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Bishoujo-senshi Mahou-shoujo
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 Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:39 pm
A magical disruption. A pocket of the universe vacant of life. A dormant piece of the Code.Erytheia released the energy from his hand by touching the Code. He kept contact until all the energy he could give was absorbed. It required so much concentration that he struggled to understand everything it was saying. Or, perhaps, it was all just so much to take in. “Is there anything you can tell us about the cornerstone and why it was dormant?”The Space Cauldron Energy Giving. A Transcended Knight may choose to follow a less combative path. Rather than using their energy to boost the magic power they use in battle, these Knights are able to transfer their excess energy to civilian victims and wounded allies. They must maintain physical contact in order to make the transfer, and as it requires intense concentration it would be impossible to accomplish in battle. The transfer would help with mild-to-moderate energy loss but would not offer a sense of full recovery in either case. It would simply decrease recovery time by half.
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:48 pm
Tanais, Knight of MarsThe Mars knight grinned as she leaned in, flashing her teeth at the taller man.
"I was beating the s**t out of a youma when I crash landed right in front of her. Broke the concrete and everything. The thing exploded into dust, and there I was, looking like I'd been doused in flour and bleeding." She laughed, brushing the cheek she'd cut during the fight. She flexed her arms, curling her hands into bare fists. "Still an impressive entrance, I think. But she was more worried about the fact that I was bleeding."
Folkvangr said her family had gone back generations and Tanais had to wonder, briefly, if hers had been the same. Just another thing she had lost in the haze of memories gone. Family, friends... history. Like Pegasus, she had sprung whole from the death of Cinnabar.
"I don't know if my family had any. Old me had some siblings, but I've never met them in person and they don't know who I am. I wouldn't have any clue if they were knights or whatever else." She said with a shrug. "I don't have an ancestor ghost. My wonder is empty, and I get flashes of memories when I'm there, so I think that was my past life."
"Sometimes feel like those memories are more me than this me, you know?" Tanais said with a half laugh, shifting on her booted feet. Those memories were a real trip sometimes... with nothing beyond the day she had awakened, they could have been present-day her, if they hadn't obvious taken place on Mars.
Speaking of... the Code was still speaking and from the snatches Tanais was able to gather... it wanted each of them to find their code piece? She'd never really searched hers out, so that was going to be a pain, probably. It made her, inexplicably, kind of nervous, actually. She didn't like the feeling, or the way she wondered how it was going to feel about her. It was the heart of her wonder though, right? So it had to be okay with her. She was it's Knight.
Tanais grimaced. "I guess we all have trips to make to our wonders. Damned if I know where to start, so that magic is going to come in handy."
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:15 pm
Transcended Delphi of Polaris.The code was a piece which each knight had, where each gained their power from, and if they could help the code itself by offering their energy it would only benefit them in the end. It was why Delphi had no issue in offering up her own energy, in pushing it out towards the code, it would help her to help her wonder. It would help other knights wonders as well. Even as the code spoke to others, knight who had never found their slice of the code, and offered to assist them in finding it. It would take energy to help other knights find those pieces, she knew it, so this opffering of energy would without a doubt help them all. The markings on herb ody shimmered, glowed softly like ice being touched by the moons rays, as she offered up her own energy to the code. It would help them all and all their wonders - it was a worthy cause to the anti social knight.
Glancing to the only male in the group Delphi nodded her head slowly. "You look off..." Good at reading people, she had to be with her semi retail job, the kngiht of Polaris glanced over the other knight. He seemed really off, different from the few times she'd seen him in the past, a concerned look was given to Hyperborea. She didn't know the Neptune knight well enough and hoped Hyperborea did, and could perhaps help them, she was not good with helping other people. Her people skills lacked and she knew it, she also didn't care, she was close to Hyperborea but only because they had the same gorl - saving their wonders. It was a goal which Hyperborea's girlfriend shared as well.
"Should we take some knights under our wing....help them find their code?" She questioned in a whisper to the French woman, a glance to a lone Mercury knight who seemed alone. Were theyh one of those who had not found their bit of the code as well? There were so many it seemed. Stepping away from Hyperborea, for a moment, she made her approach and grasped onto the Mercury knights uniform and pulled her gently towards the group she was apart of. "YHou are alone and should not be. We need to be together in this - to help the code and our wonders." And no knight should be alone in this, like this little knight had been, and so Delphi had decided to reach out, something she rarely did, and kidnap herself a knight in order to help them and thus help all knights and wonders. Every bit of help given would help further the universal goal which theyh should all have.
