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 Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:44 pm
Beaten and broken and hurting all over. All in all, that's what the young, red-haired boy felt. Physically, anyway. His arm was neatly bandaged up, in a sling from his most recent fight, and he probably should have remained home to recover. A promise was a promise, however, and the boy could do with seeing a friendly face again. Atleast he wasn't as dazed as he was before when he went to the bathroom again, leaving a little Magnolia drawn in the mirror, along with a message to bring water. Even though he had yet to switch sides, mirrors were becoming just as important to him as they were to any Dark Mirror member. It was the only way he could contact Celemorrow..
It wouldn't take long to prepare for their journey, and he had already put together his own pack of things to use for when they arrived to their destination. Drinks, snacks, a couple of knives, flash lights, rope.. He wanted to explore this palace more so than he could before. He wasn't strong enough to explore it on his own, and now, with his busted arm, Avior was going to need even more help..
He would come back in the evening; hopefully that would give Celemorrow enough time to get ready..
Verithe With this trip to his home, I'd like to Explore their palace, and clear out some of the bodies that are in his home, as well as burn the flowers that are in those bodies! As the palace is huge, and has many rooms, you're free to make up some of them as they are explored! I'll draw out a map of what
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:01 pm
Sailor Avior's message had reached its intended recipient in good time. Sailor Celemorrow had packed some matches and starter fluid, remembering that Avior mentioned wanting to burn the flowers invasive to his home world. He also packed some bottles of water. These things were in a bag slung over his shoulder as he marched into the ally which had become the meeting spot for the two senshi. There he waited.
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:02 pm
Avior was just arriving to their meeting spot when Celemorrow arrived, and was hesitant to even step out of the shadows.. With all his ramblings for peace, and to just be safe, he was so very ashamed of his current appearance. From his temple to his jaw bone on the left side of his face was dark, a sickly purple bruise had formed there, despite a few days having passed. Atleast the swelling had vanished, and in a weak attempt to hide some part of the bruising, he had combed his hair in a new part, hoping it fell down to cover enough of the skin without being overly suspicious. His right arm, the dominant of the two, was bound up within a cast, though his hands were free. Over all, he had a good range of motion, despite the offending bandages. Plus, accelerated Senshi healing was amazing! Soon enough, he wouldn't even need the cast anymore.
That was all that could be seen from his exposed skin. Any other lacerations and bruising that had been inflicted were hidden underneath his clothes. With all that had happened, he was just grateful he could move freely with little pain. Otherwise, this entire endeavor would have been that much more difficult. There was no use keeping his companion waiting. Especially since he had been the one to call Celemorrow out.
"I'm really glad to see you again, thanks for coming." He tried to sound as cheerful as he always had. "I hope you're ready to come visit my world. I warn you though, it's hot as all hell. There's a reason I told you to bring water. As I am not sure how long this will take, I truly hope you aren't too busy tomorrow."
Tomorrow was a Sunday, and for the most part, he never knew anyone who was all that busy on a Sunday.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:43 pm
Sailor Celemorrow had been looking forward to visiting the home world of Avior, but seeing the bandages on his host soured his thoughts. Not just the bandages, but the bruising as well. Yes, the younger senshi may have tried to hide it, but Celemorrow was fairly observant and the bandages had given him cause to look deeper. "What happened, Sailor Avior? Who did this to you?" Was it the Negaverse? What did his superiors see in that group, anyway? Yes, the Earth belonged to them but all he could see in them was the destruction they caused. "I'm free through tomorrow." He hadn't really thought about how long this sort of thing could take. The store was never open on Sundays, but he had hoped that he would spend some time working on schoolwork tomorrow
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:59 pm
"Oh, you know, just some Negaverse Captain.. It's no big deal, really. I guess I forgot that I'm still weak when it comes to someone who's the same level as I am.. But it's alright, it's not like he'll hate me so much after too long.. Once I become a member of your court, people will like me alot more." That's what he kept telling himself, anyway. Even if he were to try to be kind, to be tolerant to everyone he met, to try to dig out some sort of peace between factions, there would always be someone who wanted to hate him. That wouldn't change his mind though. Not at all.
