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 Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:20 pm
Erythrite had powered back up, since that was the way Leto would recognize her - even with her new uniform. She hoped. The Captain held her girlfriend against her side, trying to keep her panic from showing. Finally, she spotted a mirror, and picked up the pace.
"It's gonna be okay," she said, her voice soft, both to reassure Serenity and herself. And then, she powered down, sending Alistair a text message -- pleading, as much as you could by text, to tell Leto to meet her. It was an un-ideal system, but having friends in the Court had its uses.
Right then, she needed the Dark Mirror Princess. Badly.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:28 pm
She might have been out of it the whole way to this mirror, but Serenity was stirring once she heard someone's voice all of a sudden. The white haired girl in Erythrite's arms just made a weak soundnig noise as her eyes opened, trying to focus on her surroundings. Where she was was... lost on her. Looking around she saw a mirror in front of her that Erythrite seemed to be talking too and she was so confused. "M-mn.." Wasn't quite 'hey, why are you talking to a mirror?' but it would have to do.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:46 pm
When Leto needed time alone, in silence and complete nothingness, MirrorSpace was where she went. It seemed like just yesterday her wings were being ripped from her back and the skin on her shoulders, back and arms burned away. And while she typically enjoyed having company to keep her from her thoughts... Sometimes nothingness was just easier. She laid on the cool, white floor, eyes staring at the blank expanse above her, until she heard her name called. Sitting up quickly, she winced and looked around MirrorSpace confused. When she realized the voice was coming through a mirror, she sighed and pushed herself to her feet. Time to get to work. She stepped up to the mirror and pressed her hand to the surface, still amazed years later by the glass rippling under her touch. "Step back," she said as she pushed her way through the mirror and exited to meet Erythrite holding onto what looked like a girl that was on her way towards the bright light at the end of a tunnel. "That... Doesn't look good," the Eternal of Camouflage stared at the two of them. "Do you need me to bring her to a hospital or something? I can mirrorwalk her there." As far as Leto understood, Captains couldn't teleport other people, and logically she couldn't think of any other reason she would bring her a civilian.
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:10 pm
Erythrite let out a breath of relief when the Princess of the Dark Mirror arrived, hands still resting on Serenity's shoulders. She didn't want to let go, even if she knew she'd have to eventually. She was still feeling sick from the revelation that she'd nearly killed her girlfriend, and she didn't particularly want to explain the whole mess, so a short summary would have to do.
"Uhm, in a bit, yeah, that's probably a good idea," she acknowledged. "But..." She was never nervous, never stiff, and yet here she was, stammering. "Okay long story short is, this is my girlfriend. My girlfriend is an Order Senshi and we would both like to fix that and I've already had one close family member totally forget about me and it sucked so I figured...you'd be the best bet."
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:54 pm
Well, she certainly didn't know if she was seeing things right now. The mirror seemed to ripple and someone ...just stepped out of it. Serenity would have found it interesting had she not been heading towards sleep again. Ery's voice was.. oddly comforting to her and her head tipped to the other's chest. She was so tired. Couldn't they just lay her down on the floor or something to sleep for a bit?
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:31 pm
"That's pretty ******** up. And incredibly bad luck." Leto took a step forward and leaned over Serenity to get a good look at her. If only Leto had any idea that the family member that Erythrite was talking about was Persephone. She bit her bottom lip as she looked up at Erythrite, her expression clearly worry-stricken. "It's going to hurt. A lot. Like... A lot a lot. And she needs to be powered. And um, since she'll lose her identity she can't go to the hospital, but unless there's any broken bones or stab wounds the hospital won't do her much good anyway." She sighed and brushed the girl's hair back. "Girlfriend of Erythrite?" Leto asked quietly, because knowing names is totally over-rated. And also irrelevant once she lost her identity. "Can you hear me darlin? I'm gonna need you to power up. I promise I'll take you to my place to rest when we're done. You'll be safe there, okay? Erythrite and I will take care of you." She glanced up to meet the Captain's gaze.
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:35 am
Erythrite felt her expression twist into a faint grin. "Yeah, pretty bad," she agreed.
She flinched at the mention that it would hurt, but she couldn't pretend to be surprised. She remembered her corruption, and then her promotion, and exhaled. Chaos hurt.
"I promise, I'll be here for you, whatever you need, baby, you just have to let Leto help." Then she slowly released Serenity and stepped back. She had to trust that Leto would help, that everything would be okay once Machholz was Dark Mirror, even if the girl underneath wouldn't go by the name "Serenity Kinderman" anymore.
At least she would still remember, still be Serenity, just under a different name. And maybe that would mean they had a chance to fix whatever might have been broken by the revelation of what Delilah did at night when she was Captain Erythrite.
