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 Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:38 am
Another evening, another quiet patrol – it seemed at least for the moment that Athene was on a roll. The dark-haired senshi had ended up finding his way to the children’s playground in the park where he’d spent so much time when he’d been stuck as a cat and sitting on one of the swings, although at this time of night the kids were long gone as was anyone who would probably care that a ‘big kid’ was using one of the kiddy swing.
On impulse he’d bought himself buying a gingerbread latte and he sipped the spicy-sweet beverage as he used his feet to set the swing to sway slightly. There were some little gingerbread cookies to go with it – apparently a perk of spending so much money on the hot beverage – but for now they stayed untouched in their paper bag, although maybe he’d nibble on one or two of them later.
Right now however, the dark-haired senshi wasn’t really inclined to move, happy enough to keep setting the swing to continue to sway from time to time. It was childish and he should probably be doing something productive like seriously patrolling, but Athene figured a little time out wouldn’t hurt – there’d be plenty of time to hit up the patrol beat later on – the evening was young after all.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:19 am
A senshi had cookies!
She knew it was a senshi because of the aura.
She knew it was cookies because her nose could smell it from a figurative mile away!
This meant that it was time to go ask for some cookies! A little round guardian cat found her way towards the swings and soon enough saw a familiar long-haired boy.
"Ah-th-een!" she hummed out as she found her way towards his ankles (though they were moving and shifting thanks to his seat upon the swing itself).
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:43 pm
Athene blinked in surprise as he heard a voice call out his name from around the level of his feet, although a smile crept on his face as he noticed a familiar small, silvery-furred cat. Not wanting to accidentally bump the tail-less cat he stilled his feet so that they were flat on the ground.
“Good evening *********.” Their paths hadn’t crossed since that night with the encounter with the snakepillar youma. “I hope you’re well.” Remembering vaguely that the silvery-furred guardian liked biscuits he offered “And would you like a cookie?” There was more than enough in the bag to share.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:35 am
Once the boy had seemed to stop in place, the cat momentarily crouched down before springing up into his lap. Her hind legs didn't quite make their mark and for a brief moment the manx had to scramble to get into place on his lap.
Whether the boy wanted the manx on his lap was a whole different story, but he now had one occupying the space.
Her nose twitched slightly, sniffing the area for the treat. "I can't complain. I am alive and well! You seem well as well!" Once she seemed to get a grip upon the scent and where it was coming from, she turned to face the bag.
"If I were to guess... it is gingerbread, yes?" She only paused long enough to sneak a smile in Athene's direction. "I could never say no to gingerbread!" In all honesty, she could never say no to any sort of offered food!
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:12 pm
The dark-haired senshi was taken by surprise when his lap was suddenly full of one silvery-furred cat, Athene hadn’t expected ********* to decide to take over his lap like that – although maybe he should have guessed, given that it probably wasn’t the most comfortable thing having to look up to talk from down on the ground.
Politely setting the gingerbread latte on the ground and as much to the side as possible, Athene fished out a cookie for ********* “I’m well too thanks” the cookie looked small enough that he figured that he probably wouldn’t need to break it up into smaller pieces for the guardian cat. “I’ve become part of a team, the Celestial Shepherds, although we’re all still relatively new to each other.” Not that he minded – the dark-haired senshi was happy to work at getting to know the other Shepherds better. To Athene being part of a team meant that it wasn't just him muddling through things as best he could – something that he’d spent far too much time doing prior to his upgrade to Super.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:39 pm
Though she immediately attempted to gobble up the offered cookie the moment it was held out in her direction, her ears seemed to perk up in a very interested manner at the subject he spoke of. For a moment her mouth was full, making it much harder to understand what she was saying. "GAH GRRRB!"
Emptying out whatever had been stuffed in her mouth, the manx once more repeated what she had said. "That's great! Let me see if I am remembering this correctly from the meeting... is that the team that Polaris spoke of?" ********* had been at the meeting, trying her best to keep the energy signals under control, but the cats had greatly underestimated how many Order aligned people would show up. She might have had her eyes closed, but she had done her best to try and listen amidst her efforts to dampen the vast energies.
She ruffled her own fur, puffing out for a moment before settling into place. Her green eyes looked to the boy's eyes, silently pleading for more treats. Despite her glaringly obvious pleas, she continued on with the conversation like normal. "I wish more senshi would team up... it is just much safer to work in groups than to do everything as singles."
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:42 am
Athene nodded, “Yes, there were a few of us at the meeting” for a moment there was a pensive expression on the dark-haired senshi’s face – his memories of that night were largely unpleasant – and then his shook his head, the movement causing the multi-coloured beads braided into his long dark hair to tinkle gently against each other.
“There seems to be quite a few teams out there.” It made sense in a way – it was dangerous to be out alone. “It’d be nice if more of us could work together – I bet we’d get so much more done” there was a wistful tone to Athene’s voice, before he brightened. “Although I went to another meeting – one about purification, it felt a lot more positive than the large meeting – no arguing.” Or people shouting over other people.
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:54 pm
What?! No more cookies?!
The feline soon enough was attempting to nudge the bag which had the rest of the cookies in it. ********* was quite a sweetheart at times, but she really did have a problem. Continuing to persistently pester the boy about his food in a vaguely physical manner, it was somewhat surprising that the cat could concentrate on the conversation at hand as well.
However, ********* did have her own talents!