"On a random note, related to the Negaverse, so I guess it's not all that random, but I did find somewhere to live, once I defect. I met a Lieutenant, Titanlåvenite, who offered me to live with him. He was kind to me, and even took me on an energy gathering hunt. Sure, every organization has their bad seeds, like the one who tried to kill me, yet for every hundred of angry folk, just one is enough to make me feel better about this.." Avior didn't want to think about the fact that his new court would be very much the same way. He knew the organization was rather small, but it was impossible for everyone to be angry and cruel like the Negaverse! After all, Rem and Celemorrow were patient with him.
"Good, good, I hope I won't take up too much of your time, but if things are interesting to you, and you'd like to further explore, I would be just fine with that. I'd like to stay as long as it takes to clear out the palace..."
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:07 am
The Negaverse? Oh, Sailor Avior.... "You are too forgiving, Sailor Avior. I hope you do not regret this decision." Celemorrow was not going to press the issue further. If this lieutenant turns out to be bad news, it was Avior's mistake, not his own. "I am willing to help for as much time as it takes."
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:26 am
"It seemed to be the only choice I could make.. It wasn't as if there were tons of people from our court coming up and offering me a place to live. If there was someone who did that, more communication between the organization to realize that there was one who was trying to join, and yet had difficulties, then I would be for it. Where are they? No where to be found. And the more I thought about it, the more I wondered why I did not simply just join them.." Avior raised his bandaged arm up, then used the other one to push back the hair that had been covering the side of his face, showing all of the bruising and cuts he had suffered through.
"Then there were two reasons I found. I do not want to have a hole in my chest and in my head. I don't know what they are, do they pull out more than just my starseed? They give me some sort of lobotomy? I won't risk such a thing. And then there's the fact that I cannot handle such beings that wouldn't even hear me out, even if one is gentle enough towards me. He broke my arm because it was FUN. Everyone I meet, except for Titan wanted to hurt me, not because I was in the wrong faction, or because our ideals clashed or some other stupid reason in partaining to war. No, It was FUN, they enjoyed hurting people, killing people. I'm no spring chicken when it comes to this, so don't think for a moment that I'm making some sort of 'rash' decision. You were lucky, you were awakened to somewhere you feel you belong, right? You don't have to work so hard, prepare to leave everything behind and start as if you had always existed. A new name, a new past, yet still remembering every single little detail of your past one... My family and friends.. Yes, sure, I had only two friends, and my parents didn't care about me after a while, but to leave them behind.." He hadn't even realized he had been ranting off, full of his own nervousness and uncertainty.. So far, the conversion had not been what he had expected. There WEREN'T any open arms waiting for him. There wasn't anyone there to hold his hand throughout all of this.. Even his so-called prince wasn't availible readily anymore..
But that was okay.. It was all okay.. It would get better soon..
"I'm sorry, Celemorrow." A deep breath left him, leaving him weary and just ready to move on. First things came first, the palace needed to be laid to rest, and he should focus on being grateful that he had someone willing to help him.
"I have no right to complain or lament my own decisions.."
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:27 pm
"I only worry that this Lieutenant Titanlåvenite may be deceiving you. But you're right. I haven't been able to find anywhere for you to stay and there is currently little option left but to trust your judgement on this matter." The tiniest wave of relief had washed over Celemorrow as Avior plead his case. "Just...be careful. For an organization that exhibits a love for playing with people's lives, don't be surprised if they play with their emotions as well." He wasn't very good at communicating how he wanted to trust Avior's intuition. After all, he actually wanted to join the Dark Moon Court. Compared to the other idiots that stubbornly refused Celemorrow's invitations, Avior had a good head on his shoulders. It's just that Avior's good judgement couldn't possibly eclipse Celemorrow's preconceived suspicions of members of the Negaverse (whom, admittedly, he had never met). Shifting his bag, the Senshi of Magnolias looked around. "How do we do this, exactly?" Cooro Cooro Omg, sorry for taking forever x 9 with this! D:
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:02 pm
"I will be careful. Thank you for worrying about me though. It means alot, it truly does." Not much else needed to be said about the topic, and though his own sense of comfort came over him at the thought that his situation was on the mind of others, there was nothing else that could be done in regards to that situation as of yet.
