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Charybdis had gotten separated from her patrol-buddy. She had gone out tonight with Scylla, as was their usual custom when Charybdis wanted to patrol and had no one else to go with- since, after all, Scylla had made the rule so she got to suffer from it- but there had been a youma, and Charybdis’ seal attack had caused problems for Scylla, letting the youma get away, and so the Eternal had run off after the fleeing monster, telling Charybdis to go home. She felt bad about it, and so as the Chibi made her way through the streets towards the location of their ‘city house’, she dragged her feet, a sulk on her slim face. Around her she could feel auras of Order, and the occasional burst of Chaos that flew by- never stopping, not bothering with someone like her.

A screw-up.

The look on her sister’s face as the youma threw Scylla back into the center of the flash-bang, making its escape… Charybdis felt awful. It wasn’t all her fault, and she hadn’t gotten blamed for it by the older woman, but it was the first time she had caused a youma to escape because she had accidentally attacked her partner. Even if nothing was said to her about it, the potential danger in her power had been revealed, and the ten year old didn’t like it at all. What if it had been Ara, who might not be able to run off after a youma like that after being blinded and deafened? Or who didn’t have powers to protect herself somewhat?

What if there had been civilians nearby she might have blinded, and gotten hurt by the youma? What if she had gotten Jada hurt?

She plopped down on a bench, her face crumpling sadly. There was no danger nearby that she could feel, but after tonight she supposed she could be wrong about that too. And Charybdis didn’t even have money in her fuku to try and buy herself a snack to feel better, either; to add insult to injury, she had left her senshi-wallet sitting by the bed and forgotten to bring it with her.

It was an Order aura who approached, and for that alone Charybdis was relieved; had she been approached by someone from the Negaverse, what would she have done? Cried at them? No; it was good that someone from Order was coming- it didn't feel strong enough to be her sister though, so their approach wasn't met by a weepy apology face.

"Hello Mr. Voyager," she greeted him politely- he had introduced himself, and he was a member of the Order team, so he wasn't a stranger. He was a good guy! "I'm Charybdis, Super Chibi Senshi of Seals. Or... Super Senshi Chibi? Chibi Super Senshi? Either way I'm-" her voice dropped, and she heaved a sigh; "I'm Super."

She was not, in fact, feeling particularly Super.

Leaning back some, the blonde stared up at the sky, considering the moon and stars above her. "They're really pretty. Not very bright though when the streetlights are all polluting the view." Not that she was being a little sulky or anything. "They're really extra pretty when you're in the park though, or if you go camping."

"I have been a senshi since I was a baby," Charybdis told the older man importantly, beaming, "Like... almost four years?" she checked her hands, flicking out her fingers- 2017-18, 18-19, 19-20, and 20-21. "Yep! Four years." Four years, and she still sucked. her bright eyes dimmed, but she tried not to look too depressed. This long, and she still wasn't able to fight a youma by herself, and needed to be protected when she went out because the bad guys didn't care she was a kid, and she wasn't able to fight back with a fake seal.

Still, the nice Page in front of her was being... well. Nice. So Charybdis tried to shove away the bad feelings and give him her attention. "I'm a little young to go camping for my job," she told him with a small giggle, "But maybe in a few years. We rented a cabin in the mountains one year and it was real cold and clear, and we used an app to tell us all the stars we were looking at."

Her smile, however, fooled the adult not at all, and the (almost) eleven-year-old looked down at her ballet slippers in shame. "My sister Scylla and I were patrolling and I accidentally used my power on her instead of the youma." Giulia's voice was small. "The youma got away because of me, and so she had to go after it, but she was having problems seeing and her ears were all ringy, and she told me to go home. Probly so she wouldn't have to protect me or get hit by my Pup again."

"I don't like bugs," Giulia told Voyager with a small grin like she was sharing some kind of secret; "Well, except for dragonflies. And butterflies. Maybe Praying Mantis' cause they look like leaves and that's cool." Very stereotypical bugs to like, for a pre-teen.

But the knight would be forced to see her blue eyes begin to water from his horribly grown-up words of compassion. "It's all because my powers are stupid." Giulia glared down at the little seal brooch on her capelet. "Senshi of SEALS. You know what seals do? Flop around and get eaten." If she was cooler, if she was more like Ara, who was able to do things with lights, or more like Lepus, or Mjolnir... Or even a knight... "So I can't even fix my own mistakes."

