Open Network Video + Closed Action;

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[A - Network Video : Open]

[Lily appears on the Network, brushing her hair back as she nods to the camera.]

Alright, this is a bit overdue, but here goes.

Last month, a number of monsters appeared in places. At a time when all sorts of other things were appearing, but a number of them were related directly to... ah. Us. I figure it's our due diligence to give people a rundown of what was what, in the event something like this happens again.

First at the beginning of the month, there was a ... [Her mouth quirks and she frowns.] Monster in the form of a letter. This was called a "Desertrian." They were the kinds of creatures my past life's team, Heartcatch Precure, battled. It ran all across Locke City and induced some circumstantial collateral damage.

Shortly after, there was a giant. Well. Carrot. It appeared near our house in Locke City. It's called a "Jikochuu" or "Selfish." It was battled by Winter's past life with the Dokidoki Precure. Luckily it didn't get far, so it was unable to cause much destruction.

Likewise, a group of minions the Heartcatch Precure battled also appeared. They're called Snackies, and... well. Jasmine's past life, Dark Precure, would have commanded them. As such, she seems to have them in line. [Her head tilts to one side and she sighs.] More or less.

Beyond that, is where things get murky.

One night, Jasmine caught wind of something causing a ruckus in the Phoenix District of Locke City. It was a girl in black who had attacked randomly during the dinosaur incident, with a creature formed of what appeared to be one of the pink snakes. She called it a "Nakewameke." The thing is, I am... fairly certain that these too are monsters meant to be fought by a Precure. They can be cleansed just as the others are, even if... I know nothing about this girl or her monsters.

[Another sigh. She pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose.]

More complicated, she was attacking a facility owned by Thunder Corporation. What came to its defense was a group of armored soldiers like I haven't... seen before. They seemed to come from inside the warehouse but I'm not sure beyond that.

[A shake of her head.]

Lastly, is where things get really complicated. There were a number of... well, "locks" that seemed to be cropping up everywhere, capable of locking people's dreams, using them as a battery for... well. They all shouted "Zetsuborg" all the time so I have to guess that's what they are.

The only thing I'm certain of with that is...

[Her posture seems to straighten up a little, her expression growing a lot more tense.]

Cure Twinkle. You and I need to talk.

Find the spot where you first met Winter - my wife and Cure Diamond. I will be there tonight after 8PM Central.

[She relaxes a slight bit, but only a little.]

That's about it for now. Winter and I are going to take a look at the incidents in New L.A. Since that seems to be a whole other problem, now. If you have any other questions, I'll do what I can to answer them. As well, if you end up seeing any creatures like this in the future? Please, contact us. Precure are basically made to handle these things.

[B - Action : Closed to Kirara]

Lily hates the cold. She realizes that changing the hemispheres she lived in when she did, it's not really helped in her avoiding it. Still, as she stands atop a particular roof, coat wrapped around her, it's not exactly her greatest worry.

This is a problem. They've got a lot of them right now. To be honest, she's not terribly happy about most of them - but right now, this is one she can maybe do something about. Possibly. Perhaps.

It all depends, really, but she'll stand here as long as she needs to. It's important she does, and if need be she can transport back home whenever necessary.

But... she said she'd be here, and really, this is the only thing as far as that goes that she has to work with.

Comments

[video]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

I've tried to track down that girl, but I haven't been able to find a trace of anything. She's able to disappear as easily as we do.

... Also, uh. I've been meaning to ask you, about that one monster you fought. The one from Winter's world, I mean.

[video] [private]

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. Whatever she is, I'm... bothered about the implications.

[She lets out a breath then, blinking rapidly.] The... ah, carrot?

[video] [private]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

She's something we're going to have to deal with, regardless. I'll keep an eye out, but she's capable of disappearing. Honestly, she reminds me of the Desert Apostles.

... And yeah. You and Winter had help with that one, didn't you?

[video] [private] 1/2

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily stares, and blinks... and promptly shuts the connection off.]

phone;

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[A moment later, Jasmine will find her cell phone ringing.]

[video]

[feastorfamine]

... I'm interested in those "Zetsuborg" things too, considering they affected me. And attacked someone important to me as well. They seemed like something from your world, Lily, but I didn't want to assume.

[video]

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Not... mine expressly. Or at least not a part of it I can remember. It's nothing Yuri's Precure team ever fought, but it's comparable.

Are you alright, Amy?

[video]

[feastorfamine]

Oh, I know. Sorry, that's not what I meant. It just seems... similar.

I'm alright, but it's given me a lot to think about. If something had happened to Saretha... well...

I can imagine how you'd feel if it were you and Winter instead.

audio

[dragon_blossom]

...so how many past Precure teams are we talking here now? Four? And of those, we don't even have any team members for the one type of monster?

[voice]

[peacefulwinter]

That depends on who we're counting. Annie was Cure Sunny, and none of the rest of us know that name. I'm Diamond, and Heart is also around from my old team, though I don't want to out her yet if there are people that don't know. Lily is Moonlight, separate team. Rakka... is Feather, but that's a special case. She's a new Precure from whole cloth, via Lily's Heart Tree. Does that even count? And then there's Twinkle, but... I don't know anything about her, except she's probably not one of ours. Doesn't work the same way.

