It felt like nothing could really bring her down. No youma could really stand up against her now that she was legitimately at the top of her game. She had been smashing faces all throughout this patrol (or what she could assume were faces on the shapeless youma). Sometimes a good punch was all that was needed to cause the youma to explode into a dust cloud. Sometimes the youma needed a bit more roughing up before it turned into dust. All she knew was it was a fun time to be had in the evening hours. She could have called another teammate to join her, but then she couldn't hog all of this action-filled glory! Rules be damned! She only made those rules to protect the other members of her team. Sailor Iris didn't need protecting, especially now that she had the Rainbow Revenge working perfectly now. Hell, she hadn't even needed to use any magic yet this evening, save for the initial henshin magic.
Had she been the cat, she might have noticed as she drew close to a familiar bakery. One where a familiar face could be seen locking up shop. If she had been paying attention, she might have noticed it was that Evelyn chick.
Instead, she was too busy grabbing what looked like a pig and a turkey mixed together and shoving it into the asphalt. It was amazing what sorts of bizarre youma the Negaverse made. The creature was pretty slow on its feet and easily shoved into the ground. It let out a sound similar to the gobbling of a turkey, but then it screeched out into a lengthy squeal like a pig. Grabbing it by the beaked snout, the senshi smashed its head into the ground. What the youma lacked in speed, it made up for in resilience.
"Ooooo.... yer gonna be a tough lil' f*cker, eh?"
The only sound she got in response was that weird gobbling-squeal.
With that, she held the creature's head down with one hand, then with her other hand punched the creature as hard as she could.
The youma didn't stand a chance. It instantly dissolved into an ashy substance.
Carneli
Evelyn was already in a bad mood, like she usually was when she had the responsibility of locking up dumped on her, usually because it meant she was going to be up all night dealing with other responsibilities like homework and dirty dishes.
But as soon as her ears rang with that bizarre squeal... gobble noise, she jumped, and instantly realized the night was about to get a lot more exhausting. She henshined without hesitating, before she even registered that the other figure nearby was a senshi. Not even just any senshi, but Sailor Iris.
But even with her quick action, she ran up just in time to see the youma dissolve under the blonde's fist. "Well s**t," She said, looking at the residue with her face scrunched up into a childish expression of disgust. But it only took a small pause for her to finally realize what had transpired here.
"What are you doing? I thought we weren't supposed to be patrolling alone!"
Did she miss a rule change here? Were the rules the cat laid out to her optional? Like when your uncle crashing on your parents' sofa tries to pretend he has authority? Somehow, she hadn't gotten that vibe when she got the rundown, which was why she had been careful to follow them in spite of indignation at having to bow to someone else's will and some minor temptation to henshin up and frolic around town to blow off steam.
"Come on, Lucy, start splainin'."
But as soon as her ears rang with that bizarre squeal... gobble noise, she jumped, and instantly realized the night was about to get a lot more exhausting. She henshined without hesitating, before she even registered that the other figure nearby was a senshi. Not even just any senshi, but Sailor Iris.
But even with her quick action, she ran up just in time to see the youma dissolve under the blonde's fist. "Well s**t," She said, looking at the residue with her face scrunched up into a childish expression of disgust. But it only took a small pause for her to finally realize what had transpired here.
"What are you doing? I thought we weren't supposed to be patrolling alone!"
Did she miss a rule change here? Were the rules the cat laid out to her optional? Like when your uncle crashing on your parents' sofa tries to pretend he has authority? Somehow, she hadn't gotten that vibe when she got the rundown, which was why she had been careful to follow them in spite of indignation at having to bow to someone else's will and some minor temptation to henshin up and frolic around town to blow off steam.
"Come on, Lucy, start splainin'."
Despite the fact the area had fresh youma dust in the air, it seemed as if the evening was nowhere close to being done. The blonde stood herself up and turned to face the one who had been lecturing her within 5 seconds of joining up. Under normal circumstances, she could use her height to intimidate the other party. However, with Eunomia being practically the same height as herself, that tactic would not be working today.
Her only answer to start off was a simple correction: "No... you aren't supposed t'be patrollin' alone..." The eternal senshi had set up these rules for her teammates mostly, not so much for herself. It was a grey area that Iris conveniently made work to her advantage every so often. However, it seemed more and more teammates were starting to notice this convenience.
Iris would have had more to say, if it weren't for the sound of more gobble-squealing nearby. "Looks like that youma had some friends..." A grin easily found a place upon her face.
"Looks like it ain't time fer any 'splainin' after all..." With that, the eternal senshi began to make her way towards that sound and that vague sense of negative energy that all youma seemed to carry around with them.