In the end, she was still just a kid. Charybdis could pretend that she was cool and adult, but she was surrounded by people who always had to protect her, or fix her mistakes. Giulia believed in happy endings, but after years of having to be saved because she wasn't as strong as a Negaverse agent, and her magic wasn't dependable... It was depressing. "They all want to protect me. I know they love me, and it's good, but it makes me feel like..." she scuffed her toe into the dirt. "Like I'm still a baby for real. But I'm almost 11!"

And being 11 meant she was still in training. She wasn't as strong as other senshi, and her magic backfired as often as it went off- except for her Seal Pup, which could always ork bork and make her smile.

"I guess I'm better now. I'm a super chibi and all, not just a regular chibi. My magic got cooler too... when it works right."

Voyager seemed to have a higher opinion of seals than the very depressed senshi of them. All she saw when she looked for gifs of seals were them as hairy little babies, or as dinner for toothy whales. Or doing tricks. She supposed they might be graceful, but... fighting? Hunting? Hmmmm. It sounded suspicious. But Voyager was so nice so far, she would give him the benefit of the doubt.

"I just... want to be strong. Like they are. Youma don't try and eat them anymore. They don't have to worry if they are all alone by themselves." But training... "Shouldn't I train with someone strong, like the knights? Because my problem is that my magic is weak, so shouldn't I try and make my body stronger?" But if she got too involved in fighting, she could get hurt, right? And she really, really wanted to be a healthy ballerina...

She did need to go home, though. Like she had been told. "Can you walk me back home?" she asked, and a slippered foot scuffed the sidewalk.

Patience was not exactly one of Giulia's strong suits, but she listened attentively and nodded her head as Voyager spoke. It wasn't until Voyager mentioned learning to move that her brain connected a few dots, and she paused, mouth falling open.

That was... that was it! The way to learn to fight without having to get hurt. Giulia already attended her ballet lessons and worked hard on those- why couldn't she add a martial art to that? There were so many options for kids, and learning how to defend herself would at least be something!

She slipped her hand into Voyager's as he held his own out to her, and Charybdis beamed at him. "You're so smart," she said admiringly, "I guess age really does make a difference. When I'm old I wanna be just like you." Would he need to explain things to Jada? Ehhhhh..... well, hopefully not, but she wasn't going to take any chances. "If my sister is waiting outside for me, you'll need to explain. If she's not, we'll pretend this never happened."

As she led him to the City House, Giulia powered down, and Voyager would soon find himself walking alongside a blonde pre-teen with messy pigtails and wearing bright pink pajamas and seal slippers. "Do you want a snack?" Reaching into her pajama pockets, Giulia pulled out a slightly-crushed but still-crushed granola bar. "We're almost to my house."

Giulia glanced down at the crumpled, sad granola bar and shrugged, tucking it back in her pocket. "Okay. We can get you a bottle of water or something if you want before you head back home, too. Or coffee." Voyager had many more clothes on now, he looked like a proper adult who probably had a real job. Maybe a teacher? Since he was nice and stuff. And had on a vest. Didn't teachers wear vests?

As they drew near, Voyager would see a dark-haired woman standing in a driveway, looking up and down the street, a lit phone in her hand. "Ooooooh," Giulia muttered under her breath, "I think I left my phone in my room when we came out tonight. I might not make it to 11 years old after all." There were rules and she was doing, frankly, a terrible job at following them...

"Goodbye, world."

Holding on to civilian!Voyager's hand was very reassuring for the tall pre-teen as they approached the worried-looking older woman. "This is Jada," Giulia introduced them, "She's old, and single."

"Starting introductions by embarrassing me won't keep me from yelling at you for leaving your phone at home," Jada tossed back at Giulia, making the blonde wince, "and yes, thank you. I made it out fine, an encounter like that is just part of the job." she reached out, ruffling the other girl's hair. "I hope Giulia wasn't a bother."

"Rude." Giulia dropped John's hand. "I'm gonna go get my phone. I offered him some water or coffee or something. Thank you for walking me home Voy- uhh... mister." Good save. And with that, the pre-teen vanished into the large house, leaving the adults in the driveway.

"Since she offered you a water or coffee, do you need one?" Jada asked, gazing after her sister with exasperated affection. "And you didn't have to play rescue ranger, did you? She has a habit of attracting some rather Chaotic attention when she goes out by herself."