Delacroix. The name was vaguely familiar, French, but Jada suddenly had other things pinging her mind than trying to pick through the Delacroix in her mental flipcards of names to faces. "Delacroix." she repeated, and practically helped shove the other woman into a dressing room. "Stay. Hide, Genevieve. Please?" And then Jada was in her own dressing room, chucking undergarments to the floor and gripping her pen tightly and feeling the power slide over her like a warm blanket. There it was- Chaos. And another member of Order, already nearby.
The senshi of the Kraken jerked open the dressing room door, giving a dismayed squawk as she mis-gauged her own strength and nearly took the entire door off. Honestly, this place needed to invest in higher-quality dressing areas. Yet that, also, was against the point as she peered down the aisle towards the place she and Genevieve had just come in. There was enough noise- flailing, and screeching, and crashing...
ignoring the feeling of another Order member in the dressing rooms- because what were the odds?- she stomped her way over the floor, golden heels clicking with her pent-up irritation. "Alright, youma!" her voice rose, and Scylla cracked her knuckles, taking in the scene. "I'm Scylla, and I'm here to deal with your pest problem."
Sleet Tempest Snape
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:27 pm
Another order signature...and right on top of her own? The odds were so slim, but they were there. They were always there in this city really, anyone could be anything. They were so slim though...but maybe. If that was the case she found herself excited, the very idea was exciting! Not only would it be another senshi she knew, who happen to be eternal, but one she had gone to school with and had made the same social rounds as.
Stepping out of the fitting room, she followed behind the blue and white dressed eternal the senshi of vampires wasn't nearly so aggressive. Larger heels clicked and clacked on the floor as the senshi of vampires stepped forward, making her own presence visible to the other senshi.
"Tag team it?" She questioned, glancing over the other. "I really don't know what your magic does but I can take some of this youmas energy." Making it easier to handle, as this one seemed to have a good amount of energy. Ducking a flying bench, panties flying into the air, being a good indicator of said energy. Wincing as she heard the bench hit what had to be a mirror, the sound of such shattering telling her as much.
Tag team it? the question from behind the senshi of the Kraken did not startle, having felt the aura already. "Sounds excellent. We need to get it outside if we can, however. I'm ashamed to say my magic can be a bit... destructive." she could still remember the mess she'd made in the library, the destruction sometimes left in the wake of her hungry magic.
Then again, she could always punch it.
as she was almost brained by a flying bench, Scylla considered the other senshi briefly- "I know you. You were there against one of the big youmas. Bats." she inhaled sharply, looking around the store, at the terrified salespeople, and the overturned tables. "Let's get this thing gone."
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:22 pm
"You mean that bird like one?" She questioned the other before stepping forward. She didn't figure her magic would get the youma out of the store, much less the mall, but she could use herself as a target for it...if it would behave and do as she wanted.
That was why she reached for one of displays, blindly reaching, she grasped the metal she felt and brought it forward to inspect. It was a small sign made of metal, with some announcement of prices for the new collection. Glancing over the sign once more she threw it at the youma before she took off running, hoping she had it's attention and that it would follow her.
"Let's lead it on a bit of a chase." She called back to the other senshi. She really hoped this would work and that the youma would follow her out of the mall, she also had to hope she didn't trip in her heels or anything. She needed to keep ahead of it and not let it get ahold of her.
Jada might have answered the other senshi, but now was play time- and the batty (not that kind of batty) senshi had already taken the initiative on getting the youma's attention. A sign with the prices for panties, flung at the head of a peeping monster.
Well, this was certainly one way to get the creature out of the store. The senshi leaned over, taking a moment to haul up the table that the beast had knocked over, and pass a reassuring nod to the terrified clerk before darting after her ally and their unexpected- and undesired- prey. The mall halls were busy, but she could see it ahead, rushing through the crowd after the other senshi; people were shrieking, scattering out of the way.
It looked like- whoever it was- was leading them outside. Scylla didn't try to draw its attention, instead focusing more on trying to think of what the terrain would be on the outside of the mall- which exit were they going for? How many cars might be in the lot? Would they be able to get it into an alley, perhaps where the dumpsters were?
