This kid was just too much, really! So much eagerness and excitement made this whole dreary situation so much more lighthearted! Fornax's smile couldn't have been any wider when he recieved that pat.
"Oh you are far too kind, Cadmus, to have such faith in my." To make things a tad bit easier, he sat down on the ground before him, giving a quick glance to the crowd before them. It didn't seem to be making much progress, so this should be fine.
"Youma, huh? I've fought them before too, before I was powered. I fought them with sticks and stuff, but I've always had to have one of these powerful Senshi or knights come to help me. Who knew I was powered too, right? But the monsters are easy to fight, huh? In the sense that, they are monsters, they will hurt people and serve no purpose BUT to hurt people. I bet fighting other bad guys, bad people would be even tougher, don't you? So that's why I think it's important for strong people like you should work closely with not so strong people like me! That way we can both be strong one day, and take out ALL of the bad guys. Of course, only together, since that would be the safest right? Even Superman needs help sometimes!"
All that talk of fighting and praising of strength made Fornax quickly reel it in. As important as that was, he still needed to make sure that the kid knew he shouldn't fight alone. That was never a smart idea..
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:34 pm
Sedna, senshi of Ships
Sedna was snapped out of her stunned stupor when she felt her phone go off---since it rarely happened, that made it notable. She pulled it out, blinked, and beamed to see that it was Centisima, though the message soon had her gasping and then looking up and around. Was he here, too!? Yanno...the quickest way to find him really would just be to reply---
Yeah.
If he was here. He was here, right? There wasn't anything else crazy going on, was there?
[Is it the same weird stuff I'm looking at, Centi? A / S / L!?]
Oh. Just in case he didn't understand that reference.
[P.S. Where are you at?]
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:37 pm
Erebus, Page of Saturn
Erebus nodded as he eyed the figure. "He better start speaking and answering some questions soon. Hopefully with out any horror surprises." If the figure starts to twist his head around fully in a circle he would be sorely tempted to throw Venice over his shoulder and high tail it out of there.
"You both can count on me as well." He said and shot them both a small smile. If he lingered in his smile to Venice more then Aaru it was not very noticeable.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:43 pm
Centisima, Senshi of Centipedes
His phone went off faster than expected and so he was now that guy in a crowd of people, texting. It made sense she would be here and damn he was glad he didn't have to deal with crazy magic s**t by himself.
A / S/ L? Age, sex, location? He puzzled and then… oh! Her second text helped clarify and he rapidly sent off his next one.
[Just right / always / at the back of a crowd staring at some whacky cloaked dude on a hill.]
He tapped a finger against the back of his phone and added:
[right hand side, I'll wave my hand in the air like I just don't care]
And he did just that, waving one hand in the air and not giving a damn who was looking/
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:44 pm
Slievenamon, Page of Neptune
Despite trying to repress it, Slieve felt a small tremble work its way up her spine. Things turning bad? God, she didn't like the sound of that. Maybe sacrifices were a thing in this cult-thing that was going on; not just secluded to virgins either. "R-right..." she said with a bit of hesitance as she dropped her tone as well. "Hopefully it won't come to that. I mean, this doesn't feel evil. Not of this does. Neutral at best... But I'll keep my ears and eyes open for you if, erm, if anything bad happens. You have my word." She looked down to her shell flute when she said this. It wasn't much to protect herself, but at least she could poke an eye out of something if it came to it.
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Sailor Cadmus, Chibi Senshi of Cranberries
Taking the initiative as well, Cadmus sat down as well. He hadn't noticed it until now, but the ache in his legs from running all the way from home to the calling had began to set in. He let out a small, relaxed sigh when he did; apparently, it was a much needed rest. Sure, he could run faster as a chibi, but he still got tired like any other kid putting out such effort.
He listened with keen interest to Fornax's words, his attention wavering just a bit when he mentioned the portion of working together with others. Cadmus was a tad stubborn in that regard. Hugging his legs to his chest, his cheeks puffed out, and he looked away with a light tinge of scarlet to his face. He felt like he was sitting in on a lecture from his dad and, while Fornax was much nicer than Rigel, he didn't want to agree his terms at first.
"Fiiine, I won't," he said. "I mean, I'm strong. I can totally handle myself, but if I have to protect you and everyone else, I guess... I guess it is okay that I have to stick with others. Strength in numbers and all that, but I seriously do work better alone. People just, y'know, get in the way sometimes..." His mind flashed back to his parents. They always got in the way and made his life miserable. If they hadn't, he wouldn't have had to move away from his friends, even if that meant not discovering he was a senshi.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:47 pm
Castor Prince of Hail
Castor felt the claws and suddenly became all to aware that he'd missed someone nearby. Someone very much important.
