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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:13 am
Maia walked through the alleyway trudging through the snow that only seemed to be piling up more and more. She had a think pair of cable knit tights under her fuku and even a undershirt, plus long sleeved black tee, but she was still cold.
She knew in order to be able to move properly in a fight she could not wear a coat, but she had grabbed a plain black hoodie from her closet and thanked all the saints that she had it. It looked a bit awkward with her bunched up behind her fuku's giant bow, but it was keep her from freezing to death.
Crunch crunch crunch, could as she walked the wind having calmed slightly for the night. It was Maia's boot once more that were the source of the noise, an ever irritating fact for the girl as stealth always seemed to be an issue.
She turned at a noise and felt more than she saw, something was watching her and she had her bet on a youma. A frown pushed it's way onto her face, as she stopped trying to peer into the darkness around her. "Who's there," she called even though the youma would not answer back.
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:56 pm
Making his way through the side streets and alleys of Destiny City was Sailor Boreas. Any other time of the year he patrolled when the time arose or he felt the city was being plagued by too many youma that the other senshi would have their hands full. However, since it was winter, he felt the need to suit up into his sailor senshi form as much as possible. Something about the shift from autumn to winter had given him a kick start. Boreas felt like he had been drinking a six pack of energy drinks since the temperatures dropped and snow started to fall on the city.
However, the snow added the benefit of making it harder for enemies to sneak up on him. Though truly a double edged sword since the snow also kept him from sneaking up on others, he strategy barely involved any kind of stealth and focused more on a quick hard hit.
As he turned to see where the footsteps crunching the snow together were coming from, he then heard the voice. A question arose from the other end of the long dark alley. Boreas had never heard a youma ask him his identity. Not once had he really even known what they called themselves. Every other time he had been the one throwing out his name and power with a quick battle phrase. Motioning his body into an attack mode, he responded to the figure in the shadows.
"I'm Sailor Boreas, Senshi of Winter! If you are a youma, then your chances of victory are sub-zero!"
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:30 pm
Lily felted slighty relieved at the voice that drifted down the alleyway to her and with it she felt the other's presence. It was not the presence she felt watching her however. Maia backed slowly toward the Boreas.
"I am not a youma," she giggled fore his catch phrase had caught her a bit of guard, she never used her, so she'd almost forgotten about it. She continued to back toward the other, but it didnt lessen the feeling of being watched. No now she was being follow.
"I am Sailor Maia, too, and I do believe that we are not alone," she said.
Just the out of the darkness shot a long thick crystal-like tounge slapping against Maia's boot and causing her to scream momentarily surprised.
Goosebumps rose on her skin and she shivered as the spot on her boot froze up covering a space about a big as her fist.
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:16 pm
"Oh sorry! You can never be too careful when you are sneaking around the back allies of Destiny City, right? It's nice to meet you at any rate!"
Boreas tried to give her a quick smile and a familiar nod before searching the shadows of the surrounding area. While this seemed a good idea on paper, it was truly a fruitless effort since Boreas couldn't distinguish a dumpster from a youma in the low lighting of the alley way.
"Don't suppose one of the benefits of being a super senshi is that you can see through the darkness?"
Boreas was half kidding and half serious. Limitations and improvements weren't exactly common knowledge and his interaction with the guardian cats had been limited.
"At any rate, I guess we will have to draw this sucker out! Here youma! Come to papa!"
Subtle? Definitely not. Effective? That remained to be seen. With the only plus side being that he wasn't going to run from the battle. However, that still left more than a few aggravations given he was removing the element of surprise on their end.
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:51 pm
Maia shivered again slightly and nodded to Boreas. "It's nice to meet you too. It isn't too often you meet a friendly face in an alley, but I tend to do it quite often."
She could she the other now and what she saw shocked her, he was sleeveless. She did not looked for long however, not knowing what it was that had bumped her leg, but knowing that it might possibly be the youma. She had seen that weird crystal thing, right?
Maia turned to look at the boy at his next words and gave a confused look, "I am not a super senshi, but thanks I am flattered and no I can not see into the darkness, but I can feel the youma. Well, so can you. I just can't tell exactly where it is."
She nearly jumped out of her boot when he started trying to bait the youma out of the shadow and she frowned deeply. "Are you crazy," she asked. "That thing could be anything. I once fought a youma that took twelve senshi to kill."
She heard a trash can crash to the ground and watched as a giant crystal kimono dragon escaped the shadows. It was completely see through like glass, but Maia was certain it was ice. She took a step back,as the thing was rather huge. It looked like she was was in for a nice little fight now.
She looked to Boreas, "Ready?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:13 am
Adrenaline started to rush through his veins as Boreas realized his cat calls might actually lure out the beast. He loved a good challenge and he even had a partner that kind of looked like a super senshi nearby. Nothing was going to happen that he couldn't handle. He was sure of it. He turned to her and patted her on the back and gave her a smile.
"Oh no worries! We can do it! Don't tell me these patrols don't get you all riled up? This is what it's all about! Battles are what we are made for!"
