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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:23 pm
Niflhel shook his head and sighed finally speaking up his tone dead pan and serious, "Acubens." It wasn't quite a retort but meant to draw her attention to a rather angry looking knight, eyes following suit to glance at Gany whom had perhaps been the last straw.
"Everyone has their points and you have yours. Anger is not the way to solve anything or get your point across. It only shows childishness. Even the chibis are well enough behaved with things they don't understand. You cannot prove your point by blowing up in anger at anyone." His gaze was level as he stood back on the floor arms crossed.
"I refuse to agree with the comment we all have darkness in us. Some of us have, most are forced one way or another into that situation. We all make choices and those choices are what comes back to haunt us. Perhaps there was a dark thought here or there. THAT does not make anyone of us a corrupted soul, that makes us human. WE are not simply corrupted on one thought and one thought alone."
His attention moved back to Polaris and then to Acubens there was no awkward pause from the knight this time. "You say you're lost? Alone? What has my girlfriend Polaris done? Hasn't she tried to make you feel more welcomed into this faction. I understand it's a large faction everyone is accustomed to feel like a loner. However, none of us need to feel the need to run off and become another Ares. Lost in an insanity driven corruption, or whatever her excuse is. These people bring up these points because they are concerned about your well being. ... well most of them..." He sighed, "War is not easy, it claims lives.... We are all reborn through our Starseed. You may not be able to save them all in this time, no matter how much all of us would rather that be the case. However, you can save their souls for the next."
The knight was still standing there watching, "This is not Starwars, do not mix fantasy with reality, but as long as your aware of what you're doing, then that's all that can be asked."
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:27 pm
Was there a Star Wars reference being thrown around? Kailash's attentions perked at the mention of Anakin and Jedi, the yelling also couldn't helped to be ignored really even though he was really really trying. "Yoda noticed the darkness early on though ..." He muttered to himself, though still staying in his corner.
A corner that was being invaded by a fancy dressed male - a knight.. page.. whatever like himself? - with really girlish features. Kailash turned his yellow eyes upon the intruder with a bored and annoyed expression. "I wouldn't really call her a lady... nor really a friend..." he explained simply to Nysa.
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And the confusion was becoming a permanent fixture upon Sailor Hygiea's face as Acubens went into a hissy fit and throwing out references about Star Wars and accusations. "Aren't.. these people trying to help you though like you want?" The little girl asked Acubens, why was she going into hysterics. Weren't the others doing what she was yelling about, talking to her and making sure she was safe and not going to the dark side and stuff? It seemed normal enough to her to have something said to her like a million times to get it through her head.
The little senshi of herbs looked at the others speaking, then her gaze fell lower. "He totally gets it!" She gestured to the cat.
It took a moment before it registered.
"OH!" She gasped in surprise and glee, taking a few steps towards the similarly colored feline and down to her knees. A cat she hadn't met yet!
"Hi! I'm Hygiea! And you are?" She asked Prazoski with the widest grin she could muster.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:30 pm
Chronos did not dwell on whatever they might think of her for leaving so abruptly. As far as she knew, the group she had been talking to, still held some grudges against her for her decision in the Surrounding, and it would not be easy to resolve that. But now, the problem was the meeting with Endymion, which occupied most of her thoughts. It was a necessity not to speak his name aloud, lest Chibimoon and the others overheard and followed. He had requested to speak to her directly, and she would give him just that one chance.
"Alright." She nodded at Concordia's decision, patting her on the shoulder. Of course, she hoped that nothing would go wrong, but it was always safer to take precautions. In the back of her head, Chronos could imagine Ares yelling at her if she decided to slip out alone, and a ghost of a smile flickered past her lips.
"Of course, you can come." She told Neso with a grateful squeeze of the hand. Troy had agreed to follow as well, and the Princess flashed him a smile. "I sent a message to everyone; I hope they've seen it." Chronos was willing to wait for her Captain if she agreed to come along.
A part of her was half listening to the conversation ongoing as well, regarding the BMC. Chronos had no love for those who had teamed up with the Negaverse and attempted to raid the Surrounding, but if they could be purified, if they were ever willing to be purified... she was, of course, willing to try.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:34 pm
They still weren't listening to her. And Niflhel spoke and she didn't know which way was up because she wasn't listening to herself anymore and just saying words and contradicting herself and why was she still crying she wasn't three anymore!
