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 Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:18 am
Normally a strange man asking her to come to his place would give her the creeps, but her life was anything but normal now. Stay out in the cold and die or go to some strangers house and maybe die.... great choices. "An... Anything w.... would be better then s....staying out here." She said between her shivers.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:18 pm
It was in that moment that Selene knew that her friend had completely lost her marbles. Yes the man… guardian as he called himself, had saved their lives but that didn’t mean they should follow him into his home. But honestly, what option did they have at this point? He was right about hypothermia. Chances are it would get to them before her parents or her aunt could find where they were at. That, and she wasn’t entirely sure what address to give a 911 operator to send an ambulance should one of them keel over before they made it someplace warm. “Ok,” teeth still chattering, she reluctantly agreed. Shrugging into her coat, Selene pulled comfort from the protection her jacket gave from the cold wind but within a few minutes it too would be as soaked as she was. The outside was waterproof, the inside… not so much. Minus the ears and tail, the tall man kind of resembled a fantasy scholar or perhaps a librarian of some sort which made him a bit disarming but that didn’t make this situation any less bizarre. Perhaps bryia’s insanity was rubbing off on her or maybe she got crop dusted with something so neauxious she passed out and all of this was a dream… Not likely as this cold was not something that could be shrugged off as a mind over matter kind of thing, but it did make her snort at the thought of it.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:44 pm
"REALLY?" He said, surprised that they do easily accept his vague request. "We-Well that's great. I'll call us a cab." He said, and took out his phone. Thanks for some tweaking with another Mauvian, being bumped in qeues was now instant across all his apps. Worms great for deliveries and takeout, but he now could use it on a ride to his place. There was no way these girls would make it like this and they needed heat pronto.
It took only 2 minutes for a black vehicle to round the corner. "You Arthur?" The woman asked and he nodded with a urgent "Yes I am. I need to go home quickly of you could." Ushering the girls in, he took the passengers side.
"You wet man?" She said with a raised brow.
"Yeah. A car ran over a puddle and got us. I'm taking them home." He explained. The driver looked upset to know this, but Arthur said nothing and asked for the heat to be turned up a bit. His house was close by and they were dropped off in no time. "Here. For the seats. Sorry." He said as he slipped her a $20.
Arthur's "house" was actually on a street of various stores. His house had one store against one side and a narrow alleyway on the other. It once had been a one-stop store for groceries, smokes, lotto tickets, and magazines among other things. It had been over a year since he bought the place and had the security gates removed and changed to look like a 2 story home.
Reaching around his neck, he took out a key and unlocked the door. A package sat there next to the cat flap. Opening the door, he ushered the girls inside and picked up the package from outside.
Indoors the place was already warm. "Downstairs lights, Alexa." He called out and the lights lit up the rest of the rooms. Gesturing, he turned them into the main room. There was a plush moveseat and couch with pillows and blankets about and two cat beds atop the coffee table. One cat bed had a tablet inside it and a TV remote. The other was before a open laptop and had a cat mug of now cold coffee beside it.
The rest of the room was clean and cozy, painted warm colors with a touch of pastel blue. There was a bookcase on one wall and the storefront window had been changed to a wrap around bench sitting area to read or rest. A TV was on with cartoons playing.
"Nico?!" He called but heard nothing. "Must be out."
He turned off the TV.
"I have a washer and dryer. I'll see if I can't find something for you both to wear. Please stay by the heater and take any of the blankets to stay warm. I suggest getting out of those clothes as soon as you can. I'll get some towels." He said, taking his tail to examine how wet it was. The car ride had been painful on his tail. "My fur is going to be a mess."
