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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:17 pm
Well, of course Hygiea's ears nearly exploded off her head when the news of another cat reached them. Her eyes damn well almost as well, her head first snapped to ********* and then instantly to Hephaistos wide and excited. Another cat!
"Chloe? Is she your cat?" The little senshi asked excitedly following through with her initial train of thought, even though again something more important was going on. "Or do you have good ways to find her? I'd love to meet her!" Well, that would be the understatement of the day from the little girl's mouth since she would most likely stalk the cat if she could. Guardian cats were terribly exciting, if the ones she had met were any indication. Even non-talking ones were fantastic.
And when the glow eyed, Hygiea's couldn't help but gasp in awe at the new clothing that the male senshi wore. "Aa! It's just like when you upgraded HugBell!" This was obviously her only correlation of this said event, "you look freakin' awesome!" He had chain mail and everything, and super wicked awesome boots!
The tired weight of ********* didn't go unnoticed, however. Obviously all of the events of today and helping Hephaistos seemed to have taken a toll on the cat and Hygiea pulled the guardian closer to her chest in a comforting manner, running her fingers through the cat's silky fur. "I think ********* deserves some sweets for her efforts, dontcha think?" She grinned and the newly powered up Hephasistos.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:33 pm
The tomboy of the pair eventually noticed where Eunomia's eyes seemed to be glued, only to eventually turn again to catch the activities nearby.
"...oh... so she boosted him to the Super ranking, eh?" Considering how many times ********* had dragged her about for this sort of stuff, it wasn't really all that exciting to her anymore.
Yet, when her teammate asked if this was truly how the upgrades seemed to go, the yellow suited senshi paused in her snacking.
"...uh... yeah... 'bout that..." Her gloved hand went to scratch at the back of her head. "...see... that's how she does it fer... um... those she doesn't really know. Um... fer senshi she knows, she tends t'be a bit more grabby-feely..."
Oblivious to the awkward explanations the senshi of rainbows was dishing out, the manx laughed the same airy giggle from before. "Well, why hold back something like this when you are ready, Hephaistos?"
Casually from her spot, the cat waved a paw at Draconis as she waved to her. Content with completing such an action, the cat seemed to cling back onto the toy cat and pull it up against her again. Hygiea's enthusiasm was always refreshing, especially after such a tiring day. ********* didn't say anything, but soon enough she was purring contently in the girl's lap due to all of the wonderful petting.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:16 am
Camelot was feeling much better now that he had been found, brought back for healing, and was standing in victory. Well, in a corner of victory, if that was what this party was. He was standing off to the side, as much to the side as one could stand at these kind of gatherings, watching the scene quietly.
He let it settle on him some short time ago that they had won. He might not have seen it, but they had won. And the civilians were not only saved, but home at last.
Kyndall had her daughter back. Many parents, in fact, had their children back. Best friends reunited. Pets eager to see their masters. Lives restored to some kind of order, though they would always know more than they had before. A small price to pay, when it could have been their lives.
And he would be able to go home. See his own dog. His own son. Why had he thought of Dogby first? It was Nathan he wanted to see. When he got home, he was going to give that damned boy a hug. Whether he had to drag him kicking and screaming into it or not.
He smiled softly, watching things quietly, unobtrusive.
They had won, and it was time to celebrate. To catch up and to be happy. They had all fought so hard, and they deserved this peace, this joy. Probably the most hard earned smiles they had experienced, but maybe that just made them mean more.
No maybe about it.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:38 am
They had won, and that was something to celebrate. God damn, that was something to celebrate. Leo, mask restored and his clothing pristine as usual, was being unusually quiet and somber as he slowly meandered along the outskirts of the party. It wasn't that he was normally a wild one or anything, it was just that... by all rights, he should have been celebrating with them. It didn't make any sense not to, did it? But he had things weighing on his mind, heavy things, and they wouldn't allow him to simply relax and enjoy himself, not in the wake of what had transpired.
He was grateful that they'd all survived. He was proud, of himself, of the Zodiac, and of the White Moon. He looked around the room and he saw comrades, and even if there was some bitterness still in his heart, he was fighting against it. It wasn't their fault that the Zodiac was what it was, after all. He couldn't take it out on them. Better to just be quiet, then, to let his gaze pass over familiar faces and reassure himself that they were fine.
He had many things to tend to. His personal life, his work. His Outpost. God, his home -- his celestial home was in shambles. That alone would take him months to properly restore, especially now that so many had been inside of it, moving around, misplacing things. He was glad to have the civilians home for their own sake, but he was doubly glad to have them out of Leo Outpost, and that felt a little wrong. He couldn't help the feeling, though, and he was too tired to fight it just then.
