997/Flytalos

Flytalos
Date of Scene:	06 February 2016
Location:	Uminari City - Tako Cafe
Synopsis:	The Dark Kingdom unleashes an evil butterfly-controlling youma.
Cast of Characters:	Queen Beryl, Melanite, Hoshi Kogane, Daisuke Hansuke, Ano Onna, Minako Aino, Makoto Kino

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Queen Beryl has posed:
It's a dwindling night outside of the theme park near Uminari City, and there's a few people milling around - primarily couples. It's still late Feburary, which makes the butterflies that are milling around particularly... odd. And as they flutter around, and people point them out - when they land on people, though, they start to get drowsy. And fall over. Making loud thuds on the ground as they crumple, drained of energy.

The butterflies source walks out from behind some bushes, looking for the girl who is sent to aid her - a tall, humanoid woman with questionable color coordination choices, two long antennae, and a set of large butterfly wings.

Melanite has posed:
And not too far away at all, following the instructions her Queen had given her, is a girl in a long red coat, her gleaming white hair tied back in a long braid. She swaggers on up to the park, looking casually around at the people falling down, and pauses to catch one poor girl who was about to land with her head on a concrete pathway. She sets the girl down gently, still smiling, and then rises to look around.

It's going to be a beautiful night. She can feel the energy flowing already, into the hidden collector-crystals. She lifts one slender hand, and a butterfly alights on it, flaring its wings out to either side to display its gorgeous coloration.

"Good work, Flytaos, but keep an eye out for interlopers. There's more than just Senshi to worry about in this town."

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
The people falling asleep from strange butterflies is enough to alert Hoshi that something strange is going on, even before the source of it comes in sight. So, the girl ducks into a side corner, out of sight, and says in clear tones, "Chroma Prism Yellow! Transform!"

A flash of yellow light, and two stars appear to tie down the ribbons of Prism Keeper Yellow's outfit, who dashes out of the same spot soon after, holding a wand ending in a five-pointed yellow star. "What do you two think you're doing?" She yells, by the sound of it, the question is mostly rhetorical, pointing the wand at the two.

Daisuke Hansuke has posed:
Daisuke Hansuke is walking along the main harbor way and looks out towards the ocean. Feburary. The snow's melting. It'll be spring soon. He stops and takes a deep breath and then--- that stinging inside his chest as he takes a deep breath through his teeth as he looks down the way.

He decides to take a detour through the alley- that ring on his right finger turning into a staff as there's another flash of light and then... another flash...

Asclepius appears on top of the Takoyaki Van. He looks down upon the scene going on. There's a butterfly youma.. and...

Nrg..

Who is this?

Why is she familar?

He doesn't act in a combative manner yet. Others will come who can actually fight. He knows this to be true. However. He calls out.

"Hello. May I inqiure as to what it is you're doing to these people tonight!?" he calls out. Momentarily misdirect thier attention to him.

Ano Onna has posed:
    Butterflies in February. Truly an odd sight. The beauty outweighed by the complete and utter confusiing the fact that they make the people fall down. Though there's no saying 'ow' to follow, just some snoring.
    Now, see, there's a girl who just happens to be in the right place at the right- or perhaps wrong- time. But That Girl is here, hands folded behind her head as she strolls along all casual and leisurely. Right about until she SEES this whole thing going on.
    'Well that's not quite normal.'
    'Do people normally like to lay down and take naps at random?'
    Voices whisper from her palms.
    "Nnnnope."
    Seeing the Youma emerge afterwards kind of cinches the deal, when Melanite steps forth to congratulate it, to boot.
    She has no idea what she's looking at.
    So it's probably a good thing Hoshi- that is, now Prism Keeper Yellow announces herself.
    Thankfully, the girl DOES know her.
    "Psst. Psssst. Hey. Yellow."
    She's hissing for attention in a false whisper, considering how she's not particularly running for her life and hiding.
    "Should I be changing right about now?"
    'Sigh.'
    'This one has much to learn.'
    Her twin dragons lament miserably.

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino is far from energy collection villains and instead enjoying the park in a quiet corner, being energetic but grumpy. Couples make her grumpy, but kissy happy couples make her face grump up extra.

When a random boy swoons over some random girl ("She isn't even a real blonde, ugh!"), Mina-chan just ignores it. When a nice couple suddenly falls into a passionate embrace on a bench, she balls up her fists, huffs, and marches away.

