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It had been a few days since she had gone to Selene’s house, she almost hadn’t left her room since then. Bryia wasn’t oblivious, her aunt was really being a helicopter parent. Bryia knew it was her own fault, she wasn’t really hiding her feelings but she didn’t walk to talk about them with her aunt either. She wasn’t sure what had happened that night, was she really attacked by a water creature or was it all in her head? It felt too real to be in her head, that’s what made it worse.

Just the day before she had sat on the couch for almost 6 hours just staring out her window. She would have stayed longer but her aunt said she couldn’t stand the smell anymore. That night had changed everything and now it didn’t know who or even what she was. She remembers being so weak she was unable to speak, she was drooling like a baby it was so bad. She had lost control in front of someone else for the second time in one day. She had been so weak she wasn’t even able to stand. As if that wasn’t bad enough, those things were only a speck compared to the real shame she felt.

He had been sitting in the snow, drool running down her chin, sitting in a completely filled diaper without the ability to walk, talk or crawl and she ... was content…. She was no better than a baby, no at least a baby cries to be changed she was completely content. Ever since then, everything had seemed so… pointless. It didn’t matter to her what the state of her protection was, she would have to be changed again… and again… and again… forever.

She had spent months working and fighting for everything, and now in the blink of an eye she felt like she was right back to square one. No, this was worse. At least before she had the drive to fight her way back but now… now that drive was dead. It would be easy to say “it was all a dream” but something in the back of her mind told her it wasn’t. How could she face the world when she couldn’t face herself in the mirror?

Bryia had wasn’t sure how long she’d been staring out the window when the knock to her door came. Her aunt just couldn’t leave her alone could she? Now she was knocking on the door to a song from Frozen. “Go sit on a snowman’s nose!” She had just been up to check on her not even an hour ago, was she afraid she’d stop breathing?

Bryia's heart skipped a beat when she heard Selene's voice, though her friend didn't look in a happy mood. It was then Bryia realized she should have per pants back on after her last change, though she never thought she'd have someone randomly show up. Despite that, she didn't feel shame Selene was seeing her all her padded glory. The side of her crib/bed was already down, she slid off the bed in front of her guest and pulled her pant on that were on the ground.

"This wasn't my idea." While it was true Bryia found her answer lacking the normal raw emotion she would have delivered at such a statement. "The room was like this before I moved in, my aunt just changed the dresser and bed. The rails are because I almost fell out of bed at the hospital a few times." Her words were monotone like she was reading from a boring history novel.

"As for karma...." Bryia looked out the window for a moment. "I think she won."

Bryia was somewhere between flabbergasted and discountenance from Selene's outburst. She always knew Selene had boundaries not to cross and Bryia's like to bend them from time to time, even crack them for fun. However, this wasn't an attempt at all, she hadn't said anything offensive that she could think of. Nevertheless, Selene wasn't happy with her and now she was going outside in the snow. She let the pants she was holding up when Selene had started talking drop back to the ground. Normally Bryia would have opened that door and asked Selene what was her problem, that though was not something she wanted to do now.

Like a frightened child who had just been yelled at by a parent she did as she was told. Her aunt had started laundry and her normal warm snow pants she had worn the other day was in the wash. With a dull look in her eyes she put on the only other pair of warm pants from before the accident. They did fit over her protection but did nothing to hide it, though at this point she was beyond caring. She finished getting dressed and restocked her “supply” bag, she hadn’t left the house since the last time she saw Selene so the bag needed to be restocked.

With her bag stocked and her warm clothing on she left her room and found Selene waiting for her at the front door. Selene didn’t say anything just seemed to do a once over to make sure she was ready and then they headed out into the snow and Ice.

Bryia had no idea where Selene was taking her, she just walked beside her and did her best to keep pace. While it was still early enough in the day everything seemed so silent in the air with the snow. Their walk was a silent one for the first few blocks, Bryia didn’t really know what to say. Just blurt it all out like verbal diarrhea? Would she even believe her? Bryia wasn’t even sure she believed what she saw that night.

“I… I’m sorry.” She finally broke the silence. “The night I left yourself something happened, I think. Well I mean something happened but I don’t know what was real or…” She had to stop herself from rambling. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes while walking for a moment to compose herself and started again.

“After I left I got most of the way home when something… attacked me, I think. It looked like a girl kinda but had scales and horns, think what would happen if a human had a baby with a fish.” Bryia wasn’t sure she was doing a good job explaining it but figured if Selene stopped to ask questions it would get more confusing so she continued. “I attempted to hit her with my bag but it was like she was made of water and it passed right through her. I don’t know if it was the fight or the sugar but I ended up filling my pants again during this… fight I guess you could call it.”

