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Pyrite needed to learn to kill and Captain Moonstone had been the one to shoulder that particular task. Hours earlier, the dark-haired Captain had given Pyrite instructions as to where to meet her, fully transformed out of her civilian garb and "ready to get serious about the war against the senshi". Unfortunately for civilians, the Negaverse needed their life energies to battle against the senshi scum...so that they could live free of the White Moon's interfereance, as the Earth was meant to be.

On silent feet, Captain Moonstone approached the antique shop, eyes seeking out and finding the young Negaverse lieutenant. Good. She was there, leaning against the chilly lightpole: on time. That spoke well for the diminutive girl's chances.

"Lieutenant." Moonstone joined the girl, a faint smile playing upon her lips. "I trust you are ready to do this. We are going to find a likely civilian, lure them into the shadows and you will take their star seed." She paused a moment, expression not unkind. "What we do can be difficult, but this is a war, Lieutenant Pyrite, and we are the only hope the Earth has. What we offer these people is a noble sacrifice for the greater good." A slight breeze ruffled her bangs, the fringes of her coattails.

"Some of our number have found it easier to hunt the lawless - to gain for our side while removing one that some would consider 'human garbage'." Here the Captain turned and began walking; strides purposeful. "But no matter how you pick your victim tonight, we will not return home until you have succeeded in this mission."

Moonstone watched the young woman jump in surprise; clearly she had flustered Lieutenant Pyrite - the girl was nervous and clearly did not feel comfortable with the idea of murdering civilians. For a moment, Captain Moonstone wondered if she had been so reluctant to cause harm to others when she had first begun working for the Negaverse. Her expression softened and she slowed again so that they would be able to converse more easily.

"If it makes energy stealing or star seed retrievals more easily palatable for you, the yes. Absolutely focus on removing the more criminal elements." White teeth flashed in the low light as Moonstone gave the young woman a small smile. "Good. Now, let's apply that and find a good first victim." The sleeping bum would have been just fine, but she wasn't going to allow Pyrite to end it that quickly...if this were to be a truly effective training session, then they would need to take on another two or three people.

Taking one star seed, killing one civilian was hard - the first time it was very hard and Pyrite might find herself getting sick from it; Moonstone was there to support her and to make certain that the Lieutenant was able to hunt and gather without a superior's guidance.

As jumpy as Pyrite seemed to be, Moonstone was calm and collected. Perhaps she wouldn't have been this way, would have been a lot more like the Lieutenant beside her, had Sailor Alcyone not nearly killed her. Sometimes she did wonder about the things that she had lost from that lightening strike, but there had been a lot of gains too - her Captaincy, her calm and focus when it came to doing what was needed for the Negaverse.

"It's understandable, as a Lieutenant, to feel hesitant...taking the lives of those we are trying to protect may seem wrong, but as I've said...in a war, it's inevitable that sacrifices must be made." Pyrite seemed to need to hear these things again, to reassure herself that what they were doing was right; if talking it out as they hunted was required to help the younger woman become ready to do her duty, Moonstone would do it.

"That's an excellent idea, Lieutenant. We will start outside the movie theater, sticking with the alleys. The darkness is our greatest ally in the hunt. Use it. Use everything you have to lure victims to you." The dark haired captain headed towards the closest theater, knowing that Pyrite would follow her.

Hearing Lieutenant Pyrite struggling with what nomenclature to use for her during this mission - or would that be in general as well? - made her glance back at the brunette with amusement before her sharp eyes took in more of the civilians at the theater; she assessed the likelyhood of success with each and summarily dismissed each unacceptable one. "Just call me Captain, it will be easier for now." And when there were other captain level Negaverse agents present Pyrite could use her full title. Admittedly, Captain Moonstone was a bit of a mouthful to speak aloud.

"Yes. Go for it." Moonstone's eyes tracked the orange-red glow of the cigarette; she urged the Lieutenant forward. "Go in quick and clean. I will back you up if you need me." She was hoping very much that the girl wouldn't require her aid, but she was ready just in case.

Shadows swallowed the girls more fully as they stepped toward the employee's side entrance; Moonstone watched Pyrite moving towards her target. Pyrite's steps were tentative, halting but only for a moment as she seemed to gather her courage and plunge fully forward to take the man's star seed.