"What I want to know is why a dormant corner of space had something like that happen - what caused it." Because she was, of course, assuming something had caused it. Was it some new power coming into being, something for them to watch for and worry about? At least she had something of an answer from the code about her own worries and conerns, not that it soothed her any, it was a warning though. They should prepare and expect something to happen from other enimes. Whether it be tomorrow or years from now it didn't matter - it was a matter of time.
A glance about her small group, pale lavender eyes meeting each member of the little group. "We must prepare our wonders then. If not for an invation to happen when we are alive than for the future when one happens. We must gather resources and grow what we can so it can sustain whoever might find need of our wonder...be it ourselves i nthe future or someone else who wears our name." The next Delphi or one several generations from now but with the same name. "We need to prepare and look for the future." She whispered, words just enough fhr the fourwith her to hear. "But first we must fix our wonders...we can help each other as needed. We should work as a group." At least as much as they wanted and would accept.
Aurelius0815 Let's work together...and take over the feelings thing. genovianprince Laeradr, you doin't look well.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:26 am
Connie, Squire of Chronos(Talking with Belmont and apologizing to Pieria and Bifrost.) “I don’t know,” Connie sobbed, wishing she did know what was going on with her little plant, but assuming it had something to do with all the crazy things happening. “It just started looking like that. But… the Code said things will get better, right? So we just have to go to our Code piece and try to make it feel better.”
Or something like that. She wasn’t entirely sure, but she was playing the whole being a knight thing by ear from the beginning, so this was nothing different. She was at least relieved to see her friend there.
Oops and she felt bad for probably being too loud around Pieria and Bifrost.
“Sorry,” she whispered and ducked her head apologetically. Hopefully she wouldn’t scare them off with her enthusiasm. She just wanted the Code to feel better! It had never done anything bad to them before, so helping it was definitely a good idea.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:10 pm
Hawara, Transcended knight of Uranus When The Code said it would accept their energy, Hawara eagerly gave. He felt a little less twitchy now, but still on edge. He listened closely to what The Code had to say, much of it information he was familiar with, just as he was quite familiar with where his piece of code was safely stored. His past self, before his fall, had hidden the piece of code in one of the trial lock boxes, another thing he was very familiar with by now, and Hawara had recovered it, earning himself the glowing marks of transcendence that he now wore on his skin. His piece of Code was now back where it had been all those many years ago. Like a glowing crown jewel at the highest point of his wonder...ooooor the eternal light bulb on the roof-top gazebo. Potato, potahto. Given how inaccessible his piece of Code had been for so long, he couldn't really shame others for not knowing where their's was. He just hoped for the sake of their new mission that theirs was more easily found. If he could have helped he would, but it felt like something personal where his assistance would be rather pointless, and he had faith that everyone here could succeed on their own. in finding their own strength, they'd better be able to help others when the time came. Or something like that. When The Code explained their theory of what had caused this destabilization, the Uranus knight's brow deeply furrowed. Okay, time to get to business. He was ready, eager, sooner the better, and all that. He was ready to Get s**t Done. Not just for himself and his wonder, but for all of them.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:32 pm
Hierapolis, Page of Cybele Hierapolis was one of those who had not found his piece of the Code. Granted, there was a lot of it to explore, a large part of it which was inaccessible to him without simply walking in to a tunnel, that he didn't know how far or where it went, full of noxious gasses. He was smarter than that. While he couldn't test the gas to see just what it was - and he wasn't about to throw a match down there to test if it was flammable or anything like that, The Code saying it would provide assistance gave him hope. Maybe there was a back door or something. At least he did know his Code piece wasn't located in the singular building he'd already explored on his wonder. A part of him didn't feel like that was even truly a part of it. It was one the property sure, but he was drawn to the fissure in the ground behind it which spewed the same noxious gas that floated like a fine fog above the sparkling blue pools of water that dotted the pale white cliff-faces that marked his wonder's southern border. It was like the Code said - there was a pull, and instinct. Something like the little niggling dream-like almost-memories or snippets of intuition he felt when he was there; he needed to go under ground. Not just for his piece of the Code, but for himself - Hierapolis had never felt there was any part of him truly missing until he became a knight, but now it was like there was an entire second person that was him, but not him, and he needed to remember; and oath he swore that had nothing to do with being a knight that the universe still held him to.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:44 pm
Siegfried, Knight of Neptune
Siegfried was late to the party. It wasn't strictly his fault; his wonder had all but ejected him back to earth and okay maybe he'd sort of fallen down the stairs in his shock and maybe he'd forgotten to, you know, try to engage any of his knight abilities or just his straight reflexes.