"A-Arthuuur." He dragged the name out, feeling claws dig into flesh before the cat had found his place on top him. "Hi to you too." At least it was a cat that wasn't berating him, Arthur might have been just a ladies man as him, but even Castor could admit the cat was pretty okay. "Not my kid. Just.." He eyed the chibi. "Looking after."
The knight was given a warm smile. "Aptera." He didn't know it, but had no doubts if he went home to dwell, something would hit him sooner or later. "It's alright. I knew I had knight, I just didn't expect them. Once you go home, er, to your station rather, You'll likely understand. You're welcome to stand with me once more if you like." A knight, one of his own, and he couldn't help the sense of pride he felt.
Even if this was the last places he'd hoped to find them.
Of course, Maia was a sight for sore eyes as well, if in a different manner. "Nice marks. And no, but I figure they're here and we ought to be polite. Let them introduce themselves, introduce ourselves. You know. The usual." Even if the situation was anything but. "Well, as usual as our jobs can be at any rate."
Feeling the worry from the younger senshi, Lacrimosa pulled her closer still and did her best not to let memories of loss of precious life ruin her composure. She had a younger senshi to take care of, two if Sinistra were here, and she had to remain strong.
Had to learn from her mistakes.
"I hope not," she confessed, not bothering to hide her own insecurity. There was no harm in being unsure and wary, nor was there harm in showing that to the younger generation. "But it looks as if there are two royals here, and several Order members of varying levels."
They would be fine. Maybe.
"But, my little kohai, that's even if this ends up being something worth fighting about. There is a time and place for fighting, but if you get the chance it is better to try and talk things out first."
Two could play that game, Inari.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:48 pm
Sailor Sabine, Senshi of Tactics
Sabine very much hoped the girl was right, and that this whole thing was more neutral than anything else, still, you never could be too careful, especially after the train incident. Keeping her voice low she managed to crack a small smile.
"You're right, this doesn't feel like an ambush. It's a set up for something, but what I don't know..." She made a face then. "When we have more time and aren't so... crowded, I'll have to fill you in on this little war of ours, since you're so new."
She probably wasn't even aware of the other side of the conflict, at least - she hoped she wasn't.
She laughed at that, feeling a wee bit more at ease and like her usual self, knowing a friend was nearby in the midst of this...unusual-ness.
The senshi turned her head again, trying to see if she could spot him, and even went so far as to rock on her tippy-toes, as her phone went off again. She glanced at the text, and then looked back out and around with vigor. Right hand side and---Ah! Sedna's face lit up as soon as she caught sight of him doing just what he said. Waving that hand in the air like he didn't care. She waved back at him enthusiastically, and then pocketed her phone.
Sedna made her way past some other people, and grinned widely at Centisima as she approached him. "You too, huh? And everyone else, as well---" She jabbed a thumb at the large group behind them. "Admittedly, I've never felt anything like this though, and everyone is just---well, hanging around at the moment---" She gazed back at everyone. "I've never seen so many Order people in one place before." She confessed to the other senshi in an awed whisper.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:55 pm
Dallol, Squire of Uranus
"I guess you have a point there. I just hope that it isn't something majorly troublesome that could land either of us in the hospital if you catch my drift." Dallol shot back. Call her pessimistic or pragmatic if you will but the Squire has had her fair share of injuries and down time from her studies and soccer ever since she found herself unwittingly a part of this war. It was a... terrible inconvenience and disruption to her life as a scholarship student at Crystal Academy but what other choice did she have if the problem wasn't going to disappear on its own and instead could very possibly endanger the lives of those whom she knew and cared for like her boyfriend Darren and her best friend c** younger sister c** current roommate Mercy?
Arriving at their destination, she kept to the peripheries along with Corinth, preferring to observe the situation from afar rather than dive in headfirst. "Um... it seems like whatever this thing is has already snagged the attention of just about every senshi and knight in the city." She remarked. And just because something like this needed to be pointed out, not that it would jinx the situation or anything silly like that, she almost immediately added.
"I'm really really surprised that none of the Negaverse have found their way here given how saturated this entire area is with the number of Order auras from those who have already gathered..."
Corinth wanted to laugh at her statement, and moving close to her, he nudged her lightly in the side. "Now, now, no jinxing us, eh?" He said with a wry smile.
She did have a point though, this collection of Order signatures had to be playing hell with any Negaverse out and about right then. He hoped that whatever was drawing them in was also overpowering their auras as a whole - but hell if he knew.
