Orange! Transform!" she calls out.

There's a flash of orange light--- everyone's too worried about the boy- and she takes off to the air after the catboy.

"Hey--- put that down!" she says. "Stop that!" she snaps.

A koi appears in front of Yoru! It's wearing a police hat and is holding a stop sign. It blows a whistle.

It's making no overt attempt to stop Yoru otherwise.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Yoru 'skids' to a stop in the air at the koi. "Move it, before I eat you-nya!" the Chara growls, ears back.

Not just that, either. Ikuto puts the violin away and springs into action, literally, as he sees Reiko chasing the egg-bearing Yoru. A few people marvel at the blue-haired boy that leaps over their heads into a flip. Particularly when he balances on the side of the barrier around the rink on the balls of his feet... and doesn't fall. "Yoru."

The cat Chara grins as he sees Ikuto and then darts off to the side. "Catch me if you can-nya!" Both he and the larger catboy make for a window. He knows there's going to be a fight, and he doesn't want it to be inside where anybdoy's going to get hurt.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange nrg... "I said...stop!" she says. The koi dissapears when it's clear that he isn't going to stop and he's threatend with bein eaten. She frowns as she turns to face Ikuto and she clenches her teeth. "You naughty /cat/!" she huffs like this is a scatching threat. She follows- taking off after the boy and Yoru into the air and out the same window as she still remains in the air.

She begins looking around as she frowns--- she raises her Chroma Wand as she frowns.

"I dunno what you're doing but it isn't good!" she says with a snap! She knows dark energy thanks to her crystal!

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
Ikuto makes for the roof-- he's at a bit of a disadvantage here, given he's only able to jump really high. But he gets there. Though Reiko will probably hear him land on the roof. But there he is, with the egg. Yoru's nowhere to be found. "You don't need to know what I'm doing," he says, as she turns to face him.

There is an evil smirk on his face, though it's one of his lazier ones. He's not really trying to be evil. "But if you really want the egg... why don't you see if you can come take it?" Not that he's going to make it easy for her. Demonstrated with the next words from his mouth.

"Ore no kokoro... UNLOCK!"

The X-Egg merges with his chest, and his body starts to glow. The glow resolves into a black bodysuit with loose sleeves, and two panels on the chest that makes it look a little like he's wearing a a blazer with lapels. The cuffs of the suit are kind of lacy. With a final 'pop', ice skates appear.

CHARA NARI: BLACK ICE

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange frowns as she points her wand. "He--hey you! Jerk!" she says. She's not jealous that Ikuto had a date for the New Years dance and she didn't still. Nononono not at all. (She totally is.). She huffs. "You're right! I don't need to know! Because I already know you're up to no good!" she continues.

"Just here causing trouble and---stealing magical eggs from people!" she huffs!

Magical Eggs? Is... Ikuto. An Easter Bunny? She seems to think on this for a moment. Is it actually.. an Easter Cat!? Is that why Ikuto is so upset!? Cat's aren't getting thier dues!?

Wait-- what. that's not even a japaense tradition. But then why did she even make that make sense in her head.

Yeah her head is just a mess right now.

She frowns and--- well before she can say anything else- Ikuto is mergering with the egg and.....

She pauses a moment... and blinks rapidly. A frilly... ice skater? What?

How...

Egg...

...Cat...

...

She keeps doing this math in her egg: 'Egg + Cat = Ice Skater'. She tries it in various ways. Cat + Egg = Ice Skater. Ice Skater = Egg and Cat? Egg * Cat = Ice Skater?

Soon there's like five koi all around her in scientists outfits pouring stuff from one cartoonish test tube to the next and ones on a blackboard with and head of a cat and an egg and he's arguing with his koi researcher peer and---

They all pop out of existense as Reiko's head gets back on track. "Hey! S-s-s-stop that!" she suddenly huffs!

She levels the wand---and fires a barrage of virbrant orange energy koi! They try to hone in on Ikuto!

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
When that splash of vibrant orange color comes at him, Ikuto spins gracefully to one side-- it's a scratch spin. Also apparently he can fly, or at least hover, because there's a couple inches between the bottom of those skates and the roof. No, it's ice. It's a thin layer of ice that's appearing under his feet, giving him a surface to skate on.

He makes a swoop towards Reiko, and then digs the skates into the layer of ice under them as he nears the orange Chroma Keeper. "Black Splash!" he says. The splash of icy mist sprays up from the skates, black in color, and oh so cold. Fact, it might try to instill a mild feeling of 'blah' if it hits her...

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange blinks and watches---is he flying with ice skates!? Wait--no that's ice. That's really weird. Okay, so he's a little more agile than she'd like. She raises her wand in the air and koi circle around her suddenly absorb the spray of mist---the koi all get mopey however, suddenly and then pop away. Whoops! At least she didn't get more mopey than she already is thanks to the protective koi.

She responds with another series of orange koi--- these home in---trying to swim after Ikuto and crash into him to explode in damaging orange color sparkles. She frowns.

"How does a jerk like you get a date to a dance anyways!? I bet it's...."

"EVIL DARK MIND CONTROL!" she cries out.

Yeah she isn't jealous at all.

Yoru would remember she was there /alone/. :I.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
It is a really awesome moment there, as Ikuto tries to spin around the koi. The koi circle him as he spin with one hand upraised. It really does look elegant and beatiful...

The split-second before everything explodes!

Ikuto ends up on the ground on his face! Though he stands up again, wobbling a little. Once he gets his bearings again, he hops up, onto another thin layer of ice. And he smiles, evilly. "You don't have to use mind control to make people obey you," he says, voice pitched down as though he was just one of those dark-energy-using jerks.

