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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 7:44 pm
Periclase had decided to come and do a patrol. If she were going to be picking up her life again, it was best to actually act like she was picking up all of the pieces.
Unfortunately, even though she had been granted an upgrade and was now a super ranked corrupt…she felt no pleasure in it. No excitement or pride in herself. There was nobody to show off to. Nobody to get excited with.
Was that the issue? She needed someone to be there to see her accomplishments for them to matter? God, if that didn’t make her seem full of herself, she wasn’t sure what else would.
With a sigh of frustration and self condemnation, Periclase climbed onto a picnic table and lay flat, staring up at the night sky. Stupid. She was stupid and selfish. And everyone was gone because of it. Her sister. Her girlfriend. Her General.
The feeling of an Eternal Senshi flashed onto her mental radar and for a moment, she felt herself tense, the first reaction being to teleport. To flee but…
Honestly? What did it matter. It’s not like physical pain would be able to make her feel much worse off.
Just let them come.
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:39 am
Penthesilea was still reacquainting herself with Destiny City. Years away had left her unfamiliar; the streets no longer felt like the back of her hand. Destiny City no longer felt like home.
She wondered what had happened to all the people she knew. So many names, and so few ways to track them down. Should she reach out? was a "hey, back in town" message enough to make up for a disappearance and years away, where she'd only inhabited the self of Penthesliea briefly to visit her world and ensure that it was still alive?
(Her world, she knew, was unhappy with her. The Senshi of War ought not run away from the conflict. But she hadn't run, she told herself. She'd gone home, with her mother, because her mother needed her.)
The ping of a Corrupt aura made her pause, made her hum. She wondered if it was one of the ones she'd known--there were a few names on that particular list. So she decided to apporach, just to make sure, and to see if there was any trouble to be had, but there wasn't--
Just a pretty girl, all in black, lying on a picnic table and gazing up at the stars.
She didn't seem to want a fight, so Penthe moved over, and dropped herself onto one of the seats, leaning back and looking up herself.
"Nice night, ain't it?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:15 pm
Periclase paused, having tensed slightly when the senshi moved closer, quite sure that she was going to get hit, at the very least but…
“I guess so. The sky is clear, so that’s a treat. And it’s almost starting to feel like it could be Spring, so that’s another treat. I’m not really a fan of hot summer or the cold of winter, so this is the perfect temperature for me.” She closed her eyes, forcing herself to relax, knowing that whatever was going to happen was obviously beyond her control.
Finally, when she was sure that she was as calm as she could be, she spoke again, voice softer now. “You feel strong enough that I’m going to assume you’re not a fan of chaos. If you’re going to kill me, that’s fine. I just ask you to please…make it quick. I’m not really a fan of pain, but at this point, I don’t really think I’ll mind dying.”
Such a harsh truth to tell to a perfect stranger, but when the perfect stranger was one who was on the side of those that were your enemies…did it truly matter?
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:05 am
Penthesliea nodded along. "Weather is pretty good, yeah. Come summer, even with his uniform I'm sweating like a sinner in church most nights, and in winter I'm freezing my tits off, but spring...mm, just right."
A soft laugh passed her lips, and she turned, to encourage the other girl to join in with her fun--but she didn't exactly seem inclined for fun. Penthe's smile dipped down, and the request made her exhale. She was pretty sure this Senshi didn't know who she was--did anybody, anymore? Maybe yes, maybe no--but she was still acting like she feared a swift and painful demise.
"Ain't no fan of Chaos, no," Penthesilea said, "but I'm also not in the business of random murder. You're out here, and you ain't harming anybody, so why should I want to harm you?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Wouldn't be right. And no purpose to it, neither." A brief pause. A huff. "Never mind that I'm especially disinclined to kill a lady as lovely as yourself. I'm Penthesilea. You?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:02 am
Freezing her tits off. The phrasing made Periclase almost huff a laugh and her hands relaxed slightly, but when she mentioned not wanting to harm her…and even went so far as to call her lovely, she paused and opened her eyes, turning to look at the senshi, and blinking in confusion. “Oh. You’re like a nightlight, aren’t you? My name’s Periclase.”
After a moment, she wiggled over on the table, leaving a space the other senshi could use to lay down as well, were she so inclined. “If you’re not here to finish me off, I suppose you could join me, if you’d like.”
It was strange how less alone you could feel when there was someone who seemed to want to talk to you. “What is it that you’re doing out here tonight, Penthesilea?”
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:22 pm
"Hah!" Penthe barked a laugh, nodding, and when there was space made for her, she pulled herself up onto the table. she didn't lay back, just sat, with her feet on the bench below, and looked up at the sky. "It's called Transcendence. Surprised you don't know about it--time was the Negaverse was real wary of our sort. We can't be corrupted, see, and you can't touch our starseeds. Special protection granted by our planets."
She wasn't sure how she felt about it these days, if she was honest. But she wanted to still wear it as a badge of honor. she wanted the surety she had years ago.
She missed being seventeen and stupid.
"I've been away for a while," she said, "and I'm trying to find my way around the city again. Get used to powering up. All of that business."
