Written by BHart
January 25, 2007

Act LV
Cosplay Fun

The sailor moon fans were dressing up the day of the cosplay convention. The sailor senshi had already transformed into their sailor senshi uniforms. "Wow, your costumes look very authentic," commented Emma.

"Who the heck are you guys supposed to be?" asked Carr, referring to Sailor Earth, Star, Parallel Moon, Virago, Tsukineko, Menard and Kurozuki.

"Oh, um..just some of our own sailor senshi creations," replied Lutina.

"Hmm, you guys have quite the imagination," complimented Carr.

There were people dressed up as characters from all kinds of anime. The sailor senshi didn't recognize who many of them were supposed to be. "This is a rather weird party; but the food is good," said Jun Jun.

"We should be at the moonie headquarters trying to find out more about ambassador Uranus," said Chibi Usa.

"We've been researching that boring stuff a lot lately. Let's just have some fun now," suggested Kousagi.

Twenty fat men dressed up as sailor senshi arrived. They pushed people down on their way to the stage. Six of them stood on stage with a microphone saying, "We are the sumo senshi. We have come here today to fight the real sailor senshi, who are among you. Show yourselves and we will spare everyone here."

"Sumo senshi?" said Diana.

"Get ready to confront them," instructed Chibi Usa.

Before the sailor senshi could do anything, the sailor moon fans and other cosplayers gathered together, fighting the sumo senshi. It didn't take long for the floor to be filled with beaten bodies. "Should we do something?" asked Ves Ves.

"Let's just see how things settle out. We didn't have to intervene last time," suggested Drana.

The sumo senshi used their sumo chop, sumo squat, sumo hug and sumo charge attacks against the cosplayers there, injuring many. The cosplayers weren't without their victories, however. Only the six leaders of the sumo senshi remained. They were Touki, Chiyotaikai, Chiyotenzan, Zenshinyama, Asanowaka and Mitoizumi.

"Why aren't you helping us? Our best fighters, Amsteel and Roanoke, are unconscious. We need all the help we can get," said Emma, running to them.

The sailor senshi hesitated for a minute. "We're type "A" sailor moon fans," replied Chibi Usa.

"I understand that, but when push comes to shove, everyone needs to fight. I'm going to get more reinforcements," said Emma.

"Don't use much force. These are just normal humans; and we want to keep a low profile," warned Drana.

"This should do the trick," said Sailor Palus, using her Gummy Ball attack. A small, blue ball landed on the ground, opening up. A bunch of pink, sticky gum burst out of the ball, covering the sumo senshi. They were stuck in their tracks.

Emma saw what happened and was shocked. "What...what was that? That was incredible!" said Emma.

"Oh, uh, some parlor trick I learned at the circus," replied Sailor Palus.

"Nobody I know could ever do something like that. You guys are the real deal, aren't you? You are sailor senshi? I can't believe it! This is so awesome! I've met the real sailor senshi," said Emma, fainting.

"Oh boy, our secret's out," worried Sailor Star.

"We'll deal with that later. Let's get her back to headquarters," said Sailor Chibimoon.

Emma regained consciousness the next day. She began to slowly recall what happened the day before. She approached the sailor senshi privately saying, "I'm so excited that I met you. Don't worry; your secret is safe with me."

"If anyone else finds out, we won't be able to accomplish what we came here to do," replied Chibi Usa.

"Are you guys on some secret mission? Please, do tell," said Emma, excitedly.

"Well, maybe we shouldn't," said Chibi Usa.

"Actually, she may be able to help us with our objective," said Lutina.

"What is your objective?" asked Emma.

They told her the situation. "I've never heard of him. You're sure he's somewhere around here?" asked Emma.

"From what our best sources tell us," replied Ves Ves.

"He probably sent the sumo senshi after us," thought Drana.

"We haven't been able to get any information out of them," said Cere Cere.

"Then I guess they'll still have to be stuck in a big gummy mess," said Palla Palla.

"Sumo senshi..that sounds vaguely familiar. I know I've heard of them somewhere before. Carr could really help us out with his internet researching skills. I could ask him for help without telling him anything else. Is that ok?" asked Emma.

"That will be fine," answered Chibi Usa.

The anime convention would end the following Saturday. Emma and some other sailor moon fanatics showed the sailor senshi around the convention. At the end of the day, they returned to the moonie headquarters to see if Carr had found anything. "Any luck?" asked Emma.

"I found a few sites mentioning them. After checking the Save Our Sailors website (SOS), I remember that is where I first heard about them," answered Carr.

"Of course! The SOS did write an article on them a long time ago," remembered Emma.

