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 Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:39 am
Cygnus was sitting on a bench in the park, pouting. He felt very lost and alone, and he really rather hated it. He wanted to see what this new power of his meant, if he really was a super hero now, but he also hated being away from his home and his mom.
And he hated the dark.
Swinging his feet, as he did not touch the floor when he was sitting on the bench, he looked around and wondered what all the strange feelings in his head were. He did not understand them, and they only added to his misery, really. He was just confused, and he did not think that was how super heroes were supposed to feel.
All in all, this whole powered up thing was not working out the way he thought he would.
But at least he had not come across anything too threatening, outside of his mind... which was a scary enough place, really. And his being dressed as a silly yellow scarecrow was not helping his mood much. Every time he looked down at himself, he sighed and plucked at his doofy pants.
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 10:15 am
Tonight wasn't the worst night for patrolling, nor was it the best - rather it was a lazy night where Elpis was out patrolling for safety, not for any reason, so when she felt an aura for Order, the senshi was more surprised than not, and decided to see who it was with a sense of idle curiousity and an easy walk indicating she wasn't even really in a fighting mindset. What she didn't expect was seeing a kid alone in the park, so, she looked around curiously for signs of parents, or another powered before blinking. Was a kid the source of the aura? A child?!
The senshi blinked a moment, before internally, she began wondering if she had a cat to berate.
"Hello?"
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 11:58 am
Cygnus looked up when he heard someone talking to him, and frowned at her. He was not looking for company, and he did not like that someone else was in his park while he was out here brooding! Not that he knew what brooding technically was.
He stopped swinging his legs.
"Hi."
It was not the most pleasant hi. It was grumpy, and he clearly did not want to talk to her, and was only doing it because she was the older one here, and he had to be nice to adults.
Though she was not a figure of authority to him yet, if she ever would be, so he was not too sure how to respond to her. He just did it begrudgingly, just in case, but the jury was still out. He did not say anything else, just staring at her.
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:47 am
Elpis didn't blame him for being so grumpy looking really, the senshi instead tilting her head in concern, frowning. "Are you alright?" She ask. "Are your folks around?" Or a senshi? She doubed the latter, unasked portion - and if he was a senshi, she felt a bit unhappy with the cats still. Really. Kids? Kids?WHY!?
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 12:25 pm
"Do you bring your parents with you when you go on patrol?!"
What a dumb question! He was old enough to take care of himself, probably! Why did everyone treat him like he was a little kid? Just because he was a little kid! It was like people did not want to see a small child hurt in a war, or something.
Gosh.
He watched her for a long moment, then tried to remind himself that he was new to this whole thing and did not really have a right to be so rude to random strangers. Especially ones that could help him. He was just a bit of a brat, and had no control of himself when he felt embarrassed or scared. Which was most of the time.
Even when he was trying his best to be respectful. This was all too new for him to know, for sure, how to act with other senshi.
"Who are you? Are you going to make me go home?"
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 9:43 am
"Sometimes. But he's powered." Elpis blinked. This kid was awkward. Why was he AWAKENED? Was there drunk cats? The senshi rubbed her face, sighing. It was like aFlynn when they were younger, and the senshi looked to him a moment before answering. "I'm Sailor Elpis. I... Have no idea about home honestly. Uhm." She blinked. "I've never seen a senshi your age that I can recall." Nor was she sure how do handle children but that was aside the point.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:11 pm
Oh.
That was... not the answer he was expecting.
Parents could be powered? What if his parents were? That would be crazy! He wasn't sure he even liked that idea, as they would just yell at him and ground him all the time for being out without them, or something. Super heroes did not want super hero parents to tell them what to do!
That would just be embarrassing and stupid! It sounded like his worst nightmare. But of course, he was just a little kid, who did not really understand the world around him, or what his parents were trying to do as they protected him and helped him learn right and wrong.
Maybe he would get it some day.
"Well, I'm Sailor Cygnus, Chibi Senshi of Fear! And you better be afraid of me, because I'm pretty tough! I might look small but maybe I'm just better than all the older senshi and that's why I'm here! I can do anything an adult can do!"
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:11 pm
"Well, hmm." Elpis looked thoughtful. A fear senshi could be terrifying, in reality. Someone who was learning to use it as a weapon, in her mind, was formidable, and she nodded. "You're right. You are scary, but you don't want to scare people on your side. That's the people who don't feel ucky, unless they act like jerks. Then, well, handling is up to you. But the bad guys should be very afraid, because fear itself is pretty impressive." She grinned, and offered a handshake. "So, I for one, would rather not be on your bad side. It's nice to meet you Cygnus." Even if How Did Chibis Work, he wanted respect - she could do that.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:30 pm
Cygnus considered what she said, though he knew she was probably right. He did not really want to scare away potential friends anyway, it was just something that seemed to happen whenever he opened his mouth. If everyone on the senshi team was older than him, though, maybe it would be different.