Everyone rolls a 1 sometimes okay.
The scroll had hung blinking at him for a while before he came to, and Sieg just sort of made a noise of ascent.
Which mean he was then torn from the foot of his stairs in a pile to the Moon with a group of knights. While also still being a pile of limbs.
Something something an explosion, something something the Code closed down the wonders, something something they needed to find their pieces of the Code.
Siegfried peeled himself up off the floor and dusted himself off, really hoping no one noticed.
The Siegfried Code piece huh...
Never heard of it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:56 pm
Spei, Squire of the MoonSpei raised an eyebrow in disbelief as murmurs went up around him. So many Knights didn't know where their Code pieces were – how was this even possible? He had been given his directly by the Cornerstone Code piece here on the Moon, placed it himself on the little pedestal in that small room that felt made for it; he made a point to visit it every trip he made to his Wonder. And what was this about an explosion in deep space? It must have been quite an event for the Code to compare it to a supernova, more than Spei could comprehend. From what the Code was saying, it damaged other Cornerstone Code pieces across the universe; he was exceedingly happy that it hadn't damaged this one. But the lockdown of the other pieces, and the subsequent barring of the Knights from their Wonders…. This was alarming. "You guys know where your Code pieces are, right?" the Moon Squire said to Luxor and Pharos, turning to regard them. He really hoped they did, or at least could find them quickly. Or the Code would be in serious trouble.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:59 pm
Palmrya, Page of Castor Palmrya had been mostly quiet as the others voiced their concerns of which he honestly didn't have many. He'd never been to his wonder, didn't have a weapon he cared anything for ... the fingerless mittens were useless and he was just so new to this. He main concern had mostly been how much it affected his friend, his family.
The code talked to them and honestly all Palmyra could do was take in all the information that was being given to him. To him, it was like being in his lecture hall, but he wasn't the professor.
Some of the knights were glowing, like Maia did and could offer energy to the code which was interesting as the code certainly wasn't a person. He was glad to here other ask about finding their code piece because having never been to his wonder he would have no idea where to start. Even if he went with the others Palmrya as far as he was aware was a whole city.
So many questions were asked and with each one answered another question followed in his wake. He was a little concerned and figured looking around at all the pages like himself that maybe the other should have let them deal with one disaster at a time and no cause potentially undo anxiety. It was however nice to know that they might experience some issues on their wonders and they something was amiss.
He looked to the page beside him, "I'll be glad for the help having never been to my wonder before. I wouldnt even know where to start, if Im honest. Can't say Im particularly surprised about whatever else is out there though."
It seemed logical with the amount of space NASA essentially knew nothing about and honestly they had it exceedingly wrong for much of the universe anyway. He looked around thinking, if only they knew how wrong they were.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:56 pm
Pharos frowned when Spei spoke of his sheild shattering and was honestly glad she'd been to focused on getting to her wonder, to think about her weapon.
Pharos wasn't the least bit shocked at the notion that there were other threats in the universe. It was more shocking that the notion itself was a shock to others. She frowned lightly speaking up, though she doubted more that Spei and Luxor would here her.
"Have you ever seen a space whale ... because I have," she said. She wasnt sure if she remembered correctly but she was pretty sure it came from outside the surrounding.
She like other's had no idea where her code piece was, but that wasnt surprising as it was only in the past year that she'd been bound and determined to restore her wonder. Before that her ancestor rarely spoke to her and was less than pleased she was his successor.
She wasnt overly worried about finding it or resonating with it. Her wonder wasnt the largest wonder out there, and it didn't need to be, so she could find it easy enough and she hoped Hadrian would be willing to help.
The news of a cornerstone piece of the code being destroyed was concerning, as was the thought that protections like the surrounding may not last ... She definitely did like that thought.
She turned when Spei asked them about their code pieces but shook her in head in the negative. "No, honestly Ive been doing this for 13 years and even after the first time a code cornerstone spoke to us, I never tried to find it. My ancestors certainly hasnt ever spoke of it, but Ill ask him once we are able to leave."