Sleet Tempest Snape
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:54 pm
Nephthys ran as fast as she could in her heels, the pounding of them on the tiled floor of the mall a feeling which she felt up in her knees and her ankles. It was what it must feel like for a runner, only she was in heels, watching people run and dive out of the way she was shouting for people to move. The youma was, thankfully, following her still and it hadn't become distracted by the numerous people, shops, and kiosks. If it had gotten distracted she would have had to regain its attention, and she wasn't sure how she'd have gone about that.
Calling back over her shoulder. "I'm going for the exit on the right coming up!" In order to let the other senshi know, hoping they were close enough to hear her over the other noise. Turning sharply she ran down the hall, ten stores (five on each side) and with her hands out infront of herself she slammed open the door as she hit into it with the palms of her hands. She managed to duck just as the youma hit into it and shattered not only the one door but the one to the left of it was well. Glass flying and doors torn from the hinges.
Rolling out of the way, arms up to cover her face. She hoped the area out here, before the parking lot, would offer a space to handle this. It was an open area with some large lanterns strung above for light at night. They crossed a fairly large span and were held fairly high in the air. It was unlikely they'd get caught up in the middle of this mess.
Climbing to her feet, just as the youma seemed to be reorienting itself after hitting into the doors and taking them out, she managed to turn and look for the other senshi. "We should be ok here...if we keep it from the parking lot."
How the hell had the beast gotten into the mall without being spotted? Had anyone ever figured out how youma actually worked? If they just spawned from the nearest inconvenient hell-pit and traipsed merrily out into the world to wreak all sorts of inconvenient havoc? Exit on the right, coming up. Scylla turned the words over in her mind for a second, grateful for her luck in catching them over the dull roar of the panicked shoppers. Exit on the right- it wouldn't take them to the dumpsters, exactly, but it would take them someplace slightly out of the way. And beggars couldn't be choosers, when it came to trying to find a place to fight.
The other senshi had made it out the door, and the youma was shaking its head and stumbling a bit- and Scylla bull-rushed past the thing, not even hesitating to try and avoid contact. She wanted outside- and plenty of space to cast her magic. "Are you okay?" she called back to her companion, "We can keep it out of the parking lot. Are you ready?" She stamped her heel against the pavement, shaking her hair, fists clenching.
Come on, ugly. In the light, it really wasn't the most attractive monster she'd seen, and the bar was pretty low.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:34 am
"I'm ok.Winded from the running but no damage." Shock over the youma turning up in the mall, yeah, and shocked over the doors that were well and truly broken - check. But she was unhurt, for now, and ready to try and take this youma down. "Let's try and keep it in this area and not the parking lot. I'd like to try and minimize damage to property." Like peoples cars, that would be hard for people to explain to insurance and such.
The thing was large, a bit on the gangly side but with some size in areas, it was tall though. This one looked like someone had taken random parts and tossed them together, without much care for how the end result would look.
"I'll try and drain some of it's energy and you can do whatever your magic does..." She was rather clueless about that, and right now really was hoping it was more offensive than her own.
Bringing her hands into her lap, cupping them, the words of magic where whispered just as she brought them up as if splashing water. The bats which sprung up from her cupped hands headed towards the youma.
Infinities
Super Sailor Scout Attack: The same motions as before but this time it’s not just three bats which are summoned but five bats this time. Again, these bats serve a double duty as they are not only a distraction but to those they bite they will drain energy. Equivalent to pulling an all nighter. This time when they drain energy from the person it can cause them to suffer dizziness and lightheadedness. This is a play on how vampires remain awake during the night, hence the pulling an all nighter feel, but also this plays on “psy vampires’ claiming to take energy from their victims (just like the previous attacks plays on these things also). This attack lasts twenty seconds, rather than the previous fifteen seconds, and again the bats can be killed or avoided.
Good. No damage was very good. Scylla shifted, grateful for the fact that she'd avoided some damage of her own- not that it would matter. She healed faster, as a senshi, and she'd survived worse than some broken doors. "Don't worry. This thing isn't going anywhere we don't want it to, now." The smile that came to her face was more than distinctly vicious. "I was having a really nice time shopping, and it picked the wrong changing rooms to peep in." Coming in somehow compacting itself to creep in the girls' underwear.
Damage to property was... well. There was a lot of youma to contain. A whole lotta ugly. But, if Bat-Woman's magic worked as it had last time, it would be much less of a struggle.