Carneli
Eunomia balked at the response. She'd expected some half cocked excuse about how it was an emergency or just for tonight only, but, admittedly, she didn't know Sailor Iris very well and certainly wasn't expecting a blatant admission that she was above the rules entirely.
It pissed her off, and it wasn't Eunomia's usual annoyed-at-the-world pissed. This was bubbling frustration and anger that made her put all of her willpower into keeping from just taking a swing at Iris. Even when the gobble-squeals sounded and Iris started making her way towards the dark energy, Eunomia was left standing there for a moment, just staring as if she could bore holes in the blonde's skull with her eyes.
b***h.
After that brief time taken to regather her senses, she ran to catch up, mostly because she really needed to punch something and it probably wasn't wise for that something to be her eternal level teammate.
She caught up to Iris, just in time for an irritating squeal at close range to be the straw the broke the camel's back, making Eunomia kick the round, offending tur-pig like a soccer ball she really hated. She watched it fly back and land in a small clump of what appeared to be a herd of the bacon industries' leftovers.
"Holy ******** class="clear">
It pissed her off, and it wasn't Eunomia's usual annoyed-at-the-world pissed. This was bubbling frustration and anger that made her put all of her willpower into keeping from just taking a swing at Iris. Even when the gobble-squeals sounded and Iris started making her way towards the dark energy, Eunomia was left standing there for a moment, just staring as if she could bore holes in the blonde's skull with her eyes.
b***h.
After that brief time taken to regather her senses, she ran to catch up, mostly because she really needed to punch something and it probably wasn't wise for that something to be her eternal level teammate.
She caught up to Iris, just in time for an irritating squeal at close range to be the straw the broke the camel's back, making Eunomia kick the round, offending tur-pig like a soccer ball she really hated. She watched it fly back and land in a small clump of what appeared to be a herd of the bacon industries' leftovers.
"Holy ******** class="clear">
Sailor Iris was grinning. She was grinning so hard her face almost hurt.
"F*ck. Yes!"
This was the sort of thing that got the blonde's blood pumping. She had managed to catch sight of the herd just before her teammate kicked one of the youma across the way into the pile.
"So there's some fight in ya, eh? Let's see what th'f*ck yer made of then!" Many senshi who had offensive magic would have usually turned to something like that for now.
Sailor Iris seemed to not even consider it at the moment. With a bit of a war cry, she rushed forward, hands ready to try and grapple with some beaked boar. A couple of the youma seemed to notice and let out a less-than-intimidating version of their own war cry. She jumped into the pile and grabbed what seemed to be one of the smaller youma and literally grabbed it around the round waist. She could have tried something more elegant, but that wasn't her style. Instead, she lifted it up, then dropped it down on its head like she was pulling off some sort of professional wrestling move.
Carneli
Eunomia let out a strained little noise that seemed like the b*****d child of an attempt to muffle a frustrated shriek while simultaneously sighing in exasperation. Her fingers twitched with the urge to attack her teammate, and for once the saving grace was apparently the fact there were youma there to take her hate out instead.
At some point she realized she had her grip around the round body of a squawking and flailing turkey-pig, gloved fingers clawing in remarkably deep as she wailed on the creature with extreme prejudice, eventually standing up throwing the weakened and twitching mass onto the pavement, digging and smashing the wedge of her boot in, feeling the mashing and rearranging of innards before the entire thing just disintegrated into a dust cloud.
It was weirdly shocking at first. Obviously she had seen youma turn to dust before, even minutes ago, but for some reason, she wasn't expecting it right then. She coughed and turned her attention to a beak-snout ramming against her calf and she ended up kick that too. ******** youma, ******** manager leaving her to lock up after unpaid overtime so she could go a date, ******** Iris being the absolute worst, self centered, stupid team leader ever. ******** everyone! There were rules and procedures! And they were there for a reason! Did the universe care she had homework? Obviously not since it felt like everything was actively working against her. And her grades.
Eunomia was throwing a hissy fit for the ages about it, too. At some point she realized either a beak or a claw had scraped the side of her arm. It wasn't a big deal, really, but she did find herself disappointed she didn't have enough brute strength to snap the offending beak off, resulting in throwing the particular youma she was wresting back down to the pavement with a noise that sounded like it was made by a spoiled child.
At some point she realized she had her grip around the round body of a squawking and flailing turkey-pig, gloved fingers clawing in remarkably deep as she wailed on the creature with extreme prejudice, eventually standing up throwing the weakened and twitching mass onto the pavement, digging and smashing the wedge of her boot in, feeling the mashing and rearranging of innards before the entire thing just disintegrated into a dust cloud.
