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 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:16 pm
It had been a sucky week. No, sucky wasn't strong enough; it had been a downright crappy week, and as much as Pomona wanted to curl up in her bed and hide from the world, the Super Senshi was stuck avoiding her family. Hiding her feelings was hard around her parents and three younger siblings, and she didn't feel like making excuses.
As a result, Pomona had gone to the park. With all the attacks and other strange occurances that happened at the park, few civilians went there anymore. At least, not this late in the evening. The sun was starting to set, so Pomona figured she'd be safe enough from prying eyes to let her guard down.
She wasn't quite right. There weren't many, if any civilians in the park, but the youmas had already started to come out with the setting sun. As lost in thought and self-pity as she was, Pomona didn't notice the energy signal above her until something dropped down a tree and onto her head.
" Arghhh!"
Then she noticed/felt that whatever it was had eight fuzzy legs; a spider youma.
" Oh gross, get off, get off!"
The spider was easily larger then a cat, and it grapsed Pomona's head tightly with its legs, clicking its pinchers in displeasure as she tried to shake it off.
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:10 pm
It hadn’t been a very good week for anyone it seemed, and Chibi Sailor Lenka was also at the park, though on the other side of it. She was sitting on a swing, kicking her feet in the mulch slightly, watching the small chips of wood fall across her boots. She got pushed over…that mean guy shoved her down…that’s not what’s supposed to happen to heroes…they’re supposed to win. They are the ones who have to save the day, because normal people can’t save the day…
She gave a sigh then her head sprang up hearing a shout. Oh! There were other energy signatures in the park, and someone needed help! Even if she was upset, it was still her job to help people in need!
“Hang on! I’m coming!”
The child ran over and blinked. There was a spider youma eating another…another senshi! “Just hang on there! I’ll get it off of you! Lenka Boomarind!” She threw her watermelon rind at the creature and just hoped she could manage to land a hit…she wanted to prove to herself that she could save people!
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:08 pm
Pomona had never been a big fan of spiders; they were creepy, what with how they dropped down in front of you from their webs. Now she had a large, hairy, evil youma-spider on her head, so the natural response was for her to enter flail-mode. Only a couple of pieces of useful information managed to pierce this haze, namely that:
A.) There was another Senshi nearby
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B.) They were witnessing her antics
That, combined with the youma getting knocked off her head by the other Senshi’s attack, was almost enough to make Pomona get her act together. Almost. At least, up until Pomona got a good look at the youma on its back, kicking its many legs in the air as it tried to flip itself over.
“ Blegh!”
Instead of doing something sensible, like attacking the youma and finishing it off, Pomona instead combed frantically at her hair, as if to rid herself of invisible spider-youma cooties.
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:06 pm
When the rind returned to the chibi senshi’s hand, she wrinkled her nose. “Hey!” This other senshi was older…and felt stronger…so why wasn’t she helping to dust the stupid monster spider? “Hey come on, we have a monster to get rid of, Miss Senshi!”
Lenka held her rind tightly then went to the youma, kicking it hard with her small boot. “Come on! It’s not on your hair anymore, but it’s on the ground, so let’s hurry and kill it!”
It seemed like it was the thing she had to do…and it seemed like something any senshi would do. Well, unless the youma was a pig. Then there was allowed to be hesitation. Millie knew about that from first hand experience.
“Come on! We can’t be losers, Miss Senshi! We have to do our jobs!”
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:43 pm
The other Senshi’s words finally – finally – seemed to get through to Pomona, who froze mid-act, blinking at her “rescuer.” A Chibi? The one helping her – and witnessing this less-then-brilliant moment – was a Chibi? Great. Pomona wanted a do-over.
“ Pomona Pepper Poppers!”
It was the weaker of her attacks, but she followed up the three peppers with a rock. The attacks hit, making the spider-youma shriek before POOF! It turned into dust. After a minute, Pomona finally turned to face the other Senshi.
“ So, hi there. Thanks for that,” she waved to where the youma had been, “ I was… not at my best, obviously.”
Blasted Irish inheritance with its fair skin; she probably looked like a tomato.
“ And please, call me Pomona.”
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:52 pm
Lenka walked over to her, dispelling her watermelon rind and holding out a red gloved hand. “Hi! I’m Chibi Sailor Lenka. You were gonna die I think. It probably would have eaten your brains if I hadn’t come around. You should be more careful.”
She waggled a finger for a moment then smiled. “But you’re lucky I was here. What are you the senshi of, Pomona? I’m the Senshi of watermelons. Isn’t that silly?”
It wasn’t hard to tell, her skirt looked like a watermelon, and she had one hanging off of her tiara, but sometimes…you just had to talk. And Lenka loved to talk. A lot. “How come you weren’t killing it? Do you like spiders or something? Once there was a pig youma, and I like pigs so I didn’t want to kill it, but I killed it anyway.”
What a great impression she must have been making…but she was giddy at having actually saved someone. It was a wonderful feeling. Most likely the best feeling ever.
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:53 am
Siblings were one thing. Pomona had a handful of siblings and bickered constantly with her younger brother. She wasn't quite sure how to handle Lenka though. It wasn't like she lived with her or had to spend a great deal of time with her, so Pomona didn't feel the need to bicker. In the end, Pomona settled on feeling amused, and grinned slightly.
