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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:15 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:58 am
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'Salutations' was a fancy word and immediately garnered Goretti's attention. He glanced towards the source of the voice and a grin quickly split across his face. "Oh, hey there."
She was an eternal senshi—not unlike Lenka, though she did look much different. A part of him had been hoping to run into his friend—but how could he be unhappy with making a new one? Well, hopefully, anyway.
He trotted towards the girl, smile on his face, and quickly extended a hand. "Hey! I haven't seen too many chibis, so it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm Goretti, of Glue. And you seem pretty strong! I take it you've been doing this for a while?"
Though he tried to stay tame, he couldn't help but be excited. The older senshi and him got along just fine, though there was something just plain pleasant about meeting someone his age. He felt like she could understand him a little better—plus it probably didn't look as weird if two kids were hanging out.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:18 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:15 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:49 pm
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Goretti tilted his head, obviously a bit surprised by the girl's response. He wasn't sure what sort of response he'd been expecting, but it was certain that that was not it.
And Hypnos had thrown good questions at him. Things he, admittedly, had not even considered. Things he didn't really want to consider. Still, even with the gravity of her questions, they seemed to be affecting her more than him.
Goretti had felt little pain, little misery—and he had not been doing this for long enough that his efforts felt in vain.
He shifted positions somewhat awkwardly, torn between answering her questions and asking if she was all right. "I think it's worth it," he chanced, though his voice was softer than before. "I don't go out of my way to do anything dangerous. I'm usually safer. I have people I go out with, just to make sure. Tonight, I just…I don't know."
Wanderlust? Too much energy? A desire to make sure everything was okay?
"I've just been thinking about it a lot. I'm not…worried about getting stronger. So far I've been doing okay, you know? Just taking care of a few youma. And—I think it's worth it, because I can handle them. But there are people out there—good people, who can't power up like us. And I have an advantage when it comes to taking care of the youma, and they don't. So, I guess…it is risky going out. I know that. But it's risky if I don't. What if a youma got my loved ones? What if something bad happened because not enough senshi were powering up to keep them at bay? I don't need to change the world. But I know I'm helping protect people."
Or, at least, he hoped he was.
He had to bite his tongue; he knew there were worse things than youma—things he couldn’t handle, even with backup. But he was comfortable with the youma, in a way. He knew he could handle taking care of them/ Sort of. There was so much more he could have said, but he couldn't think to sort out his thoughts when he was worrying that something was wrong. Concern was eating him up and he took a tentative step towards the girl. "Are you all right?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:05 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:33 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 3:15 pm
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Goretti quickly raised his hands up in defesne. "No, no, no! I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding! I'm not happy fighting them. But I'm happy playing my part. I'm happy knowing I can help out somehow. I don't want to kill anyone. I don't even kill the bugs that come inside the house! But it's not…about what I want, it's about necessity. If a youma is attacking someone, if a youma is hurting someone…I have to stop them. And if the only way to stop a youma is to kill them…There's not really a choice, is there?"
He shifted positions, eager to continue his thought process. "If a youma was attacking a boy my age, one who couldn’t power up and defend himself, why shouldn't I help if I could? What about his parents? What if you aren't around to save him? I mean, no offense, but you're just one person. You can't be everywhere at once—and even trying isn't fair to you. Trust me, I'd rather nobody had to fight, but…we do, right? That's the whole reason we were awakened at all. Because for whatever reason, we can fight, and we can protect people. And the more senshi…the less chances we have to be hurt, right? I'm sorry, but I…don't think I can quit. I can't just turn my back on all this. The thought that someone could get hurt because I wasn't pulling my weight makes me kinda sick."
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:44 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:00 am
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While her words would have been reassuring—that they had met some mutual understanding of each other—Goretti felt like he'd said something that displeased her.
"That's all anyone can do, right?" he asked after a moment. "Maybe one day I'll look back to this moment and really wish I'd just powered down and never powered up again. But I just…I don't want to. I've really enjoyed being a senshi so far. I want to do everything—I want to use magic and be superhuman—and go into space! I want to know everything there is for me to know. And I know I'll make mistakes. I'll probably get hurt. But I'll learn from it. I learned some from this, by just talking with you. So I don't want you to feel like I'm not listening or anything, because I am. So…maybe we can come to some sort of middle ground? I still want to power up. I'll be safe and all that, promise, but…what is it about being a senshi that you hate most? What is there that I need to worry about? Or things that I should do special? —Can you fix the youma?" he piped up. "If you can fix them, we wouldn't have to fight them, right? How do I do that?"
Because, it would be seriously great if some senshi out there could just zap the evil out of them. Or better, zap them into cute little animals or something. Or toads or squirrels or some little animal that wasn't much of a threat and wasn't out to hurt anyone.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:32 pm
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