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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:41 pm
She was still new to this whole 'patrol' thing.
Dark brown hair laced with crystals whipped through the air as Sutai, clad in her ice-skater-turned-super-hero costume. She hadn't quite gotten brave enough to jump up onto rooftops or something of that nature, so she was grounded for the moment. Surprisingly, her heels didn't make her feet ache. The page wondered if they came with magical insoles or something and the thought made her smile. Sutai rather liked the sound the crystals made when they clinked together on her outfit - it sounded like chimes, like music.
For a while, she was content to take a leisurely jog through her neighborhoods, places she was familiar with. The moon shone high in the sky but a certain loneliness was present in her heart. She knew just the basics, nothing more, and worried that something might happen to her and her family and she wouldn't be strong enough to stop it. On top of that, she had no idea who she was fighting for aside from the good of the city. Other people had Earth and Venus and Jupiter, but who did she have?
Sutai stopped to a slow walk for a moment as her thoughts weighed heavy on her shoulders. What do I do? She sniffed, feeling a lump well up in her throat when suddenly something red-and-gold caught her eye somewhere above her. Someone was standing up there! The page couldn't tell who it was or whether they even saw her, so she cupped her hands and called up to them.
"Hello! Helloooooo~! Hi! Down here! Hello! How are you? You have a nice outfit!" She was friendly to say the least.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:18 am
Sutai was not the only magical being with jingly accessories. Pomona had been hopping along rooftops, coin fringe jangling faintly as she ran; stealth would never be her strong suit. Sensing an energy signature up ahead, Pomona began to slow down, coming to stand on the edge of the roof when a girl called out to her. A rather loud girl in an unusual outfit. Well then.
Pomona leapt down from the roof and managed to stick her landing. Now that she had a better view of the other girl, Pomona was confused. Originally she had figured that Sutai was a Senshi, what with the light colors and short poofy skirt. Upon closer inspection though she realized that this girl’s outfit had no bows, no sailor collar, and no tiara.
“ You’re… not a Senshi.” Pomona said intelligently, head cocking slightly to the side. “ You’re a Page then?”
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:13 am
Oh she was pretty!
Sutai quickly dispensed with the inspection, prancing around Pomona in a tight circle to examine the other girl's downright adorable outfit. "Oh this is so cute! Look at you!" she exclaimed, giddy as a schoolgirl. "It's adorable! Love the color combination - it suits you with your red hair! I---" Then she realized this probably wasn't the best thing to be doing, what if she was an enemy? But no, she couldn't be - Camelot had explained vaguely was senshi look like and feel like. She was still getting used to the sensing other people magically thing and it rather freaked her out. It was weird.
Anandi Rai did not do weird.
Shaking her head to rid herself of those thoughts, the page smiled brightly and nodded. "Yes ma'am! Page Sutai at your servce!" She struck a pose and saluted like she'd seen American military officers do. "Umm..." Sutai then fidgeted. What else was there? "Oh, you must be a senshi! You have the bows and the um... oh what did Camelot call it... a bodice! Yes, white bodice, bows and crown and all that. Magical powers and protecting the city like us too! He didn't tell me you'd be so cute!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:17 pm
Sutai had Pomona feeling a bit bemused. The Icecapades-escapee was very chatty, and while not a bad thing – Pomona herself was a bit chatty – it was different. Kinda refreshing actually, a nice break from the amiable but wary smalltalk that was common in most of her encounters with Moon powereds.
“ Why thank you. Not half-bad looking yourself, Ms. Ice Princess Page.”
The quirk of Pomona’s lips indicated that she Sutai’s outfit was cute too, not just “not half-bad.” Since she had been inspected rather thoroughly herself, Pomona didn’t feel bad examining the details of this Page’s outfit. It was a nice outfit – the crystals were a nice touch, if not entirely unique – but Pomona felt a tad confused. What was Sutai a Page of? The few knights Pomona had met usually had their planet’s symbol on their uniform, so Pomona had made a point of learning the various planets’ symbols, but she didn’t see any of those symbols on Sutai. Not any of the main ones, anyone.
“ And you’re right; Super Sailor Pomona, fearsome Senshi of Peppers at your service.” Pomona gave a comical bow. “ You’ll have to pardon my curiosity, but where are you a Page from? Your outfit seems rather familiar, but I hate to jump to conclusions.”
Because Pomona knew who she thought Sutai’s uniform resembled – and hey, it was possible; She was a Princess – but she could be wrong.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:44 am
Sutai couldn't help the giddy giggle and little twirl-in-a-circle she did after being complimented. She blushed fiercely and tried to keep her calm. Must remember duty! Wow, senshi were so nice. Sutai was incredibly glad they were all on the same side. And they all looked fabulous to boot!
How awesome is that?