The bats were kind of cool, and Scylla allowed them a moment to work, reaching out for the magic. Felt it rise inside her, hungry and alive in a way that discomfited as much as it comforted. It required no gesture to focus her mind- no whisper to settle on her target and recognize it as what it was- prey.
And as the bats headed towards the youma, she inhaled, and exhaled the name of her attack. "Scylla's Hunger." And six arms tore from the ground under the youma, seeking to make quick work of their target.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Scylla's Hunger: Sailor Scylla is able to create what looks like tentacles, but instead of suckers on them they appear to have tiny teeth. These tentacles can either grab and hold the opponent, the small mouths tearing at the enemy's flesh, or strike the opponent. Scylla can create up to 12 of these tentacles at once, an absolute maximum. One tentacle can be maintained for up to a full 120 seconds, each subsequent tentacle draining time off of this maximum. The full 12 tentacles averages 30 seconds and leaves her able to walk- they could last for longer, but the effort of maintaining them would leave her severely drained from their use and therefore completely helpless when they wore off.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:48 pm
"I was enjoying my day out shopping as well." The darkly dressed senshi spoke up. She had been enjoying her time shopping and making a new friend, though now she knew they were also a senshi. She supposed knowing this little secret wasn't such a bad thing, in fact it was a rather good thing really.
While her bats worked, several of them biting into the youma, some were knocked away and killed. She knew it would take some of the wind out of the youmas sails. It seemed to be so focused on her bats, and how they flapped about in it's face and bit at it, that it didn't notice the tentacles till it was too late and they had come up from under it.
Watching the others attack, listening to the youma as it tried to break free and tore and pulled at the tentacles, she tilted her head a bit. "That's certainly interesting - powerful magic. I wish mine was something like that." Draining energy was good, it was useful, but it didn't help a lot when she couldn't fight and was on her own. Here though it worked - with someone else. It was why she liked to work with Kallichore so much.
"Well, if you came out of the dressing room I think you did, we can maybe continue our shopping adventure. As soon as this upstart is taken care of, anyways." Scylla was kind of... dare she say... offended that a youma had decided to invade the lingerie store. Honestly, it wasn't even the creeper type. It was simply like a rabid dog wandering into a store, all uninvited.
How had it gotten in the mall? Where had it come from? Why had it picked today? Or was it just that the senshi could subconsciously sense trouble after a while and decided they needed to be there, at that moment? She supposed it may have been worse if no one was there- people dead and all, but honestly, couldn't the youma just have not decided to wander about? Yeah, probably not.
She did take a moment to admire the way the beast flailed in dismay, irritation, agony (whatever) as the bats flapped about distracting, biting, being a general beautiful nuisance. They were an excellent diversion, and Jada decided right then that she wanted to work with her again- how could she not? Getting a good grip on a youma was so much easier when it was sidetracked.
"Meet the Kraken," she said cheerfully, gesturing to where her tentacles were grappling and tearing at the beast. "Miniaturized, I suppose. The one on Scylla is much more impressive. Was." it was dead, now. "Just how hardy is this youma?" It was certainly spindly.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:03 pm
"I think we can do that- it sounds fun...and yeah. I think we both know who is what." Smiling brightly at the other. "Right now though...this youma ruined my shopping trip and really needs to be dealt with." For ruining her shopping time, for keeping her from making those purchases, it needed to die. never mind the fact she could walk right back into the store and make those purchases in a few minutes. That was pointless.
"I don't know...some of it looks like it'd be easy to break and snap off. Some looks a bit thicker..." Though it did seem to be doing a fantastic job of dancing - horribly. Watching as it seemed to topple over, though in a bit of a slow and dramatic fashion. It seemed the others magic was doing wonders in dealing with it where as her own magic had served as a good distraction, as her bats were either killed or vanished.
"Ahh, well maybe in time your homeworld will have another kraken. Who knows. Mine looks like something out of a dark gothic movie and I'm sure bats were everywhere." Considering her magic and her sphere it was a likely guess.
"Never did like bats, or horror and goth things till recently. I'm getting used to it...bit by bit." Kallichore helped. Going to her homeworld with someone else let her take the time to enjoy the place rather than being creeped out by her homeworld. It really did have an eerie sort of feel about it otherwise.
"After this I'm going to need to do more shopping than I'd planned on...." Not that she figured her parents would mind, their account could handle it.
