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 Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:01 pm
She was really starting to hate this gig.
Nemesis felt her back press against the cold brick wall of an old antique store. She could feel the chill through her tattered fuku, thought what made her body turn ice cold was the youma she was up against. Sometimes they were pretty easy to defeat and destroy, and other time they were just bitches to go up against. This time the youma was at the higher end of the difficulty spectrum. It would have been easy if she had someone to help her kill it, but for the time being Nemesis was flying it solo. She didn't need help, and she wouldn't ask for it. She had already used her main attack once, and it wouldn't work a second time. The youma was beaten badly, but it was not down for the count like Nemesis had aspired to make it.
"s**t," she whispered underneath her breath. Every instinct told her that it was time to run away, but Nemesis was nothing if not pride. This was her youma to kill, and she would not be made victim by it in return. The oddly spindly youma grinned crookedly at her, as if it knew what kind of predicament Nemesis was in. There was no denying that the creature now had the upper-hand. Nemesis had determination enough to supply a whole army with it, and that was what she was banking on.
There was no way in hell this youma was going to beat her. Slowly she knelt down to the grown, her hand reaching out to unobtrusively pick up a conveniently-placed pole. When she got done with this creature, she was going to buy herself a goddamned knife, no, a ******** katana or some stupid Japanese s**t like that. That would help her teach these youma a thing or two.
Crouching, she pressed her weight back onto her heels, and in an explosive motion made her charge towards the youma, swinging the pipe in an arc around her body. ********, she hoped this worked.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:34 pm
Khalla was quite unaware of the trouble she was about to walk into, too busy reeling over all the things she hadn't done today and had to do tomorrow. Why she continually overbooked herself, she hadn't a clue, but she knew that she wasn't going to be changing that any time soon. It was just in her nature to pack her day full of extra work, be it for school or the community or --
Khalla's train of thought died abruptly and her steps slowed as she heard a commotion going on up ahead of her. She'd come home this way many times on her way back to the dorms after work, and she wouldn't have called it a bad neighborhood by any means. In fact, for Destiny City, it seemed to be rather safe. That was the whole reason she came this way! However, the sounds she heard definitely sounded like some kind of commotion and definitely of a shady variety. What if it was that gang that Serah had been telling her about?
Suddenly afraid for someone else's safety, Khalla felt her feet spurring her forward towards the commotion. Her shoes beat against the pavement as she ran, supporting her as she whipped around a corner and came into view of the.. what in the world was this? She stopped so quickly that she almost fell over, her eyes widening as she stared at the scene before her.
"Oh my," she breathed under breath. There was some kind of.. monster! And a girl fighting it. She brought a hand up to her face to cover her mouth, but she didn't run. She wasn't sure how to help in this situation, only that she had an overwhelming urge to, like always.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:18 pm
She swore she needed to have her own bat mobile or something- she needed something to get around or maybe sonar to tell here the locations for all these new senshi and youma that have been popping up. Then again- she also seemed to have the uncatty ability of finding them just well enough on her own.
Lost in her own thoughts- she soon felt the familiar p***k of negative energies. She also felt a strong good energy coming from the same direction- it seemed a senshi was taking care of the problem? Something bothered her though... so instead of shrugging it off- she approached closer to see for herself. The situation was grim, too grim she had to do something. Wasnt their a 'Guardian cat handbook' somewhere? No she didn't think so...
That was when footsteps could be heard behind her, Chloe instinctively knew to hide behind something and remain hidden. Talking cats and humans did not mix- s**t this was about to get nasty. Thats when she felt it- the strong energies she felt earlier was not only from the senshi fighting (whom she recognized as Sailor Nemesis- the second senshi she awoke), but also from this human. Or should she say- sailor senshi.
Not bothering to wait any longer the feline broke cover- and ran up to the other human. She did her litle flippy move- and soon a Henshin pen formed in her mouth right before she laid it on the ground. " You wish to help her dont you!" She called up- demanding attention to her small body. The womans hesitation and look of wanting gave away what she felt. "Then embrace what you are- take this pen and hold it in the air! Cry out 'Alkaid Star Power, Make Up!"
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:48 pm
She heard a soft, astonished voice, and was undoubtedly distracted from the task at hand by it. Nemesis turned her head to see who it was that had stumbled upon her (oh god, she hoped it wasn't the police), and promptly breathed, "********." It was that c**t from the park, the one who had dumped garbage on her like a little b***h... This would have been a golden opportunity for payback, except that she was kind of busy with a youma.
