2206/Media Mayhem

Media Mayhem
Date of Scene:	09 December 2016
Location:	Mitakihara/Pikarigaoka - King Penguin Park
Synopsis:	A little training on the ice, goes awry when Miss Mass Communication herself, Miyo Masuko shows up looking to find Cure Spark for interviewing. Who she finds is Naomi, Sakura, and Tomoyo.
Cast of Characters:	Naomi Yomada, Sakura Kinomoto, Haruna Kurosawa

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Naomi Yomada has posed:
Its finally happened. The big pond at the park has frozen over. Its solid enough for people to venture out onto the ice and begin ice skating. There is no bigger sign of the season as people skating around enjoying seasonal music all bundled up and just having a good time. The sun is listing in the western sky leaving only a slight sliver of its grandious size to light the sky. Lights are on the pond and everything is ready to go!

Naomi had gotten ahold of Sakura and told her where they were going to train tonight. She also mentioned the need for ice skates. As soon as the call was made she was out the door with her own skates. She's bundled up and ready to go!

It takes her only a short time to actually get to the park. Quickly she gets her skates on and right out onto the ice she goes! She's done this before. While not an expert, its clear that she definitely knows how to balance herself and her footwork isn't terrible either.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto had squeaked a bit then, but... well... okay then. She could do this. She'd, of course, told Tomoyo. And since Sakura didn't HAVE ice skates... Well, she did now. Let's just leave it at that. She sighed softly as she walked through the streets, wearing the cutest little mittens, jacket and pants. All puffy and pink.

"You're so cute, Sakura-chan~"

"Thanks tomoyo..." And then, she saw Naomi wand waved. "Hi Naomi-san!" she said happily, with a big grin. Tomoyo already had her camera out. "I ummm... I know you said training but... errrr. I've never actually... ice skated before. I hope that's okay."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada winces. Okay this is going to go interesting. Sakura's Dad isn't going to let her train with her if she winds up going home looking like she played big mouth in Roller Derby. She quickly skates over and stops before walking off of the ice.

Naomi quietly walks over to Sakura and Tomoyo. The older girl is clearly not dressed to impress. She is wearing a big puffy yellow coat, A pair of purple laced white skates, A cute skirt with warm looking leggings underneath. Both in Pink. Her violet glasses are on her face and her ears are covered by cyan ear muffs. She never got a card for a skating outfit!

"Hey! I thought we could practice here a little. Skating is really good for balance training and footwork! Its also a lot of fun!" She giggles. "So you've not done this?"

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto shook her head. "Nope! I wanted to, but I never got around to it and, err, I-I do rollerblade a lot, too!"

"It's true, she does. She's so cute when she comes roller blading down the path to school, especially when Yukito-san is with her. Sakura-chan is just so cute when she's in love."

Sakura turned bright red and shrieked, flailing her hands. "T-t-t-tomoyo-chan! D-d-don't say it like that!" she squeaked, covering her cheeks and blushing. "L-l-lets just start, okay? Please?" Then she paused. "O-oh. I brought you something!" She pulled out a small, pink bag. It had Naomi's name and a little lightning bolt handstitched into it and was filled with lil lightning bolt cookies. Home made! Not the best, some were a little burnt. But so much love in them.

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada smiles and accepts the bag, "Aww Thanks Imouto-chan!" She gives Sakura a hug before pulling her out onto the ice. "Okay. This is like Rollerblading without roller blades. Instead of wheels you got an actual blade on the ice. You don't have a usually stopper. On the toe you have a little serated edge that lets you slow down and stop. Like this."

With that Naomi takes off. She's pretty comfortable on the ice and just happily takes a spin around the pond. As she gets close to Sakura again, she uses the toe pick and slows herself that way. Though she finishes it off by turning sharp. "It's actually a lot of fun! Every year my moms bring my sister and I out to skate. I used to really not like it but, it grew on me. I mean, I couldn't make anything while skating." She giggles.