He grumbled as he went upstairs.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:43 pm
Bryia just shivered the whole time they were driving. She kept her bag away from her as best she could, didn't want what was inside to get wet as well. Once inside and Mr. Whiskers had left the room Bryia looked at Selene for a moment and then her search began, which didn't take her long to find the bathroom. She needed out of these clothing asap, but without anything else to wear she grabbed a blanket and went to the bathroom. She didn't shut the door completely for Selene but enough to block someone from looking in. She quickly stripped off her clothing, her soaked diaper landed on the ground with a loud squishy thud. Normally that would have been enough to make her happy but she knew not to wait. She quickly dried off as best she could with a towel and then grabbed her powder and a fresh diaper and went to work. While being out of her wet clothing was nice she found she was still shivering so hard everything was more difficult then it needed to be. Once she was taped into a fresh diaper she wrapped herself in the warm blanket and put her clothing in the dryer, waiting for Selene to put hers in before she ran it. Finally, she plopped she padded butt down next to the heater wrapped in a blanket. While a hot shower would feel divine she figured she'd leave that pleasure to Selene. At last, curled up in this warm blanket next to the heater she was finally starting to feel warm again.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:49 pm
While Bryia was in the restroom getting changed, Selena did as she was told and remained by the heater. Hands held in front of her a small puddle formed on the floor beneath her from her still wet clothes. At the moment there was nothing she could do about it until her friend came out with a towel for her to clean up the footprint puddles they had tracked in. Periodically she glanced up the stairs where the cat-man disappeared then back to the bathroom door which was left open just a crack. When it was her turn, Selena had just finally got feeling back in her fingertips and her kneecaps had stopped bouncing so much that she was no longer fearful of them falling off. As much as a shower sounded appealing, she didn’t want to leave Bryia out there along for too long. After a few minutes of running her hands under the hot water, she dried her hair with a towel then, like Bryia, tossed her clothes in the dryer the joined her friend by the heater again.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:13 pm
Arthur was glad he had brought clothes and a few that he no longer wore because Nat had seemed them only good enough for a fire pit. This meant the jeans, t-shirts, and a few nerdy yet soft sweaters were in a 'only at home" bin. A bin he tended to sleep in when he wanted a comfortable nap.
After shaking off the cat hair, he went and found something for himself quickly. Jeans and a t-shirt the words "I wish I was a cat" with a cat sleeping. He was at home after all. Grabbing the spare clothes in his arm, he grabbed a bunch of star patterned towels and came downstairs barefoot bit drier and less stylish.
He found both girls bundled up by the heater. The sound of the washing machine was heard and he was glad they found it.
"I'm not sure if these fit but it's all I have. They are clean. Just - well cat hair. Sorry about that." He set the clothes beside them and offered the towels.
One towel he took so he could dry his hair and ears. "I'll make some hot chocolate for you two." And coffee for himself. He stepped away to go to the kitchen further off and started a espresso machine for the hot milk and checked the coffee maker. The pot was old. Ugh. He cleaned it and started a new pot for himself before coming back to sit on the couch. A quick message was sent to Nico's phone to make him aware 2 senshi were at their place and to not be alarmed.
"Alright. I suppose now is as good as time as any. My name is Arthur. As I said back when. And well....." This was easier when he was a talking cat and on the street. In his home, telling someone he had been following them was a bit hard to deliver.
"I have a very specific ability and job. And that today involves you two. And don't worry. I again mean no harm to any of you. I suppose that I have a special detection for finding senshi. And that today had lead me to you two though having two senshi in one day is rare. It's quiet a blessing in fact to have friends who share the same time of awakening. Most of the time you'd consider a bit if a delay. You two are my first doubles."
He was actually pretty excited about it.
"I am in charge of awakening senshi to their hidden abilities. It is why Mauvians like myself are called Guardians."
He pointed to the creasent moon on his forehead as he used his hand to pull the messy hair aside. "Typically we look like cats with this symbol on our foreheads but I didn't want to freak you two out the moment we got here. You seem to have gone through a lot with magic and the sort."
"If you don't mind, I think it would be easier for me to dry off if I did change. And be better to start working."
