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 Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:50 pm
It hadn't come easy and it wasn't anything he'd ever really wanted but nonetheless, slowly but surely, things were beginning to fall into place for the page of the Cosmos. He was becoming a little more accustom to things and setting a routine.
Through much trial and error he had learned about senshi and negaverse and the war between them. Gehenna had taught him how to punch properly. Camelot had scooped him up and offered him a place in a group and team, The Knights of Destiny. He'd killed some youma on his own, a saved a person or two in need.
Sure he still tripped up on his long and flowly robes and sash sometimes. He was dazed and confused over the different stories each side had told him. And yeah.. his weapon really was stupid and useless.. and often made him look like a total loser. Most enemies thought he was pathetic, but perseverance was the key. Bimini, and his alter ego underneath, were all about perseverance and optimism.
Balancing his bowl mildly on his hands as he walked, watching the water inside swish around, he made his way down the darkened streets towards the direction of home.
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:17 pm
Perhaps it was odd that some of Bimini's previous struggles were mirrored into another, not too far from the older page, at that.
Naica had a lot to think about. About being a knight, about being who he was right now, carefully balancing on top of a fence a few meters away. He thought of the things Chris had told him - how they were meant to be who they were, and how they might feel if they denied it.
That was the kind of things he usually wrote about. Not the kind of thing that was supposed to be reality.
Also, balancing in heels was hard. He figured he would probably need to...
...That was about where he slipped and crashed in the sidewalk with a surprised yelp.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:11 am
There was a yelp and a thud and immediately Bimini looked up, searching for the source frantically. He had NO plans on being ambushed or surprised by something bad and if someone was in need well that was important too!
The only thing he spied in the end was someone laying on the ground up the street a little and he quickly made his way towards the figure, calling out. "Hey are you alright?"
He wasn't sure exactly what had happened, but there were no dark chaotic feelings around, and as he neared he tried to take in the situation a little more carefully.
Of course as soon as he did, he had to pause, staring at a very similar white and blue reflected in the figure on the ground. What he could see of the outfit looked strange.. mystical. And now that he was looking for it the gentle thrum of a knightly aura could be felt.
"Hey" He tried again, shifting his bowl to one arm before leaning gently to offer a hand, curious expression on the scene below him. So familiar, strangely familiar. Bimini probably looked pretty damn creeperish staring and staring.
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:37 pm
There was someone else here. First instinct said to stand and run, run like the wind - he wasn't any good at decoding auras beyond 'this is okay' and 'this is creeping me the ******** out'. After a moment, he settled on it being the former, through interestingly, they seemed to be wearing simliar colors...
"Yeah..." He shook his head, then accepted the offered hand and worked himself back on his feet, the star charms at the end of his overskirt clinking against the sidewalk, as did his heels.
...But why was the other dude staring ? "I-Is there something on my f-face ?" Damn the stammering.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:28 am
He leaned back a little, using his own weight to help lift the other guy from the ground, releasing his hand when he was up and good and solid footed.
At the stammering he laughed a little, embarrased, rubbing the back of his head lightly with one hand. "What? Oh no... sorry about that." His grin was wide and sheepish, far more pleasant now then his curious stare from before.
"Sorry. I've seen a lot of knights and senshi and all... but never one that kind of looks like me." He motioned softly at his own costume. The similiar hues, the star accents, really just the whole whimsical aura of it. "It just caught me off guard."
His hand had just released, but once again it popped out, this time with a greeting attached. "Bimini, page of the Cosmos."
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:12 pm
Well, he had to admit that their uniforms looked pretty similar...
What, did he say Cosmos ?
"...Im Cosmos too !" He exclaimed. From Valhalla's words, he'd supposed that he'd been there weren't many like him, since the other knights were named after actual planets.
But yet there was a page of cosmos right in front of him ! "I-I mean... Im Naica." He said, sheepish from his surprised outburst. "There's not... a lot of us, isn't it ? My... friend is a knight of Jupiter and he seemed a little.... surprised I was of Cosmos.
Or maybe he'd been more surprised that Daniel had pretty much stabbed a youma to death. That too.
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:16 pm
"Really!?" Bimini had met a lot of knights. Heard of even more.. but never had he run into another Cosmos knight. No wonder they looked so similar!
"Awesome to meet you Naica!" Like super awesome actually. He had a team and friends. But there was something a little different here. How could he feel so... connected to someone he'd barely met? And yet there it was, like some strange kindred spirits.
"I think you're right. I've never seen or heard of any other Cosmos knights except us." He confirmed with a nod, looking curiously to see if he could figure out his fellow knights weapon, and if Naica had faired any better than he had.
"I did meet this one guy who knew a lot about the Cosmos once though. Not a knight but.. still. Kurma."
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:04 pm
"Kurma ?" He asked, curiosity now overtaking his shyness, full force. He'd heard of a Sailor Cosmos from Valhalla, but not of anyone called Kurma. How strange...
"Well, it doesn't look like there are a lot of knights to start with..." Really. From what he'd heard of his girlfriend, his kind were newcomers and... very much still a mystery to most.
Which didn't help with trying to figure out what was going on !
