Mission 19 [action - forward-dated to shortly after Seventh Heaven re-opens]

[redhairedknight]

 [Anyone going to Seventh Heaven for lunch today will get a nasty surprise.  Around noon, one of the tables is going to get uppercutted into the roof, as the young girl who just appeared beneath it growls with frustration.  She's stuck in the standard New Feather clothes, but she doesn't seem to notice or care.]



All right, Mira, where'd you go?  Don't tell me that you've chickened out already - we've still got a score to settle!

[Erza Scarlet is back from her mally-napping, but she's about six years younger, and a lot more hot-blooded than normal.  She'll be running around the restaurant, knocking things over and generally causing a ruckus as she searches for her arch-rival (at least, until somebody explains to her what's going on).]

((OoC: replies will come from stupidmira  for icon purposes.  And my apologies; I didn't realize that Seventh Heaven was still closed when I initially wrote this))

Comments

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

Fucking hell, they shrunk you.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

... [Well, she wasn't expecting that.] Huh? "Shrunk me"? What do you mean? And who are "they"?

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

Some shitty scientists. And you're closer to The Island of Dr. Moreau than you are any fairy tale.

You're in Luceti, kid.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't get the reference, but she figures it doesn't really matter.] Where's Luceti? I've never heard of any place with that name! ...In fact, how did I get here?

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Squalo exhales a gust of air, moving his bangs, and decides to do things the easy way. He ticks off her questions on his fingers.

Hell if I know.
No one here now had either.
And that's the million dollar question. You solve that, you solve just about everything.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

So you don't know anything, then? Great.

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

Or you're asking the wrong questions.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

...Well, what did you mean when you said those scientists shrunk me?

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

Because you are not the you who's been living here. The you I know is older.

[ooc: >.> stupid typos]

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

Really? Are you used to me being a really old lady or something?

((OoC: Don't worry about it; it happens to me all the time!))

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

Saggy skin, wrinkles, the whole bit.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

And I bet I'm really strong, huh? [In her experience, more often than not, being older means being more powerful.]

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[He smirks a bit at her enthusiasm, but he rolls his eyes.]

Voi, what you are or aren't in the future doesn't matter, kid. You have to work for what you want first.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. Yeah, I guess. It'd be kinda boring if I knew my limits anyways. [Limits? What limits? She's a shonen protagonist, after all!]

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Who needs 'em anyway XD]

You have a hell of a pair of shoes to grow into, but I figure it's safe to tell you this much: I've never seen anyone better....with a pair of knitting needles.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

[Erza's eyes widen in anticipation.] That's just what I wanted to hear! I knew that I'd be -

["...with a pair of knitting needles." ...wat. Erza bangs her tiny fists on the table in frustration.] WHAT?!

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Somehow Squalo manages to keep an innocent face.] You were expecting something else?

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was expecting something else. How am I supposed to keep my friends safe with knitting needles?

Figured you'd be the best at knitting, you old lady. [She's figured out her earlier mistake of calling this person a lady by now, sure, but she knows it's something that will annoy him.]

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Except that he already knows the insult. Squalo ignores it for now and muses over whether Erza will remember any of this.]

Good question. VOI, you can keep their toes from freezing off with knitted socks!

[a shrug] Or you could drop the sissy shit and pick up swordsmanship. It's what I'd do, if I were you.

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

[Oh, she will. And she won't like Squalo calling her an old lady.]

Heh. I've already got a pretty good start when it comes to swordsmanship, and I won't be giving that up any time soon!

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Welp, good thing he likes to live dangerously...]

Except for knitting, don't forget. But I'm not interested in that. When did yo pick up the sword?

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

Well, it was... about four years ago. [That's bringing back some rather unfortunate memories, but she tries to repress them.] I didn't really have much of a choice at the time, but I decided to stick with it afterwards.

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

[Squalo frowns at the change in her attitude. He wasn't expecting that, but it doesn't stop him from asking.]

What for?

[stupidmira.livejournal.com]

I needed to keep my friends safe, of course! I need the strength to do that, or else I wouldn't be much help to them in times of crisis.

((OoC: Sorry it took me so long to respond; I would have done it sooner, but I wasn't able to get Internet access until recently.))

[torrenziale.livejournal.com]

You're determined. I'll give you that.

[ooc: No worries! And then it's my turn to apologize. First the week of LJ fail followed by muse fail...]