When a jogger passes out on his dog, she feels this isn't a sudden impromptu expression of romance. But when it seems like everybody is just passing out and the butterflies are as aggressive as mosquitoes, she slowly starts to piece together the puzzle and is then off to snoop around for more suspiciousness.

Makoto Kino has posed:
There are most definitely more things for the energy thieves to worry about around here than Sailor Senshi. As it happens, there are also Senshi.

"You!" Across the street from the park entrance, Sailor Jupiter jabs an accusatory pointing finger towards Melanite. It was chance that Makoto was in the area, on her way to finish some errand or other; she'd caught a faint feeling of something unpleasant on the wind, and when people around her began to collapse she'd quickly transformed and gone in search of the source, charging in, as ever, without much of a plan beyond confrontation.

What she's found is Melanite. "I remember you," Sailor Jupiter declares fiercely. "What did you do with the people you took from the school?"

Queen Beryl has posed:
Flytalos recalls her butterflies to her, where they sink into her making little ripples on her skin. "Our Dark Queen demands energy." she says, in a soft voice, a voice so soft as to be disturbing, like taking a bite of a cake that's far too sweet.

"So we're going to bring her some!" she continues, a simple answer for a simple creature - though then her hands flex and snarl, turning into pincers like a preying mantis' - apparently she can't even decide which part of the insect kingdom to emulate. The claws open up as Jupiter speaks.

"But bringing Beryl home a carved up Sailor Senshi would suit me just as well!"

But despite her comment, she leaves Melanite to respond to Jupiter, and takes to hovering about a foot off the ground before she dives at Hoshi - mantis claw gleaming in the dim light. After all, there's something dangerous about a pointed wand, when you work for the Dark Kingdom, something that demands a response to.

Ascelepius gets the next attack, wether those claws hit or miss the Prism Keeper. "All you need to do is get out of the way!"

Melanite has posed:
Melanite lifts the butterfly, perched on her hand, and bestows a lovely little kiss upon the beautiful insect, after which it flutters away. She turns to see the heroes assembling, and her eyes gleam with amusement.

"Oh, my dearie me," she almost purrs. "The heroes have come to save the day! Whatever shall I do?"

She pauses as if thinking for a moment, then seems to decide on a course of action. She lifts a hand... and then pauses, her eyes falling on Asclepius, and she takes a step back. That's a face she knows, somehow. She isn't quite sure from where...

And before she can focus enough to try to figure it out, Jupiter grabs her attention. Oh... she's worried about poor Nameless-kun and ReallyNotAYakuzaHimeChan. Well. "Oh dear. Well, Senshi-chan - which one are you, again? It's so hard to tell you girls apart. The uniform, you know." She shrugs. "They are what they were born to be. Good and loyal soldiers of our Queen."

Which reminds her of what she's here for, and she casts a shield spell, the protective bubble forming, shrinking to conform to her skin, and then fading from sight. Another zips from her hand to give the same performance on Flytaos.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
"Yes." Yellow answers that girl without any hesitation, not even really looking at her. She's a bit distracted by the whole 'claw coming for her face thing.' She dodges, in the sense that it hits her shoulder instead, painful enough in its own right. "Your dark queen needs to lighten up a little." She says just loud enough for Flytaos and anyone else close by to hear.

The counterattack doesn't take long to happen, the wand proving it is the threat it promises to me, a beam of Yellow that's aimed at the youma they're fighting. Energy plenty in that beam, as simple and basic as an attack it is.

Daisuke Hansuke has posed:
Asclepius ducks forward to fall off the top of the Takoyaki van and dissapears into a purple flash. He reappears somewhere behind the truck, holding his staff in front of him as keeps a look toward's the sky.

Sailor Jupiter is here. Good, he thinks. This battle is more or less won. They just need time now.

He begins to teleport downed people to safety- taking them with him not too far away, but away from the current action. He looks occasionally to glance at the action to make sure where everyone is.

He doesn't draw attention to himself. Hopefully others can figure this out for themselves he's getting innocents out of the way.

He'll worry about joining in the action in a few moments.

Makoto Kino has posed:
"Cut the crap!" Sailor Jupiter snaps back to Melanite without a moment's hesitation. The angry words are punctuated by the wind that kicks up around her, swirling outwards to bombard both Melanite and Flytaos with a blizzard of tumbling petals. "They have their own lives already, and people who miss them! You and your queen have no right to take that away from them!"

With these words, she lunges into motion, coming at Melanite with both fists.