"Okay you try. Take it easy. You don't need to go fast. Just be careful okay? don't want you to look too beat up!"

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto gulped and nodded. She slowly started making her way around the water... Tomoyo was aready doing it backwards. So she could record Sakura. She gulped and... fell with a light squeak, cringing. "Owie..." She did look a lil bit adorable like that. She slowly got back up on her feet, though. A bit faster if Naomi helped her up. She flailed her hands around a bit, trying to keep her balance.

She let out another shriek when she fell backwards.

"Oh dear, Sakura-chan. You look so adorable even when you fall over."

"Sigh..."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada quickly moves over to help Sakura up. "Come on. You will get it, don't worry." Then down she goes again!!! Quickly Naomi moves to pick her up and falls down beside her! She laughs a little. "Well this is going wonderful so far isn't it!" She giggles and quickly gets up onto her feet again.

She extends a hand down to help Sakura up. If Sakura takes her hand, Naomi will slowly hole onto her hand and skate along, helping her get a feel for the ice. "Look at it this way, When you fall down, the ice will take care of the bruises for you!"

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto snickered, giving a little giggle. "Oh, I guess I should spend all my time on the ice then, huh?" she joked. Slowly, inch by inch, she made her way forward. With Naomi holding her hand she was actually managing to not fall and slowly getting a feel for it. Within a few minutes she was even able to start skating, without being held! She wasn't even falling over.

"You're so good at things like this, Sakura-chan~"

Sakura blushed and rubbed the back of her head. "N-not really. It's only because Naomi-sensei is teaching me. Eh heh heh..."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada smiles a little, "You're doing alright. Think You can do this without me holding your hand?" She asks curiously as she continues moving along with the younger girl. "You are getting it. Just take your time. You're not in a race."

Naomi slowly begins loosening her hand from Sakura's if she starts to stumble, she'll take hold again. "See? You can do this! Just relax and feel yourself moving over the ice. Its not a terrible feeling!"

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto shook her head and kept going with her, and soon she was all on her own and even able to start going fast! "Wow! This isn't bad at all," she said happily, going a little faster. "It's a lot like roller skating," she said with a big grin. "A little different, but not bad." She then did a little spin and skated backwards a few times before turning back around and going forward smoothly. "Okay, Naomi-sensei, what next?" She really did have a talent for athletics.

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada smiles a little, "We are doing it Sakura-chan! Have fun! That is the most important thing!" She smiles, skates forward, springs up and turns around so she is skating backward on one skate for a few moments. "If its all business all the time, it will become something you absolutely hate doing!"

She giggles and brings her foot down and continues skating backwards. A moment later she spins around and picks up a little speed as she rounds the pond's edge. "You got this! Come on!" SHe exclaims.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Masuko Miyo heard reports that a /Cure/ was out and about recently. /Cure Spark/. /In Person/. /Fight a Jerk Monster/. Now Miyo knew these things were often reported as Gas leaks and she bets that was the offical story- but many claimed /monster/.

So she was spying. How?

Why she's wearing this ridicolous helmet with sticks and brush taped and glued to it and peeking out of a bush with a camera and peeking out of random bushes nearby. You don't actually see her move from bush to bush. It's /odd/.

And Strange.

And Weird.

Doesn't a woman her age have a better hobby than chasing magical girls that may or may not exist?

Nope.

"If I can get an exclusive interview...."

"EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO BELIVE ME!" she insists. Despite people claiming that a person in a costume would be just that.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto nodded, giggling a bit as she skated along, nodding. "Yeah! It's actually been really nice. I ummm... I even managed to get a new card the other day. I met a young woman, princess Blue. She apparently guards the color blue. She helped me get the big card."