It wasn't as clean as she would have liked it, but Moonstone was fairly pleased with Pyrite's performance. Unfortunately, as the brunette turned towards her with that somewhat shocked and seeking expression, someone peered down the alleyway. It wasn't the worst thing that could have happened, after all...there were a great many people that walked the streets leading to the theater...and any number of those persons might have passed close enough to figure out that the scream had come from within the alley.

Moonstone took two swift steps to Pyrite, pressing her against the rough wall of the theater as though they were making out in the hopes that doing so would send this person skittering back out. But as luck would have it, this fellow was a 'do-gooder' type and came further into the alley while calling out time-honored questions that could only be considered stupid when addressing an unknown element in a darkened alley. Something along the lines of "Hey. What's going on back there!?"

Pyrite would feel the Captain's breathing quicken just a little bit before she pushed away from the wall and took a somewhat acrobatic charge at the interloper; her weapon appearing quickly in her hand. Before the civilian in the dirty-looking green hoodie and overly-long cargo pants (that of course hung nearly to his knees - stupid, stupid stupid!) could get turned around to flee, Moonstone had slammed her totem-club into the back of his head with a sickening thunk.

As the man dropped, she grabbed his body and hauled it back to where Pyrite's vicitm had fallen. Her hand plunged into the man's shallowly-moving chest, tearing his star seed out of the limp body and tucking it into a small pouch that hung from her belt. "You did well, Lieutenant. Unfortunately now we have two bodies to deal with. Quick, give me a hand." She outlined the idea: both bodies were going in with the trash and they were going to find a new location. Pyrite really should do one or two more, so that Moonstone could be certain the girl wasn't going to hesitate next time.

As for what might happen when those civilian-husks were found, well...it wasn't like they would find any real evidence leading them to either girl! Negaverse agents left only bodies in their wake when they killed. Besides, the police of Destiny City would never figure it out...they were as painfully stupid as the senshi most of the time anyway.

With a final huff, Moonstone pushed her bangs back and straightened. They were done here, for now. It did no good to 'over-hunt' an area when one was in the market for star-seed retrievals rather than energy siphoning. Pyrite offered the theater worker's star seed after having suggested they skedaddle; it was obvious that her companion needed a bit more reassurance. "You keep it, Lieutenant - you've earned it." Moonstone would give the younger woman a smile and a reassuring pat on her shoulder before leading her off towards the commercial buildings that she had pointed out moments ago.

As they walked, the Haida Negaverse agent talked quietly with her companion. "Do not apologize, Lieutenant Pyrite, this is a training session in which hesitation is allowable to a degree. Apologize only if you have caused a problem outside of training." Because really, no Lieutenant should feel like they had to be 100% absolutely perfect going through a training: practice would make the skirted agent proficient...and perfect practice would make perfect.

"With time, you will find the strength to take a star seed as easily as you find the strength to take energy. But you must be strong and careful too - taking a civilian on is much, much easier than taking on a senshi, but not all civilians will go easily. We must be prepared to use whatever force required to complete whatever missions we are given."

The moon was bright in the sky, but a smattering of clouds was moving in and affording the pair of women more cover than they would have had otherwise. The dark-eyed Captain lead her charge to some stacked pallets; they could lean against - or even sit upon - the scratchy, rough wood. "How are you feeling, Lieutenant Pyrite? How do you feel about the extraction - are you feeling more confident? Less? Do you have questions?"

"I want to know how you're doing with this so that we can continue in a manner that will help you the most."

"Precisely." Pyrite's understanding of what she was being told pleased the Captain very much; it helped when the recruits weren't arse-stupid and could understand directives from higher ranked Agents. Moonstone watched her companion and then looked back out at the night - for her, it was still young...still full of potential and promise. But for Lieutenant Pyrite, the night was quite obviously done; she looked tired and ready to go home. How often had she herself carried her body in that manner, waiting for Linarite or whichever of her peers had taken some part of her training on to allow her to rest, to go home?

"Yes, of course. It's best to not press too hard yet...I forget sometimes what it's like to be so new. We can continue at a later date...I would like to continue your training sessions, perhaps in a week or two." She was being gracious and allowing them to end the night now, but it was obvious from her tone that they would be doing this again...when Pyrite was ready. "You can get home from here, correct?"

Captain Moonstone was offering - if necessary - to escort her companion back to their home base. Pyrite seemed strained, otherwise she wouldn't have offered.