"Super Sailor Pomona, Fearsome Senshi of Peppers!" parroted the page, admiring the super duper super in her title. That just made the senshi of peppers sound that much more awesome. Did all senshi get to be super, or was Pomona extra special? Sutai obviously had no clue on how senshi ranks worked and knew very little about knight ranks. She knew a page! And Camelot was a knight! But that was about it. Instead of thinking too hard about it, Sutai found herself mesmerized by all the jingly-jangly bits on Pomona's outfit.
Oh wait, a question was being posed! Again with the tremendously happy salute. "I'm Sutai, Page of Polaris! But um... I mean, I know that's a star. It's up there!" The giddy page pointed in the direction of the star she served, watching it twinkle brightly with recognition. "But um... Camelot said he protected the Earth, which is really great I mean, super spiffy and all. And Caelian is Venus! But I don't know much more than that. I have this telescope?"
...yeah, that's all she had.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:23 pm
This Page was very amusing. Pomona couldn’t help but mentally compare her to a puppy. A cute, excited, but lost puppy. And hey, Pomona knew her owner! Okay, not her owner, her Princess; whatever.
“ Polaris, ey? That’s what I thought. In that case you’re one of the lucky Pages that gets a pretty princess to protect too, because Polaris is a Senshi and a Princess.”
If Sutai didn’t know that, then Pomona figured it was safe to assume that Sutai hadn’t heard of Sailor Polaris, or at least hadn’t met her. That was something she could remedy, and while normally she would do so anyway, it seemed especially important in light of recent events. She had her cellphone out before she’d even thought about it, pausing just before dialing Polaris’ number.
“ You do want to meet Polaris, right?”
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:08 pm
The page was bewildered. A senshi and a princess? Wait, could you be more than one at a time? Was that possible?
Sutai was utterly clueless.
But meeting a princess?!
"Oh yes please! Yes please so very, very much! Do you know her? Can she tell me what I'm supposed to do? Is she pretty? Does she dress well like you do? Is she nice? What's she like?" The rambunctious page had about a million and one questions and was good at firing them off like an automatic weapon. She was so excited! Giddy! She might get to meet a princess!
"You have her number? Senshi get cellphones? That is so cool! Do we get cellphones too?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:33 pm
Bam! Spanish Inquisition on a sugar high. Pomona wasn’t much of a fighter, but she could answer questions. She could answer questions like a boss! Well, except for when she couldn’t. She still didn’t know that much about knights, a knowledge gap she vowed to fix ASAP. She could still answer those other questions though.
“ I do know her fairly well, though the princess part is something I learned recently. Normally she has the bows and collar and stuff, but her colors are icier, like yours. Her Princess form looks different, but she doesn’t go around like that. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to act around her, but honestly? I don’t think she’d expect you to treat her special.”
Fiddling with her phone, she gave an apologetic grin,“ I don’t think you all have cellphones. I think you get a… ring? Or maybe a bracelet. Honestly, I’m not sure.”
Bah. Oh well, Polaris spent a lot a time with a knight, so she’d probably know. That in mind, Pomona dialed Polaris’ number.
“ Hey, Polaris? Yeah, I found something I think you need to come see.”
So sue her, but Pomona wanted a bit of playful payback for having to wait so long to find out Polaris was a princess.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:49 pm
A cryptic phone call wasn't usually Polaris' idea of a good time, but.. hearing from Pomona after all this time, specifically that she had made it out of that nasty battle, was enough to put Polaris in a good mood and oblige the mysterious phone call.
She had been half heartedly patrolling not so far away when she got the phonecall, mostly trying to check in with people, partially keeping an eye out for youma. Because of her close proximatey it didn't take her long to find her old roommate, noticing before she even got to her that there was someone else with her. A page?
"Pomona. How are you?" Her voice was affectionate, pleased to see that she was still alright, and she lifted a gloved hand in a soft wave to both girls before peering curiously at the stranger. "Hello"
Woahhhh... what a pretty knight. She didn't look quite like any other knight she'd ever met, the similarities in color and design enough to bring forth a strange feeling of deja vu.
"What did you... find?" Her voice was sheepish as she tried to look at Pomona and not keep peering back at the knight that was giving her such odd feelings.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:57 pm
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"EEEEE!" shrieked the Page.
There was an utterly overwhelming feeling of familiarity with Sailor Polaris. They had a similar color scheme and this senshi had crystals in her hair! They were clearly made to be bee-eff-effs for like, EVER. The page started bouncing from foot to foot and bounced her way up to Polaris, babbling the whole time about friendship and magic and princesses and tiaras and sparkles and the whole nine yards.
