[closed] the magical girl house

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🧙 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

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[That'd be better than Usagi's attempts in baking which have always ended into burned baked goods... But a possibly easy solution to all of those pressures? Inviting Usagi into the kitchen to taste and clean everything, she could help even when she's not good at cooking or baking herself, she just loves eating almost anything.]

That's a really pretty name.

[She's not sure where to start with this herself, aside from the eating part but she's already doing that, but she figures maybe some basic questions to kick things going might not be the worst idea ever.]

Really? Well, I could also tell you lots of those about Mina-chan, because she's so sweet and amazing, but let's talk about you~. Or I can also answer any questions too. What's your favorite food? Favorite color? Do you like cats or dogs or both?

[Usagi finishes the first cupcake and doesn't any time with getting more of them, when Monika's even offering them.]

Thank you, thank you, I will happily eat many of them. New baker in the house, how lucky~!

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Aww, thank you!

[ She was pretty proud of her name, that was one thing she really liked about herself so hearing compliments about it was always really nice. Then she started looking more and more embarrassed as the questions came in. Goodness, she had even more energy to sell than Minako, didn't she? ]

Oh gosh, that's a lot of questions... [She laughed awkwardly before taking a pause.] Um... I'm actually vegetarian! I don't really have a favorite meal, but they tend to be veggies-based. As for my favorite color, it is emerald green. And I like both cats and dogs equally!

[ Well, pink was also a favorite... In fact, she used it more often than emerald green. But the later was more uncommon and made her feel more unique. Okay, maybe she could avoid another barrage of question: ]

What about you? Are you like Minako? [She raised a finger.] I mean you know, the magical girl thing?

[ ... Hopefully it wasn't too embarrassing to ask. ]

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[That's a lot of questions? But... Usagi could have asked so many more too in one go, so maybe it's good that she stopped there.]

That's really cool, we can do some veggie-based meals more often -- as long as someone eats my carrots too, I don't like them. [Even if her name means "bunny".] Emeralds are really pretty, though my own favorite colors are pink and white, my favorite food is cake and I love both cats and dogs too.

[Wait, what? Usagi looks so surprised by Monika's question for a moment. Congratulations, she's at least quiet for a moment and she's definitely avoiding some questions with that one. . . . Well, it's not like they have to hide the magical girl thing or Moon Princess stuff or anything else here. She lets out a sheepish laugh and smiles after that, it's actually amazing not having to keep all of those secrets.]

Yeah, I'm a magical girl too and when I transform, I become Sailor Moon. It's how we met... One night I was in trouble as Sailor Moon and she came to rescue me with her powers, though she's been a magical girl even longer than me.

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I'm sure someone here will be happy to eat your carrots, ahaha!

[ Her. That person was her. She loved carrots, so she wouldn't mind helping on that front! ]

Sailor Moon...? Gosh, it's amazing... It all sounds like something fantastical straight out of a book.

[ She smiled brightly. Well, there were a lot of amazing things in Avalon... She did notice Usagi's surprise though, so she hurriedly added: ]

Minako and I got close after certain events where she got to, um, see my past... [After a fashion. She looked away, Monika really didn't feel like going into details.] And then over time, one thing led to another. So don't worry, she's not telling everyone she meets about magical girls, ahaha. If anything she's quite secretive about it.

[ The last thing she wanted was for Minako's friend to think she was a blabbermouth. It'd been pretty obvious her identity as such a fantastical person was something she usually never told anyone about. ]

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The more people we have here, the more chances there are that someone else than Mamo-chan will eat them.

[He can eat them! But if he doesn't have to eat them in front of her, then that's even better. Yes, Monika, please be her new, best carrots eating friend! Usagi is blushing, looking as sheepish as ever.]

Ahaha, really? The story behind that name is far from that... But I'm glad it sounds like that.

[...Her smile turns into a warmer, gentler and softer one as she listens to Monika. She's not going to push her about details, it's not like Usagi's about to start telling about her past to her either. It's A LOT, definitely not something she'll share easily unless situations need it or if anyone really wants to hear details... And even then it takes time.]

I know. I trust her, she's been one of my best friends for a few years by now. I'm not yelling it to everyone either even if I haven't been as secretive about it here as we always have to be back home... And don't worry, I'm not asking for details about what Mina-chan saw, but if you ever feel like telling about it to me too, I'll listen anytime. Obviously you can also just keep it between you two if that's what you want to do but my offer's always open for anything else too, okay?