"To do this.. It's not going to be that hard. Take my hand, or place a hand on my shoulder, and I'll use my phone to teleport us there. I'm not in the best of shape, as you can see, so maybe we can't be as extensive as I wanted, but.. We can get some work done, right? And you can see my planet, and that's what matters."
Verithe It's fine fine fine! Once we finish this, if you have time, I'd love for them to meet again since Avior's gone and defected now! And maybe They could strike up a powered down friendship again with Isha being Nischal! I'd have to work out some details, but it would be kinda awesome if Nischal could come out as once having been Isha. to him (Depending on how the rules work)
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:17 pm
Celemorrow placed his hand on Avior's left shoulder, hoping that there was no bruising or broken bones hidden under the younger senshi's uniform. "If you need to just sit down and give me direction, that's alright. I'm willing to take as many trips as you are." Cooro Cooro That sounds like a good plan! biggrin
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:49 pm
"You are too kind, Celemorrow. Thank you." His well hand came from his pocket, pulling out the peculiar little phone with it. To anyone else, it seemed like the boy was sending a simple text message, yet in a matter of seconds, they were disappearing, and in a blink of an eye, they turned their gaze on the bright, cracked sands of Avior. They arrived on the very top of the crumbling walls that had slowly become quite familiar to the senshi who, in a past life, called this planet home.
On one side of the wall was what seemed to be the remains of an ocean. Giant ships lay stranded on the cracked, greyish sands of the seabed, with what looked like people trying to escape from them. Frozen in time, they were; an unbearable sight for the young boy to try to focus on, so his gaze switched to the inside of the walls. Atleast, from here, there was only the rooftops of the houses more than six hundred meters below and the castle that seemed much closer than before that could be seen. Any bodies that may have been stranded here were out of sight, for now anyways.
There was nothing Avior could say right now, after all, he was here to show Celemorrow the horrors of his own planet. And for now, he would allow the other to gather his own thoughts, and to present any questions he had for him.
"This is Avior.. Not as glorious as it once was, but it is.. It was home."
Verithe I don't know if you've read this before or not, and it's quite a long read, but this is what I have on details about Avior's home world. It's the best description I have without getting long winded about it!
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:35 pm
There weren't many situations in Sailor Celemorrow's life that could have prepared him for the scene which panned out before him. Avior had mentioned the devastation, but this was more than he could have imagined. It was all so horrible. So tragic. So stirring. The thought that a war could have done this to an entire planet. The Dark Mirror senshi's hand yearned for a pencil and sketchbook but, alas, he had left them at home and that wasn't why they had come. He promised himself that he would try to recreate as much from memory as possible and maybe bring a camera next time. Turning toward the city where Avior's attention was, Celemorrow was struck by how silent everything was. He had never been to any ruins or ghost towns on Earth and seeing any sort of mass settlement so utterly still was eerie. This was what the wars did. This is what the Senshi were bringing to Earth without even realizing it. "You'll have to describe how it once was to me, sometime." He wanted to draw it, print it, paint it...anything. He wanted to make it like it once was. He had so many questions, but he didn't know where to begin. "Where do we start?" That's right. There was more purpose to coming here than just sight-seeing. Questions could come after work was under way. Cooro Cooro I had read it before, but thanks for linking it again. It helps refresh my memory. :3
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:05 pm
"It's simple.. Imagine everything that isn't a building or the wall tinged blue or a light green. Imagine the smell of the ocean constantly dancing through the air, and the sounds of the mighty waves lapping against the base of the wall. Just imagine the sounds of thousands of bird wings, excitedly gliding through the air, their white wings as beautiful as the sails of the ships that now lay stranded on sand. It was a whole different world Celemorrow, one that I can only briefly see at times. Even now, that image dances in my peripheral vision, just out of sight."