This was different than anything he'd encountered thus far. "Just keep an eye on things from here, I think, and if things look like they are going bad... We should pull out, yeah?"
No sense in risking injury or possible death when they could regroup, right?
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:06 am
Super Sailor Acrucis // Senshi of Prayer
“Nobody is forcing you to be here, you can leave at any time.” Despite how angry the Senshi of Prayer was at the young senshi’s ignorance Acrucis kept a level head and drew in a deep breath before responding to him in a stern yet even tone. “If you’ve fought generals and lived to tell the tale then good for you, consider yourself lucky because I can guarantee you they were going easy on you. But until you’ve been captured and tortured for information, or seen someone get killed, then you have no idea what war is or how far the negaverse is willing to go to get what they want.” Given she had friends such as Benitoite who sided with Chaos but Acrucis was no fool.
“You want to be a kid that’s fine. But don’t come out here insulting the people you should instead be working with left and right acting like you’re an adult because you’re not.” Acrucis took a step towards him into that safety bubble everyone seemed to have. Whatever came of this gathering, this was still a war and war was not meant for children.
For a moment she broke eye contact with him to scan some of the other faces of those who were either already present or just recently joining the congregation. Disheartened by what she saw, the Senshi’s body seemed to sag as heart sank noting the number of children, some even younger than he was, who had responded to the unusual aura. “This is not a game,” she continued, though much softer than before. “And by the time you finally realize that it may be too late.”
Acrucis paused then looked back down at the young teen. While her signature suggested she had some experience under her belt, it paled in comparison to the vast majority of those around them; there was still so much she did not know. “Don’t even try to argue with me that you already know it’s not a game, I don’t want to hear it. Because you’ll never fully understand how true those words are until you’ve been put in a situation where either you or someone you care about is in danger and you are helpless to either protect or save them.” The truth had been a hard pill to swallow which is why she had tried so hard these last almost two years to get stronger.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:27 am
As Centisima waved his hand as the beacon of awesome that it was, he surveyed the crowd, seeking his friend. Wow, there was a guy with wings. Actual, literal wings. Could he fly with them? Why did he have wings? So many questions.
So many interesting looking senshi and- there she was! His hand, still in the air, gave a thumbs up and then dropped.
"I am so glad you’re here," he admitted once she’d joined him. If she hadn’t felt anything like this before and judging by the confused reactions of nearly everyone around them, he figured this was new which was good because it meant they were on an even playing field of sorts.
"Can you imagine this-" He motioned towards the crowd, "-as an army? All of us out there every night, together. Nothing could stop us. There wouldn’t be dudes with knives because we’d have mobbed them all." It was actually genuinely confusing why there wasn’t some sort of organization, rather than here's a cat, welcome to the senshi club and good luck.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:29 am
Castor Page Aptera
"I am your knight," Aptera unknowingly said the four words comprising the statement until her voice registered in her awareness with delay as though it was not quite a simple process of digesting what she was told for her mind to comprehend. Yet she managed to keep her expression relatively unchanged and then with full awareness of her next words she went on to add to her commenced reply with a warm smile in kind, acknowledging in this exchange the charismatic character of the prince before her, her yet to be remembered prince who rules the knights she is a part of and has yet to supposedly recall. "Thank you, Prince Castor, and yes, I hope to gather more understanding of all that is happening."
It seemed to her that a reunion was in order, a more recent sort that is not of the kind involving a thousand years since seeing one another. In witnessing such a reunion unfold, a smile easily stayed on her features in response to watching the sight of familiarity shared. And in subconsciously giving them more room, she took a step to one side and turned to face the cloaked figure again from where she now stood. In truth, there were many more questions she wanted to find answers to. But the atmosphere of these circumstances had a tense air about it and she was not sure whether venturing to ask question after question would be sound to consider, as was the case even outside of such circumstances as these she thought next. As she became silent again while thoughtfully waiting for what was to come next, she wondered about how she could make discoveries of answers at a reasonable pace over time and so on.
Slieve held her breath. So there was more to this—and it wasn't a cult, it was a war. So which side was she on, the good or the bad? She didn't feel threatened in the area she was in, but at the same time, but that didn't settle any red alarms she had at all. Bad guys could feel just as calm among each other as good guys. At least, she thought of it that way.
"So what exactly... are we?" she asked steadily, trying to leave the rundown for a time when they could actually talk about it. The cloak figure was the matter at hand currently. "Good or bad? I mean, I don't think that we're bad, but still, as you said, I'm so new to this..."
