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 Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:57 am
He had been following the Chaos signature for several blocks, jumping stop then bed of a truck and up onto a Indian restaurant as he went. Chaos to him was not something to run from. Most were old associates who might not fully know what happened to him. Others he never had the chance to meet but wasn't against to meeting now. Negas were not his enemy, and he still worried for them. Despite this, his heart raced at the thought of meeting an old friend who might hate him now.
He'd have to bite the bullet sometime and he moved up into the roofs and down into a marketplace courtyard where skeletal tents stood awaiting to be used for that mornings priduce stalls. They were close by.
"I can sense you." He called out, moving down the street to search where they were, a tarp tied to a tent flapping nearby in the fall wind.
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:09 am
"Same here, buddy," the Chaos Signature source answered, leaning out from under one of the tents in surprise. "But the way you say it, you sound like a stalker. And that means something coming from a guy constantly being called a creep," he chuckled. He'd just set his mirrorwraith loose to see what energy it could scavenge for in the immediate area when he sensed the other energy signature and heard the voice call him out.
He stepped out completely from under the tent to regard the newcomer. "Did you come far to track me down? Usually I'm the one who goes around chasing others. Guess you Order people like to keep Chaos in check, though, huh?" Tilting his head with a lop-sided grin, he crossed his arms over his chest and shifted his weight to his heels in a casual stance.
"Pretty fancy outfit you got there. What are you? A knight?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 3:30 pm
"Well I did follow you." He said with a shrug, though his brief moment of relaxation around the Chaos aura vanished the moment he saw the other's uniform. The collar said senshi, but he didn't see any holes. Then again, with his chest covered, it was hard to tell if it was being covered. He never liked corrupted senshi, even when he had been an officer.
"I'm not here to keep agents in check. Quite the opposite. But you........corrupted senshi?" He wasn't sure. "You're outfit it a bit more of the vibrant ones, isn't it."
"Yes, a knight."
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:57 pm
"Huh?" Once the stranger got a good look at him, Ptolemaeus did not miss his evident tension. That didn't make sense, though. If this knight was of Order, he should have already been prepared to confront a Chaos being, so why was he only putting his guard up now? His words didn't match up, either. "The opposite...? Are you like a double-agent or something?"
The teen wasn't fond of fights, but if this guy was already acting on-edge just at the sight of his outfit, Ptolemy figured he had better put up his own guard as well. He could never be sure how those from other factions would react to learning his. Still, it seemed pretty pointless trying to keep it a secret since it was going to come out sooner or later.
"I don't know how familiar you are with Chaos signatures, but I've encountered a corrupted senshi before and it was nothing like mine," he said, attempting to keep up his smile and cheerful demeanor. "The name's Sailor Ptolemaeus of Change. I'm a Dark Mirror Senshi."
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:14 am
"Not quite. Double-agents still work for a side. I'm my own side."
He walked slowly closer. "I know what signatures used to feel like, but kind of getting used to my own change. I thought as much with you, but wanted to be sure."
So far, he was unarmed, but was moving closer. "Tell me, is Leto still leading your group? I haven't seen her in some time and we had such a tender heart-to-heart last time. Is she still a pain in the neck?" Not anymore now that we was free from his punishment collar that she loved to yank whenever she was bored.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:22 am
"'On your own side' meaning...you don't have a side?" Ptolemy inquired, not quite following the other's explanation. "If they're on a side and you're on a side, I'm not sure I see a difference."
He unfolded his arms and dropped them from his chest when the knight approached but otherwise didn't move. "Is that so?" he said slowly, still upholding his default grin.
At the question asked of him, the senshi raised a brow and rubbed the back of his neck. "Leto?" He repeated. "I don't think I've heard of any Leto...I've only been part of the court for a few months now, though, so I'm still pretty new. So far as I know, we don't currently have any leader, but the most powerful Dark Mirror Senshi I'm aware of would be Remarque. Know that guy?"
So it was clear now this guys had some history with the DMC, but Ptolemaeus wanted to make it just as clear that he had nothing to do with it. People who judged others based on their faction and that alone tended to annoy him. He didn't believe that just because someone or several people in a group did something that everyone else should have been held responsible for it. Not when it came to personal vendettas which, from the way this guy was talking, it sounded like he had against this Leto person.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:50 am
"Remarque. Oh....him." If the newest members weren't being lead by Leto, then maybe she was taking a backseat or working on her own in some fashion while Remarque took over the newest members. If that was the case, Remarque would need to be a prime focus."
He remembered the man from White Phoenix, and had seen how close he was to Leto. He would know what she was doing, but most of all, he was one of the heads of the monster he wanted to destroy.
"If you don't have any leaders, then what are your orders now?"