She looked to Luxor waiting to see if he'd found his code piece.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:09 pm
Niflhel, Knight of Saturn
Niflhel just stood listening to the code and the chatter among them, about the code pieces and having the need to find them if they hadn't. His thoughts wondered, had he found his code piece? He hadn't remembered locating it if he was honest. There was a small frown as he thought.
The code also spoke about things such as other beings that may not be friendly and this didn't set with him well either. He'd have to pass the message to Snowball and Polaris about the code pieces and knights.
Maybe the cat could find some transcendent senshi, Niflhel thought he'd heard mention of at least one that Snowball knew about. Perhaps they could also help the code. And of course he'd probably have to take the cat with him to his wonder, at least maybe as a helping hand or for conversation at this point. The goth-victorian wonder wouldn't feel so lonely if he took the cat.
Though Niflhel sighed he didn't want to admit he'd put his powered life to the wayside for a while, maybe it was time for him to step back up. He was glad to see some familiar faces the more he looked around the crowd, not all of them had done as he had and hung the hat up for a while. Camelot was one of those he was glad to see was still around.Odainsaker, Squire of Cosmos
Her head hung down as she listened, Odain knew neither how to get to her wonder yet nor did she know any senshi that could help the code. She was listening and shifting uncomfortably as the code spoke.
Why had she never been to her wonder? Was it a crime? Would she get in trouble? These were all questions that ran through the daydreamers mind as she looked towards the code trying not to fret too much.
Though it didn't seem like such a large issue if there were others that also were missing their code pieces, maybe she wasn't the only one not to have gone to her wonder? There was a pause when there were mentions of earthquakes and shock waves. She shifted as she thought before looking towards the code piece "If there are shock waves and earthquakes expected is it even safe to go to our wonders? What about if another explosion of magical disruptions happen - will that just fix it so everyone is stuck????" the code seemed positive that these were all things that were okay or going to be okay and not that big of a deal . . .
But to Odain the thought of going and getting stuck in an earthquake alone was terrifying. She'd only dealt with little tremors here and there. The magical disruption that was being talked about was also of concern what if -that- caused those shock waves and things. What types of other beings or magical creatures were out there? She had millions of questions for the code but she felt like now wasn't quite the time for that. Especially since the code seemed weary like it needed a long nap. Odain also felt that though, she could go for a nap, naps were good; maybe that would clear her mind.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:37 pm
Aventine, Knight of Venus
(Standing with Lyonesse and Nile, talking to them)
Aventine almost laughed at the two, but her curiosity was sated for the most part. Well, no. Now she wondered what Nile was hiding under his sleeves, too. She would much rather be talking about muscles than thinking about devastation to her Wonder.
…Which was probably more than a bit neglected. She hadn’t really spent much time up there, but it was so lonely! Pretty, but too quiet.
She resisted the urge to groan, and tried not to think too hard about it, lest the Code read her mind and chastise her.
“Oh, you’re lucky,” she grumbled to Lyonesse. “Mine could be in a dozen places. I didn’t know we were supposed to look for anything, I just let things be as they were. Any time I go up there, things always seem like they’re doing just fine. Why mess with perfection?”
Well, maybe things weren’t perfect. Her weapon was breaking, after all. And the Code made it sound like things might have been damaged somehow. She hoped not; despite her lack of attentiveness on her Wonder, she cared greatly for it and was very proud to represent it.
Poor Lyonesse, with one open, lonely arm. Aventine sighed and forced herself to cross her arms over her chest before she let herself think about how she was going to be one of those little old ladies one day.
