The First Tainting: Rekino Sanada
It was a typical day for Rekino. Early morning class (UGH! Major problem to get up for each and every day.) Getting ready for her usual research sessions, and her daily marital arts workout, plus checking in with the other lady guardians during the day as well. HOWEVER, this day was not going to be a typical day for Rekino Sanada, bearer of the Armor of Lady Wildfire and the Armor of the Lady Inferno.
However, things were about to take a turn for her, in a way she did not expect. Waiting for her on the grounds of the University was one of the minions of Glory. This minion had been disguised to blend in with the people that were going to the school. The target that this minion had been sent to Japan was Rekino Sanada. The instructions from Mistress Glory had been clear: "You will go to Tokyo University. While there you will wait for the opportunity to use this" Glory handing over a dart and blow gun. "You will wait for the right chance, and then use this on your target. Once that is done, you will return here. Talpa and I will take matters from there"
The minion understood that this was an important mission for Glory and for Talpa, and vowed to do what she could to carry it out. Thus, disguised as a human, she waited for Rekino Sanada to walk by her location. The blow gun and dart were by her side, as she waited for Rekino to appear. Seeing her target, the minion sent the dart flying toward Rekino.
The dart hit Rekino on her neck, near her shoulders. She didn't notice it at first, as it felt to her like an insect bite. But as Rekino moved along, she started feeling off, like she was coming down with something. Her coordination started going out of kilter, forcing her to call off plans with her friends and to head back to her room. Once she got there, the fever hit her full bore. She started shivering, teeth chattering, and feeling like she was losing energy. She slipped out of her school clothes and curled up under the blankets of her bed.
Watching all of this from a distance was the minion that Glory had sent. It knew that the dart had scored a hit on Rekino, so it was waiting. Waiting for the signal from her Gloriousness, her Mistress, not that servant Talpa that she had been successful and could return to bask in the presence of Mistress Glory. But that signal was going to take a few days. Rekino was NOT going to give into the tainting that was going on without a fight!
Over the next 2, 3 days Rekino kept trying to fight the magic that was trying to change her. She kept having visions that were of her and yet not her! In the visions, instead of her usual sneakers, jeans and top, with her hair down to her knees, she was dressed up! Dressed up in a pair of red pumps with 2" heels, a garter belt with stockings on it, and a red spaghetti strap dress that went down to her knees. Her face was done up in an elegant manner, completely out of character with her usual lack of makeup, and her hair, instead of down, was now up in a high class bun, with part of it in a braid that came off the bun, and worked its way down the back of her neck.
"No, don't want to be that way. Not me, Not me!" she kept saying as the magic/disease worked its way through her system. The spell was slow working at first, but as time went along, it sped up, working on changing Rekino physically and mentally. But then, a counter to this magic kicked in. Rekino's trait of Virtue began to glow, trying to help her fight off the effects of the magic/disease. At first, the trait was successful in stopping the spread, but soon, even it was not able to stop it. And that was when the minion got a special message from Glory!
"I'm sending you some items. You will place them in Ms. Sanada's room. Her transformation is coming along and she will need these items once she is changed" Glory told her telepathically. The package, contained a pair of red pumps with 3" heels, a pair of back seamed stockings, a red garter belt with eight garters on it, a spaghetti strap dress and a bottle of red nail polish. As the minion slipped into Rekino's room, she saw the leader of the Lady Guardians trying to fight off the spell, with the aid of her trait of virtue. But the light of the Virtue symbols was fading, as the powerful magic was working its way through Rekino's system, changing her into what Glory wanted her to be.
The minion then hid in a closet, waiting to see when the spell took full effect on Rekino. And it was not long before it did take full effect. And what a surprise she got when it did take full effect!
Rekino stretched out of her covers and slid out of bed. But the way she did it, was what so fascinating. Instead of one who was in a hurry, Rekino now was acting like a lady who wanted the best things in life. And that was what was so surprising about her as she searched through her wardrobe for something to wear!
First one closet, then another, and then another! NOTHING! Rekino raised her eyebrow and let out a dainty snort. "Nothing in any of the closets. It is not satisfactory. There is not enough high end, classy clothes in these closets for me to wear" she stated. Suddenly, she saw what she was looking for: The clothes that Glory had sent for her, composed of red nail polish, a pair of red pumps with 3" heels, a pair of back seamed stockings, a red garter belt that had eight garters on it, and a red dress with spaghetti straps on. Rekino just stared at the ensemble with awe. Now this, THIS was what a lady like herself should wear! She spent the next few hours painting both her finger and toe nails, making sure that they were dry, before donning the rest of the ensemble.
That was when the minion stepped out of the closet. "Miss Rekino? I can take you to a place where you will find many more outfits like this" it told her. The Minion waited for Rekino to agree, for this would give Glory the signal to open a portal back to her base of operations in Sunnydale.
"But of course child. Please, lead the way" Rekino said, speaking like a high class lady, rather than her usual schizoid mannerisms. She even BOWED to the minion!
And with that, the portal opened, taking both of them away from Japan and to Sunnydale California.