She, unfortunately had little awareness of this spying person. Tomoyo, of course, was keen as ever. Once when the lady popped out to peer at them and watch Sakura... tomoyo was RIGHT THERE. hunched down. "Hello, can I help you?" she asked with a little smile. "If you want pictures of Sakura-chan, all you need to do is ask. No need to skulk around in the shadows."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi smiles and giggles a little, "Oh! A Prism Keeper! They are really nice! I don't think I've met the blue one yet. I met Orange and Yellow though. They are all really cool! I love their mascots. They are so cute!"

"I heard that!" The voice of Lilac rings out from inside Naomi's coat. She doesn't come out thankfully but she is there. "

You're cute too. Even you gotta admit that the koi are cute!" She laughs a little as she keeps skating. Then something is up. Tomoyo is missing. It takes a moment for the girl to find out where she made off to. The Bushes? What in the world is she doing over there? She hasn't seen Miyo over there yet. That is probablyfor the best.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Masuko Miyo blinks once because when she ducks back down, it's /Tomoyo/. She seems confused. "Huh? I'm not. After someone named Sakura! I'm after /Pretty Cure/." she insists as she huffs.

She moves to another bush. Run run run duck run.

She moves to another bush and peeks back out, spinning around with the camera.

She has in fact. Noticed Naomi and Sakura. But they are not Pretty Cure. Or Magical Girl looking.

Maybe she'll try to talk to them first in a moment when she gives up.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto nodded. "Oh, right! Yeah, the little frogs were cute. It was really rough, though. It was at the beach and I ended up getting completely soaked through," she shivered. "In this weather, it was awful." She had to shudder and hold herself just to not feel cold thinking about it. "We went to Tomoyo-chan's after and had cocoa. It's amazing how many of the girls I've met since I started this. I--" And then paused when she noticed Tomoyo speaking with someone. "Tomoyo-chan?"

"Hmmm? Oh, nothing, Sakura-chan! I think you've just got a new secret admirer."

Sakura just blinked and chuckled into her mitten. "Right, sure I do. I sure hope not," she said with a shake of her hand." She then started skating again. She even picked up some speed.

Unfortunately, she let out a shriek as she tried to stop like she did on the roller scates and realized that didn't work. She let out a shriek moments before hitting the snow dune, burying herself.

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada eeps! Quickly she moves over to check on Sakura. Part of her is screaming, 'Please oh please don't be too banged up!' She quickly comes to a hard stop and kneels down, "Sakura-chan, Are you alright?" She asks as she tries to help her up. "You are alright, right?" She looks just a little worried.

That is about the point when it registers just what Tomoyo said. "A secret admirer?" She stands up and looks over towards Tomoyo. Curiosity sets in. That curiosity that is oh so familiar to her. So familiar that it became a part of her life as Cure Spark. "Ummm, I think maybe we need to find out who your admirer is." She gets to her feet again, helping Sakura up if she will allow it. Then she is moving over towards Tomoyo when she catches a sight of a woman in a yellow jacket moving from bush to bush. "Okay. Errr, ya know, yellow isn't exactly the best thing for blending in?"

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Masuko Miyo turns right around to face Sakura and Naomi. Naomi probably knows exactly who this is when she turns around. It's the camera. And the determined by also excited stare with that camera. Weather woman on the news, excited magical girl super fan on Youtube. It's!----

Masuko Miyo!

"Shhhhhhhh!" she says leaning down at Naomi.

"I heard there's been /activity/ around here recent." she insists.

"I'm trying to see if I can't catch someone patroling..." she insists.

***A FEW MONTHS AGO***

Haruna Kurosawa says to Spark. "Look. There's something important you need to know. Like. We trust? Masuko Miyo. A bunch! But if you ever see her in person?"

"You run. YOU RUN FAR AWAY!" Haruna says as she shakes Sparks shoulders rapidly- like this was a really grave warning.

***BACK TO NOW***

"...you two haven't seen anything have you?" she asks.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto was fine! Mostly. Just a little banged up and cold, but good. "S-sorry. Forgot how to brake and panicked."

