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 Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:38 am
"Oh god, would you please stop whimpering," Chariklo muttered under her breath as she extricated a small dog from the dumpster where someone had tossed it after binding its legs. "I'm trying to help you, you dumb little yapper."
For all her words, she was being gentle with the little guy, making sure that her voice sounded soft and soothing rather than annoyed. It was the s**t like this that made her angry. It made her want to kill, in fact. Sure, the dog wasn't much to look at, but it was an innocent. And in Chariklo's world, you did not offer harm to something that couldn't even defend itself.
"Well, little guy," she murmured, "you don't look too bad off. Kinda skinny though. Guess I found you in time. I think you deserve some good revengin'."
The target didn't matter right at the moment. All the mattered was finding someone to take her considerable anger out on. And as she stood there, holding her new little friend, Fate granted her wish in the form of a stumbling drunkard.
With a feral smile, Chariklo stepped further into the shadows and withdrew her mirror shard. With seconds, the wraith was busy siphoning off energy.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:02 pm
Lenka was not a puppy kicker, she was not a puppy killer, and she all and all did not like people who hurt puppies at all. No, those were bad people…but sadly, so were people who had chaos energy. Those were really bad people. Even if they saved puppies.
The chibi senshi felt one of those chaos aligned signatures nearby…and was glad it was just a weak one. She could hold her own pretty well against lower level chaos people, even if they were bigger and older than her. She did train for this, after all…and now it was time for some serious butt kicking.
The girl stopped when she finally saw the bad guy, half in the shadows…and some poor guy was on his knees getting his energy taken. “Hey! You terrible bad guy! Pick on someone your own size why don’t you! What did that guy ever do to you?”
She hated the bad guys. She hated them so much. All of them. From the ones that she always fought with like Remarque…even down to the ones that promised they would try and be good, like Carnelian. She had to do her best to stamp them out…one at a time.
A chibi’s work was never done.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:09 pm
At the sound of a young voice, Chariklo whipped around, one arm still cradling the rescued dog as she looked for the source of the cliche spouting. Upon seeing a small, red-haired girl, she had to laugh just a little.
"Well now, you mean like you, pipsqueak? As for what this dude did to me, nothing. But chances are pretty good he's done something to someone, somewhere. Maybe I'm just visiting a little justice here."
As she spoke, she called her wraith back, stowing the shard. Then, with her now free hand, she tore part of the overlay from her uniform and wrapped it around the dog, putting it where it would be reasonably safe and not try to run away. That done, she gave the child her full attention.
And felt a wave of distaste sweep over her. Bad enough that the White Moon senshi followed a lie. Worse still that they'd recruited children to their cause. Disgusting.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:14 pm
Lenka scoffed. “Your thought of justice is really flawed, I hope you know. Justice is about helping people. Not being a bully and draining the energy of people that you think deserve it!” She summoned her watermelon rind, trembling with anger. “I don’t even…know how you guys can stand it! You’re one of those Dark Mirror Senshi…I can tell by your ugly little outfit…You’re one of the worst kinds of bad guys that there is…you and Remarque…”
She shook her head, standing as tall as her five foot frame would allow. “I’m going to get rid of all of you one day. And if I can’t. I’m going to help train a bunch of senshi and knights who can.”
It was very big words for a girl who was not yet twelve…but there was quite a lot of conviction behind them…so that had to mean something.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:30 pm
Staring at the girl in flat out amazement, Chariklo's only move thus far was to run her fingers through her hair as she stared.
"Wow, kid. Just... wow. Way to make sweeping generalizations when you don't even know a person. I'm hurt, really. You're gonna have a lot of fun in life with that attitude!"
Seriously, where in the hell did the kid get off saying s**t like that? It was just another example of the White Moon's twisted hold over its senshi. It was hard to not give this kid up as a lost cause, but she was already triggering Chariklo's irritation buttons.
"And as for justice," she nearly spat the word out, "you can take your idea of it and shove it where the sun don't shine, kid. Especially since no justice I've ever seen has ever helped anyone. Go spout your lines to the abused kids in foster care who keep getting abused. Or maybe the poor battered women who get a collective s**t taken on them by society because they dared to speak up. I'm sure they'd be thrilled to hear all about your justice!"
