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The café was closed, but the outdoor seating was still out and evrn somewhat comfortable. At one of the tables sat the source of said signature, a book in one hand, and glass in the other. Across from him sat another figure, slumped where they sat, a bobbing ball of broken mirror gently moving away from them. "Oh..." Hybris tsked mildly, "...that was fast. I supposed you were especially eager, hm?"

Setting down his book, the senshi produced a shard of mirror, waggling it at the creature to go back home since it was full. The order signature seemed to be approaching rather than passing by. It wasn't strong enough for Eternal Big Bro, though, so who could it be?

He was ready to sulk at the new comer, or maybe say something a little challenging and bratty the way Lete would. Or he could just cough blood and play dead before they got to him? But then Hybris saw what was coming his way and decided what his life had always needed was a big strong deer man in an open shirt.

Heaning languidly in his chair, Hybris greeted the other senshi with a soft, taffy pull of a, "Why hello."

Placing the wineglass down, Hybris smiled even broader at that attitude. Was he about to be lectured? Was he going to see some pectorals heaving in righteous anger at him? "I'm Hybris, Dark Mirror Senshi of Eggplants. People usually refer to me as beautiful rather than cute."

Tilting his head to the side, he gestured toward the empty chair next to the sleeping civilian, "Would you like a seat? I have another glass if you're thirsty."

Hybris's eyebrows shot up at the glass shattering at his feet, and for a moment he was torn between delight, especially once he was being loomed over and growled at, and irritation. That was good wine! His parents only had one bottle left in the cellar.

This man was really...oh. Oh. The Senshi of Aubergines. Well, he could work with this. He was prepared. With a dramatic flourish of his hand, Hybris announced, "Hybris Asteroid Summoning!"

Achird would feel rounded, and smooth booping his nose. A large, rather beautiful, eggplant.

"See? I'm not lying. Perhaps we're ah...cousins of a sort." He tapped Achrid's nose again.

The mirror senshi's grip was less than that of wet tissue, which at least bore a certain clinging persistence. "Ah...!" Hybris exclaimed with soft insincerity at the loss.

"You're right," he sighed and began to stand up. "I shouldn't dream to be anywhere near as strong and noble as you. But is that any reason that the exquisite aubergine and humble eggplant can't coexist? Can't I aspire to your...goodness." His gaze briefly dipped to the attractive V windowed by the other's shirt and he gave an extra winsome little smile.

"And yet here I am, the Senshi of Eggplants," Hybris sighed and started to shake his head at the mystery of it all. "Magic is just so-"

And then he was smacked (hard!) in the face with his own eggplant. Pieces of the fruit went flying in a violent splatter and Hybris was reeling back from the hit, hands covering his face as he cried out, "Ohhh...why....why would you do that?"

Staggering, he brought his hands down, revealing a dramatically bloodied nose. Tears welled up in his eyes in sorrowful confusion. "I'll go...please just stop attacking me." Gazing at Achird like they were the biggest bully in all the world, Hybris wondered, idly, if the other senshi was allergic to buttons or simply liked to act like a Victorian school marm whenever someone with eyes dared to use them on him. Which, to be clear, Hybris could most assuredly get behind.

Pulling a handkerchief out of his subspace, Hybris dabbed at the raspberry flavored "blood" at his nose. Admiring the retreating back of the Senshi of Aubergines, his sorry and bullied expression turned to that of a quizzical smile. Had he...won?

No, the handsome deer man hadn't been willing to flirt at all with him, potential modesty kink aside. So how could that be considered a win?

"Though, the view had been nice while it lasted," he sighed to the passed out man at the table. Looking at the chunks of fruit scattered between them, he sighed again. "Maybe I should start carrying two eggplants."