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 Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 10:57 am
Marcella shuffled her feet as she walked out to her car, limbs feeling leaden and tired. She had had another final exam early in the morning, which was good in that it did not interfere with her hours at the hospital, but bad in that it had gotten her up early and she had not been sleeping well at all. At least she was fairly confident she had passed her exam. The day at work had been decidedly stressful, though.
Rubbing one eye, she scrounged her keys out of her purse and pressed the button to unlock it; the car chirped obligingly, headlights flashing on and then off once. Marcella opened the door and tossed her purse in, but then rested her arms on the roof of the vehicle for a moment, lowering her head to rest on her forearms and closing her eyes as she sighed. The weather was nice out, she realized; a cooler breeze was coming through since the sun had just set, but the chill felt good, the girl decided as gooseflesh ran down her arms.
Hopefully being this worn out would mean that she could sleep well tonight.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:49 pm
Hug-bell was running from something and she really hoped it hadn't followed her. Panting as she reached the second floor leanding on a car. Unaware there was a civilan beside of her untill she looked over.
Hug-bells face fell, "Ohh..... Uh... it's not safe! Please, go hide somewhere safer."
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:22 pm
"Huh?" the older girl gasped, surprised by the sudden appearance of someone else. The hospital was quieter this time of day, but she was not exactly expecting to see another person here. Certainly not someone so young.
... On second thought, this girl looked like she was in a familiar uniform.
"Seriously?" Marcella breathed. She had to play the clueless civilian, at least for now. But she really wanted to go home. She was trying to avoid this whole senshi thing. At least not until finals were over and one with, and she had had a few weeks to cool off and relax. The brown-haired girl wanted to enjoy being tired because of work.
But she was not about to just abandon this other girl. Especially one so young. What was this one doing, being a senshi, anyway?
Pulling her car door open again, Marcella started to slip inside. "Hide? Like, go home? Is that okay?" She buckled her safety belt and put the key in the ignition; the car started chiming rhythmically because the door was still open. The student nurse had already decided to drive just out of sight, then henshin up. There was no way she was leaving this little girl alone to fight whatever she had been running from. The pen was somewhere in Marcella's purse.
This must have been why she was still carrying it, instead of just throwing it behind her dresser again.
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 8:20 pm
Hug-bell looked at the older girl. She nodded, "If you can get out, go home, just be careful, it's sorta...." She paused looking back the way she came over another car's trunk. "Iunno, it was cute and fluffy until it got mad. I wouldn't hit it with a car though." She warned.
Pausing, she looked around, she needed something she could smack it with. The child frowned, "There's more than one way out of this place right?" She was looking, if that was the case the older girl could probably get out safely. Then Hug-bell wouldn't have to worry about the civilian.
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 11:55 pm
Even if there was more than one way out of the parking deck, it wouldn't matter. It would still find them and take their energy... It could sense the Super Senshi's power and wanted it... This was just what it had been searching for, anyway. Seeking out those who were leaving the hospital, only to corner them and zap them of their strength. It was the perfect plan...
As the two girls spoke to each other, the creature had been given enough time to catch up, having followed the younger one. But it wasn't what Hug-bell had seen last. Instead it was in the same form in which she met the monster.
But it wasn't a monster at all! It was small and fluffy — it was really more like a walking, breathing Teddy bear with large ears. It crawled out from under one of the cars, whimpering slightly as though it were hurt. It even limped a little as it appeared to see them, only to shrink back slightly out of fear.
Whether or not the new girl was dumb enough to fall for the trap, it didn't matter. It would still catch them, that was for certain. There was no where to hide, now.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:29 pm
"'Until it got mad'?" Marcella repeated, before shutting the door and turning the key in her car. As soon as the engine turned over, the power-window was on its way down. "Where is it?" Did she sound scared enough to pass for a normal person? Did she sound too eager or something?
... stupid questions, this was just a little girl. The older girl felt no remorse in this little white lie since she knew she would be back to help the chibi in just a few minutes, but Marcella did nothing halfway, and hoped she was believable. And not trying too hard. Or something.
Putting the car in reverse, she looked at the little senshi and then over her shoulder, starting out of her parking space. "Which way should I go out?" the brown-haired girl shouted out her open window as she stopped and put it into drive. This was the special staff section of the garage, which had its own exit, but there was also the regular exit if she really need to get out.
Well, not that she was really supposed to go over that curb, but. Her car could take it, and if it was necessary to avoid a youma--
Her foot was just about to hit the gas when a thing crawled out in front of her. Like a giant ... plush thing.
"Uhh, it's here!" she called out again, looking between the little girl and the giant bearthing as she promptly put her vehicle in reverse again. Marcella could pull around out of sight and henshin up. There were enough SUV's in the lot anyway; this was finally their chance to be useful.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:09 pm
Hug-bell nodded, "Yes, until It got mad." She pointed over towards the one exit she came in.
The child frowned, "Just hurry." Civilians all a like, they either didn't believe her or was trying to amuse her.
Hug-bell squeaked when it came out of hiding, "Yeahhh.... I noticed. GO." The child was climbing over a car and heading for a near by truck bed. Maybe it had something to throw in it...
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:41 pm
Aww, they weren't going to help a poor, injured animal? Fair enough.
The youma watched as the car started to back up and away from it, its cute, furry face melting away into one that bared sharp fangs and a devilish grin. Car or not, it didn't matter. It would get at least the Chibi before it went after the older woman. It let out a lough cackling sound, as though it were amused as the little girl started climbing over cars. Where did she think she was going...?