Chariklo was already moving by this time. If the White Moon wanted to train and warp kids to continue their little war, then she would show them what happened when you put a little kid up against an adult with no qualms.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:43 pm
Lenka grit her teeth. “My justice helps people, you terrible monster. I don’t hurt people unless they deserve it, I don’t drain people’s energy just because I’m supposed to. I’ve never killed anyone! I’m not going to let anyone else get killed or hurt if I can get away with it!” The redhead frowned then gave a little growl, sounding like an angry cat.
The stupid senshi girl was going to attack her! Well…not if she attacked first! “Lenka Boomarind!” The child threw her watermelon rind as hard as she could at Chariklo and moved back a few steps.
“You can’t beat me! I’m an Eternal Chibi Senshi, and I have buttwings, and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
People always underestimated her because her buttwings were tiny…well…that was a stupid thing to underestimate about. Buttwings were still buttwings after all, size just didn’t matter.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:04 pm
Growling in annoyance, Chariklo saw the rind zipping at her and quickly swung her hand out to knock the stupid thing aside and into a nearby wall. Then, grunting slightly in satisfaction, she leapt, intending to jumpfrog over the chibi senshi before landing on her hands and mule-kicking the small senshi in the back. She didn't want to cause the kid any lasting harm, but she thought a lesson was in order.
"A, you could be the ******** Sparklepuss Princess of Twilightland and I wouldn't care. B, Yes there is. It's called surviving and growing and becoming an Eternal myself. Then I will track you down and break your scrawny neck. And C, you talk too damned much, kid."
Coming out of her kick, Chariklo knew she was moving slower than she should, but she was keeping the whereabouts of her foundling dog in mind as she fought. Because if that little b***h so much as looked funny at her puppy, there was going to be hell to pay.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:35 am
Lenka let out a little shriek and fell forward, throwing her arms out to brace herself as she fell. Ugh! How rude! Why did those awful Dark Mirror people always, always, ALWAYS knock her down? Did they think she liked getting skinned knees?
The chibi got back up and looked down at her ripped stockings. Great. Now she really did have skinned knees. And they hurt. She hated that. “You are a terrible person, and one day, I hope you get crushed by a cow…”
She spun to face Chariklo and summoned another rind. Maybe if she could just get the stupid bad guy tied up…put into a watermelon for a few seconds…she could get away. She had already done her job after all…she got the other senshi to stop draining the energy…small victories. “Lenka Full Body rind!”
It had to hit…it had to hit and then she could run, she could run and take care of her knees. And make more of a vendetta against the Dark Mirror Senshi….but maybe mostly just to take care of her knees.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:45 am
Wincing slightly as the kid hit the pavement, Chariklo felt a brief moment of pity for how much the abraded skin would hurt. And then, the kid hurled out her insult and the older senshi was left with her jaw dropping as amazed laughter burbled out.
"Crushed by a cow? Seriously? Oh sweet jesus..."
Still laughing, she didn't quite hear the other senshi speak her attack, and then.... then, she was inside of a damned watermelon. That she was shocked, was something of an understatement.
Beating at the melon-y prison holding her, Chariklo let loose a flow of obscenity that would have made the kid blush had the sound not been muffled by watermelon rind.
"When I get out of here, I am going to snap your god-damned neck, you twisted little brat! I will drop you off of a building! You hear me? I am going to ******** end you!"
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:55 am
A smile had burst onto Lenka’s face the moment that the watermelon rind formed over the Chariklo, and when she heard the shouts from within the rind, she took off running. She ran as fast as her legs could take her and didn’t bother looking back.
Maybe one day she would realize that with all of the bad guys she had fought with…some really were dangerous…and she was most likely rather high on their hit lists. She just wanted to be a hero…and that was what she would continue to do…and she would work on getting stronger to boot.
She wasn’t going to let fear stop her…she just couldn’t.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:03 am
By the time she got the rind around her to crack and let her loose, Chariklo was pretty damned sure she'd never be able to enjoy watermelon again. As she glared around, she saw that the kid was gone. Sighing, the Dark Mirror senshi rubbed at her eyes tiredly. She'd just had her a** handed to her (in a sense) by a little kid. That was going to take time to live down.
Soft whimpering broke through her snarly thoughts and brought her back to the present. Hurrying to the spot where she'd put the puppy for safe-keeping, she swept the little warm ball of fur up and cuddled it gently. Then, glancing around to make sure no one at all could see her, she powered down.
In a heart's beat, Arilee stood there, holding the dog and considering options.
"Well, I think we're gonna call this night a done deal, little guy. Let's find an all night vet for you and then we're goin' home."
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