Ano Onna has posed:
    Whelp. She got her answer. A plain and simple yes is good enough for the girl, but the arrival of a Sailor Scout and... The fact that the Youma quite blatantly displays hostile intentions, coupled with Melanite aides the beast with protective magic.
    'It really should have been obvious.' One dragon notes. It really doesn't matter which, because she just grunts.
    Slamming her fists together, the twin tattoo images of white and black chinese dragons slide down her arm, forming into gauntlets of much more solid make.
    She should probably be moving now.
    As soon as Flytaos luncges for Yellow and Asclepius, she takes the opportunity to...
    Run right at it.
    Probably not the soundest tactical decision of all time, but her basic means of engagement are pretty simple: Try to swing a punch.
    At best she makes a good distraction.

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino hears the action from conflict long before she sees it, but takes a brief moment to spy on what's going on before making any hasty moves.

A youma and a bunch of heroes physically disagreeing with whatever evil plots occurring running in the park (no doubt tied to fainting park goers) - definitely something for Minako to henshin and make a difference in.

A quick flash and a quick transformation and Sailor Venus dashes to join the scene.

Queen Beryl has posed:
Flytalos hisses as the blast hits her, yellow slamming into the shield Melanite gave her and making a streak of yellow across her claw as it pushes through the shield.

She is off balance when she comes for Asclepius, and doesn't make it in time to connect with him before he teleports away. The creature makes a disappointed noise, and she looks around for Asclepius - just before a swift punch from Anno crashes into her body, sending her spiraling through the air.

She rights herself and stablizes, then her wings begin to flutter faster, creating a thrumming noise like a sonic blast that tries to strike into - funnily enough - all the nonsenshi that are attacking her, since Venus has hit just the scene and Jupiter is busy with Melanite.

"For Queen Beryl!" she cries. This one is particularly enamored with her queen - maybe why it was sent with Melanite.

Melanite has posed:
Melanite keeps backing off as Jupiter pushes in close, focusing on defense against her agressive posture.

"Their own lives?" she asks. "Just like you do? And yet here you are..."

She lashes out with one hand, sending a quick bolt of darkness at the tall senshi. It isn't a very strong one, though; direct offense was never her forte. It also isn't in time to save her from a punch or two, although her shield spell helps there. Still, she's gonna feel that.

Daisuke Hansuke has posed:
Asclepius keeps doing what he's doing-- it's the very topic Sailor Jupiter is talking about that has him worried for these drained people. He has to get them away. He knows why they're coming for them. 'they belong there'. No they don't.

He wonders if they'll ever come for him still. Maybe not. He's not 'useful' to them.

He's gotten as many as he can safetly take. He's feeling the burnout from rapid teleporting. He raises his staff, pointing it at Melanite..

"Melanite." he calls out. He doesn't know where this name cames from. It just... comes out when he begins to speak at her.

"You don't need to do this. Whatever you're after, whatever you seek, you won't find it through /this/." he snaps out. There's a sinking feeling inside, like he knows his words might not ring true against this person. But...

He has to try. Doesn't he?

"They didn't belong there. You don't belong there... /none/ of us /belong/ there or to /Her/." with the capital 'H', he says.

He turns his staff toward's the fires out a burst of purple energy toward's the butterfly. As usual, he's not particularly strong- but maybe he'll get lucky with a cheap shot while she's busy with that fighter over there.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
The sonic blast throws Yellow back, into a nearby wall. She lands on the ground, catching herself with her hands and grimacing. That looks like it hurt, but she pushes herself up and looks like she intends to keep going. "Why don't you just go away before this gets nasty?" She tries, it probably doesn't come over as very intimidating.

She points her wand at Flytaos again, this time though, there is no beam of Yellow. There's a series of five-pointed yellow stars that start chasing Flytaos, trying to hit the youma and impact it. The result of such happening is pretty much the same as a beam.

Ano Onna has posed:
    The nameless brawler's blow connects, but there's not much time to bask in small victories. Though That Girl shakes her hand out with a small wince after the strike, she takes on her fighting stance and readies herself-- only to be summarily cast aside by a wall of sonic force.
    Speaking of walls, she slams into one. There's a crash; something makes an unpleasant ~pop~ sound, and then a Girl-Shaped-Crater.
    It's a bear or so before one gauntlet clutches the edge and she pulls herself free with a grunt.
    A bit less than graceful, by any stretch of the word.
    "Ow..." Understatment by a degree of so as she pieces herself back together via the secret martial arts technique: Walk It Off.
    Though there's more of a stumble at first
    It's to Asclepius, making his empassioned plea to Melanite, that she asks the all important: "Hey, who is that?"
    As she does, she hauls a hunk of the rubble from her own impact, reels her arm back-- and slugs it. Launching a hunk of heavy stone preeeeettymuch like a catapult powered by fists, for Flytaos in retaliation.

