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 Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:05 pm
Medical EclipseREGULAR ~ Alunite and AsclepiusRare birds.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:33 pm
-Slim Victory-
SOLO BATTLE ~ Asclepius and something bad
The man came in with severe lacerations on his arm and shoulder, and at least two broken ribs. It had been a dicey evening, but after all of the careful procedures, it looked like he would survive. Questions floated around the emergency room regarding what could have possibly caused such injuries, or if the man had simply been hit by a car or something, but there was an undercurrent to the conversations that demonstrated that everyone knew; there were things that happened in Destiny City that did not seem to happen anywhere else, and no one really quite talked about them. The best most people could do was go about their daily business and hope that they were not the unlucky one who would get attacked by a monster or assaulted by a youngster bent on stealing their souls.
Marcella was one of the few who could do a bit more. She was on edge, but not exhausted after her day at work. Fortunately, she had had no particular role to play in the whole emergency that had unfolded that night, but she helped where she was permitted - it was part of her studies to observe. As far as what had injured the man, though, the brown-haired girl was more than qualified to investigate there. Her shift was over now, though there would be further investigations for the remainder of the night and beyond, as usual, the girl suspected. Trying to see if there were any eyewitnesses who would admit to seeing a storybook monster attack a poor man on a side street. The police would promise to look around for culprits, and they might or they might not, but more than likely, they would find nothing and whatever beast had crawled into Destiny City would live to fight another day.
She had the address where he had been found and picked up by the ambulance. It had been about an hour, but she held out hope that she would still be able to locate the culprit. Asclepius could sense the darkness emitted by youma ordinarily, but it was hardly GPS. The senshi could sense something there when she arrived, but it only offered the vaguest sense of direction and proximity.
The street in question was a quiet one, linking two neighborhoods along a stretch with a small creek and a park around it. The exact location was obvious by the strings of yellow tape strung between trees and benches, and the lingering cops leaning on their cars and scratching their chins.
Asclepius felt her heart rate quicken. It was close, she was fairly certain. It could spell trouble if the police saw her, and also if the youma decided to attack all of them together. On the other hand, she was here, in the event that the monster did return, to try to protect the police.
She was just not fully confident that she could.
Before she had time to wonder too much, however, the Senshi of Medicine heard a sound from the yard of one of the houses that neighbored the small park. There was a high fence separating the property from the public space, but between the slats, Asclepius saw something move. Something big.
A moment later, there was a hole in the wooden fence boards, and the air was suddenly filled with flying splinters and chunks of wood, shouts, and bullets. The two policemen leveled weapons at what looked like a fully-grown gorilla with two arms too many as it bounded towards them. Asclepius moved in behind the cops, not bothering to keep cover because their attention was understandably elsewhere.
The youma disregarded the bullets of both officers, and slammed two fists into one of the cops to send him flying. The other tried to hold his ground, but seeing his partner injured shook his resolve. Asclepius broke into a full run and shouted, attracting the attention of the beast before it could pummel the first policeman to death.
Her own confidence wavering (god this thing was big and it had just tossed a full-grown policeman like he was nothing), the Senshi of Medicine darted past the other cop, calling out, "Stop shooting, hold on!" to him before aiming a flying kick at one off the giant evil gorilla's arms.
Another arm grabbed her leg as she made contact, however, and as the thing threw her to the ground, she heard a few more gunshots go off. Again, the youma ignored them. Asclepius kicked with her free leg at the youma's face, and tried to ignore the pain of its grip. It punched her and she punched back, but the senshi felt like she made little progress against its overpowering strength. There was shouting around her - did that mean the other officer was okay? - but the brown-haired girl really could not focus on the words. She had to get free, or, she realized with chilling clarity, this thing would actually kill her.
A thought crossed her mind suddenly, and she cupped her hands together and shouted, "Eucrasia Remedy!" and willed the bowl of medicine to form as quickly as possible. There was no one here to help here, no one to save her or to even drink her magic to offer assistance. Asclepius would have to try whatever she could to just not die here in this park.
Some of the medicine spilled as the youma hit her again, but within a few moments, her spell had completed. Without another moment's hesitation, she threw the liquid into the youma's face, where it seemed, surprisingly, to burn its eyes. Finally, the gorilla monster released her leg; Asclepius had been planning on leaping away as soon as it released her, but with all the pain flowing through her body, it was more like dragging.