She was reminded by the spindly's creature's presence when one of its legs slammed against her side. The senshi tumbled to the ground, cursing vehemently before rolling out of the way of another attack. That was what she got for being distracted, which she would contribute, once again, to Khalla. That damned girl just had to show up now, when Nemesis wanted her the least to. Any other time would have been perfect, but not now.
Her eyes narrowed as she once again turned her attention in Khalla's direction. "<******** YOU, CHLOE!" she screeched, because goddamn that cat only showed up when one thing was going to be done, and that was another thing she DID NOT WANT to happen. Fortunately for Khalla and Chloe, she was distracted from ruining the process by the youma. Nemesis narrowly avoided another assault, following the youma's attack up with a hard swing of her pipe.
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:51 pm
It would have taken a lot to distract Khalla from the strange scene unfolding before her. After all, it was some kind of monster doing battle with what looked like some super-human girl in a.. sailor outfit? For a moment, she considered the fact that she had simply fallen asleep at work and was actually dreaming all of this because it seemed far too unreal. Then, something happened that convinced her she must be dreaming.
She heard a voice speaking to her and turned immediately to look for the person that had happened upon this scene. She should get them out of here, after all! Then, she realized, that there was no one next to her at all. Her eyes looked down and down until they fell upon a cat. A talking cat.
"What?" she asked from pure reflex, eyes widened a little. Even as she was asking that however, her eyes had drifted to the strange pen object the feline had produced, and she began to stoop to pick it up. Why was she even indulging in this fantasy? Probably because some instinct in her was simply saying to.
"Alkaid Power, Make Up!" she cried out, holding the pen up in the air. Just when she thought nothing was going to happen, of course, she was proved so terribly wrong. She felt her feet lifted away from the pavement beneath her, her body engulfed by a warm sensation unlike anything she'd ever felt. She was lost momentarily in a whirl of glitter and lights, her body contorting as something altogether strange began to happen to it. Then, as quickly as it had begun, she was deposited back gracefully on her feet, looking dumbfounded and lost.
She frowned at the irritation the other.. the other what? She had no idea what to call them, or herself. Well, in any case, she was frowning at the other girl at this point. Why was she so irritated? Then she remembered that overwhelming urge to help from before and it was almost as if the words simply popped into her mind, flooding out all of the speculation.
"Guiding Light!" she shouted, raising one hand up as if she were prepared to throw a disk. Light formed in her hand, slowly solidifying, and she released it in the direction of the youma. It would strike true, that much she knew, just like she knew it also wouldn't do a great deal of damage.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:39 pm
Chloe looked up at the newest senshi with pride- it was the same look she gave all new senshi as they change. It was like a butterfly first coming out of the cocoon, new life to them.
At the same time, the destiny they all held was a grave one. A eternal battle between the light and the dark- never ending so it seemed. As long as darkness lived on in the hearts of man- then the wars will continue. Senshi were just the damage control- the ones whom delt with the after math. Being a senshi was something to be proud of, it was something that felt right. You feel warm as you go into your true form, it was a senshis destiny to fight. To protect.
Her attention snapped back into reality- she heard her name being called right after a spew of curses. " Shut up Sailor Nemesis and live your destiny as i live mine." She screeched back- knowing that it didnt matter if she was heard now.
To protect and serve.
It was her turn to stand back on the sidelines- if wished she would explain everything to the young senshi.
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:20 pm
This was the worst night of patrolling she had gone through since becoming a Sailor Senshi. Hell, she'd take being beaten to a bloody pulp by the Negaverse over this. She did not want help from some stupid little girl that Chloe oh-so-conveniently discovered when Nemesis wanted her the LEAST to. Nothing ever seemed to play into her favor, and quite frankly, Nemesis was getting tired of this. Grudgingly, though, she'd accept the assistance... if only because she was in dire need of it.
The black and blue senshi was far too focused on evading the onslaught of attacks from the youma to witness the new senshi's birth further (she'd prefer it if she didn't have to see the sparkling desu lights out of the corners of her eyes). A slender but powerful limb struck out to hit her, and Nemesis barely managed to evade that attack by taking a step back. She was in trouble, but the only person she'd admit that to was herself. Nemesis did not want rescuing...
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Especially when the other senshi's attack did what... nothing? The youma seemed to reel backwards as if inflicted by a surge of pain, but honestly Nemesis had seen a sparkling light, and the youma seemed to recover quickly. "You're ******** kidding me, aren't you?" she hissed underneath her breath as she swung the pipe in her hands up to block off another limb.
Apparently, during all of this battle, she still found time to appropriately flip Chloe off.
Take that, b***h-cat!
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:59 pm
Khalla gritted her teeth a little as the other senshi shouted out so rudely, finding that she was quickly getting under her skin with the way she reacted to things. What had she ever done to this girl? As far as she knew, she'd never met her, although she did remind her terribly of that annoying girl from the park with the way she was acting. Khalla was convinced there were just natural similarities between all rude people, though.