And then? He'll skate towards Reiko again! For what purpose? He reaches out a hand as he nears, trying to catch her by one of her hands. He's trying to pull Reiko atop the floaty ice he's skating on and spin her around with him!

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange nrrrrrggg as she huffs! Yes you do! She thinks. Can't you just say no? That's a thing.

Isn't it?

Regardless, she's skated towards--- and she raises her wand and prepares for a blast when---- Ikuto grabs the hand and she's spun around... "A..Aiiiieee!" she says as she spun around- the orange haired magical spinning around as she gets wonderfully dizzy.

Three koi appear and watch her head moving in motion.

They all raise signs.

[8.5] [7.8] [4.2]

See, the third one is the Russian koi.

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
"That's how you do it," 'Black Ice' says as he skates away, leaving Reiko dizzy where she was. She may or may not fall over. "Leave them dizzy and panting. They won't know what hit them." He winks. Oh he remember's seeing her there at the party.

"You're very aggressive when you think someone's doing evil. Why not tell people what you want other times, too. Aren't you entitled to a bit of happiness too?"

Ikuto has no idea what he's encouraging her to do.

"Besides, just because you've got your eye on that tasty fish..." Here he'll skate a lazy circle around her, raising one leg in one of those elegant turns. "...That doesn't mean there's only one fish out there." First he was fighting her, now he's counseling her?

Oh wait not, he's still fighting her. Since he kicks the ice under his feet with the tip of one bladed skate, and sends black icicles bursting out of the ground, in a line, right at Reiko!

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange is lefting spinning and indeed, dizzy. Not panting but she shakes it off and huff. "Lewd!" she screams out. Yeah that's all Ikuto is doing but you know, she's blushing. She's old enough to get that undertone.

Though...huh!?

She huffs. "Cuz--no one likes me when I'm like that!" she huffs! "With-- my big glasses and--- stuff! Besides---Hotori-kun was happy n' junk... I'd just stir the pot if I say anything..." she mutters.

She doesn't sound very convicing- and more like she's talking to herself... She mutters.

Wait... Why is she talking about this anyways!

She has ice suddenly bursting out of the ground at her-- she was so caught up in that moment that she's sent flying upwards as she has to catch and steady herself. Yeah. Still a little drunk butterfly in her flying ability. She huffs and gets all adorably puffy and angry.

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" she calls out.

She raises her and high and gathers up enough color energy into it for an attack--- sparkling and crackling at the tip---

"PRISM AEGIS POWER!" she calls out. "ORANGE CHROMA... OVERFLOW!" she calls out widely---

...now there's a giant house sized purifiying koi suddenly bearing down on Ikuto out of nowhere from Prism Keeper Orange's location!

Whelp. That's a thing. A koi eating a cat for a change!?

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
"And THAT'S how you catch them off-guard!" Ikuto replies with a grin as Reiko goes flying. Really, he wants to help her. But there's not a lot he can do in this situation. He wants Tadase happy, too, and he's noticed Tadase seems that way with Amu. Ikuto stops his skating, actually looking contrite for a moment...

And then suddenly massive koi. He looks up, blue eyes wide in shock, as the giant koi bears down. There's no way he's fast enough to dodge it. He kicks a heel into the ice under him, raising walls of black, glassy ice from it, trying to put up a barrier...

But it's not enough, he discovers. When the massive koi crashes down, the walls crumble, and there's a yelp of surprise-- and probably pain-- as he's squished under the massive magical koi.

When the fish disappears, Ikuto's on his back on the ground. The expression on his face is somewhere between 'what even the hell' and 'I regret everything'. Suddenly he emits a choked grunt and winces, and with a flash and pop sound, he is back to normal and the egg rises up from his chest. The black flakes away from the egg and it's white again. And it zooms back to the boy Ikuto had taken it from.

That's when Yoru makes his appearance. "Ikuto, Ikuto! Are you OK-nya?!" Yoru frets over his larger companion. Ikuto sits up, shaking the snow from his hair. His cat ears and tail reappear.

He smirks as he stands up. "Fret about it all you want," Ikuto notes. "But nobody will listen if you don't speak up." Then he hops back up to th roof of the skating rink. he doesn't immediately leap away, though.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange watches the egg zoom away-- back to the rink. She blinks rapidly, wondering what just happened---since she can't see through the walls of the skating rink--- seeing through walls just isn't part of her her Mahou Shoujo powerset, alas. She does however, turn back to Ikuto and frowns wide.

"If I speak up I'll just ruin everything!" She insists. "I know it!" she huffs. "---and he'll probably hate me n' stuff after so I'm better keeping my trap shut!" she huffs.

Yeah she's wrong. She'll let this stew deep down inside----where it becomes a youma later in the season.

She huffs and crosses her arms. "We--well run away!" she says.

"Before I change my mind about clocking you on the head for not being a gentleman!" she huffs!

She wags her Chroma Wand at Ikuto menacingly!

Ikuto Tsukiyomi has posed:
"I was a perfect gentleman to you, at least," Ikuto replies, with a chuckle. Though he looks to Yoru then, as a silent indicator that he should lead the way back to where he's stashed Ikuto's violin. Before he does however, Yoru looks at Prism Keeper Orange... and pulls a spectacular akanbe!

"PHBBBBBBBBT!"

And then he flies off, Ikuto following with his long power leaps, chuckling the whole way.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Prism Keeper Orange huffs and just flies back to the rink to go mull...

...and get her sketchbook...

She begins to try working out how an Egg, and a Cat---- makes an Ice Skater on the paper.

This'll occupy her for the rest of the evening!