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:07 pm
The 6'3" sailor scout sneered, adjusting his stance. "I think we're more alike than I realized. We each have factions and seem to assume that we have strong loyalty to said factions, but neither of us seems to want to acknowledge actually taking a side."
Stroking his chin, he said, "So let me get this straight. You're a knight with an Order signature and knights are supposedly sworn to protect some royal or other, but you claim no loyalty to anyone but yourself. Is that right?"
"Similarly, I'm a Dark Mirror Senshi with a Chaos signature. Maybe the Dark Mirror Court is meant to follow the whims of its royalty as well, but I haven't even heard of Leto before this, I don't think, and I've only encountered Remarque on a few occasions before. He told me what he's trying to do, but as scattered as the Dark Mirror Court is, I never really got a sense of a united goal or that we were being given orders.
"My impression was that we gather energy to explore Mirrorspace in the hopes of finding a new replacement for Earth, but there was nothing to enforce or encourage this; no consequences if we didn't do our part nor any reward if we did. Therefore, from what I understand, most of the Dark Mirror Court's just been going around doing what they want. Maybe seeking energy or knowledge here or there, but not with any sort of fierce motivation or urgency. I wouldn't call them any sort of 'orders' more so than 'suggestions'."MoonKitsune ((OTL SO Sorry this took so long to reply to. sweatdrop ))
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:51 am
"You're correct. If I followed some appointed person to tell me what to do, then I'm just a sheep with the masses. I have no control and I have no freedoms. I have no ability to judge things on my own and act upon them. Instead, I would just allow those I trust and fight beside me to be at the whims of someone who they say I should listen to. I'm not that person." Not anymore.
"What kind of life would we lead if we just listened to someone else just because they were stronger? Strength can be taken. Strength and power and be challenged and destroyed with the right numbers and tactics. I fight for my own reasons and there isn't anyone on this side that could do anything about it. They are all concerned about their own goals. No one cares about what anyone does. It's unorganized and petty here. There is no structure, no rules of conduct, no punishment, and while that is freeing, it's a very dismal situation isn't it?"
He moved closer. "All that freedom unchecked."
Raising his hands up, he shrugged. "But it works for me and that's all that matters for now."
Dropping his arms, he looked over at the senshi. "So, are any of the dmcers even up to anything or are they all disorganized? What is the point of having Remarque then? Seems like he's just a figurehead." A spot to fill while Leto was doing - what? Was something being done in the background away from the new little senshi who didn't ask questions?
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:41 am
As the knight began to get more talkative, Ptolemy obliged him with silence and a listening ear. He nodded slowly in acknowledging agreement, refusing to interrupt, but mentally pondering just what reasons of his own the fellow fought for. He certainly seemed discontent with his faction. Had that always been the case? What was his story and his relation to the Dark Mirror Court?
"They're two extremes," he remarked when there was a lull in the other's speech. "Following all orders without question and following none at all. I'll agree it's dismal, but like you, I have my own agenda, so I'm not completely directionless."
He was still closing the distance between them. What was he trying to do, exactly? Ptolemaeus wasn't about to back down or move, but all the talk and subtle approaching was beginning to concern him. Was this guy up to something? What could he have possibly wanted with him?
"I'm sorry, but like I said before, you're asking the wrong member," the tattooed senshi apologized. "I don't know enough about the others to know what they're up to. It's possible some of the more powerful ones who have been with the court longer have plans, but that's not something I would know anything about, being at the bottom of the totem pole."
He held up his own palms. "I told you what I know of Remarque's goals. He wants to try to find some new world for people to live on if the Earth gets...compromised. He seems to think it might be possible to find such a place in Mirrorspace if we gather enough energy to search it. Otherwise, our court is supposed to lay low in the war and not draw attention to ourselves."
Regarding the knight with more scrutiny, he said, "I believe I gave you my name, but I don't think I caught yours."
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:50 pm
He smiled back. "It's Gevaudan." There was little reason not to give it anyways. Either later through word of mouth or now, the name would be known. For how long, well, he wasn't quiet sure yet. The man was watching him, but like he said, he was low on the totem pole. So low that he didn't even know or want to now what his superior were doing and didn't care about the state of his own fraction.
He was useless, but otherwise he could be used as a nice statement. A body in a public bathroom sink with the words For Leto written on the broken mirror in blood. That would make a very nice message. If he wrote that 'he was coming' for more or 'someone was next' then the police would think a serial killer was on the loose. He'd leave just the head but if you went TOO far with murder then the police started patrolling pubic parks and areas in heavier numbers in fear of a sociopath and that just really wasn't going to work for him. A whole body tended to raise less alarm.
Gevaudan looked at the dmcer's neck and debated how quick it would be to snap it or strangle him.
"The Negaverse still has that stupid little truce not to touch you?"
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