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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:02 pm
He kept waiting for her to start laughing. To give him a shove or light punch to the shoulder in complete disbelief. But those motions never came, in fact she just seemed to stare in wide interest. Which had made it easy to talk but now left him feeling.. kind of ridiculous.
And then the question sounded that made Corey begin to silently curse his stupidity and lack of caution. Of course she was going to ask why and how he knew all this stuff. It was logical, he wasn't sure why it hadn't hit him the moment he'd first decided to whisper secrets in her ear at the arcade. He always did have a big mouth and the inability to know when to shut up.
"Ahhh well then." He took another drink, a long one that drained the can, at which point he squished it mildly in his fist looking up towards the ceiling as if the answer would be written there.
"Would you believe that I'm just nosy and I hear and see a lot of stuff?" He joked lamely, his grin sheepish.
"Or I could offer the far more plausible answer that I'm the Knight of the Fountain of Youth?" It sounded so ridiculous that he half hoped she wouldn't believe it. That she'd take his first answer instead because it made slightly more sense.
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:22 pm
Seeing Corey finish off his drink reminded her that she still had hers. Pretty full still! Oops! Olga grabbed it from between her knees and took another drink, still peering at Corey over the rim of the can. A brow quirked at the first, very plausible, explanation, but the tone indicated there was another to follow, and there was. Olga's expression didn't change as he said it, though her brow quirked higher. She just kept staring at him, thinking. He'd been here for thirty years, so yeah, it was possible he learned all this information just from being like her. Nosy and hearing and seeing---but she was uber nosy and she couldn't even gleam the name Negaverse until Corey told her. Everyone in Destiny City was still speculating about the people in white and skirts, and the terrorists...everyone except people who...dealt with them. Was he really...? After a long moment Olga's brows knitted. "But...the Fountain of Youth isn't a planet...and you said Knights are connected to planets..." She pointed out, and then waited for the reply. Because that was clearly something that needed to be clarified.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:01 am
To be fair he'd been using his soda as a crutch, trying to soothe his nerves and uncertainty.
And then she called him out on his explanation and his nose crinkled a little.
"Very astute observation."
Leaning over his hand dug into the couch, hunting and searching around through the crack between cushions. It didn't take long digging for his hand to return with two pennies, and more importantly, a pencil.
Leaning towards her once more he began to to write and diagram in a blank area of the the page she had her notebook open to.
"Planet was being a little specific. Most knights are aligned with planets but there are a few that are connected to stars or just.. random space stuff. But then on top of being connected to the space thing each knight is also connected to some special wonder as well."
"So let's say you've got Saturn" He doodled a little planet (with rings around it of course) and then lines extending from it. "So for instance you could have like.. Hoth, knight of Saturn and Tatooine, knight of Saturn. And then over here on you've got like... Equestria, knight of Venus."
"Bimini, the fancy name for the Fountain of Youth, doesn't belong to any particular planet - just the cosmos in general soooo it's like - Bimini, knight of the Cosmos." He had written his name down as he spoke not really thinking about it, but once he realized he frowned a little, proceeding to erase that portion of his doddle session.
Did she believe him or think he was crazy? He wasn't even really sure what he wanted her to think anymore, he'd just fallen into the motions - much like when he was trying to explain it all to the newbie page (and total hottie) Odainsaker.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:31 am
Awww yeah. She was clever. Maybe she should be a reporter instead. Destiny City would start learning all the things. Still, the compliment made her puff up a bit. Olga watched the utmost interest as he dug between the couch cushions, and seemed amused when he got a pencil. She blinked as he leaned and started to write in her journal, but she didn't stop him, far too interested otherwise. Information was information, no matter what space or who it came from. She listened intently, making sure to keep the facts straight in her head. Planets, random space stuff...and then also wonders? She smiled at his Saturn drawing, and with it's duh rings. Oh---okay. A knight of Cosmos named Bimini, whose wonder was the Fountain of Youth. Huh. That was a really old wonder---and mythical none the less. Still really sounding like a really good story element for a fantasy novel but--- Olga blinked as Corey started to erase what he had written, but she didn't stop him. She had a memory for these kinds of things---especially stuff that intrigued her. She was silent for a moment, her eyes lidded in thought, before she looked back up at Corey. "Show me." Because that would be the end of any doubt---if it was true. Iris_virus Random space stuff /cracked up You're so eloquent Corey *A* ALSO...you are more than free to NOT show Olga and to brush her off if this isn't something conducive for you >u>---she's just incredibly nosy and intrigued thus will be making all the demands
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:41 am
It was actually kind of strange to see Olga so very.. quiet. Even in their short play session at the arcade he'd gotten the impression that she was quite the talker and interjector. A quality he shared and enjoyed. But her interest in the subject kept her quiet, which had perhaps been why he'd kept talking.
