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Sailor Thisbe had missed out on the group outing to Negaspace. Sure, she'd gotten to hear a few things second hand from the Senshi of Vengeance, but it wasn't the same as being there. It was a disappointment, honestly, but it was her own fault for not responding to the summons.

And why hadn't she responded?

Better things to do. Dance rehearsal. School studies. Pretty much everything else at that point was better than the idea of powering up and risking running into an officer like Prehnite again. The bruises and scrapes had healed quickly enough, but her head still wasn't in the right place.

She had powered up that night in an attempt to clear her thoughts, sticking to the rooftops as she made her way across town. She kept her senses open for any blips that she might pass by, Order or Chaos. Time would tell if she'd actually run into anyone that night.

Her hood was nearly knocked off as she was knocked back and it took her a moment to to settle it back atop her head after picking herself up off of the ground. The Chaos aura had been moving so quickly that she'd barely had time to figure out what it was doing before it was on top of her, knocking her soundly onto the ground.

It wasn't like it had been when Captain Richterite had attacked her, though. This seemed more like a stumble than an actual intended attack... But that didn't make it any better, did it?

"Really in that much of a hurry to get into a fight tonight?"

"Just your thing?" She crossed her arms over her chest, peering at him from beneath the lip of her hood. "Honestly, who actually admits that running into people is a thing that they do?"

Thisbe clicked her tongue, tsking softly at the Negaverse officer. He felt like he was about the same rank as she was, aura-wise, so she could probably take him... As long as his weapon wasn't something jabby like the last Lieutenant that she had gone up against.

"What's your name, Soldier?"

"Did we get off to the wrong start after you nearly knocked me over? I'm sorry." She did her best to look apologetic as she held her hand out to the officer. "Let's try again, maybe? I'm Sailor Thisbe."

Her name was all she offered, not willing to divulge her sphere. There were times when she pondered whether or not giving her name was even a good idea, considering she had been running into more Negaverse officers now and there was always that chance someone might actually know who she was or what she could do.

"I could ask you the same thing. You looked like you were running away from something... Were you? Another battle? A body you left behind? You weren't running away from yourself, were you?" Her hand dropped slowly back down to her side, head tilting as she continued to watch him from beneath her hood.

"What are you interested in, then, if not who I am and what I can do? Not gunning for my starseed? That'd be a first..."

"You're all alike," she snorted as she shook her head. "Ask 'em a few questions and they start to get fighty. Even when you don't ask questions there's a fist or a weapon. Hmpfh."

Shaking her head, she brought her fists up as she took a defensive stance. "Woe upon you this evening, I'm Sailor Thisbe!"

Even with her guard up she hadn't expected the punch to come so suddenly. She had almost banked on him backing out of the squabble, but no. Instead he threw a punch that caught her in the jaw, sending her reeling backwards.

Her eyes narrowed as she brought her hand up to rub at her jaw, dazed for a moment and trying to recover her senses. She straightened out, tossing her gloves to the ground before running at him to strike back.

His shoulder made contact with her chest, driving the wind from her. She coughed out the name of her attack on her way down, hand firmly grasping his arm to tug him down along with her as her hood fell back. "Veil of Woe..."

Her back hit the ground, knocking the rest of her breath away as she lay there. This had been a terrible idea.