Makoto Kino has posed:
"The difference is--" Sailor Jupiter's voice breaks off in a hiss of pain as the bolt of darkness connects; she braces herself against it and holds her ground, but it still burns, cold and skin-crawling and wrong in that way that only the power of darkness has. She grits her teeth against it and pushes through, pressing her advance.

"The difference is, I choose to fight." She comes at Melanite again, once more driving at her with both fists in a quick one-two. "You took the choice away from them. Just like your queen took yours from you, and you don't even know it."

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino/Sailor V arrives on the scene via the long scenic route. Asclepius' pile of bodies piques her curiosity. She actually hesitates to ponder on what exactly was going on in this particular area of the park! So many just lazing about in one general area!

But she pushes that thought off to look both ways.

One way, some loud screamy youma getting a little bit of a beating.

Another way, Jupiter beating some girl. No doubt she's a baddy if Jupiter is punching her. Or so V hopes, as she dashes in to join the punch party. "JUPES! Jupes! She's talking about queens, huh? I presume that means I can hit her?"

Queen Beryl has posed:
Flytaos is staggered repeatedly by the stars from the yellow prism keeper, knocked out of the sonic attack. Just as it's getting to its feet, it gets clobbered hard by the peice of rubble, and goes sprawling across the park.

It's not looking too stable, but it's still got those crazy mantis claws, and like any good youma, it lacks a sense of survival. Even battered and bruised, all it wants is to eliminate the enemies of its queen.

Rushing forward, claws out, pushing towards the Yellow Prism Keeper, claws opening as though ready to grasp around her and crush the life out of her.

Even still, it's staggering as it moves forward.

Melanite has posed:
Melanite continues backing off from the aggressive Sailor Jupiter. She has the benefit of speed, at least, and her shield spell, which seems to cushion the blows a bit.

"You're wrong, Asclepius. I have found what I seek. You should be with us, you're not one of these lunatics!"

She hops back to get some distance, the jump carrying her nearly twenty feet away from Jupiter. And then her hands glow black, surrounded with dark power. All the better to return those hard punches with!

"Are you really so sure of that, Senshi-girl? That they wouldn't make the choice on their own, for the Court and Crown that raised them and taught them and protected them?"

She's just got time to cast another spell - this one a bolt of dark energy that wraps around Flytaos and fills her with strength, to better deal with the additional fighters she's facing - before Jupiter catches up with her, and now she's returning the blows with her own.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
"If you are so sure they would make that choice, why are you taken it from them?" Yellow responds to Melanite, apparently paying a little too much attention to things beyond the immediate threat. Something she pays for when she notices Flytaos still has enough fight in it to be a problem.

The claws take hold, and she doesn't have the strength to push it off her. She tries to send a blast of yellow energy at it, and hitting might not be hard from here, but she struggles to be freed. "Let. Me. Go."

Daisuke Hansuke has posed:
Asclepius thinks on this, only a moment, 'lunatics'. Well... they are.. from the moon and... they are.. crazy in the good way. This causes him, just a little bit of mirth of wordplay in his head he keeps to himself- because his minds back to being filled with other thoughts.

"Do you really think that?" he asks in a more matter of fact tone. "Tell me why. Tell me what the good reason is-- for hurting people like this? Taking them away? There's never a good reason for that. So enlighten me." he says.

He turns the staff back on Melanite.

"Besides, what would you do with me anyways?" he scoffs. "What would the 'Dark Kingdom' do with me? Heal them?" he rolls his eyes.

"I'd trouble even healing the wounds Jupiter is aiming to levey on you now!" he says.

He looks over to That Girl and says. "Who? This? Melanite." he says.

Makoto Kino has posed:
At V's question, a laugh escapes Sailor Jupiter, short and sharp. "You hav to ask?" she calls back, teeth flashing in a quick, fierce grin. "These guys are the ones stealing energy. They need to be stopped!"

No sooner has she said it than Melanite's leap carries her out of Jupiter's reach, and the tall senshi wheels to keep her in sight. Her fists begin to spark, electricity a bright counterpoint to the dark power that radiates from her opponent's hands. "Yellow-chan is right!" she declares, chin lifting indignantly. "You don't get to claim the high ground when your kingdom goes around brainwashing people!"

