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Who wants cake? And other things! [Open]

Who: Nozomi and You!
Where: Kitchen, Lab Room, Spa Room
When: Merriment 2
What: Catch-All for the Month. Cake
Warnings: Who knows?

Cake, cake and more cake!

Nozomi felt like a dunce - she had completely forgot about making her requests and missed out on getting fabrics for clothes. Oh, well, there should be a stop later on, so she'll handle things, then.

However, spotting the cake in the car for the entire Purple team gave her an idea, especially with coconut being the ingredient of the month. What a better way to handle things than to make some cake - coconut cake!

Of course, this is Nozomi - she's starting to learn to stop being completely klutzy and be her own person. And that means she's going to make mistakes. And remembering what the Kyoko of the Blue Team said, she decided to keep her mistakes in case someone else wanted to have them instead.

The first mistake... was a burnt cake. Left it in just a little too long. The burnt sleeves of her hoodie was a telltale sign of Nozomi's mistake. It was probably too hard to actually cut.

The second mistake was better. It was just flat. She decided to go ahead and cover it up with icing and coconut flakes to make it decent.

The third cake was perfect... or at least as perfect as Nozomi could get it. A little slanted, a bit of a spillover, but it was good to her.

"Haaa... what work..." Nozomi said. "I hope the others like this, though..." she looked around before going to cut a slice of her own cake to eat for herself. Why make a cake when you can't taste it yourself?

Pool time

With the cake taken care of, Nozomi had cleaned up, but needed a bit of time to herself and headed for the spa car. It seemed that no one else was around, so she had the pool all to herself, tossing off her regular clothes and getting in the standard swimsuit for the others.

Honestly, it felt nice. This wasn't the strange watery feeling that was the last world, she didn't need to worry about strange feelings and illusions. Just her and the pool.

Of course, that meant anyone could just wander in.

Science? Maybe not her thing

"Ah, no! Wait!"

Nozomi felt proud voting for the Lab Car - it seemed that some of her friends was big into science and giving them a place to try stuff out was probably for the best. But, curiosity got the best of Nozomi, especially as she was helping Entrapta with studying her CureMo copy.

Of course, she wanted to figure things out on her own, too. She had all these powers and no idea how to work them!

Of course, anyone passing by the Physics/Magiscience lab might find a large set of armor on the ground and a device on the table, but no one else... until an arm sticks out from behind a table.

"Don't come in, I'm not decent! Get me a robe or a towel or something!"

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(OoC: Want to meet her in other cars? Other incidents in these cars? Hit me up!)

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Kairi was honestly excited to have coconut as an ingredient and had perhaps a few ideas herself. But instead, she came across a familiar face as she smiled.

"Smells nice in here. I assume you are cooking something?"

“Oh, hi, Kairi!” Nozomi called out, smiling. “Aha, yeah, I was inspired!”

She stepped aside to show off her cakes, from the disaster to the better one.

She went over to investigate the cakes, studying them closely, or at least making it seem like she was.

"What happened to the first two?"

Nozomi sighed in embarrassment. “The first one I left in too long. Burnt it. The second one I think I measured something wrong and it went flat.”

“I think the second one was salvaged, but the first…?”

"The third though looks perfect so you learned from what mistakes you made." she said happily clapping her hands together. But soon her focus was on the first attempt.

"Yeah... I don't think there is anything you can do to something that burned. Unless you cut the burent parts away."

“Hmm… we could try.” Nozomi said. “It might be smaller, but smaller’s better than a waste!”

With that, she went to get a knife so she could start cutting the burnt pieces.

Kairi went to stand next to the other, hands behind her back as she looked at what it might look like on the inside.

"Okay... so at least it's not black on the inside too. Would have been very odd if it had been, but hey can you cut me a piece so I can try it and see what ti actually tastes like?"

“Of course!” Nozomi said. Once the burnt parts were cut away, Nozomi went for a plate and cut a slice out for Kairi.

“W-well?” She asked as she handed it over, nervously waiting for her answer.

Kairi took the plate and looked at the slice more carefully before finally bringing it up to her lips and taking what seemed to be the tiniest of bites.

It was brief but she made a slight face before chewing.

"Okay, it's very dry, which I guess is to be expected with overcooked cake."

“Haaa… a total loss, then.” Nozomi said, looking down in defeat. She hoped that cake could be salvaged, but it seems not to be the case.

