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Monika ([personal profile] peninhand) wrote in [community profile] isleofavalon2021-10-17 02:20 pm

[closed] the magical girl house

🧙 WHO: Usagi, Minako, Mamoru, Yuzu, Jean and Monika
⚔️️ WHAT: Jean and Monika recently moved into a new house, old and new residents meet up!
🕒 WHEN: Mid-October
🗺️ WHERE: The Sailor Moon House
⚠️ WARNINGS: N/A
reloves: (♀ with all our hearts we talked)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-23 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don't think she doesn't catch the way Monika quickly tries to avoid that mood dip there! Minako's too observant when she tries to not notice it, but she will be kind enough to not point it out when Monika already seems like she's trying to switch the course herself.

Instead she just smiles, taking a bite off the sweets and letting out a sound that sounds like approval. They are good! ]


Well, I think everyone here enjoys the idea of having someone around again who can bake. [ Makoto was always the one filling their house with baked goods, after all. It feels like a hole was left here without those. ] You don't even want to know how bad I am at this sort of thing.
reloves: (♥ she's with you now)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-24 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Cute cat faces?

[ Minako gasps. Apparently Monika stumbled upon a magical word here, because it sure is getting a reaction out of Minako. Not a bad one though, no, instead there seems to be some sort of glee within her surprise. ]

Oh, that's amazing! We simply have to try it out! [ That proclamation is followed by a semi-awkward pause, with Minako's smile shrinking a tad. ] .. if you really don't mind having me as an assistant, I mean! I promise I'll try my best to not make things harder..
reloves: (♥ my love; that time)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-25 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course you can come with me at that point if you want to!

[ Usually Minako would be a lot more apprehensive about this, especially since even though Monika has been through difficult things before, it doesn't seem like the other has had to ever deal with actual fighting or combat back home..

But.. well, it's not like anyone is exactly helpless in this place, considering everyone has magic. And if Monika would end up in serious trouble, then Minako could just save her since she'd be right there, right?

Hence the easy agreement. It comes with a smile on her face - a smile that doesn't fade when she touches the other question. ]


And.. yeah, of course I like cats. I had a cat as my sidekick back home, you know! [ You know, the typical cute magical girl animal sidekick.. ] And I have a cat as my familiar here too, but he's nowhere near as great. It really makes me miss Artemis.
reloves: (♀ with all our hearts we talked)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-25 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yes, it's the same thing Minako figures. Artemis is a person, after all, even if he chooses to stay in his cat form most of the time.. But she figures she shouldn't bother Monika with the details.

No, especially not since the other looks so embarrassed before walking off. Instead Minako just smiles encouragingly after the other when she witnesses Monika practically running off in a dustcloud, making sure to call out: ]


It's fine, it's fine! [ The last thing she wants is for the other girl to feel this embarrassed..! ] Take your time, okay?
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[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-26 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh..

[ Minako does seem rather intrigued as she takes the object from Monika for a moment. She turns it over in her head, staring at it with a gaze that does seem to be observing it more than most people would. After all, Minako sure has experience with magical girl equipment, so it's easy for her to compare this to some of the things she has used before, or that their friends have used.

As her gaze finally moves from the pen-staff over to Monika's face, Minako does look sufficiently impressed. ]


That's pretty cool! Not to mention clever, that they managed to figure out a way to conduct your usual magic through this thing. But..

[ It does seem like there's one thing on Minako's mind. It's nothing too serious - more just that she's curious. ]

It's not like you need something like this to use your magic, right? [ Since she said she could use her phone. ] Is it just because you think it looks cuter?
reloves: (♥ to tell anyone about it)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-28 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Pssshaw, Monika, it's totally okay to like cute things! As if Minako of all people is going to judge her for that.

But the rest of the explanation sounds believable enough that Minako is willing to just assume that it's most of the reason. She knows she'd be pretty annoyed if she wouldn't be able to aim her magic properly.. It's a good thing that her own light magic doesn't seem to be that way.

(Granted, she could just think on and think of why Monika would have to use this particular shape instead of something less cute and more simple.. But right now Minako isn't thinking about it hard enough to arrive there.) ]


Makes sense. [ She nods. ] Technomancy seems so amazing to me in general! I mean.. can you just do anything with it, as long as you involve some piece of technology?

