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(OOC: One of these things is not like the others!)

Tallulah had never been a delinquent before. As far as she could recall, she had never purposely broken a rule in her whole life, had never snuck out of the house, and had certainly never done that with the intention of breaking into a public school.

Of course, all that was about to change tonight. She had talked herself up to coming here by telling herself that it would all be worth it if she and Jaimie were able to uncover the mystery behind the strange after-hours vandalism and fighting going on at Meadowview. Speaking of which...

Where was he?

Tallulah slipped her phone out of her pocket and checked the time. 9:39 PM, and she was in the bushes outside the front gate. She shut her phone, slid it back into her jeans pocket, and peered around owlishly. No sign of him yet, but it was still early. They hadn't agreed to meet until 9:45, and she had accounted for the fact that it might take him a while to get past security at Hillworth.

She took the phone out again and flipped it to video recording mode. She took a pan shout of the empty courtyard beyond the fence.

"All quiet on the western front," she said quietly.

At least, so far it was. She secretly hoped it wouldn't stay that way.

Rea had a bad feeling about tonight.

With all the recent activity at Meadowview, it wasn't a surprise that the senshi were taking notice, and Rea was no different. So far, she hadn't heard much at all as to who was winning the epic battle of good and evil -- being groupless could do that to you, you couldn't exactly ask around. So she had taken to sneaking out in the middle of the night, careful not to wake up her new roommate, to try to keep an eye on things, and perhaps learn a little about what was going on. For the most part, she saw and heard nothing. Sometimes she would run across the end of something -- the end of a battle, usually, and by that time it wasn't safe to stay.

On this night, Rea had decided to try to get to the heart of Meadowview, and perhaps get a look at where the attack had happened. As Pegasus, Rea had less to worry about when it came to getting caught my security guards and the likes than a normal student. It was one of the perks of being a Senshi -- escaping from anything less than a negaverse soldier was a fairly simple task. For some reason, having magical powers bestowed upon you by some galactical force could do that for you. Unfortunately, it also bestowed upon you (or at least her) a uniform that was mostly white and teal -- not exactly colors made for hiding and sneaking around in the dark. But she wasn't really too worried. What she was really worried about as if any nega-baddies were snooping around too. They were a lot less easy to get away from, and a lot less easy to fight. Tricky, malicious, and without many morals, fights with them were always dangerous, and you could almost certainly expect a surprise attack. So it was with a great deal of caution that she walked along the sidewalk that ran between the buildings that made up Meadowview, although none of it for being seen.

Besides, she had already transformed; her identity was safe.

Allowing her eyes to drift over the darkened school, Pegasus let out a low, even breath. So far, so good.

Tallulah panned right with her cell-phone camera, and then shut it off to conserve memory and battery. Nothing interesting was happening right now, and it wouldn't do to take fifteen minutes of boring footage only to have it cut out right when something exciting happened. She pocketed the phone and looked out across the darkened entrance area.

Someone was there. A familiar someone.

"Jaimie," she hissed, and then repeated it, a little louder. "Jaimie, over here."

She waited for him to join her and then turned to the problem of the front gate. It was locked, and probably had security cameras on it. She pointed to a lower section of fence a few yards away. "We're going to have to climb," she said quietly, starting towards it. "Come on, give me a boost."

"They'd better not," said Tallulah, looking angry. "That would just be cruel."

She did not think they kept dogs at Meadowview. There was not room in the school budget to keep a starving pack of dobermans. She smiled politely at Jaimie, took the proffered boost up onto the wall, and perched on top of the bricks. She extended a hand down to him. "Come on," she said. "Hurry up."

It still seemed pretty quiet, but who knew when that might change. While she waited for him to follow, she took the liberty of looking around the courtyard for disturbances and things out of place. Nothing seemed to be amiss, although she would certainly admit that the school looked different by night.

"Let's go check things out," she said, hopping down from the wall and landing softly in the flower bed below. She nodded for him to follow, and patted her pocket to make sure her phone was somewhere she could reach it at a moment's notice.

Of course, it could just be an ordinary night and could be all for nothing. In some ways that would be just as rewarding as actually finding something. But then again, Tallulah had her heart set on this, and she was not about to back down.

"The interior courtyard," suggested Tallulah, and motioned for him to follow her into the yawning open space between two buildings. "It's the most central. We can start there and work out."

To be honest, she wasn't even sure of the full extent of Meadowview's campus, and she had gone there for three years. There were still some classrooms she had never had reason to visit. "Keep an eye out for anything unusual," she instructed.