Gathering her strength, she leaps into motion again, charging at Melanite with fists trailing lightning. "Wake up! You're being used!"

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino/Sailor V mentions that she's only asking to be polite. "Finders keepers, first come first served, after all. You got this," she says.

"But... aww, Yellow-chan. That's a cute nickname, Jupes! Thanks!" She flashes her thumbs and then flashes a Crescent Beam, this one aimed at the youma.

There's some talk about being used and high ground and brainwashing, but she thinks she missed that part of the conversation.

Ano Onna has posed:
    It's a name, it's an answer, but That Girl still kind of gives Asclepius a blank look for a few beats. "Okay, but I mean like-- You know what I'll ask later."
    Well, no, now's probably not the best time to prod about intentions, and the Totally Real Life Narrative Plot of a situation she only vaguely comprehends. Punch now. Ask questions later.
    Keep it simple.
    The Nameless girl goes back to doing what she does best. She'll let Jupiter and Asclepius battle and appeal to Melanite respectively. Something else catches her attention.
    Prism Keeper Yellow.
    The sight of the smaller magical girl caught in the butterfly youma's grasp spurs the hero of fists to take action elsewhere.
    That is her friend.
    Crouching low she braces herself, like a runner at the block, before she launches herself into a sprint, tearing up chunks of pavement in her wake.
    There is no polite request.
    "Yeah! Let her go!"
    She puts on the brakes, skidding to a halt, arm reeling back as she uses her momentum in the full force of a swing, fist crackling with a fierce red righting aura.
    "Ikken Hissatsu: Earth Sundering Strike!"
    And unleashes an explosive haymaker.

Queen Beryl has posed:
Gripping the Yellow Prism Keeper and starting to try to squeeze her with those claws, the youma laughs. Much like the earlier tone, the voice seems like it's happy - too happy - a voice coated and dipped in sugar. "I guess you're not one of the lucky ones who gets to serve our Queen." it says.

But before it can put any more pressure on her, there's a group of attacks that head for her - the Prism Keeper's own attack, too close to dodge, and then the searing force of a Crescent Beam. It's these two attacks which cause the creature's grip to break - but it's the fierce punch of the Nameless Hero that slams into her, caving what turns out to be her exoskeletal outer shell like a crunched M+M.

Spinning away, dropping the Yellow Prism Keeper, the youma hits the dirt hard. But it's preparing to get up anyways....

"You can't win! The Dark Kingdom will rule everything, as is destiny! You can't stop me, you can't stop us!" the youma says as it tries to return to a two-footed posture, wings already starting to beat...

Melanite has posed:
And meanwhile, Melanite exchanges blows with Jupiter. The Senshi is stronger, but the Witch's blows are backed with Dark Power, and even as she is forced further and further back, away from the youma she'd used, she smiles.

"Don't make me laugh, Senshi-girl! You're strong, you're smart... you could do so well with us! Choose the winning side, the rightful Queen!"

Another exchange of blows and she stumbles over one of the sleeping victims not yet cleared away by Asclepius, falling to the ground and rolling nimbly to her feet. She's quick about it, but the moment gives Jupiter a brief opening.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Free of the youma, Prism Keeper Yellow judges it time to pull out the big guns, she points her wand at the Flytaos, and calls out her attack. "Prism Aegis Power! Yellow Starfall!" A thin, by itself harmless beam of yellow energy is aimed at the youma, pointing a little yellow dot.

Up in space, a hundred miles away, a massive five-pointed yellow star takes on a stern face, beating its chest twice before dropping out of the sky, accelerating at ever increasing rates, passing a trail of yellow energy in its wake.

"You won't win." 'Yellow-chan' says, her voice sounds a little squeezy, the crushing did her no favours. "You'll never win. You're the losing side." She sounds like she believes that to be completely true. "And I don't believe you don't know that."

That's when the star, by now at extreme velocities, impacts. There's a lot of kinetic energy in that attack, not to mention the Chroma energy of all of Yellow's attacks, the star itself breaks apart from the impact, dissipating into Yellow energy.

Makoto Kino has posed:
Sailor Jupiter's electrified fists hammer at Melanite's shield spell, even while the dark energy infusing her enemy's attacks burns through her again and again. It's obvious in the way she moves and the grimace on her face that she's feeling it - but even so, she presses her attack, refusing to relent.

"Not a chance!" she retorts. "I know where I belong! Your Queen--"

She sees that opening and she takes it, her whole arm sheathed in a blaze of lightning as she drives her fist at the break in Melanite's guard. "--can GO TO HELL!"

