"Well, it won't last us a lifetime, but I do have some food with me," Ranma said.
"Anything with seeds we might be able to plant?" Pluto asked.
"Yeah... some apples and other fruit, and some nuts... "
Ami pointed out, "Where would we plant them? Most of the ground around here seems to be rock, and unless we can find any volcanic ash, any sand or dirt we find is unlikely to have the proper nutrients for complex plants to grow."
Pluto replied, "If we can't find volcanic ash, the powers of the Senshi should suffice - specifically Moon and Saturn's healing abilities, Mercury or Neptune's water powers, and Jupiter's plant-powers. If I add in my own powers, we should be able to have even the trees fruiting in a few months - but that means we still need enough food to last us that long..."
Before Ranma could wonder how Pluto intended to get a hold of other Senshi, Usagi asked Ranma, "So how much food do you have with you?"
"Not enough to last all of us for very long - I was just packing for myself, and didn't expect to be more than a few days..." He took of his traveling pack, set it down and opened it. He then began taking food out of it - bread, rice, a bag of apples, some other fruits, some nuts, and various other food stuffs.
The Senshi stared at the amount of food Ranma had pulled out. While it would have only lasted a group their size a few days without rationing, it was still several times what should have been able to fit inside the pack.
Rei asked, "How did you fit all that in there?!"
Usagi said excitedly, "It's like Marry Poppins' bag!"
Ranma looked confused for a moment. "Hmm? Oh, it's a variation on the hidden-weapons technique. I can compress space using folds of ki. It doesn't get rid of weight, though, so you have to be careful not too put more in than you can carry the weight of."
"Ki?" Minako wondered.
Makoto explained, "Life-force. Talented martial-artists can use it to enhance their speed and strength, or to perform other tricks."
Usagi asked, "Life-force? You mean like the energy Youma steal?"
Pluto nodded. "Precisely. The folded-space storage technique is also how we Senshi store our transformation pens and other items."
Usagi's eyes widened. "So that's how we do it!"
Ranma blinked. "You mean, you're a Senshi?"
Usagi blushed, while Rei slapped her forehead and several other Senshi groaned. "Don't tell anyone?"
Ranma scratched his head. "Um, okay..."
Pluto looked over the food critically. "I'm afraid this won't be enough to sustain all of us until the trees are ready. Unless one of you has a better idea, I think most of us will need to be placed in stasis until the trees are ready..."
"Stasis?" Usagi asked, and all the others also looked at Pluto wondering what she had in mind.
Pluto explained, "Sailor Mercury should be able to use her powers to freeze someone quickly enough to avoid most damage to their body, and Sailor Moon could un-thaw and heal them when the time is right - much as would have been done prior to the building of Crystal Tokyo in the future many of you have seen..."
Minako said, "Speaking of Crystal Tokyo, when we visited it Neo-Queen Serenity was under a sleep spell - wouldn't something like that be safer than freezing ourselves?"
Rei said with a combination of anger and sarcasm, "Right. We'll just ask the Dark Moon Family how they cast that spell - Oh, wait, they're even further in the future from now than our home time!"
Ami decided to break the argument up. "I would like to point out that how we hibernate isn't the only issue - even once the trees and plants have matured, we'll various other nutrients the fruits and nuts can't provide us."
Usagi said, "Don't you get sick if you don't get the right nutrients?"
Ami nodded. "Yes."
"Well, the Silver Crystal can cure just about anything - maybe it'll be able to cure those sicknesses? Oh, and Hotaru can heal people, too"
Ami looked to Pluto, the only one with enough experience to know the answer to this.
Pluto said, "This Silver Crystal has been used in such a way before - however I don't know what the long-term effect of continuously using the crystal to heal malnutrition would be... As for Hotaru's powers, I don't know if they extend to that."
Hotaru blushed when she realized everyone was glancing at her. "I'll do my best," she said quietly. Haruka and Micheru put their hands on her shoulders reassuringly.
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