It dropped down on all fours as it lunged after the Senshi, though once it was close enough, it paused. Its mouth opened and... bubbles came out...? But not just any bubbles. As soon as they made contact with a solid surface, a miniature explosion seemed to occur, leaving a nasty looking dent in the hood of a car near to Hug-Bell. That was only the first one, though. The other two popped in the air, causing a loud boom to echo through the parking deck.
The youma took that time as an opportunity to jump towards the Chibi Senshi, wanting to corner her and take her energy.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 8:58 pm
With a nod, Marcella put her foot on the gas and reversed away from the youma; she did not take off particularly fast, but her tires squealed for a moment against the concrete of the parking deck. She alternated between looking back over her shoulder as she maneuvered the car backwards to the end of the row, and out the front windscreen. Fortunately or unfortunately, she was looking at the thing when it dropped the cute facade and showed off fangs.
Lip curling, the pre-med student spun the wheel and backed the car around the corner, out of sight of the battle for the moment.
"Illegally parked," she muttered to herself as she turned the engine off and grabbed her purse to swap the keys for her henshin pen. "But it will have to do." Marcella clutched the pen in both hands, staring at it for a second like she was still not quite sure if she could trust it. There were no negaverse agents here this time, at least. Youma were the easy ones to fight because they were monsters. So this would all be just fi--
A sudden loud echoing bang made her jump, snapping her back to the present moment. No time to waste!
"Asclepius power, make up!"
A second later, a senshi in white flowing skirts and a blue ribbon double bow came running back up the row of cars towards where the youma was prowling after the little girl. If they could avoid as much auto damage as possible while still bringing the youma down, that would have been ideal....
"Bubbles are bad, right?" she asked, warily dodging them anyway for the moment as she ran, fists clenched, to take a swing at the youma.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:40 pm
Hug-bell almost screamed as she jumped out of the way to hide under a car. Those dang bubbles were going to the be the end of her, they also drowned out any screaming, thankfully.
Hug-bell was holding her ears until she thought it just safe enough to crawl out from under the car, she blinked when another senshi was running forward, "Yes bubbles are very bad. They're stupid loud." The child didn't normally use the word stupid but that was about the only thing she could describe them as.
She grabbed Barnaby from subspace and hoped she could still have time to find something to smack the beast with.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 5:37 am
The youma paused, hissing at the new arrival when she appeared, taking a few moments to blow some more bubbles from its mouth. How they got passed the monster's fangs without popping was a mystery, but they got out, none the less. And although it seemed that the youma had no control over where they went besides the initial blow, the most current ones were floating towards the lightly clad Senshi.
While the bubbles were finishing off that girl, the monster jumped forward again to attack the Chibi. Fangs bared as it jumped after her, letting out a cackling screech at its soon-to-be victim.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:45 am
Asclepius slowed and leaned out of the way to avoid one of the bubbles, but the one drifting in front of her popped not far from her face. The resulting bang stunned her for a second, long enough for her to miss that a second bubble near the pavement had gotten close to her feet. The second burst just beside the girl's leg with a concussive force that she was fairly sure would leave a bruise behind in spite of the bubble not actually having touched her.
The youma had thought one round of bubbles to be enough to stop her, apparently; it immediately went after the little girl again.
"Hey, you forgot someone," she called out, her voice sounding muffled against eardrums still ringing from the first bubble. The Senshi of Medicine jumped after the monster, coming in heels-first to lash out kicks at the beast.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:23 pm
Hug-bell squeaked as she crawled under another car trying to get away. It was the easiest thing she could think of. If they could get the thing to stop blowing bubbles it would be helpful.
"W...W-we need to stop the bubbles." She cried from under a car. Rolling before getting up and darting across the parking deck. She paused noticing a tire without it's rim. "Ohh..."
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:07 am
Oh? Then the Senshi of Medicine was tougher than she appeared! It had been sure that she would at least run away, screaming, leaving the youma to bide its time as it took care of the little Senshi.
An angry hiss and screech emitted from its mouth as it found itself almost skewered on the heel of the Senshi, reeling backwards and clutching to its own, now injured arm, toppling off of the car it was on. No matter, it could take some time hiding from view, sneaking around the cars until it had the opportune moment to attack the two.
Soon enough, the youma reared its ugly head again, letting out another angry screech as a few more bubbles floated out of its mouth towards the two Senshi. If it could just stun one of them, then the other would be easy to pick off.
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 1:48 pm
Asclepius really wished the little girl had not crawled under the cars to hide. She sort of wanted to know where she was, in order to try to keep the monster away from her. And if the girl truly was a senshi - she sure felt like one - then the senshi of Medicine at least hoped she would think to get around behind the youma. Catch it by surprise, perhaps.
It got more complicated when the youma seemed to melt between the cars and also disappear. The Senshi of Medicine was reluctant to get up on top of a car, between being unsure if the low ceiling would offer her enough room to get a really good look, and really not wanting to see what high heels might do to the paint of strangers' vehicles. After a moment, though, she caught a glimpse of yellow frills and petticoats, and twisted sideways to dodge side mirrors as she moved between cars to join the other little girl.
Best to stick together if nothing else.
And the youma reappeared just a moment later anyway, unleashing another cloud of bubbles. Asclepius gave a quick nod of agreement to the chibi senshi's sentiments, and ducked low to allow the bubbles to drift over her head. Of course they were slow-moving, though, which was annoying; the brown-haired girl was not sure how best to move while staying under them, and of course they were already over her. She rolled quickly to one side, just in time to avoid one of them floating down straight on top of her.
The resulting bang made her vision swim slightly, and her attempted punch at the beast was not the most coordinated.
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