Gregg has been writing again. Some new Sailor Moon shorts or
as he likes to call them...
omake---
"Paradox"
Setsuna sat back and let the meeting run on without her
attention. It was
all familiar patterns under the shock of the little
bombshell, or series of
revelations, she'd just hit them with.
One day after Galaxia, everyone called together to discuss
What Now. Which
had made it the perfect time to reveal a few things.
Such as why, in their visits to the future, they'd seen an
underpowered
Sailor Pluto, a set of underpowered Inner Senshi and no sign
of the other
Outers at all.
That Sailor Pluto had been her younger self. Not nearly the
power she'd
later had.
As for the current Outers, the combined magical power level
of Pluto,
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune couldn't light a l00 watt bulb.
No Senshi
transformation in the foreseeable future. There was no
longer either a Time
Key Staff nor a Silence Glaive, both had been broken in the
fight against
Galaxia.
Likewise the Inners (with the exception of Sailor Moon)
wouldn't be able to
power up for over a year, and they wouldn't be able to go
beyond their most
basic attacks for over a thousand years (not counting the
time of the
Freeze).
Nobody had understood Setsuna's reference that right now
they wouldn't be
able to fight off a shipful of Tinker Gnomes and a load of
Giant Space
Hamsters. They got the general idea though.
It took a few moments for Setsuna to realize that she'd been
asked a
question. She'd honestly thought that Usagi's eating binge,
Rei's complaints
about the mess, and Makoto's upset to continue a good deal
longer. "I'm
sorry, Ami. Did you say something?"
"That's exactly what I was talking about. You come from the
future and
should know all this. Why don't you know exactly how long
the Senshi powerup
will take to regenerate?"
"Blocked memories. Paradox defense," explained Setsuna.
"Ah," said Ami, "that explains it."
"Exactly *how* does what explain anything!" Rei wasn't the
only one who
didn't get it.
Setsuna sighed. "Okay. My memory has some blocks put in by
myself in order
that I not reveal knowledge that would cause a paradox."
"What's a paradox?" Usagi wondered aloud.
Rei was glad Usagi asked, she preferred the impression that
she knew what
was going on.
"Like going back in time and killing your own grandfather,"
supplied Ami.
"Or in this case, if you know about an event ahead of time,
it can change
how the event takes place or prevent it from ever
occurring." Setsuna may
not have known the future, but she knew these girls and
considered ways to
explain it further.
Usagi thought about taking a test where she knew what the
questions were in
advance. "What's the problem with that?"
"For example," Setsuna made a point of looking at the
calendar. "Tomorrow at
4:15 pm at the Mount Momiji Family Market, Makoto bumps into
a young man. The
two have a relationship for over a year, at which point a
relatively minor
but annoying menace shows up. At this point she can
transform into Sailor
Jupiter briefly, and the boy figures it out."
"And becomes a menace to the creation of Crystal Tokyo,"
concluded Luna.
"And offers to help out as far as transportation and support
services, at
which point Luna blows a gasket," continued Setsuna,
silently motioning for
a refill of her teacup. "On Luna's advice, Makoto breaks up
with him."
Lots of glares at the romance-wrecking cat.
"I haven't done anything yet!" On seeing the glares increase
in intensity,
Luna realized that that hadn't been the best denial she
could muster.
"Ami however decides to try and patch things up with the boy
after Makoto's
breakup, realizing that this is just a misunderstanding."
Makoto beamed at her good friend Ami intervening to make
sure her romance
didn't go bust.
"At least that was her intent," said Setsuna, taking a sip
of tea. "However
the two of them hit it off and end up in this epic romance."
Makoto glared at the traitorous Ami.
Ami blinked repeatedly and marked down "4:15, Mt.Momiji
Family Market" on
her notepad.
"And THEN he menaces the future of Crystal Tokyo," suggested
Luna.
"No. Actually he never shows up at another meeting. Helps
her get through
medical school. All you see of him after that is a little
extra smile on
Ami's face." Setsuna paused to sip at her tea. "Well except
for those times
Ami is late for meeting with you. On *those* occasions you'd
practically
require plastic surgery to remove her smile."
Makoto frowned and tried to look unhappily at her traitorous
friend Ami and
at the evil romance-wrecking feline.
Ami underlined the time and place. She really ought to visit
the market. It
might be good to see what she was getting into.
Minako wondered if this mystery boy had a name and any cute
friends.
"...and THEN he menaces the future of Crystal Tokyo," weakly
suggested Luna.
"Actually, he provides good noncombat support, particularly
to Ami during
some lean times ahead. Other than Ami's patented in the
future
cat-with-a-ready-supply-of-cream smile, none of you know
about her
relationship with him until their wedding, which is after
her residency."
Setsuna set her teacup down. "So you see the problem with
paradoxes. Any
number of things could cause this future to derail entirely
and he's just a
minor character. Well, except to Ami eventually."
"Hmmm," hmmmed a number of distracted teenage girls.
"No menace to Crystal Tokyo?" Luna said it as if it were a
foreign concept.
"Doesn't get kidnapped or mind controlled?"
"No," agreed Setsuna. "Now. It's late, and I have much to do
tomorrow. I
suggest we meet again in one year."
The meeting broke apart very quickly after that.
It was Haruka who caught up with Setsuna afterwards.
"Waitaminute. What
happened to not causing paradox or those memory blocks?"
"It'll be interesting to see what chaos develops tomorrow,
don't you think?"
Setsuna asked the other Outer.
Eyes widened. "It was just an example? There is no boy?"
"I'm going to get a camera myself," suggested Setsuna Meiou,
former Sailor
Pluto with a wink.
(you know, after i wrote this omake it occurred to me this
would make for a
heck of a beginning of a crossover story...)
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