beep. click
Sailor Pluto blinked, then looked down. "Small Lady? Why are you here? Why do you have a camcorder?"
"Shhhh!" shhhed Chibi-usa. "This is where Hotaru-chan gets her big brother Ranma and she promises to show him all the wonderful things of modern Japan."
Sailor Pluto blinked. "But he's..."
"Oh, she was right, it is a warm and fuzzy moment," said Queen Neo-Serenity.
squeegee-squeegee went Pluto's next eyeblink.
"It's a very important scene indeed," said King Endymion.
"Uhm, excuse me," said Sailor Pluto.
Queen Neo-Serenity cleared her throat. "Now, Pluto. It has come to Our Attention via the HR Department, that you have some vacation time accrued."
"My Queen, no one is supposed to be at the Gate," protested Pluto.
"In fact it has come to Our Attention that you have not taken a vacation in over 10,000 years." Neo-Serenity tsk-tsked at that, waggling a finger at Pluto. "Now now. You'll be giving people the impression I'm some sort of tyrant and we can't have that, can we?"
"But my Queen," protested Pluto.
"Oh don't worry about it," said Neo-Serenity, making a little shooing gesture with one hand. "Why one of my advisors brought it to my attention, and I thought my goodness - I thought you were getting stressed out lately. I'm surprised you haven't snapped and done something wildly stupid like over-obsessing about your job. So don't worry about a thing. We have got it covered."
"But," protested Pluto.
"Don't worry, we've got a replacement arranged," said the Queen. "Huzzah and all that."
"Huzzah?" asked Pluto. "No. Wait a minute."
"Oh, do go on," said Neo-Serenity, escorting Pluto away from the Gate by a death-grip on her elbow. "It's handled."
Pluto blinked. ESPECIALLY when she saw who was going to serve as her replacement.
"I think fifteen years of accumulated vacation time is quite enough," said Neo-Serenity. "Don't come back one hour earlier. Don't worry, the Time Gate will be covered in five year intervals, and the first guardian will be:"
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