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The evening's wanderings and rooftop ramblings had lead Eternal Sailor Corvus to a part of town that had seen better days. The news reports lately had mentioned strange sightings near the arcade that had shut down years ago after a particularly bad attack. From the descriptions she assumed youma, which generally wound up as a routine encounter... But what was 'routine' for her, a seasoned senshi who had battled her way to the rank of eternal, was sometimes too much for someone else.

With the thought that she wouldn't be the only one to look into the report, Corvus found a perch and she waited, leaving her senses open in hopes of picking up the signature of someone; order or chaos.

The aura that she picked up on was weaker than her own, but definitely Order aligned; a plus, as she was hardly in the mood for any Negaverse nonsense this evening. She straightened herself out, making sure that she would be visible from the direction she felt the aura approaching from so as to not startle anyone. With only white on her fuku being the splash on her bodice and the butt wings, hiding in the shadows made her both easy to miss in the shadows and easy to mistake as an enemy if one wasn't paying attention to details.

"If I wasn't don't you think I would have attacked you by now?" Corvus grinned as she stepped towards the sound of the voice, brow lofting slightly as she finally caught sight of him. "Are there really that many senshi around town now that just randomly go around attacking others who are Order aligned? Goodness, no wonder we haven't made any progress against the Negaverse. I suppose Astraea hasn't bothered with any more 'You must work together' pep talks either..."

Not that she had wanted to listen to the pep talks when they'd been given. Silly, really, considering where she'd found herself now. "Corvus; Senshi of Vengeance... And you are?"

"This old thing?" She smirked. "I think I lucked out, honestly. It makes it easier to blend in; that split second when people can't tell whose side your on despite the way your aura feels can be enough to gain a bit of an edge... I've used it to my advantage once or twice, but it also has its flaws."

It came with her sphere, after all, and Vengeance was never easy.

"It can be hard when you lose your team, or when you find yourself drifting away from them. Word of advice from someone who's been around that block? Watch out for the 'nice' Negaverse agents. We can learn a lot from them, but it usually comes at a price."

"One of their General Kings fits that description, but in the name of not wanting to summon him by saying his name, I'll refrain from that for now." Her expression took on the hint of a sly smirk as she glanced at him before turning about so that she was fully facing him again.

"I've been through a battle or two in my five years... First thing about fighting is to know your own personal strengths. Is your magic passive or aggressive?" Her brow quirked as she regarded the young man.

"The best advice I have for you, then, is to make sure you keep your phone updated with contacts. You don't have to consider every senshi that you meet a friend, but in a game like this it helps to have allies. Pay attention to your senses and learn what different auras feel like, especially when it comes to strong chaos energy spots. Take down there, for instance," Corvus extended a gloved hand, pointing at the arcade. "Can you feel anything inside that building? I hadn't noticed it before, but there was just a little blip... When something like that happens and you notice it, phone a friend. Sounds cheesy, but it helps."

Corvus took a step back, tucking a strand of hair back behind her ear. "I had to learn that the hard way. When I first started I got my a** handed to me a lot because I didn't understand how to use my attacks to my advantage and I thought that teaming up was stupid." She still considered it questionable from time to time, but she had come to accept that it was one of the best ways to stay alive.

"Wanna show that thing what we can do?"

She let the youma be a distraction for the moment, using it as a reason to not discuss her own team. It was easier, sometimes, to pitch the benefits of having a senshi group if you didn't point out how you'd lost two of your team members to a tragic accident and lost touch with the last one because you'd lost touch with yourself as well.

"My attacks are offensive, but Vengeance has a catch." Corvus hopped down from the roof top she had been watching the arcade from, landing neatly while waiting for him to follow. "My magic doesn't work until I've taken damage from an opponent. It's another reason why it helps to blend in with the bad guys sometimes..."

"After the first time I wound you 'mugged' my father signed me up for some self defense classes. My mother thought that a personal escort of some sort would be better, but I think Papa knew I'd ditch them." She smirked softly, fondly speaking of her family in a way that she hadn't lately. She was going to have to visit home at some point, as opposed to just checking in over the phone once every couple of weeks to reassure them that her grades were still up and she hadn't been getting into too much trouble.

"Another bit of advice is to use whatever is around you. If you're in an alley look for a garbage can lid. If you're heading into an old building pay attention to what's around right as you walk in the door. Anything that you can pick up can be used as a weapon even if you're just using it long enough to distract your opponent long enough for someone else to get a hit in. Sometimes just startling them can be enough to save someone's life." She nodded as they crossed the street.