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 Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:58 am
Zia rolled her shoulder with a groan, shifting her grip on the bat Valhalla had given her that had been affectionately named 'Youma-basher' by her brother. It was a good bat. But the aluminum blunt object was starting to get heavy and she was still sore from a youma battle that went bad a few days back.
She was seriously starting to rethink this 'patrol as a human alone with no back up' thing. But maybe the time to rethink that was the other night when she had youma claws in her.
She glanced around, weighing the options of powering up or walking home. And chose the latter. Nothing was happening tonight. At least nothing she was hoping to happen was happening tonight. She looked defeated, and the awkward girl with jeans and a bat just started trudging along down the sidewalk, looking like she'd just come from midnight batting practice.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:11 am
Natron's first thought, on seeing someone out with an aluminum bat late at night, was that it was a fellow Negaverser - except that he could see her, she was right there, he was staring at her back, and she had no power signature.
Then he became concerned, because civilians should not be out at night carrying aluminum bats. That was just terrible. He was definitely not planning to drain her because she was carrying a bat and that was a bad idea, he did not want to get beaten on by a civilian now too.
"Miss? Excuse me, miss? What are you doing out?" He said, jogging up to her. "You really shouldn't be out here, it's late and it's not safe."
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:35 am
The problem with patrolling not as her powered form was that holy s**t, she was ******** blind as far as energy signatures went. The 'miss' wasn't surprising, until she turned and jumped a bit at his negaverse uniform.
"JESUS, man, what the hell," She muttered, after she'd had a chance to assess things and decide he wasn't all the violent.
"I know," She said like that was the dumbest statement in the world and turned to face him, resting the bat against one shoulder and putting the hand that wasn't holding it on her hip. She considered herslef one of the reasons it wasn't safe, even if her options as far as forms and powers were on the lower end of the power spectrum. Still, far as she could tell he was just a lieutenant, and was honestly trying to gauge if she could take him or not.
"Well if it's so not safe, what are you doing out?" He didn't have Painite's style, but she still figured maybe discussing s**t with him might be more productive than, say, trying to match bat to magical weaponized bullshit.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:28 am
Natron really wasn't sure what to make of this girl, but he gave her all kinds of props for courage, for being out this late at night.
"So if you know it's dangerous, why are you out?" He asked. Of course he was, but he could handle himself. Mostly. As long as he didn't run into any more tanks in the shape of Senshi or absurdly tough Knights. He was boggled by the idea of a civilian being out when everyone knew how bad it could get out here. An aluminum bat might do okay against youma, but what about angry Senshi? Or even Negas?
"I'm out because I can handle what's out here." He said, putting his hands on his hips. Sure, he was only a lieutenant, but he was doing pretty good, he figured.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:53 pm
"Mmmm," Zia said with an exaggerated, slow nod as if she was comprehending. "And you don't think I can't?" She asked, jokingly feigning offense before she broke down laughing.
"Sorry, oh god, it's just... ha! Kid, you're adorable. Seriously, just really ******** adorable," At least she resisted reaching out to pinch his cheeks.
"What do you go by, Agent?" She asked with a good natured smile. "Are you a lieutenant? Or just a really drably dressed captain?" Maye if she powered up she'd be able to tell by his power signature, but that wasn't going to happen while he was watching.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:39 pm
"Well, I mean, yeah, you're just a civilian...." He awkwardly tapped his fingers together.
Natron stared, uncomprehending. It had been a while since he had gotten laughed at by a civilian while in powered form, and it was seriously offputting. "Adorable?" Okay, that was one he didn't usually hear from anyone but Toutatis...
"I, uh, Lt. Natron. Have you met Negas before?" He asked, reaching up to awkwardly ruffle his hair. "I mean, we're not really supposed to talk about it with civilians, but one must've saved you from some crazy Senshi, right?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:55 pm
"I know some. Painite" Zia said with a shrug. "That b***h bleeds style. Like seriously." Zia mightv'e had more affection for Painite than was healthy, considering she had spoken with her once and only saw her from afar in large battles. She liked a show, what could she say? Other than Painite she could name about two others that were still alive, and decided it might be best to leave it at the compliment considering her audience.
"Senshi, knights, negas, moon bitches, mirror bitches, senshi with holes in their heads, youma, I do it all," She just kind of waved it off. "I kind of got thrown into this s**t but fate neglected to give me any suitable super powers. Going on three years, though. I think I'm handling myself."
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:20 pm
Natron grinned at the mention of Painite. "She does, doesn't she? She's the one that corrupted me." He had never seen he fight, but he was pretty sure she won forever for sweeping him up onto a rooftop for their little discussion about corrupting him.
