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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:06 pm
Two days to go till Valentines Day and Benitoite was out and about. It was a rather boring night filled with walking, roof top hopping, and feeling nothing - no one. No one good and no one bad. He was bored to be frank. It was that boredom which lead to where he was now.
With the shops closed for the night, it was slightly after midnight, he had been walking the side walks and was now stopped. Stopped in front of some store, a boutique to be exact, which had it's front window filled with the colors and symbols ofthe holiday fast approaching. Narrowed eyes and a tilted head looked over the horribly, and tacky, looking window display with all the boredom and dislike he could manage right now without breaking the window and fixing things.
Some might see his hate, and dislike, for this holiday to be over the top and too much; perhaps the dramatic nature of a teenager. But he didn't see it as such and he had a reason for his dislike. It came up every year around this time and it was something he couldn't, and by now wouldn't, shake. It seemed each year it grew just a little bit stronger and this year he wanted to fix things and ruin other peoples holiday, and no he wasn't some lonely or jealous teen either.
Standing there with his head cocked to the side and a foot tapping against the sidewalk his arms came up to cross over his chest. Yes this window was particularly tacky, it looked like someone had vomited glitter everywhere.
"And yet some people consider this cute and eye catching." Mocking and cold. Turning his head upward, nose up in the air, the long haired blond turned and made to leave, find something else to occupy his time, when he felt it. Chaos.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:23 pm
Destiny City. Despite the time he had spent away from it, it felt good to be home... Even if 'home' didn't feel like quite the right word for it at the moment. He had missed his birthday that year; finished up the courses required to graduate online while abroad with his father. It was an odd feeling, that; returning to Destiny City without having to check back in to Hillworth.
Hellworth.
He had gotten a room at one of the hotels that knew his father's name well enough to know that he often stayed there on the other man's account, checking his bags in before changing to go out. His version of changing involved tapping into a bit of dark energy, letting it imbue him with enough power to make a transformation from Rikard Colby to Lieutenant Richterite before heading out to see just how much Destiny City had changed in his absence.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:34 pm
Maybe the city hadn't changed, some more damage in some parts, but the faces and ranks would have certainly changed. Benitoite had felt that signature, something weaker than himself, and finding it something worth his time he headed toward it like a moth to a flame. Whoever this was had his interest - it was the only interesting thing tonight!
It was a nice part of the city, thankfully, that he was moving through. The sidewalks were his tonight, not caring about cars or people as he normally would. It was late but also he just didn't care right now, he really should care about how late it was if nothing else. He still attended high school, Meadowview, and had class the following day/later today. But he honestly couldn't find it in him to care, something that was common for him. School came second to this side of his life; after all this was a war and it was fought for a good cause!
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:08 pm
He paused mid stride as a vaguely familiar sensation brushed against his own dark aura, making it tingle and making him shiver. They hadn't lost the war, then, while he had been away... If those with the taint of darkness, strong or weak, could still be felt walking the streets. He turned on heel, tilting his head as his hand slid into his pocket, fingering the deck of cards he kept there. It was such a simple weapon, offering nothing more than a distraction technique really, but being able to just touch the cards calmed him, bringing back a bit of his former arrogance. "Come out, come out wherever you are."
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:31 pm
"I'm right here." Simple words and spoken in a light voice, something lightly teasing in nature. Benitoite had felt the other signal coming his way and had decided to duck into some shadows so he could observe, as it seemed they were intent on coming to him as much as he was intent on going to them. As the shadows gave way and he stepped out of them the Generals elaborate uniform was noticeable as was the long ash blond hair. He was young, a teenager, but so were most in the Negaverse. And the one he was looking at was young as well, perhaps older than himself.
"A good evening, Lieutenant. What bring you out this evening?" The words were spoken softly as he made his approach. He didn't have a weapon in sight, but it didn't mean he couldn't become armed fast, and the other didn't seem to have a weapon in sight. But he knew looks could be deceiving though he did trust the other; he was a Negaverse officer as well.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:07 pm
"Curiosity brings me out. My feet bring me here... It's been a while for Destiny City and I. It seemed as though the best way to test the water was just to dive right in." He shrugged his shoulders lightly. "After all... What's the worst that could happen?" A good lot, as far as he could remember. There were a number of unpleasant things out there that weren't just members of the Negaverse, all in all. "General?" His brow lofted as he looked the other over lightly. "Come to collect a stray or just out for a stroll yourself?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:47 pm
"I see. So a member lost now returned." Came the words from Benitoite. A light smile playing across his features. It was nice to see a member returned to them, they could use more members. This member, like many, was one he'd never seen. Had this one been around before he had?
"Out for a stroll and sensed you. I can't, and won't, leave a Lieutenant out on their own. And I was curious." A rolling of his shoulders, a lazy shrug really. "I wasn't aware I was sensing a stray. But tell me, do you return to us or will you hide from this war in whatever life you've had since going stray?" If he weren't so loyal to this war, to the cause, he would have long ago left - sought a normal life far away. But he was loyal to the cause and this war, so here he was.
