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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:37 pm
He was delighted to hear the selection, and once again took a moment to be appreciative he was back in the city. As much as the wilderness had been nice in it's own way. Open, vast, calming, with the charm of feeling connected to the planet and yet very humbling to it all, he had to admit that the city's luxuries were just nice. You couldn't just ordered a steak on a phone and have it be there for you in less than a hour? You couldn't just walk down a few blocked and get both fish, beef, and drinks without any effort than a few finger swipes. Money once again had a use, and he handed the $40 to Miyamoto for his and Laven's share. If the man refused, he'd only shove the money into his hand anyways.
The comment had him frowning, until he remembered that not being intimidating meant he would just like everyone else on the street. "So I blend in?" He said, looking through strands of loose hair. The captain had never been a hair stylist and never had much in terms of a style. It was simple. Enough to be comfortable and fit in. Otherwise he would have rather been in uniform.
"Laven had told me a bit, but could hear more. It's good to hear again and again unless I missed something. I want to know what you have done too. You have grown. Have your wings." He said, his sentences choppy as he looked around at street lamps and passing window displayed, still aglow with display lights even when closed.
"I wondered if you have moved on. Made a team maybe."
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:12 pm
"You know the food is on me, right?" He questioned shaking his head. "Considering you not only saved me once but you brought me into the Negaverse to start with." Giving him the chance to choose a side, by giving him the proper information, and not forcing him to choose all in one night. Wolframite had made it an easy choice for him but had shown enough care about it all. There was a reason he trusted the other, enough to let the other mark him.
"Yes, you blend in. If anything I'm the one who stands out." Between the pointed ears and his choice of hair piece he knew he stood out, and he didn't care. If he smiled the fangs would show as well; he still didn't care.
"A lot has happened. Did she mentioned we have two new general kinds and the other side had three new royals?" He kept an eye on such things, wanting to know when such important changes happened. It was nice to know which ones to keep an eye on. "The war is the same...no gain and no loss either. The rift, you were there for much of what happened. It seems more was found down there. We found a bass, once used by knights, they left behind magics that we got passed as teams. There was much found in there, sometghing about weapons and youma being combined. I'm not entierly sure on it, since it doesn't concern me." Since he was a senshi and had no weapon; he had magic.
Staring the walk towards the sushi place, hands stuffed into his pockets, he was keeping his pace slow as he didn't really think fast walking it would be a good idea for himself right now. He still felt a wreck; and looked it.
"I was team free, hoping you might return, until recently. A general king summoned me, likely to just have me cool him off, but he started talking and I mentioned you being my officer in charge. They decided I needed to be reassigned." Something which he wasn't pleased with, not in the slightest, but he'd mention that later.
"I have no team of my own, I only just gained my wings and I'm not so social as to want a team of my own. I'd rather serve under you." Or at the others side if allowed. Wolframite had the time put in that he had seen, and done, more than most. He might out rank the other, right now anyway, but that didn't mean he wouldn't take the others orders out of respect for the others time served.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:24 am
He gave a long and thoughtful hmmmmmm as he thought about the idea of youma and weaponry. Considering how many had magical powers and the massive titans that were about, finding bodies or even taking parts to fashion weapons made sense. If there was a way for his body to be used to better arm the Negaverse after his passing, he'd gladly agree. It had and would always belong to them, living or dead. Core, Soul, and meat. All of it.
The reassignment had him tensing, and his golden eyes narrowed as he looked at Miyamoto. "But you're mine." He pointed out, a claw directing to the bite mark under the other's clothing. "I know I was gone, but you work hard enough to not need to have that kind of supervision." Then again, he thought with gritted teeth, this wasn't a matter for him to argument too much on. As a one-traitor and half-youma, added to the fact he was a captain, it was hard for him to argue with a General King. They were the right hands of the Queen herself, but it rubbed his fur the wrong way like steel wool on skin to hear that the other had been reassigned.
He didn't want Miyamoto placed somewhere else.
"You were there to cool him off?" He asked, and looked over, and his head slowly angled. "How?" There was a lot missing from that statement. The negaverse wasn't hot. It remained the same aside from electrical storms.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:34 am
"Mmm, I'm aware of that. I asked you to make me yours." And he always would be, his loyalty was to Wolframite and the other knew it, at least he assumed as much. He doubted someone would willingly ask another to bite them, and leave a lasting scar, and tthe person doing to biting wouldn't get how much trust that implied.
"Apparently not enough, I'm apparently lacking. I've gone on every mission, or close to it, that has come up." He'd been keeping up with such things, keeping his ears out for such information, and signging himself up without thought. If something needed to be done he'd go and help do it. He might not be social, he didn't like most people, but that didn't mean he shut himself out to what was going on and what needed to be done within the Negaverse. "Apparently I need to learn how to be an eternal." Turning his dark eyes onto the other he rolled them skyward.