On about her fourth round about the senshi, Sutai started actually making sense. "So you're Polaris and that means I'm with Polaris cuz that's how it is and Pomona's so nice and pretty and her sense of style is like, totes amazeballs and she said 'well you know I know Polaris and she's a princess and she'll wanna see you' and I was like, 'but I dunno about all this I'm still really new and confused but I know Camelot he's a really nice guy!' and Pomona was like I GOT THIS and she whipped out her cellphone--"
Coming to a stop, Sutai had to finally breath in. "...and here you are! I'm Sutai!" The ice princess page struck a pose and saluted. "Page of Polaris!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:00 pm
Pomona’s inner troll was so gleefully happy that it was amazing she didn’t sprout horns and magically summon a bucket of popcorn. As it was, she couldn’t help but lean to the side just enough so that Polaris could see her, point at Sutai, and (un)helpfully said (with an oh-so-amused grin on her face):
“ Found your Page.”
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:11 pm
Polaris had met her share of exciteable and adorable senshi before.. but not one of them held a candle to the excited adorableness of this page. The eternal senshi pushed herself onto her tiptoes as she was rounded over and over, her eyes wide in surprise as she tried to translate the words that were being spoken.
They were english yes. But... oh gosh where was the punctuation and pausing for breathing? And was what she was saying really... Was what she was saying really true?
Had that knight not made a comment about her having knights of her own Polaris probably would have continued to stare with a confused and dopey smile at poor Sutai. Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!
Somewhere along the journey she'd began to bounce a little on those tiptoes, and when finally Sutai made her introduction Polaris couldn't help herself, scooping up the shorter girl in a big ol hug.
"I have a knight?" Her voice was an octave higher then normal. Happy laughter lacing with the words. "Why do I have a knight!?"
Pomona quickly found herself pulled in to the hug too, whether her and her troll horns wanted it or not. "I can't even.. This is so amazing."
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:26 pm
"Yaaay! Yay yay YAY! I'm so happy I... I don't even know what this means but YAY!"
There weren't words to describe the feeling of finally being home... and a hug on top of that was welcome indeed! Sutai was vibrating with happiness. She didn't quite understand the gravity of their meeting, not yet. She didn't know she'd just met the princess for whom she is named, and to whom she answered. Her home star was Polaris' home star as well, and they shared a history far beyond their short introduction that night. Thousands of years before, maybe they were best friends. Maybe they were sisters. But right now, they were new acquaintances - a Page and her Princess.
It was like meeting an old friend you had forgotten you knew.
When the puny page was finally released from her warm hug, she smiled, golden eyes gleaming. "So... so... what's this mean? I mean Camelot said he's the knight of Earth so he protects the Earth, but Caelian said she's Venus but she's not on Venus so..." Could one even go to Venus? Wasn't Venus like, so hot and gassy and with all that crushing gravity... It seemed pretty dang impossible to Sutai.
Cocking her head to one side, Sutai posed The Question. "So do I protect you, Miss Wingy-Ding Sailor Polaris?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:42 pm
Dang, happy emotions and hugs; totally ruining the troll mood. Didn’t lessen the desire for popcorn any, but it would be difficult if the hugging-thing became repetitive.
“ You have a knight because you’re a princess? Just a guess. All I know for sure is that I found this little newbie Page wandering around and figured I should turn her over to you.”
Puppy image again. Pomona couldn’t help it, Sutai just made her want to pat her on the head and say ‘Good girl.' And as for Sutai's questions, well, she figured the ball was in Polaris' court there.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:06 pm
The tip of Polaris' tongue stuck out in Pomona's direction in a show of true maturity as she made the playful comment about being a princess. It wasn't a side of her she showed to just anyone, usually pretty concerned with being ladylike. But surely over their time as roommates Pomona had seen far more from Polaris and Aurora. "Well that certainly was a surprise. Let me know if you find anymore." She teased.
Polaris was used to a million questions and she nodded dutifully to each one though.. in the end.. she didn't really know good answers for most of them.
"So let's see.." She tapped her cheek lightly as she began, positioning herself comfortable with her other hand on her hip.
"I guess you can protect our home star if you'd like. But right now I don't think there is much there to protect. Have you been there yet?" She actually felt guilty for a moment, thinking of taking the poor page up to their snowy metal graveyard of a homeworld. So many senshi had way cooler worlds. Well... WARMER.. but more awesome. Not that she didn't love her star... just..
"Anyway. I'm much more about protecting Earth and Destiny City. We live here and there are a lot of people who need our help. Our friends and also people who can't fight for themselves. Protecting the townspeople from youma is very important." She nodded as if to cement the final point.
"Knights of Venus can go to Venus if they want, they can even take you along for a ride if you wanted to go see it too. It's not at all like they told you in school. But you can go to Polaris on your own or with other people."
The question about protection brought the tiniest brief dip in her smile recalling all too well how that had almost worked out for Niflhel just a few days before. No.. she didn't want people throwing themselves in front of her. If anything she wanted to protect them.
"How about we just be friends to start with." She offered finally with a shrug. "And we can go from there."
Oh god she couldn't wait to show her off to Niflhel. Or take her like she was some kind of show and tell for the Celestial Shepherds.
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