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Another night, another patrol. It was a much less humdrum way of life than soaking in a cozy bubble bath every night, but it was also much more taxing on her body. Bubble baths were atleast a thousand times more enjoyable after a hard night of youma-dusting, though! She decided to spice this night up, though, by combining her nightly patrol with her bi-nightly shopping. Elegancia strutted through one of the many Destiny City strip malls, looking over each store's windows carefully. She already had three bags in hand-- one full of sexy elegant lingerie, another of colorful jewelry, and the last had a box with designer shoes within them. It was a lovely thing having new things to adorn yourself with, and Elegancia was just about to go home, but she realized that she needed some new lotion.

So, making her way towards Body & Bathworks, Elegancia had in mind exactly what she wanted: sweetpea body lotion. It smelled absolutely lovely!! The store wasn't too far off, so she could see inside the windows, but something strange was happening. Lights were flickering on and off, and people were scurrying out rather quickly. One would think that after the numerous youma she had encountered, Elegancia would have transformed then and there, but she continued towards the store while people zoomed past her.

"I guess they're poor people who can't afford nice things," she thought while scoffing. Finally inside the shop, she looked around for her favorite lotion, but only found a large pile of lotion-y goop in the middle of the store. "Where are the workers to clean this mess up?!" Elegancia called out, "no wonder people ran out of here in horror!! It's filthy, and the employees aren't even here to attend to it!!" She turned her back and suddenly felt a large splat on the back of her head. IT SMELLED LIKE CHEAP LOTION.

She turned, and the pile of goopy lotion had turned into a humanoid pile of lotion. And it was trudging towards her. She needed to transform, but how could she? There was nowhere to go!!

Sailor Perseus!! The Soldier of Kissing!!!!

That was her sphere, wasn't it? Even if she was incorrect, Elegancia had already registered her as that title. Soldier of Kissing. This was no time to recall memories, though, as Elegancia needed to get out of there to transform into Sailor Rosalind. "Th-thank you, Sailor Soldier!!" Elegancia called out as she dashed out of the store, making sure to bring her bags with her. Where would she put them?

... Maybe she could store them in her Magical Subspace? No, probably not, so she hid them behind a shrub. Elegancia made her way behind the building, called out her magical transformation phrase, and dashed back to Body & BathWorks.

"Stop right there, you gelatinous pile of nastiness!!" Rosalind stood in the entryway and made a dramatic pose, then continued, "or I'll bounce you like a bad check!!" She wanted to help Perseus this time, and hoped that the poor Soldier of Kissing would not have to kiss that nasty youma.

Oh, the poor girl.

"Yes, I know exactly what to do," Rosalind said with confidence, "I'll shoot that thing into the ground with my senshi powers!!" Rosalind hopped over towards Perseus' direction, but recoiled from the stench of third-rate perfume. "I-I hope that's not part of your transformation?" No, no, it couldn't be, because last time Perseus did not have that olfactory horror wafting off of her. Rosalind took a few steps back and pinched her nose, and started, "I know a lovely body-wash that'll rid you of that scent, I'll show you once we take care of this ugly duckling-youma." She laughed at her own horrible joke, did her little spin, and shouted her incantation.

Silver coins began to pour out of the ceiling and onto the lotiony creature. "Hohohohohoooo," Rosalind laughed obnoxiously, "my powers are so overwhelmingly lovely, it'll surely be dusted in no time at all." She put her hands on her hips and waited for the creature to burst into specks of dust. Or smithereens of lotion. Or something.

But nothing happened to the creature!! The coins beat into the youma, and... Sunk into it? "M-my powers will surely defeat it. Soon. Surely." Rosalind laughed again, but this time with a little uncertainty. The rain of coins ceased, and Rosalind looked over at Perseus. "... Maybe you could try attacking it?"

Back arched and arms crossed, Rosalind began to exude an air of confidence. She had never been in the position to tell other soldiers how things worked when it came to youma, that was for sure. "When a youma is dusted, it'll... Well, it explodes into specks of dust!! That's how you'll know it's gone for good. No dust, you can't be one hundred percent that the creature is exterminated." Rosalind flipped her hair and looked Perseus over, and began to wonder just how new she was.

