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[heartofalioness]

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[lightthedarkness]

Miserable, sorta kinda, but that's okay! CAUSE YOU ARE MY CURE!

[heartofalioness]

[Allura WAS going to question the "miserable sorta kinda" but then Usagi says THAT and Allura's just... going to "drop" her amulet to keep the images THAT phrase created out of the link, clumsy her~]

Ah, sorry about that, Usagi. I really should find a better chain for this new crystal... So um... what would you like me to help you with?

[lightthedarkness]

You! Princess Allura, Princess of Altea, leader and guide of Voltron and your Paladins, YOU have plenty of years practicing politics! Therefore, you can help ME be better at them so at the next committee meeting I don't want to punch people in the face!

PLEASE!

[heartofalioness]

[OH THANK THE ANCIENTS THAT WASN'T A PICKUP LINE! Still, Allura knows how frustrated Usagi was at the committee meeting, but she didn't want to follow after her during that one break because she was in the middle of her own discussion, and she didn't want to coddle the girl or play favorites.]

Ah, I see! In that case, I'd be delighted; it's been a while since we've met outside of the committee. The next meeting isn't until next month, so we have plenty of time too. When would you like to start?

[lightthedarkness]

[Usagi is not smooth in the slightest when it comes to pickup lines, so if she ever is, it's by pure accident]

EEEEEEEEEE YOU'RE THE BEST! AND ANY TIME! Like... okay well maybe not NOW, I am under strict rest and relaxation orders but maybe later in the week?

[heartofalioness]

Ah, Makoto's orders, I take it? Later in the week it is then. How has she been settling in?

[lightthedarkness]

It... yeah. She opened my eyes to just... how ragged I've been running myself... again.

And good! She's making friends and fast, which was always her problem back home but here she fits right in!

SO MUCH META AND FOURTH WALLING!

[heartofalioness]

Ah, so there is somebody you'll listen to on that front. You'll have to thank her for me.

[She teases, fully aware that she can be just as bad, if not outright worse.]

That's good. She seems like a very good friend, and I'm glad you have someone else from your world to keep you company.

[lightthedarkness]

I listen to Setsuna-san too! [Probably more in fact cause Sailor Pluto is just that wise.]

Ah yeah, she's one of my best friends. I love Setsuna-san, but we're not the same age, ya know? She's more like a mom and Mako-chan is more like a sister.

I do love them both though.

AND HEY! I LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE!

[heartofalioness]

[Okay, she can't help but laugh a little at that.]

So you say, twice even.

Very well, later this week it is. Where would you like to meet up?

[lightthedarkness]

How about my house! I'll make you some pancakes as a thank you! Have you ever had my pancakes, Allura?

[heartofalioness]

I can't say that I have; Hunk makes them fairly often at our house, but I haven't had much chance to taste others' variations.

[Meanwhile, she's very lightly happier that Usagi's wanting to cook for her.]

[lightthedarkness]

Well, they're one of the things I've actually perfected, so now you can have mine! What kinda fruit would you want with it?

[heartofalioness]

I think you know I'll like any kind of berry you put on them, but I'll leave the choice up to you. They're your pancakes after all.

[lightthedarkness]

Strawberries it is! Those are my favorite!

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[heartofalioness]

[Fast forward to the end of the week, and an Allura prepared to be especially prim is calling at the Moon House door.]

Usagi? It's Allura!

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[lightthedarkness]

[Usagi opened the door before she hurried back to the kitchen.]

Come on in, Allura, house slippers by the door!

Sorry just don't want the pancakes to burn, taking the last ones off the stovetop! Will be there in a sec! Just have a seat in the dining room!

[heartofalioness]

[She can't help but chuckle a bit as Usagi dashes back, calling out a "thank you" before changing into the slippers and making her way to the dining room.]

How are you doing today?

[lightthedarkness]

GOOD! [She called from the kitchen, a few minutes later, she walked out, a plate of pancakes in hand, each one covered in strawberries made to be in the shape of a rabbit atop the pancakes. Juice and tea were on the table as were place settings.]

Breakfast is served! [She and the girls tended for a more traditional Japanese breakfast, but the point was pancakes since it was something she knew how to make.]

[heartofalioness]

[Yes good, Makoto approves from wherever she is offscreen. And Allura's grateful too, smiling and even lightly blushing at the cute shape in the strawberries.]

Thank you very much; these look delicious. [She gives a quick but formal "itadakimasu," habit learned from sharing quite a few meals with Usagi by now, takes a bite, and the air begins to faintly sparkle.] Mm, and I was right!

[lightthedarkness]

Hee! [She hadn't eaten anything yet, just watching Allura eat and then little bubbles filled with light appeared around her head.] I'm really glad you like it!

[heartofalioness]

[A few more happy bites... and then Allura puts on her business face, laced with some concern for her friend.]

So why don't you start by giving me an overview of what was troubling you at the meeting. I was a bit focused on the discussion concerning arrivals. I'm... sorry I couldn't leave to talk with you when you got too frustrated, or afterwards.

[lightthedarkness]

Well, for starters, even though they didn't mean me personally it sure as hell FELT personal when they made all their snide, snippy, asshole comments. Leia-san even had to point out to me it WASN'T personal, and she shouldn't HAVE to do that.

Then it was like people only focused on my ONE idea for a while and I know it wasn't the greatest but I just wanted to get SOME sort of idea out there to get stuff started but rather than using that as a "and here's another idea" sorta way, it just felt like everyone wanted to critique the one idea.

Now I don't even want to start up a topic no matter how important it might be.

[heartofalioness]

[Allura sighs and shakes her head, smiling with an odd mix of exasperation and nostalgia.]

Reminds me of some of my first practice forums back on Altea. Thankfully I had a few classes with children of other nobles and politicians, from Altea, the surrounding planets, and a few others, so we could have hands-on experience communicating with other people and especially other cultures.

Even more thankfully they were just practice forums so those first arguments didn't have an actual impact on interplanetary politics; I remember myself and two other girls trying to settle one "debate" over tellurium crystal tariffs by tackling each other to the floor and trying to pull each other's hair out. Oh, you can IMAGINE how embarrassed my father and Coran were!

[lightthedarkness]

[Usagi smiles because the story IS funny, and she's glad to hear about Allura not being a perfect politician out the gate. However...]

While I don't think anyone would stop me from punching General Hux in the face, pretty sure it wouldn't help the committee stay peaceful. [Or that Kylo Ren jerk.]