" Yes, I was very lucky indeed."
And really, she guessed she was. Embarassing as it was to have warranted help from a Chibi, at least no one else had been around to witness this scene.
" Watermelons? Well, you do look the part." And it was true. Lenka's skirt was especially cute, and was more age-appropriate then the typical tiny Senshi skirts. " And that's no sillier then mine: I'm the Senshi of Peppers."
Not to say it wasn't silly, because really, despite how long Pomona had been a Senshi she still thought peppers was a silly sphere. She supposed that she should be comforted by the fact that Lenka had watermelons for a sphere, but she was a Chibi, so it wasn't quite the same.
" I find spiders kinda gross. And kinda creepy. If it hadn't been on my head I think I'd been fine, but since it was on my head, in my hair, touching me..." She trailed off with a theatrical shudder.
Pomona was finding talking to a Chibi Senshi easier then she expected, and her embarassment was fading.
" It's a good thing your food attack actually does damage! My first-stage attack is the definition of silly."
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:21 am
Lenka just smiled looking up at her, nodding at most of what Pomona said, laughing when she mentioned she was the senshi of Peppers. “Like, sneezy pepper, or peppers like green peppers? I don’t like spicy pepper very much...they’re too spicy for me.”
The child seemed to think for a minute, then nodded. “I don’t like spiders either! That’s why it was so easy to squish it! I like to squish things that aren’t cute.” She laughed at the shudder and nodded. “Once a roach climbed on me, it was so yucky, Pomona!”
She found that she really liked the older senshi, and seemed curious. “What does your first attack do? Does it make people sneeze?”
She hesitated, cogs beginning to turn in her brain. It seemed that some sort of thought was attempting to form, but wasn’t quite there yet. “You know, I’m sure I could protect you from spiders from now on, Pomona.”
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:46 pm
" Yeah, roaches are pretty yucky too."
It was almost a tie as to which was the ickiest between roaches and spiders, but spiders still won.
" And I'm the Senshi of spicy peppers. My first attack lets out tiny puffs of spicy pepper gas. If I hit someone in the face it can make them cough and make their eyes water, but if I don't hit them in the face..." she shrugged," then it really doesn't have a noteworthy effect."
At first Pomona found the idea of a Chibi protecting her to be somewhat amusing, but her mirth was quickly squashed as she remembered just how poorly she had handled the spider youma.
" If you want to protect me, I can register you in my phone and call you the next time I encounter a spider youma." She laughed and added," That or you'll have to be with me whenever I patrol."
The second part was said more in jest, Pomona not yet having picked up on the warning signs of a scheming kid.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:43 pm
Millicent nodded, still thinking. The two senshi…both had spheres that were kind of alike…and together, it seemed like they made a good team…
At once, it all clicked, she looked up at Pomona. “Food! You and I are both senshis of food!”
She nodded and pulled out her own cell phone, snapping Pomona’s picture into it. “We are going to make a team, you and I, so I can protect you. We can call it Team…team food or something…I don’t know. But we’ll patrol together and stay safe, that way nobody will be able to knock us down! We’ll be unstoppable…unstoppable and tasty at the same time!”
She hesitated, eyes bright with excitement. “We can be Team Yum Yum! You and me, Pomona!”
That was it. She was a genius. Food should stick together…It all lived in the kitchen, right? Why wouldn’t the food senshi stick together too!
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:58 pm
When Pomona finally recognized the "lightbulb" and heard her "reasonings", she couldn't decide whether to be amused or afraid. Having three younger siblings, she was used to such outbursts, and she figured it could it could be worse.
" A team would be good; strength in numbers."
But wait, what?
" Team Yum Yum?"
This... well, as silly as parts of it were, Pomona knew there was little point in fighting it. Trying to reason with a kid was like... well, like trying to reason with a kid. Sometimes you just had to shake your head and humor them, and she had a suspicion that this was one of those times. And really, some parts of this idea did have merit. Pomona probably needed a more regular patrol partner, though she hadn't envisioned her patrol partner being a Chibi Senshi.
... especially not a Chibi Senshi that was probably going to run around telling other Senshi about how she was protecting Pomona. Oh boy.
" Alright. Two is a kinda small team, but Team Yum Yum it is."
Kids could make other people do the darnest things.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:04 pm
Millicent let out a cheer and nodded. “Yay! Then…we’ll both be in charge of Team Yum Yum. But I’m the main leader ‘cause I thought of the name and stuff. Go on, take my picture so we can call one another and stuff!”
She did a little pose, though only held it for a moment before erupting into a fit of giggles. That mean guy, that Remarque; he wouldn’t be able to push her down now! Not now that she had Pomona there with her! Two was always better then one…always, always!
“We’ll be unstoppable, partner!”
This was awesome! It was just what Lenka needed to turn her bad week into a good one. And it worked.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:51 am
Co-captain of Team Yum Yum, lead by a Chibi Senshi; she could hear Sinon laughing now. Nothing for it; in fact, considering her performance as of late, she figured this was quite fitting. Pomona raised her phone and registered Lenka, thinking that the future was boud to be interesting now.
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