She sighed as she glanced once over the alley, realizing that her attack really hadn't done much in this situation except stun the weird monsterthing. She would have to pick up something and go at it like the other girl, but she was convinced she could! If that other senshi could do this, then so could she!
She squeezed down the side of the alley, scooping up a metal garbage can lid and giving it an experimental swing. A good shield, she thought, but she wondered if she could actually use it against that thing? With a deep breath to instill some more confidence in herself, she hooked her hand through the handle and leaped up at atop a dumpster that was near the monster and the strange girl. She took no time to slow down between her leap, quickly running across and aiming a slam of the lid right towards the youma's head. Her Gran would have a heart attack if she saw this.
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:49 pm
This was humiliating.
No, this was ten times worse than humiliating. The newbie senshi was going to show her up with a ******** GARBAGE LID as a weapon (not that Nemesis hadn't used one before, but it was wholly different when Alkaid did). Nemesis did not want to work with this girl, did not want her help, and really did not want HER to be a senshi. Life hated her. Life really ******** hated her, or was out to get her. Nemesis gritted her teeth and swung the pipe up to deflect another spindly limb. Alkaid, meanwhile, was making a move towards the youma's head.
The youma didn't seem to notice her. Rather, it was far too busy trying to SPEAR Nemesis through the stomach. Really, Alkaid had it easy. She had the advantage of a sneak attack, and currently wasn't getting hammered. Then again, it would have been a lot better if Alkaid's ATTACK did something other than shine prettily. ******** it, if Khalla had to be a senshi, why did she have to be the prime example of a failure? Even Nemesis' attack had more punch to it.
Alkaid's only redeeming feature was that when she struck, she struck true. The youma screamed, its head swiveling to the side to try and get Khalla in its view. Nemesis used the opportunity to strike, thrusting her lead pipe against the youma's chest. It didn't quite do as she planned, but if it wouldn't go through the youma's body, then Nemesis and Alkaid would just have to beat it into submission.
It was going to be a long night.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:20 am
Well, at least the strange girl had stopped screaming at this point. That didn't necessarily mean she was any happier, but it looked to mean that she at least was accepting her help - if grudgingly.
Khalla (Alkaid?) however, had decided that this was a fine time to switch places with her. Her hit landed, true and hard, and Khalla felt immensely more satisfied with that than she had been with her first attack. It unfortunately didn't knock the horrific monster out, though, and all of a sudden the attention that had been solely focused on Nemesis snapped onto Khalla instead. When the Youma screamed, Khalla screamed, shock and surprised and a number of other things at once.
She faltered a little, taking a leaping step backwards on the top of the dumpster in an effort to get away from whatever the youma might swing at her. It didn't do a thing, though. She half squinted her eyes shut in fear, but then saw Nemesis surging forward. No, she could do this! With renewed faith in whatever these new abilities were, Khalla leaped forward again and aimed a blow at the youma's head once more. This time it was for the eyes and (mostly out of luck and not really any kind of expertise) she turned it so that she could use the rim of the lid, kind of in a stabbing motion.
She hoped something worked on this scary thing, and soon, because Khalla had no idea how to really take it out. She was just following this girl's lead and hoping it got them somewhere.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:33 pm
Nemesis might have actually been impressed by Alkaid... if she wasn't preoccupied with bitching about the situation in her head. Really, she had to partner up with some pansy a** newbie senshi, and they were struggling to beat ONE crappy youma. What the ******** was Destiny City coming to if Nemesis couldn't beat a youma. She was frustrated as hell, and generally furious with the situation over all. It was time to end it, and by end it she meant one hell of a messy ending.
What surprised her was that Alkaid DID manage to give Nemesis the opening she needed. When the other senshi slashed at the youma's eyes, Nemesis lunged forward. The creature was blinded, screaming in pain, and definitely trying to aim at Alkaid instead of Nemesis. The target had switched, but that didn't mean Nemesis was any less dangerous. If there was a positive thing to say about Nemesis (in the end there really wasn't), it was that she was persistent, and at times could be one helluva dirty fighter.
She dodged past flailing limbs, her pipe swinging up to slam against the youma's head. Bits of skin, chunks of what could be brain matter, and definitely a piece of skull, came flying from the impact point. The youma went down, and Nemesis viciously beat its head in with the pipe until the youma passed, and its body turned into a cloud of dust.
