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Alise was on a mission.

Well, it wasn't exactly a legit mission, per say, but it was what Alise was calling it. Determined to find out if any of her other friends might also have a secret identity like she did, the twelve year-old had been plotting out the best course of action to figure this out. After all, it wasn't as if Alise could just shove Etoile at everyone and hope for the best; for one, she didn't think Etoile would appreciate being torn away from her tv shows, and for two, someone might tattle on her.

And tattling was so very much something Alise wanted to avoid. Nobody was supposed to know that Etoile lived with her. Or that Etoile could talk. Or that Etoile could do an assortment of magical things in general apparently, like make magic items appear out of nowhere and detect evil.

Today, Alise had decided to set her plan in motion by inviting over Clementine, another friend from school. Unlike Pamela, she and Clem were closer in age, and while Alise had never played Undertale, she had watched Clem play a few times as well as watched a few playthroughs on twitch (including some No Mercy runs). Her mother was going to be out all day, attending a meeting at her job, which was a rare blessing, which meant that there was no need for Etoile to stay hidden in the dollhouse. Thus, Alise had sent Clem a text inviting her over, under the pretense of them playing video games together, though that wasn't really the true reason for inviting her over, obviously.

Now to hope that Clem would accept the offer.

Alise was starting to become convinced that Clem wasn't going to take the bait offer when she finally got the text back. Opening the door (because she was already waiting by it), Alise was very pleased to see her friend waiting outside.

"Hey, Clem!" she greeted, grinning, "My mom's going to be out most of the day so we've got the house to ourselves."

"She's at a meeting at work," Alise told Clem, shrugging, "I told her you'd be coming over, though she gave me a list of numbers anyway, y'know, just in case."

Not that she would, of course. Why would she? Alise was pretty confident she could handle things on her own; she was a senshi, after all. Speaking of which, that happened to be the very reason she called Clem over, of course.

"I dunno, I thought maybe we could play some games? We don't have to, though- we can do something else," Alise said; she neglected to mention any specific games- she'd let Clem decide on that.

"I've got something cool to show you, too! Though, you have to keep it a secret."

"It's a super cool secret, like really awesome," Alise insisted, as she headed for her room, "Come with me! It's in my room- I'll show you."

Said secret was currently sitting on Alise's bed, watching tv, and completely oblivious the conversation going on as she snacked on some candy hearts. Alise had said that she'd be bringing a friend over that she had wanted Etoile to meet, but had neglected to go into further detail beyond that.

"Nooooo?" Alise said, somewhat incredulously; she hoped Clem wouldn't start crying, but she had, after all, referred to Etoile as a 'secret'. "Mom won't let me own any pets, you know that."

It hadn't stopped her from begging, though, and it hadn't stopped her from trying to get one of the talking cats to live with her.

"That's part of the secret, so you can't tell my mom, but that's not all," Alise continued, eager to get to the point, "The real secret is that Etoile is magical! Look at her- what kind of cat would wear clothes like that? And the star on her head, too- you see that, too, right?"

"She can talk, Clem! Go on, say hi to her."

Etoile, normally, did not talk to just anybody. For all her lack of common sense sometimes, the little cat did know that nobody was supposed to know she was living here, and that she wasn't supposed to be talking to those she knew were senshi or knights. However, Alise had specifically told Clem to say hello to her, and there was something about Alise's friend that caught Etoile's attention; and so, she got up and walked closer to Clem, purring. Yes, please pet her. Please shower her in affection and feed her all the candy. She hardly ever got visitors, living the secret life that she did; it was so lonely, so desolate.

"Hello, nice to meet you!" she chirped cheerfully.

Etoile purred reassuringly, though she couldn't help but glance back at Alise, who simply shrugged; Clem was a crybaby, it was simply how things were. Still, Etoile appreciated the pettings, and as it went on, she began to realize something- Clem was another unawakened senshi- and the little cat knew what must be done.

"There there, don't cry," Etoile said, in an awkward attempt at getting Clem to stop (being small and cat-sized made it hard to do this), "I have a gift for you- don't you want to see what it is? It's a really special gift!"

Encouraged by those words, Etoile backed up slightly before doing a little flip, producing both a henshin pen and a cellphone, and motioned for Clem to take them.

"These," Etoile cheerfully explained, "are magical items, just for you, Clem... or should I say, Chibi Sailor Onnie, senshi of buttercups?"

"Now, take this pen, and repeat after me," the cat instructed, "Onnie Power, Make-Up!!"