7.7 Invasion

on a path in Shinsei Ward in the evening

Iroha: "Why are there rumors clustered around where Ui was hospitalized!?"

7.7.1

[on a pathway near the hospital in Shinsei Ward, we see Iroha and Yachiyo both transformed]

Yachiyo: "Around here is where there should be more rumors than usual."

Iroha: "Perhaps because their base is near the hospital, the rumors are there to protect it..."

"Something like that?"

Yachiyo: "That's hard to believe..."

"Given that rumors need special conditions to be met before they appear."

"They're not exactly well-suited for protecting something."

Iroha: "I see..."

"Also, there weren't any rumors that involved any kind of trap..."

Yachiyo: "Yes..."

[Yachiyo senses something]

Yachiyo: "I sense several magic signals."

Iroha: "It's probably the Wings of Magius!"

Yachiyo: "That said, they probably don't know about Tsuruno either."

Iroha: "But, we can at least ask them."

Yachiyo: "Yes."

"Get out here!"

[we see one white feather and two familiar-looking black feathers]

white feather: "You may be planning on erasing all of the rumors here..."

"But we will not let you."

"Let's go stop them."

black feather (Felicia): "..."

black feather (Sana): "..."

Yachiyo: "Who thinks they can stop us?"

Iroha: "We'll have you tell us..."

"Where Tsuruno-chan and Felicia-chan and Sana-chan are!"

[she senses something]

Iroha: "Huh? Th-this magic..."

[fade to gray; we see Felicia and Sana]

Felicia: "Iroha!"

Sana: "Iroha-san!"

[back to the pathway]

Iroha: "Felicia-chan!? Sana-chan!?"

Yachiyo: "The black feathers? Looks like it..."

black feather (Felicia): "..."

black feather (Sana): "..."

[in battle]

Yachiyo: "You two might have been mobilized..."

"But here we'll definitely secure you!"

Iroha: "Yes!"

white feather: "How splendid, having friends fight one another."

??? (offscreen): "Hah! Too bad for you!"

Iroha: "Wha..."

[Felicia throws off her cloak]

Felicia: "Who's gonna be splendid now!?"

"I've always been on Iroha's side, you idiot!"

Iroha: "Ehhh!?"

Yachiyo: "Wait, really!?"

white feather: "No way!"

Yachiyo: "What about the brainwashing!?"

??? (Sana): "Me too..."

[she takes off her cloak too]

Sana: "I'm going to be going home now!"

Iroha: "Sana-chan!"

Sana: "Iroha-san!"

white feather: "Wha-wha-"

"What are you doing!?"

[battle]

Felicia: "Yachiyoooo!"

Yachiyo: "Felicia!"

Felicia: "Jump!"

Yachiyo: "Okay, catch!"

Sana: "Iroha-san!"

Iroha: "Sana-chan!"

"Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Sana: "Yes, I'm... I'm fine!"

Iroha: "Thank goodness..."

white feather: "Tch... You two, give us back our black feathers!"

Yachiyo: "Who is..."

Felicia: "Who's gonna go back to you!?"

"We won't be, uh, what's it, breaking back!"

Sana: "We won't be going back!"

Felicia: "Yeah, that!"

Iroha: "You two, are you sure the brainwashing is gone...?"

Felicia: "Yep, I'm super fine now!"

Sana: "Me too... Sorry for making you worry..."

Felicia: "Well, if you wanna go, then let's do this now!"

white feather: "..."

"I don't understand... This isn't how it's supposed to go..."

[she runs away]

Iroha: "..."

[Iroha detransforms]

Iroha: "sigh... She finally left..."

[Sana detransforms]

Sana: "Um..."

Iroha: "Sana-chan..."

Sana: "Iroha-san..."

Iroha: "Thank goodness... I'm so glad that you're okay..."

Sana: "I'm sorry, Iroha-san... I'm so, so sorry..."

Yachiyo: "sigh..."

"Well, are you okay?"

Felicia: "Of course! We ran away with a zoom!"

Yachiyo: "Oh my..."

"Well, I'm glad you're okay..."

"Really..."

"It's my fault... I'm sorry, Felicia..."

"I'm so relieved that you're okay..."

Felicia: "Yachiyo..."

"sniff... Me too..."

"I'm sorry... too..."

[back on the streets of Sakae Ward in the evening]

Momoko: "As I suspected, when you first hear it doesn't depend on age."

"It was fastest doing a survey on the street with a binder."

Rena: "We sure used some trickery, pretending it was a survey for a class."

Momoko: "Trickery? No, it's just strategy."

"For that matter, you're really not cut out for this sort of thing, Rena."

Rena: "I can't help it!"

"I don't know how I should talk to strangers who are older than me..."

"Before I met you I had a lot of trouble..."

Momoko: "Ah, thanks a lot."

"Well, thanks to your help, we got some good information."

Rena: "But we didn't find it out..."

"Where the amusement park is..."

Momoko: "That's true..."

"But we did find out that it opens at daybreak the day after tomorrow."

"And also, it's enough to know that it's not near Sakae Ward."

[insert map of Kamihama]

Momoko: *And also, it seems pretty certain that the rumor spread from the east to west through Sakae, Mizuna, and Shinsei...*

[back to the street]

Rena: "I wonder what kind of rumor it is..."

Momoko: "For that, we have to hear from that familiar like thing."

"..."