Pastel*Rangers

Chapter 99.5 - Finally Home

The skies above Los Angeles are a little smoggy, but mostly clear. There is not a single cloud in sight, despite what the chapter image might suggest. Also, this image could have been taken in any month and it could pass off as Winter. Our seasons don't visually change much, if at all. One of many airplanes begins its descent into Los Angeles International Airport. Inside the plane, among the passengers, Lynn sits staring out the window. She's relieved to finally be home just in time for New Years Day, though the circumstances behind this trip were rather... Odd. She smiles fondly as she recalls the party between her and her new friends right before the end of this trip.

I miss them already.

-Later that day-

*Plop*

Lynn plops onto her bed.

I missed you so much!

Lynn hugs her pillow and looks at all of her luggage.

There's a lot to unpack there.

Lynn rolls over and chuckles at her own joke. She soon falls asleep, completely exhausted by jetlag.

Lynn wakes up the following day. Boss had allowed her one last day of vacation to recover from jetlag. Despite that, Lynn had decided to go to work, not as an employee, but rather as a delivery person.

"Delivery!" Lynn walks in, holding a box. There was not a single customer in the café, which made sense, considering it's early morning and they were not open yet. Lynn had used her employee key to get inside. There was going to be a New Years festival all over Little Tokyo later that day, which explained why there were more employees setting up in the café than usual.

"Lynn!" A maid with pink hair and cat ears runs up to Lynn and gives her a hug.

"Welcome back" A woman wearing an elaborate maid outfit greets Lynn. "I didn't expect you to show up today."

"I just stopped by to drop all this off" Lynn says, putting the box down. "I got you all souvenirs."

"Tell us how your vacation was!" The pink haired maid says. "I heard a little bit of it from Boss, but I wannya hear more about it!"

"Me too" a maid with short orange hair says. "I heard you trained a bunch of people with the same power as you."

"Tell us all about your new friends!" A blonde haired maid says.

"I thought you'd all be more interested in the souvenirs..." Lynn sighs. "It's kind of a long story. Is it ok if I start now?" Lynn asks her boss.

"Go ahead" Boss nods. "We're all set up and ready for the festival anyway. How about we all go talk in the breakroom?"

Everyone goes behind the counter, towards the break room. Lynn brings the box of souvenirs with her. Boss makes sure the front door is locked before joining everyone else.

"So how'd it go?" The pink haired maid asks.

"Where to begin..." Lynn thinks for a second. She starts from day one, when the first Negative attacked. She explains how she witnessed Aya waking up to her powers, noting how similar her powers were to hers and Boss's. She then talks about how she set out to look for them and found out they were idols.

"You met celebrities!?" The blonde maid asks excitedly.

"That's ameowzing!" The pink haired maid says.

Lynn continues her story, getting to the part where she had met Moca and her friends at CiRCLE.

"Oh, so you had help" the orange haired maid says.