She was sure she was hallucinating by this point. The doors slamming open, the cold bite of the December air, the voice of her oldest friend... None of it made sense. There was no way Wolframite would have let her walk out of this warehouse alive. Her body began to shake just slightly with a terrible, almost maniacal laugh through cracked, parted lips. She hadn't been there long enough to be going crazy, she tried to reason with herself, so it must all be some awful new form of torment that her captures had come up with. It wasn't until she smelled the lavender being pulled further away from her face that red eyes snapped open and looked around the room- filled with fear and panic. She had fallen silent, breath held in her chest.
Leto's entire body flinched when soft hands cupped her cheeks and she nearly screamed out until her eyes met familiar ones and instead she exhaled, letting out a choked sob.
It really was her. No torture, no crazy - just Navi. And by the grace of someone out there looking out for them, a second person - a Dark Mirror Senshi at that - was with her.
Tears freely rolled down pale cheeks in an overwhelming feeling of hope and gratitude. "Loreley," she whispered to her. "Get her out of here, please. Her first."
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:50 pm
Gevaudan
He counted four. Which meant if he had to take them all on, he would be outnumbered. At most he could possibly take on two, but even then the odds were stacked against him. His attention did go to Romulus, and he had to quirk a smile at that. That shouldn't be too hard, but the other was trickier. Each person had their own set of skills. If it was one on one, there was ways to fight to counter their abilities. Ranged. Up close. Physical. Some kind of area. Something more mental. Binding. Striking. He'd seen it all. It was the unpredictablity of enemies that was the worst part because you didn't know how to act and he had to act.
His weapon was dodged quickly, and he was surprised by the swiftness and agility of the other team members. Two raced by him, not even going to start a fight but instead going to the energy signatures beaming behind him. He made no motion to stop them. Neither Leto or Loreley were in any condition to fight and better yet, having two people bogged down by two injured would make them vulnerable and burdened with the decision on who to protect. For now, it was best he handle to two before him than the other two going off to save the others. He had no need of them now. He had no need of anything. Maybe he should have slit her throat the moment he felt the energy signatures or rushed in, locked himself in the room, and cut all their throats to end everything.
Why he didn't?
He had hoped Faustite had gotten something to aid him, but really, not even that. It had never been about the agreement he had with Faustite. All of this had been felt like so much more. A way to finality. The last coin in his pocket to gamble.
Standing, he watched his weapon sail past them all, one sliding under while the other sidestepped. The impact of them both wouldn't have let his weapon even be useful even if it managed to grab onto anyone, as the moment between the kick to his midsection, far stronger than he ever remembered the senshi being, and the slam to his own body, he was sent rocketing back and tumbling to the ground. Rust and dust floated up into the sunspots of air from the broken windows above as he moved to get up, already blocking as he now had to account for their speed and the force of their hits.
"You all took your time." He snarled back, his hands empty as his weapon had been forced out of his hand. It laid on the ground as he waited for them.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:50 pm
Romulus
She could feel the shock of the impact in a painful wave up the length of her leg and it was so utterly satisfying that it was impossible for Romulus to hide the fierce grin as she watched the knight flying back from the onslaught of attacks to roll along the dirty warehouse floor like a broken doll. It wasn't enough to stop him, not yet, but she knew it had hurt.
The weapon was gone, but that didn't mean he couldn't have summoned it back to him with a thought, and the super kept that in mind as she stalked towards where he'd come to a stop. "We're here now." She growled it down at him, kicking one of his hands to the side so she could crouch over him, hands curling into the lapels of his jacket.
"You remember me?" He had to, she'd seen that smile when his single eye had found her. "Pay backs a real ********' b***h, a*****e."
He wasn't a big man and it was easy to draw his upper body off the ground. "Crater strike," she murmured down to him, baby blues resting solidly on his face. She wanted to see the moment he realized what was coming before she used that magically enhanced strength to slam him back against the ground.
Navi
Navi felt her chest throb at the sound of that broken sob, and her eyes burned with the flood of emotions that washed over her in that moment. Relief, of course, but also there was also sorrow, anger, loss. A plethora of painful feelings that didn't do her a damn bit of good right then and there, but would most certainly come back to drown her when this was all said and done.
She stroked Leto's cheek as she tried to soothe the other woman with soft shushing sounds and whispered murmurs of safety and reassurance. "Sadalsuud is with her now, we're getting you both out of here."
The super's voice behind her drew her attention, and Navi looked up to see a set of keys hanging from a dark gloved hand. "Perfect. Try them on Loreley," she nodded to the other dmc who still sat bound and blinded. "Get the mask off her and get her hands free, then bring me the keys, please."
She could hear the sounds of the battle raging on in the other room. Loud, thunderous booms that carried through the skeletal walls of the old warehouse they were all standing in. Dust motes broke free from the ceiling to drift down on them like dirty snow as a heavy impact seemed to shake the very foundation. "We need to work fast."