Show me
He'd half expected the request. I mean how did you give away your secret identity, especially to someone so obviously curious, and then not deliver? He looked around a bit thoughtfully debating the safety. It was possible someone would feel his aura if he transformed. But it was the middle of the day so it was less likely. And if he was quick enough about it they probably wouldn't have time to pinpoint.
"Alright. But only for a minute." He agreed with a sage nod, shifting mildly to push himself up off the couch. Uncerimoniously, and within a few seconds, the arcade owner's clothing was replaced with something far more... magical and ridiculous. Shifting the bowl to balance in one hand, he spun the ring on his hand mildly, activating his aspect for shits and grins, and because he figured she'd enjoy the reference.
As a glimmering sparkle like starlight covered his skin he turned his face from her. "Don't look at me Bella, I'm hideous." And then tried very hard to keep the feigned stoic look on his face despite the grin and snicker that wanted to follow his 'oh so cleverness'.Lucyal Corey's gotta keep it real yo - space stuff includes Polaris' star, Ganymede's moon, whatever the hell 'the cosmos' is and everything else. XD Also pshhh I been planning this Twilight joke since last night - totes showing her. talk2hand
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:47 pm
Olga wasn't sure what she was expecting, and despite having such an overactive imagination, she didn't come up with anything. Maybe that's what happened when what sounded like fantasy was, or could be, on the verge of being reality. One thing was for sure though---she wasn't expecting Corey to just suddenly poof into medieval armor. Corey stood, and she felt the need to shift to sit on the end of the couch seat---and she also made the probably smart move of setting her can down on a nearby hard surface. Then---magic happened--- quite literally. Olga's black eyes went wide as dinner plates as she stared. She stared for a moment, and then reached to pinch herself. Nope, still awake. Next she pressed her fingers to her wrist to check her pulse. Yup. Still there. She wasn't sure why she'd be dead, but hey--- But then Corey---wait---Bimini!? (Was this like being Bruce Wayne and Batman!?) made a Twilight reference, and it was so bad (but so good and perfect at the same time) to momentarily break her out of her stunned stupor. Olga let out an incredibly loud snort of amusement, so hard it jarred her tall frame, and she ended up shooting off the couch to stand next to him. She then leaned to just peer at him. Hands reached out, looking like they wanted to pat the cosmic looking material, and she hesitated for a moment before reaching out to touch one of the sashes. Okay. It was really there. She then straightened, and hesitated again before she reached to poke Corey (or Bimini's?) cheek, trying to see if the starlight sparkle would react to her motion. " It's like diamonds. You're beautiful." She whispered back...because what else could really be done but quote Twilight in this surreal scenario. Iris_virus /SCREAMS I can't even /lays down MARRY ME, IRIS feklwfjlwelfklw THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL /crying
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:23 pm
Her reaction was amusing, a sense of satisfaction touching him as she responded positively to his joke, unable to hold back the laughter as she responded in kind. But otherwise he stood still, letting her inspect and poke unhindered, though his mind was clearly on the time.
If Olga had had any Chaos in her heart (or starseed rather) the moment she touched him her fingers would have felt like acidic burning thanks to the starlit sheen. But instead she was met with nothing more then a subtle and pleasant sensation. Warm, calming, heavenly almost.
When he finally spoke, shifting in a way that rustled the many layers of his robes and sashes, his voice was sheepish. "I should probably mention the fact that most knights don't look so clearly ridiculous. Rainbows and sparkles are the Cosmos calling card, but I think I kind of lost the uniform lottery alltogether."
"And the weapon one too." His palm moved, making the water in his metallic bowl swirl and slosh harmlessly.Lucyal I cannot tell you how many times I cry inside when I can't make retardly stupid jokes/references with my other characters because they wouldn't ICly know them. *pets her sweet baby Corey - pets him and his wonderfulness for letting her write the stupidest best* >w<
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:31 pm
Inspect and poke she did, marveling at the warm and calming sensation that would come and go every time she poked him and then pulled away. It really was... magical. Really, truly was. In a weird way, she was glad she had that run in with those Negaverse dudes, because it made her more accepting of this moment. It was real. He was real. Everything he was telling her was real and suddenly a lot of things she had been looking into were starting to make sense. More emboldened, she grabbed the end of one of his sashes and rubbed her fingers over the material, enjoying the sensation. She stood on her tip toes to peer into the bowl, seeing the water. Was that the reference to his wonder name? After a moment, Olga finally uttered a whooping, "WOW!" She then stared at the knight again, still holding onto the end of his sash. " Wow." She then laughed. "It's not that I was doubting you---but until you see it---especially when you've grown up to believe no such things exist---it's just---amazing---" Also, she didn't think he lost the uniform lottery, but she'd probably change her mind if she had to try fighting in it---wait, speaking of--- "So---" She leaned towards him, her usual excitement and enthusiasm kicking back in. "So do you fight crime? Do you fight the Negaverse guys!?" Iris_virus I understand completely---that's why I made Olga LOL. To make all the references I wanted
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:54 pm
Poke, poke, poke. After the second one he began to make a cringing face everytime she poked, but it was simply in jest, not bothering to try and stop the delicate and curious motion. And as she moved on from poking him to instead manhandling his sashes he simply watched.
