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Ever since the tiger had earned her wings, Eternal Sailor Tsui had grown quite content with taking strolls throughout the city, expanding what she felt was her territory and simply taking in environment. Recent events, prior, during and after her upgrade, had made the Senshi of Tigers more weary of immediately seeking out Chaos energy signatures, not because she was scared or didn't want to fight anymore, but simply because... no, she was afraid, but she wasn't afraid of them. She had faced many opponents and there were times where she barely got away from an encounter with her life. Yet, she didn't back down from any youma, Negaverse officer or Dark Mirror Court member tonight, but rather, herself.

She didn't want to make matters worse or prove them right, by purposefully going out and seeking the fight. Instead, she was trying a different approach, and instead of trying to attune her Senshi senses to find chaotic aura, she was on the look out for auras of the Order court. Whether it be Senshi, Knight, or even something else...

For every Negaverse officer and Dark Mirror senshi she had met, she had met a Knight or Senshi as well, and if she meant what she had said, in the meeting, to Zia and Pippin, then she felt that she should make a conscious effort of meeting other members of her court. So tonight, the tiger began her prowl, not to sink her teeth into a youma or officer, but instead, to extend her hand in friendship. There were times when even a tiger needed to socialize, size up their friends and allies, right?

It seemed that her quest to find another member of her court would be met with some measure of success, and Tsui had spotted the other Senshi around the same time as she spotted her. The two had met in one of Tsui's favorite locations, a courtyard of a hotel or at least that's what Tsui thought the building was, as there were lawn chairs and tables set up all around them. An easy place for a youma to hide, but not today, it seemed, as the two Order powers uniting here would definitely be enough to keep the lowered leveled ones away. And if not, Tsui was more than able to keep them at bay, should the worse happen. Confidence was something Tsui had plenty of, and gaining her buttwings only seemed to increase this mentality of hers.

It was also a bad thing to feed the Senshi of Tigers compliments, as she seemed to be a glutton for them, and despite how things had changed for her, there seemed that some things were destined to remain the same. "Yeah, well, I worked hard for these buttwings, so I'd hope they'd be awesome!"

She took the compliment and immediately devoured it to feed her ego, though she still tried to give the illusion that she was modest. She gave her hips a little swivel to shake them up and bring more attention to it, all the while not hiding her confidence, nor the scars on her side that were now completely exposed for the other senshi to see. She didn't spend too much time showing off her buttwings, though, and she promptly introduced herself. "The name's Eternal Sailor Tsui, and I'm the Senshi of Tigers, as seen with my stripes here. What's your name?"

She took this time to take in her ally's appearance, immediately looking at what she thought was a fruit in her hair and pondering to herself what it was. After all, she may have been an self-proclaimed expert on animals, but flora and fruits? That was something foreign to her.

"Yeah, buttwings are a sign of a Senshi reaching her or his Eternal Rank. There's basic, then Super, and then, when you've beaten up enough baddies and endured all of their crazy mindgames, you sprout these babies," Tsui said, motioning to them and half wishing she could get them to flap, even if there was no way it'd get her to fly, even as small and light as she may be. When the other senshi had noticed her scars, she paused in her actions and passed her fingers over them, as if to still try to get used to the fact that they were there and how she had gotten them.

Most people would have been ashamed that their scars, or in Tsui's case, past mistakes, were plainly visible to others, and yet, even as she glanced down at them, she was rather content to show them off. Not only did it make her feel like a bad a**, but it could easily serve as a reminder to other Senshi, Chibi and Pages that she may have came across what their enemy was capable of.

"This is a gift from the Negaverse," Tsui explained, doing nothing to hide them and in fact, moving around some of her fur at her waist so that Persephone could see them. "When you cross their path and don't dodge their weapons quickly enough, this is what happens. These especially came from two different ones."

