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“That's good then, as a knight it seems like I had a finite amount of time for my weapon while you have multiple attacks. It really is fascinating.” Pompeii was already thinking about all the things she could ask Athene with regards to senshi powers and the like. Even knowing a few senshi Pompeii felt like she didn’t know enough about them, she didn’t even think she knew enough about knights either. There were still so many questions that the squire had about the whole ‘war’ and what it meant. This was the perfect time to get this ‘older’ fighters take on the whole thing.

With that thought the knight headed off into the city, well aware of the stronger fighter beside her. She could even ask about his particular fighting style since everyone fought in a different way. Pompeii shook off her mental ramblings and focused on her surroundings as they moved from the park into the city proper. “Is there anywhere you normally patrol? Anywhere we need to head towards or do?” As a normally solitary fighter Pompeii wasn’t sure what the protocol was with regards to where they should head to. Athene was stronger, and likely had been fighting for longer, so Pompeii was more than willing to let him take the lead.

Leaping from building to building his slate eyes shifting from the cities skyline to the Captain at his side. He had run into the captain earlier in the evening and decided to spend the evening out with them, see what they knew and answer any questions they may have. It was a night to be out and roaming without any purpose other than learning and talking. It wasn't something he did often any more. If he wasn't out on his own he was out trying to talk to members of order and make deals with them. gain their trust. It was something he didn't always enjoy especially the guilt over his conflicted feelings. It was nothing he could even talk about or risk writing about...all things he kept bottled up inside.

Another glance to the Captain before he held up a hand as he felt it - eternal...squire. "order." he whispered whilst hoping it was no one he knew, no one he had any sort of deal with. He couldn't be caught acting nice to them but he also couldn't go and explain it to anyone on his side to defend himself. Everything was rather in the shadows, which he liked, but it stuck him in a hell of a position at times.

"Do you want to continue in that direction?" Wanting to get the others opinion before continuing on toward what could end up a fight. He knew the added risks for himself if they continued on and was willing to take them - if need be. Those he was built bridges with knew he could not let the friends and alliances be known to his own side. The line though for him...it was so blurred now...this war was no so simple any more but had it ever been? It was war and he'd been only a teenager at the start and he was still young, just not a teenager.

"I'll leave the choice to you." He could handle a fight if he had to, he had years under his belt and a weapon that could deal a good amount of damage unlike the captain.

Athene nodded as he kept pace with Pompeii, "That makes sense" he said quietly in answer to her mention that she tended to keep to this particular side of the city.

Because whilst he didn't personally have a particular side of the city that he tended to patrol - patrolling somewhere that was familiar did make sense.

There was no right or wrong way to patrol though and Athene had been a senshi long enough to know that everyone patrolled differently.

He'd been walking in peaceable companionship with Pompeii for a little bit when he picked up on two more auras, although unlike the aura of his patrol partner for the evening these new auras held the cold chill of chaos and one that he had come to associate with members of the Negaverse.

One was stronger than the other - however the second aura wasn't weak either which suggested perhaps a Captain and a General...

Sensing auras wasn't exactly an exact science however so Athene wasn't sure how far away they were - but they were close enough given that he was picking up on them...

His footsteps slowed as he tilted his head up to look at Pompeii, his quiet voice quieter than normal as he said "I'm picking up on the aura of a Captain and a General and whilst I can't say how far away they are, they must be close enough to be picking up on our auras."

Because if he was picking up on them, then Athene reckoned that they were almost certainly doing the same.

Pompeii kept pace with Athene, lost in her own thoughts it took her a moment to comprehend what the stronger senshi had said. Her first response was not likely anything the other order member had ever heard, “That's fantastic!” She fell quiet for a moment as she picked up the auras as well which meant that they were getting closer. The knight had realized a while ago that the stronger you were the wider your range was in detecting others and vise versa. “We will be able to get more data about your magic. Maybe even form a hypothesis as to what makes it work or not.”

As far as Pompeii was concerned this interaction between chaos and order was a perfect time to see if Athene’s magic would work against the two negaversers. It should have occurred to the squire that maybe a confrontation was not an ideal thing but all she could think of was the possibility of gathering more information on the senshi’s magic… and maybe even bonus knowledge on nega magic and weapons.

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Febrezeite was a bit disappointed when Benitoite gave him his orders, getting stuck with just a squire… bah. But he has his orders so he was stuck with just the knight, the general would be getting the better half of the duo. He was just picking the signature of the two as General Short Stack, note to self: never call him that to his face, started to book it towards the two unfortunate order suckers. If he was sensing them then even the squire, his power equivalent, knew they were there.

Mentally keeping track of the order duo, the Captain scrambled to keep up with the General currently leading them. It was rather surprising how fast Benni could move in his uniform, Febrezite’s own wasn't anywhere near as ornate, thank you lord. He mentally shuddered at the idea of sporting not only a long coat but a cape as well… What did that old lady from that Pixar movie say? ‘No Capes!’

He was almost so lost in his thoughts that he nearly missed the flash of movement in the distance, “Sir!” He hissed out his warning as quietly as he could and yet still be heard. “Over there.” Even with the city sounds to muffle their approach as well as any noise he could make it never hurt to keep it quiet, after all a sneak attack is always a good tactic. Unfortunately the nega duo had three things going against them in order to pull off a sneak attack. First was their auras, pretty hard to attack on the downlow when your location is given away like using a flashlight in a dark room. Second was the order wimps were just entering an abandoned parking lot, the dilapidated warehouse a few dozen yards away was the only real cover available. And third but not least, they were still on the rooftops, one of the last few viable perches since the roofs stop a street shy of the chain link fence around the lot. It would take more skill than Febrezite had if they wanted to put a little fear of the dark into the two goodie goodies.