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:18 pm
"Yeah, older guy, kind of talks funny. Really friendly though."
"He told me a little bit about a lady named Cosmos, and that I should go find the fountain of youth." He rubbed his head a little, thinking of how crazy he sounded. "I'm not exactly sure how to find him though... we just kind of said we'd see each other around."
"But yeah! It is pretty confusing out here. I've talked with a few knights and senshi and even a negaverse Lt. But even after that.. I've not really made heads or tails of much. Other than that both sides think they're in the right. But isn't that always the case?"
His excitement was causing him to babble and chatter, and he finally seemed to realize it, a wide a sheepish grin settling across his face. "There may not be a whole ton of us but us few knights have got to stick together."
"What kind of weapon did you get?" He mused after a moment, holding out his bowl of water for Naica's inspection. Bowl of freaking water.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:38 pm
"T-The fountain of youth ?" What did that had to do with anything ? If he'd known what Bimini meant, he wouldn't be asking himself that question at all, but the puzzlement was very easy read on the young man's face.
"Yeah... That tends to be a problem." Both sides thinking themselves in the right... Neither side thinking themselves 'evil', yet it looked so evident.
The more he heard, especially with Ume's take of Lyra being taken, the more he thought there was something clouding their judgement, altering their reality. There had to be. How could they not see what they were doing and the wrongness of it, otherwise ?
At the weapon question, Naica simply raised his wrist - the chunk of crystal was attached to the cloth, and nothing he tried ever managed to pry it off. "U-U-Unless you want to count having so many elaborate danglies as a weapon..."
Yeaaah.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:20 pm
"Bimini is another name for the fountain of youth" He explained with a sheepish and large grin as confusion set on the other page's face. It made sense really, the only reason he knew about it was because he'd done a little late night google searching not long after having first doned his magical robes.
It had actually been very fitting in the beginning. He always felt as lost as all those people that wasted their lives looking for the mystical place. And few would argue that Corey wasn't just some big kid in a man body.
Inspecting the crystal for a moment a finger reached out and poked very gently at the crystalline structure. And empathetic laugh sounded from him for a brief second. "Ahh man. Guess it's all the more reason we knights have to stick together. Really I'd like to take a drag of whatever the guy that thought these were 'weapons' was smoking."
Naica's joke about his dangley parts received another amused smile from Bimini. "About as useful as my giant ribbon I suppose!" Well actually.. it had come in handy from time to time... but it was still the sort of thing you laughed about with friends as far as he was concerned.
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:08 pm
"Oh..." Well, then that made a little more sense. So it existed ? .....In space ?
He still had no idea what naica was supposed to be, even, and for a moment he couldn't help but feel embarrassed by his ignorance. It was supposed to be something important, isn't it ?
A place, somewhere, only for him ?
Um.
"Actually, I bet we could trip someone with that." The words came out before he thought too much about it. "Uh, I mean... I didn't mean to..." Insult his uniform, he meant to say, but the words were lost.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:52 am
"Yeah, I haven't found it yet.. but I got the impression it wasn't well... here."
He was actually thinking about the whole thing when Naica made his observation, and he looked genuinely amused and confused as to why the other page suddenly seemed so.. flustered. If he was afraid of insulting the other guy he'd found the wrong guy to worry about. Bimini was the first to throw jokes out about his costume most of the time.
"That's a pretty good idea actually." It seemed almost cartoonish, the idea of the two of them hiding and pulling the sash tight to trip someone as they walked by. Cartoonish, but certainly more useful then a bowl of water most of the time.
"Does your crystal seem sturdy enough to hit someone with without it breaking? I met a knight once that had brass knuckles and it worked pretty darn good. I bet a crystal to the face would really hurt."
"It sucks that we really even to worry about that sort of thing though." He added mildly, rubbing the back of his head thoughtfully. "I really wish more monsters and people were akin to talking it all out."
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:14 pm
If Bimini was the most laidback dude on the planet, then Naica was most likely the biggest fretter on the planet. He basically turned shyness and worry into an art form.
A very annoying art form. At this rate he would have white hair by thirty. At least that what was his mother liked to claim.
Through, seeing that the older man didn't seem too upset about seemed to calm him down... slightly.
"I hit a youma with it once." He admitted. "Better than nothing, but... it didn't do much."
While looking quite rough, the crystal had polished edges, so no real cutting surface to speak of.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:54 am
He nodded thoughtfully to the bit of information, his ever present grin softening just a little finally, still there but more subdued. Did his face hurt from smiling? Probably not, he sure had enough practice and had worked out the muscles enough in his lifetime. Nonetheless looking like a ever grinning maniac was not always the best.
"Well at least it's something. You should probably be going out with other people though.. Like I have a team." Granted he.. obviously wasn't out with his team right now... but the point remained. They were there if he needed them and he could try to call for help. Actually!
"You know, if you ever get in a jam you can give me a call. Cosmos brothers gotta stick together and stuff." He offered, waiting to see if the other page would accept. He hadn't really been throwing his identity out all willy nilly but.. this was a special occasion and all!
"Granted I'm not powerhouse but I can chuck a mean bowl" He winked playfully.
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