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:48 pm
"If I'd had my way in the first place I never would have left... My father, on the other hand, could not be 'enlightened' as to my extracurricular activities, so I am afraid that I had to give in and do his bidding." Not as if the time away had not been well spent, of course. It was nice, in an odd way, getting to forget everything... Getting to be himself again. "There is no hiding in this city; not when we can be summoned... We can still be summoned, can't we?" His brow lofted slightly. "There was once we were all called straight from our beds."
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:25 pm
"Yes, it would be a problem telling parents of our activities." It was a secret he'd kept from his own parents, not afraid of their opinion so much as afraid of them worrying for him. His mother, and father, would both worry over him and while his mother would worry over his physical his father would worry about his mental well being, it was what happened when your father had the job his had once had. And while having parents worry over you wasn't so bad it would be when they tried to prevent him from doing his duty, or tried to bubble wrap him.
"Yes, we can still be summoned. It has been a long time since the last time I've been summoned. Much has changed since your time - I'm sure. Things have changed since I've joined after all." And the other had been around before him, and likely gone before he'd even been brought into this war.
"You'll need to be filled in on some of these changes - if you've time." He spoke, offering to fill the other in on things.
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:32 pm
"It's been a while.. Longer than it should have been. Painite, Scheelite... Zinkenite?" His brow quirked as he glanced to the other, running his fingers back through his hair. "Are those three still around? Schee's going to kill me, or threaten me idly with glowing torture or something." He resisted the urge to roll his eyes while speaking of a superior. "I've got all the time in the world... If you're offering. I'm sure I could use a refresher course in all things Negaverse, although I'm not sure in the middle of the street is the best place to have it."
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:25 am
"Painite was the General who taught me many things. Scheelite I've only met once, he apparently was away a long time on a mission. And the last...is now a General King and is the one who brought me into the Negaverse. " Speaking of each in order he looked the other over. What ranks had those three been when this Lieutenant had been around? How well had he known them? He wanted to know but didn't dare ask, not yet at least.
"Glowing torture?" Clearly he didn't know the General well at all. it seemed like something he should know, maybe? "I wouldn't even begin to guess where you could find him or how." Shaking his head, fingers combed though his hair gently.
"No, it's not a good place. Have you a place in mind you'd prefer or is any place suitable?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:45 am
He stood there for a moment, head swimming as the other rattled off ranks to go along with the names that he had listed off. Had it really been that long, or had things just progressed that quickly? What had happened within the ranks of the Negaverse that they had needed to promote Zinkenite to General King. With changes that drastic he was wondering if he would even know the others anymore; how deeply the corruption had spread. Were they still the people that he knew or was he the only one left that was still the same? He shook his head, fingers running back through his hair once more as he tried to pull himself out of his stupor. "I suppose I should check in with them... At some point. Wow..." The shock of it all was still evident on his face and there was something not quite readable in his eyes as he tilted his head to glance back up to the other. "I don't suppose you like pizza?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:39 pm
"You should, I'm sure they would appreciate it and like to see you again. General Painite I know is working in Special Operations. Zinkenite is the head of Intelligence, the division I work for. I'm unsure on General Scheelite, as I said he was gone for some time. I don't know if he joined a division or even knew of them when they formed.
"Pizza...no. It's normally not my thing but I'm not opposed to the idea. I do carry money on me and can pay for us both to have a meal while we discuss things." He wouldn't he having pizza but pasta wasn't off the menu at all, in fact he liked the sound of that right about now.
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:51 am
"I might be in for a world of lecturing, disappearing like I did." The slightest of smirks touched his lips, the look stopping before it touched his eyes. "I will look into it, though." He nodded before stepping away from the street and off towards the shadows. "I know a place that's pretty quiet and tends to leave you alone if you're chatting, provided you don't mind powering down to do so. They've got more than pizza too, if that's not your thing..." A good number of gamers also gathered there so any 'odd conversation' could easily be taken as having something to do with role playing anyways.
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:30 pm
"Perhaps." Shrugging his shoulders lightly. He really couldn't give him a proper answer to that, if he was actually looking for one. "I believe you can find Painite more often than not powered up and roaming the city." He wasn't going to go into how she seemed inclined, more than ever before, to spend time powered up going after civilians.
"That sounds good by me, and I don't mind powering down." As he took to the shadows as well the blond haired General was soon replaced by an equally blond haired teenager. Still short, perhaps an inch shorter as the heels of his boots were no longer there to lend him that slight height, and dressed in expensive though casual clothing.
"Mmm, indeed. Pizza isn't normally my thing. I think I'll be ordering pasta for myself." And he motioned for the other to lead the way..
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