That poor youma probably felt terribly neglected by the senshi, but the bats and the tentacles were giving it plenty of angry, painful attention. At least on one part, the attention was deadly earnest. "Youma have negative on the manners scale," Jada grumbled, and turned her head to her magic- currently running AWOL on the spindly-legged little fun-wrecker. "Would you like to do the honors on the dusting, or should I just have them..." she tugged her hands apart, made a cracking noise with her mouth.
It would be messy, but quick. She would just need a little bit more of a grip, but it wasn't like she would be without backup. If it made her stretch her power thin, she'd have someone to grab her and walk her to the nearest table and pump her full of coffee til she felt human again.
"It might have another one, someday. I hope it does, honestly. They were amazing creatures." Scary as hell, wanted to eat you, and smarter than they had any right to be, if she recalled correctly, but better them than the other stuff out there. "You'll have to show me your world sometime. Post-shopping, of course." It wouldn't do for her to get too distracted from her youma-slaughtering priorities. "Then I'll take you to mine. I have a beach. And it is clean, and not covered in people and youma."
Shopping therapy was an excellent therapy; Jada herself would benefit from some once this was done. As far as a sale tactic for making an irritated senshi want to open their wallet, youma couldn't be beat. "I need to go by that candle store and the aromatherapy place after this, too. Do you like aromatherapy?"
In the background, her magic continued its assault- more limbs rising from the concrete to try and drag its prey closer to the asphalt.
Sleet Tempest Snape
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:42 pm
"You can finish it. My bats aren't likely to do it and aside from throwing a heel at it I'm not much of a fighter - something I'm working on." With Kallichore. She wasn't going to get away with not learning how to fight, which was fine by her, the eternal was making sure of that. But at this point she couldn't do much aside from beat it with a heel, or two, or stomp on a foot and trust and crush it under her heel.
"I think I'd like that, though for yours it sounds like a bathing suit, something nice, would be a good idea. Mine...needs a lot of dusting and cleaning." And a make over...somehow. She likes the design of it, it was growing on her really, but it needed a cleaning badly and repairs to broken, burnt, and otherwise destroyed things. But how did you shop for a whole home? A whole planet possibly?
"Never done anything with that, but I like the sound of it. How about a manicure and pedicure after this? Some time to be pampered and relax?" She questioned the dark haired senshi before using her magic again to send more bats at the poor youma. Let the thing flail about for a bit longer, lose a bit more of it's energy, she watched as the youma nearly tripped and fell head over a** as it's balance seemed to go - poor thing. She really didn't feel bad for it, it had interrupted her shopping trip after all, though she had met a new senshi and one who was of a similar mind to herself - which was perfect really!
"I suppose we should be thankful to the youma for us meeting...or at least finding out about each other like this." Credit where credit was due and such.
Well, if she could finish it, then she would. The other senshi used her power, forcing the youma to topple, and Scylla took a minute to focus on the oddity of her power- the way it shifted inside like it lived and breathed, and then she focused on the hunger. On the violence of the feeding and the gorging, and she released her magic on a singular target. Two limbs for every one of the youma's, mouthed suckers tearing, limbs pulling apart from each other, spreading apart.
"Throwing a heel at it isn't a terrible idea, if you don't have anything heavier." Jada tried to sound supportive, but her wince was probably really visible. "Please don't throw a heel at it. Call for help, if you need it." Jada had needed to do it herself, actually.
"Bathing suits are great," she enthused, "And it doesn't seem to have seasons the same way Earth does? So one day mid-winter, spending a nice nope day at the beach? As for the cleaning, it could be fun. Make your way through it slowly, get to know every dusty inch? There's a certain intimacy in wiping away a little grime, and in time, I think the planet starts to take care of itself. It heals, anyways. So get to know it. Enjoy exploring. Remembering." Scylla gave a shrug. "Take friends."
"I'd say thank you, but it is a little busy." Her tentacles seemed to be playing with their prey, and she took a moment to refocus- and end it. There. "A mani-pedi sounds fantastic," she agreed as she let her power fade away, felt it curl back into her limbs like she was curling back in her arms after a satisfying stretch. "We'll see about getting you some candles, too, maybe."
"I think the best thing about magic is that it holds your cell phone and your wallet for you," she commented to the other woman, taking a moment to verify there were no people or cameras before powering down. "Can you imagine having to go back into the store and making an excuse as to how you'd run out and left your purse?"
