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 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:01 am
Serandite had just snuck out of her room, her parents sleeping peacefully below in the house, downstairs. Time for some real fun to begin.
Serandite was perched on a rooftop above, her face hidden by the shadows. A human was below. There was a person in the alleyway below her, right in plain view. Easy pickings. Honestly, people should be more careful of going into unpopulated places. Stupid masses. Hm. What method should she take?
Method one. Go down there, knock him or her out and then steal the starseed. Method two. Go down there, fool around for a little bit, and then steal his or her starseed by surprise. Either way, it involved her going down there.
Time to leap down.
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:33 am
Everything always seemed to happen in alleyways.
Take Toby for example. He had just spent some quality Time of Great Boredom lazing around in his room, attempting to finish his homework while actually reading old pages of comic books from leftover newspapers, before retiring for the night, pulling his cute ghost-shaped covers over his bed.
And had stayed like that for a good five minutes before deciding that tonight, like most nights, he really wasn't getting any sleep. Maybe a nighttime stroll around the the brisk, clean night air would help clear up his mind- ok who was he kidding, what he really wanted was to check if the local convenience store had any of those delicious sushi-rice balls things on sale. They usually went up at around 10:00 pm, and if he got there fast enough, they might still have flavours other than- OW.
Instead of apologizing like they should have upon collision, the punk didn't even acknowledge Toby and continued walking. A little peeved at their retreating figure, the white-haired teen rolled his eyes. Now where was he about his dinner budgeting oh yes, better check how much money he had while he was at it. Putting one hand in his pocket, he realised-
- That his wallet was gone. Missing.
That punk had stolen his wallet!
Now while this might have been funny and ironic in any other situation, Toby was pissed. BEYOND annoyed: NOONE stole his stuff and ******** got away with it!
Looking left and right to make sure noone was watching, one non-flashy transformation sequence later and he was Lieutenant Torbernite, of the Negaverse, the darkness prevailing, blahblahblah. And that dude, whomever they were was going to die tonight. Preferably, dramatically. He was going to pluck their star seed right out of their chests like they did to his - ok that just sounded dirty.
And turning around a corner (it was much easier to travel in his Negaverse form he found) there that culprit was, thinking most likely they had gotten a clean getaway. Torbenite fumed violently on the inside. He was gonna beat that kid up AND THEN steal their star seed. He was gonna-
- get landed on by some girl. No seriously, one second he had his target in sight, and the next second, some random girl had fallen right on him, right on his poor, already-sore back. He could have screamed in anger as the thief was clearly getting away, but having 80+lbs of Random Girl on him was rather heavy, and he struggled to get her off his poor prone and flattened body. Really, he had meant to say to her 'Can you please get off me', but it came out more as a blunt and rather angry, "For the love of Christ, my victim is getting away, you stupid girl!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:47 am
Serandite could say something along similar lines. What was a bothersome boy doing after her target? She took a few seconds to get off of him, the confusion and surprise not quite clearing up yet.
"Stupid? Boy, don't blame me for your mistakes. it's not my fault you didn't have the sense to dodge out of the way. If you'll be excusing me now, I have someone to go chase after." She said disdainfully, brushing the dirt off her kimono. Shoot. the man was already quite ahead of her. Whoever this boy was, she couldn't be bothered with him. Besides.. he had said the word 'victim.' Was he a robber or something? Nothing that she couldn't take care of afterwards. Serandite didn't even spare him a glance, racing forward. It would be faster if her bunny chased it for her.
"Loppy, let's go! Grow.. Grow.. Grow!" She called out, her bunny suddenly turning to a large sized stuffed animal. It's running synchronized with her running but it was ahead of her now, intending to trap the man into confinement.
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:50 pm
Dodge out of the way?! "Last time I checked," he retorted, "girls didn't come falling out of the sky."
Not waiting for a reply, he tried to get the feeling back in his spine, and slowly half-limped half-walked forward, only to be cut off by the girl and what seemed like a giant animate bunny. Ok Toby was generally an accepting, open person, but this, well this was just too ridiculous.
And giant oversized clearly walking on its own bunny or not, there was another technical problem with this dynamic duo: they were after HIS thief. The dude who stole HIS wallet, whom HE was going to beat up first.
Kind of like an out-of-shape kindergarten teacher struggling to catch a student playing out on the playground after recess (he was still very very sore from his last battle), he took a few dashes forward, and pulled the girl on her oversized flowery-pink sleeve hard.
"What on earth," he hissed at the girl, staring warily at the bunny as well who was clearly about to spook his victim, "do you think you're doing?!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:18 pm
She found herself pulled back, quite rudely by the way, making an annoyed sound. She waited before answering the man, slashing her free arm down, the bunny imitated her movements to knock the man temporarily unconscious. Ugh, civilians were so irritating.
Now that the man was subdued, she could turn her attention to this annoying boy. "Well. I could tell you. Or I could not? That depends on who you are, I suppose." She said sweetly, twirling her hair in her finger.
