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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:45 pm
Tuesday. It had been six nights since that fight. Six nights since she'd asked Nicolae Sparke to take her to the hospital and since he let her stay with him. Six days and nights of pure awesome, even though a good portion of that time was spent sleeping and/or in a daze. He didn't want her to go back to school yet and so she agreed to it. No complaints! Whenever he was out doing whatever it was Nicolaes do she spent her time playing his Wii. If her fans from the fanfic'ing world missed her, she didn't know it.. though she did promise herself that she'd get back to it ASAP. Her fans needed her! They needed all the feels! But right now... right now her heart just wasn't in the love lives of others. It was in what Lenka and Jett said, what Toutatis did, how Requiem almost ended her life. She still didn't know what to do or think about any of that, and her only comfort lay in Nicolae's hands. "Nicolae's hands." Tee hee hee. Nnnnng. By Tuesday night she was horribly restless. Wii Boxing was fun and all, and so were the other games, but she had the need to get out of the apartment. Now. Her brothers wouldn't return until the weekend so going home wasn't an option. Turning into a sailor senshi and gathering energy was definitely an option thrown out the window and stomped upon. Maybe just a walk. A walk around the block. What harm could a walk around the block do? A harmless walk~ How would she know that she'd be waylaid by a guardian cat urging her to power up in Nicolae's bedroom?! .... she had to ask first what the kitty meant by powering up in Nico's bedroom, of course... The cat had left her to her own devices, not heeding any questions or concerns Esme had. It was hardly the customer service cat like Dahlia was. When Esme peeked her head in and found that Nicolae was nowhere to be found, it was the ultimate bummer. She still wasn't sure if she ever wanted to power up again. And here she was, urged by the cat to get in there and doooo herrrr thaaaang guuurrrrl with no one to talk to about her feels. No one. Just herself and a mirror. She plopped down on the bed and stared at it hard. Maybe it would break and she wouldn't have to dooooo herrr thaaang after all. But ten minutes passed and that didn't happen. She bounced on the bed, she stood up on it and jumped. Nothing. No Nicolae, no mirror breaking, no parents to tell her to stop doing that..... ... Ugh, UUUUGH. FINE LET'S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH AURORA POWER, MAKE UP. She was just so busy sparkly bubble transforming that she never noticed Mister Sparke walk in the door. As fate would have it, she did notice when she had one foot in the mirror. But by then it was too late, and she gave him a wide-eyed look before she disappeared....
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:02 pm
Nicolae had never spent so much time with a girl before, he had never really allowed himself to get to know a girl this well either, it just wasn’t in his nature. If you got too close to someone, then they could hurt you. This wasn’t the hard and fast lifestyle he was used to, this was becoming more than just the game he had gotten so used to playing.
This was becoming a real thing almost. Almost.
He had no idea that Esme had gone out, but he had, he had to go to the store to get food for dinner, tonight he was planning on making a wonderful roast chicken with some garlic mashed potatoes, and it was going to be fantastic. When all of the food was nice and safely put away, and the oven preheated, the blonde walked to the bedroom, opening the door and smiling.
“Esme, I’m home, If you want to help me cook dinner you can come—“ He stopped mid-sentence and stared, a completely horrified look on his face as he watched Esme—no, Aurora walking into a mirror.
What the hell?
He rushed over to the mirror, placing his hands flat against it. “Esme! Esme come back! Come back now, what’s going on?” He couldn’t keep the panic from his voice and went so far as to pound on the mirror with his fist before moving away, looking around the room. This had to be a mistake. It was just a trick or something, she was in here…in the closet, or under the bed…she was just, just being a butthead and tricking him, that was all.
He opened the closet door, then dropped to his knees, looking under the bed. “Esme?”
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:33 pm
Oh noooo... Oh no, oh no, oh noooo....
She had seen that horrified look of his right before she was pulled in. And now all she wanted to do is leave. She should've waited.. SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED. Uuuuuugh. Why oh why did she almost always act on impulse?
Things were happening. Aurora felt the power growing inside her. And she couldn't help but watch in awe as the magical aura about her changed, transforming her fuku and she guessed herself too. Maybe... maybe this was a good thing.
When she stepped out of the mirror a moment later, she raised her arms and declared: "In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! .....Hehehehe."
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:12 pm
Nicolae jerked up when she heard her voice again, letting out a yelp as his head collided with the bottom of the bed. “Ouch! Damnit.” He moved to his feet and stared at her, his jaw dropping. Well. She had clearly come out of the mirror, that much was for sure.
“Aurora? What was that? Why were you in a mirror, what are you doing powered up in the house? What’s going on?” The blonde had moved over to the pinked haired super senshi without realizing it, and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. “Don’t scare me like that again. I didn’t know what the hell was going on.”
After a long moment, or at least what felt like a long moment, he moved away, looking somewhat embarrassed. Well, that had been a bit of an overreaction. She had been gone for only a few seconds...no sense in getting so worked up. “…You look…different. A little different. What were you doing?”
