Onnie counted herself lucky, honestly: she was pretty much in a tennis dress, so if she rolled her socks down and took off her gloves, she was probably more aerated than she would've been in civilian form (where knee-length jorts and layered shirts might've laid her out flat on her back from heatstroke). Add to that the fact she didn't even feel as overheated when she was powered up, and she'd decided to shirk her job being a Superpowered Magical Girl and Defender Of Justice (TM) and take up a life where she laid around on a park bench and stared sadly at her cup of (fast-food terrible) iced tea and the fact it was down to ice and dregs. McDonalds had totally overcharged for that, and she was pretty sure it'd evaporated? (Okay, it probably hadn't evaporated; she had a really bad tendency to not pay attention while she was eating things and then suddenly discover the entire thing had vanished into her mouth, or, essentially, thin air - but it'd definitely felt like it'd gone from liquid to nothing way too fast.) It'd tasted pretty meh overall, so, whatever, but she hadn't brought a water bottle and she really didn't want to get off her bench to go find a second drink.
She was out and about! She was totally helping!! She was -- oh god was that a baby. Not even a baby like she'd been when she was awakened, but a baby baby of a Chibi Senshi. Like a fourth grader, or something?? (Was this what people always meant when they said you'll understand when you're older?? She understood a whatever-year-old was a baby, now, and honestly she wasn't happy about it. In a couple of years she was going to have middle schoolers point at her and go adult and she didn't like it!! It wasn't supposed to be that way!! Aging mostly just hit her with a stick of 'get taller' and 'change proportions', it wasn't supposed to do things like actually make people think she was a real grown adult!)
"Hey!" Onnie called over, and then, again, a second later -- quieter, more frustrated, because she'd just dropped her stupid tea and now she had iced tea drying on her boots, so apparently there'd been a lot more hidden in the ice than she'd thought!! -- "hey, come over here, what's your name??" She was gesturing, but in a subtle way - and not normal levels of 'thought she was being subtle', real levels of being normal about it.
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Heatwaves (11) : An unfortunate dry spell has come over Destiny City, and a heat wave has made it all but unbearable. The heatwave is only projected to last for a week but it’s been rough. Plants are wilting, people are wilting. The city is experiencing blackouts, which isn’t helping. Thankfully, the reservoir is always open. Just, crowded. It might just be the worst part of the summer. People are passing out regularly, and the hospitals are getting too many admissions to keep up with. It’s probably just the heat and not anyone up to anything nefarious, right? Better stay hydrated and try to keep cool, and maybe avoid everyone in weird costumes, just in case.
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promised onnie/drakonia start o7 did i take like a week? yes. look my brain's been busy,