"I found out that some of the people who ran that website lived here, in California. I believe it's somewhere close," informed Carr.

"That's great. We'll have to go there when you find the location," said Emma.

"Are you sure all of the moonies should go?" asked Carr.

"You're right. It will bring back harsh and bitter memories for some of them," agreed Emma.

"We'll keep it between ourselves for now. The moonies are too divided on their opinions about the SOS," said Carr.

"Some of the voice actors of the English dub of Sailor Moon will be at the anime convention till the end of the week. We can ask them if they know anything about SOS headquarters. I think they have visited there in years past," suggested Emma.

"Good idea," agreed Carr.

Chibi Usa got permission to use the computer to learn more about the SOS organization while the others went with Emma to the convention.

Emma spotted a tall anime girl with light brown hair in a pony tail. She was wearing a see through blouse and very short shorts. "Maki? Is that you? It's been a while," said Emma, hugging her.

"I'm sorry, do I know you?" asked Maki, seeing a plain looking girl's arms around her.

"I am Emma, one of the faithful moonies who has come to these anime conventions for the last eight years in a row."

"Oh, you're one of those people," said Maki, hesitantly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, let me introduce everyone." She introduced Maki to the sailor senshi.

"This is Maki, everyone. She worked for VKLL for years. They were a Canadian fansubbing and distributor service, allowing moonies like myself a chance to see unreleased episodes of Sailor Moon in the English speaking world. They were a godsend. So, what are you up to nowadays?" asked Emma.

"I got an acting job after VKLL shut down. I've been playing various parts in different anime projects," replied Maki.

"It's really nice to meet you, but we really should be going," said Diana.

"Yes, we're looking for those Canadian voice actors who worked on Sailor Moon a long time ago. Have you seen them?" asked Emma.

"They're around here somewhere," said Maki.

"I love you," said Emma, hugging Maki tightly. Maki laughed nervously, hoping Emma would leave soon.

The voice actors were already closing up, getting ready to leave. The only voice actors there were Terri Hawkes, Jill Frappier, Roland Parliament, Sabrina Grdevich, Tony Daniels, Kirsten Bishop and Naz Edwards.

"Hey, where are you guys going? The anime convention isn't over until a couple more days," said Emma.

"It's pointless to come to these things anymore. Almost nobody outside of Canada even knows who we are," replied Roland.

"Give it a rest already. Move on like everyone else has. You sailor moon fanatics are a little creepy," said Terri.

"Hey, treat us nicer. We help keep your careers alive," said Emma.

"Whatever. Nobody's even seen what other films we've been in," said Terri.

"We're not here to talk about your dying careers that have been flushed down the toilet; we're here to ask you about what you know about the SOS organization," said Tari.

"My, you are quite the people person," said Anna.

"I don't beat around the bush," replied Tari.

"What about it? It was just some place filled with silly people obsessed with Sailor Moon, just like you," said Tony.

"But you've been there, right? Where are their headquarters?" asked Emma.

"I don't remember. In some small room in a college around here," replied Tony.

"That's right. I remember their URL used to end in ".edu"," said Emma.

"If that's all, we'd like to finish packing up and get back to our country," said Tony.

"Aren't we mister grumpy pants? I'll see you all next year at the convention. I'm still missing a few autographs from your fellow Canadian voice actors. Remember, we still love you even though the English dub sucked," said Emma.

"That's it, we're not coming back next year," said Jill.

Chibi Usa and Lutina were reading something on a website with a look of fear and disgust on their faces. "What's wrong?" asked Diana.

"We've been reading some transcripts from the English dub of Sailor Moon, and it's quite scary," said Lutina.

"Listen to some of the dialogue for the English version: "weren't you just bored to snores?", "Can it, unless you want to be mashed into meatloaf!", "Yeah, you're majorly toasted, surfer boy," said Chibi Usa, reading some excerpts.

"DIC is evil," realized Lutina.

"What crappy dialogue. Who talks like that? Anyways, did you guys find out anything?" asked Diana.

"Yes, apparently SOS had fund raising campaigns way back when. They tried getting people to by unfrosted strawberry poptarts, luna balls and other things. They encouraged people to buy those things in order to get more episodes of Sailor Moon dubbed in English. They had an agreement with those companies that produced those products to give them 15% of all of their profits for that time period for getting people to buy their products. They probably used that money to help fund the space program. It is very possible, since we do not know how long they have been gathering funds for it," informed Lutina.

"Did you guys have any luck?" asked Chibi Usa.

"The SOS was located in a college nearby," informed Emma.

"That may be where the ambassador is," thought Kiusakun.

"Great, let's check it out first thing tomorrow," suggested Ves Ves.

..to be continued..