"Missions, energy draining and dealing with order isn't enough, and I need to learn the rest from others of my own rank. I'm to shadow them, and I assume take notes, so I can learn." Shrugging his shoulders as he turned a corner, only a block left till they got to the sushi place.
"You remember the General with the fire in him. He's now a general king." And the other had seen his ability to chill the air around himself, and the frost which followed him along the ground. He could cool things down nicely when in small areas. It might take time but it was useful in the summer heat, or like before when he was in a hard fight and sweating and overheating due to his uniform.
"He assigned me to his own team and put out a message for his eternals and generals." He was not looking forward to seeking them out.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:10 am
"Faustite!" He said, perking up at the description. It made sense now, and he thought about the idea of Miyamoto cooling Faustite down.
"I didn't think he needed to cool down. I thought he'd prefer the heat." He thought out loud, wondering if the other needed to air out or step outside to air out. The now General King did seem to have liked being out in the winter wilderness before he returned.
"I don't have much power against the orders of a General King, but if you'd allow it, I'd be happy to come with you when you report again. And we can certainly scout for other senshi of higher rank out on the streets alone. If it's a direct order, my own rank does not supersede his own." He informed, knowing that the least and most he could do was argue his own case. Outside of that, he wasn't able to do much else aside from continuing to provide his support outside of whatever team he in.
"Whatever the case, we can still work together. I am still here to provide you with the same support and attention as before, even if I will not be your lead." And this he said with a softer, saddened tone.
"I hope in time I can take you back if all else fails."
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:42 am
"Yeah, him." Nodding his head slowly as the other pondered over things, which he had been wondering as well. If you were made buirning like that...wasn't it normal and not too hot? Or was it still but not like it would be for a human? It was a curious thing.
"Mmm, he wants me to report in two weeks on what I've learned. I guess there is some sort of permission I need to mvoe onto some next step. I'm honestly confused. I'm eternal, what other step is there? If I choose to recruit that's my buisness, though I do understand it helps." But he was not about to go wandering about looking for civilians to bring in, especially since he was fairly certain he couldn't corrupt someone like a Genneral could. So that was somewhat off l imits for him, he wasn't going to wander around the city with a General all the time just incase. "Missions I'd rather go on than plan. I'm busy enough with work, I don't have the time to plan things." It was simple as that. He worked his a** off, he'd like to see someone else do what he did and for the money he did it for. He didn't make bank as a tattoo artist, despite what some people might think artists made. Most did not make bank. It was a labor of love though.
"It was an oder and he went right to assigning me to his team. It was rather sudden an unexpected to be honest. I understand needing to work together, in order to take down the white moon, but so long as we all turn up and we all take orders I don't see why a team is that needed. It should be up to us and if we don't mind working solo that should be fine also." Which he did prefer, unless it was Wolframite, he didn't mind the other at all. "Well, I know that since you're back it'll only be a short while before you are a General again." And then they'd be equal in rank, because it felt odd being higher in rank to the other. Someone with far more expereince, and knowledge to go with it, and he out ranked them. It seemed wrong somehow and yet it was the truth currently.
"If he allows I'll switch back but if not than fine as well. I'll work with you and take you over him and his team." Not that he'd tell the General King that but he would take Wolframite's orders above others, so long as it didn't conflict with the General King's, as he'd normally have done anyway. He'd rather go out with the Captain anyway. "He doesn't need to knoww everything I do. So long as I turn up for missions, and if he calls, and I continue as I have I don't see an issue on his end."
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:41 pm
Winter scratched his head, thinking the whole situation over.
"He could have decided for a few reasons, but I'm not sure which he'd think was even needed. There are plenty of offices both senshi and agent who are not assigned official teams. If you needed supervisor, I wouldn't be sure why he'd take you on personally, though I supposed that's his choice on the subject. Typically I'd assume a General King would just assign you to another team under a General, but Faustite has always been eccentric. Take me for example. Though I don't have much to say for direction as once I was returned back to the Negaverse, I was given a false name as I recovered from the whole situation. After that, we didn't talk since." Possibly because Faustite had other projects to focus on and deemed someone with Wolframite's many years in service to not need supervision any longer.
It did feel somewhat strange to go from seeing the man during their nightly meetings to not seeing him after. That was a old doubt though and had since dissolved as he continued his own duties without supervision.
