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 Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:33 am
Etamin had sent a message to his Knight friend Alph. reading the following: Alphubel, Knight of Polaris,
My Good Friend, it has been a while. I wish to thank you so much for helping me through my troubled times.
I wish to invite you for the weekend to my Homeworld of Etamin for a camping trip. Unfortunately, this won't be all fun and games, I'm sad to say. My Homeworld is still a big mess. I'm hoping you can help me clean some of that up? Please be sure to pack plenty of food and supplies as there is no living things my Homeworld that can be used for food. Please also pack camping[ gear. Oh try to lighten that Robe of yours - my Homeworld is a mixture of a desert and a jungle. Meet me at our usual place, at our usual time.
Signed,
Etamin
Etamin had everything packed and was heading to the meeting place.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:29 pm
As much as Alph wanted to meet with Etamin again, his message had thrown the Knight off a bit. Sure, he was used to camping and the outdoors and so he could pack correctly and make sure that he had enough supplies, but the robe would be harder. He wondered if he would even be allowed to go to a Homeworld if he wasn't powered. He would just have to take it off when he got there then he supposed. He sent a quick message back agreeing to meet. He was still surprised when the words came to him so easily to power up. How long had it been? Too long. 6 months at the least he figured, if not longer. It was as though the world, other than what was usually going on with the wars and climate change and whatnot, seemed to have calmed down on the powered side and he had been able to concentrate more on his studies. It had been nice, but he wondered if something was in the works. In any case, it appeared to be the perfect time to work on Homeworlds and Wonders, and he was happy to help the Senshi with some cleaning, and was soon waiting on the usual spot and time that they met, this time with his robe off but still wrapped around the pack that he was carrying.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:46 pm
Carrying his gear and supplies, Etamin made to the meeting place, the bridge. Looking ahead, he found someone there, but had to do a double take - Alphubel had definitely lightened his robe - he had taken the outer furry raiment off altogether and was now standing in the purple garment. Etamin raised his hand in greeting. "Hello, Alph, how have you been?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:01 pm
When Alphubel saw Etamin coming closer he waved his hand back. "I've been... all right. I can't say everything is perfect, but as good as it can be, it has been at least." Really, that's about all he could describe it as. Still, he needed to do some things back on his Wonder which had been on his mind, but for now he was just enjoying life as much as he could on Earth with Cynthia. "I'm excited to see what your Homeworld looks like Etamin. I didn't get to do it as much as a Page or a Squire, but I've been interesting in visiting other Homeworlds and Wonders. As much as I like mine, I want to see others." At least it would be a bit more exciting than what was going on Earth at the moment. For him it was just studying, hanging out with his friends and girlfriends and sometimes going to other places. But he could even see those in pictures. These places however, were unpredictable and couldn't be seen through a camera.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:52 pm
Etamin could only give his friend a sadden look. He put his hand on Alph's shoulder, and in his other, raised his Henshin Pen High. "Etamin, hear my call,
Bring us home one and all."A ribbon of smoke curled down from the sky and enveloped them. Minutes later, they emerged, Etamin sputtering. When the air cleared, Etamin explained, "My homeworld still hasn't forgiven me after all these millennia. Even after that test." For further explanation, he gestured around him, to the world of Etamin around him. All of Etamin's cities were laying in the sand in rubble and debris.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:24 pm
Alph raised an eyebrow at the other's look, wondering if he had said something wrong, when he was suddenly taken and had to make sure that he didn't lose his stomach during their teleportation. When they landed, he put his hands on his knees for a bit, just to get a sense of balance again. This was nothing like what he had experienced before! At least he had kept his stomach! At Etamin's words he looked around. The scene before him didn't appear... surprising. Sand would take a toll on any empty and uninhabited rubble that wasn't regularly repaired. "It does look messy." He admitted and looked at Etamin. "We aren't here to clean up all of the sand are we?" Alph was worried about the possibility. At the very least they would need some sort of leaf blower or fan if that was the case!
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:50 pm
Etamin frowned. His friend was not looking close enough. He picked up the nearest piece of Sandstone rubble (for the buildings had building had be made of Sandstone. He turned it over in his hands. The entire back portion was black, burned. Some of it even disintegrated in his hands to ash. He handed it to Alph for further inspection. He smiled a wan smile at his friend in answer to his question. "Unfortunately yes we are. Not the sand, no." He gave a weak chuckle. "No, the debris. I've gotten the Great Library done and parts of the capitol city. I was hoping you'd help me with the palace." He smiled warmly at his friend. "I hope you feel honored. This part of my life is deeply private, and I don't share it with many."