"You looked adorable crashing!"

"Thank you, Tomoyo-chan." Well, at least it was pretty obvious why sakura would never likely have self esteem issues.

"Oh, yellow works better than you'd think," Tomoyo said with a knowing grin.

Sakura glanced over. "W-wait, there is someone there? I... I have a secret admirer?"" And she hid behind Naomi. What? sure, she was used to TOMOYO spying on her and watching her. But other people? She was a tiny bit bashful. Well, okay, other people doing it didn't bother her either. But a secret admirer? That was embarrassing! And then she saw her! and hid behind Naomi, her cheeks burning. she was so... old, too! To imagine she'd catch the heart of someone so old! "H-h-h-h-hi," she said shyly, missing a lot of what she said. "N-n-n-n-n-n-nice to meet you..."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Sakura will find she is coming to a stop much sooner then she had expected when Naomi just stops in place. "Naomi, Baka ne!" She states quietly to herself. "M-M-Masuko-san?" She winces looking up at the woman who is looking down at her. "I... umm... Didn't see anything. Who are you looking for?" She asks quietly. No harm in asking right? "Excuse me a moment."

Quickly Naomi spins in place to face Sakura. She leans down and whispers in her ear, "We need to go. Like, now. This is really not good." She quickly spins back around. "Sorry, Masuko-san. I was just telling imouto that we are in famous Company. Miss Mass Media herself, Masuko Miyo!" She smiles. Hopefully she said that last part loud enough to draw a little more attention to the woman. Maybe she had a few more fans nearby. After all, its not like they are the only ones skating right?

Naomi's gaze goes to Tomoyo. She doesn't say anything to her. Rather she is using her eyes. Trying to tell her to get back with Sakura. "I umm. I really like your show. How do you keep up with all of those Magical Girls? I mean how do you even know they are real? Aside from the ones you show on your show, the only one I've ever seen is Sailor V in her video games and comics." She's doing her best to distract the Youtube reporter. Hopefully her voice is different enough in human form to not tip Miyo off that she's the one that she's looking for.

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Masuko-Miyo looks to the right. And the left, between Sakura and Naomi. "Well. This is a secret." she says. "I gotta keep my sources safe!" she insists. Source being Gurio Umino.

The jerk.

"There was a Pretty Cure around here yesterday! /Cure Spark/! I bet she's patrolling, right now, making sure everything is safe." she says with wide eyes.

Masuko doesn't seem to suspect Naomi or Sakura as being Magical Girls. "Well! I've seen them!" she insists.

"But they always run away after...." she mutters.

She looks up. "So I know so!" she insists.

"Well Sailor V is famous so it's no doubt she's all you've seen! I really need to do an episode about the ethics of merchandising..." she says tapping her bottom lip.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto blinked a few times before nodding. "O-oh. Okay. I--" Then paused, her eyes lit up and suddenly... She skated over to Masuko. Her eyes went wide, her hands clasped into little fists and she stared up at the woman. "W-w-wait, you're THAT Masuko? I-I read your show! I mean, I've seen your show! I mean, I-I've seen a few episodes, n-not every episode but oh my gosh it is you!" she shrieked, staring up at her. Wait. Then some of what Spark said clicked in her mind. Wait, it wasn't good? Why wasn't it good? Then her eyes went wider. Oh my gosh. Was... was Masuko secretly a bad guy! No! It couldn't be! She refused to believe it! She turned towards Naomi, confusion and worry on her face, before skating over and taking her hand, moving in a little closer to whisper to her. "She... is she secretly a bad guy?" she asked in the tone of a child asking if santa was secretly TAKING the gifts and not giving them. "B-but I thought she was a good guy..."

And then she says THAT! "Cure... spark? Eh he--" And her mouth was covered by Tomoyo and she was dragged back.

"Sakura-chan, careful, you almost fell again."