"I said that our choices... I said that while we have duality... I said... I said..." Acubens' eyes darted around the room. Oh god. Run. They're looking at you. Please run. Save me, your mind, and my good friend, your sanity, any further strain. "I said... It's like... It's like when you're holding a small bird in my hands, and you know that if you flex your hands just right, you can squeeze the life out of it... but you know that you can't, because it depends on you to keep it safe. So you do..." You're such an imbecile. I hate you. I hate you so much. Too many people talking. She was dizzy and felt too hot all over.
And just like that... Acubens' temper was gone. Not in the way that she'd finally imploded and needed to sleep but... it was just gone. That buzzing in the back of her brain ceased and her eyes cooled down. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, trying to find her voice again. Emotion and recklessness. It was all she knew. As a person... as a girl... as a senshi. And it was how she acted now. She moved the way her body wanted, falling against Ganymede in a sudden embrace that caught Acubens off guard because she hated touching people and now she was hugging the girl who had made her so angry.
"Ganymede... are you saying you're trying to protect me?" There was something gently goading in her voice as she smiled, pulling herself away. The tears still flowed, because she cried at everything, even this sudden, strong happiness. "I haven't been listening... but I'm listening now." A small, hesitant smile crossed her lips.
"Yes... yes Yoda did see that darkness. And it saddened him... but I think he was just as lost as Anakin... so I guess I've just voided my own argument. Even if we do see that darkness in each other... how would we deal with it? Ah... I'm so stupid..."
"We're off topic. We've focused on something that we shouldn't be focused on. My idea stands. Exploit their want to sa..." Acubens glances at Ganymede and cleared her throat. "To corrupt you. Find those with strong connections and use them to gain further information. I still offer myself. Those I am closest too still think I'm willing to corrupt. I think... I can try and gain access to Princess Ares."
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:37 pm
]From the table which had become his perch for much of the meeting, Pravoski watched the chibi approach, his attention first gained by her initial gesture to him.
"That name's Pravoski. It means umm, er, ah..Peaches or ah, somethun like that. PLeased to meetcha."
The little senshi were adorable, but he tended to be wary of most children he met. He'd sometimes be walking about the streets and have an exuberant youngling come and pick him up like he were a plush toy, only to be dropped in a most unsavory fashion when their parents told them to 'let go of that smelly cat!' SO he lived in the sewer? So what? He didn't smell that bad, did he?
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:39 pm
Once again, Tsui found herself staring at Acubens, back to Ganymede, then to Nilfhel, and she couldn't believe that she was secretly thankful that he seemed to be trying to step in and restore some order to this fiasco. She wasn't angry at Acubens, but some progress was being made, only for someone to literally throw themselves under the bus and bringing it to a grinding halt. It was a little disheartening to know that for the first time in the meeting, people were starting to agree with each other as far as making a plan went, though now she began to fear for that plan.
'And it was a good one too.' She thought, her damaged pride trying to mend itself in the back of her mind.
She kept her gaze on Acuben now, feeling bad that she was brought to tears but uncertain of what to do about it. Had she brought her sketchbook, she could have at least given her a piece of paper to wipe her eyes with. 'Poor kids. Throws herself to the wolves, and none of her beloved friends from the other side are here to appreciate it.'
And again, she was so willing to help, to literally throw herself under the bus. Then again, Tsui was willing to charge into the diplomacy mission all by herself and was shot down almost immediately. She pondered this girl's chances; perhaps, because she was a DMC sympathizer, they'd be more willing to allow her to be corrupted and simply let her go. It was a possibility.
"Alone? Wouldn't you feel better with some company?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:42 pm
Ganymede did not like the hugging, even if it was unintentional. Sure, he was a physical being who liked cuddling and hugging and kissing, but only with certain people, none of whom were Acubens.
It was a bit like being hugged by Kallichore, only worse and more awkward somehow.
And he’d never thought anything would be more awkward than hugging and being hugged by Kallichore.
“Um… okay, yeah… I’ll slap the s**t out of you if you really want me to, but could you maybe not do the hugging thing? Because that’s kind of creepy.”
He completely ignored everything else that was going on around him, not because he didn’t want to hear it but because he was a little too busy being weirded out by Acubens’ quickly shifting moods. They bothered him because he didn’t know what he was going to get next, an explosion of anger or tears. He had a pretty short fuse himself and had been known to fall to anger at the drop of a hat, but the way her emotions played out so quickly left him reeling.
