Scene #2021: Lunch Catch Up

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Phantom	Philip has been a terrible boyfriend as of late. It's not that he's ignored Chiyo, he's just been so caught up in a project that he's just forgotten. But, he knows when to reach out to talk to her. And it's one of those times. He has a small plate of food and his notebook, looking for a place to sit and wait on Chiyo after finishing tutoring a classmate in Geography. Which is easy to do when you've travelled the world, capturing Precures. Ahem. Settled in, he opens the sandwich he ordered so that he can add some mayo and mustard packets to it.
Chiyo Sakai	It's not long before Chiyo arrives as well carrying her own tray with her. She'd opted for some french fries topped with curry, a bit of a combination dish that was being offered on a trial basis at the moment. It looked good and she wasn't so hungry she felt like she had to eat a ton. This would still be filling while tasty and mostly healthy. Mostly. "Hey there, stranger," she greets as she moves to sit across from Philip. A half smile is offered toward him, a little tired seeming but not angry at least. She knew he was busy trying to settle in and the tutoring as well. He had been busy. Right? Right. Plucking up a fry that was dipped in some saucy brown curry she gestures with it in his direction. "How're you settling in?"
Phantom	Philip looks up with a small, relieved smile as Chiyo joins him, taking in her tray of curry fries. "Hey, yourself, Chiyo. Stranger? Yeah... I've kind of earned that one, huh?" He glances down briefly, a little sheepish, but he meets her gaze again, genuinely glad to see her. He watches her gesture with the curry fry, and with a light chuckle, he nods. "I'm settling in... sort of." He taps his notebook. "There's just been so much to keep up with, between this project and tutoring. But you know what? I actually missed this -- us just hanging out and catching up." He draws in a breath. "Been chasing the Axia box, trying to figure out who has it. No luck on that." Clearing his throat, he adds, "Anyway, I should ask how you're settling in. How's everything been while I've been, well... off in my own head?"
Chiyo Sakai	Chiyo Sakai purses her lips a little at mention of the box. She had a proper name for it now at least insstead of just calling it 'the box' which was something. Though she didn't have any idea herself on where it may be. She'd not even really know the Precure that had opened it in the first place to be able to try and follow up. "I've been okay. Had some run ins with a few Obsidian sorts, but nothing really serious. Mostly just been trying to keep in touch with everyone so that I don't get too far 'out' of things, as it were." Not being a mahou anymore meant it was a little bit more work. She does keep her voice down even so in case others were listening in. "Sailor Moon asked me to help her with something small so I did that recently. Just kind of feeling out someone she was uncertain about. Otherwise?" A small shrug. "Just hanging out? I did a horror movie marathon with Taro the other night."
Phantom	"It's good that you're staying in touch. I worried that since you... you know, that you would be abandoned." A lot like Philip was, but he's not getting into that. This is about ''her''. "No magical cat rabbit slinky looking thing offering you powers? That thing is bad news. And I'm saying that as someone that was bad news myself." A small smirk. His hand moves to brush over hers for a moment. "Everything feels off. Like things are happening all around me. But I'm finding it hard to be ''in'' them. If that makes sense?" he asks Chiyo quietly. Drawing in a breath, he withdraws his hand for a moment. "I know who opened the box and let the Phantom Empire out. But she does not have the box herself. I wanted to ask Blue, but I doubt he would trust me with the information. So... I'm kinda stuck. But I believe that box can stop Scorn."
Chiyo Sakai	Chiyo Sakai crinkles her nose at the vague description of Kyubey. "No, I've seen that before, but I already had powers then. I haven't seen it since. Besides," she adds pausing to take a bite of her curry fries. "I know what that thing does. I've found out from some of the girls it's given powers to. No thank you." A firm shake of her head is given. When his hand brushes over hers she turns hers over to take hold of his with a little squeeze. "I can understand that. Maybe... I don't know. Maybe we should get some of the others together to go ask. Right now there's a lot of other things going on too though. Obsidian is trying to find this girl that some of them are hiding."
Phantom	"Tomoe's kid?" Philip asks when Chiyo brings up Obsidian searching for a girl. "I was too busy with the Pretty Cure Hunting thing so never really took part in it." he admits as he squeezes her hand for a brief moment, keeping that contact, before letting his hand loose to return to his sandwich and take a healthy bite out of it. "And good. Stay away from that thing. Way too dangerous and creepy. Mami always had it around her. Freaked me out a little." he admits honestly. "Anyway, on the Axia. I don't need to have it in my hands. In fact, better if I don't." he admits. "But if you can get a squad together, maybe... maybe the tide can be turned. Before Scorn ends up so far in her own head that she completely loses... what part of her is left."
Chiyo Sakai	Chiyo Sakai lets him get back to his sandwich. She sees to her own fries, munching a few more with a careful dab of her napkin to ensure she's not making a mess. "Mmhmm. That's the one. Apparently she's got some kind of 'evil entity' in her and they're using the Towers to send out a signal that might trigger it to come out. Which, according to everyone, is 'very bad' overall." "She just seems like a lost little kid otherwise. Bit immature for her age, but that can happen if her father is as ... awful as he sounds." Yeah let's not go there. "Oh. Right. Speaking of." Her eyebrows crinkle some as she recalls. "I got turned into an Akuma a couple of weeks ago because I got really upset. No one was hurt though." Just her pride in more ways than one. Quickly moving back to the topic of the box she nods in agreement. "If you have any leads I can try to follow up? I can't do the magic thing anymore, but footwork I can do."
Phantom	"Extract as in... nevermind, I don't want to put that much thought into my... or your head." Philip responds, as he notices some curry on her jaw and licks his finger to reach over, swipe it away and eat it with a playful bite of said thumb. "An Akuma? Oh please tell me you have pictures!" He sits up, clearly excited by this, and well... for Philip it means she may still have a spark of magic in her! "I'm sorry you were upset. And I wasn't there. Sounds like a theme." he manages, coming down a little from his thoughts. "...get the Pretty Cures to talk to Blue. That's your best bet."