33 [Accidental Video]

[flameandpassion]

[The PCD is turned on as it is tossed onto Rei's bedside table with a resounding thunk. The girl doesn't appear all that happy and her eyes look suspiciously bright, but her hair shields her face as she bends down to scoop up whatever had fallen out of her bag.]

-- stupid -- immature -- why did I even --

[And Rei tosses her bag onto her bed before she pauses in her tirade. Her eyes suddenly grow wide and her breath catches in her throat.

She crosses to the bed and reaches out to the bed, fingers curling around an object. When it's lifted to eye-level, it's shown to be her Mars Crystal Power transformation wand.

The last time it appeared in Adstringendum, it had been during the canon update/backdate event. When she had been given a rush of new memories, when Hitsugaya had lost his limbs, and when Hino Rei and Tsukino Usagi died.

She turns to the PCD to grab it before noticing it's already on. A muscle in her cheek twitches before she exhales slowly, resting her new transformation wand against her cheek, closing her eyes to think before she speaks.]

... Toushirou, you haven't done anything dumb, have you? And girls, have you gotten anything?

Comments

[saintedsinner]

So is that good or bad? -=you seem annoyed about something, Rei.=-

[flameandpassion]

It's a good thing. Being stronger is never a bad thing in this place.

[saintedsinner]

Yeah, but it's an item. Not you yourself. It can be stolen. -=And used by someone else.=-

[flameandpassion]

It can't be used by anyone but me. To anyone else, it's useless.

[saintedsinner]

Nice to have a safety mechanism like that.

[flameandpassion]

It's attached to who I am. It's the same with all of us.

There's only one Mars.

[saintedsinner]

Mars? -=Thinking alchemy.=-

[flameandpassion]

Sailor Mars, defender of peace and justice!

[And she even holds out her arm, as she would if she were threatening someone, with a grin.]

In the name of the Moon, I will chastise you!

[saintedsinner]

But you're... Mars. How can you use the moon if you're Mars? -=Okay, he's not quite getting it.=-

[flameandpassion]

My duty is to protect the Moon Kingdom and the Moon Princess. It's kind of like... reporting to Colonel Mustang, for you.

[Except Rei totally bosses Usagi around like no other.]

[saintedsinner]

Oh yeah? How's your paperwork coming along with that?

[flameandpassion]

Does doing her math homework for her count?

[saintedsinner]

The Moon Princess has homework?

[flameandpassion]

Everyone my age does.

[Think on that, Edward.]

[saintedsinner]

I suppose. Haven't been in school myself since I was nine.

[flameandpassion]

Too smart, right?

[saintedsinner]

Something like that. They just didn't have the means to keep me and Al engaged. It was boring. Boooorrrring.

[flameandpassion]

I know the feeling. That's why I go to a private school.

[It isn't the reason at all but any chance to make Rei sound awesome. ♥]

[saintedsinner]

Yeah? Your parents must have been loaded. Mom couldn't afford a school like that.

-=Brb, one upping you on the 'I'm just a poor boy, no body loves me~' front=-

[flameandpassion]

I don't have parents to send me anywhere, I live with my grandfather in a Shinto temple.

[TAKE THAT.]

[saintedsinner]

I signed up with the military when I was twelve so that I could take care of my little brother.


-=BETTER n' YOU!=-

[flameandpassion]

I've died.

Twice.

[saintedsinner]

Why'd you go and do a stupid thing like that?

[flameandpassion]

[And now, Rei is serious, because her duty means everything to her.]

I had to protect the princess. At all costs.

[saintedsinner]

-=He's back to serious too, because he wants to find out how this is possible.=-

How'd you come back?