[ Like how Monika's phone has to go into the wand first. ]
reloves: (♥ i won't forget that so)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-29 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Unique insight indeed. While Minako isn't the kind of person to understand technology on that level at all - please, she's from the 90s, computer coding wasn't exactly something every teenage girl was getting into, let alone able to get into - she does know about Monika's background, after all. If she was stuck inside of a game, she sure must've figured out a whole lot about that game. But she knows well enough to let that topic rest, not wanting to dredge up anything uncomfortable.

.. speaking of dredging up uncomfortable things, thankfully it seems like Minako is able to remain smiling just fine in the presence of that remark. ]


Ah.. really? I didn't know you met Haruka-san already! [ As always, it's hard to tell if Minako's lack of sadness is genuine or not - but it mostly is in this case. After all, she knows she'll meet everyone again back home. It's just a matter of waiting out her time here. ] What did you think of her? Isn't she so handsome? Honestly, I felt like I could have a crush on her the first time I saw her back home!
reloves: (♥ my love; that time)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-30 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh..! Well, if someone is that beautiful, then what does it matter if they're a guy or a girl, right?

[ Minako smiles as she says it, clearly not taken aback by Monika's question. Even though it's definitely true that when she's talking about this sort of stuff, she's usually talking about guys..

But she seems to have zero difficulty as she continues: ]
After all, wouldn't it be weird for the goddess of love and beauty herself to only limit her to liking only some kinds of people that way? I have to keep my interests broad, and my heart wide open!

[ Even though she has issues actually letting herself love someone else, like she's told Monika about before, but ssh, ssh, let's sweep that right under the rug, okay.. ]

But.. what kind of misunderstanding did you and Haruka-san even have?
reloves: (♥ hey through the window)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-10-31 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Minako hums as the other girl asks her about that quest, clearly remembering it - and the image is already fully forming in her mind when Monika mentions borrowing a costume. Oh, talk about absolute terrible timing for that..

Though, thankfully, Minako doesn't seem to judge the other at all for getting that costume in general. It does seem like Monika.. really likes magical girls, huh? As odd as that idea is, considering it's literally the life Minako has been born with. ]


Ah, I'm glad to hear that.. I wouldn't want to see you or Haruka-san hurt. [ Especially not over a dumb misunderstanding, of all things. ] You really were practicing like that out in the open though? That's so bold of you!

[ It's the kind of 'bold' that could easily be misinterpreted to mean something negative, but it doesn't sound like Minako is saying it that way. Maybe she's instead just impressed at Monika's self-confidence. ]
reloves: (♀ i can hear you)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-01 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It mostly sounds like a good thing to Minako. Not really for her own sake - even though the magical girl thing definitely is a little awkward - but mostly for Monika's own sake. If she's realising that it's best to just be herself.. then that's definitely a good realisation to have.

But something still gnaws a little at the back of Minako's mind. Just enough for her to give the other a smaller smile, one that seems a tad apologetic. ]


I'm glad if you were able to realise that, but.. [ ... ] It's really just because you realised it yourself, right? It isn't because I was having a little trouble with the idea at first, is it?

[ Look, she just doesn't want to be the reason for Monika to let go of a dream, in case that might be it after all. ]
reloves: (♥ i won't forget that so)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-01 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
No, rather than it being very selfish.. I think it's probably just normal?

[ .. is she saying that it, in turn, means that Minako is the abnormal one here? Maybe, though it's at most implied rather than actually said. After all, Minako has never ever thought of wanting acknowledgement for anything she does, easily devoting her life to someone else without ever having second thoughts about it.

But most people probably wouldn't think that way, and she knows it. ]


Especially since.. well, you know. Your circumstances. [ She keeps it at that, not wanting to remind the other too much of what she's been through. ] Now you're out here with all of us, it's probably pretty nice to have people acknowledge you as the person you are, right? I get that!
reloves: (♥ without us being able)

[personal profile] reloves 2021-11-02 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Minako nods as an answer to that first part - probably wanting to verbally say something as well, but she's already taken another bite of the sweets, which means her mouth is entirely filled up with fluffy delight. Which she's chewing and - thankfully - swallowing by the time Monika finishes talking, so she won't speak up with her mouth full in a way no one can understand. ]

Don't be silly, Monika-chan! I'd never think you're bad!

[ .. even if Minako may have some rose-tinted glasses when it comes to all of her friends.. ]

Isn't it really normal to sometimes want something for yourself? We're all human, it's not like we can be super selfless and good all the time.. It's trying to be that at the times when it really matters that's important!

[ She nods, and then smiles at the other girl. ]

So don't worry. I think just having super cute Monika-chan as my assistant is more than enough. Whatever makes you most happy and comfortable!

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