"O-oh right yes I almost fell! Ah hah hah hah hah," she said quicly. She really was the worst possible liar. Thankfully Tomoyo was quick to help keep her from giving away Naomi's secret!

"We really should go get some cocoa. I think Sakura-chan is feeling cold." Tomoyo, best distraction setter.

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada looks at Sakura and shakes her head. She doesn't want to talk about it right now. "Really? Cure... Spark? What's a Cure? I mean... Isn't a cure like fixing a sickness? And why would something like that spark?" She asks softly. She's panicking. This is bad. Really bad! Then Sakura nearly outs her. She owes Tomoyo something really nice after that save.

From within Naomi's coat, A song can be heard. Acapella Singing as it were. Lilac. Thats two that Naomi is going to owe tonight. She looks at Masuko and gives a little smile. "Excuse me, That is my mom's ring tone. If you will pardon me." She quickly turns and skates away from Miyo.

She looks around and gets out her cure line. Time to fake it. "Oh Hi Mom!" Oops! Just buttdialed Cure Southern Cross. "Oh Right! Yes I will ummm Be right home! Don't worry I will tell her!"

The voice on the other end doesn't exactly sound happy. Though making out what the heck they're saying would be near impossible as its English and heavily accented at that. "G'day mate, How're you goin'? Cure Spark? Have you gone Crackers?!"

Naomi quickly responds quietly, "I'll talk to you tomorrow. Sorry!" She hangs up and looks over at Sakura and Tomoyo, "Imouto-chan, Tomoyo-chan, Its time to go! I'm supposed to take you home." She gives a smile. Now she's just gotta hope that Sakura actually forgets that the phone she was just on isn't a normal phone!

Haruna Kurosawa has posed:
Masuko Miyo blinks once. "What! No! I mean. A Pretty Cure! A magical girl!" she says. "They.. uh. Protect the world! I think. I think there's others. Maybe. I mean. That's what. AmeriKid89 says when he posts to my blog. He says... There's /Cowboy Cures/." she insists.

Naomi butt dials someone. She doesn't hear it. Something something a lark?

Yeah it's too light for her to hear.

She frowns. "Well. If you hear, or see anything you can find my E-mail address on Youtube!" she insists.

"Or just send me a PM on Youtube!" she insists.

She frowns and turns around and tip toes back to a tree line.

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto nodded rapidly, clasping her hand and gulping once they were gone. "s-she's not a villain, is she? Please tell me she's not one of the bad guys. She seemed so nice in ehr videos!" Awwww, she was a little fan. "A-and she has such a pretty voice and she seems so nice and energetic and i bet she eats a lot!" ... Okay?

Tomoyo just sighed and gave spark a knowing look, smiling to her.

"Please tell me she's not a bad guy. I-I don't want to have to fight her... I don't like fighting nice people..."

Naomi Yomada has posed:
Naomi Yomada winces and puts her cureline away, "No. Nothing like that. Its something else. Masuko-san is not evil at all. She's a very good person. She helps out people more then she knows. The problem is, I've been warned about her. If she gets wind of who you are, you can kiss your normal life goodbye because she is so much of a fan. She will basically stalk you and constantly be trying to interview you and stuff."

She looks over at Tomoyo, "Thanks I owe you one. Sorry." She states letting out a softy sight. "Lilac that goes for you too. Thanks for the distraction." She states and lilac pokes head out of the coat.

She frowns, "I think tonight's been a little more eventful then I had hoped. Lets go get some hot cocoa. I have some at home if you want to come along."

Sakura Kinomoto has posed:
Sakura Kinomoto blinked, gasping. "Someone who stalks you all the time, regardless of what you're doing? that sounds absolutely horrible. I can see why you wouldn't want something like that. Oh! That sounds great! I love hot cocoa!" She has been having so much hot cocoa lately. She gave Naomi's hand a little squeeze. "I hope you like the cookies and the bag. I'm sorry, I'm still learning how to properly stitch. Daddy taught me."