Her mind was all bubbles, as she sat alone in the brightly decorated club room. Girls chatted in the halls going back and forth with their excited holiday project spirit. Yukari had a huge red bowl of popcorn, a needle, and yards of thread. Her project was set! But her bubble filled mind had little to do with popcorn. Instead, she wondered how a certain popular room mate was doing, and perhaps was even more curious about a straightforward white haired prince.

Embarrassed for even thinking of Akira and her red gaze she started reading with fervor. She worked faster when she was this determined, she was already buried in yards of popcorn garland already. It covered her lap, the table and even the floor around her for several feet. But the more she tried not to think about Akira, the more she thought about her, and the more she thought, the faster she worked, and the harder she worked, the more she thought!

Akira's face was closing in on her mind's eye, getting closer and closer until,

"Meep!" Yukari squealed as she poked herself with her needle and fell out of her chair, buried in a heap of popcorn garland. She sighed after coming out of her stupor and her round gaze fell upon a strange box that hadn't been there a moment ago. The box, curiously, had legs.

Akira momentarily forgotten, Yukari crawled her popcorny self over to the box and crouched lower, cheek to the floor, whispering at the girl in the box.

"Ano...why are you hiding in a box?" She looked at the door and pulled the string of popcorn that hung over her head closer, as if to hide her face, "Should I hide too?" It was a real question, the dark haired girl shot a worried glance at the door. Was there danger?

Clearly there was a lot more to the enemy agencies than MiyaMiya had thought when she'd first arrived on Astraea Hill.  There was so much more going on than simply her clonebot 'parents' leaving her off in the autumn that she'd had to start a detailed mission log to keep her facts straight.  Her enemies had been up to all kinds of strange things, so it was no wonder that she'd  been assigned to this location b y her Order.  Today was no exception for Agent Snake as she had managed to infiltrate yet another part of the hill without being detected by devilish agents of the other agency.  Spica was potentially full of enemyinfluence, the SCPs of Miator and Spica might be both be being manipulated by them too!  Lulim was an unknown quantity and one she'd have to work to uncover more facts about before she could assess how far they'd gone down that road of influence.  Hopefully there would be some hope for the school to be a bastion of resistance against shadow forces; they had a sterling public reputation for developing independent, modern girls who had a variety of skills and interests.  Underneath they were led by a girl with arcane abilities who didn't fit the mold the other Student Council Presidents came from.  That was curious enough that she'd made her way into the club wing and begun to snoop around for more information.

She'd entered a room which might be the headquarters of one of Lulim's famous clubs, the source of the school's strength.  Of course she was in full camouflage mode, which meant she had her 'tactical' fishing vest with broken radio, magical tools in various pouches attached to her belt and a pair of safety goggles with LED lights attached to them which served as her magical vortex detectors.  It also meant that she was hiding inside of a cardboard box - her magical barrier device.  Once again she got the feeling that she wasn't alone in this room; she'd felt it once before as she had entered the doorway.  Now it was stronger.  Then she heard a whisper through the barrier and realized she'd been detected!  Without warning she flung her box off, cringed and hit the play button on her music player so that the 'game over' could be heard.  Then she fell to the floor as if shot or something.  Only after she'd done that did Miyamiya sit up and look the other girl over.  A Lulim student, no signs of enemy influence and even aware that danger might be present on the hill!  
"Well, there is  danger on Astraea Hill but I don't think you'll find it in here.  Lulim appears to be safe from my enemies' influence," she remarked before nodding to the girl, "You're very perceptive to know that and also have spotted my magical barrier device.  I'm impressed!"

With that she bowed a little and smiled, "I am Agent Snake of the Order of Spiritual Truths and Protection of Our Lady of Divine Mercy, here to investigate magical convergences, vortexes and enemy activity.  You ahve a lot of potential!  And.. um.. you're cute.  You'd be great as one of us!"

The sudden burst of music had little Yukari disappearing into the pile of popcorn with a squeak, however she crept out as the mysterious girl began to speak.

"Magical barrier?" She looked at the box and then, as if accepting the facts she stood up, blushing as the girl introduced herself, she bowed, popcorn in her hair, "Kurugawa, Yukari....ano..." She didn't know what to say after being called cute, "Please teach me!" She pleaded.

All of this sounded so important, so time sensitive, so...so..."Agent Snake! Please allow me to help!"

To anyone else, all this would seem silly. Yukari stared at her black stocking covered legs and waited for and answer from her soon to be superior officer. Maybe this was just what she needed to wrangle her emotions better!

"But, when you say one of you, how many are there?" She asked, taking all this very seriously, was she really about to become part of something as important and amazing as this?

Miyamiya had experienced many different reactions to the revelation that she was in fact a secret agent of an even more secret order, but nothing quite compared to this.  Eri had been accepting of her tale, even supportive of it.  Yet her roommate was an angelic being who needed the protection of her Order more than to be an agent of it.  This girl on the other hand hailed from a school which definitely appeared to be protected by some pretty effective magic itself.  From her worldly experience MiyaMiya recognized that this meant she was full of potential for using magical abilities herself.  Combining those two elements made her the best prospective agent Agent Snake had seen in her four centuries of magic use.  Better still the girl who introduced herself as Yukari was eager to learn about the shadow reality which most people didn't realize existed!  There was no recourse but to jump in and recruit her as a new ally in the fight against her nemeses.  With excitement she reached over and placed both hands on the girl's shoulders, nodding vigorously at Yukari's acceptance of what clearly had to be divine providence.