"Well, I certainly wouldn't want to kiss that thing either," Rosalind said with disdain, "that's for sure." Really, she did feel bad that Perseus had such a rotten special power. Kissing? Honestly, it was like some hormonal, teenage boy made a sailor soldier with powers her thought would be best. She wouldn't be surprised if her secondary attack made it effective only against other girls, or something ridiculous.

"We could always turn the sprinklers on, or something? That would ruin my hair, though, so that's a no-go." Rosalind tried her best to think up a plan of action for the duo. Its barking was terribly annoying, and Rosalind continued, "do you see anything we could use? Our powers won't work on the beast, obviously."

"You ought to be more careful," Rosalind called out, "youma will attack whenever!! Even if you stop to apply proper makeup!!" Rosalind had now become cocky because she was in a position to teach someone else about youma. The bottle didn't look like it felt too good on impact, either. Nothing compared to the time she had a chunk of her own hair ripped out, though!!

"W-what are you doing?" Rosalind watched Perseus scurry around, not paying attention to the creature. Perseus was filling a bowl with wa-- ohhhhhhhh, now she had an idea. "Yeah, you do that, Perseus!!"

But where had the thing gone? She heard squeaking above her head...

"What? What?" Rosalind waited for Perseus to finish what she was trying to say, but she heard the squeaking once more. Looking up, she saw a frightening scene-- the lotion youma was ready to strike down its target. And its target was Rosalind.

"Ahckkk!!" Rosalind screeched and started to dash towards Perseus, suddenly being splashed with a large amount of water. Once more, like the encounter she had with Taranis, she was sopping wet. Her once-poofy skirt was now saggy with water, her tight curls were now loose and dripping.

"H-how... How could you?!" Rosalind asked, "what were you trying to do?!"

Rosalind felt compelled to scream at Perseus, but decided against it. Nothing would come of it, and there was a monster afoot! Besides, she probably didn't do it on purpose. Probably. But there was always the off chance that Perseus was jealous of Rosalind's beauty... No, no, that couldn't of been it.

"It's fine," Rosalind said sternly, "I'll survive, to be sure." She proceeded to squeeze the dampness out of her hair, not paying attention to the youma-- unfortunately, it decided to attack at that moment. When looking up, she was pelted in the face with a gob of gelatinous lotion.

Darkness. She couldn't see a single thing!! Not only was she wet and cold, she was now blind. Rosalind thought at first that the shock had dislocated her eyes, or something scientific like that, and freaked out. She dashed forward and toppled over a pyramid of apple-scented lotions. "P-Perseus!!! I can't see!!! I'm blind!!!!" Gloved hands met her eyes, and found that she was in fact, not blind. Just covered in nasty lotion. "Oh. Nevermind!!"

Rosalind did her dainty twirl and snapped her fingers, causing more coins to fall through the ceiling. Unfortunately, since she couldn't see that well, the coins weren't exactly raining down on the youma, but right next to it. Luckily, it was distracting enough to keep the beast from going after either senshi. Rosalind was wiping the goo off her eyes all the while.

Slippery? What nonsense did Perseus speak? Rosalind continued to dash around, but found herself slipping and landing square on her rump. Thankfully, it wasn't painful on account of all the frills and poofs on her skirt, so it was like jumping onto a bed. She was a little embarrassed, though, since she hadn't heeded her comrade's words-- sort of like not listening to a parent. "I'm fine," the blinded Rosalind said dryly, "but I still can't see."

It was starting to get bothersome-- the lotion simply wouldn't go away!! She tried and tried to rub it off, and finally conceded to the idea of being handicapped for the battle. Squeaking was heard, heels clacking, and water splashing-- Perseus was up to throwing water again.

Then, an idea came to Rosalind!! "Perseus, toss a pinch of water at me!! Not a whole lot, but just a bit to get this gunk off my face!" Rosalind got up and strutted in the direction she believed Perseus to be in-- funnily enough, she was walking towards a wall, and not her sailor comrade.