Serandite obviously couldnt tell that this boy was another negaverse soldier in front of her. Who did? Negaverse uniforms didn't exactly advertise negaverse after all. Not like Serandite's uniform did.
"I'm a little busy now. You want to make an appointment for this conversation later?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:11 pm
Could tell him what? That she was part of some evil tea party?
He raised an eyebrow as the giant stuffed moving bunny thwacked HIS victim in the face, rendering them a crumpled unconscious bunny on the ground. Apparently they just didn't make humans the way they used to.
Huh, wait a second: he thoughtfully put one hand to his chin, adding two and two together.
1) She was clearly overly cute
2) She was wearing some flamboyant girly outfit that contained of course, a skirt too short for her own good.
He frowned. "Wait... are you a senshi?!" And if she was what the hell was she doing doing his work for him?
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:55 pm
She was dumbfounded at the conclusion that this civilian reached. Considering the fact he wasn't labeling her a terrorist pointed out that he wasn't just a civilian. Obviously, he was on one side. She just couldn't decide on which, based on his words.
"Do I look like I have a silly battle cry and save the day? If I do, that means that either you or I need to check our eyes. Senshi's dont hold weapons, if you haven't noticed. Call me a senshi again and you wont believe your eyes when a giant bunny comes raining down on you." She pointed out, raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. It wasn't a direct answer but it did heavily imply the fact she wasn't a senshi.
"Hm. You're not a civilian. Seeing as you don't have ridiculously short pants like Sailor Castor did.. I'd venture a guess on.. the negaverse side?" Now that she identified he wasn't a civilian, she was almost sure he was a negaverse. Almost.
"I'm loving your shirt by the way." She saw fit to mention, assessing him in a curious manner.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:11 pm
He beamed, patting his shirt down a bit at the compliment. "Thanks, I tweaked it myself, I mean there's only so much you can do with long sleeves and-"
Torbernite paused. Wait a sec, how did she know? He eyed her suspiciously: she COULD be Negaverse or she could be trying to pull a fast one on him. And there was that other complication. "You know about Sailor Castor?" He was almost ninety-percent sure at this rate she was simply another (harmless) Negaverse newbie recruit, but no newbie could have possibly fought Castor and survived. Maybe she was someone important, oh crap oh crap, time for plan number two.
Putting on his best 'serious face', he gave a brief acknowledging nod to the girl. "Ah yes, I ah, didn't want to give away who I was." He tried to cross his arms over his chest confidently, though it took a couple of fumbles. "I'm on a very important private mission after all, so I have to remain incognito and stuff. Super special private work that would be best done, you know, by myself." Hint hint, nudge nudge.
Well, if she didn't recognize him, it didn't hurt to pretend right? Not to mention she'd rather not have him mucking around HIS business and taking his glory kill and all that. He quickly glanced from the corner of hi eyes at his said victim: who was still thankfully lying unconscious next to the giant bunny, who to any casual person passing by would probably look like a scene from Santa Claws 2: The Attack of the Killer Stuffed Toy.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:40 pm
A guy making his own outfit. Nice! She chuckled out loud as he paused, the thoughts that ran through his head was almost visible. What side was she on, really? She didnt realize the rest of his thoughts though, simply chuckling over the matter of her being negaverse or not.
"An important mission.. Really. is this super-secret stuff the reason I haven't heard of you stranger?" Even as the implications of the sentence was not-so-subtly telling her to go away, she refused to do as he implied.
Determining he wasn't a threat, her bunny grew down to a normal plush size, disappearing as it did so. She didn't need a weapon right now after all.
"So.. you must be of high ranking within the Negaverse if I haven't heard of you.." Serandite wasn't ordinarily interested in other negaverse soldiers. But if he was high stuff within the negaverse.. well, how did an idiot, a nice one, do better stuff than she did? She wanted to do awesome stuff too. Before she knew it, the words tumbled out of her mouth.
"I'm on a top secret mission as well. It concerns.. those senshis. Obviously, you haven't heard of me either, I suppose?" She asked sweetly, throwing her hair over her shoulder.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:36 pm
Oh man, she knew about those top secret senshi - wait which one were those again!? He resisted the urge to fidget nervously as to betray his surprise. If he blew his cover now, he would become - if possible- even more of a laughingstock in the Negaverse than he already was.
Continuing his facade with a smile of amusement, Torbernite nodded, abruptly. "Uh, yes, my fellow Negaverser. My mission is so important I cant even disclose it with anyone else. Star seeds, darkness prevailing, and all that."
Well technically, if she regarded him as a 'stranger' she had no clue who he really was. This might work well. "At any rate," he pretended to look rather intimidating, though it was hard to keep himself from stammering at least one "uh" every two lines, "If you're on a so-called top secret mission with senshi, what the heck are you doing attacking random civilians?"