"Unfortunately yes except for the very center, but that pretty small." So a complete loss, but Kaiti at least was going to come into this with a positive.

"But you did better afterward and that's what counts."

"Thanks, Kairi, that means a lot to hear that." Nozomi said, smiling. She'll reach over, laying a hand on her head.

She smiled slightly."We all make mistakes, we learn from them. Even I do." She was okay with at least admitting as such.

She soon turned her focus back to the cakes.

"Are you planning on making anymore?"

She'd pass by the lab merely by curiosity, and a chance to see just what was inside for once. The Train had allowed her power bracer and she'd managed to get a basic tool kit for it, but she couldn't help wonder if it was possible to make a duplicate.

The armor and arm sticking out, however, seemed to take. "Hold on." Atleast she recognized the voice. "Will be back in several minutes."

Thankfully, the spa carriage was the next one over. Managing the crowds always took longer than she liked, but it would be quicker than rushing to the laundry room and getting a towel or robe that way.

Sonya was able to grab one off the hooks, immediately rushing back to the lab. She tossed it at the table. "Catch."

And Nozomi was thankful to hear that voice. Once the towel was thrown, she caught it and dragged it down before finally standing, decent.

“Haaa… thanks!” She said. “Sorry about that. I didn’t expect ‘sudden undressing’.”

Perhaps it was her age, perhaps it was just her being used to her family's antics (as well as those in the military), but she was able to not laugh and the young woman's 'bit of bad luck'. She felt bad for her, (especially with what she was finding out about the power she used), but Nozomi seemed to be aware enough that pressing the matter wasn't necessary.

"Is this more 'testing out'?" If it was like this before in battle, well, she would've thought she'd be more prepared.

“Yeah. Pretty much.” Nozomi said, nodding. “I have no idea how it all works outside of what I do, so I wanted to make sure I did.”

"I'd like to know just exactly how it works as well." From the stand point of; if something went wrong in combat, did she always have to worry about 'wardrobe malfunctions'. "Does this sort of thing happen a lot?"

She doubted it, otherwise the woman would've kept something on hand.

“No, this is the first time it’s happened.” Nozomi admitted. “I think I found the power source and it freaked…”

"That's..not entirely convenient," But then when were electronic bugs ever that. "What's the source? Is there a way you could ensure this..doesn't happen."

Because if it were and they were in combat-well, Sonya knew she made such comparisons on the past, but frankly she'd not face any threat in her underwear, nevermind in the nude.

"Well... if we can't find something there's the nude aquatic lady. I can go get her and maybe with the addition of more nudity people will notice less until you're dressed. Hold on."

Entrapta is off looking for some kind of covering to use. The first protective tarp she picks up is clear. That won't do. Surely they have protective clothes in the safety equipment?

"What happened?"

"Funny...!" Nozomi said, a little bit of sarcasm dripping out. "But, I was messing with the iMog Slate, seeing what I could do with it. I figured if I could figure out how it works, I could even help you!"

"Instead, I... must have hit something that caused me to run naked."

She peeked her head out briefly. She could see piece of armor on the floor.

"Oh, great, I summoned that job and I didn't even get the power to it." she sighed. "All I did was make myself naked!"

"I'm being completely serious."

She definitely sounds like it, anyway. But after some additional searching she calls over a "How tall are you, by the way? I'd love to hear what you did do, though. That'd be very useful to my research. I wouldn't want a transformation to malfunction. Is this what they mean by wardrobe malfunction?"

She asks like she just got it.

But, oh well! An orange poloshirt and a pair of khakis drop near Nozomi, left by retreating hair. "They might be a little short on you but they should fit your body at least.

And Entrapta is now in a sports bra and underwear, and doesn't look particularly upset to be. It's fairly modest fair anyway so she's not exactly pulling a fantasy stereotype off. But she has just decided it'd be easier to give Nozomi her clothes as a temporary covering.

"About 5'3. Maybe 5'5. I hadn't had the chance to measure myself in three or four years! And sure, I'll tell you what I did!"

Nozomi blinks as she sees the clothes before her, then seeing Entrapta in just her underwear. Her cheeks flush, less because of how she looks and more because she went and did such a thing.

She'll sweep them off the table and put them on, seeing that she was right, but at the very least they fit. Entrapta would see a bit of Nozomi's frame, though.