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:40 am
Aurora's little laugh died off as Nicolae's head met with bed. And before she knew it, before she could apologize, he had her in his arms. "Ah..." The girl's face lit up like Rudolph's nose on a snowy Christmas night. Unfortunately he moved away just as she closed her eyes to better relish this moment, despite the fact that it hurt. "A.. ah... " The pink haired senshi looked up at him with wide, doleful eyes. He was really worried for her. Oooog, if only she had waited an extra second or two! "Oh." Her hand touched her brooch. Before she said anything, she had to make sure the Chaos energy signature wouldn't be detected by any errant White Mooners. Hopefully she wasn't too late! Hopefully... Her body glowed a soft red as her fuku disappeared and just a sweater and jeans took its place. She looked up at him again. "A.. uhm.. Ahahaha... Is your head okay..?" The girl really didn't know what to say. He had been so worried, and .. and... "I'm sorry.." Ergh, that wouldn't do! That just wouldn't do! Esme took him by the hand and plopped down on the bed. And she spilled it all in rapid motion. "You weren't home and I was a little bored so I decided to take just a little walk. A tiny little walk! And a cat ambushed me! Cats. Oh, guardian cats. They help senshi awaken and power up and stuff. So, it said that I really needed to get my hiney in gear and it told me that it busted into your apartment when I was asleep and set up your mirror so that I could power up. I don't know HOW that cat got into your apartment but it did. SO I came home and you weren't there and I was all OH GOSH WHAT DO I DO cuz I really never wanted to turn into senshi ever again but finally I decided just to get it over with so the cat wouldn't harrass us and stalk us and I stepped in the mirror JUST as you walked into the door. Phew..." Pant pant pant. "So I'm..." She took a breath and just about collapsed against him. "I'm a stronger senshi now, I guess. A super senshi. But I don't know what to DO about it."
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:35 am
Nicolae listened to her rant and sat down next to her, taking her hand in his. “Well…that little walk got you quite an adventure, didn’t it…” He let out a laugh that sounded more than half exasperated. “Well…” The blonde snuggled close as she collapsed against him and wrapped a comforting arm around the younger girl.
“If you’re stronger now, then that’s good. You have to keep getting stronger, right? We both do. Just think, now those assholes won’t be able to knock you around as easily anymore…now you might have the strength to stand up to them. Or at least power enough to turn up your nose at them and walk away.”
He finally gave a grin and kissed her on the cheek. “We can’t stop what we’re doing…you can’t stop being a senshi, just like I can’t stop being Mariposite, I think. That’s who we are now, and we have duties to do…we’ll patrol together, if you want…I mean.” Nicolae gave the smallest little pout. “Now that you’re stronger than me, I’ll need you to keep me nice and safe, won’t I?”
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:48 pm
"Aha..."
Why didn't she just speak to him about this before? What Jett had said might be true, but it didn't really strike that chord until Nicolae chimed in with his make sense duet. That was really who they were: Sailor Aurora and Lieutenant Mariposite. In some past life that was who she was apparently, and it had come back to her for some purpose. Ares had gotten her for a purpose too. Even though Aurora didn't really know what that purpose could be, she was still here and still kicking and that's all that really mattered. Leto was just doing her job too, and it was probably a thankless job. She didn't even have to send her flowers but she did! Esme wished she could apologize to her right now. That she could explain to her that she just snapped under Requiem's pressure and she wasn't aware of doing anything until Toutatis grabbed her.
The fog was finally lifting.
"Nico!" Suddenly the girl shot up to her feet and stood in front of him, took both his hands in hers. Her eyes shone with determination. "I'll protect you with my life. I'll keep you nice and safe so you can become the most awesome kickass Negaverse officer ever. When do we start?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:01 am
Nicolae seemed a bit taken aback with the sudden enthusiasm, but grinned, squeezing her hands. “That’s my girl. We can start whenever you want to. I’m glad you’re looking happy again. I was really getting worried about you.”
Good. She seemed like she was back to her old self, more or less. Something must have been worked out inside of her mind, and he was rather pleased about it. “I’m all for getting stronger as well, I mean. I don’t want my girlfriend more powerful than I am after all. What kind of a guy does that make me?”
The blonde froze then. Well. That had just sort of slipped out. His face held a stupid sort of expression and he cleared his throat, looking anywhere but at Esme.
Maybe she wouldn’t have caught his wording. Yeah. Maybe she would ignore the whole…G-word part of that sentence. Maybe.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:10 am
Nope. Sorry, Nicolae. She didn't mishear it, nor did she ignore it. Esme heard that loud and clear. My girlfriend.In fact, those two words ran through her head several times as she watched him. Two words never sounded so sweet, nor flowed so nicely. Nor sounded so right than they did now. Whatever doom and gloom lurked in her heart now just burned away. His girlfriend! "Ehehehehe." She squeezed his hands again. "You're so cute when you're embarrassed~ Of course I want my boyfriend to be stronger than me." Of course she had a lot of questions. What did an officer of the Negaverse do? How did they become more powerful? WHEN COULD HE TELEPORT? But this... this seemed all the more important, at the moment. Oh my gosh!
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:41 pm
Ah…so she had heard him after all. Well. This complicated things…and it also made playing the flirtation game a difficult thing to do. Well…he couldn’t just take it back now…maybe if he just….didn’t mention the world girlfriend again…and maybe this would just go away.
He gave a small smile and drew her into a hug. “Then…I guess…it’s time to get to training, hm? I want to become nice and strong…and preferably do it quickly. Sounds like a good plan to me, I think.” The blonde sighed and pulled away.
“Why don’t we go get some food…then we can go out and do some partying? You can show me just how awesome you are now, Miss Super Senshi. We’ll show this city what we can really do. Sound like a plan, Esme? I mean, since you’re feeling better and all…it’s time to get back out there, I think. For both of us.”
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:24 pm
She watched him carefully, listening to his every word and eyeing his every move. This was right. Yep. It was soo right. And when he said it was time to get back out there, for the both of them? "Nn!" The girl nodded once, beaming quite happily. There was nothing that she wanted more.
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