Lunar Boot Camp

[Corwin]

"Wow, Rika!" Genkai exclaims with enthusiasm Rei can feel is false. "Princess Makoto is a three-dimensional person with a pleasant personality, a beautiful and willing female companion and an actual life! Aren't you jealous?"

[Ebiris]

Hearing Genkai, Rei clenches her fists tightly around the bags she is carrying and takes deep gulping breaths of air in an effort to calm down. It doesn't really succeed, but she somehow manages to keep from rising to the old ghoul's bait.

[Corwin]

Genkai goes towards the terminal ahead of the rest, showing no signs of the aching bones she complained to Rei about earlier.

[Brian]

"Wait... Pri..." Makoto almost asks. However, she is dristracted by Genkai's comment, and blushes. "Ah, you're too kind!" she protests. "Um, Rika, you're... er... not a good cook you say?" Makoto asks, wondering how good that white... gunk... can possibly taste. "I'm not... familiar with Martian cuizine. But, um, tell me more about Martian combat."

[Ebiris]

Rei blinks slightly... Did Genkai just distract Princess Makoto to cover my slip...?

The thought of the evil old bitch doing anything nice was totally alien to the Martian Princess, but... that almost seemed like what had happened...

Responding to Makoto's question, Rei smiles a bit as she thinks of the combat forms she has spent her life studying... which for some reason were completely inadequate against Genkai, who she had always dismissed as nothing more than a feeble and bitter old woman...

"Well, there are lots of different styles, I'm sure most of the modern ones are similar to any martial arts you could study anywhere in the Solar System. But my style is called Ka-Hou-Ken; the art of the Burning Phoenix Fist. It's an ancient style, and the basis for almost every indiginous Martian martial art. Not many people practice it any more, and finding instructors is difficult..." A brilliant plan suddenly pops into Rei's head! "I'm not very good, but I hear Princess Rei is very skilled! Maybe when you meet her you should have a sparring match!"

[Brian]

"A match?" Makoto asks, looking at Eiko out of the corner of her eye. Her self-proclaimed guardian might not be overjoyed with that thought, but.... "Well, I'm not very good... Callisto is a very martial hold, and Io's polar regions are used for training Jovian shock-troops, but, well.... They never le--  er, I never learned how to fight." Makoto coughs quietly, hoping that Rika missed her slip-up.

[Ebiris]

Even better! Rei thinks triumphantly. "Well, if you've never learned, you should ask someone to teach you! I bet Princess Rei would be happy to give you... private, instruction..." she trails off with a very perverted look on her face.

[Brian]

Makoto manages to completely miss the meaning of Rei's look. "Really?" she asks excitedly. "That'd be great!" Realizing her enthusiasm is unseemly, she quickly calms herself and adds, "It'd be a great step in moving Mars and Jupiter into greater unity as a whole." I sure hope Rika buys that.

[Ebiris]

"Yes," Rei agrees gleefully, "Unity between us, er, our two planets, would be a wonderful experience for all concerned, I'm sure!"

Smiling blissfully, Rei continues to the terminal. Things are looking up now... as soon as I can get myself cleaned up and properly introduce myself to my dear Makoto...

[Corwin]

"Princess Rei, Princess Makoto," the public announcement system crackles, as the group finally reaches the terminal. "Please approach Information."

OOC: Genkai is nowhere in sight.

[Ebiris]

"Well, it looks like Princess Rei must already be here," Rei says casually, while fighting off a wave of panic. "Um, I think we should make sure Mister Vir and Lady Luna are taken care of before you go to see about that announcement, though?" She offers nervously. Once they're taken care of, I can carry all my luggage myself and go get cleaned up...

[Brian]

"Oh," Makoto exclaims. "I'm sorry, I have to run. Um... Rika, could you please see that Lady Luna gets to the infirmary with you? Thank you!"

Not waiting for a reply, Makoto pushes Luna into Rei's hands, nearly knocking the already burdened girl down, then dashes towards the information counter.

[Ebiris]

"Um... right..." Rei says as Makoto departs, trying to cope with her luggage, Vir, and Luna... "Um... little help?" she says to anyone who might be passing by.

[Corwin]

Eiko chuckles from beside her. "I wish I could stay and help," she says apologetically, "but I'm her guardian and stuff. Later, Rika!"

The red-head sets Rei's baggage on the ground, and rushes off after her friend, waving back at Rei.

[Ebiris]

Sighing in defeat, Rei shifts her burden where she can to make things easier, then begins kicking the remaining luggage along the ground as she follows the signs to the infirmary.