The police were no longer around, she realized, which came as a relief and a concern. As the youma was still scrubbing at its eyes with two fists, and windmilling the other two, she ventured to look back; their car was gone, so they had to have fled.
The Senshi of Medicine pulled herself up to her feet once more, body aching, but also tingling with adrenaline. She could not run. She had to finish this. Fight or die. Prove she was useful and did not need to tag along with Chaonis or anyone else all the time. Prove to herself that Nemesis had been wrong, and that she was not a detriment to the senshi force.
Not waiting for the beast to recover, Asclepius ran in with fists swinging, and pummeled every inch of the youma she could. It punched back. The senshi's white robes became smudged with dirt and stained with blood.
Finally, it crumbled to dust, but the brown-haired girl could not celebrate her victory. Bruised and battered, she only felt more worthless. It had given her such trouble and she had only barely won. Why had she even bothered coming out here? The man who had been attacked first was safe in the hospital, and here was Marcella the doctor, the Senshi of Medicine, getting herself beaten to a pulp.
What good was a soldier who could barely fight?
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 12:55 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:12 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:42 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:44 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:39 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:32 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:12 pm
The City Inside the WorldREGULAR ~ *********, Hygiea, and AsclepiusAn assistant!?
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:29 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:31 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:32 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:42 pm
Filled in the SilenceSOLO ~ Asclepius, and an unexpected but welcome text messageZue, the Zodiac Guardian Cat We have identified the location of the missing fifty-nine civilians; they are in space, on the Zodiac homeworlds. They are injured and in severe need of medical assistance, as well as food, bedding and general supplies. We request assistance in protecting these lives, and especially in healing them. Healing senshi are especially necessary. If you would like to help, please meet the Zodiac Soldiers in front of the fountain of Dike Triumphant in Times Circle. Thank you for your assistance.
In all honesty, it had been difficult to focus on her work since the reports of people disappearing had started cropping up on the news perhaps a week prior. The Senshi of Medicine was still determined to continue her research into some sort of method to purify the Negaverse, but that was not going to be at the expense of the civilians of the city, as well. But the fact that they had disappeared was more frustrating - it was not like she could go in to work at the hospital and see them there, bring them a cup of water or juice, administer medicine. Nor were they still out on the streets for her to beat down some youma or drive off a Negaverser. They were just ... gone.
But the text offered some reassurance, at least. They were somewhere, and she could get to them to help. It sounded like she, in particular, would be useful, too; Asclepius was glad she had some first-aid supplies packed already.
Fifty-nine of them, though. The Senshi of Medicine glanced at her little white backpack. The pack of band-aids was a sixty-pack, but that was not going to do. She wanted to help as soon as she could, but she also needed to be prepared. And she could not go to the store in her powered form.
Asclepius ran back to her house as quickly as she could to grab her wallet. ... On second thought, just cash from her wallet. She could walk to the nearest drug store on the way to the Circle by way of rooftops, power down and do her shopping, then henshin again and finish the trip to Times Circle. She would just need a bigger bag to carry everything she planned to buy.
Just being able to do something, to know that she was helping, alleviated her previous frustrations. The moving around with a destination in mind, rather than awaiting inspiration on her other project, was something Asclepius sort of needed right now. She had allies and she had helpers in her attempt to create a cure, but, well, treading familiar territory, just helping people like she did at the hospital, would be a welcome comfort.
"Aah," she exclaimed softly as she unearthed one of her reusable shopping bags - printed with "Keep Calm and Carry On". It seemed appropriate. And also pretty big. Asclepius then held her arms up to look herself over for a good place to keep her cash where she would not be waving it around in her hand while she jumped from rooftop to rooftop, nor would it be in danger of falling out. She had to settle for stuffing it into the bodice of her seifuku, then jumped back out her window as soon as she had everything set.
Pockets. She would have to ask ********* to add pockets for her next power-up.My arrival at the meeting spot, and subsequent deployment to the Surrounding.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:53 pm
There Goes the NeighborhoodREGULAR ~ Ilmenite and AsclepiusYou again?
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