Boreas was ready for anything. He wanted some crazy, mind-bending monstrosity to jump out of the shadows of the alleyway. Nothing would please the senshi more. In fact, these ventures had become something a frequent occurrence for Boreas. His first experience with a youma had been so scary, but as time progressed, he started to crave a good fight. Nothing like beating the tar out of some beast and protecting the unsuspecting denizens of the city.
As the dragon revealed its true form to the two sailor senshi, Boreas raised both fists and readied his first attack. He would have thrown himself right in the middle had he not recognized the beast was made of ice. This greatly rained on his parade. Now his attacks would only be effective as bursts of air and have none of their handy side effects. This greatly pissed him off.
"Ready? Hell yeah! Though I should warn you that I specialize in winter based attacks, so this one might complicate things. Honestly, it just makes me want to kick its a** even more. Show it what a real cold attack is all about! But no worries! We'll just bust this baby up some other way!"
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:44 am
No worries?!? Maia did not whether to smile or frown at the other gun ho spirit. It was heartening to see she such spirit and excitement, but down right idiotic. Maia simply shook her head. No, that was not how she felt and she was made for battle. Her attack was completely defense.
She poised herself for battle looking to Boreas who seemed ready to attack, but deflated slightly. His words made Maia frown deepen, but she had no time to respond as the giant lizard, 'the dragon', opened it mouth and shot it tongue out aiming for Boreas's middle.
Maia jumped to the side to avoid it, not realizing its attack was aimed at Boreas.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:51 pm
Only partially successful in avoiding the attack, the youma's tongue lashed out and swiped against his stomach. As Boreas made a jump toward the opposite end of the alley, he was blocked by a dumpster and forced to lean against the wall as his only means of dodging the attack. While the giant lizard was unable to grab him, it did make a quick jab into his stomach. Not the best way to start off a battle, but also not the worst.
"Ugh I think it just tried to kiss me! What kind of attack do you want to start off with? Can you back me up if I try and knock it out?"
Moving closer to his fellow senshi, Boreas kept close to the wall in order to try and avoid any further lickings from the over-sized iguana. With a body of ice, he knew he would have to think of another way besides just plain launching an attack in order to destroy the beast. However, before he reached the end, he needed to make the first move.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:52 am
Maia winced as the youma's icy tongue hit Boreas. It could not have felt good, no it must have been extremely cold. She frowned when she thought of what it was like to put a warm tongue of a cold pole. A friend had made the mistake in elementary and she was permanently scarred from it. She wondered as Boreas spoke if it was much the same and hoped the youma's tongue did not touch her bare skin.
"Kiss you," she asked rolling her eyes while he asked about an attack. "If you can distract to I can slow him down long enough for us to try to get a few hits in."
She barely got the sentence out before the youma's tongue slapped her across the back and knocked her into the snow. She groaned shivering and feeling colder than she had a second ago. Ice formed on the back of her fuku, but it was barely noticeable.
She glared at the youma, then looked to Boreas. They were in an alley, the small space confining them and there need for communication becoming a downfall. "We shouldn't stand still," she said jumping up and trying to ignore the wave of dizziness from the sudden rush of blood to her head, "and we should stay apart."
The tongue lashed out again aiming for Maia once more, but this time she jumped back and the tongue missed her entirely.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:14 pm
"Got it! Don't have to tell me twice!"
Grabbing two garbage can lids from their cans, he quickly moved through the confined alley towards the other end. He wasn't one to stand still anyway. If this girl wanted a distraction, she would get it. Not to mention he was glad to see she was taking charge, especially after her drool-filled lashing. At least they were in it together. Though he honestly wouldn't wish that disgusting frozen reptile tongue on anyone.
"I'll draw it's attention towards me will the lids, then let him have it when you have him slowed down a bit! Just give me a signal if you need more time."
Spreading both arms out, he banged the metal lids against each side of the frozen brick wall. Destiny City wasn't known for it's complex or even new architecture, especially in this part of town. Old brick carried the noise perfectly into the ice dragon's ears, wherever they were. It quickly turned its attentions to the senshi of winter. Whether this was a good thing or not was certainly up for debate, but he had no other choice.
"Come on Popsicle freak! Try and shut me up!"
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:32 am
Maia smiled at Boreas got get them attitude, but frowned when her ears were assaulted with the sound of trash can lids crashing together. It was distracting and not only that it was loud. She found herself looking around to make sure they did not attract anymore attention, but he voice snapped her eyes back to him.
She nodded and went about her attack while the youma was distracted by the crashing sound which probably rang through its thick icy body.
She called out her attack, "Sweet Harmony," and smiled as the music filled her and the lovely song of sweet notes spilled from her lips. The translucent rainbow colored notes popped into the existance around her and it had a rather undesired effect.
The youma was now looking at her, instead of the Boreas. It tounge lashed out, cutting through a few off the notes before grazing Maia's side, more ice crystal forming. She jumped shivering, ended.
The youma tongue retracted back to the monsters mouth, but upon finding its tongue limp and useless attack again, aiming for Boreas, but missing by a mile.
Maia shivered once more and frowned, "Sorry, that's not suppose to happen," she said, "but ..."