"How long have you two been doing this for, have you ever seen anything like this?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:06 pm
Danube, Page of CybeleWell, at least this wasn't a common thing to happen. Danube wasn't sure how much she'd be able to make it to meetings on the moon if they were more than incidental. He wasn't the only one to brighten at seeing someone a bit older than freshly in or out of puberty, and she'd offered a smile and a return of the handshake. "Danube. Page of uh, Cybele, I think." That sounded right. She also turned her head when Annwn's voice reached them. What did he accept? "Who knows! I sure don't." Her voice was cheerful, almost cavalier. She was hoping they'd find out sooner than later, but in the meantime, the guy looked like he was on the edge of a panic attack. She didn't touch him or come any closer, not wanting to crowd him, but Danube did try to project nonchalance his direction. And then the Code spoke and, well, that cleared up some of the confusion for her. So there was trouble, it seemed. Her brow furrowed as her arms crossed over her chest. How was her Wonder? She honestly didn't know. What was her Wonder? She hadn't received a primer on what was going on. She'd been attacked by a monster, been offered her powers by a cosmic force, and then gone home and gone to bed afterward. But whatever a Wonder was, it didn't sound like anyone was able to reach theirs. Not knowing enough to know what to ask, Danube stayed quiet and listened for now. First step, from what she'd gathered so far: find the piece of the Code on her Wonder and make friends with it. That the Code said it would help knights who hadn't found their wonder, well, find their wonder was encouraging. The Code was being encouraging in general, and Danube appreciated it. A magical disruption sounded dire, but the Code didn't seem to think they were beyond hope. At least, not as long as they got a move on. "Well, if either of you need my help finding your Code piece, I'm game." Maybe she'd learn what to look for in the process.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:30 pm
Basiluzzo, transcended knight of Uranus"I can't get to my wonder at all, so there's that?" Basiluzzo rubbed the back of his neck. "That's the only 'trouble' I've been able to identify, considering." He was admittedly paying more attention to the Code than to answering Abzu's question. They were going to have to go to their wonder and find the Code piece to bond with it? Was... that not what he'd done in the act of transcending? He supposed not, if he couldn't get to his wonder now. It did raise his curiosity, though, as to what part of his wonder had accepted him if it hadn't been the Code piece. He'd kind of assumed it'd been the Code piece, actually. Wasn't that the thing that powered his wonder and made it more than just a swathe of land? Basiluzzo did his best to listen to what the others were asking the Code and to the answers it gave them. The last thing he wanted to do was potentially repeat a question. Basiluzzo wasn't opposed to doing more work to connect to his Wonder, but he would have perhaps rather found out about it before he was left with soggy linguine for a weapon-- ---------------------------------------- Stromboli, page of Uranus"I haven't tried to get to my wonder yet." Stromboli sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He had been hearing no end of it from his kids and assorted others. Something about how it would make him so much easier to get ahold of, that there was a ring waiting for him there. That he needed to find out what kind of shape it was in. That it was important. That was all well and good, and he didn't doubt the importance at all, but the time needed to take a day and just go to a location literally across the solar system... He was going to have to take a day off of work to devote to it if his weekends kept being unexpectedly busy. Safira had offered to go with him to help, but he kept forgetting to even ask if anyone knew if that were even possible. Safira wasn't a knight or senshi, so would it even work for her? Was Stromboli powerful enough to make it work? Encke had been able to do it before, but that had been Encke, and that had been before. Note to self, ask about limitations on bringing people with him. Well, in any case, it sounded like he was about to not have a choice about going to his wonder. Better late than never, he guessed, but he didn't want to keep having issues with his transforming and weapon.
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:35 pm
Richtersveld, Squire of Pluto & Dumuzi, Page of Pluto" Sick." Tanais tapped into something Dumuzi liked -- or multiple things, really. Heroic displays of badassery, an obvious injury that must be addressed after sending something to its grave, crash landings and explosions. His eyes danced with a widening teeth-baring grin of his own. "See, though, that sounds like exactly the kinda s**t my sister would rush to help with. She's always cleaning up after my broken a**." Sometimes actual, sometimes kinda, and sometimes she just needed to facepalm over him even though she was the youngest... "I like this one," he noted, shooting that grin over to Richtersveld. Richtersveld, for her part, rolled her eyes. "Thanks." Not that she needed his approval-- "I'm glad you both are on our side now," she figured it was important to acknowledge that she knew so Folkvangr didn't feel like she needed to monitor her speech, "though I am sorry to hear you lost your family, Folksvangr. I honestly couldn't imagine losing my twins -- brave thing you did." Admirable, really-- "Having an ancestor there sounds like it would be useful in this case," she noted. "I have memories on my wonder, like you, Tanais? I feel like her and yet I don't all at once, it's fascinating." She knit her brows. Was she the same as her past life self, or was she just far enough removed that she needed to step back into her shoes before she understood? Maybe it didn't matter, for the moment. "I know where my code piece is. There's only one significant structure on my wonder, and Pluto is so deeply isolated that I don't think I ever feared anyone touching it. If I can help either of you, I'm here and willing." Dumuzi crossed his arms. "Hope that s**t goes for me too." "Of course it does you big lug--"
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