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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 7020166" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>It was official: The storm <em>sucked</em>.</p><p></p><p>At first it was kind of fun. There was more wind, less rain, and though it slowed her down she could cling to walls and floors and navigate the city more safely than most rescue units. People who were confused or lost she could guide to safety with holograms. She could see the heat of people who were trapped and hard to hear over the noise of the storm, highlighting them with bright images if she couldn't get them out on her own.</p><p></p><p>But then Kitsune noticed a change. The victims of the storm weren't just scared, they were angry. More than once she had to exert her powers not to rescue, but to break up bitter brawls. That change hit close to home as well.</p><p></p><p>It was the third day of the storm when her father got word that Keiko seemed not to be in the house. He'd cornered her to demand to know why she'd gone. Where she'd gone. Was she trying to kill herself? Was she trying to kill her family from shame?</p><p></p><p>Keiko had had to invent a story about wanting to pick something up from the school, and in his anger and fear, he nearly withdrew her from the university in response. So on the fourth day, as the storm reached its peak, she was grounded in her room with someone just outside the door. He knocked if too much time went by without hearing anything.</p><p></p><p>Intolerable.</p><p></p><p>She paced. She knocked things over. Whatever madness the storm carried, Keiko wasn't immune to it. She was maybe minutes away from cracking and spilling the beans...defiantly showing her father and his witless pawns exactly who they thought they were messing with...when she saw the shadow of a cape outside her window. The sparkle of violet. She KNEW that sparkle.</p><p></p><p>But he was in jail! Without his staff, without his magic! How had he found her?! Even though he could see through her illusions, she'd had a mask on, a costume!</p><p></p><p>Keiko went to her window and yanked it open, using a flick of telekinesis to snap the lock off as she did.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't the Baron who greeted her though. There was a shape in the clouds, oh yes, but one she didn't recognize.</p><p></p><p>Her door opened, and the butler outside lifted an eyebrow as he took in the open window, and Keiko standing there as wind and rain streamed in.</p><p></p><p>"I...thought I heard something," she said lamely. "Outside." She closed the window.</p><p></p><p>She was saved by the sound of the television downstairs...the deep voice of what could only be a Villain! Keiko reached out to feel where the butler was, apologizing demurely as she did, then trotted hastily downstairs to witness the address of Dr Apocalypse. It was also a good opportunity to sit down between her mother and father on the couch, and snuggle a little, and as the madness of the storm ebbed, burning bridges were mended.</p><p></p><p>The next day Keiko got permission to go to the university, after getting assurances from the school that no threats had been made to the campus or students.</p><p></p><p>Of course, it wasn't the university that got a visit from Keiko that day. It was Centurion's HQ that was visited by Kitsune!</p><p></p><p>And boy, you took a couple of days off, and look what happens. Sailor mispronounced-Uranus was in the lobby talking to the receptionist and Shadow's kid.</p><p></p><p>Kitsune, ever sensitive to the opportunity for mischief, vanished behind an illusion of 'not being there' and slipped in just behind a delivery guy who paused just inside, momentarily thunderstruck by the devastating power of <em>kawaiiiiiiiii</em> that emanated from the Princess.</p><p></p><p>That power was only magnified when a horrifyingly adorable, roly-poly white fox with stubby paws and big eyes poofed out of thin air near the Princess and tumbled clumsily in midair for a moment before drifting over towards her shoulder.</p><p></p><p>"Ah!" it piped in a high, fluting, childlike voice, "At last I have found you!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 7020166, member: 4936"] It was official: The storm [i]sucked[/i]. At first it was kind of fun. There was more wind, less rain, and though it slowed her down she could cling to walls and floors and navigate the city more safely than most rescue units. People who were confused or lost she could guide to safety with holograms. She could see the heat of people who were trapped and hard to hear over the noise of the storm, highlighting them with bright images if she couldn't get them out on her own. But then Kitsune noticed a change. The victims of the storm weren't just scared, they were angry. More than once she had to exert her powers not to rescue, but to break up bitter brawls. That change hit close to home as well. It was the third day of the storm when her father got word that Keiko seemed not to be in the house. He'd cornered her to demand to know why she'd gone. Where she'd gone. Was she trying to kill herself? Was she trying to kill her family from shame? Keiko had had to invent a story about wanting to pick something up from the school, and in his anger and fear, he nearly withdrew her from the university in response. So on the fourth day, as the storm reached its peak, she was grounded in her room with someone just outside the door. He knocked if too much time went by without hearing anything. Intolerable. She paced. She knocked things over. Whatever madness the storm carried, Keiko wasn't immune to it. She was maybe minutes away from cracking and spilling the beans...defiantly showing her father and his witless pawns exactly who they thought they were messing with...when she saw the shadow of a cape outside her window. The sparkle of violet. She KNEW that sparkle. But he was in jail! Without his staff, without his magic! How had he found her?! Even though he could see through her illusions, she'd had a mask on, a costume! Keiko went to her window and yanked it open, using a flick of telekinesis to snap the lock off as she did. It wasn't the Baron who greeted her though. There was a shape in the clouds, oh yes, but one she didn't recognize. Her door opened, and the butler outside lifted an eyebrow as he took in the open window, and Keiko standing there as wind and rain streamed in. "I...thought I heard something," she said lamely. "Outside." She closed the window. She was saved by the sound of the television downstairs...the deep voice of what could only be a Villain! Keiko reached out to feel where the butler was, apologizing demurely as she did, then trotted hastily downstairs to witness the address of Dr Apocalypse. It was also a good opportunity to sit down between her mother and father on the couch, and snuggle a little, and as the madness of the storm ebbed, burning bridges were mended. The next day Keiko got permission to go to the university, after getting assurances from the school that no threats had been made to the campus or students. Of course, it wasn't the university that got a visit from Keiko that day. It was Centurion's HQ that was visited by Kitsune! And boy, you took a couple of days off, and look what happens. Sailor mispronounced-Uranus was in the lobby talking to the receptionist and Shadow's kid. Kitsune, ever sensitive to the opportunity for mischief, vanished behind an illusion of 'not being there' and slipped in just behind a delivery guy who paused just inside, momentarily thunderstruck by the devastating power of [i]kawaiiiiiiiii[/i] that emanated from the Princess. That power was only magnified when a horrifyingly adorable, roly-poly white fox with stubby paws and big eyes poofed out of thin air near the Princess and tumbled clumsily in midair for a moment before drifting over towards her shoulder. "Ah!" it piped in a high, fluting, childlike voice, "At last I have found you!" [/QUOTE]
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