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:26 am
Power up? Serenity let out a weak laugh and just attempted to stand on her own two feet. She was shaky, but somehow the girl managed it. "I'm already in pain.. So maybe I'll just.. go to sleep." She murmured to herself before taking a deep breath and started the power up process. There she stood in front of them as Sailor Machholz now. The previous cuts to her uniform were gone and for the most part she looked like she could actually do some fighting. It wasn't true, of course, but she at least looked like it. Looking to Leto, the blue eyed girl took a deep breath and winced at the cut to her side sending sharp stabbing pains through her. "NOW..." She'd yelled that. Oops. "Now what..?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:27 pm
"Now you just stand there and look pretty," Leto offered as consoling of a smile as she possibly could, all things considered. This may not have been the ideal situation for bringing a White Moon Senshi into her Court, but numbers were numbers and any addition to the team would be a welcome one. And the fact that she would be joining the ranks of the Dark Mirror Court rather than the Negaverse? Well, that was just an added bonus. Powering up into her Royal form was still painful for her. There were parts of her back that still ached when her wings appeared, particularly now with burns still healing along her shoulders. But there ain't no rest for the wicked, so pushing through he pain was all that Leto seemed to know lately. Shifting from Eternal Senshi to Princess, her Chaotic aura was suddenly an enormous beacon in Destiny City. "When this is done, I'll be weak. Just drag me to the mirror I came out of and make sure you're both holding on to me. I'll mirrorwalk you both back to my apartment," Leto said to Erythrite, who would be the only functional one between them at the end of this ordeal. Summoning her crystal into her hand, the Black Mirror soon followed, lingering behind the girl that now stood as Machholz. Leto pushed all of her energy through her crystal and into the mirror, then took a step to close the distance between herself and the Senshi of Poison. "I'm sorry," she said quietly before she pushed Machholz through the surface of the Black Mirror, the glass shattering and absorbing into her skin. All that Machholz would see is black. She would feel her homeworld being ripped away from her and she would experience a pain that only Chaos could bring, until the Black Mirror spit her back out as a Super Senshi of the Dark Mirror Court.
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:33 pm
Erythrite let out a small breath, guilt gripping her at the sight of her girlfriend's White Moon form. God, if it hadn't been for her powering down, she would've murdered Serenity. That was...really hitting her, right then.
"Get everyone over to the mirror, gotcha," she acknowledged, and then she watched.
Observing a corruption was an incredible thing. The sheer power radiated by a Princess was incredible, and right then she was glad Leto was on her side. She cringed when Machholz went though - there was no way to prepare for that, it looked incredibly painful - but what came out the other side was stronger.
She let out a breath she hadn't realized he was holding, and then moved in to collect her girlfriend and the Princess.
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:34 pm
She watched both Leto and Ery. One backed away and one stepped forward and Machholz's heart rose to her throat and she could only swallow. This was going to hurt, wasn't it? There was basically no time before she was pushed into the mirror. The shattering made her yelp and then her vision went black. She saw nothing but black and she was screaming. At least, she thought she was screaming. It echoed in her own head as pain filled her entire being. Chaos hurt. It hurt and she almost instantly regretted making this decision with her life. If only she'd ignored ********* that day. If only... she hadn't gone to the bridge. And then she was spat out but she didn't have time to figure things out. She didn't have time to look down at her new self before she was gathered up by her girlfriend, feeling even worse than when she first got here. Well, now all she wanted to do was sleep to get away from the pain, and forget what happened. She wanted to be blissfully unaware of today's events, all of them. What more could she do besides try to stand on her own and walk? "I'm..." She winced and breathed deep. "Okay...?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:09 am
Leto stood as the energy from her crystal filtered into the Black Mirror, forcing Chaos into Machholz's starseed. When the new and improved Senshi of Poison was released back into the real world, Leto's crystal flickered before disappearing, taking her Princess form with it. She dropped to the ground as an Eternal Senshi and clung to the grass as she took deep, gasping breaths. Closing her eyes for a moment, Leto nodded in response to Machholz's question. "You're okay." When Erythrite collected the two weak Senshi, Leto opened her eyes and grinned as best she could at Machholz. "Welcome to the family," she said to her. It was warm and genuine and there was nothing more in the world that Leto cared about. "Let's... Let's go home..." she added softly, knowing full well the two of them could both use some rest. Red eyes looked up at Erythrite, putting all the trust in the world into this Negaverse Agent who would have to get the two Dark Mirror Senshi to safety.
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:23 pm
Erythrite carefully guided Leto and Machholz over to the mirror, guilt already starting to eat her up as she took in Machholz's new form. God, she hoped the white-haired girl didn't hate her in the morning, when she'd had time to process this.
Erythrite felt painfully selfish, for what she had done, but it was the only way - the best way - and she had to believe that. If she didn't, she would never be able to forgive herself.
"Home sounds really, really good right now," the Captain admitted quietly.
Apologies and pleas for forgiveness would wait.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:51 am
Hate was a strong word. Machholz didn't know she would hate, but she wouldn't be very happy. The shorter girl just leaned against the Captain and breathed as evenly as she could. Half of her wanted to tell Erythrite to sleep on the couch, but she really didn't want to deal with guilt right now. Looking to Leto she gave a soft laugh and winced afterwards, breathing deeply before relaxing. "...Guess... Ah, I can call you mom?" She asked Leto, just wanting to go back to her bed. If she didn't get an answer, Machholz would have been fine. She was really tired.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:27 am
When Erythrite hauled the two of them to the mirror that Leto had originally come out of, Leto pushed through the mirror with the other two girls in tow. On the other side, the three toppled out of a mirror that hung on the wall in Quinn's bedroom with absolutely zero grace. The moment they were in her room, Leto powered down into Quinn. She pushed herself to her feet and leaned against the wall for a moment. "You two can stay here in my room. I'll be on the couch." Waving a hand incredibly half-assed, Quinn pushed off of the wall and shuffled to the couch to sleep. Everything else in the world could wait.
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