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:01 pm
Everything happened so fast. Acubens struck the knight with the full strength of her attack and she knew that whatever pains she felt from that impact was doubled for her target. As soon as she hit the floor, Romulus was right behind her, attacking him after she was done, as she knew she would be. What she had not seen coming, however, was the second attack from the younger senshi with fire in her eyes. Acubens rose to her feet as quickly as her wits would allow and returned to Romulus' side, breathing heavy from the sudden exertion of her attack.
Romulus was going to kill him. She could see it in her eyes. It was the same look she had when she was trying to take down Bischofite. Except in this case, Romulus might actually succeed in her vengeance. And while pride at Romulus' righteous rage swelled in Acubens' chest as she approached, she needed Romulus to hold off for just a moment.
"Romulus," she muttered, breathing strained from the broken ribs that shifted with each inhalation. "Before you kill him, which, by the way, I am in full support of, we need some questions answered."
She worked on of his wrists into the groove of her shoe where the sole rose into a high heel and pushed another into her sternum, putting enough weight on that foot so that she could feel his ribcage begin to give underfoot.
"There's no way one knight could subdue a princess," she growled from above him, "who were you working with?"
"Right" Sadalsuud said quietly, cheeks flushing slightly at Navi's words because really, truly, getting the mask off her fellow dark mirror senshi's face was something that she should have attended to first.
She set down the keys briefly, metal clinking against metal, "I'm Sadalsuud" she said, her words directed towards the pinked haired senshi as she straightened and reached out to gently unlatch the clasp of the mask "And the other senshi is called Navi.. And whilst she's not Court she's... She's a friend."
The latch snicked open, allowing Sadalsuud to remove the mask and set it aside before reaching for the keys again.
"We're going to get you out of here" she added firmly as she reached out to try the first key in the lock of the chains "Get both of you out of here."
The first key didn't work, but the second one resulted in a click, Sadalsuud making sure that both chains holding the other dark mirror senshi's hands were unlocked before walking over to Navi to hand the keys over because hopefully the keys would work on the chains holding the Princess too.
Her attention was mainly on the other dark mirror though, the one that Leto had called Loreley, Sadalsuud ready to walk back to her once Navi had taken the keys from her.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:49 am
loreley
The choked shriek that came out had to have been from someone else. It couldn’t have come from her, not in her state. Someone else was grasping at her mask, keeping Sadalsuud’s prying fingers from removing it like her life depended on it. Someone else was heaving shallow, quick breaths in mindless panic. Someone else didn’t want to see. Someone else didn’t want to know.
Meanwhile, Loreley? Loreley was on her last legs. She didn’t know how it was that she had stayed powered up, because it couldn’t have come from her own weak will: perhaps it was something her captors had introduced to the torture. They, too, hadn’t cared to know. Who else sat in a pathetic, shivering pile under her veil was inconsequential.
Even when freed from her shackles, she didn’t move to get up. Maybe this too was a trick. And regardless of if it was or wasn’t, she didn’t have the strength to stand and run. It was just another mind game. Maybe she did have a use in the end: for entertainment.
Someone else slapped her arm against the wall as it drew from an invisible quiver, and a bow of grey light appeared in the other. Someone else aimed the arrow at the nothing in front of her, vaguely in the direction of where an Order signature was by Leto.
Her defensive posture and trembling limbs said it all.
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"I'm fine," she tried to insist. In her broken, defeated state, Leto would be nothing but fine. She had to be. If not for herself, then for the girl that sat chained next to her -- and for the group that had put their lives on the line to get the two of them out. For them, she had to be fine.
... She was far from fine. Her entire body flinched at every crashing blow that echoed through the warehouse. She was worried more people would come. She was worried that this was a trap. She was worried that the building would come crashing down upon them. A tiny part of her was worried that Navi would turn on her and join the Knight at his side, fighting for what was 'right', fighting against Leto's Court- against her former Court.
No. No, she was a friend. Sadalsuud said so herself, she reminded herself, swallowing hard. The shriek pulled her back to reality, out of her dark thoughts. Her head snapping to Loreley's direction, eyes widening at the sight of her magic being called forth. Be fine, Leto she had to tell herself. Be fine.
"Loreley, it's okay. We're going to get out of here, I promise. No one will hurt you again."
Whether or not she could keep such a promise didn't matter, because Leto would die trying.
"Look at me," she demanded of the younger Senshi. "Look at me, focus on me, listen to my voice. Nothing else. It's just you and me, and we're getting out." A part of her was giving herself the same pep talk....
Except it was entirely possible that nothing would ever be fine.
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:25 am
Gevaudan
Gevaudan had muscle mass but at 5'2, he was still lank and lighter then other men his age. Add a touch of magic and he felt himself lifted by his lapels as easily as a child. The smile on Romulus' face only made him smile back. He knew that glint.
"Like looking in a mirror."
Bloodlust. Revenge. Raw desire for carnal violence. Destruction.
His eyes rolled to her neck and licked his split lip as blood pooled from his nose. One eye was already tender, swelling, and it made seeing a bit harder.
