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 Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:22 pm
After doing homework all evening, Wolframite really wasn’t feeling the desire to patrol with all his heart. Not usually a slacker, he decided that if he just made his rounds, he could go home and rest a while. There were too many things on his mind as of late, and he felt a late night walk would do him some good. He’d just do that with his uniform on and patrol while he was at it.
The great place about Destiny City was there was plenty of tiny streets and forgotten plots you could find for a break, and he found himself between a few of the abandoned factories. They were on a long list of buildings to be demolished, but being out of sight from the general public, they weren’t top priority. It left him with a place he could just rest, and he found a roof over a loading dock and sat down, breathing in deep and then out loudly. Swinging his legs, he looked up to the sky and rubbed an eye, looking out at the large parking lot. It was times like this that he wished he knew how to play the harmonica or any instrument.
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:06 pm
When he was ten, he used to dream about places like this. Especially after he'd been in any kind of fight with his parents. He always pictures an sort of mystical, "Boxcar Children" sort of fantasy, where he ran away and found an abandoned warehouse, and magically fixed it up into a wonderful place that a ten year old boy would find spectacular.
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At sixteen they didn't quite have the same magic, which felt a little tragic. He would have really enjoyed that kind of magical sanctuary from his cares. Magical Sanctuary's didn't have rats though, and he'd seen at least one in his exploring, glaring at him with cunning black eyes. It also had it's share of feral cats, and he'd amused himself by wondering if any of them were secretly guardian cats.
Guardian cats wouldn't have surprised him. Wolframite sitting on the loading dock with his legs swinging, looking more like an innocent kid than an lethal agent of the Negaverse...
That was sort of hard to swallow, but there it was, an image made more unnerving by his recent nightmare. He was hardly going to unburden his concerns about THAT to someone who'd threatened to strangle him with a jump rope though.
"...Well. If I didn't know better I'd ask if you were lost." He called out, clenching his fist in preparation for summoning "Claws". He couldn't quite find it him him to be mocking when he still had the nightmare fresh in his mind.
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:37 pm
Being in a secluded, run-down spot meant it was supposed to be quiet and unoccupied, but it didn’t seem to be that way tonight. Regulus’ voice carried easily up to the Lieutenant, who looked down from stargazing to the senshi below. He gave a loud sigh that showed he really didn’t want the senshi about. The peaceful, relaxed look he had dropped to being annoyed and tired. He wanted music, not this boy’s annoying voice.
“Really? Of all the empty warehouses, you had to come here?” It was a rhetorical question, and he fell back, lying down to look up at the sky and then at the boy. “Don’t you have anything better to do? I’m sure there is a youma around somewhere you can waste time with.” When he noticed the stance, he knew that it wasn’t smart to be laying down in case he was attacked. Groaning, he heaved himself up to stand on the roof and dust his pants off before looking back down at the senshi. He loved looking down on someone.
“Now don’t tell me you’ve been looking for me since we last met? I don’t know what impressive I gave you, but I don’t like you that way.” Actually, he didn’t like Regulus at all. He didn’t summon his weapon just yet, and watched the boy. This was a nice spot to hang out at and he didn’t want to give it over to the senshi. A nice No senshi’s allowed sign would need to be made to hang up around here.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:13 am
Surprisingly, Regulus didn't launch to the attack, which probably would have infuriated any guardian cats had they actually stooped to be in the area.
"And don't flatter yourself, I was just on patrol, though while we're at it, I'll point out that there's no way in hell I'm letting you go home tonight with anyone's starseeds. As long as we're clear on THAT point..." He narrowed his eyes and let the implication hang. "Hey, I even brought some aloe this time." He offered, quirking the corner of his mouth darkly.
He knew what Kunzite would have advised, and she probably would have just charged... but damn it, he looked so NORMAL kicking his feet off the edge of the loading dock. Even if he WAS a little punk.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:14 am
He didn't like the implication that he was out stealing starseeds at every chance, and shot his eyes away to look off down the parking lot. He wasn't some youma who went wild and attacked blindly. There were standards he upheld in the name of the Negaverse, and he wasn't one to just steal a starseed willy-nilly without some judgement as to who he targeted. Not only that, but he didn't anyone mentioning him stealing starseeds period. It wasn't something he was proud of or liked being reminded, especially since the entire thing still made him sick.
