Re-introductions, Pastel Garden Chats, and Raids

"J-j-JACKIE HARRISON, IS THAT YOU?!!!!!!!"

Those shouted words had come out of Zira's mouth, unfortunately. That revelation. That regretful revelation.
She looked at the Top Hat wearing Pastel Pacifist, mouth agape with shock. This wasn't what she wanted. She wanted to use her magic to turn invisible.
She wanted Maestro to deny that she was the crush that she's been having.

But, none of that happened; as Maestro/Jackie's face shifted from shock to a somewhat smug smile.

"I see.", Jackie says mischievously, taking one strand of their purple hair and twisting it. "Is it because of my eyes?"

They know, they know! ,Zira thought; her mind in a panic.

"OH, what a shame that I didn't cover my eyes up this time. Because the last time someone saw my eyes was at school earlier in the day. She tripped and landed on top of m-"

"I'm the one who did that!", Zira suddenly blurted out, shocking both herself and Jackie. She then closed her mouth, feeling like she messed up.

Wow, what is this? The Blurt Everything Spell?, she thought as she felt her face turn red.

"Oh.....so, you're the girl who knocked me over?", Jackie then says, their face turning red as well. "This is kinda awkward. One minute, we're in this situation that must be embarrassing for both of us; the next minute I'm saving you from glitter-covered thugs as Pastel Pacifists. What a small world we live in." They then giggle nervously and fiddle on their sleeves as Zira tries to rack her brain for anything else.

"I am so sorry for doing that.", she finally says, feeling like she had to apologize. "I'm just a mess. An awkward mess. I thought that if I transformed into a magical girl, all my awkwardness would go away. But, I guess that didn't happen after I became one."

The 2 Pastel Pacifists then looked at the moon in silence. They didn't say anything until Jackie spoke up.

"Azira, despite all of your clumsiness, you are kindhearted and helpful. Remember that a Pacifist's job is to be kind and help people, in spite of your flaws and hardships. Even I have to remember that.", they say, the night wind blowing their hair a bit. "Say, why don't we start over with our introductions. OK?"

"A-are you sure?", Zira asks. This was different from all the small talk that happened in classes., she thought.

"Of course. Let's begin." They extend their hand out to the pinkette. "Hi, I'm Jackie Harrison, also known as Pacifist Maestro. And what's your name?"

"M-my name is Zira Simmons, also known as Pacifist Azira. Nice to meet you."

Zira then proceeded to take Jackie's hand and give it a handshake. It felt warm and nice, as she smiled and her cheeks turned a little pink. On the inside, however, there was a party in her head; with a cake saying Congrats on interacting with Your Crush for more than 5 seconds! in the center.

After that, Jackie and Zira exchanged numbers and took a selfie to commemorate their magical partnership. Who knew that a little bit of awkwardness would lead to that?

After saying goodbye to Jackie("I'll make sure that moment is erased from everyone!"), getting home, and detransforming back into her normal self, all Zira wanted to do was write what happened that afternoon and evening in her diary. But then, Pikiki popped up on her laptop.

"Welcome home-pio! Wanna see something new-pio?", the pink-red panda said.

"Look, Miss Pikiki, I love you. But, I just wanted to write in my diary and go to bed." , Zira whined exhaustively, flopping on her bed.

"Well, I wanted to introduce you to something cool you can do as a Pastel Pacifist-pio."

Zira then goes to the computer, thinking, This better be very cool, Miss Pikiki. Otherwise, I'm going to bed.

The laptop screen then shows a mini version of Azira and 2 other cute, costumed, mini versions of other (from Zira's inference) Pastel Pacifists all gathered in a pastel-colored garden; filled with lavender rose bushes, sky blue benches, a hot pink night sky, and a big crystal fountain in the center.

"Welcome to the Pastel Garden-pio!", Pikiki said over voiceover. "Here, you can chat with other Pacifists within your area-pio. Now, go ahead; make new friends, and be nice-pio~!"

This is so cute! I've never seen a cuter chatroom in my life!, Zira thought ecstatically. Lemme say something.

P-Azira: Hello, fellow Pacifists! I'm new here!😀😀😀

A Pacifist wearing a baby blue dress, a blue-to-purple gradient scarf, and one-starred baby blue socks with flowy white and blue hair with clouds, stars, and a moon in it notices the winged pinkette and waves at her.

P-Dreamscape: Yay~! A newbie is here! ☁️☁️☁️☁️

Zira was going to respond to this when suddenly she saw a familiar avatar of the Top Hat wearing purplenette appear. She felt herself go excited at the fact that she and her crush that she had were partners, let alone chatting with each other in a pastel garden.

