2275/Ahead For All of Time

Ahead For All of Time
Date of Scene:	31 December 2016
Location:	Earth Court Frat House
Synopsis:	NYE part 2: The quieter conversations in the mural bedecked living room of Mamoru's apartment.
Cast of Characters:	Naru Osaka, Kyouko Sakura, Usagi Tsukino, Yuzuki Amemori, Unmei, Norie Okana

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Naru Osaka has posed:
The other living room at ECFH has not yet attacted people. Like most parties, it takes a while for the spillover to actually spill over into other rooms and not just have people meeting and greeting and eating and jostling for space.

Which makes it perfect for Naru and Kyouko to be able to actually stand in the middle of the room and get the full panorma view of the mural covering three walls without people in the way. Just some furniture, but not even all that much of that. Twinkle lights are lit, sparkling up at the ceiling in their constellations.

Naru eyes the painting with what is clearly a critical eye, leaning just a touch into Kyouko as she looks at it. "Feels weird to have it done."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko steps into the room with Naru, her arm linked through the other girl's in an escortly-manner. This is made somewhat complicated by the fact that they are both holding food plates and Naru has a glass of juice too, but. Such are the hazards of party life.

    Kyouko looks around at the mural, eyes darting from detail to detail. She has been privy to it at most stages of completion, so it's not exactly like it's new to her. But now it's done and even she can appreciate the significance of that.

    "Looks good." She says, in the totally annoying (to artists) way of someone who knows nothing about art and just gave Mamoru a book in which she drew stick figures with a sharpie, which was literally her best effort.

    She'll accept any elbowings she deserves.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Naru and Kyouko aren't in the room very long before a 'huehuehue' can be heard on the wind.

AFter all, there's not anyone else here, so she's allowed!

She materializes in the doorway, and once again the sound is heard, but this time louder. "Huehuehue!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
The main last minute things that have been added to it, and the bits that Naru is least likely to actively point out, are all the little easter eggs tucked into the scenes. A rose bush in a pot that looks /just/ like Fiore, for example. A few rather specific felines (large and small) who are hidden in various spots. References and in-jokes and tributes hidden away like a floor to ceiling where's waldo game.

Kyouko doesn't escape the elbowing, no matter that it's gentle, but she does escape any commentary as Usagi's appearance drags her attention that way and she has the grace to blush lightly. "Hey Usagi."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko is pretty observant, but she does have other things distracting her at the moment- not least of which is an elbow in the ribs, eliciting a low 'oof', but a grin more than anything else. Then there's 'huehuehueing' on the wind, and Usagi appears in the doorway.

    Kyouko blushes in tandem with Naru. She has no real reason to- it's not like they're hiding anything. But Naru blushed, and it's like a chain reaction. She straightens her spine a little and very definitely keeps her arm linked with Naru's. "Hi, Usagi." She echoes. "You're um.. hue-ey today."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Hi, Naru-chan!"Usagi darts around the two of them, obvious in her study of various tells. "Am I, Kyouko? I haven't noticed. Huehuehue."

Flit, flit, dart!

ANd then she's looking at the mural. "Ohhhhh so prettyyyy! Look, it's Mr. Kitty! And Luna! And there's Fiore!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"MMm hmmm." Naru comments with a little snort at the denial of the 'huehuehue' going on.

The spotting of kitties makes Naru smile thought and nod appreciatively. "I thought Luna would be sad if I didn't include her somewhere. I tucked in a few things here and there." Which is rather an understatement, but no sense all of them getting found right away! Hunts for ages!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko rolls her eyes as Usagi darts around them and begins inspecting the mural. She blinks as the girl zeros in on several of the easter eggs in moments. Must be all those years of observing Naru-art. Kyouko has some catching up to do. "What was I just saying about that bush always getting the prime treatment.." She grumbles, good-naturedly.

    The last mini-hotdog on her plate makes its way into her mouth, and she stretches to find a small table to put it on, freeing up her hand. This she uses to push a few locks of red hair back from her forehead. The artfully-mussed look tends to end up being.. well, a bit mussed, from time to time.

    She leans her head close to Naru's, and murmurs something to her which Usagi is unlikely to catch in all her flitting and darting.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi nods! "She'll be so happy you included her! I can't wait to tell her!"

And she doesn't hear what Kyouko whispers to Naru, but she sees the movement.