Her hand was placed on her forehead for a moment trying to recall the memories of that night. “I don’t completely remember everything, I remember the creature making fun of me for the accident. I remember falling on the ground too tired to move, thinking she was going to eat me.” This was the part that she didn’t want to say out loud the part that broke her but for Selene to understand she had to say it. “I remember lying there looking at the lights in the sky and… enjoying it. I was so tired I couldn’t even spec and I was drooling on myself for trying. But the worst part of it was that I didn’t mind that I was sitting in my own waste unable to walk, talk or speak.”

Bryia rubbed one eye and then another, wanting it to look like something was in her eye and not that she was fighting off tears. “The next thing I remember is that the creature is gone, if it was ever there to begin with. It took a while but I got back to my feet and waddled home.” There was a brief pause as Bryia sniffled. “It wasn’t the creature’s attack or the thought of dying that hurts so much, it’s the fact that no matter how much I try to be better… I’ll always be just a big dumb baby.”

Arthur did not like the cold but he had been out to go catch a movie when he sensed the two ladies. It was not common to pass upon one senshi two was a first for him. It was a mixed blessing bit it seemed they were both friends which might make the transition easier. However, they were right in the middle of the sidewalk a d in the open which was no place for a conversion.


So instead he followed them, white coat blending in with the white snow, further back.

One moment Bryia was talking, the next moment she was falling…

Out of instinct, Selena reached out to catch her friend before she landed hard on the ice injuring herself, physically or emotionally depending on the outcome. However, rather than falling forward or backward, as one would expect when seeing someone slip on a patch of ice, Bryia fell through the ground. The only thing that remained was the bag that was in her hand.

Selena’s eyes went wide, mind completely blank from the shock of her friend suddenly disappearing.

“Bryia!” she shouted, falling to her knees in a panic. The bag was discarded beside her as she tried to reach into the frozen water that was definitely deeper than a puddle. Her fingertips touched nothing but water.

“BRYIA!” Again she shouted, this time removing her coat and boots in a haphazard rush to try and save her friend from drowning then took a deep breath and jumped in after her.

The instant her body became submerged in the water, Selene could feel her own body curl into itself, as if she had been encased in a suit of rime it was near impossible to move but looking down she saw her friend sinking further and further into the darkness.

Don’t you dare- Fight or flight was a wonderful thing in those moments like this it allowed people to do some extraordinary things. In this case, Selene fought with herself and despite the cold that threatened to steal the breath from her lungs, she swam deeper kicking as hard as she could until her fingertips painfully uncurled so she could grab Bryia’s wrist and pull her up towards that ever-shrinking pinprick of light above them.

Bryia was beginning to lose hope, the more she fought it was like she wasn’t getting anywhere. Then, suddenly, someone grabbed her wrist, though it was dark she thought she could see Selene’s face and she kept pushing with all her strength she had left. A moment later another figure appeared, it seemed to grab ahold of Selene and helped pull us out.

Coughing and wheezing was about all Bryia could do when she came out of the water. The water had been so freezing cold but outside seemed even worse now. Her clothing was all soaked and her diaper…

Her pants had been tight to start with but now they had ballooned out as it absorbed all the water it could. She felt like she had 3 or 4 squishy pillows between her legs. She looked back to see the hole she fell in but it was gone, as if it had never been there. She heard a voice ask if she was alright.

What she saw when she turned to thank him was even more confusing. The man had what blue hair, which was kinda cute but the cat ears and a tail was what made her stare in disbelief. That's it, I've finally lost it. She thought.

“Well, I think that’s it.” She said to Selene between gasps of air. “First I think I get attacked by Nessy, the Lock Ness b***h. Then I imagine I fell into an endless sea of water under the sidewalk that is now gone.” She looks back at where the hole had once been. “Now I imagine I’ve been saved by Whiskers the Wonder Cat.”

Bryia went from all fours and sat on her wet bottom. A very audio squish could be heard as she did so. She was cold, she was tired and now she’s gone crazy. “Selene just promise me you’ll come visit me in the nuthouse, or asylum or wherever they send me.”

"I'm not a cat. I'm a guardian." He corrected as he took off his classes now that they were wet and useless to see though.

"And we are going to get hypothermia if we sit around here in the snow." He knew that proposing his place to two young women would be odd and come off as creepy, but it was close enough a d would give him a safe place to talk.

"Seems you have had more than one encounter with magic and the other side of things. I can probably help explain all that. Bit not out in the open like this and especially with us all freezing. My place isn't too far from here. You can warm up there and dry off."

"I actually need to talk to both of you about a serious issue." He said and slowly rose up. He went to pick up the one ladies coat, the bag, and his own coat. To Selene, he gave her her coat. To Bryia, he gave her his. It was a thick, long peacoat. He got it because it was stylish and Nat hadn't hated it when they went shopping.

"I promise I'm here to help."