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:47 pm
When the awkward man-cat returned Bryia thought about standing at first but decided against it. Less moving meant more warmth. He went on a long monologue with his name being Arthur, though she thought the name Mr. Whiskers was still better. He said he was looking for some senshi but that made no sense to Bryia because she didn't like raw fish. For a cat it made sense to be in search of it but what did that have to do with us? When he was finally done monologuing Bryia lightly elbowed before whispering: "What is with this guy and raw fish? More so why does he think we have any?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:26 pm
“I don’t know, but I swear, if we get murdered I’m going to haunt you from now into your next life.” She was only here because her dumb friend decided stranger danger was a myth told by parents to frighten their children. I don’t know whose more insane. Bryia for believing Nessy had attacked her or this Arthur fellow for believing he was a real cat. Then again she felt more like Alice in Wonderland since being pulled from the sinkhole they had fallen into; Bryia being the white rabbit she had jumped into the abyss to save and him being the Cheshire cat, talking in riddles since nothing he said made any sense. Selene held the cocoa cup between her hands for warmth but didn’t take a drink. The heat was the only thing reminding her that she was not only alive but awake at the moment. “I looked around when Bryia fell through the ice but I didn’t see anyone nearby,” That’s why she removed her jacket and shoes to keep from being pulled under and unable to swim back out. “Where were you?” He had to of been close to having reached them so quickly. That and the fact that he had to hail a cab meant he didn’t just drive by and jump out of his own car.
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:50 am
He stared at the both of them with a pressed thin lip of concern. "I told you I'm not here to kill you. I'm on your side." He sighed, not knowing how best to deliver the news. It never was easy and humans were quick to write off anything with the most mundane yet plausible answer.
"Do I really look like a murderer?" He muttered to himself as he got up and regarded his outfit. .
Maybe Nat had been right about his wardrobe being that bad.
"Then I'll change. I only ask you don't freak out. Also, you two are not crazy. If that girl there was attacked before and the puddle being a strange occurance of magic, then you already have seen how strange the world you live in really is. Now."
He adjusted his glasses and with ease, his body shown white and shrank quickly into a much smaller, shorter mass. Arms became legs, head warped, and vertical became horizontal. It took just seconds and there, where Mr. Whiskers had been standing, was a white Angora cat. It had a good and blue collar and golden, star-deco glasses. A key hung from a chain on its neck.
He leapt up in the coffee table and to the corner to then move to them. "As I said. I am Arthur. Guardian Mauvian of Senshi of the side of Order. And you two are senshi. I was following you like this."
He moved between them to find a free spot on their blankets and in front of the heater room. He looked up at them both as he went to knead the blankets. "May I know your names?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:54 am
"Party pooper." Bryia said under her breath when Selene threatened to haunt her if they got killed. Not loud enough for their savior to hear but enough for Selene to. Before her eyes the little man turned into a little cat...with glasses. Maybe she hadn't made it out of the water after all. Maybe she's dead and this is some kinda purgatory or something. Though that didn't feel right because so much of her body ached from the swim and the cold that she was mostly sure she was alive. The cat sat on the blanket she was wrapped in before asking for their names. "I... umm..." Bryia was searching to find the words after watching a guy turn into a cat. "Bryia..my...name is." her words were like verbal diarrea, she had no control and it just came out. She took a moment to compose herself. "Mr. Whisk... Arthur. I don't understand what this has to do with us? I can understand a cat being the guardian of raw fish placed atop rice, cats love fish but..." She thought for a moment, nothing came to mind as to why. "we're not cats."
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 6:42 pm
’Don’t freak out’ he said… How, pre tell, does someone not freak out when a man turns into a cat that is able to talk? One moment he was standing there with a coffee cup in hand and now… now he was a fluffy white weight upon the blanked she shared with Bryia. Completely just mind blown by what just happened Selene did probably the most stupid thing one could do in this given situation and without allowing him the opportunity to answer her friend’s questions, she picked him up, kind of anyway. If anything he was kind of like a meerkat in that his back end was on her lap while she held him up with her hands beneath his front legs so they were face to face. Blinking once then twice she turned him sideways looking for a microphone in his collar or something to explain the fact that he was just talking. “This has to be a magic trick…” Selene glanced around the room for any mirrors or cameras but spotted none that would be the right size to pull off something like this. Her attention then snapped back to Arthur, her gaze focusing on those similar glasses and that moon symbol on his forehead. “Where the hell did your clothes go?” She leaned him to the side to glance at the floor which was for all intents and purposes clean. Selene leaned in close so their noses were mere inches away. “Start talking…” which… had she of given him a chance before doing what he said not to do by freaking out, he would have already been trying to explain.