"We at  the Order of Spiritual Truths and Protection of Our Lady of Divine Mercy - or OSTPOLDM for short - don't take requests to become new agents lightly, Yukari-chan.  It's  a dangerous world out there full of nefarious, evildoing shadow agents.  You have a great potential to use magical devices and abilities, too.  It has been over a century since anyone appeared who possessed the untapped skill that you have," she responded seriously, "What I'm saying is.. I want you to join us.  Become an agent of OSTPOLDM and I will personally train you to fight for peace and justice."

Immediately afterward she looked to Yukari and added, "First you must take the oath of service... repeat after me: I do solemnly swear loyalty to the Order of Spiritual Truths and Protection of Our Lady of Divine Mercy... to defend and uphold its heavenly charter against enemies foreign, domestic, extraterrestrial and demonic.. that I will do so with good character and swift action.  So help me dog.. er.. god.."

Once this was done Miyamiya nodded again and added, "First thing's first, you need a code name!  For you... I think....."

She stared at Yukari sitting in the popcorn, screwed up her face and proclaimed, "Agent Bunny is suitable.  Welcome aboard, Agent Bunny! To answer your question, we are an ancient order which boasts many dozens of active agents, but within the confines of this mission.. we are the only two agents in the area."

The lulim girl tried to follow along as best she could, looking serious and impressed, processing everything. "I don't know if I'm that important, but I will do my best!" She repeated the oath word for word very seriously, even the mistake at the end as if it were an important detail.

"Really?" She asked then, in regards to being trained to fight, "like...magical girls?" She imagined the latest anime craze and wavered. That couldn't happen, could it? Then she was given a code name, bunny! She liked it.

"Agent Bunny reporting for duty!" She saluted and popcorn fell from her hair. "Oh," she said, as if suddenly realizing her mess. She started to pick up the garland. "What's our current objective Agent Snake?"

"Really?" She asked then, in regards to being trained to fight, "like...magical girls?" She imagined the latest anime craze and wavered. That couldn't happen, could it? Then she was given a code name, bunny! She liked it.

MiyaMiya's faith in Yukari's enthusiasm had not been misplaced whatsoever as it turned out. She was hesitant about fighting of of course, as any new recruit was bound to. Even if they were experienced in martial arts it was still quite possible that they would shrink a bit when they realized they'd be fighting darker forces. Yukari had something about her which told MiyaMiya that she was going to be an excellent field agent. Somewhere behind all of her OSTPOLDM fiction MiyaMiya yearned for this to turn out well so that she might have a friend. She was imaginative, played along with the magic agency story and seemed really nice. Time to make a move to solidify her place as a comrade in arms and crafts.

MiyaMiya giggled when the popcorn fell from Yukari's hair. It was pretty adorable, she had to admit. Then she put her index finger to her chin as she thought over what their mission should be. At last she settled on, "You see those strings of popcorn on the floor? My sensors indicate they are charged with positive magical energy, which could fortify Lulim's safety from dark forces. Therefore, our objective is to put them up so that they can fulfill this purpose. I'll help!"

She gave her best salute as she received her first official orders and then set to gathering the popcorn garland. She was excited to have help, more excited to be part of something, maybe even making a friend. In the hall she pointed tho the far end.

"We should start over there! Oh wait!" She gave the messy like to her comrade and rushed into the craft room where she returned with a step ladder. "We'll need this!" Then marched her way down.

As they decorated, she looked at her new friend's hair, what a pretty shade, she stared at it a little too long and blushed when she was caught. Not wanting to seem strange she thought she'd give her new friend a compliment, "Your hair is so pretty," she said, red faced and focusing intently on the popcorn and draping it over a small hook just right. She wanted to tell her about her senpai, about Akira, as for advice, but that was all too soon. They were on a mission after all! She a new resolve, she climbed down, ready to move the ladder down the hall to the next spot. "Ne, um...Agent Snake, are you going to the Winter Ball?" Making conversation like this was good right? A nice safe normal topic...right?

Yukari's enthusiasm really got MiyaMiya's going as well.  Not only was this going to be a mission to reinforce the positive energy fields of LeRim, it was going to ensure that their first mission as partners was a success.  Really it was kind of a trial in the field for Agent Bunny.  Just how she reacted to the instructions to work on magical boundaries would dictate what kind of role she'd have in future OSTPOLDM missions.  MiyaMiya grinned when the girl produced a ladder for them to use for the popcorn garlands.  Resourceful, this one!  Since they were committed to getting the decorations up she worked hard to ensure that they did everything just right.  As she climbed the ladder to hook up the popcorn strands she had an odd musing.  Was this what it was like to have a friend?  To have something to do with that friend and actually enjoy yourself without having to pretend you were a secret agent?  Maybe.  Playing along with the secret agent thing was part of what made Yukari so adorable though!

"Huh?" she blinked when the girl complimented her hair.  That didn't happen very often, but she was actually really happy to have the compliment.  People really didn't compliment her very often so this was a particular treat.  Trying to keep her cool - she was a secret agent of divine service after all - she brushed some of her hair over her shoulder, "Thanks!  It's necessary for any agent of the Order who's had as many centuries in as I've had to maintain a maidenly head of hair.  Yours is very lovely as well, Agent Bunny."

Then she moved the ladder, climbed up again and started putting it up, "The Winter Ball?  Well I haven't received any orders regarding it but there's always the possibility that I will get something at the last minute.  You never know with these things.  I think.."

She paused to look down at Yukari and smiled, "I will end up going, just in case something happens and my services are needed.  If nothing else there's bound to be a good amount of free food there!  What about you?  Do you have any plans to attend?"