At one point, he tried to catch Virgo's attention to let her know he was leaving, but she was busy flitting around and handing out discs to people. He'd overheard them talking, and as soon as they began to speak of the passports, he remembered. It seemed like his memory was always working like that -- in a rush, retroactively. Ah, well. He'd work on that, too.
Instead of waiting for her to finish, he decided to just slip quietly away, traveling down the rainbow road and back to his Outpost. He had things to do, and though he could really use a good night's sleep, he didn't think he'd find it on his bed at home.
For a while, he just needed to find peace and have some space to think. That was all.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:37 am
"So let's get ourselves some. I don't know about you, but I'm starving." For a girl her size, she could pack down a lot, and twenty-four hours in battle? Expending power? The power of Virgo washing through had done much to heal the body, and the news of the civilian survival had healed her spirit... Now it was time to take care of her stomach.
She lightly took hold of Arsinoe's arm, intent on tugging him towards the table with the cold-cuts and potato chips. Corvus had made herself a sandwich, yes, but after polishing it off she hadn't remained too close to the table. Oh, alright, she had stuck around long enough to grab one of the snack-sized bag of chips before sneaking away only to have a drink pressed into her hand somewhere along the line. Cordelia, the girl beneath the 'mask', wasn't much of a drinker; she hadn't been, at least. She had been allowed a glass of wine with dinner here and there during special occasions with her parents, but that was about it... Considering the day she'd had? The day they had all had? Corvus lifted the cup to her lips, raising it in the direction of those assembled before tossing back a hearty sip.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:32 am
Hera Berezaiti was still trying to cover up the fact that she'd, after all, taken some time to go be politely hysterical after the battle, leaving her eyes red for reasons that had nothing to do with Alchohol... and she was a bit embarrassed by this, and she was still occasionally trying to rub her eyes (which wasn't helping much) every so often without really thinking about it as she edged over to grab a bag of chips.
It was all quite surreal... they'd won. They'd won and people were alive. They were alive and she was uh... still... some kind of magical person.
But the important part was that everyone was alive, and able to go home, something she herself was looking forward to... though right now. Right now chips.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:31 am
Nemesis had hugged her right back, and for a moment, Flora's lips parted in surprise before returning to the silly grin that would not leave her face."Of course." She laughed. "We couldn't have done this without any of you." And Virgo was about, handing out passports to those who had gallantly offered their time and had contributed to the Galaxy Power attack. It was something that she would remember, always and forever.
She watched as Kurma returned with alcohol, and perhaps, if it had been a few weeks back, when Super Sailor Flora was uptight about many things, she would have wrinkled her nose at it. Instead, she took a cup, lifted it to Nemesis and towards her Princess with a grin. "To our victory." And then she took a tiny sip.
"Congratulations." Chronos told Hephaistos, having left her seat to walk about and stretch her legs. It was always magnificent to see someone upgrade, like when Neso had shimmered into his Super status before her very eyes, here in the Surrounding.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:45 am
There was someone who, while glad that they had not died and everything was quite alright, was not exactly feeling the need for a party. One reason was that dancing with a giant cut down the side of your neck, trailing down your back, was not exactly easy (Not that she'd admit it had vanished. It was a good excuse!) The other was that she wondered what had happened to all of her old friends. Were they alright? Where had they even come from? So many questions in her mind, disappointments, worries that she would have a harder time than ever accomplishing her personal goals. Seeing Soldier Virgo though had her smiling from the seat in a window of Chronos Castle she'd claimed as her own. Very few had come over to speak to the knight, asking what was wrong, it was a good little spot when you had a lot on your mind and couldn't quite figure out what to say when asked such a thing. Standing up to cross to the Zodiac soldier her grin was just a little wide. "I told them you'd be okay!"
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:31 am
Camelot looked up to see Virgo and Lina near one another. He smiled and moved over to them quietly, looking about as awkward as a nerd at a prom. He had the urge to just hug Virgo, but the Squire contained himself, looking for his fellow Knight of Destiny to the Zodiac soldier for a moment just so he didn't interrupt too much.
"Hey guys," he said, for lack of a better greeting. He felt such a rush of relief at the moment, it finally truly setting on him that things were going to be just fine. He was almost dizzy by it, but it was perfectly blissful.
He smiled at them both, and resisted the very paternal instincts that took him in his joy. No squishing them in hugs, Camelot.
He'd have to keep chanting that.