He took a step closer to Valhalla and sidled against the squire’s side, putting a little space between himself and Acubens and watching her with a wary eye.
“Maybe you could… chill out for a while?” he suggested. “You’re confusing my Chibi side-kick,” he said, motioning to Oberon, “and you’re kind of freaking me out, so…”
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:47 pm
Acubens shrugged, grinning sort of goofily at Ganymede.
"I'm an emotional being. I feel, I don't think. That's what gets me into trouble. But can you really blame me for getting pissed when I offered an idea for using the Dark Mirror Court for information, and suddenly I'm damn close to being labeled a traitor?" She left out that it was Ganymede who she felt most attacked by, for fear of breaking this sudden... strange and unsettling truce she'd forced them into with her hug.
"Everyone focused on the fact that I was once weak and confused and ignored my idea. We know such precious little about that chaos already, at least that's what I feel. Why... why is it when someone believes more in grey than black and white they get attacked? I still don't really know who I am... and I'm a little jealous of you, so confident and stuff. I want that just... I don't... know how..."
She looked at Oberon for a moment before smiling again. "Dark Mirror bad. White Moon good. Sparks notes version for you, kid. Don't ever forget it. No matter what crazy ginger kids say."
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:51 pm
Knowing that she wasn't expected to absorb everything immediately was reassuring. Immensely so. Irene let out a breath that she hadn't noticed she was holding and nodded. "A review would be... helpful. Not that I'm not paying attention," she added quickly, wanting to make sure she wasn't seen as slacking. "There's just so much going on." As she spoke, she continued to scratch *********, following the cat's directions to try and hit the sweet spot. "How's that?"
It was comforting, having something somewhat constructive to do, as the others began to argue. Having ********* in her arms meant that Irene couldn't barge into the fray and beg them to stop arguing. Not that they would listen to her, young and inexperienced as she was. She couldn't blame them for that, but was still pained to see the once constructive conversation degrade into a collection of shouts and accusations. Someone was even crying. How was this supposed to help anyone?
Iris' elbow came just as it was getting too painful for Irene to bear. Grateful for anything that would distract her from the fighting, she nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, I'd like that! Who is it that we're meeting?" Not that it mattered much, she reflected as she followed Iris, ********* still in her arms. Her leader could be taking her to meet prison inmates and she'd probably still go, if only to think about something else for a while.
Just as Aquarius was taking a picture with her cell phone, it buzzed in her hands. Startled, she dropped it with a clatter. It was very lucky for her that space cell phones were made of sterner stuff than the usual kind. She frowned and picked it up, wondering who could be texting her in the middle of a meeting. While she hadn't made her presence obvious, the way some people had, she wasn't exactly hiding either. Whoever it was couldn't have just walked over and spoken with her in person? That was what she called laziness.
Then she actually opened the text, and she froze. This wasn't just someone bored and texting leisurely. This was from Princess Chronos, and the princess was going to... what? The color drained from Aquarius' face as she digested the words on the screen. The princess was going to meet someone and put herself in a potentially dangerous situation, and she had two equally unappealing options open to her:
1) she could stay at the meeting, wanting to scream at the vast majority of the attendees, who seemed moments away from brawling themselves and were throwing around misplaced Star Wars metaphors, or;
2) she could accompany Chronos as a guard and go into a potentially dangerous situation, when she was rusty from doing bare-minimum patrol and still terrified of battle.
Aquarius looked at Chronos. A couple of people seemed to be going with her. Others showed no signs of moving. Chronos had both guards for her mission and ears in the meeting. Technically, that should have opened option 3) go home and pretend her phone was on the fritz. But she didn't. Instead, she stared at her princess for a few moments, squeezing her phone so hard that if it wasn't a magical space phone, it surely would have broken. Then with a groan, she flipped open the keyboard and shot off a reply.
Tell me what you need more, and I'll do that.
When no options were good options, sometimes the best option was to let someone else choose the option for you.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:52 pm
[[table yes, totally knew that the whole time <<]]
The senshi of herbs had to admit, the longer she stood close to the orange colored cat, the more she could notice the interesting aroma that seemed waver around him. Huh. "Pravoski..." she repeated aloud. Also interesting. It sounded like one of those names her mom watched from time to time, or maybe she heard it from one of those British shows her mom watched. Either way, it sounded a little fancy. Even if it meant peaches, which all made sense. He was orange.