It didn't even occur to him for a moment that she might not be bluffing as well. As far as he was concerned, all he needed to do was pretend he was a little more 'important', and maybe she would take the hint. At least the reject bunny from The Nightmare Before Easter was nowhere to be seen.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:35 pm
.. Well, he certainly had a strange diction of words. What was he, a pretend politician? O..kay.
She thought quick, trying to avoid any mention of her alleged 'mission.' She decided to avoid the topic completely. This charade was getting a little too boring to play though. What the hell was she supposed to do next after digging herself in this hole? She shouldnt even have gotten stuck with it in the first place.
"I'm attacking random civilians for my starseed count. Gotta work on that too. Why were you chasing him?" She leaned down to examine the man, noticing something in his hand. She picked up a small item, holding it up to the other negaverse soldier.
"I wonder. Is this yours or is it your another civilian's?" She held up the item, a grin crossing her face. Did this negaverse get.. pick-pocketed? Or was she assuming things? If he did, it was quite an amusing story. But Serandite could have easily admitted, she could get pick-pocketed easily as well. She didn't have street smarts after all.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:03 am
In general, Toby was a slacker. His goals were always, around 90% reachable because, well, there generally were none.
And in any other situation, he would have easily been more than happy to take HIS wallet back from the other's hands, except for one little complication. Saying yes to this situation was pretty much admitting that he, the amazing professional 'items borrower' himself, had been victim to his own methods. In other words, it was kind of, in Toby Vision, like being shot in the back and then shot again.
"WHAT!" He remarked rather loudly, and had there been anyone else around, they might have given him a strange look. "I uh, no! That's not my wallet at all!"
Well technically it hadn't originally belonged to him. But oh man, it had his free movie ticket pass in there. He thought as fast as he could. "But it wouldn't hurt taking a look at it y'know, its not like a dead man will need it." Here he tried to nod sagely.
He was so distracted by the fact that she was holding his wallet and pretty much ruining his reputation without even knowing him, that all Negaverse subplots basically once again, took their still-warm seat on the backburner.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:28 pm
If Serandite didn't know better, she would have thought Tobernite was hiding something. Of course, he couldn't be hiding something. He was a lieutenant of higher rank. Why would they lie? Besides, Serandite didn't see the point in lying over a simple thing like a wallet.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt taking a look." She said in agreement, opening the wallet in her hand. "Might actually have something of worth." She said aloud, flipping through the various items.
Money.. Junk. Movie pass.. Junk. useless other stuf.. Junk. She mumured these words out loud, finally pulling out a school item.
"Who's Tobias? Wierd name. Ouch. Meadowview? Seriously, the only flaw in that school are those horrid uniform shorts for the guys. At least Hillworth has long pants." She commented, frowning at the thought of the meadowview uniforms. Ick. "Doesn't look half-bad though." She commented, holding the ID up.
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:43 am
After years of hearing his full name pronounced by strangers, he did the most reflexive thing his mind knew at that point.
"God, its Toby." He corrected, with a rather annoyed sort of finality. He peered over at his stupid school ID. "Besides, I dont look THAT bad in the Meadowview uni..."
Oh, crap.
"Uh," he quickly looked at his sleeve to confirm that yes, indeed, he was still wearing his Negaverse outfit, he looked back at the ID with what was supposed to be his hidden civilian identity. "Aw, man."
So much for pretending to be important: he just pretty much gave away the fact that he was a student in a sub-par high school. A horseradish, a beet, and probably a tomato combined would still have been jealous at the furiously embarrassed flush he had now, and the thought of just running for a clean getaway did eventually cross his mind.
"I...... go to the school to spy there." He finally finished, lamely. "Anyway, Toby's not even my real name, its my you know, spy name, and stuff, yeah." Considering that yes, he had sunk that low, he really figured that at this point securing his thieving reputation regarding said wallet was the last of his concern. He searched in his pockets for a moment (as he never kept money in any wallet anyway) and finally was able to pull out a rather wrinkled five dollar bill, offering it to the other as some sort of bribe. "Ok, uh look, I know we got off on the wrong foot, but can we pretend this just never happened?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:02 am
.. Serandite wasnt sure whether to facepalm or laugh. This civilian was him? His honest reactions were just so amuzing, she could help but giggle out loud.
She listened to his next line, a wide smile spreading over her face at his flushed expression. It was darker than Serandite's outrageous hair color. She hadn't had good amusement like this for awhile. She took the five dollar bill, only to lean in close to tuck it back in his pocket.
"For a cutie, that's an easy task to do without money." She explained, straightening as she leaned back. "Don't worry. The only thing Crystal has on Meadowview is the uniforms." She pointed out, giving him a knowing smile. Just because she went to Crystal didn't mean she harbored the common view of the school on the other schools.
"As payment, just keep me updated on negaverse stuff when we meet again, okay? I was kidding about the top secret senshi stuff. As if a newbie like me could get that job. Personally, it's just too much work anyways. Leave that hard stuff up to the other lieutenants such as yourself, right?" She said, flashing one of her rare genuine smiles at the other.
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