Standing up, she blinks. "Sweet nothings already, Kyou-kun? Huehuehue!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Fiore is a lovely rosebush." Naru comments with a grin, teasing Kyouko for the grumbly tone. She moves over to set her glass down next to Kyouko's plate, which actually lets Naru snack on the food on her plate. Before Kyouko gets into it.

There's a warm bit of laughter at Usagi's comment about sweet-nothings and Naru winks to Usagi. "Hey, I'm not about to argue about getting a quiet comment from Kyouko."

"Oh, the cake I made for you is .. somewhere in the other room, Usagi. I'm not sure where it ended up, possibly still in the kitchen." Naru remembered the promise and there is the same post-wraith cake again. "Might end up being better for whoever is still around in the morning."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Yeah, lovely for an asshole." Kyouko grumbles, but even that sounds affectionate. She eyes Naru's food but doesn't filch. Yet.

    Then she eyes Usagi with an equally critical gaze. "More like not-so-sweet somethings." She corrects. "I was just asking her what she told you so I could decide how deeply screwed I am." Then she looks at Naru, brows together. "Hey! I can be quiet." Mostly while unconscious.

    "I helped make the cake." She then adds, smugly, to Usagi. "I grated a carrot and a pear." And most of them even made it into the cake.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi's eyes go large and wide with stars and hearts. "You mean...a whole cake just for me? Honest?" Stars! Sparkles! Yay!

And then..her face turns Serious as she looks at Kyouko. "I still have the requisit Bestie Threatening to do yet, Kyou-kun. But it's a party, so not here."

And then the stars are back! "Ohhhhhh! I can't even really do that! Gosh, Kyou-kun!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I made it for you, you can decide if you want to share or not." Naru comments to Usagi as she eats a dumpling over her plate and then laughs softly and leans into Kyouko as Usagi offers Bestie Threatening. "Careful, I think she can kick your butt so perhaps leave the threatening implied."

"I did enforce slave labour upon her." Naru nods sagely as Kyouko mentions that she helped. "How the cake made it here in one piece, I'm still not sure, but it did."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "It made it here in one piece because I happen to like you and Usagi, and having both of you glaring at me at the same time is more than I think I could handle." Kyouko mutters, then adds, "But don't think I didn't consider stealing a bit." Just to preserve her reputation as a food-monster.

    She eyes serious-Usagi-face. Then sppffs as Naru says she could kick Usagi's butt. "Look, babe, I am fully aware of Usagi's hidden strengths. She escalated me once, remember. I am legitimately terrified. Even though I'm not evil anymore." She considers, then amends, "Well, not very evil."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi's wide eyes turn almost mournful. Should she share? She probably should...but caaaaaaaake!

She waves a hand at Naru. "Pffff." Of course, she knows Kyouko could probably kick her butt! But she's supposed to Bestie Threaten!

And she kind of blushes at Kyouko! "Well, really, it only hurts if you're dark magic evil, not devious Kyou-kun evil! So we could probably kick each other's butts equally!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I wasn't even technically evil and escalation sucked." Naru is familiar with /that/ flavour of Moon power at least. "Still, I'll just stay out of the butt kicking, as you both can kick my butt." She quirks a grin, unconcerned. She's the bard. Everyone can beat up the bard.

Naru picks up a bacon wrapped delicacy and offers it to Kyouko. "Only a little bit evil? I can't argue with devious, that's for certain. Adorable evil?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "No see, you have the best tactic." Kyouko says to Naru, grinning. "You managed to make us both not want to kick your butt. In fact, I'm pretty confident in saying that we'd both kick other people's butts on your behalf." She glances to Usagi. "I think Naru might be some kind of mastermind, Usagi."

    But then she's being offered bacon-wrapped delicacies! She chomps it straight from Naru's fingers. Delicately. Mind the fangs. "I prefer 'adorevil'."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Usagi's reminded that her escalation sucks! She knows it does, too! Wibbly lips, large eyes filling with tears, and as 'adorevil' gets ut of Kyouko's mouth, Usagi flings herself at the both of them, crying! "I'm still so sorry, you guys! I wish it felt like rainbows, honest!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Awwww." Naru is skilled at managing both plate and a glomping Usagi, in tears even. She has practice. "It's alright, Usagi. It's not your fault. It's like getting a cavity filled, you know its going to be sore, but it's for the best and you dont blame the dentist. Or if you do, it's not fair at all. They have to, or else its so much worse later." She gives her bestie a tight squeeze, trying to pass her plate off to Kyouko if she can so Usagi doesn't end up wearing it.