When he looked back at the senshi, his mossy-green eyes took on a different intensity. "The only starseeds I take are the ones that deserve it, and it's not the only reason I go out. If you even bothered to notice, we're not exactly anyplace that has a lot of people. Do you think if I was out for that, I would come here?" Anyways, it was his choice what he did and didn't do, and for Regulus to act as if he was the only factor controlling if he took a starseed tonight or not only made Wolframite hate him more. He almost wanted to steal one just to spite him.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:27 am
"Deserve it??" Regulus blinked, trying to wrap his head around the idea someone might deserve to have their soul ripped out. "That's a noble sentiment, but given how many people are dying in the hospital, I gotta wonder what the Negaverse qualifies as deserving it. How the hell do you even make that kind of call??"
Rude maybe, but he was genuinely curious, in a sort of 'watching a car wreck' way. "You know kid if I were you I'd change professions. People have been putting the word out to kill you guys."
There was another reason for Astrea to kick his butt, and Kunzite, but he really really didn't feel like killing someone tonight.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:37 am
Coincidentally, a human seemed to wander in just then, rubbing her wrist and muttering. Well, it looked like a human; she was, in fact, an alien, and she had just finished her energy-collection for the night. Night? Well, she was heading back soon, and had just been looking for a quiet, isolated place to abandon this stupid, ugly pink disguise.
She did not find it, and stared dumbfounded at the two disgusting humans. "You have got to be kidding me," she said.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:50 am
He didn't have to hear this, and he gave a dismissive gesture to Regulus. "You just answered your own question. The same people who get sent orders to try and kill, the cops, what qualities them to make the call? What about you? What qualifies you to tell me what I can and cannot do, especially since you know nothing about the Negaverse to begin with. I'd talk to your superiors first to get the facts. Our Kingdom is doing a lot of good. Senshi like you only made this town worse." Regulus knew nothing about him or the position he was in or he would have never suggested he change professions. There was no leaving the Negaverse. He was dedicated, and they were helping the world. The Queen herself assured him of that.
"I'd watch out for yourself. I'm not the only person being targeted by the cops." The papers spoke of both of their groups equally and warned everyone about the two fractions. Even if they could tell they were different in dress, they still put them under the same heading of "terrorists". They were both risking their necks by going out on patrols.
Just then, a voice interrupted their little chit chat. Looking over, he saw a girl and then looked to Regulus. He was sure the senshi would want to keep him from stealing the starseed this passerby had. He felt like toying with the senshi. "Hey, looky here. I guess this place is busier than I thought." He made his way over to the edge of the roof and looked at the girl. She probably was surprised to see both a senshi and a Negaverser here after all the hype on the news. "She seems lost. Why don't you escort her home, Lion Boy?" He smiled, wondering if Regulus really thought he would attack a random girl.
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:31 pm
"You really are one messed up little s**t aren't you!" He bristled, sorry that he'd bothered warning him instead of just launching into a volley of attack...
And then half turned to blink in surprise at the equally surprised, and apparently disgusted young woman. She'd certainly picked an unusual spot to go wandering.
"....Yeah maybe after I call someone in to escort -you- home, Fauntleroy..." He growled. "Lady, you sure picked a lousy place to go walking."
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:45 pm
Lost?! Her, lost? Her, needing a walk home? The idiot in the bows needed to get his fluffy little head checked! It was more like they needed to be protected from her. "It looks like it," she said, the pained smile more than a little offended.
As the human disguise dropped, she continued, "since I never expected to find two disgusting humans." Out came the card; out came the flute; she backed up as Ko took form from the card, and then teleported away.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:12 am
KO:
The creature summoned in a flash of light by Illie was... well... a damned curious beast. It was definitely not human... but it was also sort of hard to describe it as a monster or Youma. It was just too.... too CUDDLY looking. An fuzz covered cross between a man and a cat, the spotted cat-man was as round and soft looking as a large plush anima, and blinked sleepily at the two with yellow eyes....
