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Sailor Sinon did as she was told, so there was no longer any reason for ********* to remain in this form. As all attention was off of her, she rather swiftly seemed to shrink back down into a furry little form. If any turned towards her, all they'd find was a pale feline with a blue cast over her leg.

This was perhaps the closest Iris had ever been to losing her starseed, and in all honesty, it was pretty intense. She really didn't feel scared, but she could hear the sound of her heart beating, but in her head. Her hands attempted to push away the scratching ones of the Youma, arms trembling as they both attempted to push at the other. The muscles in her forearms were aching.

Yet, rather suddenly, the odd doll began to start ignore Iris and struggle with something. Slowly the light weight of the monster seemed to back away. The yellow suited senshi backed up, eventually pushing herself back to her feet, even though she was a bit wobbly. It almost sounded like the request for the finishing blow was said while Iris was underwater, the words distorting drastically. Yet, words weren't needed.

"F*ck this sh*t!" Her hand tightened up into a fist which began to glow, dully at first, but within a few seconds, it was close to blinding. Then rather suddenly, something seemed to flow out from between her fingers.

Was that a rainbow?

Even though she was running low on energy, she snapped the rainbow in the Youma's direction. In as loud a voice as she could manage, she called out her attack. "Iris Rainbow SLICER!!!"

Sailor Iris was infamous for being stubborn. Normally, she would have scoffed at any attempt to assist her back to her feet. However, right now, she was just too damned exhausted to really care about her pride. So as Sinon (at least, she assumed Sinon thanks to the attack call) extended her arm to the yellow suited senshi, she clapped her hand in the other girl's hand. Using that to steady herself, she got back up to her feet, though a slight wobble to her legs seemed to threaten her remaining on her two feet.

Where as many senshi were pretty open with other senshi about their secret identity, Sailor Iris was not. Up to date, there were perhaps less than a "handful of fingers" of people who knew that the Senshi of Rainbows was Ellie Spectre. The prompting might have caught her off guard, but it was so hard to tell, since at the moment, the blonde senshi seemed absolutely out of it. "...maybe ya do... maybe ya don't... who knows." Iris offered a slight shrug of her shoulders.

"Don't forget about me!" chimed in the ever present guardian manx. She was propped up into a sitting position, but that was about the extent of what she could do at the moment. "Someone pick me up, please?"

Sailor Iris dismissively waved her hand at the cat. Gold eyes seemed to linger over the Senshi of Lies' pants. It looked like shorts and cowboy chaps. It looked a bit skanky in the tomboy's opinion, but it was honestly much better than a skirt.

"F*ck!" Her voice was tired. "How th'hell do I sign up fer gettin' pants with my f*ckin' uniform?!!"

The moment the feline was scooped up, she rather easily nuzzled up against Sinon's body, purring slightly. There was only a pause in the purring when she heard a question she could answer easily.

"She is Sailor Iris, Senshi of Rainbows."

Iris rolled her eyes. "Thanks a lot, cat." The mention of upgrading caused a rather sarcastic laugh to escape from the blonde. It was absolutely bitter in a sense.

"Power boosts?! Oh, don't get me started on the power boosts!!!" She spun herself around so that the iridescent ribbon on her butt was facing Sinon. "Ya get stronger, and they give ya girlier accents! Impractical, girlier accents!!!" If she had more energy, that butt bow would have been ripped up by now, but Sailor Iris wobbled slightly as she turned to facing forward again.

"Don't mind her... she's never been fond of the uniform... and she's probably grouchy because it's time for her nap." The feline let out a harmless laugh, which only received a golden glare from the blonde.

"Anyways... just so you know, Sinon. To change back to your usual form, you just simply need to think of yourself back in your normal form." It was always nice to have a guardian cat explain things. Once more, the pale green eyes were on caramel ones, the feline's maw curled in another pleasant smile. "Do you have any questions for me, Sailor Sinon?"

"Look... when yer done talkin'... jus' go get me over there..." With a simple roll of her wrist, Iris signaled towards the alley they had been in for a moment. After letting everyone know her intent, she trudged her way to the alleyway.