"It's awesome to meet you too!" She chirped in response, "have you been around long? Do you have a team? Have you met *********? Do you wanna go on patrol sometime or come over and meet my cat Priss or just like hang out and stuff? I usually have a lot of cookies and stuff 'cause ********* likes cookies and stuff. I have a dog though, hopefully you don't mind, you seem cool enough with things 'cause you said some rather amusing things earlier and had a really good point too, kind of like what I was trying to make and such. I like you..."
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:59 pm
ChibiGingi "Alone? Wouldn't you feel better with some company?" The offer made Acubens wheel. The first thing said to her that was even remotely related to her idea. Or was it? Was this girl talking to someone else... she had to be. People didn't simply take Acubens seriously. They heard that she loved certain members of the dark mirror court and shut the rest of her words. The fact that someone might have heard her... confused her. But as confused as it was, it, much like her temper, kept her rooted in place. Kept her from moving away, for running like that little voice told her to. "M-me? Were you talking to... to me?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:00 am
“Maybe try thinking before you speak next time and no one will have the chance to try and label you a traitor,” Ganymede suggested, still watching Acubens as if he didn’t know what to expect from her next, and staying close to Val in the hopes that she wouldn’t have enough room to try hugging him again.
“With this crowd and, I admit, with me, you kinda need to make sure you’re clear with what you’re saying the first time around,” he informed her. “Otherwise myself and others are going to jump to conclusions based on what we know and don’t know about you, and that’s never good for anyone, so… best to just prevent that before it can happen.”
He was so confused. So, so confused.
And he didn’t really like being confused, to be honest.
“We understand black, white, and gray. The DMC are bad news, but I’m not going to kill them for it because, no, I don’t think it’s entirely their fault. They and the Negaverse are used and lied to and manipulated into believing what they do. That’s what I want to stop. If we can infiltrate and shake things up somehow—great, awesome. I sort of suggested it before. The cat, too. Although I am really going to caution against talking to Ares. Even I’m not that crazy, so I don’t know what you’re thinking. I'd rather pick off the little guys before going for the big fish.”
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:07 am
Woah, that was a lotta words at once.
"Woah, woah..w-woah," He placed a paw on her nose, "One question at a time."
Now let's seeeeee. How did he answer? What has she asked? Oh, his memory was horrid at times.
"I've been keepin' my nose outta thing till now. I like living, and the best way to do that is to keep outta the way. So I do. Normal cats I just don't understand. It's like we speak a totally different language now," He ustacould understand them fine. But that was before he'd awoken again as a guardian. "I can always be tempted with cheeseburgers tho." Kitty grin.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:08 am
"You're not that crazy," Acubens repeated. "But I am. Crazy, and stupid, and that's why people should be afraid of me. If saving those I care about... those three senshi over there that I love... means that I have to destroy what they know... then I'll do it." Another definitive nod and Acubens was feeling more and more herself.
"And I did think before I spoke. That first time. I think turning the factions of chaos against each other is a great idea. But to do that, we're going to need to know weaknesses, right? And while we're there, why not learn as much as we can about our enemy? That's why I suggested using connections with the DMC to try and get information. And if you understand black, white, and grey, then why... why in the name of all that is good and holy in this world did you bring up our past argument and bring into the forefront the fact that I have a soft spot for the DMC? It has nothing to do with my sympathies. I don't know why everyone locked onto those. I don't understand you, Ganymede. I want to... you sound like... like you have very strong convictions, and I can respect that but... You make it so damn hard to understand what you say when your actions seem to speak against those convictions."
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:11 am
'Who... else would I be talking to?' Tsui kept that part of herself, uncertain of Acuben's mindset and brain pattern, though she could understand if she was a little strained at the moment. She wouldn't be thinking straight if others felt that she was called out as a traitor.
She gave a nod, and she didn't take Ganymede's lightly as she addressed Acuben. "I get where you're coming from and I like your willingness to help, but like they told me, and those of us that wanted to attempt diplomacy. It's not safe to go at this alone, or without a back up plan, or even back up. This is Princess Ares we're talking about... it wouldn't do good sending only one against her, not alone. That'd be more suicidal than any diplomacy mission..."
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