Naru? Mastermind? Nevah! Or at least Usagi tears are an excellent distraction from that theory.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko oofs as suddenly there's an Usagi hugging both of them at once. "Ah.. um.. yeah, y'know, Usagi, I'm really actually pretty grateful for the whole escalation thing." She says, with a laugh, as she awkwardly pats the shorter girl on the back. "It's very preferable to the alternative.."

    She accepts Naru's plate around Usagi's back. One of the little pastries on it finds its way into her mouth before the plate finds its way onto the nearby table.

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
Sniffle, sniffle, SNIIIIIIIIIIIFF!!!

"Really?"

Sniff, sniff!

She snuggles them both, then Naru, for a moment longer! "O-okay!"

SNIFF!

And then she's fine.

"Naru's totally a mastermind. She just doesn't know it."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Really." Naru confirms as she hugs Usagi, and by extension Kyouko too, close while Usagi sniffles.

Annnd fine again. Naru snorts softly at the assertion that she's a mastermind and turns to retrieve her drink and to check on how much of her plate went missing in the moments Kyouko was babysitting it. Surprisingly little! Hunh.

There's a flash of a smile, a brief thing, for Kyouko and then she grins. "I'm /really/ done the mural!" As if she hadn't already stated that once already in the last few minutes, and more than a few times already today. It's a revelation every time!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Totally a mastermind." Kyouko agrees to Usagi, as the suddenly-fine-again girl pulls away from them both. At least it sounds affectionate.

    Kyouko gives Naru an innocent look when she checks her plate, as if she has no idea what happened to the pastry. And then, as Naru declares she's really, actually done with the mural, she gets a playfully skeptical look on her face. "Yeah? You sure? I thought we were comin' in here so you could point out all the things you wanted to change." She grins toothily. "I mean, it looks done to me, but I ain't an artist. Unless you count bullshit."

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori ducks into the side room, taking a moment to catch her breath which may seem surprising what with her job and all. She has another girl with her, held in one arm as they both escape the noise and commotion of the main room. She then gets a pained look on her face and murmurs, "Be right back Unmei!" before ducking out of the room and reappearing shortly with her laptop case slung over her shoulder. She waves to the much smaller crowd once she's back in and says, "Uh, hi. Sorry if we're intruding. It was getting a bit much, a bit much you know?"

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama followed along with the girl, and then was... alone? ACK! NO! She froze in place. In anime world, she would have actually been encased in ice. But, as this was realistic, she just went pale and stared at them like a deer in the head lights.

And then Yuzuki was back! She held the other girl's hand tightly. So very, very tightly. "H-hello. I'm Unmei. Unmei Tama. A pleasure to meet--"

And then she saw Kyouko. Her eyes went wide with recognition.

'That's the girl we'd been targetting, right?' She mentally asked.

'Yup.' Pin said in her mind.

'What is she doing here?'

'.... She's young. It's a party. Duh.'

'What if she's one of Yuzuki's friends?'

'It won't hurt her, relax.'

'... Well, okay.'

She stared the entire time through the silent discussion. Before eeping and moving a bit behind Yuzuki. Introverts represent!

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Not intruding at all." Naru assures the arriving pair, trying for casual and friendly as Unmei freezes on being left alone with the trio. "This room is just as open for party as the other living room, and much /much/ quieter and low key."

"Nice to meet you, Unmei." Naru gestures to Usagi, and Kyouko, introducing them in turn and then she offers Kyouko a smirk. "Dont' even get me /started/ on the things I'd change. I could literally work on this piece forever and never be happy calling it done, but I'm calling it /done/."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Not intruding." Kyouko echoes Naru, nodding her head in assent. "We were just hugging out some issues, y'know." She gestures to Usagi. "That's basically what she's best at, but don't knock it. I think literally everyone who lives here has been hugged back from evil by her, or at least near to."

    She grins, lopsided and one-fanged, as she is introduced. "Nice ta meetcha." Then she's arching a brow at Naru. "Atta girl. Tell that mural what's what. I love it when you're bossy."

    She eyes a clock on the wall. "Gettin' pretty close to midnight, for the record."

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima has arrives via the normal route. She purses her lips. There is a large commotion down the way. There is a small commotion down in another room. Lacrima does not like large commotions in buildings.

