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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:44 am
Well, why not ? Themis did indeed follow, leaping his way after her. "Is is." And... how short was that skirt ?
Whoever designed these things was out of their mind. Or didn't know s**t about winter. "Do you want my coat... ?" He asked her, once they had made their way to the roof. "I think ill't do you more good than it would to me at the moment... No offense." He didn't feel like potentially rushing her to the hospital, thank you.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:18 pm
Did she want his coat? Scylla turned to the other senshi, struggling with her face. If Themis had ever seen Shrek (had he? Well!) then he would might just see the faint resemblance in the woman's expression to one of those times when Puss (or Donkey, if he'd seen Shrek 2) was about to try and take the enemy by surprise. Her eyes went big, and Scylla decided that most other senshi were nice. "Oh yes," she told Themis, nodding her head up and down emphatically. "Please, if I could borrow your coat, I'd much appreciate it."
No offense taken. "Whoever or Whatever designed this fuku thing, is or was absolutely nutters, and should be shot." That was quite possibly the most wholehearted thing she'd said all week. Then again it could be defective tailoring on part of the Space.... whatevers. Or maybe the size of the skirt was directly related to the size of the planet or sun or... whatever. No, she'd probably just gotten the short end of the stick.
She stamped her boots, leading the senshi over the river and through the woods. "Anyway, my car isn't..." more than a mile away. Hell. "...too far away." She'd been chasing that Gorilla for quite a way. In fact... Scylla turned in a circle, scowling at the area she was. "Do you know how to get to the mall from here?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:34 pm
The Puss 'n Boots eyes weren't quite required - though it was a nice clue-in as to what her answer would be, so he took it off the second that face happened, and handed it over. Comically enough, his shirt under it was long-sleeved - he had been entirely right when he said that she could probably use it more than he would at the moment.
Maybe there had been a mass displacement of clothing from the female senshi to the male ones ? It was evident that come summer, Themis would have the opposite problem than Scylla had at the moment. "Yeah... It just seems like I wear enough uniform to clothe a whole team of female senshi. Whoever design these things needs some lessons in practical." Or maybe the powers that be were just perverts.
...She had been chasing that thing from the mall ?" Um, holy s**t. No wonder she had been in the state she was in when he'd came on the scene ! "Yeah, it's down this way." He pointed south. That'd probably be a few minutes even with roof-jumping thrown in the equation.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:43 pm
Oh yeah. She'd been chasing that thing from the mall. "Well, I've started sticking on pants and a jacket when I go out hunting lately, but this guy just sort of... took me by surprise." In fact, with Christmas being the busiest time of the year, he'd taken a lot of people by surprise. There would be some smelly people waking up from their shock-induced head knock, to be sure. "I didn't exactly have time to change, so I appreciate it." It was a super good thing she was short, too, she decided. His coat hung on her, almost dragging the ground. That kept her legs warm!
The way was going to be a very long one. Jada decided to start out as they walked by regaling him with the story of her monkey chase. "I was trying to stuff the last box of shoes into my trunk... It was like King Kong, all RAAAAR... He hit a car. Not got hit by, hit. The poor guy started yelling at me! I didn't do it!... jumped off the overpass... hit me with a tree branch! Can you see the bump?" (Here she pushed her hair back to show the wound. It was negligible at best.) "And then he started climbing up to a roof. I hate roof chases."
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:59 pm
The coat did, in fact, almost drag on the ground, but Themis didn't point that out - Scylla had most likely already figured that out for herself.
"Yeah, most of the others I know are doing the same." Well, he knew Bell was. And if Tallulah wasn't, he might glare her right into next year. Not that there was a long way left to go, but it was the principle of the thing.
Themis himself didn't exactly need to bother, though if it got colder he might need a hat and thicker gloves. Even coatless, he was probably more comfortable than most.
There was something with women and shoes that he most likely never would understand. Probably because he was not a woman. Still, he listened, nodding to each of her statement as he followed her. He'd get her back to the mall, at least. Then he probably should go home, as he still had some studying to do.
"Most of my shopping is already done." He wasn't the best at small talk - but he was trying, really, he was ! He wasn't sure about the bump, or what to say to it, so he once again nodded his acknowledgment. "Makes sense that King Kong would go for rooftops, uh ? At least we don't have an Empire State Building." God, this was a battle he didn't want to fight.
"I fought a spider that dripped acid once." He continued after a well-timed jump. "In an abandoned industrial building. Thin metal railing everywhere. I think that has to be my worst youma encounter ever." Not that any of them could be considered good, but there were much better settings.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:18 pm
"If they'd give us more clothes- I mean, look at those women who work for the Negaverse, they are smothered, head to toe!" She could grouch on clothing, but she'd learned not many men were interested. And shopping was Jada Chamberlyn's main talent. You need a dress? Oh, she'd find you one. And it would knock socks off. A pantsuit? A pair of boots that would somehow be absolutely killer with that mumu? She'd find it.
"I've have my Christmas shopping done since July. This is just my monthly wardrobe update." she told him- she didn't want top give the impression that she was a slacker! The thought of having to fight a youma at the top of the Empire State building gave her pause. Sincere pause. "I don't think I could pull that off, myself." She said finally. "I think I'd be waiting for that monkey to come down."
Oooh! They were going to share youma kill stories! "I fought a bookworm with Laocoon; Europa and I fought a possessed ice cream machine, garden gnomes, an army of turkeys and some pilgrims." as she recited, she ticked the items off on her fingers. "Then there was the octopus with Foramen.. and Alexandros and I took on some Salamanders that were melting the subway. That was absolutely terrifying. I can't imagine a SPIDER though. Yuck! I mean, I can't even stand to watch the spider part in Lord of the Rings, it is totally gross."
