oo1 ☾ ❝my name is tsukino, usagi... ❞

[mooneternal]

Uwaaahh!! I'm going to be late! ( and out like a shot, comes usagi from her house. she's dressed in her new high school uniform, already trying to beat the clock in order to be on time. there's a piece of toast in her mouth as she zooms by -- and it's not hard to imagine a trail of dust behind her at the pace she's trying to make )

Not on the very first day! I can't believe no one woke me up!! I didn't even have time for breakfast! How am I supposed to make it through the morning like this? ( and she cringes, rounding another corner at top speed, and skids to a stop, coming to a realization. she slaps her forehead... ) Maah! I forgot my lunch too! ( a groan ) This is shaping up to be one of the worst first days of school ever...

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[mooneternal]

( that only leads to more confusion, it seems... ) What do you mean?! If you don't tell me, then... we won't be able to fix it! Ami-chan... If I've hurt you then... I... I'm sorry.

[waterfell]

[No. It's not that easy, and Usagi is not sorry. Sorry only lasts long enough to get a soldier again, to deceive again, to look out for herself again.]

You were never once sorry. You never once thought of the people betrayed by you.

[There's a cruel smile forming.] So how does it feel this time, to be the one betrayed instead?

[mooneternal]

But I would never betray you! ( she's quick to defend herself ) We're friends... Friends are the people we should try our best never to hurt! There are times when we fail though, and if I've failed you... then let me make it up to you somehow. There's no sense if we continue to hurt eachother! It's pointless!

[waterfell]

Isn't desperately offering a peace settlement... just the ploy of the loser, to buy herself time?

[mooneternal]

It's not... like that... ( there's a pleading look in her eyes... ) Ami-chan -- please believe me...

[waterfell]

You already accused yourself. 'Friends are the people we should never hurt', didn't you say that?

So let's get rid of the pretense and stop saying 'friends', alright Usagi-chan? [She deliberately twists the name with a sweet, almost caressing tone.]

[mooneternal]

( she winces at that... ) Ami-chan... I don't understand... What have I done?

[waterfell]

It's your own existence. It's your existence as the princess, and the ginzuishou.

[The one made her callous and careless; the other gave her the power.]

You only chained everyone around you to suffering.