She walks into the remolded living room. She is dressed in a fancy dress that almost seems period. It makes her seem to glide across the ground. Rather than Walk. She is walking. Of course.

"Ah." she says looking at the Mural. "That is..." she seems to be searching words. "Nrg..Nice. No.. something.. better but the words escape me right now." she insists. She looks over to Kyouko and Naru. "Hello. Kyouko Sakura." her full name. "Hello Naru-chan." honorific.

"I hope your evening is finding you alright." she says. "Is this your work Naru-chan? This must have taken a long time." she says softly.

Her trace over to.. Yuzuki. Then to the girl behind her. A familiar girl. She blinks merely once.

"Ah. It's you again. Hello--- Unmei... was it?" she says softly.

She walks along the edges of the mural for a moment. Oh there's Usagi too. Somewhere. She gets a pointed purse lips. and merely. "Hello."

Usagi Tsukino has posed:
"Hi, Unmei-chan! Very nice to meet you!"

And there's a Lacrima. And a Very Cold greeting!

Wibble again.

"Lacrima, you meany!"

And out of the room she runs!

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori returns and notes the thousand yard stare from the girl. She puts her arm around her shoulders and tugs her into a playful hug, not that she looks playful herself what with having just escaped a crowd without some kind of mask! She's kind of wondering why she tried to show up again. But then again, free food and meeting new people. Just too many. She'll chase that around in her head for a few moments.

To Naru and Kyouko, she nods and says, "Thanks. Uh... we'll find a place to settle in then!" She nods to Naru while adding, "I think I missed your answer earlier by the way, but I've got some of the pictures if you want." She doesn't specify which pictures this time! Because convenience! She sways to bump her case for emphasis though.

Then suddenly there's another person. She gives the new girl a wave, turning on her heels, still there to support Unmei. When she seems familiar with her, Yuzu turns her head and asks, "Another new friend?"

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama smiled a little nervously to them. "Nice to... meet you."

And then Lacrima. She hugged Yuzuki and used her as an effective shield, squeaking. "A-ahh! Scary demon lady!" Followed by... "Ow." Kinda... pushed her stomach to Yuzuki when she hid. That kind of hurt. A lot. Ow.

"Errr, well, ummm... remember how i told you about the haunted ghost and, err, the girls who played a trick on me and were going to make me tp a house? It... was her house," she said sheepishly." And the girl had her downright spooked.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru waggles a finger at Kyouko with a smirk and a laugh at the bossy comment. "Watchit, you." The tone is light, teasing and playful.

One Lacrima arriving, one Usagi fleeing and Naru sips from her juice.

She nods, swallowing before answering Lacrima. "Thank you. I've been working on it.. mmmm. Since May, really, although I spent quite some time in the planning stages before I got to the painting itself. And there's been a few distractions." Killer plants, wraiths, so on and so forth. Minor details. "I'm glad you like it."

"Lacrima, do you know Yuzuki and Unmei?" Naru is the one providing introductions, happily ignoring Unmei's hiding at least until she explains a bit more and there's a soft ah. "Clearly you two have met before.. not actually a demon, no." She corrects mildly and then glances to the clock. "I think there's supposed to be fireworks on the roof for midnight." She looks to Kyouko. "You want to head up and make sure Endy doesn't light himself on fire too badly?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko eyes Lacrima as the girl glide-walks into the room. A mild quirk of her lips, and an unconcerned "Hey kid," in return to the overly-formal greeting. She won't let Lacrima ruin her mood tonight. Y'know, by existing in the same general area she does. Apartment rules, and all.

    She eyes the others in the room with absent interest, until Naru catches her attention again with mention of the fireworks. "Well, it's not actually fireworks on the roof, it's just that the city does some great fireworks and we have a super view from up here." She explains, for the benefit of everyone.

    Then she laughs and nods to Naru. "Yeah, I heard him yelling a sec ago. I need to go wish him a happy new year's, at least." She's pretty sure Kunzite wouldn't let Mamoru light himself on fire. Pretty sure.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori holds a finger up and says, "I could try and do fireworks, I don't know if the neighbors would like that kind of trickery though." What, blowing up your sword counts right? There's some silence as she realizes she's only really used that attack once or twice though. "Uh, nevermind." She starts to say something when Unmei lets out what sounds like a sincere ouch. She looks down thinking maybe she'd somehow stepped on her foot, but that doesn't seem to be the case. She murmurs, "What's wrong?"

