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 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:39 am
She had taken her leave from the gathering. There were some discussions on going in there, some arguments and a number of debates, but in the end she had heard everything she needed to from the parties involved in the initial meeting. In the grand scheme of things she didn't know how to think or feel in regards to some of the undertones and the hints of betrayal, but with only one side of the story available to her it was difficult to cast her judgement.
With her hands pressed into the depths of her sleeves the woman braced herself for the slightly colder weather when she left the shelter of the warehouse and began to make her way back towards the mirror she had arrived from. In no time at all she would be back in work and no one would know anything beyond the fact that she went for lunch a little earlier than she normally did.
Or at least that was the plan, she had afforded herself a moment to check her watch and all things considered this little meeting hadn't taken up too much of her time. She still had an adequate amount of time left to move at a lazy pace. Thus she was meandering as she made her way back, her mind partially drifting as she mused over what she'd heard and what it would mean (if anything) for her...
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:58 pm
Bellerophon had ignored the call for the meeting. As far as he was concerned, the battle had happened, that was that. It was just something that they would have to deal with once in a while and the Dark Mirror were going to be caught up in a lot more than they wanted to be, perhaps at really bad times. So he had taken to go closer to the meeting, only because if there was an Agent or a White Moon that was out there and wanting to hunt him, he would be able to run to the others and get backup if need be. For now though he was letting his wraith do energy collecting from the workers who had taken the night shift for some of the buildings while he sat on the rooftop on one of them. That was when he felt the aura of another Dark Mirror, though they didn't appear to be with anyone. Curiosity got the better of him and he descended from the rooftop and looked around until he found her. He didn't want to scare her, she seemed to be in the middle of her thoughts, but he wasn't sure if there was any way to do that so he decided to address her correctly. He got closer and a bit loudly said, "Hey, how did it go?" Just to make sure what he was asking was very generic, in case anyone who wasn't supposed to had heard the loud greeting. Hopefully none of the workers would come out to check what was going on. But then he could just direct the mirror wraith to drain them until they fell asleep.
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:02 pm
"An agreement that appearing to side with anyone other than your own family can be problematic," Shaowei replied smoothly. It took her several seconds to provide her new company with her complete attention but she did eventually offer him a warm smile. She wasn't one to pick sides as a general rule of thumb and it really wouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone if they had known that she hadn't really in the meeting either!
"Several crossed wires, many miscommunications," she continued and released a small sigh. "But ultimately a family who all want the same thing," she pointed out. The betterment and health of their court had been a common theme, the method of getting there though had been a bit different depending on which side of the fence you might prefer to sit on.
"Also an interesting history lesson for me as I had no idea of how we came to be until now," she added with a shrug.
"It's a little difficult to take any particular side when you don't know exactly what happened," she pointed out. "I wasn't there when this mistake was made and the only ones who disclosed it were the ones apologising. Whether they embellished or saw something occur in a different light is an unknown as very few who were there saw fit to speak up," she finished with a shake of her head.
"Regardless, a bit of a mess but nothing that we can't clean up in time, you know?"
She pursed her lips though as she took in his appearance.
"I don't think we've met before have we?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 5:56 pm
"Sounds like I didn't miss much then." He said with a nod. Good. He didn't want to stand around listening to people arguing over what they may have done wrong. That could have been done in an email or over their compacts and then they would be done with it. He did take a look at her when she mentioned she hadn't been in the battle. When he thought about it, chaotic as it was, he didn't remember seeing her there. Lucky her. "Yeah, doesn't sound like it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed." He said. "Ah, no. I haven't met many other Dark Mirror, at least one on one. I've seen others in battle and such, but I can't say that I've talked to others that much." He spent most of his time with Itokawa and any battles they had been in they had pretty much stuck together like glue. "I'm Bellerophon. My sphere is Chimera, the mythical creature." He knew that it could mean having multiple DNA sets as well, which is why he liked to clarify hit, though he hoped that his uniform pointed it out as well.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:46 am
"Unless you are interested in specific elements of our history, you would be correct," she replied. Truth be told she didn't expect everyone to care where they came from, in the end there were some who came to their ranks simply because they desired power. She couldn't judge them for their motivations, but she had found the history fascinating at least even if the rest had been...debatable.
"But it's a pleasure to meet a new face who hasn't thrown their hat in the ring to express forgiveness or irritation at whatever happened in that battle," she smiled and gave a small bow of her head. "I'm Shaowei and I represent Entreaty," she offered after a brief pause. "In short I ask people to help me and despite their better judgement they tend to obey," she explained. Some might understand what it meant, but others might not.
...To some, they briefly misunderstood it and often thought she could control minds!
"Arguably you have the more exciting of spheres," she conceded.
"Would you care to walk with me? They summoned me when I was in work and I would rather return at a reasonable time. Walking and talking provides an opportunity to at least get to know you without giving me a performance review for leaving my desk for too long," she finished with a small laugh.
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:44 pm
He shrugged. Unless their history came back to bit them in the butts, he really had no reason to pry into it. They were Dark Mirror for him and he had only joined because his partner was a part of it. If he hadn't been in the Dark Mirror, he would have been a Senshi anyway, but New would have been too worried about him with all of this powered stuff going on. He sighed. "It's not like there was much to be angry about. It was basically stand there, get attacked, run away. Not much to it. Most of the fighting appeared to be between the Negaverse and White Moon. We just appeared to be caught up in it." He barely even remembered what happened he was so caught up in trying to help Itokawa. "Ah, that's interesting. Not sure how much I would like that power myself, but it appears to suit you." He said with a nod to her. "And sure, walking sounds good. I sit most of the time while I'm powered and collecting energy so walking around is more exciting than that." He said with a smile.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:27 am
"You mean we were attacked unprovoked?" she asked curiously. This changed things to a degree, if they had been attacked without warning by nature of simply existing and Acubens had decided to still side with the ones who had assaulted them...then there were individuals who were perfectly entitled to be furious. She still couldn't render judgement in a manner she preferred, but the added context did give pause for thought.
"And you're right my abilities have their uses but I suspect in moments like that I would have preferred something a little more direct," she clucked her tongue softly at that.
"I'm glad everyone escaped largely unscathed but that rather changes my perspective," she admitted as they walked down the quiet back alleys and towards the mirror she had set up in a corner. It had been carefully placed, partially shielded from view by the bridge the train ran over. Over that she had ensured it had been shielded from the elements by careful positioning of, well, junk.
It did the job, and ensured she had at least some means of travelling comfortably to this spot, even if she couldn't reach every spot yet due to a lack of awareness of where others may have placed their mirrors.
"And...I believe," she leaned in passed the junk to examine what lay behind closely before pulling the cloth back slightly to reveal the mirror. "This may very well be my stop," she finished with a warm smile. "Perhaps another time we might be able to speak again? It would be nice to have a few acquaintances within my own court to socialise with," she mused.
"Meandering about on my own can be a touch tedious," she confessed.
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