The star Avior bore down on them with no mercy, and already the boy could feel his skin start to burn. It must have been even worse for his companion, who was covered from head to toe in black. Motioning for Celemorrow to follow, Avior quickly headed over to a bridge that seemed to connect this section of the broke wall over to the palace. Though he had not used it before, he deemed it safe enough for them to cross once the vision of a massive cannon on top of it flashed before his eyes. If such a large piece of equipment could service on top of it.. Surely their slight weight would cause no negative reactions.
"Into the palace. That is all I can manage to focus on right now.. We will do what we can to break down these poor souls, and burn the flowers once night fall comes." As he rounded the corner, Avior froze in place, stopping just short of crashing into the well-preserved dust corpse of a fellow soldier. The man was just like so many of the others, stuck in a position that seemed to be so life like, with every detail still remaining from when he was alive.. And his flower seemed to be a bright shade of violet, peeking out from the nape of his neck. For some reason, Avior couldn't bring himself to just collapse him right away.
"Celemorrow..." Taking a few quick steps backwards, creating distance between himself and the poor man before him, he turned to the black-cladded Senshi, wanting him to see this soldier that stood before him. "That's the flower.. That's the one that took every drop of water from this planet."
Verithe Sure thing! This will be the only time that Celemorrow would be able to visit this planet, but fret not! I got the OKAY to go and take pictures of the planet during his corruption RP (which is still ongoing) So the next time they meet, Avior will have pictures for him, if he still wanted them.
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:42 pm
The place was so desolate that it almost demanded the imagination to make the sounds it once held, though Celemorrow's imagination was probably nothing close to the real thing. As they crossed the bridge toward the palace, Celemorrow looked back at the remains of the wall they had been on. Avior was the Senshi of Walls, so this probably should have been something he expected, but it was still impressive, even in its disrepair. He shifted his hat slightly to shade his eyes from the sun. Turning his attention back to Avior and to the statuesque remains of the soldier. This was the flower....the weapon used to destroy this place. It was a weapon which rivaled the hellebore used on Kirrha and the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those weapons devastated cities. This flower had devastated an entire civilization. An entire world. And it was purple. And lovely. And terrifying. "Is it safe?" Cooro Cooro Celemorrow will probably want to see the photos! He's probably still going to be planning for another possible visit until he realizes it's impossible.
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:00 pm
"I have never touched it with my bare hands, but with gloves, I have not had a problem. Your hands are gloved too, so I will assume you will be fine. " The moment of being startled was over, and a low, rumbling anger began to seethe under Avior's skin. If only he knew who had done this to his home world.. If only there were a name to that Senshi of Horns, or to whatever army that had assisted them! He would have dragged them here himself, grinding their faces into the dusty ashes of his people! They deserved nothing but the fiery pits of hell in every form! But for all he knew, they no longer existed. They were just as unaware of this world as he was up until a few weeks ago.
And just as quickly as the rage came, it flowed out of him, leaving what felt like a canyon of sorrows behind. This poor soldier.. He was only trying to protect this home of his, just as much as Avior wanted to protect Earth.
"I'll show you what we're doing here." Avior's free hand wrapped itself around the base of the flower, and gave it a sharp tug backwards. The withered body of the soldier crumbled as the roots were brought out, proving that the only thing that even kept these figures standing was the same thing that killed them all. The roots of the lily-esque flower branched out in every which direction, mimicking the shape and threads of the human nervous system, spreading out farther than Avior was tall.
"It's like the roots took over the body, branching out like it was part of it, then sucked the victim dry from the inside out. I want to gather all of these flowers of the people inside of the palace and burn them. There must be millions within these walls, but this is not the time to take care of them all. It could take years to put every soul to rest." There was no stopping now, for if there was even a shred of hesitation from Avior, he would find himself unable to continue onwards. Leaving the pile of dust behind to scatter about on it's own, The blue-eyed boy finally finished crossing the bridge, forcing the thousand-year abandoned doors to open, and the cool air to flood out from the darkness.
"Inside we go then. We'll start from the top, and work our way down."
Verithe Aww.. I wonder how he would respond form that lost opportunity.. Avior would feel so terrible about it!
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