"Thanks a lot. I owe you a lot. Though, what I did, a lot may go over my head, but I think I understand enough."

Well, capri looking khakis is better than being pantsless. She sits on her hair in a chair shape again, her legs pulled up sidesaddle. Sure she could go get some real clothes? But she wants to account for all this scattered armor first.

"This is really going to help out some other magical girls! Thank you. I know that this was probably embarrassing but even failures teach us something."

Mistakes are something you work past and learn from! Adaptation to problems is important.

"Did you record what happened? Or would your CureMo still have the relevant information?"

“Uh… hold on!” Nozomi said, going back to the table, shuffling through everything. “Ah! Here!”

With that, she shows Entrapta some crudely made drawings of both the CureMo and the iMog Slate.

“Both in different design, but same functionality. But, it’s here…” she points to circuits with a question mark to them “…that’s where everything fell apart. I hit that and, well, suddenly everyone can see how much I’ve matured. Rin always said I wreck everything.”

"Hey! You don't need to feel like that. I break things too! A lot. I break a lot of things. But I also got really good at putting things together!"

She reaches out to take the drawings of both things. Crude? But workable. After a brief examination she adds them to her notes and starts using other locks of hair to pick up discarded armor and set it on the nearest clear surface.

"Don't feel embarrassed around me. I consider this a learning experience."

Nozomi beams at that. “Thanks, Entrapta. You don’t know how much that means.”

She’ll help her get the other pieces up on the table before returning to the devices.

“Let’s see if I can fix this…” And Nozomi’ll hit the same spot again, the armor disappearing and her Cure costume reappearing…

And Nozomi’s clothes layered underneath them.

"Oh hey! Neat!"

Now there is a complex situation. She pulls out the magical scanner from her pigtail and, yes, costume registering as magical. Clothes are not. Fantastic! The fabric comparison is A+.

"See if you can do it with the armor again and if the clothes stay!"

Yes, a little awkward, but relevant information. And Entrapta doesn't seem at all embarrassed.

“Hmm… might be doable…” Nozomi uttered. She would fiddle with the device again, her costume disappearing and the armor reappearing.

“Mmn, it’s… it’s snug.” Nozomi said. “Especially with my feet!”

"Okay! So." She finally stands on the floor instead of sitting on her hair and flattens out a pigtail like she's useing it as a privacy screen, holding it in front of Nozomi.

"Now go ahead and get out of the clothes and put on the costume. Don't worry, no one will see you."

Nozomi flushes again before nodding. Bit by bit, Nozomi starts removing the armor and clothes before moving to put on her costume. It was embarrassing to strip like this, but she trusted Entrapta and she wouldn't do anything to her.

"I've never done anything like this before." she admitted. "It's always been 'Pretty Cure Metamorphorze' and POOF! Costume already on me!"

Everyone should be incredibly grateful that Entrapta has learned some sense of decorum because she doesn't scan Nozomi during her nude transformation.

"At least now we know that it's possible." She picks up her clothes gingerly with her hair, setting them on the table so that she can scan them later before they get contaminated. She wants to scan them for magical residue and see if there was any fiber integration.

Basic mad scientist stuff with a magical twist.

"Okay so... Now to figure out what went wrong last time... And nothing like this has happened before?"

"No, not like this!" Nozomi said, shaking her head. "Now, I know if I'm too injured or drained to fight, I'll go back to normal."

She'll hop up on a chair to think it over. "It's so odd... I don't think this is some sort of defense mechanism..."

"Fascinating! You seem to have stumbled across a unique error. And now I need to figure out if it was a void effect or distraction or a technological error that caused it."

And she sounds very pleased about having a mystery to solve.

"A void effect...?" Nozomi uttered, blinking in surprise. Did the void cause her to screw up like this?

"I hope it's the other two, but if it's a void effect, it would be best to figure it out now."

She'll go for her device again to mess with it. Maybe Entrapta can spot it as she begins touching the various spots on it.

"The void distorts a lot of things." She says, shrugging. "Including powers. We don't even know the extent of the effects because the information we have is so limited."

She watches the scenario carefully, nodding with a little 'uh huh, uh huh' confirmations each time she follows the familiar pattern.

"Oh wait, what happens if you press that one twice?"

“This one? Let’s see…” Nozomi uttered before doing just that, causing the bracers on her arms to disappear and the sleeves of her hoodie to appear.

“That’s… new…”

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