Usagi opened her eyes and looked at the thing on the floor. "Kinda gaudy, ain't it?"
"It's fine," said Luna, wondering if ANYTHING was going to go right.
Usagi picked the metal pen up and frowned at it. "What color ink does it got?"
"Black, I think," said Luna, who hadn't ever considered writing with a henshin pen. Had to roll with the times and it would help keep the secret identities if it functioned like a regular pen. Did it even have ink?
"Okay, uh, 'Jupiter Power, Maid Up'?"
"No no no! 'Jupiter Power, Make Up'!"
"'Jupiter Power, Make Up.'"
"Try it with feeling."
"I am. Feeling pretty dorky that is. 'Jupiter Power, Make Up.'... Still nothing."
"Hmmm. Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Mars Power, Make Up.'"
"This one looks pretty gaudy too. Oh well. 'Mars Power, Make Up.' Nothing."
"Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Uranus Power, Make Up.'"
"Man, do they all look this..." Usagi sought a proper word for these gaudy looking pens. Oh yeah, something from school the other day. "Are they all this gauche?"
"They're pens that were made in the Silver Millenium to activate transformation to a superpowered warrior state," explained Luna, rolling her eyes. "Fashions may have changed a little over the millenia."
"No joke," said Usagi, holding the pen up. "'Uranus Power, Make Up.' Still nothing."
"Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Mercury Power, Make Up.'"
"I kinda like the blue there," said Usagi without much hope. "'Mercury Power, Make Up.'"
"Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Neptune Power, Make Up.'"
"'Neptune Power, Make Up.' Nope. Hey, what about Venus, ain't that a planet too?"
"Venus is already out there," said Luna. "Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Pluto Power, Make Up.'"
"We had that in class today. Pluto ain't a real planet, it's just a Kuiper Belt Object that's in a stable orbit. Kinda."
"Just try it," complained Luna.
"Okay, okay. 'Pluto Power, Make Up.' Nope. 'Kuiper Belt Object Make Up.' That's not it. How about 'Orbitting Ball Of Rock and Ice Commonly Known As Pluto, Make Up?'"
There was a long suffering sigh from under the bed.
"Close your eyes again." Zip! Flip! Clatter! Zip! "Try this one. 'Ceres Power, Make Up.'"
Usagi sat back on the bed, listening to the monster under the bed panting from some effort. Her gaze tracked to the mound of multi-colored pens and brooches. "What're you doing anyway? Pulling these outta your... butt?"
"Subspatial pocket," said Luna, wheezing slightly.
"Cool, now there's a useful technique," said Usagi, thinking it sounded like Mousse's Hidden Weapon Style. Being able to hide that much on your person could be real handy. For one thing, think about the size of the lunch you could take to school!
"Right," wheezed Luna. "Useful technique. There has to be something I'm overlooking."
"Let's see, ya got the planets," pointed out Usagi. "Most of the major moons visible from Earth. There's several asteroids. One Kuiper Belt Object. One planet I ain't never heard of. The only one you ain't pulled out is Earth's Moon."
Luna let out another deep sigh. "Okay, close your eyes." drag drag drag anemic-flip crawl crawl collapse. "Try 'Moon Power, Make Up.'"
"That's another thing," said Usagi. "I'm supposed to turn into a superpowered warrior protecting people, and it's through 'Make Up'? Can't it be something more dignified like 'Power Up' or 'Warrior Mode' or 'Borg Gear On' or something like that?"
"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz," snored Luna.
"Oh well, 'Moon Power, Make Up'?" Flash Flash FLASH! "ARRGHHHHH. What's with this silly outfit? These superpowered warriors were cheerleaders or something?!"
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