He had an even harder time getting along with kids his own age.
"Well," he said, after a long pause, then he frowned at her and folded his arms over his chest, puffing up as much as he could despite his fairly limited height.
"I guess it's nice to meet you, too. I uh. How many bad guys are out there? If we're supposed to be on the same side, and I've seen others like you who say the same thing, who are the bad guys? I haven't even met anyone to fight, except a monster, and that was bad! I just want to be a superhero and have powers and have people like me."
Because who didn't like superheroes? It was kind of the only chance he had, it seemed to him at lest.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:55 pm
"Bad guys... Well, feel 'wrong'." Elpis explained. "I've met alot, so be careful if you see one. Some might not hurt younger senshi, but most might. As for number, I'm not sure. A lot of them. Lots of us, too." Elpis nodded. "Some don't seem to think, though. ... And hey. Nothing wrong with wanting to be liked." Elpis grinned, letting him have his size attempt and nodded. "I just worry more about the ones who would hurt you. They fight for keeps."
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:38 am
Cygnus looked worried, but tried to hide it. It resulted in him looking like he was contemplating running away, but was also fairly confused about the whole thing. He shifted from one foot to the other and did his best to remain rooted.
"I haven't met anyone like that. Mostly just other senshi who just want to talk about stuff. Maybe the bad guys'll just leave me alone. Are they all big kids like you, or are they my age too?"
He could probably take on someone his own age in a fight. Maybe. If he got some good surprise swings in.
And, of course, had plenty of space to run and hide if needed.
"Anyway, I don't care. I'm not scared of anyone!" Except everyone who posed a modicum of threat, "I'll fight any bad guy! I'm a super hero now, that's what we do!"
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:48 am
Elpis smiled some, then sighed. "Mostly my age or teenagers. Some even older." Hopefully, not in the Negaverse. Or Elpis would start to try looking for walls to bash her head against in frustration. "But you have a size advantage in a fight. If someone attacks you, aim for the knees first. It'll knock them down and give you a more even footing in terms of height, or, time to bolt. Of course, there's your magic too." Elpis nodded. "It might be of some use." No sense giving the bad without trying to help him defend herself, and she paused thoughtfully. "......You know, if you want, sometime we can try sparring. I can show you some tricks. My brother's physically bigger than me, so I know a few things." She nodded. "Can't hurt."
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:31 am
Cygnus was not sure what kind of a fight he had gotten involved in, but he didn't care. All he really knew was his dreams of having a new identity, a new life where he could be stronger and tougher and better than who he was now, had come true. He was the thing he loved so much in his comic books. He was a superhero!
Even if he couldn't fly. At least not yet. Maybe that came later?
But even cool heroes didn't have to fly or have super amazing powers. After all, Batman was awesome and he was just a normal guy! Cygnus knew that he could be amazing, somehow, it just had to reveal itself to him.
He would figure it out.
"Aim for the knees? Okay." He wasn't sure about magic, as he had not used his own and no one had really mentioned it before. Maybe she meant his new strength? Some people didn't understand super powers, and called it magic...
"Sparring? You mean like fighting each other. Uhm. Well. I wouldn't want to hurt you! Which I definitely could! Because I'm really strong now!!"
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:09 am
" That I don't doubt." Elpis grinned, nodding. "Sparring is practice fighting. It's so you get better and stronger at it, so that when things come to a real right, you're ready." She nodded. "And trust me, I do believe you can do harm. A lot of it. It's all about being clever and creative. Kind of like Tony Stark." SHE HOPED HE KNEW WHO WHAT WAS OR SHE'D BE SAD..... Her internal Marvel fan was showing, though.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:26 am
Cygnus perked up at the mention of a hero he knew.
There was one way to his stoney, bratty little heart, and that was through his comics and his fantasies surrounding them. This was a dream come true, in many ways, because he was able to be a hero like the ones that gave him so much hope in the comics he escaped into all the time. But getting along with others was still hard, and he was still scared of everything.
But being treated like he was a hero, and spoken to like one, helped him really believe it.
"I can do that! I can be like Iron Man! Though I didn't get a suit like him, so maybe I can fight like someone else, too. Do you think I'll be able to fly some day, or if I'll be able to make constructs with my powers like the Lanterns?!!" Marvel, DC: it did not matter to him. If there was a super hero in it, he probably read it, and he probably wanted to be just like them.
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