Which means we have at least one Cure unaccounted for, and two monsters.

[voice]

[dragon_blossom]

Oh right, Annie wasn't part of any team anyone else recognizes... huh. Maybe Twinkle's one of that team? Or else that brings us up to even more teams.

Do you think they were all the same... timeline... or is Pretty Cure just some kind of universal constant?

audio

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily opens her mouth, then scrolls up, blinks unseen to herself, and then laughs a bit.]

Ah... what she said.

At the very least, we know our powers work on different types of monsters, so that's... something, at least. Even if we're not from the same place, our powers have common elements, and can function together.

audio

[dragon_blossom]

[ Lily your wife is the queen of words and explanations. ]

Yeah, I noticed all that purification seems to work on whatever - and good thing, or else I might just have to start... uh... damaging things.

B

[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

This is... really not the typically kind of way she prefers to schedule her meetings. Not to mention the climate she usually likes to have them in... but at least her transformed state helps with that somewhat.

Because she is showing up in uniform. Lily had called out Cure Twinkle, after all.

Lily's determination to stand out there and wait will serve her well. The life of a movie star is a busy one so it's quite awhile before she can make it to the scene. But arrive she does... eventually. Announced by the light click of magical heels on the rooftop where she and Cure Diamond had once had their chase.

"Hi! Hope I didn't keep you waiting." She's all smiles as she waves to Lily. Surely, this will be a friendly chat. "You wanted to talk to me about something?"

Hopefully something short. She's got things to do.

holy jesus I'm bad at this lately

[alilyinthemoonslight]

It's a damned good thing Lily brought coffee, which she is quietly sipping on when Twinkle's heels clack on the pavement. She doesn't bat an eyelash, waiting a moment after swallowing, before turning her eyes to the yellow Precure.

Lily Tsukuyomi is a kind and patient person. Astoundingly so. So it's quite a feat that there is just an edge of annoyance in her expression.

"No rush, I see," she says quietly, turning her eyes back to her cup. "Yes, I did. It's fairly simple, actually. But first, you realize the majority of those monsters the other week were yours, right? Your Precure team's."

Of course she did, or else Twinkle wouldn't have been on the scene for as many of them as she had.

"So I have to ask... just how serious are you about this, anyhow?"

[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

Twinkle tilts her head a bit, noticing the coffee in Lily's hands. That and the little flicker of aggravation in her face. Uh oh, she had been waiting out here a long time, hadn't she? She starts to smile a little apologetically, ready to offer a few sorries.

But she stops, blinking in surprise when Lily speaks up about what she's here for.

"What do you mean?" Her eyes narrow a bit. "And 'mine'? What's that supposed to mean? I was working to stop them too, you know!"

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

....I'm still sorry about that, turning into one of those "Zetsuborgs" and attacking you and Raye.

It's so strange though. "Zetsuborg" kind of sounds like Zetsubō, so maybe there's something about that?

[peacefulwinter]

[As Winter sees that message, hears the words and they process through her ill-gotten fluency in Japanese, she realizes what's going on, and she pops onto the screen looking for all the world like she's made an earth-shattering scientific discovery.]

Of course-! My monsters are named for the Japanese word for selfishness... so these would have to be based on despair! Rakka, that's brilliant!

[She pauses, then frowns.] Not that it tells us anything new about where they come from, but it's progress.

[charcoalfeather]

[It was a more natural thought process that occurred to Rakka, owing to her natural Japanese heritage. She didn't even think of it as such a big discovery... until Winter popped onto the feed with that look on her face. Huh.]

It... it is? [A slight smile pops up.] Well, even if we still don't know what it means, t-that's still good! Right?

[She would like to feel a LITTLe smart?]

[audio]

[abundantlove]

... I had no idea that so many things were going on. Or that they were all connected to being a Precure. I-I mean, I knew there were more teams, it was in your book, right?

[audio]

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Indeed, there are. In the end we still don't know how us Precure are connected, beyond being some kind of ... constant. Somewhere. At this point, I'm not sure we'll ever fully know.

[audio]

[abundantlove]

Ah... man, it'd be something if like, there were a whole group of them that supported new teams as they came about! But it sounds like they all existed in separate worlds...

[video]

[sparklingscarlet]

[Oh, look, it's Winter's wife. Someone Blaise really only had the pleasure of speaking to for all of three seconds. He wonders for a moment how Winter is doing, then his head tilts oh-so-slightly.]

A... a carrot? Th-that's weird... I had o-one like that, t-too... Ex... Except mine was... a ch-chikuwabu... Whatever... that is... Uhm... it looks like a... tasteless... churro, and it g-goes in soup?

[video]

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily blinks and tilts her head to one side. A little far, actually.]

One like... what? A monster? A memory, or something... else?

[Well, that's certainly. Not what she was expecting. No, no, the part about it being food doesn't faze her.]

Re: [video]

[sparklingscarlet]

Well... i-it was a... a monster...

[He thinks a moment, not sure how to explain.]

Erm... a m-memory of a m-monster... From my past life...