This last was both concerning and intriguing. If it was a typical Big Bad, as was Pharoah 90 or something like THAT, then it would have been a minor bump - but all the possibilities would have been closely related and she could have gotten more details.
This had possibilities so wide-ranging that she couldn't glimpse the future. Some were apparently good, a lot more were bad, and some never really developed at all.
Which meant that she could possibly head off this little problem before it became a big one, or that the timestream 'bump' could be guided into a less problematic force.
What was the clear first need though was reconnaissance. Until she knew WHAT it was, she couldn't figure out how to handle the situation.
Which led her to here and now. A valley in China where a quaint-looking rural village was nestled.
She snuck through the village, unable to use the Gates to go directly in there or even view it due to something going on. Exactly what - that part was unclear.
SOMETHING had happened though. The outlying farms had hoes and rakes and such lying about randomly.
Sailor Pluto investigated the first house, and discovered a meal that had been placed out and partially eaten.
Exiting the house, she wondered what was going on. It was almost as if -
"Awake, are we?"
Setsuna Meiou was a little alarmed as her circumstances registered.
"I'm so glad you could join me," said the voice from earlier.
Setsuna took in her situation quickly. She felt as if she'd been energy drained. She had been de-transformed from Sailor Pluto, though that should have continued on even when she was unconscious. She was currently trapped with one arm and both legs held in something that looked like webbing.
"Tea?" asked something coming out of the shadows.
"Ah," said Setsuna. "Well... I... EEK!"
The woman looked vaguely insectile as she stepped out, a tea tray balanced on one hand. "Green tea, no sugar, right?"
"Well, yes," said Setsuna.
"I was so amazed to find that the Sailor Senshi were real in this universe," said the insect-woman. "I was never really much of a fan, mind you. Just that someone I loved was a fan. Then there were the attempts to make magical girls."
With her one free hand now full of teacup, Setsuna was still scrambling to catch up. "You're from a universe where we were fictional characters then?"
"Oh yes," said the insect woman. "Several TV series, a manga that was translated into several languages, various other venue. I think I even remember reading that there were stage plays, though that was centuries ago and I may be mistaken."
"I see," said Setsuna. "And you are?"
"Oh, sorry, I'm so used to a less civilized role," said the insect woman. "I have the unimaginative name of 'Coccooner' one of the Legendary class pokegirls."
"Poke GIRLS?" asked Setsuna. "As in 'pokemon'?"
"So I'm told," said Coccooner. "In any case I've been trying to create true magical girls for some time, so I am very glad to make your acquaintance."
Bleep went the Mercury Computer.
"Come on, come on, come on," pleaded Sailor Mercury.
click went the Mercury Computer. bleep
"Well, that's a bit more than previous," said Rei, still recovering from her ordeal.
"It figures that your tech would have self-repair functions," said Zack. "You're sure this 'Mikuji' is not a pokegirl?"
"No, she's a yoma or cardian or something," said Rei. "Why does that 'figure'?"
"Because you don't have any repair shops available," said Zack. Who knew full well that Yoma and Cardians were BOTH pokegirls. "When members of my group SOLDIER are deployed, we tend to take equipment that we can service in the field or acquire parts and such for in that area."
Bzzzzz, went the Mercury Computer. snap
Looking at the curl of smoke rising from her poor computer and the black screen, Sailor Mercury briefly considered crying. "So you think it will fix itself with time?"
"Well, there's another possibility," said Zack. "I could try pokeballing it and using the repair function. I wouldn't think that would work, but the pokeballs are sort of magic and sort of technology - just like that computer you've got is supposed to be."
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