A cape and a coat? He also had a vest, shirt and a jabot. He had a uniform that could kill in the summer but was good in the winter, or at least better than most peoples uniforms were especially senshi. He was, as they closed in, expecting to see some skirted 'hero' standing on a roof top with a better dressed squire at their side. What he saw was neither of those things. In fact it was neither that was well dressed, in his opinion, and he was unsure which was better, or worst, dressed.

Stopping at the roofs ledge, peering down toward the duo he turned then to the captain. "I will teleport us down there, behind them if I can. it is the only sort of surprise we can find in this field. This is not one which is in our favor." They'd be more on even ground, fighting wise, with the senshi and knight duo. It wasn't something he couldn't handle - just a dislike. he liked to have surprise on his side when he could, any upper hand he could get he would take.

Stepping back from the ledge he went to grab the Captain. "Your teleporting is more limited then mine. Teleport if you must in the battle, let it give you a possible advantage." He wouldn't let him waste it here and now when he might need to teleport during the fight, when it would help him either to avoid something or to land a deadly blow to the squire. He could teleport more often so he would get them down there and try to provide some surprise element - anything to help them. "I'm fairly certain I've run into that eternal before but I can't remember their magic." Over the years he'd encountered too many knights and senshi and couldn't always remember who did what, unless he'd run into them a lot of times or they were that stand out magically or physically.

Moving them both to the ledge, so he could see where he wanted to teleport to, he focused on the location, a foot behind the two, and in a blink they were gone and in the same instant they were down on the ground appearing. Letting the Captain go he was a flurry of movement, and fabric, as his weapon was summoned and brought into play as he took a swing for the eternal.

And then the auras went from being close but not quite in the vicinity to being virtually on top of them, Athene's eyes widening beneath his glasses as he spun round.

"Pompeii watch..." He started to call out a warning to his companion, but the words trailed off in a startled yelp as a blue and black clad figure came rushing in his direction, as booted feet darted backwards in an attempt to put a bit of distance between them.

It wasn't entirely successful, although it did allow him to narrowly avoid being skewered by something metallic...

Or perhaps it was sheer dumb luck.

Although given the way the evening was shaping up it was probably dumb luck over any real skill.

(And reswitching them… this might happen alot so yeah ^.^)

Pompeii’s shock only lasted for a few seconds before her training kicked in. After years of practicing, training, and fights it was only natural for her to grab for the negaverser’s wrist, kick out with both feet, and rock back all at once in an effort to throw the poor man. Two high heeled boots to the gut would not be a very pleasant feeling. That didn’t even factor in the force of the throw, the impact, or even her grip. If she had timed it right, the speed the nega had been going, plus her forcing his change of direction as well as adding to force, should in theory toss him a distance behind her.

This of course was all just speculation, there was no guarantee that the throw would work let alone where he would land. There never was when it came to chaos. And it wasn’t like Pompeii was the best of fighters, especially not after the mess that was the train youma thing.
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It was Febrezite’s turn to be surprised as his attack completely missed his target. That she fell wasn’t so shocking but the hand that gripped his wrist was. He didn’t have a chance break the squire’s grip before her feet were jammed into his gut, driving most of the air out of his lungs, and he was soaring over her body. Oddly enough the only thing that really went through his mind as he was propelled over her was about her uniform… mainly his appreciation of the low cut top of her uniform.

That appreciation, as well as what was left of his air, disappeared as his back slammed into the ground. Apparently the squire didn’t time her throw just right since he landed just a few feet behind her not that he could take advantage of that right then, air in the lungs was required for movement… and he didn’t have any right then. He just remained there doing his best to get his head on straight, looking up just as the knight was getting to her feet. It looked like she was going to interfere with the General’s fight, Febrezite couldn’t allow that. Even though his whole body ached he still flipped over and grabbed both of the girl’s ankles and pulled, getting a nice view as she kissed the cracked pavement.

Watching as the blade of his spear missed the senshi, a shame really, he was happy to note that he had at least gotten the senshi's uniform. It wasn't what he wanted, not by a long shot, but he had done something and knew now that the senshi was quicker than he'd thought. It gave a better idea of how fast he needed to be, how little time he could give the senshi.

A glance back toward his Captain, watching them yank the Squire to the ground, he turned back to the eternal and noted they were much closer - not good. He knew that with his weapon he could ill afford having an opponent close to him, his weapon was meant for ranged fighting. He knew he could ditch the weapon and fight with his hands, and feet, and that would solve part of the problem.

"Well, looks like a change is needed." The words were said with a sort of bored tone to them, a matter of fact manner, as he let his weapon vanish. It left him at both a disadvantage and an advantaged position. "Come little senshi, let the children play while we dance." He had, for a brief moment, considered tossing the Captain his weapon and letting them use it. But he wasn't sure the other would manage the ranged weapon. Not only was it ranged but it was weighted in a way that he was used to and the Captain not.

One gloved hand, his right, formed a fist as he made to close the distance between himself and the eternal further - intent upon punching the other in the face if he could.




(If you want them to switch positions, on who is fighting who, go for it. I don't know what you want Fiction. ::Snugs:: )