She does this while stepping between Norie and Unmei, not in a threatening manner, but more like she's just shielding the girl, figuring her to be rather skittish as is. Not that she's too much better out of either of her costumes.

She does offer Norie a proper smile, "Nice to meet you." Offering a nod of her head as seems ot be her usual before looking to Naru, "Oh is this the one you were talking about... months ago?" Looking around, not having realized the mural's size if it's there. She's dense sometimes.

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima nods to Naru. "Well it's nice." she says. Usagi's reaction elicits an odd expression from her. "I... said.. hello?" she says with a blink. "Maybe..I should just. Ignore her. Next time." she says softly. She looks to Kyouko and purses her lips-- she tries to think of something to say that isn't immediatly condescending so she rests her lips instead and merely nods. She knows the rules. She intends to try to obey them.

She looks at Naru then at Yuzuki. "I don't know Yuzuki. Hello. I do know. Unmei." she says. She head tilts.

"I am not a demon. I am La Vampira." she says. "Vampire." she says softly.

A pause. "Given what you intended to do to the manor. You are perhaps lucky I also did not leave you drained against a wall, yes?" she asks.

She looks to Yuzuki and nods a bit. "Hello, then." she says softly.

A pause. "Fireworks.." the thought seems to drift.

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama looked up at yuzuki. "I... I'm fine. Just hurt myself at drama class. Fell on a prop and cut myself up pretty bad. But you should have seen the other guy," she jokes, then sighs. "I do that too often. sorry." She then paused. "You brought fire works with you, Yuzuki?" she asked, looking the girl up and down. Right, she didn't know about her being magic.

She looked to the mural and smiles. "It looks really nice, I like it. I--"

And then... lacrima. She froze. "A... a vampire... right..." Squeezing yuzuki's hand. "Here I wanted to meet magical girls and instead... monsters and... vampires. She's... not really a vampire though... is she?"

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru's phone bings and she squints, digging it out and then laughing softly. "Endy wishes us all to know that they're watching fireworks on the roof soon and that the dancefloor is heated on the roof." She gives Kyouko a bump of her shoulder into the other girl's. "Which wasn't a summons, but I think its basically a summons."

"That line between monsters and vampires and magical girls.. it's pretty fine." Naru points out to Unmei as she reaches for Kyouko's hand. Fireworks are apparently where Naru is going to tug Kyouko along, as coming to see the mural was the other way around.

"It was a really big job, but I'm mostly pleased with it." Naru nods to Yuzuki and smiles. "Can we talk photos later this week? Possibly next week?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko's phone bings at almost the exact same time as Naru's, and even as Naru reads off the message, she digs it out and peers at it.. then rolls her eyes and puts it back into her pocket. She bumps Naru back. "It's a summons. I am one of his Noble Retainers, you know." She points out, faux-primly.

    "Very fine, in some cases." She mutters, half to Naru, half to herself, and half to Unmei, if such a thing is possible, but then Naru takes her hand, and she smiles at the girl, squeezing it lightly. "Alright.. let's go." She says, allowing herself to be towed out of the room once Naru gets a response from Yuzuki.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori looks at Norie, then the others. The look on her face suggests she was about to start laughing at the idea of a vampire, but she catches herself. One because she's a magical samurai with a dead guy in her head and two because no one else is laughing. The threat of draining a friend is met with a sudden cold look on Yuzuki's features. "I don't appreciate that kind of talk. Please don't make jokes like that." Going for as close to neutral as she can rather than an accusation.

Luckily there are two distractions. To Unmei, she says, "That kind of wince is either roadrash or something fairly bad isn't it?" She's seen the girl's reactions, she's poking to see how she reacts! Though she does add after, "I hate road rash. I need to save up for leathers."

Then there's the other distraction of fireworks. This returns the smile, "Come on." She offers as a general all around thing, "Let's go watch chemical reactions making pretty lights to amuse monkies."

Unmei has posed:
Unmei Tama turned almost beet red. "I... I don't have a rash," she said softly. She nodded and followed besides her and, once they were out of the room, she moved a little closer to Yuzuki.

"I ummm... I might sound kind of stupid for asking this but, ummmm..." She glanced about. "Are there... magical girls at this party? Is... is that why you invited me? Because you know I want to meet one?" she asked very, very quietly. "And it's just a bit of deep cuts. I had to get some stitches and... it's just kind of embarrassing, okay...?"