She pointed to the one on the bottom first, retelling the event. "This came from General Benitoite, who I'd suggest you don't listen to. Ever. He's nothing but a smooth-talking sack of lies, and a monster, at that. Won't think twice about plucking out your starseed and eating it like candy, so stay away from him, no matter how pretty or enticing he looks."

Which lead her to the second scar, the one on the top. "And this is from a very stab happy general named Painite. Don't even talk to her. If you see a general with short hair and a spear, just run. Unless you're packing enough strength or can dodge really well, anyway. She's just crazy."

Crazy was hardly the word most people would use, but Tsui felt that she had gotten her point across well enough. Now that she had thoroughly freaked out the poor newcomer, Tsui moved on to the next stage, displaying nothing but a wide smile and confidence to Persephone. "But don't worry, Persephone. It's up to Senshi like me to make sure none of this will happen to you. And I wouldn't be too quick to push aside fruits as powerful weapons... one of the first Chibi senshi I ever came across killed a youma with a single watermelon."

Not that Tsui had any idea what a pomergranate was, not what connection it had to the Greek myth, but after what she has experience in the last year, she wasn't willing to pass anything off as a useless weapon. After all, not too long ago, someone had tried to choke her with a rubber snake. At this point, any and everything could be deadly when you were a Senshi...

Taui couldn't help but laugh at Persephone's statement, and to add to that statement about Painite, she brought up an example of her own. "Yeah, it's like... someone being called Lord Black-something or other, or someone being played by Ben Kingsley and being surprised when he's the badguy or something."

Her smile faded slightly, though, when she knew that messing with Painite was no laughing matter. It took much to emotionally scar Tsui, so she felt the need to stress her point with the young Senshi. "But seriously, stay away from her. If there's one thing to expect from Painite it's that she's very honest when she wants to kill you."

Something that a lot of Negaverse officers and their Corrupted senshi lacked was honesty in their goal. At least with Painite, you could trust that she liked just wanted to kill you, where as others were more willing to feed little lies here and there and strike when your guard was down. Tsui didn't think too much on it herself, as the new Senshi gave her something else to answer. "Chibi are another branch of Senshi in the White Moon. They're younger than us, like... erm... maybe ages 10 to 12? I never thought to ask them about their age- just seems like something that's none of my business, you know?"

She wondered how much this Senshi didn't know, but the most important matter that came to mind was her ability and willingness to fight. Tsui may not be able to give her every answer to every question, but she could definitely help the girl out in that department. "So, Persephone... how many fights have you been involved in? Because... this is a war, and as you can plainly see, you're going to have to take up arms at some point or other."

She didn't motion to the scars- she didn't need to. "I've been in a lot of fights, so if you think you'd need some help in that department, I can definitely help you out with that! It's my specialty, so to speak!"

'More like the only thing you're decent at...' Tsui thought bitterly to herself, but she allowed for none of it to be seen to the Senshi of Pomegranates.

It had figured that Persephone was a complete newbie, though Tsui couldn't find any fault in her for that. After all, she was a newbie herself, once upon a time, wasn't she? Except once upon a time was almost a year ago, and that made Tsui want to trail off into nostalgia land, as well as cringe. She was quite foolish and reckless back then, though really, did all that much change? She was still reckless, in the very least, but at least now she was willing to do more than just find the closest Chaos aura and punch them right in the face.

That had to be doing something right, after all.

"Well, I know a few Senshi and Knights who aren't that keen on fighting, but... trust me, the time will come when you'll have no choice in the matter, and there won't always be a chance to run." Once again, Tsui's voice fell into a more serious tone, and though she wanted to enlighten the new Senshi on more of her own experiences, she felt that perhaps a hands-on approach would be much better. And what best way to test another Senshi's powers than to see it in action?

She actually took a step back from Persephone, holding her arms at her side and looking like she was trying to loosen up. It was settled then. She wanted to see what Persephone could do. "Okay, so, use your attack against me, and let's see what it'll do."