"I can't say much for external senshi from a personal perspective, but since you work differently than agents, there is the usual dislike senshi have in our ranks. Placing you in a team could be a way to cement you with a group of people to work in combination with. That or to keep you familiar and in good relations with at least some people who might not be quick to dislike you as a senshi. Then again, most senshi are kinder to each other, considering they are in the same boat of often being looked down upon while in the Negaverse's command."
"I can't say any of this for certain. It's all just generalizations in the end. Frankly, you should see what the other externals act and decide what you'd like to expand on if anything. If there is a focus you might notice, then you could bring it up in the meeting or argue your point when seeing him. Though expect to be challenged on every point. His rank is a criteria of his knowledge and his trust with the Queen. It's hard to push against."
"I'd be curious to know who is even on his team or who is around. I've been gone a long time that I do not know who is new, who is gone, and who has changed."
"I need to focus on what I'd might like to focus on now that I'm back."
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:37 pm
"Whatever dislike for our kind there is I couldn't give a ******** less. The only issue I find is the dislike youma have for us, it makes missions down there harder for me when I need to watch for them." It would be so much easier if youma would tolerate his kind. You'd think the fact they had a hole in their ******** chest and had given themselves to chaos they'd get some respect - but no! The youma didn't like them anyway. Seriously though he wasn't sure he ******** cared about youma opinions so long as their dislike for his kind didn't hinder him in missions, thankfully it didn't too much due to others around.
But it did keep him from the rift where officers could go, a bit of a shame if you asked him, he wouldn't mind exploring there on his own and seeing if the place could offer anything. There could be some worthwhile secrets down there but he'd never find them on his own; ******** youma.
"He might have done it for that reason but I did mention, a few times, that I'm not much for holding hands and learning to work and play well with others. I know how to take orders and get a job done. I don't think that was why, though maybe it was, I'd rather work for a smaller team personally. But, I could stick around and see what comes of it, if anything, and just roll with the punches. You know my loyalty remains here above the rest." So he could, in a way, help the other with knowing what was going on. It might benefit Wolframite if he did remain on the others team, at least for now, much as he disliked it. He'd be more willing to deal with it if it was for the others benefit.
Down, towards the end of the block, was the well lit sushi shop with people lined up to get inside. No matter though he has a large order waiting for them, as his phone pinged as they were walking towards the place. A look at the screen confirmed it was about the order being done. "Foods done." So he could just walk in and leave, since he'd already paid for it all, he just hoped they could manage what he was certain would be a large bag, or two.
"I can stay and observe, see whatever it is he wanted me to learn, and report back to you on anything. I don't see why he has to know I'm working under you, so long as it doesn't conflict with his orders which it shouldn't. He's a General King, his orders would come first anyway. So outside of a setting wher eyou both are nothing should come up as a problem."
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:23 pm
"I don't hold much weight when I'm still a captain. I'm hoping I can become - that soon." He said, as they were drawing nearer to civilians and not wanting to be overheard.
"Do what he says. But come play with me all you want. It would be good for both of us. Maybe I can find someone at your level. I've been meaning to form a team for our club." He said, trying to paraphrase for now while they were moving into the restaurant.
It smelled wonderful here, and this busy at night meant it was good.
"If you need me for anything, you know where to find me after all." He said, and waited at he grabbed the order. Helping with the bags, he followed him out of the shop and outside.
"So, dinner at my place? We can keep talking there." And he couldn't focus any longer now that they had food. "We can fix up your face too." He said, having noticed a few people in the store giving the senshi a look. Considering Winter looked a bit wild most days, there was probably questions.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:33 pm
"I'll play with you all I can, I'd prefer it." But he'd do as he had to for now, even if he didn't like it, it would work for now. "I'll help if I can and if you find someone at my level that I can play witgh I'd be happy for that but I don't mind playing with you as well - even if you are better than I am." Captain or not the other had been a General and had experience on his side. He had magic, a lot of it, but that didn't always mean he'd come out the victor in a match.
Grabbing the food he was glad for the help, since he had three bags of food, each bag was near filled to bursting with food. There was a smaller fourth bag with two bottles in it and he carried thsoe as well.
"Of course, and I'll always visit you at home. I'll let you know where I'll be as well." He'd claimed an office, far away from every other office, he wanted to keep to himself as much as he could. He was doing his best at it; hard as it was.
"Of course, dinner at your place sounds perfect." He was certain they'd both been getting looks but he was sure he'd gained a few more due to how busted up he looked. "Yeah, I think I'd fancy looking less run the ******** over." Nodding his head ashe headed for an alleyway he eyed the other. "You taking us there?" Once they were safe and away from people. Dinenr soon...and damn was he hungry.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:35 pm
Smiling, he adjusted his grip on the bag, set a hand on his shoulder, and took a breath.
"Home then." He said, and with that, they were gone.
FIN
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