As much as he complained about his uniform, some of which was genuinely warranted, there were other times when the bulky costume had saved his a**. On a few occasions youma claws or short weapons had been caught in the many layers, stopped well before they could reach the skin below. Once or twice he'd even used his sashes to loop around the neck of youma to hold them a safe distance away instead of being able to eat his face off. It almost made it worth all the times he'd tripped over the stupid robes or all the times he got caught thanks to something being able to grab the flowing robes as he tried to escape. Love/hate relationship.
"Yeah, it's kind of cool." Bimini grinned, rubbing the back of his head with his free hand as she ohh and ahhed. "I'm still impressed by others sometimes when I meet new knights and I've been at this for well.. years."
And then it was his turn to laugh, so hard some of the water from his bowl actually sloshed out to sprinkle the floor. "I'd say 'get my a** sufficiantly handed to me' is a more accurate description than fighting." Corey's videogame and laser tag prowness sadly didn't translate very well to real life combat - mostly because he had no desire whatsoever to fight anyone. Much more a lover than a fighter.
"But I mean when they get knives and spears and I've got a bowl of healing water what do you expect.." It also didn't help that they never seemed to want to just like.. talk.
It'd been a minute or two since he'd first powered up and before long he'd have to change back but he remained powered for just a little bit longer, musing mildly. "Mostly now I just patrol around in hopes of finding people I can help patch up after they've been fighting. The water in this bowl is like... a super good and instant pain killer."
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:55 am
Gosh...as if just learning that Corey was some kind of magical knight dude---the fact that there were more out there--- she wanted to see them. "Oh yeah? What's some cool knights you've seen?" She asked eagerly, only to blink as he laughed before answering. "Whaaaaaaaaaaat?" Olga echoed, now staring at his bowl of water with a baffled look. "The Negaverse dudes get actual weapons and you don't?" She peered now at the bowl more closely, specifically at the water. "Does it ever empty---is it really like a fountain? Endless? Ah!" Her expression brightened as she re-evaluated his costume, and then his bowl after this new bit of information. "You're a white mage class, then!" She grinned at him.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:58 pm
"Camelot of earth is by far the coolest!" He gushed immediately to the question. He'd been fond of the elder knight since the first time they'd met, but it went beyond that. But he found himself smirking as he thought of the Royal knight using his armor to pop the top off of his beer bottle. "He's probably one of your closest to the medieval look. Armor. Natural colors and leathers. A huge shield with a cool coat of arms on it."
"But Gehenna is pretty awesome too. He's a knight of Mars and looks like a gladiator. Maybe that was partly on him though too, he actually taught me how to punch." His hand lifted, wiggling his thumb as if to parrot the very important advice the mars knight had imparted on him.
"And then of course all the pretty Cosmos ladies." He grinned, finding himself both amused and uncertain by the fact that he seemed to be one of the few male members of his own group. One thing was for sure though, they all looked a hell of a lot better in their uniforms. Like Odainsaker - good god.
"Oh my bowl empties out. If I use it all or accidentally dump it I'm screwed for the rest of the night. The actual fountain is up in space." He was pretty much taking for granted how much she'd believe of him by now, spouting out crazy unabashedly.
It was at that moment, after allowing her one final moment of inspection of his bowl and outfit that it all suddenly disappeared again, leaving behind the familiar arcade owner, his bare foot mildly rubbing at the droplets of water on the carpet, dispersing them a bit. "Yep, I'm a white mage. But unfortunately that doesn't always deter the other side. But maybe that's because they don't know how harmless I am. I've never seen one of them as a healer... only weapons."
"If only they could all stay little baby lieutenants with their crappy weapons. Then maybe we could find some other way then beating the crap out of each other." He regarded, mostly to himself.