It was weirdly shocking at first. Obviously she had seen youma turn to dust before, even minutes ago, but for some reason, she wasn't expecting it right then. She coughed and turned her attention to a beak-snout ramming against her calf and she ended up kick that too. ******** youma, ******** manager leaving her to lock up after unpaid overtime so she could go a date, ******** Iris being the absolute worst, self centered, stupid team leader ever. ******** everyone! There were rules and procedures! And they were there for a reason! Did the universe care she had homework? Obviously not since it felt like everything was actively working against her. And her grades.
Eunomia was throwing a hissy fit for the ages about it, too. At some point she realized either a beak or a claw had scraped the side of her arm. It wasn't a big deal, really, but she did find herself disappointed she didn't have enough brute strength to snap the offending beak off, resulting in throwing the particular youma she was wresting back down to the pavement with a noise that sounded like it was made by a spoiled child.
Sailor Iris didn't claim to know Eunomia all that well. They were essentially just strangers that happened to be forced onto the same team. So alas, the tomboy had no clue that much of the badassery that was coming from the dark-haired girl was 100% Iris' fault!
It was always fun to rough up the youma by hand, but at some point, the eternal senshi decided that she wanted to make this go by faster. Her right hand began to glow, faintly at first, but soon enough it was quite bright.
Once she had the energy gathered up, she shouted out "Iris Rainbow SLICER!" From her hand fluttered a brightly colored rainbow that was soon enough whipped towards one of the youma. It easily seared the creature's skin, and when it became too much for the monster to deal with, it exploded into ash.
"I'll try t'make this quick fer ya!" she called out to her teammate before once again jumping in, fiercely lashing out at anything that had a beak or pig-like tail.
Carneli
Eunomia wouldn't have called it badassery. Awkward, silly, undignified, stupid, any of the above, really. The entire act of flailing, kicking, and clawing at the rounded and squealing abominations seemed like it didn't have a great air of badassness, at least not from a bystander's perspective. She certainly felt a sort of morbid satisfaction, though. It was better than killing digital monsters in a game to blow off steam, for sure.
"Holy s**t," Was all Eunomia could say, being that close when she witnessed the rainbow slicer. She even hopped backwards a little in response to the bright glow that came just before it was fired off.
Iris just jumped right back into the fray but Eunomia was left dumbstruck with a weird, searing jealousy. She looked down at her own hands and pondered what ********* had told her back during the night she was awakened. Were her powers that awesome? Was she wasting time by not attempting to shout her magic words and unleash her own badass attack on the world?
With an anxious swallow, she indulged in a pose that she instantly felt silly assuming and shouted out, "Eunomia's Good Order!" in an imitation of the voice she used when she henshined.
She almost fell over when a deep blue energy lit up her hand, and quite frankly, she would have stared at it with a gawking, dumbstruck face if a beaked pig hadn't attempted to launch itself at her. With a squeal, she almost threw it at her target as she dove out of the way and watch it bounce back to the pavement. Okay, it didn't explode or burn up. In fact it seemed... fine.
"Well that was a fun light show," She muttered bitterly. Of course Iris was blessed with cooler powers. Even though seconds later she noticed it moving in an awkward slow-mo among it's friends, assuring her it did something, exploding would've been cooler.
Even worse, when she went to punch the thing, almost the second her fist hit it's weird youma body, it turned around and pecked her hand with shocking speed.
"Ow! That's stupid!" She exclaimed without thinking as she drew her hand close. "That's just... ugh, stupid." Really, she couldn't think of a different word. She couldn't even find joy in the fact the herd was thinning remarkably between the two senshi.
"Holy s**t," Was all Eunomia could say, being that close when she witnessed the rainbow slicer. She even hopped backwards a little in response to the bright glow that came just before it was fired off.
Iris just jumped right back into the fray but Eunomia was left dumbstruck with a weird, searing jealousy. She looked down at her own hands and pondered what ********* had told her back during the night she was awakened. Were her powers that awesome? Was she wasting time by not attempting to shout her magic words and unleash her own badass attack on the world?
With an anxious swallow, she indulged in a pose that she instantly felt silly assuming and shouted out, "Eunomia's Good Order!" in an imitation of the voice she used when she henshined.
She almost fell over when a deep blue energy lit up her hand, and quite frankly, she would have stared at it with a gawking, dumbstruck face if a beaked pig hadn't attempted to launch itself at her. With a squeal, she almost threw it at her target as she dove out of the way and watch it bounce back to the pavement. Okay, it didn't explode or burn up. In fact it seemed... fine.
"Well that was a fun light show," She muttered bitterly. Of course Iris was blessed with cooler powers. Even though seconds later she noticed it moving in an awkward slow-mo among it's friends, assuring her it did something, exploding would've been cooler.
Even worse, when she went to punch the thing, almost the second her fist hit it's weird youma body, it turned around and pecked her hand with shocking speed.