"I'm glad to see you're both alright," he hadn't seen Lina in the battle, and he only knew details of Virgo's ordeal, but he cared about the both of them and didn't want anything to happen to them, at all. it was nice to be here now, unharmed and in victory.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:38 am
Lina's grin at Camelot's awkward shuffle was brilliant as the rainbow road outside the doors of the castle. She'd stopped feeling bad a long time ago about mentioning his age like it was something strange and wrong, choosing instead to be endeared by the fact that he acted a bit like an overgrown hound dog at times. There was just sometimes this adorable droopiness about him that made her want to reach over and hug the man, another strange impulse for the Mercury Knight.
"We're big, strong girls. Well. Sorta." Neither of the two could be considered on the big side of anything except perhaps on ideas or personality. Maybe there was a winged young prince somewhere in the crowd that had a bit of a different opinion on a few things but he wasn't there, and she wasn't going to bring it up. It was awkward.
"I had a few moments of worry when Virgo just disappeared like that and I'm not going to say that these huge monster things are making me feel...any better about how the Negaverse is advancing technologically but...we lived. And we're all okay which is really the best part right? Another day, another person helped?" Lina hadn't forgotten at all.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:59 pm
"Okay ..." He nodded and followed after the other senshi as she drug him toward the table with all the food. He still didn't know why she wanted to drag him around or why she was even actually talking to him. The other senshi, his cousin and De aside, usually didn't.
"You, um ... haven't seen a senshi with feathered shoulders have you?" He was still looking around for his cousin wondering where she'd gotten off to. It wasn't like her to ignore him at parties. Usually she had to keep an eye on him so he didn't try to escape
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:21 pm
Maia stood off to the side watching the events and nibbling on a sandwich. Her eyes roamed the crowd sweeping over familiar faces. She saw so many people she knew and still she stayed off to the side. They had won and it was amazing and Maia was so happy that the civilians were safe that she could cry, but Wolframite kept swimming into her thought and she was reminded the healed injury that left a permanent scar. Her hand went to her chest, think about what might have happened during her battle yesterday. She shook her head and moved away from her corner. "Don't think about it," she told herself spotting Camelot, Virgo and Lina and heading over to them. "Hey Lina, Virgo, Camelot." She smiled as she came to them, "What a victory huh? This place is amazing. I am glad it is safe. I think I might be a wreck if something like this happened on Maia." Pharos came in grinning like the chesire cat. Being a page of Chronos was for Pharos getting you cake and eating it two. Magic exsisted, she knew this for a fact. She was apart of this amazing place and she felt so connected to it. She moved over to the only Chronos page she really recognized and grinned at him. He was with other pages, so she grinned at them as well obviously happy and excited. Ever the optimistic. "We won," she said, "I knew if we had enough hope we would and everyone would be safe."
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:35 pm
Celsus glanced down at Pharos, lifting a brow in amusement. He knew who she was, of course, beneath the glamour, but he also knew that she would not be able to recognize him, other than as a fellow Chronos page. He'd seen Eliza awaken, as well as Menthe, but he had been there as Celsus, not as Frederick St. James, the young man most commonly known as Fritz to all.
Unless you were Hygiea, of course (or ********* too, come to think of it), and then his name was FredBob.
"You knew that, did you?" Celsus replied, taking a sip of his soda. He supposed he could have had a "real" drink - out here, there was no one he could tell him he was underage, after all - but he had never really been that big a fan of drinking.
Unlike Tolliver, who enjoyed a glass of wine every now and then.
"What's your name?" asked Celsus, his eyes flickering first from Pharos, over to the blue-haired page, whom he had yet to actually meet. There was still one other besides that one as well, one that he had not even seen yet.
"Come on," he said cheerfully, taking her by the wrist to tug her towards the other page.
"Good evening," Celsus greeted her pleasantly, his smile widening as he dropped Pharos' wrist to extend a hand to the blue-haired page. "My name is Celsus. I do believe we're teammates now."
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:43 pm
Pharos smiled, but then frowned slightly, "okay, maybe not knew, but I believed it even before I was a page. So that counts for something right!"
She rocked back and forth on her heel her smile never leaving her face, "I'm Pharos. What's your name? You came when there was the spider, but I didn't catch your name?"
Pharos did not mind being dragged, no she happily went along to meet the other page who stood by her lonesome and had white-blue hair. It seemed her question was answered when Celsus introduced himself and so she turned to do the same.
"I'm Pharos," she spouted excitedly, and giggled , "another teammate. What's you name?"
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:17 pm
"Hara Barizaiti" Holi introduced herself. Should she start trying to think of herself as "Hara"? God...more things to think about...
It didn't stop her from adding with a wry smile. "Hope tends to come up short without will to act on it though... which everyone did." She heaved an sigh that seemed to come up from her toes, sagging slightly as she did so. "I just can't believe that everyone's supposedly ok. I thought... I thought we were all going to end up like that girl the spider got."
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