+You're under arrest,+ said Princess Adila as the handcuffs finally snapped into place.

You didn't think she [i]forgot[/i], did you?

+Queen Cascade, you are considered a flight risk so additional precautions have been taken,+ thought Adila, clicking the other end of the cuff around her own wrist. The chain linking the two glowed bright pink and vanished, leaving two matching bracelets around their wrists. +This is the Friendship Maintenance Bracelet, courtesy of Princess Hornet. Not only will it allow us to track each other down wherever we go but it will allow the instant transmission of messages across any distance. I will be checking in on you regularly and expect you to do the same. Your community service will -+

Adila wasn't able to hold the straight face any further and stuttered off into a damp giggle-sob noise. She buried her head under her wing for a moment, and little glowing words appeared above Alina's cuff: [i]I love you both, so very much[/i].

+Princess Kazelia, you're considered an accomplice to the notorious Princess Kyouko, so...+ she offered a second set of cuffs, the same as the first. +I mean...+ she had to take another moment to wipe her eyes. +Things won't be the same. I'll miss you. I already do. But... whatever the new normal looks like, I know that all of us will fight to make sure that we're all a part of it.+