The youma lashed out again, missing Maia this time in its anger and confusion.
"That will work, right" she said referring to the youma bad aim.
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:27 pm
Maia was not the only one to smile at soothing harmony as the notes danced through the air. Each translucent note more beautiful than the next. Boreas was a bit jealous of her ability. While he wasn't sure he approved of its offensive use, he did wish he could create something as enchanting; however, this was no time for contemplation. Noel needed to be on the attack, not gawking at his comrade's ability.
"Nice work! I knew you could do it! Now how about I cut him down!"
Relieved to find that the beast's tongue was incapacitated, he took the opportunity and ran with it. Using the trashcan lid in his left hand, he quickly ran up and made a strong slashing motion at the beast's face. His greatest hope was that it would destroy the tongue and maybe do some real damage to the ice dragon's complexion. Serious reconstructive surgery would be necessary. Boreas sincerely hoped that the dragon had a good doctor.
"That's payback for trying to get to second base! Afraid you're not my type."
Jumping back after making the strike, he decided to see if the damage would reveal a weak spot. Something that was actually susceptible to his wintery attacks. Thankfully, he still had both lids and continued to be the bait for the beast. As he banged each lid against the wall of the alley a few more times, he hoped that Maia would get another chance to belt out a few notes and vanquish this dragon.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:25 pm
Maia frowned momentarily dodging the lashing tongue, well sort of, it was more the backlash as the youma had no aim in it frustrated rage. She watched as Boreas ran up to it and crack, she watch the tongue develop a giant splitting crack right to the very tip.
The youma cried out and pain, and confusion as it ears were once again assaulted by the resonating crash of the banging trash can lids. It tried to lash out with its tongue only to have the majority of it fall off and then it went beserk. Swinging about a large thick tail made of solid ice, aiming to knock the noise matter clear off his feet.
Maia saw it all and quickly took a stance to attack again. After two she would start getting dizzy, so she had to make this one count. "Sweet Harmony," she cried out repeating her attack, in all its beauty. This time successfully avoided attack as the youma was sufficiently distracted. Out went the mini cyclone of notes to capture the youma and calm it.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:07 pm
As the dangerous melody began to form midair, Boreas took the opportunity and ran with it. He wasn't going to allow this hideous ice dragon to exist any longer. While he was happy to dust any youma that crossed his path, this one had just plain rubbed him the wrong way, not to mention to licking. Waiting for the right moment as the frozen dragon became mesmerized, Boreas hurled both lids at the monster's head once more with his supernatural senshi strength. This time was different than the others in one way: he aimed to kill. Thanks to Maia's song, he was able to take full advantage of the dragon's enormous size in the confined alleyway.
"Head's up! Look out for the trashcan lid assault, Maia!"
Worried for his fellow senshi, Boreas hoped she would not even have to pay attention to his warning. As blue eyes watched the metal discs fly through the air, he was anxious to see them hit their mark. Thankfully, each lid dug straight into the beast's reptilian head, leaving Maia with little concern for their final destination.
"Gotcha! Now for the finishing touch! Blizzard Blast!"
Frigid wind began to swirl in the palm of Boreas' hand. He could feel the sudden burst of adrenaline and exhilaration that came with each magical attack. Always a little nervous, he readied his entire body for the attack. For the briefest moment, he couldn't settle on whether to throw or punch the frozen spiral. However, with the success of the trashcan lids and Maia's ability to lull the beast, Boreas gave a third and final throw towards the youma. If it were possible, he would have been crossing his fingers and toes that the spiral landed and did some form of damage. He knew the side effects wouldn't occur, but he hoped the force of the small spiral of wind would do the trick.
"Come on, come on, come on!"
Shooting through the air, Blizzard Blast landed right on the mark. The beast's head dispersed completely. With a body of ice, the few moments the youma had left were spent falling apart like a shattered icicle. However, these didn't last long as pile of ash was all that remained of the wintry nuisance.
"Looks like we make a good team after all! How you doing over there?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:18 pm
Maia was very happy to see her attack work out so well, watching as the monster was lulled into a slumped stupor. It made her feel like more of a success after what had happened and helped ease the fear. With every battle that went her way, her confidence was sneaking back into place.
Her eyes flew to Boreas when he shouted his warning and took a step back, but it turned out it wasn't needed. The trash lids flew right to their target and hit it straight on. Maia grinned, which only became larger when Boreas used his magical attack and finished the youma off. She practically dance over to Boreas in her excitement. That youma had been a very odd pain and to defeat it felt great.
"Yes," she said grinning, "we make a very good team. I'm just fine, think my fuku is frozen and stuck to me in some places, but better than bumps and bruises right."
Suddenly sirens could be heard heading in their direction and Maia frowned recognizing the siren for what they were. Her eyes went wide and she pulled out her phone quickly moving to scan Boreas in. "I think we made a bit to much noise."
She scanned him in and with a worried smile she said, "I think we had better run."
She jumped up onto a fire escape which was about two windows up and looked down, "come on then, roof hoping unfortunately is the best escape route."
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