P-Maestro: Hey, Azira! 🎩🎶

P-Azira: Hey, Maestro. 😇😇

P-Dreamscape: Wait....you know Azira? That's so cool~!

P-Maestro: Yeah. We met IRL when she was in a pickle with some goons. Luckily, I was her knight in shining armor. Or should I say, her dashing Pacifist in a top hat?😉😉

As Zira's cheeks go full-on red at that remark, another Pacifist in a bunny prince outfit said:

P-RoyalBun: Wow, Maestro. I didn't know that you'd be such a swooner. 😆😆

P-Maestro: S-shut up, Bun! 😳😳😳

Zira giggles to herself, feeling like she got to get a chance to see a different side to Jackie. A different side to the person whom she ever saw walking with their friends to lunch and acting in drama class.

P-Azira: I'm glad that we met, Maestro.

P-Maestro: Me too.

P-RoyalBun: Hey, everyone! I think that we should do a Monster Raid challenge for extra Brownie Points.

P-Dreamscape: That'd be a dreamy thing to do. You wanna do this, Azira?

Zira then realized what they were going to do: go on a Monster Raid to get Brownie Points, like Pikiki had told her a while ago.

P-Azira: Sure! Since I'm new, I'd love to do this. You up for that, Maestro?

P-Maestro: Of course, Azira. I wouldn't miss out on beating up monsters with you. 😁😁

Then, as Zira blushed at that response, the chatroom disappears and is replaced with the 4 avatars in a pastel pink crystal cavern; a big crystalized slime monster appearing on the right side of the screen. On the top of both the monster and the Pacifists, lie health gauges for how much health both parties had; the bottom of the screen appeared pink buttons that said "Cast Spell", "Skip Turn", and "Use Pastel Item".

Zira is amused with all this. She's reminded of a mobile game she used to play, Dessert Desire, a turn-based gacha RPG. It was like this but with magical girls instead of cute anthropomorphized dessert girls.

"OK. Time to get take my skills to the test.", Zira says, pointing her mouse to the "Cast Spell" button and clicking it. Her avatar of Azira then used her wand to shoot out a heart projectile towards the monster, causing it's damage gage to lose a bit.

Then, it was Jackie/Maestro's turn to attack, as they used their ocarina's magical music notes to pummel the monster's gauge way lower than Zira; coloring her impressed. That was so cool!, she thinks.

However, the monster attacked back by shaking its crystalized slime all over them; the Pacifists' health going down to 50% in the aftermath. Luckily, there was hope when Dreamscape used her "Dreamy Healing Sparkle" ability and the gang was back to their normal health.

Then, for the final blow, RoyalBun used his Carrot Cake Shower to defeat the monster and receive a defeat bonus.

Congratulations, Pacifists! You received 178 Brownie Points each! then appears on Zira’s screen.

That was amazing!, Zira thinks, feeling exuberant at the victory they all accomplished. The Pacifists celebrated in the garden chatroom; eating virtual cake and chilling afterward til some of them left and it was just her and Jackie. In the chatroom. Alone.

Zira gulped in nervousness before typing to Jackie.

P-Azira: Soooooo......

P-Maestro: It was fun doing this with you.

P-Azira: Yeah! It was very cool. It’s nice to see that you can earn Brownie Points in a different way.

P-Maestro: Yeah. That’s wonderful. Soooo....I was thinking.....You wanna hang out tomorrow?

Suddenly, it felt like Zira’s world stood still; feeling like her room was silent and she was floating around in a pink galactic void.

She repeated the words in her head.

You wanna hang out tomorrow?

Hang out......tomorrow.....

Tomorrow......

Just her and Jackie..... no one else but them......

That’s....her dream come true....

Holy Gummy Bears!!

P-Maestro: Hello? Earth to Azira! Are you there?

Zira then came back from her little pink void of gay space panic to respond to them.

P-Azira: Y-Yeah?

P-Maestro: I was thinking that we should hang out and get more Brownie Points in our Pacifist forms. That way, we can get to know each other.

P-Azira: That sounds wonderful. I’d love to do that.

P-Maestro: Well, meet me at the tower, all transformed and ready for some good wholesome deeds. Okay? 😉😉

Zira stares at the laptop for a while, grinning like a loon on the outside, but feels her inner selves flipping out in the pink control room in her mind.

P-Azira: Sure. I’d love to. Gotta go to bed. C U L8er, Alligator 🐊!

P-Maestro: After While, Crocodile 🐊!

Zira then closed her laptop, went to her bed, and sat on it; thinking about what happened....before proceeding to take her pillow to her flushed face and began to scream into it out of pure excitement. Sure, it was just her and Jackie doing a bunch of Brownie Point earning activities, but to her....

It felt like they were asking her on a.....a.......a....

DATE!!!!