Lifted, he gripped her wrists and just as she made her call, shouted her intent to the world, he went limp. It was the best thing to do in this situation. Tense and it would be even more painful. His body sailed through space before cracking against the unforgiving stone flooring. An audible crack could be heard, and his head bounced against the ground as he felt blood pool into his mouth as he choked a gasped out. Black and hot red danced in his vision as he felt his body stiffen and convulse from the impact, twitching as it tried to digest the pain.
Swimming in and out, he grabbed onto the threads of Acuben's voice to anchor himself to reality. He'd hate to miss his own funeral. He could only manage a pained little chuckle. Kill him but expect him to answer? What would be the point? Confession? Nothing would absolve him of what he'd done.
Teeth grinded against each other as he felt a heel on his wrist and one on his chest, and he thought that if he was any other man, in any other world, this would be a delight. "******** you." He managed, voice wet and hoarse as he collected the blood in his mouth and spit at her leg.
And he used what little strength he had to heave forward and throw his head against Romulus.
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:18 am
Romulus
Straddling his hips still, Romulus looked down at the knight with cold satisfaction and disdain. He'd haunted her nightmares for months, a shadow lurking in the dark ready to pounce. He'd kept her from powering up again, from sleeping, from living, and look at him now? He was nothing. A broken thing at the end of his ropes. The thought made her smile as she fought to catch her breath, but his comment made her laugh.
"You had a hand in what you see," she chided, like he was a naughty child she'd found misbehaving.
She registered Acubens standing beside them, the woman's foot on the Knight's chest in front of her, but she hardly seemed to hear her. Not really. She waited, patiently for the eternal to ask her question but she already knew he wouldn't answer, and his response was no shock to her. Not even as he spit blood at her leg.
Useless, there was nothing to stop the senshi from reaching past Acubens' leg for the Knight's lapels again, to drag his shoulders off the ground. She didn't say anything as she drew her other arm back, or as she brought it forward to smash curled knuckles into his face.
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:03 pm
Navi
The redhead kept her eyes on the other two just long enough to see the mask come off, then she was looking back up at Leto, lip's pressing together as she tried to kept the tears at bay. It hurt to see her like this, to know she was hurting and there was noting Navi could have done to prevent it.
But there was at least something she could do to fix it, and as Sadalsuud handed back the keys Navi uttered a quick 'thank you' to the super as she accepted them and half crawled around to where Leto's hands were chained together. "Hold on just another minute, you're almost free."
It should have been an easy thing; find the right key, open the locks, and get both captives out of there as fast as they could manage it. There shouldn't have been any complications, not on their end, but...
It was Leto yelling that clued Navi in that something was wrong, and she gasped as she turned in time to see the summoned magic being aimed directly at her. "Wait!" A half gloved hand shot up like a shield to protect herself. As if that'd really do anything against magic.
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Of course, the knight reacted like that. In all honest, Acubens wasn't really surprised. She wasn't excellent at keeping her cards close to her chest and she did just give Romulus permission to murder him when this was all over. Still, the red-headed Senshi rolled her eyes and puffed out an irritated breath through pursed lips.
"Maybe Loreley and Leto can give us something, yeah," she asked Romulus in passing, her foot still pressed against the knight's sternum. She only ever let up when Romulus grabbed hold of his lapels and peeled him off the ground. Her fists collided with his face with a sickeningly wet sound that made Acubens flinch and grin in equal measure. She had always said that she wasn't a being of violence but... more accurately she was a being of far too much violence, and so shied away from the acts to maintain some semblance of normalcy in her life. Lest she loses herself in her bloodlust again.
"As for him..." Acubens regarded the young man for a long moment, her head tilted to the extreme side as something noxious and vile slid around in her stomach. A sensation she had not had since Bischofite. A sensation that she had long since though extinguished, and yet was alarmingly welcome at this moment.
"Kill him. And enjoy your vengeance, Romulus. Reclaim what he took from you and more. We'll take his body and string it up. A warning to all other knights who would threaten us."
Leto would like that.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:43 am
Sadalsuud
The choked shriek had made her flinch, as had the fingers that had reached up to grasp the mask as Sadalsuud tried to reach out and carefully remove it.
"Please" she said quietly, even as she had reached out again "Please let me help - let us help."
Removing the chains had been easier in a sense, maybe a by-product of the Princess' words, maybe not, but either way Sadalsuud's back had straightened as she had turned back towards the other dark mirror senshi, towards the one that the Princess had called Loreley - because she had meant it when she had said that they were going to get Loreley and the Princess out of here.
"I..." The words died on her tongue at the sight that faced her, at Loreley aiming what appeared to be some sort of bow right at Navi.
A hand reaching out, ineffectual as it was, "Please..." and perhaps she sounded like a record, although Sadalsuud wasn't sure what else to say, wasn't sure what to do, her voice trailing off again as the Princess once again spoke up, her green eyes staring at the bow of grey light as still her hand reached out.