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:42 pm
"I don't mind the cleaning. It was just if it was the sand..." Alphubel muttered, glad that he wasn't having to try to clean up that mess. "The debris?" He looked around and noticed that quite a bit of it appeared to be black, as though some great fire or something had come through. "Do you know what happened here? Though if you don't want to answer, I understand." He wasn't sure if he would be feeling like talking about depressing things himself if it had happened on his own Wonder. "The palace? That sounds interesting. I'm definitely willing. You just have to lead the way." He replied, grinning at his companion. He hadn't ever been in a ruined palace before. Castles sure, but palaces? He wondered how different it would look!
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:02 pm
All Etamin could give his friend was saddened looks. "I happened to. Or at least my past self. Opened the wrong package. Ended up cursed. Destroyed the world." He frowned at his friend joy at cleaning up the palace. "Alph, we are standing in what used to be the palace. Or at least the entrance hall..."
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:50 pm
Alph couldn't help but feel his shoulders fall a little, though he tried not to show his friend what he felt. "Well uh... that's something." He wasn't sure what to say, other than it was sad. But with this being a Desert Homeworld and all that went along with what appeared to be Etamin's theme, Alph wasn't too surprised that curses were a part of it. Saying that it was expected wasn't something he wanted to tell the other though. "I guess you'll just have to tell me what to do then since I'm not sure what's what here." He couldn't even begin to guess what the other wanted clean. The sand? That would just come back. So what were they cleaning up here?
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:28 am
Etamin smiled a little. "We are cleaning up all the burnt debris. Not the sand, not. Just pound the chunks into dust. You can just think of it as training if you like. If you find anything special, bring it to me, and I will put it in my subspace pocket." It was getting really crowded in his subspace pocket, he was going to have to start picking and choosing what to keep in it. He might have to store some other places too. "We'll take a break in a little while. By the way thanks for doing this." Etamin smiled deeper.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 5:27 pm
Alphubel thought it was odd that they would just be pulverizing things into dust, but ah well, it did give him a chance to try and punch things. Something he hadn't done much of and often still avoided. His magic was a status effect after all, it wasn't meant to harm the opponent. "Sounds good. Let's get started shall we?" He asked, giving the other grin, before making sure that his sleeves were pulled up to his shoulders and he started to pound... whatever there was. Luckily it didn't appear to be too hard, or perhaps his Knight form was strong than he thought? But it was nice to just be able to punch something and have it crumble like in a video game, versus his hand getting bloodied or something because he shouldn't have tried to punch it in the first place.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 9:05 am
Every once in awhile they'd find something of value and Etamin would tuck it into his subspace pocket (it would start to click and make other noises as he did, since it was so full. They soon came to a part of the ruined palace that seemed a bit different than the rest. Whether it was because this part was made of burnt pieces of marble instead of burnt pieces of sandstone, or that the artifacts seemed more valuable, it was definitely different.Presently Etamin said, "We have come to the quarters of the Royal Family, including the Pharoah." As they were removing the debris an ancient painting fell out of what seemed like an hiding place. It was similar to Egyptian type, but off, it was Etaminian. The painting itself was of a young boy being crowned prince. Etamin grunted. "They were supposed to burn that painting."
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 8:41 am
Alph wasn't sure how long he had been here, but he was starting to regret not having brought his iPod to listen to music or something. He didn't mind being here, but with only the two of them, it felt eerily quiet. Especially with Etamin talking about an explosion having taken out the palace. And no one here. He just hoped they didn't find a skeleton or something. He couldn't help but pause when they went into a different looking part of the complex. It seemed to have quite a bit more in it then the rest of it had and now he was feeling like an archeologist. Still, they had to clean up in here too and as they were cleaning a painting fell out, causing Alph to jump a bit. Hearing the comment that Etamin had grunted out, Alph took a closer look at the painting, and wondered why it would have been burned. "Why? Did the uh... do something bad?" He took a look around the room and cringed. Other than well, the reason for the clean-up that they were doing, unless the person had done something truly awful, he couldn't understand why they would have burned it.
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:26 am
Etamin frowned. "Not exactly." The memory came swirling back to him. "The boy in that painting was Hapii Merii - my past life. In the middle of the Coronation Ceremony, where I was supposed to be crowned Crown Prince, Heir to the Throne, several key Librarians (Librarians are another story) were initially missing from the coronation. Father was annoyed, but furious as they burst in just as the Crown was about to be set upon my head and announced that the Senshi of this generation had been discovered. Couldn't it wait another ten minutes, my father snapped. Unfortunately it could not, for I, Hapii Merii, his eldest son, about to be made Crown Prince, was the Senshi. There was a shocked silence. "You see, once someone was discovered to be the Senshi, by Etaminian Law, their lives are past away; their possessions are burnt, their titles and their relationships are no more, and their identity is dead. That moment, Hapii Merii died, and Sailor Etamin was Reborn." Etamin was silent, looking into a past that was no longer there.
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