"Forming a team does not mean much unless you work as a team. The true test is to see if the team can last at least six months. . and not be at the brink of destruction." There was a pause before she added "However, I would like to think that many of the teams mentioned at the meeting will be able to withstand the test of time."
********* was being optimistic, and she knew it too. She had heard about many other teams in the past, and most had seemed to vanish.
With a very mindful nudge at the bag again, the feline mentioned "I know of the purification meeting... seeing as I was there." She had been present but hadn't spoken up since she had to do her job a bit better than she did at the meeting prior to the one about Purification. "It definitely is easier to talk like adults when there are a room full of like-minded people, right?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:55 am
“Ah sorry” Athene said as he noticed ********* nudging at the bag with the little cookies before fishing out a couple more of the biscuits for the cat, he thought about it and then fished out a third remembering how much ********* had like eating the baked treats back at last year’s Summer Camp.
“I’m willing to work at the team thing” Athene said quietly as he fished out one of the little gingerbread cookies for himself and started munching on it. “I don’t know the others that well yet, but I’m sure that they are too” after all they had taken up Polaris’ offer to join the team too – to the dark-haired senshi it didn’t make sense that they would do so just to watch the team not work out.
He nodded in response to ********* comment about like-minded people “I guess it is easier to find middle ground if everyone has similar opinions on something.” After finishing off his cookie and taking another Athene admitted quietly “I want to help, but I know need to get stronger if I’m to do my part.” It was something that the dark-haired senshi had been thinking on quite a lot. “Right now” he bit his lip. “Right now I’m just not that strong.”
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:57 pm
A certain cat was having a splendid time gnawing on cookies once they were pulled out for her. She had flavor covering her tongue and it was good. The boy continued to speak, and his mood seemed to slip into something a little more gloomy in her opinion. When he spoke quietly, it was hard to make it so the feline couldn't hear.
Cats did have pretty good hearing and all.
Her ears twitched slightly as she swallowed down the mouthful of cookie in her mouth. "I am curious... would you mind humoring a cat for a moment... and telling me what you consider to be strength?" It seemed to be an important question to *********, for she soon enough seemed to leave the cookies that were being held by her paws alone, eyes intently looking to Athene's glasses, or more importantly, to his eyes. Just based off how she lay there, one could tell she was a very good listener when the opportunity offered itself.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:11 am
“I guess part of it means being physically strong” Athene stared absently at the cookie in his hand as he quietly answered ********* question. “But it’s also about being brave too.” Biting into the gingerbread, the dark-haired senshi slowly chewed the spicy-sweet biscuit before admitting “I’m not really that brave.” That spear-wielding Nega General had terrified him – heck some of the youma that he’d had the misfortune of crossing paths with had frightened him. “And I’m not great at fighting” and his ‘not great’ read more like ‘kind of pathetic’.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:00 am
The feline let out a drawn out "Hmmmm...." sound. Apparently the boy had given her some food for thought. If she had a tail, it would have been flicking back and forth as she gave the subject some thought.
Eventually she spoke up when she seemed to gather her thoughts. "So... in a city where senshi are considered 'terrorists' by the common folk, including policemen... you continue to patrol, do you not? I consider that brave in all honesty, but you know. I'm only a cat... what would I know about bravery." Her statement was loaded, seeming to hold a tone that sounded more like she knew exactly what bravery was, if only the boy would ask her correctly.
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:34 am
There had been a thoughtful frown on Athene’s face as he listened to the guardian cat speak but at her ‘only a cat’ comment he shook his head “I disagree.” To the dark-haired senshi ********* was more than your simple average housecat variety – after all he’d yet to meet a cat of the average housecat variety with a sweet tooth and they certainly didn’t speak.
“I think that you probably know much more about this stuff than I do” he smiled ruefully. “After all you put yourself into danger just as much as the rest of us trying to help out.” And a lot of the chaos-siding things out there tended to be much bigger than the average cat.
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:56 am
It wasn't surprising that he disagreed in all honesty. In a playful manner, the feline stuck her tongue out at him. "Fine, you caught me, Athene! I am not just a cat... but it's just easier to look like 'just a cat' in all honesty." She had the ability to turn into something drastically less cat-like, but unfortunately she didn't want to ruin the mood of the conversation with youma flooding towards them.
"Well... in accordance to your definitions as to what makes a person 'strong'... I think you have the potential to be just that. I mean, you do continually patrol as a senshi, despite what common society tells you to believe. That in itself is pretty brave. And all that stuff you mentioned about physical capability... well... you can fight all you want, but if your will is weak... it doesn't mean much in the end. Plus... a person can always train their body to become physically stronger."
Having given her two cents, she soon enough rediscovered the treat between her paws and took a bite. "You know... my opinion... not really fact if anything..." she managed to say between chews.
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:33 am
In a funny way listening to ********* words went some way to lighten Athene’s gloomy mood and he gave the silvery-furred guardian cat a slight smile as he took another bite of his cookie. “Well thank you for sharing your opinion with me. I really appreciate it.” ********* was the guardian cat that he’d had the most interaction with – the one who had started this whole double life – even if she had left him a lot to think on.
“I’m going to start taking some self-defence classes” he admitted. “So that maybe I can protect people better, although I don’t think I’ll ever be a great fan of fighting – that’s just not me I guess.” Finishing up the cookie, Athene smiled at ********* “I guess I should hit the patrol beat again soon.” Pleasant as the small time out was turning out to be, the rest of the dark-haired senshi's patrol was still outstanding.
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