Ano Onna has posed:
    The crunch of the youma's aramored carapice shell is a sensation that brings satisfaction in many forms. First comes the rough crack of chitin, followed by the crunching resistance of the body behind it. And then the dull, numb, feeling of hurting one's own hand after delivering the most righteous blow.
    Once more That Girl shakes her hand out to regain sensation in her fingers after sundering the beast's armor, content in the knowledge that Yellow is free and abile to fight again.
    And then she cracks her knuckles.
    'You could never match the ephemeral beauty of a being so transient and fleeting as a butterfly.' The dragon that makes up her left gauntlet muses, philosophically.
    'Yeah, so we're gonna squash you like the bug you are!" Her right pipes up.
    'I was going to make a comparison to a moth flittering towards the flames of its own demise, but then you had to ruin the moment, Tsuchi-ken.' The left grumps.
    The Girl just sighs. "You're getting up. Piece of advice? Don't." She warns the youma. Of course it's not going to listen. Which is why as the great glaring star in the sky falls and bathes the beast in yellow, she storms in and swings.
    And swings.
    And swings. And swings. And swings again.
    "ORYYYAAAAAAAAH!" Voice raising into a fierce kiai as her fists crackle with the very very burning passion of her fighting spirit, she swings punch after punch, fists becoming a blur as she throws countless punches in the span of just a few heartbeats at the Youma. Before she steps back and murmurs calmly:
    "Ikken Hissatsu: One Hundred Deathblows In One. This fight's already over."

Queen Beryl has posed:
Flytaos turns around and stands, albiet a little bit more unstably, and drops into an aggressive pose! This does not go well, because the next thing she hears is 'I wouldn't' before an impossibly powerful flurry of blows descends upon her.Rocking the youma, hit after hit.

And it's pretty questionable if she's going to get many steps forward after the Nameless Hero announces the end of the fight - but just in case there was any doubt, that's right when the whole battlefield shifts colors in the wake of the Yellow Starfall, the star slamming into her and bursting into bright, pure color. It's that color that finishes the job, turning the youma from a moving threat into dust that is blown away by the wind.

Melanite has posed:
The Red Witch's shield shudders under Jupiter's hammerblows, dimming and fading as its power wanes. She keeps up her own attack, wanting to defeat this foe, to prove to her that she is the stronger. But she has stumbled, and for that moment, her guard is down, and her foe strikes.

Her shield does not waver under this blow. With Jupiter's shout and the crash of lightning with her fist, it shatters. The lightning-encased fist slams into her gut, hurling her a dozen yards from the sheer force of it.

She ends up slamming into the tako truck, sliding down to a sitting position against a wheel. A slender hand reaches up, wiping blood away from her lips.

"Once again," she says, getting to her feet. Slowly, shakily. "Once again, my dear Senshi, you impress me. It's only too bad you're fool enough to choose the losing side... we could have been the best of partners." She reaches into shadow, producing a classy, old-style fedora, and places it atop her head at a jaunty angle.

And then she tucks a glistening violet crystal into her pocket. Smiles, wide and friendly and warm. And blows Jupiter a kiss. "Until next time, gorgeous!"

Shadows swirl about her. And she's gone.

Makoto Kino has posed:
"...damn it." Breathing hard, thin wisps of smoke curling up off of her hand, Sailor Jupiter straightens and glares at the empty air in the spot that Melanite just disappeared from. "That... really pisses me off."

After a moment, she lets out a long breath that seems to drain some of the tension from her body. A slow look around takes in the others, the last little bit of dust scudding away where Flytaos met her fate. "At least you guys took out the youma," she says, offering a lopsided but genuine smile. "Nice work."

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
With this all taken care off, Yellow slumps against a wall and looks like she is in pain. "I tried. Sorry, I'm new at this." She tells Jupiter with a lopsided smile. The girl clearly not having come out of this fight unscathed. "I'm Prism Keeper Yellow, nice to meet you."

Ano Onna has posed:
    Is it over?
    It's actually over.
    She just thought it would be cool if she said that whole thing-.
    After Flytaos is no more, reduced to dust and ash, and Melanite departs- rather stylishly, at that- the Nameless Hero braces her palms on her knees, hissing a slow breath through her teeth and panting quietly.
    Fun fact: getting put through a wall is never as fun nor as cool as it looks in the movies.
    "Just did what anyone else would have done, if they had the chance." She replies to Jupiter, before righting herself fully with a slight wince. One gauntlet is held out to Yellow to help the girl up, when she's ready.