Two months pass so quickly when you’re looking forward to something. Natalie was not immune to this any more than anyone else. It had been a grueling two months, sewing, crafting, and building. She had dug through the internet for things she couldn’t make herself. It had been a lot of hard work but here she was, in line to pick up her badge dressed in a flawless Sailor Pluto costume. Well it ‘looked’ flawless anyway and that was all that mattered. Amy and Katie were in line with her, dressed in the usual Lolita attire. Someday they would do something with a bit more imagination but for now it was alright.
Natalie wasn’t even out of line yet when the first requests for photos came. Natalie couldn’t say no. Taking her staff in her hand and smiling for the camera, she posed. She was so proud of the costume, especially the staff. She’d had to make it totally from scratch as there hadn’t even been parts to be had on the internet. It had taken a few tries but in the end she had succeeded.
After the first run of photo seekers had their fill and they were able to obtain their weekend passes, Natalie, Amy, and Katie made their way to the vendor room. They had to get their first round of pocky and ramune before they could go exploring anywhere else. It was a must.
“Oh look! They have body pillows!” squealed Katie as she ran over to a rack that held the covers.
“Anything good in there Katie?” Amy asked as she walked over to join her friend.
“Weren’t we just going to get Pocky and Ramune now and shop later? We do have all weekend you know…” Natalie chimed in.
“Yeah but something like this… it goes fast… and besides…” Katie paused as she pulled out a particular cover. “They have Ed…” Katie couldn’t help but wave it about to get Natalie’s attention.
“What?!” Natalie ran over and grabbed the cover from Katie, nearly knocking Amy over as she did. She let out a squeal and hugged the cover close. “Ok, ok… you win Katie.” Natalie took the cover over to the woman behind the register.
“Not so fast Natalie, they have a Sailor Moon one too… I know how much you love Sailor Moon…” Amy said as she pulled it off the rack.
Natalie bit her lip. She wanted the Sailor Moon one almost as much as she wanted the Edward one too but she had to be careful with her money. What she had with her had to last all weekend so she could only get one. Shaking her head, Natalie turned back to the woman to finish her transaction.
Amy and Katie both shrugged their shoulders as Amy put the Sailor Moon cover back on the rack. They should have known better.
Each one, having picked out a pillow, walked on through the room. They were having trouble carrying the bags that the lady had put their pillows in. It didn’t take them long to get tired of trying.
“I think we need to bring these up to our room before we go wandering around anymore,” Katie said. As she did, a girl dressed as Sailor Chibi Moon came up to Natalie asking for a picture. She looked at Katie and Amy wondering what she should do. Others had started to gather too. She knew they were picture seekers too.
“Don’t worry about it Natalie,” Amy said as she took Natalie’s bag from her. “We’ll take yours up and meet you back here.”
“You sure?”
Katie smiled. “Yeah, this was the whole reason you worked so hard… go ahead… besides this little errand won’t take long so you should be just finishing up when we get back.”
“Thanks you guys,” Natalie replied with a smile and waved to her friends as they walked away.
Turning to her adoring public, Natalie held her staff and posed for pictures. One after another, people came either wanting pictures of her or with her. She didn’t turn anyone away. Finally there was only one left, a woman dressed in Luna’s human form.
She took a few pictures of Natalie with the staff up in both of her hands. When the woman paused for a moment, Natalie looked at her a bit confused. The woman looked like she wanted to ask Natalie something but seemed a bit reluctant.
“Everything ok?” she asked. “Did I do something wrong?”
The woman shook her head. “Oh no, you’ve been great. I just…”
“What is it?”
The woman fidgeted a bit before she looked up and answered. “Well I was hoping that I could get a couple with you holding the staff on the ground too…”
Natalie couldn’t help but to laugh. The woman looked at her embarrassed.
“Is that all? Sure thing!” Natalie replied as she took her pose and brought the staff end down to the ground as Katie and Amy came back from their room.
Just as the staff hit the ground a portal opened up at Natalie’s feet and in an instant she and the portal were gone.
“Natalie!!!!!” screamed Katie and Amy as they ran toward the spot where she had been just the moment before.
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