[Usagi and Minako may seem like total airheads, who will tell anything to anyone but that's really not true...]

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[ Monika's smile faded a bit when she said the story behind the name was far from that. Ah... She could actually relate all too well. Sometimes things sounded or looked cute, but when you took a closer look... It was nothing but horror. And she couldn't imagine "magical girls" had perfect life with no troubles. The contrary, if anything.

She'd gotten a glimpse of that in Minako. How she had given up on her dreams of romance because of that... How much she'd suffered and still was suffering. ]

I can imagine. [She looked down, speaking to herself.] It takes dark colors to paint something beautiful...

[ No matter how dark things got, in the end they'd paint the grand scenery of life, heh? That was what she hoped, even if deep down she knew it was just silly optimism. ]

Thanks, I'll remember it. [She smiled brightly at her.] I used to be a lot more secretive back home, too. Opening up, allowing people to see your vulnerabilities... It's kinda scary, you know? [She rose a finger.] But I think Avalon gives us all a chance to do things we could scarce imagine back home. And it'd be a shame not to take that chance.

[ Monika knew a total airhead who actually had perhaps the darkest thoughts of anyone they knew. Whose view on herself was the most pessimistic and sad. So she figured they may not be as airheaded as they seemed. ]

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[Usagi sees Monika's smile fading and she's instantly trying to think back to what? What did she say? She didn't mean to make that happen. She's flailing with her hands in front of her a bit.]

Ehhh? Oh no, oh gosh did I make it sound too bad? Sorry, I didn't mean that, I just meant --- that time when I came up with the name, my first enemy asked who I was, when I showed up in my sailor suit to interrupt her plans. And I hadn't even considered to think of a name for my magical girl side, but I couldn't give my real name either!

Luckily one of my best friends, Luna, who happened to be there, pointed at the full moon to me and gave me the idea, so I named myself Sailor Moon right there. See, maybe not so much a fairytale, just a coincidence in a very busy moment.

[She takes a deep breath, her smile fades a bit too, or it becomes kind of sad and really emotional for a moment at least.]

... But ... you're not wrong, a lot has happened after that first night way back when I was fourteen.

[ Way back, she says, she's only a few years older now, but it feels like that first night as Sailor Moon happened forever ago...

Magical girl life and being responsible for bringing everyone back from their horrible fates is really rough, actually, she wouldn't recommend it even if it has given her friends, boyfriend, the happily ever after future, that she's really looking forward to having back home. But she's still as full of hope and love and sunshine, so she's really not wrong about the whole painting thing either.]

Mm, it sure is kinda scary even when I've known some people for a while. But it's so much worth it, no rush with anything ever, but I also agree with how it would be a shame if we didn't take that chance. There are so many people from all kinds of different worlds and I'll rather open up here than keep those secrets between me and everyone else here too, where I don't have to hide everything.

[Maybe it helps that one of the cutest boys, that she's ever met left here before Usagi had the chance to tell any of those things to him... So much time wasted hiding a huge part of her here and in Lunatia too with what little time they had, when she could have been more open with him too. Aaaand she's eating yet another cupcake after thinking about him again.]

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[ Well it didn't sound as sad... But what she said later confirmed what she thought. She couldn't begin to imagine what that level of responsibility and the threat of being under constant danger was like. It was a different kind of hell from her own. Though, if they had the promise of a happy ending at the end of it all...

That was worth it. But she wasn't so sure... Minako, whilst she was happy, had to sacrifice love to be happy. Was it really a happy ending, if you had to give up on your old dreams and conform to new dreams? She couldn't tell how it was for Usagi... But she imagined it couldn't be too different. ]

I think it's a cute story. You call it a coincidence, but... [A laughg.] Future generations who will read about your exploits in the future will call it fate, ahaha!

[ Because there was absolutely no way people wouldn't record her exploits and then long after her passing, write books or make movies about her. Even if they tried maintaining secrecy, that was unavoidable. ]

Mhm! And you feel free to speak to me too, if you ever need to, alright? Well, you don't know me at all... [And it was a bit hypocritical when she was still having such a hard time opening up.] But I'm better at listening than I am at baking.