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:34 pm
“I won’t lie. It’s not really worth anything. Powering up. I highly doubt that you were missing much. I know I wasn’t missing much. This is my first time out in ages. Sister’s dead. Girlfriend’s gone. General’s gone but hey. Yippie skippy, I got a promotion and have done jack s**t with it.”
Periclasse closed her eyes again, inhaling deeply, trying to calm herself. She was growing angry. Not at the senshi, of course just…well. Maybe at fate.
“Maybe you should have just stayed away. Maybe if everyone just stays away it will all just end and we can get the ******** on with our lives.”
She was quiet for a moment and gave a hollow laugh. “Well. Those of us who still have lives to get the ******** on with, that is.”
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:17 am
Penthe frowned. That sounded...utterly miserable, a life that seemed to have been totally abandoned. Whatever the Negaverse was giving Periclase, it clearly wasn't good for her.
"Why do you stay, then? You know there's ways outta the Negaverse, yeah?" It was easy for her to say, she knew. Her, glowing and bright and untouchable,with her hands drenched in rivers of blood. "There's a whole other side who'd make ti way easier on ya. No need to serve anybody, and you even get the choice to stay away. Don't think the Negaverse looks too kindly on long term dereliction of duty."
Not that she knew jackshit about what the Negaverse did or didn't look kindly on.
"You lose some memories, when you come over, but that might make things easier for ya." Look at her, trying to advocate for purification. The young woman who killed officers on sight could never have managed it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 5:13 pm
“So you want me to just trade my memories and leave something that I’m comfortable with to try and chase a happiness that I don’t even believe exists? That’s…a little cruel, don’t you think? I’ll get over my heartbroken s**t. And…one day I’ll stop being so suffocated by the loss of my twin, but…the memories are all I have. Don’t you think?”
She sighed. “No, what I need is a new girlfriend and or even just some hot as ******** girl to kiss me senseless and do other things with me until I can’t think. That sounds so much better than running off to join the White Moon Circus.”
She turned her head to look at Penthe, giving a wry smile. “...Don’t you think? I mean. You aren’t a very organized group, and what are your ideals, anyway?”
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:15 am
"I think that anything's worth trying, and marinating in your misery just makes you more miserable," Penthesilea said, and she crossed one leg over the other, shrugging her shoulders. "I can't make your choices for you, cher. If you think it'll get better for you in the Negaverse, hell, maybe it will. Maybe getting laid will fix all your problems. But I think it's important to know that there's another option out there."
The deeper questions gave her genuine pause. She wasn't an ambassador. She wasn't Thraen, clever and wordy. But she could try, certainly.
"I dunno that we've got ideals," she said. "People deserve to live their lives, without getting starseeded or harvested for energy? This is our home much as anyone else's and we want to protect it?" She shrugged. "You're looking for answers I'm not good at giving. But that's what I've got."
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 5:51 pm
Periclase opened her mouth, ready to make a retort when the words penetrated her brain and she sputtered. “...Is that an offer to get me laid or what?”
The words were out before she could stop them, but honestly, Peri didn’t really want to stop them. It was an honest question after all.
“What about you though. You have ideals, like…did you ever think there would be no war if nobody fought? We need the starseeds and energy to fight you all…maybe if you just realized that this is the right path and embraced it, the world could truly be peaceful. There’s that side too. Like, there will always be darkness, even if there’s light to try to fight it…there’s always going to be darkness. There won’t be pain and hurt if…nothing does fight it. It’s just easier. Safer. Better.”
She hesitated and pushed herself up, looking at the senshi for a moment and then climbing half into her lap, pressing their lips together.
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 5:28 pm
Penthesilea's cheeks got hot, and she coughed. "Well, it ain't not an offer," she said, though she wasn't sure how she'd manage--maybe if she went to space? Though her planet might not be pleased with her bringing a Corrupt there....Ah well. A hypothetical anyway.
She opened her mouth to answer the question, but--
Periclase was, very suddenly, in her lap. Kissing her.
It had been a very long time since Penthe locked lips with anyone; years, probably. She hadn't really had the care or inclination while she was in New Orleans, under her mama's watchful eye; not that her mother would have cared, but it was still sort of awkward.
So she groaned, quietly, and reached out to gently grip Periclase's hips, leaning into the kiss. Hell, maybe this was the way she worked to sell someone on coming over. Certainly she was better at this than she was at pretty speeches.
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 6:10 pm
It was the groan that sealed the deal, and Periclase inched closer, nuzzling the senshi and then pulling away, keeping eye contact as she fully climbed off of the picnic table and licked her lips, eyes bright.
“Well. If it’s not not an offer, I may have to take you up on it some day. But. For now I should go. I hope you think of me though. I hope we do see one another again too, you’re hot.”
A smile twitched onto her face and she winked before turning on her heel and teleporting.
Well. That was one to watch out for. And hopefully…one to win over.
…Even if her words did make her thoughtful. She’d just have to find someone to talk to about…all of what was said and see what kind of a path she should take.
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