Event || The Enemy Within

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Characters: All characters who signed-up for the event.
Where: In their heads.
When: January 15th.
Summary: The Heroes of Light have a vision-- They are living through a hypothetical future where the Sage share his knowledge with them, and things went horribly wrong as some Heroes of Light became the villains in this timeline. Maybe they'll revise their thoughts on getting all of that knowledge.
Warning: The apocalypse, deaths, tragedies, overall a lot of very bad things.

Mingle Threads: The Antagonists || The Protagonists || The Others || General
Free Open Threads: The Two Years || Other Events

#01 Attempts at Negotiations || Trano Golsaucia
#02 Tactical Espionage Action || Aqures Ixen
#03 Judgmental Glares || Aerilon
#04 The Fight for the Crystallized Bodies || Aqures Tosf
#05 The Dusk of the Heroes || Mysidia
#06 The Fight for the Moon || Lunar Gate
#07 Conflict Above the Stars || Moon Base
#08 The Birth of a God || Crystal Life Tree
#09 The Death of a World || Moon Base
#10 Where Everything Ends || Pandaemonium

Conclusion || The Sage in Mysidia

Comments

[foodchaining]

Kyoko, donning shorts and a sweatshirt perpetually in need of zipping taps the backside of the pocky box to free that last stubborn soldier from its formation. Thank goodness she was finally able to track down her favortie snack in this strange world.

Tucking it to the crook of her mouth like a straw of wheat she crunches the empty box, moving at first as though to toss it for a perfect three pointer in a nearby trashcan...and instead redirecting it. Aiming for the middle of Sayaka's forehead as the girl practices her olympian stretches.

"Showdown?" The readhead's expression shifts to amusement, "You look like an idiot, what the hell are you doing?"

[dolente]

Her reflexes had gotten much better over the years. A hand reacted upwards -- just in time to catch the box as it bounced off of her forehead and finally into her hand. Rubbing the spot it had landed, she counter-attacked, sending it sailing back at Kyoko's face with an indignant look.

"I'm getting ready! Which is what you should be doing too, you know." Instead of stuffing her face, for once. Hands on her hips, Sayaka shook her head, thinking that some things never changed... and maybe a little bit glad for it.

"Those guys in Aqures Ixen are on the move. Or haven't you been paying attention to any of the intelligence reports?" Again...

[foodchaining]

The box is caught with the crunch of a hand, a bratty grin returned with the promise of more tricks to come as as ponytailed girl moves to lodge lazily against a wall where Sayaka is diligently preparing.

"Eh?" A foot, raises to rest precariously against a raised branch - conveniently near Sayaka's face where the over zealous caped magical girl is preparing. "No kidding."

Paying attention, hardly a need when you had such a nag for a best friend. The girl's arms, which before had risen with a lazy grin behind her head had fallen away with a bit of a frown at the news.

"You know...it's not in your contract to have to fight people, only witches."

[dolente]

"Just like it's not in yours to stuff your face with all that pocky every day, right?" She leaned forward, as though somehow that would get her point across better, even though she knew it wouldn't. It was only a joke anyway, she knew by now Kyoko was happiest when she was eating, and it didn't bother her.

"There's supposed to be some kind of gate just south of here. The Lunar Gate, I think they were calling it. They were looking for people to go and check it out, so I know you'd have no problem volunteering for that and told them so." Sayaka grinned at that, standing up straight again and looking satisfied.

"Everyone was happy to hear it of course, they all know how you love to help and not just laze around all day."

[foodchaining]

That statement reminded Kyoko of the candybar she had in her back pocket, which she offered absentmindedly to Sayaka because clearly that statement was because all those stretches had the over active girl hungry.

It was an old mantra she had not brought to the surface since the two started fighting together. Well aware of what the answer would be, even on the same side of wanting to nip this in the bud - though she'd sooner die than admit that. What had made her bother saying that? The fact they might have to fight friends?

It doesn't really matter, a fang is already snapping into a second candybar her free hand brings to her mouth to chase away the thought.

"Oy, what?!" The redhead pushes her shoulders off the wall to come to her feet in order to give Sayaka a more effective dirty look. Going behind her back and signing her up for extra curricular activities, traitor!

[dolente]

"You heard me, unless you're hiding candy bars in your ears now, too," she grabbed the treat that was offered to her, having learned some years ago now that it was an important gesture between the two of them. But she didn't eat it outright, instead, she used it the same way Saotome-sensei might have used her pointer in class.

"We'll be heading to the Lunar Gate today," she pointed the candy bar south, "our job will be to make sure that if it actually leads somewhere like they say it's supposed to -- that the other heroes of light will be able to get through. Unless..." she grinned, moving to poke at Kyoko's belly with the forefinger of her free hand, "you've gotten too soft, heheh."

[foodchaining]

"If only," the thought lights a bratty grin, "Then I wouldn't have to listen to that mouth of yours always running."

The free hand slips into a pocket of her hoodie as she continues crunching away, finishing the bar in marathon eater time. A red gaze follows the indicated direction, she interjects the explanation of their mission with a quick Mami-san like chiding, "Mo Sayaka, don't play with your food!" It's about the only manner Kyoko has displayed. In all else it's elbows on the table.

She moves quick to try to snatch at the incoming hand before the poke reaches her, her own, it should be noted - is coated with a fine messy smudge of melted chocolate from the bar she ate. "Who you callin soft, rookie!"

[dolente]

She'd anticipated that move, counted on it even, as the hand grasping the chocolate flicked the wrapper open with a swift movement, moving to shove the bar in Kyoko's open mouth. "You, of course," that grin is returned, he sacrifice of her now dirtied hand worth it if the other met it's hole-in-one mark.

"So make sure you know what we're up against, looks like those guys are getting serious this time."

[foodchaining]

"Gah!" Kyoko darts back, the lunge just barley misses its mark. The food hoarder wouldn't have moved her head to the side and risked crushing candy to avoid it - and Sayaka knew that weakness! Damn her. Close one. She can't go losing face as a senpai magical girl like that to some candy bar attack!

"You'll have to do better than that, ya klutz." The playful mockery dies in her expression at the mention of their mission being serious. Not just some scouting or perimeter duty then. Though she doesn't sound the least bit concerned.

"Yeah well, if that happens we'll just have to take them down."

[dolente]

"Hn," it's an almost-laugh, that has her taking a bite of the candy first, then tossing it back towards Kyoko gently, as though to tell her to finish it off. She couldn't understand how the girl could eat before a battle, but knew enough by now to accept a gift when it was offered.

"There's someone others coming with us, too. A woman named Tifa and some others from Aerlion. I guess those guys from Ixen are moving in a group, so they think we should, too."

A bit of a sigh came up as she upturned her palms. "I'm not sure if we'll be able to trust them, but if they're willing to help, I guess more hands can't hurt."

[foodchaining]

The chocolate bar is caught with a flick of the hand, and Kyoko is back to munching.

"Aerlion, those yellow bellies who couldn't even pick a side? They'd prolly stab us in the back for enough coins." Wrapper and candy tilt a bit side to side as if in thought, the troublemaker tries to play at indifference as to what side they fight on. With Sayaka reminding her of who she used to be, and more people dying -- she's getting worse and worse at it.

She looks away, before taking an angry bite. There's only one person the lancer's ever trusted, anyway. "Hrmph well -- if those hands turn on us." It's easy to look up now, a wicked gleam alighting red eyes, "I'll be the one to cut them off."