on the outer senshi highway to HELL

[seaswept]

Oh, dear. Excitable, aren't we? It's only a thirty-second clip. Had I known you longed to see me so, I would've dropped by! I'm sure I could've found the time.

... Worried? I don't see what about. That chapter of our story is long since over; revisiting should do little harm.

Let's make the most we can of it, hmm?

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[actsmagnificent]

I'm not wearing the cape.

[ Look, to each their own. But, new double? That was silly. ]

[seaswept]

Aw, you won't? [ A little pout. ] I think it suits you. Very dashing!

[actsmagnificent]

[ Haruka looks away. That's...some other guy's schtick, okay. She has her own Way. ]

...You looked good.

[seaswept]

[ Michiru knows. That's what makes it so funny! ]

The time-tested method of deflecting with flattery, hm? Well, who am I to resist.

[actsmagnificent]

Much obliged.

[ And her cheeks are only a little bit pink.

Even that fades as she starts contemplating what Michiru'd actually been talking about earlier. ]


....Twenty years, huh.

[seaswept]

It'll be twenty-two in just a little over a week, actually, if we're counting.

Feeling old yet?

[actsmagnificent]

They're milking this anniversary.

[ Also, please. They felt old at sixteen.

This is not an old smile, though. It's still a honeymoon smile, after all this time. ] I guess we could celebrate, though. If you felt like it.

[seaswept]

You were never one to mind the attention.

[ She returns the smile in full -- though her eyelashes flutter low over her eyes the next moment, and the usual coquettish air returns to her features. ] Maybe I do. What are you offering?

[actsmagnificent]

I've always preferred surprise parties.

[ That kind of celebration. ]

[seaswept]

[ Figures. ] Mm, but I wonder if there's much you could do to surprise me, after all this time?

[actsmagnificent]

[ You're raising the bar on purpose and it's working. Haruka's voice is little more than a sultry whisper now. ]

Don't spoil it.

[lightthedarkness]

Aaaahhh, so many people get to see Michiru-san and Haruka-san be amazing all over again! And this time, the grail won't get destroyed! [Cause screw you, 90s anime for doing that to her Grail.]

[seaswept]

Hmm, would you call us amazing? It wasn't one of our greatest victories as a pair, I would say.

[ Okay, let's be real, for the most part the two of them just ran around causing trouble and making everything five times more complicated than it ever had to be. But that's what makes the outer senshi so loveable! Right? ]

That's right, it won't, will it? I suppose a couple things would divert.

Are you excited, Usagi?

[lightthedarkness]

I would, I am. You are all incredible and I'm really lucky to get to be friends with all of you. [She loves you all so much.]

Maybe not as a pair, no, but all together which is the important part.

I am! I mean, my mun-chan pulls me straight from the manga but I am excited!

[tiarae]

Ah, Michiru-san and Haruka-san looked great! I know it wasn't for very long yet, but it'll be great!