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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:14 am
Remarque’s lips pursed, rather disappointed that the best part of his speech had been ruined by Athene’s frantic attempts to refute his claim. It turned his mood a little sour and made him a bit more of a grump, as expressed when he crossed his arms over his chest and allowed a slight scowl to cross his face. It was as close to a pout as Remarque might ever be caught expression.
“From what I gather, you—the past you, that is—is responsible for the downfall of your homeworld. I’m sure you didn’t want to destroy that world any more than you’d want to destroy this one, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened—and that you have the ability to stop it. You just need to place yourself on the right path and access your true potential.”
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:38 am
Past you? As in another Sailor Athene? Remarque had seemed annoyed as he shared that tidbit of information, so the dark-haired senshi had bit back on the question, figuring that he could maybe ask Polaris about it when he saw her next – after all she seemed to have a fair deal of knowledge about things – much more so than Athene himself. “I guess I’ve still got a lot to learn” although the quiet words weren’t particularly directly directed at Remarque, it would have been unlikely that the Dark Mirror senshi hadn’t heard them. His nose was running again, which led to another bout of nose-blowing before he added “Is that what you mean by true potential?”
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:24 pm
Remarque leaned back, rather envious of Athene’s tissues. He hadn’t thought to bring his own, and now it was almost painful to resist the urge to sniffle. “Something like that. The more you know, the better, don’t you think?” It was a rhetorical question and he didn’t wait for a response before continuing, “You might find that, with more knowledge, you’re not fighting for exactly what you thought you were. Well. When you are fighting, that is. What else do you senshi do, anyway?” he asked, seeming at least vaguely interested. He could broadcast the Dark Mirror Court was open for transfers all he wanted, but Athene didn’t seem to be catching his invite as well as Remarque thought he was delivering it. At least maybe he could poke around and get more information about the senshi; for as often as he found himself niteracting with them, he didn’t really know much about them.
His information had come from various members of the Negaverse and from Ares when he had initially been drafted into the court—and whatever passing comments Leto or Requiem had said of them. While he valued his team member’s words on the order aligned senshi, mostly because at one point in time they had been among their ranks, he had his own questions—wanted to hear from them, from the enemy.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:05 am
Athene was quiet as he thought over Remarque’s question. To be honest the dark-haired senshi didn’t know a great deal about his fellow senshi even despite his recent upgrade. Pretty much all of his encounters had been while fighting youma and there certainly hadn’t been any opportunity to really exchange contact details. Okay there had been a few exceptions – like Polaris, but even still Athene found himself pretty much patrolling mostly on his own on the nights he sneaked out in order to power up. He took a sip of the chocolate, then another, part of him noting that the dark liquid had gone lukewarm. “I can’t speak for other senshi, but in my case I guess I just patrol a lot” he said at last, the quiet words sounding a little lame even to his own ears.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:52 pm
“I don’t really see the harm in that,” Remarque said, eyes lingering on Athene’s face for long enough to try and read his expression. His gaze drifted out across the park as he continued, “Guess I just kind of wondered what you guys do. I mean, at least you’re out there—giving it your all. You—“ he paused, glancing at the male again, “You are giving it your all, aren’t you?”
Remarque had a duty to perform when he went out—gather energy and try to persuade senshi of the white moon to abandon their current lifestyles in favor of one far superior—but at least he had that. The white moon senshi—what were they to do? Fight off youma and Negaverse agents, try to fend off Dark Mirror Senshi? It seemed boring and empty, and if Remarque had been in their position, that alone seemed motivation enough to want to swap sides.
The Dark Mirror Senshi had a purpose—a driving force—that he couldn’t see in the other senshi. It might have been arrogance, but he was entirely convinced that no other faction had as much purpose as a Dark Mirror Senshi, and even Athene was wasting his efforts by being tied to the White Moon.
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:13 am
“I give it my best. it seems pointless to waste the effort doing otherwise.” Athene was honest enough to admit that his best wasn’t particularly brilliant, that there were times when his best just didn’t seem that much – especially compared with senshi with flashier basic attacks that didn’t seem to have a mind of its own – although at his new senshi ability was at least much more reliable . Athene realised that the minute or five he’d initially meant to take had stretched into a good twenty or so minutes, so after a few more sips of lukewarm chocolate he reluctantly stood up “Talking about doing your best though, I should probably get back to patrol.” Just because the night had been relatively quiet so far, it didn’t mean that it would stay that way. “If not for my sniffling, I’d offer my hand to shake” he gave a rueful smile “But it’s been nice to talk.”
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:48 am
Remarque wasn’t entirely sure if he wanted to call this a nice talk, but at the very least it hadn’t been unpleasant. He had gained little information from Athene, though reasoned that perhaps the senshi might just be weighed down by his cold. Remarque stood up straight, back cracking slightly, and nodded to the male in front of him. “Good talk,” he said in conclusion.
Of course, it would have been a better talk if Athene had swooned at the idea of the Dark Mirror Senshi and begged Remarque to take him to Ares so he could be initiated but—hey—maybe next time. “You don’t seem so bad for a senshi of the White Moon. You take care, maybe we’ll bump into each other some other time. Put a little thought into the DMC, maybe one day you’ll want to join and see what we’re all about.” He winked at Athene—a playful little gesture that served as a ‘goodbye’. Remarque turned from the male, hands sliding into the pockets of his pants as he walked away. There was pride in everything he did, from how he spoke to how he walked, and while tonight might not have resulted in an expansion of the Court or the disposal of an enemy, he didn’t regret his talk with Athene.
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 4:17 am
“Yes maybe I’ll see you around” Athene agreed quietly. It seemed a small world sometimes on the patrol beat, so maybe he would bump paths with the dark mirror senshi again. As the dark-haired senshi got to his feet, he eyed the reminder of the hot chocolate, the cup with the remaining liquid following the last few used tissues into the bin, before heading out in the opposite direction to the one Remarque had taken.
Pleasant as the time out from patrol had been, it was way past time to get back on the beat again – after all the youma out there weren’t going to dust themselves much as Athene may have liked them to.
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