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:30 pm
He wouldn't know about that - the only negaverse agent he had met was very male, but he wasn't about to go admit that. He was well aware that he was still relatively new at this whole senshi thing - almost two months now, come to think of it - but he felt no need to prove her. "I don't generally pay attention to what they're wearing, I admit." Though he would have to, if only to make a good database entry later. Themis wasn't the most observant senshi on the planet.
Monthly... wardrobe... update ? Xavier was lucky if he made a seasonly wardrobe update. Shopping was definitively not his forte.
..Possessed ice cream machines ? What the hell ? With Europa even ? Okay, he was going to hear more of this.
"I keep running into the spiders." Damn spiders. He'd never liked them, but now he liked them even less. "My first youma was a bone spider. The cat used my power to sing it into pieces." ...In retrospect, that was a little funny. "Then I had the flying spaghetti monster's first cousin... in TGI Thaidays..." He had to pause then, stiffing his own laugh. "With Europa..." Tallulah was from now on going to get teased endlessly about attracting weird as hell youma. "Some kind of mud monster... Uhm... Oh, that weird a** humanoid-like one that had a zillion little lights with it." Gunn had very literally put him on fire. Well, part of his coat. "Pretty sure there was a lizard or two..."
Themis had been around in those two months, thank you.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:46 pm
"My first youma was..." she paused, thoughtful. After so many, did she really remember her very first youma? "My first youma was a pack of wolves," she said finally, "And I got scared, and pushed Castor out of a tree, right into them." Heh. That had been a fun night. Well, once she'd realized she hadn't killed her ally. And once, the next morning, she'd managed to awaken herself from where she had fallen asleep locked in the bathroom. "I'll let you keep taking the spiders though," she told Themis generously.
She couldn't help but laugh. "Europa gets around to some weird stuff. I knew it was her fault. She is so not getting her Christmas present now."
The lights of the mall were coming up- had it really almost been a mile? Well, she'd known she could talk a lot, but this was just silly. He'd barely said a word. Then again, all of the times she'd been required to 'run' the mile while in school, she'd walked it in fifteen minutes. So that did, in fact, make sense. She'd chased the youma for almost half an hour, and she'd known he was taking her in circles when she'd had to run back up the stairs for a walk-over at the interstate that she'd had to jump off of not ten minutes earlier. Ooo, she hated monkies.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:01 pm
"And you can keep the monkeys." He said, with a hint of teasing in his voice. Themis had never been the best at reading people, so he could only hope that she wouldn't be offended.
It was such a strange coincidence that Scylla knew Europa as well - apparently even enough to warrant a christmas gift - and he couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "Im not too sure what ill buy her this year." It was always a bit of a challenge. Maybe one of the boxsets of those law and order series she loved so much ?
But that would be for another time, though - he could also see the lights of the mall from where they were now.
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:58 pm
His joke made Scylla pause, eyes glinting in the faint light as she stared at him, then she finally laughed. A full-out belly laugh. "I would like to most emphatically accept that trade." She told him when she was finished, "We can flip a coin for who has to deal with the spider-monkeys." It was Jada humor at its cheesy worst.
Jada Chamberlyn knew a lot of people, and if she donated the money she spent on Christmas gifts each year, she might be able to provide a nice Christmas dinner to half of a small third-world country. Everyone she could think of off the top of her head, plus anyone she had written down in her address book, got something. The senshi were no exception; it would just be harder to get their gifts to them. "I don't know what she likes, but I was figuring I would think of something." she said truthfully. "Normally I just give away a lot of petit fours, but this year I was thinking I'd give all my friends a little tree ornament. Maybe an octopus in a santa hat. Not all my friends will get it, but I'm sure no one will say anything."
Reluctantly she pulled off his jacket, skin immediately goosebumping back against the cold. "Thank you for the loan, Themis." she told him, and pulled out her senshi phone. She didn't even ask if she could scan him in; why should she? It had been such a pleasant walk. "Do you need a ride anywhere?" her question was a courtesy more than anything. Jada had a very nice car.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:51 am
"You know, now that someone thought about it." He started, barely repressing his own laughter - Scylla's was contagious. "It will happen. Ill carry a coin just in case."
He still couldn't quite wrap his mind around a monkey-spider.
Little octopis with santa hats. After what he had just seen, Themis definitively got it. "Those are really cute ideas." Ornaments were a good idea, even if his only christmas decoration at his apartment was one string of lights around one window. It wasn't like he was going to have anyone over in there, anyway ! Still, a really cute idea. "Im sure she'll be happy with anything you get her." He was certain of this.
He accepted his coat back, and pulled his own cellphone out. He often forgot to scan other senshi... it just slipped out of his mind most of the time. After that, he finally put his coat back on.
"Thanks for the offer, but I should be fine." He smiled. "I don't live too far away from here." He'll be home in minutes, thanks to being able to abuse rooftops as shortcuts.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:33 pm
Spider Monkies were mysterious and alien creatures from South America and Brazil. Jada doubted that they would ever run into one, but just in case, it was reassuring that the menshi would have a coin. If nothing else it would make an excellent thrown weapon. "I thought my idea was great too," she assured Themis comfortably. "The issue is getting them out to everyone. I don't think we have a Senshi Santa who would be willing to take on extra packages this year." her lips pursed. It looked like she would have to call out everyone she knew one by one. "Anyway," she said finally, and waved to Themis, "I'll get on my way. Be safe getting home! Feel free to Senshi-text me anytime you need some company!" It was silly to be telling a fellow scout to be safe, but it was the warm wishes that counted. She scooted away from her companion with the speed any mortal would envy, her heels leaving impressions in the snow. Her car, when she was finally able to get into it, was cold as ice; her heater and her radio were great friends driving down the interstate at 100 miles an hour.
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