"You satisfied now?" He asked, narrowing an eyebrow at her as if daring her to say no... even though... you know. He was pretty sure she was still going to say no and still want to ask more questions.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:01 pm
"Ooooooooh." Her eyes sparkled as he listed off more and more. She wanted to see all the knights. All of them. She wanted to see them all right now, and still found it pretty crazy that all these magical people happened to stay well...pretty secret for the most part. "Huh...well that kinda stinks, huh? How does it fill back up?" Olga started a bit as he reverted back, because seeing the instant transformation before was still pretty amazing. "Huh..." Olga's brows knitted in thought, one arm cupping her chin while the other wrapped around her waist. "Geeze...they even have a military ranking system too, huh?" Well, that was even more disconcerting. Apparently they were....organized. Very well... At the question, Olga snapped out of her thoughts and gave Corey a slowly widening grin. She was silent for a few moments before uttering, "Noooooo~?" She laughed, and then rubbed the back of her neck. "I actually just have even more questions and I want to see even more!" She gave him a full blown grin. "How do you know the fountain is up in space?" A pause. " Have you been there?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:15 am
"Maaagic?" He said with a shrug and obvious uncertainty in his tone. He wasn't being sarcastic or anything, it was simply his best guess to her question. Bimini had never been the most curious knight - well to be frank he'd never been a good knight at all in any means. If anything he was just finally getting a little better at it now but passing on what limited information he knew to brand new knights. Plus the couple of times he'd been able to help out with his magic.
"Like.. you get a certain amount of energy each day. That goes for everyone. Like senshi have a set amount of magic attacks they can do. Negaverse have certain tricks they can only do a certain number of times. And if you get way too tired you actually won't be able to power up at all."
"But each day, unless something bad happens I guess, you're good to go again. My bowl is full. I'm guessing it's the space fountain that refills it, but who knows." Well.. the code would know. Or maybe it was even the code that was the one doing the refilling? He wasn't sure so he gave yet another overly exaggerated shrug.
He frowned so hard at her 'no' that it eventually became a half pout. But as she began to laugh and rub the back of her head he couldn't help but laugh a little himself, head shaking. I mean it wasn't like he didn't already know she wasn't going to say no.
"Of course I've been there. Otherwise I wouldn't know there was a fountain there." There was sarcasm this time, though it wasn't ill natured. "Actually a handful of fountains really."
"I guess I could show you sometime, when I finish cleaning it up."
And then it hit him, and he looked pretty pleased with himself as he added his caveat, arms crossing in front of him. "Of course that means you have to stay alive that long. So you should probably at least try to avoid the monsters and the people in black."
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:20 pm
Olga opened her mouth, paused, and then laughed, shaking her head. "Yanno...I should have known that was the answer. Why did I even ask?" Truly the answer was magic with other logic couldn't be found. She nodded her head as she listened, and it made sense. Limits and what not. Wait---what. Olga stared at him. He could... show her? He could....take her into space? She stared at him a bit longer and then flopped back onto the couch. She picked up her can of root beer and took another drink before letting herself sink back into the comfy furniture. "You can... take me into space?" Olga's eyes glazed over as she tried to imagine it. "...Do we go like...in a ship? Like the astronauts? Or---" She paused a moment. "...Is that magic too?" She stared off for a moment, before she let out an exhale. "...Isn't is kinda sad that they're trying really hard to send people to Mars to start colonizing it, and it will take years---and yet there's people like you who can just...go into space, and you talk about it like it isn't a big deal--- with magic." Her voice was nothing short of awed. Corey's caveat brought her out of her day dreaming, and she blinked at him, the words taking a few moments to sink in. "...Oh!" She laughed a bit, and held up her hands (can included). "Hey! It's not like I'm physically seeking them out! They're like black cats crossing my path!" She grinned at him. "You promise, though?" Her eyes were bright. "You'll take me if I stay alive that long?" Well, she planned to stay alive for a very long time, but the alternate message was there. Stay out of trouble.
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:53 am
"It's magic. No ship, no suits. I just think about it and booop teleportation. And you can breath okay and you aren't freezing to death soooo.. I don't even know." It was kind of like everything they'd ever been taught about space was a lie. He wondered which was the truth and which was the lie. Could the 'space' that Nasa saw really be like... a 'henshin'. After all they hadn't found a whole freaking castle on the moon.
"But I guess it takes your body some time or something to recover from it because I can only seem to go there a couple times a month." And he'd been trying, originally intent on popping in briefly here and there to work on the cleaning. But alas, it seemed he'd just need to make it another multi day session like last time.
"It is kind of weird." He laughed at her comment on astronauts and space travel. "I bet they'd kill to have some knights or senshi that could just teleport them around. Save them a fortune not having to build and fuel all those ships." Growing silent again for a moment he could only wonder what they'd find if people did eventually colonize Mars. One step towards recolonizing the universe?
It was his turn to return to the couch, settling into his corner as she claimed her 'innocence' in not seeking out trouble on her own. His gaze entirely skeptical. But when she asked about the promise again, he nodded, his finger tracing a wide X shape over his chest. "Yep, keep yourself alive long enough and I promise I'll take you up there to see it." He left the details of what exactly 'it' was. Because despite all the weird they'd discussed today it still seemed a little 'too' weird to mention that the place they were going to was basically the ghost of a glorified day spa. The rejuvination of legend far more figurative than literal. Lucyal Fun fact! One of my highschool friends (and a person I used to co-run a Gaia shop with) is one of those 100 Mars One finalists @_@
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