It all still seemed pretty quiet, though. She frowned. Maybe they could just quickly circuit campus and then go home. In one way that would be comforting, but in another it would be a total letdown.

The sound of two sets of feet hitting the soft ground let Pegasus know that there were people about, spinning around to face that direction. She hadn't exactly been expecting it -- she had planned on the night being a quiet one, with only a few clues and perhaps some insight on what had happened. Why on earth would the negaverse attack the same place twice, and at night at that? There were no starseeds to harvest after the students went home. So it was with a piqued curiosity that Pegasus went to investigate the footsteps, wary and ready for a fight, if need be.

As it turned out, she was a little surprised (although ultimately relieved) that it was just two students who had climbed the wall into the school, their cell phones acting like flashlights in the dark. She didn't need to pay them any mind -- while they seemed nosy (and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at the thought of them trying to sneak a peak at where the youma had attacked, even worse if they were planning on using this place to make out), they didn't seem at all dangerous. She had more important things to do -- patrol this area and find out some information to swap with Sailor Nerissa, for one thing.

She was just about to turn her back on them in hopes to find some real information when a flash of blue caught her eye, her breath catching. The uniform was a dead give-away (although frankly, she thought, so was hers); there was no mistaking a Lieutenant of the Negaverse.

Well s**t. She couldn't just let her steal those kid's starseeds. And she couldn't just wait to see if she was going to either, it was obvious she was.

Damn.

Taking a step out of the protective shadow of the building, Pegasus took up an offensive stance, (one that had been beaten into her skull by a certain guardian kitty) and glowered at the blue-haired girl. "Nega-scum," she rolled the word off her tongue as if it were something distasteful, but ultimately not something to worry about. She felt as if she'd seen this Lieutenant before while watching a fight, although it had been dark, and she hadn't stayed for very long. She hoped this confrontation would not end badly -- she didn't have backup at all, much less with her.

Damn Negaverse.

Oh. Well Then. Ok.
If he had been forced to grab Tallulah by the shoulder and point out that women jumping off rooftops was unusual, by his standards, he would have been forced to conclude that her life was unfairly more interesting than his.
This surreality of the leap was seconded only by his rapid search of his memory for anything that looked even remotely like the uniform the woman was wearing.
Was she security? Were they in trouble? But she'd just jumped off the friggin' ROOF. THE ROOF. ((is on fire...)) provided a small, unhelpful part of his brain, while the rest tried to rationalize what was going on. Maybe she was wearing wires?? It was kinda dark...he might miss them...
Tallulah's agitation, and her hand gripping his wrist only heightened his own concerns.
"...Yeah I...think you're right..." He agreed, eyes wide as he glanced hastily between the two women. Crazy pseudo-military uniform... and an sort of... sailory... thing?
He moved to try and put himself as much between Tallulah and these clearly crazy women as possible, forcing a bright smile, as sincere as he could manage when he felt like he was in a kennel full of hungry rottweilers. Nega-Scum?? Is that the Roof-lady or us?? He wondered, though this seemed irrational. It had to be some kind of movie set up or something right? I mean just because he couldn't spot a single camera... not one...
"Hey you guys are clearly busy... and the whole roof thing is pretty damn cool I have to admit... but we'll just uh.... get out of your way... We've got to um.... practice for Track..."
He was desperately hoping Tal would pick up on the cue as he tried to encourage her, by backing up slightly himself, to start moving. "...So... yeah. We'll just... go....." He offered, lamely, still forcing that uncertain smile, adding low and between clenched teeth. "....Really really fast."

Blue-green eyes barely flickered to the pair of students, focusing intently on the hammer-wielding girl standing defensively before her. Well that was a start. If she was on the defensive, this might prove to be an easier battle than she would have initially thought.

As the boy spoke, the Senshi of Dreams did take the time to glance over at him briefly, noting that the blue-haired girl's attention had shifted to him, threatening the two of them and boasting about her speed. The more she listened to her, the more she got the idea that she wasn't all she seemed to be. Perhaps a little lower on the power rung than she would have liked to be. At any rate, it was obvious she was a little cocky, if not proud -- a fault many of the negaverse possessed, and one that never ceased to be their downfall. When would they learn that being cocky was only effective if they had a good punch behind it?

She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"I doubt you're as strong as you say you are," Pegasus replied, not without an air of mild disinterest. This Lieutenant seemed to talk big, but beneath the ego, she wasn't buying it.