Despite her rough and tumble ways, there was a part of Tsui that was quite content with the fact that her attack wasn't sending flaming pomegranates at her, though she could do little to hide her curiosity when three of the fruits seemed to have appeared out of thin air and into Persephone's hand. She watched her eat one, and despite their distance, she could almost see the effects that the fruit had on the other Senshi. She seemed more lively, more... energetic, and Tsui couldn't help but question her about the effects of her attack.

"So, you eat them? I never had a pomegranate before... how do you feel after eating it?" Tsui approached her, not outright taking one for herself but making it rather clear that she was interested in trying one. She waited patiently for Persephone to offer her one, as she tried to explain her own attack. No, Persephone didn't need a hand's on demonstration of her attacks... not unless the poor girl wanted to go flying back or stunned. "My attack's definitely more straight forward. I lunge forward and slam white aura against my foe, which sends them flying back and leaves them stunned for a moment. Gives me a chance to flee or let someone else get a swipe in... not that I ever run."

Then she added in, softly and with an indignant huff. "Often."

Whether Persephone would badger her about the comment didn't bother her, and the Senshi of Tigers looked back down at the pomegranate in her hands. "Makes me wonder what yours does. How do you feel? What happens if you drop one, or try to lob one at your enemy... will it do the same thing or would it explode?"

Tsui wasn't the type to be so utterly invested in science, but she was always willing to try new and different things. So, she accepted the pomegranate seed and plopped it into her mouth with little thought or hesitation. She never had much experience with other Senshi's powers, how it would differentiate ally verses foe or if it really could. If eating it gave Persephone a kick, then would it drain the energy of an enemy? There was one way to find out, but for now, she had to see what it would do to an ally.

The burst of energy she felt was great, and Tsui couldn't deny it. She was already energetic, but now she felt like she could run around the globe a few times over. She could feel the energy swelling in her and almost swore she could see it permeating around her, as though she were a character in Dragonball Z trying to power up, but a quick look over her body told her that this was not so (though it still felt that way).

"Yeah, this feels pretty damn good... gives this to yourself or an ally and see what it can really do in a fight. Not an offensive power, but pretty useful when you need energy in a pinch!"

Tsui almost wanted to demonstrate her own attack, wondering if it would have amplified her attack, but she had no target to strike (except for Persephone, of course, but she wouldn't dare). Still, her curiosity didn't end there, and she motioned to the ground. "Alright, now, put the last one on the ground or drop it. See what happens."

She half wondered if she should have braced herself, on the off chance that they may have exploded upon impact. She had never done this thorough of research in someone else's power before, but it was definitely an interesting experience.

Tsui was no scientist. Far from it. Yet, she couldn't help but express a keen interest in their findings, and if she had a pair of glasses or crazy goggles, she would have fitted them back onto her face and had said something along the lines of 'fascinating' and scribbled down the results on a notepad. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Persephone), Tsui was neither a scientist nor a big lover of science, and she was quick to come to a conclusion. "So, it seems that if they fall on the ground, they disappear. If someone else, enemy or ally, eats it then they get the boost as well."

That seemed fair, in a sense. It simply meant that she had to make sure their enemy didn't get a hold of the pomegranate in the middle of a fight, and Persephone may had to have played a more supportive role in a fight. Unless, of course, she could physically defend herself.

"So, you've ever thrown a punch or kick before? Any professional training or even school yard brawls? Anything where you can defend yourself?" Tsui threw the questions at Persephone, certain that she had already answered this but just wanting to verify. "I've been in a lot of fights, so I can definitely spar with you, just to give you an idea of what to expect? I promise, I won't use my attack on you- as important as it would be to dodge, I don't want to risk throwing you into a wall or to the Moon."

That last part was obviously a joke, but given how space travel was possible, she didn't want to take any chances with that 'threat'. Though, the thought of striking an enemy straight into space did make the Tiger Senshi chuckle a little.