Usagi Tsukino is the reincarnated soul of a Princess. At a point in her own future, she would become Queen of Earth. That was the past and the future. Neither of them was the present.What was she in the present? Why, she was Sailor Moon, of course! The leader of the Sailor Scouts/Senshi! One would think that would prepare her well for a leadership position. Indeed, she has the charisma down, the can-do attitude, the ability to inspire others to reach beyond what they perceive as their own inherent limitations, but there was one thing she wasn't used to.
Admin.
"Is anyone else weirded out that the entire council resigned and elected to put us in place right after the council president resigned?" Usagi asked. Looking around the table were the rest of the Inners (save Rei, who attends another school entirely, but it wouldn't be that hard to get her to transfer... or so Usagi was currently feeling).
"I think you'll do well!" Minako said, pumping her fists and snorting steam out of her nose. Then, looking around to make sure that nobody was in their new 'office' with them, she shifted into Usagi's form using her powers. "I hereby decree that every Tuesday shall be short-short Tuesday! Hop hop!"
Right. She could probably do that couldn't she? Student councils in her favourite shows were always extremely powerful. Usually had the entire faculty under their thumb, and could do basically whatever they wanted. Usagi tilted her head, as an idea came to her. A truly wonderful idea!
"Let's make all classes start an hour later!" Usagi said.
"Denied!" Ami said. "We can't do that. We don't have the authority."
"Ehhhh?" Usagi slumped back down into her chair. Her succubus wings shot out of her back and she flapped herself with them out of sheer frustration. The others followed suit, not really seeing the point in hiding them right now. "Well, pooh! What can we do, then?"
"Take stock of school equipment," Ami said, counting off on her fingers. "Organise extracurricular activities, sporting events, festivals - We don't really have an awful lot of power or authority."
"Yeah, that tracks!" Makoto nodded. "I mean, can you imagine? If they just, y'know, gave real decision making power to students? That would be abused so hard, so fast!"
"Really?" Minako slumped forward, mirroring Usagi because, in the end, they were cut from a very similar cloth. "Oh man, all those anime lied to me! I thought we were gonna be the shadowy design makers behind everything, but this is really lame! Are you sure we don't have that much power?"
Ami patted her blonde friends on the shoulder, her keen insight into a person's arousal picking up, to an extent, how disappointed the two of them were with this development. Unwanted though it may be, sometimes discovering you don't have nearly the power you thought you had was a major turn-off.
Luckily, she would have her opportunity to prove her point before too long. The Principal popped his head inside, compelling them to hide their wings before he could look fully inside.
"How are you girls settling in?" he asked. "Anything you need?"
Here it was. Her chance to show off how little power they really had here. Ami raised her hand, picked up on the Principal's fetish for... Southern Belle accents? He must have visited America recently or something. Alright, in that case...
"Well I do declare," Ami said. "We could always use a little old state of the art laboratory with the latest equipment for our students to use." The other girls all slowly looked towards Ami as if she'd lost her mind. Though their reasons for doing so may well differ. As for the Principal? This was very much working for him.
"That would be quite expensive," the Principal said. "What do you think, Usagi?"
"Well, if Ami really wants it so badly she'd adopt a really lousy flirty accent, then... Sure, I guess?"
"It's yours!" the Principal said. Wait, what? "We'll need to call around to get everything we need, but -"
"Um! Pardon me!" Ami said. "Won't you need confirmation from your superiors for a laboratory?"
"Pardon me, Miss Mizuno... I have them on the line now?" the Principal said on the phone. "Hey there! Listen, Mistress Tsukino really wants a laboratory. Ooh! I hadn't thought of that! Nothing but a labcoat... yes, that really works for me, too. Anyway, let's make it... she said 'state of the art'. How much would that be? Millions, you say? Well, let's take it to the government and see what they say!"
Ami let out a breath she didn't realise she'd been holding. That would surely be the end of it right there. Milllions for a laboratory for a single school? They'd have to raise taxes for that. By a lot. A. Lot. No way would they enable it, they'd be eaten alive for -
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<i>"This just in, there will be a 10% tax increase this year to pay for a state of the art laboratory, for a high school in Juuban."</i>
It was undignified for Ami to spit-take, but she did just that upon hearing the news. Her mother handed her a handkerchief to mop up the juice, which she did absently while watching the television in muted horror.
"Oh, Ami. Isn't that your school?" her mother asked. "Ten percent, though. For a laboratory? That's quite ridiculous!"
"Yes, it is," Ami said. "There's no way anyone would agree to -"
<i>"This is, apparently, the request of Usagi Tsukino who will, according to rumours, be walking around wearing nothing but a labcoat, safety goggles, and latex rubber gloves. Here is an artist's rendition."</i>
"If it's for Usagi then that's fine," her mother said, very obviously fanning herself and adjusting her collar. "Mmm, they should make it twenty percent, it would be worth it. Phew!"
"Ah." Ami slowly nodded. "Oh, alright. So. We don't have the same level of authority as they have in anime. We have <i>more authority</i>"
All of a sudden she was starting to feel a little bit scared by the new powers they'd acquired. She was also trying very hard to not look at her own mother, otherwise, she'd wind up seeing the same thing she saw in the Principal when he'd been making the phone call earlier on:
Namely, a pair of odangos sitting heavily over his very soul. Maybe they should be spending more time investigating these powers...?
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