And then skipped toward Wolframite and his perch on the Loading dock, purring as he enacted one of the great rules of felinedom.
Always head for the not-a-cat-person first. Then give them a good round of 'damnitcat' until they fell down and you could sit on them. He'd get the best ear scritchings from this... ooh. He could imagine them now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:26 am
He didn’t expect the girl to give them any sass, but when she said human, alarm bells started to ring. In an instant, he disguise was gone and Wolframite wanted to curse. Alien! He hated those stupid aliens! She left him no time to react, and just like that, she took out her flute, summoned a monster from her card, and vanished. He was really starting to hate teleportation, since it didn’t give him a chance to hit the enemy before they left. He really wanted to land a punch to at least one of those aliens for messing with him. Sure they went after the senshi, and he was fine with that, but they messed with the Negaverse too!
“Ohh. I hate those stupid aliens.” He could rip their heads off if they let him. Instead, he was facing a new foe. A cute foe. An adorable, fluffy, look-at-his-wittle-pink-kitty-nose foe. Wolframite liked cats, but only from a distance. They were adorable, fluffy, and when they purred, it made him want to go over and pet them. There were two things stopping him from doing this. 1.) This creature was the enemy and 2.) Cats and Wolframite didn’t mix.
This was proven when the cat man jumped up on the roof he was occupying and started to purr. While he would have welcomed this any other time, he stepped back and then felt that rolling, itching sensation that rose up in the back of his nose and throat that said a large sneeze was coming on. He continued to step back, and would have been sucked into the creature’s cute antics if he didn’t sneeze. He automatically excused himself, but this was followed by two more sneezes. The creature didn’t seem to leave him either, and at the risk of falling off the roof, Wolframite jumped off down to the parking lot, rising up to give one more sneeze. It HAD to be a cat of all things? Give him frogs, fishes, even slimy blobs of goo, but why did it have to be a CAT monster? He wasn’t even prepared to fight it, and trying to hold in a sneeze, he summoned the jump rope with one hand. Like when he met Grendel, he reached up and undid his neck bow, sliding the long fabric out to make a handkerchief that he held to his mouth. “Why did it have to be a cat?” He muttered behind the cloth. Especially such a cute, fluffy one that purred. How could he hurt something that adorable?
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:29 pm
Regulus: "Oh you're kidding!" Aliens!?
... Perhaps that shouldn't be surprising with talk about a Moon Kingdom, maybe it shouldn't have been surprising. What was surprising was that the... cat... person... made a beeline for Wolframite.
Equally surprising and amusing was his reaction. "No wonder we get along so well." he called, with an amused twitch at the corner of his mouth. "Is that thing actually dangerous or are you just allergic?"
It looked like a sort of... guardian cat wannabe, and it's chubbyness made the very idea difficult to imagine.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:46 pm
Ko: In form true to the most persistent felines, poor Wolframite's retreat served to only enthrall the cat-cardian, who made a sudden, unexpectedly fast bolt of movement to try and circle around behind Wolfie and run aggressively against the backs of his legs.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:34 pm
This wasn’t his night, and having Regulus around as an audience wasn’t helping. If he could formulate a good comeback, he would have, but instead was in the mist of waiting for another sneeze to come on that decided it wasn’t coming. He hated that! To make matters worse, the cause of his misery, Cat Man, was now leaping down to mess with him. Regulus seemed to not take the hint that this was an enemy to both of them, but why would he. The monster looked harmless enough, and it was doing Regulus’ job for him, be that taking Wolframite down or getting on his nerves.
Eyes already misting up, he gave one last hard sneeze before he tripped over the Cat Man and fell down, landing hard on the unforgiving asphalt. Sitting now, he held the cloth he had to face like he was trying to protect himself from a toxic gas, and reached out for the jump rope that had fallen out of his hand. “I’m not scared of cats...” Which meant that, yes, he was allergic.
Trying to breath, he reached up and threw the end of the jump rope at the cat to try and shoo it away. “…and this is serious!” Well, it was serious for him. The senshi probably found it very funny.
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