Sorry for the delay, I'll try to get them out on a bi-monthly, if not monthly schedule from now on, but there may be some delays, because I've got quite a workload this year at school, taking almost all challenging courses. Thank you for the reviews, because it was you all and especially Tsuki Doriimaa who got me off my backside and working again. Hope you enjoy!
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Walking down the street, Rei slowly made her way to the senshi meeting at the Outer's mansion. Currently all Outer senshi were in residence due the catastrophic happenings. As she slowly approached the door, Rei let out a despairing groan. Gathering her thoughts she open the door and went inside, only to see exactly what she had been dreading. Watching the other girls go into downward spirals of despair was not helping to delay her own descent. The only one who didn't look ready to leap off the next tall structure they happened across was Setsuna, and she seemed depressed, which was saying something once you knew the woman. Settling herself down on one of the beanbag chairs scattered about the room, Rei asked the question of the hour.
"What do we do now?"
Glancing around, she waited for an answer, and after a few minutes she realized that the others were not going to answer. "Come on guys! We can't just give up because of a little set back!"
Ami looked up from the floor. "Rei, the fact that she was not in Juban was a little set back, the fact that she was not in Tokyo might even have been considered that; but the fact that she is not in Japan, not in this world for that matter, is more than A LITTLE SET BACK!!!!!" Voice steadily rising, she continued. "Rei, we are not talking about something that will be resolved in a few months, or even a year! We are talking about years and years and years! In fact, we may die before we find her!" She broke down at this point. "Rei, I just can't take this, I can't."
Rei softened a bit. They had had a hard time these last few weeks. " I know Ami, I know," she murmured, kneeling next to her friend. " But we just can't give up. What if it was one of us? Would Usa-chan give up?" The others were beginning to look up at her, a shine of hope slowly beginning to show. Minako nodded, "Yeah guys, remember what Usa-chan would do for us! We gotta keep going, cause it ain't over till the fat lady counts all her eggs in the same basket!"
The others looked at her in askance. "How can she mess them up THAT badly?" asked Hotaru, her countenance slowly returning to something resembling normal. The others nodded in agreement.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
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Walking down the street, Rei slowly made her way to the senshi meeting at the Outer's mansion. Currently all Outer senshi were in residence due the catastrophic happenings. As she slowly approached the door, Rei let out a despairing groan. Gathering her thoughts she open the door and went inside, only to see exactly what she had been dreading. Watching the other girls go into downward spirals of despair was not helping to delay her own descent. The only one who didn't look ready to leap off the next tall structure they happened across was Setsuna, and she seemed depressed, which was saying something once you knew the woman. Settling herself down on one of the beanbag chairs scattered about the room, Rei asked the question of the hour.
"What do we do now?"
Glancing around, she waited for an answer, and after a few minutes she realized that the others were not going to answer. "Come on guys! We can't just give up because of a little set back!"
Ami looked up from the floor. "Rei, the fact that she was not in Juban was a little set back, the fact that she was not in Tokyo might even have been considered that; but the fact that she is not in Japan, not in this world for that matter, is more than A LITTLE SET BACK!!!!!" Voice steadily rising, she continued. "Rei, we are not talking about something that will be resolved in a few months, or even a year! We are talking about years and years and years! In fact, we may die before we find her!" She broke down at this point. "Rei, I just can't take this, I can't."
Rei softened a bit. They had had a hard time these last few weeks. " I know Ami, I know," she murmured, kneeling next to her friend. " But we just can't give up. What if it was one of us? Would Usa-chan give up?" The others were beginning to look up at her, a shine of hope slowly beginning to show. Minako nodded, "Yeah guys, remember what Usa-chan would do for us! We gotta keep going, cause it ain't over till the fat lady counts all her eggs in the same basket!"
The others looked at her in askance. "How can she mess them up THAT badly?" asked Hotaru, her countenance slowly returning to something resembling normal. The others nodded in agreement.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"