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:27 pm
"Hello Bryia. And -" He wasn't sure what she had meant there for a second before he out it together. His ears went back. "SEN-SHI. Not sushi. If I wanted that, I'd call up delivery. A sen-"
He was picked up by the other woman and he went limo, his cheeks slightly smushed by the way she was holding up under his fro t legs which caused the legs to stick out stiffly. The rest of his long body hung as he tiptoed from where he was being held. "Magic. No trick." He mumbled and a low, warning growl rolled from the back of his throat as his tail flicked wildly.
He started to twist and wiggle in her arms and pulled himself free enough to land and move closer to Bryia then the other. "My clothes go into magic space. It's something you have as well but only when powered."
Ruffled and a lot more puffed up, he worked to stand more regally.
"AS I WAS EXPLAINING," He said, body puffed and tail swishing in aggitation that said Selene would not be smart in holding him again like that.
"Senshi are guardians and protectors of their small.worlds they were appointed to. This could have been a planet, a moon, or any celestial body. The lives of senshi were soldiers of these places. Today, many people are reincarnations of these protectors from long ago and their power they could tap into is dormant in their cores. A place we call a starseed." He touched a paw to his chest.
"I, as a Mauvian guardian, have the express duty of detecting dormant senshi and waking this power up so you two can use them. I'm like the magic key." He said.
"Now I would like to start this process by giving you the tools to allow you to awaken this power and transform into your senshi selves. Do you think you can handle all of that right now or should I let you have a few more sips of cocoa?"
He asked before dismissing his glasses into nowhere with a touch of his paw and then licking it to groom his face.
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:49 pm
While her body may not be able to do cartwheel anymore her eyes sure were. "So... Wait." She thought today couldn't get any weirder, she was wrong. "Let me get this straight... You want me to protect a planet?" Did he even notice what she looked like when she came out of the water? "How in the blue fudge sickles am I suppose to protect a planet when I can't get protect my panties from getting wet?" She stopped for a moment, that wasn't the correct way to word that. "That's not what I mean!" She suddenly shouted, "get your mind out of the gutter." Bryia reached over and grabbed her bag which still had extras in it, she pulled one of her extra diapers out to show him. "I have to wear these all the time because I can't deal with my own issues and you think I can protect a world?" She stuffed the extra back in her bag. "Selene might be able to but I don't think I have this magic power you speak of."
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:15 pm
Selene let Arthur go without protest and seemed kind of glad for the distance, it allowed her a moment to simply just process what she saw, and what he’d said now that he wasn’t literally between her and Bryia. Still feeling a bit uneasy by this whole thing, she rubbed her hands up and down her arms as if she were still cold. But then Bryia had to go and throw her under the bus and that ‘freak out’ moment came back in full force.“Me?” Selene’s voice hit an octave higher than normal. “Why me? I’m not a soldier, I’m a gymnast.” “Plus, God just blessed you with a natural deterrent...” She gestured towards the bag, towards her butt, towards the bathroom… “Nobody is going to want to fight you, they’re likely to just give up and leave.” To anyone who didn’t know how long they’d been friends that likely sounded like such a b***h thing for her to say but she didn’t apologize nor look ashamed for speaking the truth because she knew it wouldn’t hurt Bryia’s feelings, she was too tough to be sensitive to such things. Not to mention she still had school with finals for this semester coming up, college to prepare for, and gymnastics practice to worry about. What time would she have to protect a world she knew nothing about?
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:26 pm
"WOW!" Bryia couldn't believe she would just come out and say that. Selene was normally the more reserved one of the two. That being said she did have some quick one-liners when she felt the need. Bryia leaned over facing her but at Selene. "I'd be careful this thing is loaded. You never know when one of these noxious loads might end up under your bed." She had a coy smile on her face.
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