“Hey there little guy, if you keep still and don't say anything, I promise all I will do is take your energy. You really shouldn't be out here alone….Or at least have backup.” Like she did. Always feeling Polar at the edges of her senses just in case she needed him.
Erinome had felt chaos again but it wasn’t as strong and scary as it was when Villion was around. It didn’t feel like the nice or the mean corrupt senshi either so at first he was content to find the few stray half-frozen plants poking from the snow to nibble on.
When the woman got in close with some sort of rope he wasn’t sure what to do at first but pulled a hand up between it and his throat as he grabbed it. “No, mine.” If she wasn’t immediately going for his chest like some of the others did then maybe he could avoid more trouble. At least this time maybe they couldn’t just appear and disappear as some others could.
The mention of backup made him wonder and then he smiled a bit. “Have backup.” Maybe it was a bluff but he was supposed to meet Villion here and they had shown up at least twice now. The last time they hadn’t even tried to break his antennae so maybe that meant they’d keep someone else from doing the same to him. If he couldn’t heal then maybe they’d get mad if they knew it wasn’t his fault since they hadn’t gotten mad when his magic had messed up a bit the last time too.
They were right behind him so maybe… this might work. Moving quickly, he slammed himself back into her before shouting. “Trouble!!” Not sure if there was anyone close but it was worth a shot.
Oh? They had backup?
A smile appeared on Saleeite’s face, “So do I actually. Care to meet him?” Then came the slam and she stumbled and lost her grip on the rope, falling onto her behind with a squeak. She blinked, her lower lip wobbled, and tears started to fill her eyes (she was getting rather good at this) while she waited for this backup to come along and hurt her. When no one showed she debated on calling Polar just to scare them. However, after getting a better look at the senshi, she felt…..Bad. It was a strange feeling since when it came to the opposite side she had no love lost. But this guy was so tiny and he had antennae and…..Oh god he was actually cute. Combined with the fact it seemed like he couldn't speak English very well….She really felt like an a**. Instead of calling her more scary and much less understanding other half, Salee looked around and picked up a flower.
“O-Okay so…..Ummmm….Don't call, I….” She showed him the flower, “P-Peace offering?” if he decided to hit her she would allow for one solid hit. However, she suspected that this senshi was just like Haik in the sense that they were really from another world entirely. This was something she really wanted to talk to Chal about but he seemed busy so she was left to her own thoughts right now, which was driving her crazy. “I won't tell mine if you don't tell yours?”
Blinking as stars filled his vision for a moment, Erinome turned and looked at them while still a bit dazed. The mention of meeting someone sounded bad especially when the idea that maybe Villion would show up this time turned out to be a dud again. Part of him wondered if it meant that they were busy with something else dangerous since he couldn’t picture them doing the normal sort of things that happened on the holidays.
This one looked upset now and he felt half bad about throwing himself back into her but it was her fault anyway, she had snuck up on him. Then he saw another flower and watched as she offered it to him. “No trick?” Squinting as he hesitantly reached for the thing, scooting his body back a bit away from them as he reached out just in case she tried to go for his chest like the blonde one had.
Mentioning not calling back up, he nodded. “Secret.”
Awwwweeeee!!!!
God she wanted to just….
Salee nodded rapidly, waiting for him to accept the flower. “No trick, I promise.” Once he took it, she worried her lip and looked down while deep in thought. “I know I attacked you first but….Can you tell me your name? I'm Saleeite~” Resisting the urge to hug the little guy she hoped he would tell her his name. “Do you come to this spot often? I could bring something…” He liked flowers so she could bring those…That was easy. Although she would have to tell Polar at some point since he would wonder why she was coming to the same spot so often. When he agreed to not calling back up she gave him a bright smile.
“I'm really sorry and I won't do it again.” Unlike that stupid panic senshi that she really wanted to punch for the last encounter they had, this senshi just made her want to hug and give all the things. It was strange but not the weirdest thing she's done so this was still pretty par for the course.
For a moment he thought he felt that stronger chaos signature then it was gone again and he shook it off as he took the flower from Saleeite and started nibbling on it. They weren’t as good since the cold had wilted most of them but it was better than nothing he supposed.
“Eri.” At least most of his name was good enough for now. Thinking about this area, he didn’t like the idea of more people trying to find him here when he was supposed to only be out here to meet the other senshi to heal them. It would cause problems maybe, right? Even if he wasn’t asking them to help with that situation but he had no idea.
“Sometimes, not all time.” Pointing further away, towards one of the big fountains further off by where one of the gardens he picked plants from. “More there.” The smile they gave him didn’t seem bad, it didn’t seem like the crazy and not-right one he’d seen on a few of the bad guys.
“Good, not again.” Nodding he stood up and dusted some of the wet snow off of himself. “Home, cold here.” Since he didn’t need to heal anyone it was time to go home before Ian noticed he was gone again. It was a schedule he’d gotten used to even if he hadn’t wanted to get used to it.
Sara Draconia