With a grunt she tossed away the pipe, turning a level stare on the newbie senshi. "Just dandy, real ******** dandy." Yeah, she was still not happy.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:56 pm
Alkaid was still too preoccupied to make any sort of analysis of Nemesis' mood. Her anger and screaming had been temporarily forgotten in the name of the fight.
Except that on Alkaid's end it had kind of degenerated into screaming as a blind, raging youma began to slash at her. She screeched and fell backwards on the dumpster (which was disgusting, by the way), then tried to scramble away in vain by kicking her legs out. It was with horror as she stared up at a pipe that came crashing down, raining bit of blood and brain matter over her face, hair and body in general.
Her chest was rising quickly as her breathing came quickly. She slowly pushed herself up to look down at the youma just as it turned to dust, her eyes widening a little at the sight. This was all.. way too new. It was only when Nemesis spoke that she turned her attention back to her, simply grateful to have survived that.
"At least it's dead?" she offered hopefully as she sat up and swung her legs over the side of the dumpster. She landed on her feet and wobbled a little on her heels - who in the world thought it was realistic to fight in these things?
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:01 pm
"Enough Nemesis.... ENOUGH." Chloe said loudly, reappearing on the scene. She could understand killing the youma until the job is done but the excess gore was a waste of energy. Nemesis was a good fighter- but she needed to learn to hold back her temper. It will get her in trouble some day.
Walking towards the two senshi- she eyed the newest senshi in particular. She fought well for a new senshi. "So, Hi. Welcome to the club- ide say we have cookies but we dont sorry." She grinned friendly-like at Alkaid. She side stepped away from a chunk of flesh that was dislodged from the youma before settling down with a thunk.
"I guess i should give you the job memo, huh? You are a sailor senshi, destined to fight. Fight anything that threatens the earth- this is summed up by two things. Youma and Negaversers. The youma- like the one that you just killed- are not... too bright. They can be, but a majority flunked their ABC's."
She grew a more serious gleam in her eye with the next segment. She spaced the next part out a little so she can let things sink in. " Negaversers now you need to watch out for. They are just like you or i, can hide in plain sight and for all you know could be your next door neighbor. They are smart as hell, and strong to boot. They will not hesitate to attack you, you must be prepared to attack and defend yourself. Your identity is one of your greatest weapons, think... superman. Hide yourself in plain sight and do a magical transformation move right in the need of danger, away from where people can see you transform."
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:55 pm
Nemesis inclined her head towards Chloe, blue eyes staring at the guardian cat, giving the distinct impression that she really was not happy. The black-and-blue fashioned senshi didn't want to stick around, not for some stupid debriefing for a newbie senshi. The task she had set out to do was done, and there wasn't going to be one inch of thanks from her. No, she'd leave that to Chloe to fill Alkaid's head with nonsense, and that she had done a 'good job' for it being her first time out here. "******** off, cat."
Yeah... she was still a little upset about Alkaid being awakened, and on top of that Chloe getting bossy with her. Nemesis didn't want to deal with this. She was going to go home, do her homework, and get some sleep. Tomorrow night she hopefully wouldn't run into anything other than a youma that needed to be vanquished. "Yeah, whatever. I'll see you later, or something. I'm turning in." At least she was a little less hostile this time, but irritation made her voice sharp. Nemesis managed to make it seem like hanging around with Alkaid was a waste of her time, and really, it was.
Without saying another word to the new senshi, Nemesis walked away, definitely intending to get out of sight before Chloe chewed her ear off, or she got dragged back into this mess.
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:16 pm
Alkaid stared off after Nemesis with slightly widened eyes, feeling a slow irritation widen in her. No thanks? And she was so rude to the cat! If Alkaid hadn't known any better, she would have bet that girl was related to that insulting one from the park. She tried not to think too hard on it though and turned away before Nemesis stalked off completely into the distance.
Instead, Alkaid turned her attention to the cat that was talking to her. This was still kind of weird and now that she didn't have a monster to vanquish she could actually dwell on the fact that.. she was talking to a cat. To make her feel a little less awkward she sat down (careful to mind the youma bits) and tucked her skirt up underneath her so she was at a better eye-level with Chloe.
"Sailor Senshi," she said with a nod, looking down at her skirt and picking at the pale material a little. Well, that made sense, she did look kind of like a sailor in this get-up. She simply nodded at the talk of youma, not finding it too surprising that they weren't very sentient - that one hadn't seemed too bright.
"Negaverse?" she questioned, her face contorting into a frown. "So they're kind of like super villains?" She didn't have any other way to explain this and if Chloe was going to compare them to Superman, well, she'd just go with the metaphor. The bit about the power up was interesting too, and Alkaid stored that away for later use.
"And what are you?" she asked finally, narrowing her eyes a little, "you aren't just a cat, obviously."
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