"Ow! That's stupid!" She exclaimed without thinking as she drew her hand close. "That's just... ugh, stupid." Really, she couldn't think of a different word. She couldn't even find joy in the fact the herd was thinning remarkably between the two senshi.
If it weren't for the fact that senshi had to call out their attacks, Sailor Iris might not have noticed what Eunomia had done. However, with the call of 'Eunomia's Good Order" in the air, gold eyes couldn't help but try to see what the other senshi was doing.
Unfortunately, she really couldn't make out what was actually going on. Nothing seemed to be too different, save for a momentary blue glow from the area where Eunomia was standing. "...well... that's interestin'..." the more experienced senshi muttered to herself. Shaking her head and shrugging it off, the yellow-suited senshi resumed her duty of terminating all of the youma in the vicinity.
After lashing her attack about for a while longer, the herd had thinned out to being about 5 or so youma left. Seeming satisfied with the small amount of monsters left, the eternal senshi opened up the hand that had been clutching onto that rainbow attack of hers. The instant her hand was open, the rainbow vanished. "...alright... back t'the old fashioned way!" she said with a grin before rushing in to once again pick up one of the youma. It gobble-squealed in protest as she lifted it up, limbs flailing as she did such.
Carneli
Eunomia was still huffy about the sheer lameness of her 'attack' and went back to trying to crush the skulls of youma with the heel of her boots. How was she supposed to fight the forces of evil like that? And what kind of stupid sphere was order anyway?
The final five youma quickly became four, than three, and then Eunomia coughing up the dust of the second to last unfortunate tur-pig that had just about exploded a little too near her face. "Ugh," She wheezed, waving it away as she stumbled back. "Please tell me this stuff isn't as gross as what I'm assuming it is," She whined as it stung her eyes and she had to close them for a minute.
"Are they all gone?" She asked, cautious optimism rising in her voice. At this point she didn't even care about getting a moment to b***h at Iris, she just wanted to henshin down and curl up and sleep already.
The final five youma quickly became four, than three, and then Eunomia coughing up the dust of the second to last unfortunate tur-pig that had just about exploded a little too near her face. "Ugh," She wheezed, waving it away as she stumbled back. "Please tell me this stuff isn't as gross as what I'm assuming it is," She whined as it stung her eyes and she had to close them for a minute.
"Are they all gone?" She asked, cautious optimism rising in her voice. At this point she didn't even care about getting a moment to b***h at Iris, she just wanted to henshin down and curl up and sleep already.
With a fist pummeling into the final youma, the senshi of rainbows held her breath as it exploded into gross youma dust. One thing such a herd would guarantee is gross dust floating all about the air. Yet eventually the blonde heard coughing nearby which obviously belonged to her teammate. Once the remains of the youma had settled, she then opened her mouth for a response.
"I don't sense any more of them... so I think we're good." She sauntered towards the other girl who rivaled her in height and firmly patted her on the shoulder. "Not bad fer yer first time out..." A grin managed to find its way onto her face before she added "...but what was that 'Good Order' thing ya did?" Though she was genuinely curious, she also just had a way of making it sound like she wanted to goad Eunomia on.
Carneli
"Oh good," Eunomia mumbled, her shoulders slumping with the fatigue that came to replace the adrenaline of an impending fight. It took a lot of effort to stand there and not henshin down, scuttle home, and crawl into bed.
When Iris brought up the 'Good Order' thing, she just looked at her hands, completely devoid of their blue glow and dropped them with a shrug. "Who knows. It didn't do anything," She answered with unfettered bitterness. That wasn't entirely true, she noticed something happen, but she was too tired to attempt to figure out how to explain it.
With a bit of a jerk of her arm, she moved away from Iris and spun on her heel to face her. "I'm going to make a big deal about this," She warned, almost like she was childishly announcing she was going to tattle. But there wouldn't be any tattling tonight. Instead she reverted back to plain old Evelyn Caffrey and started trudging down the street in her usual route home. It would've been more of a 'harumph' and a storm off if she had the energy, but oh well.
When Iris brought up the 'Good Order' thing, she just looked at her hands, completely devoid of their blue glow and dropped them with a shrug. "Who knows. It didn't do anything," She answered with unfettered bitterness. That wasn't entirely true, she noticed something happen, but she was too tired to attempt to figure out how to explain it.
With a bit of a jerk of her arm, she moved away from Iris and spun on her heel to face her. "I'm going to make a big deal about this," She warned, almost like she was childishly announcing she was going to tattle. But there wouldn't be any tattling tonight. Instead she reverted back to plain old Evelyn Caffrey and started trudging down the street in her usual route home. It would've been more of a 'harumph' and a storm off if she had the energy, but oh well.
With a quirked brow, the blonde watched as the other girl went off in her own direction.
"...what th'hell was that 'bout?"