As the pair watched the blonde wander off a ways, ********* casually mentioned "Yes, she is what you call a Super Senshi. More powerful than a freshly starting senshi. If one isn't fond of skirts, then your suit is actually far kinder than most out there."

The mention of boots got a chuckle from the feline, who easily looked up to the freckled face. "You practice walking around in them by patrolling. Simple enough, right?" The feline followed the suggestion with another chuckle before moving onto the piles of questions.

"Let's see, let's see. The Negaverse is responsible for those monsters, which are more accurately called Youma. They hunt down starseeds... or essentially, a person's soul. Every senshi's job is to prevent the Youma from eating starseeds and to generally prevent the Negaverse from growing in power."

The feline perked up in the girl's arms. "I am what I am. It would be like asking why you are the Senshi of Lies. It is what was meant to be." For a moment, ********* moved off topic with a more personal story. "I am actually used to people asking what happened to my tail, or if I miss it. I never had a tail, so, you can't miss what you never had, right?" A light airy laugh escaped. Sinon should have been grateful this was ********* and not an Astraea clone. Astraea was infamous for her lack of humor.

With a twitch of her whiskers, she then moved back onto topic. "Okay... Usually senshi are females. I've seen one male... I've heard about another male... but usually the majority are female from what I recall." ********* was the one who still referred to her potential group as "her girls." Old habits died hard.

"Walk over to my girl, and we can fully explain things about your phone. However, the general idea is it is a communication device for senshi. It is important, so do not lose it." With that, the cat offered a jingling nod, signaling she was ready for her current steed to bring her to her regular steed.

The feline had to comment with a smile as she was brought over to Sailor Iris once again. "The best way to learn things is to make mistakes. Take chances, Sinon!"

Thanks to her cast, the feline's landing upon the ground was less than graceful. She almost seemed to roll over like a blob, rather than like a living creature. The only hint that there was actually a living creature in this feline was her simple "Oof!" she nearly squeaked out upon landing. As the feline humorously rolled into a more normal laying position, she gave the yellow-suited senshi directions.

"Show Sinon how to use the phone!"

"...ya need t'lose weight, cat." It was pretty hard to take orders from a cat that had practically rolled onto the ground. Next, golden eyes fell upon caramel ones.

"And ya probably shouldn't be babblin' like yer some psycho. I certainly hope ya don't talk 'bout this sh*t when ya go back t'normal." Two cents, Sailor Iris offered them.

It almost seemed as if Sailor Iris grabbed it out of nowhere, but her hand reached behind her between the spot where her back touched the wall and the ground, and when her hand returned to front, there was a yellow phone with a slight rainbowy section upon the front.

"Yeah, it's gay... I hate it..." It was common knowledge that Sailor Iris was far from the stereotypical image of a "rainbow senshi." Shrugging it off, she held her phone in front of the other girl and began to go through the motions of how to use the phone.

"Anyways... ya do this..." she went through the screens "...then hit this button and..." The yellow suited senshi held up her phone and aimed it at the indigo suited one. There was a small "Boop" noise. "...and that's how ya register another senshi's phone."

There was a pause.

"You try."

The blonde senshi pushed herself up to her feet, wobbling slightly, but using the nearby wall to brace herself.

"Yeah, we're done..." she almost grunted out.

This answer didn't seem to be okay for the feline on the ground. Her green eyes trailed over to Sinon. "That is, only if you want it to be. If you have more questions, I don't mind answering... but it would seem Iris needs to get some rest." Even from her place on the ground, the cat seemed more than willing to help if she was able.

The cat somehow managed to roll herself closer to her usual steed, kitty belly up for the world to see. Her pale green eyes were still on Sinon, though now her view of her was upside down.

"I would love that, Sinon!" She offered an upside down kitty smile.

The blonde senshi was not nearly as accommodating. She didn't make promises, not as Sailor Iris. With maybe the exception of promises to Metis, but Metis was a special case.

So instead of going "YES, WE WILL SEE YOU LATER" or "NO, F*CK YOU," Iris offered something vague.

"Eh... you'll probably see us 'round..." She shrugged. That was promising.

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