Natron frowned. "That's a pretty inclusive list," he said. "Get into trouble with every side, huh? Must be interesting to be caught in a war between Earth and outer space." He said it casually, because surely if she had been doing this for three years she had to know about that part. "With, you know, alternate dimension stuff thrown in." Couldn't forget his favorite interdimensional aliens, otherwise known as the Dark Mirror Court.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:32 pm
"Oooh, interesting," Zia was actually wondering how badly her mild girl crush was going to bite her in the a** since they were so familiar. Whatever, it probably wasn't going to, so she didn't dwell on it.
"Did I mention the space cats?" Zia asked with a laugh. "Because those ******** cats, man." Though her only two cats on her roster were extremes. ********* was a sweetie, but she wouldn't mind punting Pippin over a tall building. And then there was the one in her head. "Yeah, I guess I'm more like an unaffiliated island."
But her casual, airy demeanor took a sharp downward turn at the alternate dimension talk. "What the <********> would you know about that?" She practically spat.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:16 pm
Natron admittedly had an unhealthy amount of respect for Painite himself. He was thoroughly fond of the first person, in his mind, to really believe in him.
"I have met one of the space cats," he agreed. "Though she was ours, Negaverse." He grinned fondly, remembering crazy Lyssa and her promises to protect him and aid him. And, of course, that she thought he was a woodlouse. "She was a little crazy."
He blinked, looking very confused at her sudden change in demeanor. "Well, you know, the Dark Mirrors? They're not really from space like the other Senshi but alternate dimension theory was always a little beyond me so I really don't get it." He said, looking more sheepish than nervous. He had no idea why, exactly, that might have struck a nerve, he just knew it had.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:45 pm
Zia's happy was entirely gone by now.
"Intimately familiar, yes," She sneered. And it was the truth, more than she even knew. "Not from space? You ******** moron, all senshi are from space, these are just locked out of theirs so they want this one. And their 'queen'..."
Zia had to stop herself. She couldn't exactly spill her guts about having the last uncorrupted parallel starseed hitching a ride in her body. And he seemed too infuriatingly infatuated to even be bothered with. She turned around to walk away.
"Nevermind," She snarled.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:07 am
Natron was very thoroughly fond of the Dark Mirror Court, there was no denying that much. Hell, he was dating one of them. But it was pretty obvious from everything that this girl did not feel the same way he did.
He also did not want her storming off all angry, and possibly getting into trouble, just because he had brought up an awkward subject. She had dangled answers in front of his nose and snatched them away,mwhich was infuriating, but sometimes, he supposed, it was better not to press.
"Miss, I'm sorry, I didn't know you, er, had a thing about the Dark Mirrors, I didn't mean to being up a touchy subject."
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:38 pm
Zia scoffed and whirled around to face him again."Not from space'. What an idiot. So, let me get this straight, stranded senshi, born on Earth, with no queen or any idea what the ******** they're doing are dangerous but invaders from an alternate dimension where the earth is the moon's b***h... yeah, let's just cuddle up to them." She had to stop and groan as if she just couldn't deal with it. "It's not like they're even from that dimension anyway. Just the queen and the cat."
Then she smiled again. Not casual and amused like before, but cruel, and manic. "Ares is going to kill all of you, you know."
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:56 pm
Natron frowned. "It sounds a little crazier when you put it that way, I will admit." He admitted. "But, the Dark Mirrors don't seem to want to take over Earth, and last time the Senshi did have a leader, they did!" He pointed out. That made perfect sense, at least to him. "
He shook his head fiercely. "No. The Dark Mirror and the Negaverse are allies! Why would she turn on us? We all serve Chaos, we're on the same side." He was sure of that, at least. And if Ares ever did turn on them, surely her Court wouldn't follow her there, queen or not. It was probably a naiive view of the world, but Natron often lived on a planet that only sort of resembled the Earth everyone else was used to.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:50 pm
Zia facepalmed, "Are you really Painite's?" She asked in utter disbelief that the general would have a lieutenant that was, in her eyes, just plain ridiculous. Though, she had never had the chance to ask Painite her opinion on the Dark Mirror senshi and had briefly horrified thought that she was okay with them.
"A: Chaos is a power source, not a deity," She said first, that needed to be corrected straight up. And she was trying to recover enough to not just flat out scream about the source of all her knowledge. "Me and my upstairs neighbor both use electricity, but I still want to stab his noisy playing music at 3am face."
"Second, do yourself a favor, kid," Even if she did tread the dangerous line of educating him, he probably wouldn't listen to her. Hell, even if she powered right up into Zirconia's form, he probably still wouldn't listen. "Go find an agent. Someone who's been around a while, and ask about Operation Rota, and who killed General-King Marthozite."
She turned to leave again, this time having no intention of stopping. He had more than enough to find answers on his own, and if he didn't get them, or refused them, he was too dumb to live anyway.
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