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 Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:52 pm
Scylla had sent out a small wave of messages for people who hadn't attended the little get-together she and Scholomance had organized; it had been a sad little turnout of people who hadn't wanted to come celebrate or get their cards She'd worked really hard on that speech, too. Spoken from the heart and everything. And her little gift cards were going unusued. Such was life. , she was supposed to be meeting up with Lepus and Etoile; they had been in a different area, so she'd not seen their involvement directly, but she was sure they had tried, and that was what mattered. Scholomance had remained uncorrupted, and she hadn't died, and no one on their side had been damaged or taken, and every single one of them who had come in response to her SOS, or just because they sensed the growing auras... Well, Scylla wasn't in a position to turn down or scorn allies wherever she might be able to find them. Tonight, she sat in the park, under a flickering lamp, her bare legs crossed, three hot cocoas and lots of marshmallows sat next to a box of donuts on the bench next to her. Snacks, warm drinks, and their thank you cards. She was probably ready....
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:39 am
Lepus hadn't attended the little thank-you party Scylla had set up, but it wasn't exactly on purpose... kind of. Honestly, though, it wasn't really as if she had done much other than spectate, really. Lepus and Onnie had gotten separated from Etoile, and then Onnie had wandered off, prompting the chibi senshi of rabbits to go searching for her friend and her cat both. Still, Lepus wouldn't exactly have turned down this Scylla person's invite normally, but well... She had been grounded that day, oops. Normally, Lepus waited until after her mother went to bed to sneak out of the house, but that day, the fates had worked against her, much to her misfortune. It baffled Lepus as to how a senshi such as herself could be so easily defeated by something so trivial, but such as the perils of not being in high school yet... maybe. Well, she wouldn't be stopped from going out today. Having gotten yet another message inviting her to meet with this Sailor Scylla, Lepus had grabbed Etoile, who had gotten a similar message somehow, and snuck out of the house, heading to the place indicated in the message. Once cat and chibi had arrived at the park, it was only a matter of locating the only other Order signature in the area... maybe. Thankfully, it didn't take long, and soon enough, they arrived in front of the bench where Scylla was currently sitting, Etoile perched upon Lepus' head. "Uh... are you the Sailor Scylla from the message?" Lepus asked, wanting to be sure.
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:32 pm
The feeling of approaching Order signatures approaching was what got Scylla's attention, and she stayed in place, waiting patiently. It could be any nmumber of people, after all- there was surely any number of 'orderly' citizens wandering about such a public location this time of night- she had hardly told them to meet her on a rooftop or some such. The two her approached were-- not what she was expecting, even though she should have. The realization of being faced with what looked like a kid and a kitten took her aback briefly before she settled her stomach. She knew there were kids in this war. She'd fought alongside them. She'd been one. "I am Scylla," she said with only a moment's hesitation. Rising, she moved closer, holding out her hand. "Nice to meet you both. Thank you for coming tonight. You missed a hell of a speech last time, and some crackers or s**t. I brought donuts this time; you've probably lucked out."
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:51 pm
"Nice to meet you, too," Lepus said, shaking Scylla's hand, "I suppose you already figured it out, but I'm Lepus, and this is Etoile." She gestured towards the kitten on her head, as if for emphasis, "She's my cat- she lives with me." At the mention of what the preteen had missed, Lepus had the decency to at least look a little awkward about it, a little apologetic. "Oh, yeah, uh, I kinda wasn't able to make it out that night, sorry," she said, looking away, "I was... kind of, uh, detained?" -- "She was grounded!" Etoile offered helpfully, earning a Look from Lepus as she hopped down from the chibi senshi's head to the ground. At the mention of donuts, she perked up, always happy for free food. She'd eaten earlier, but the little cat was never truly full when it came to sweets. "Donuts! What kind of donuts?" she asked curiously, trying to peer into the box.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:02 pm
"Good to meet you both," Scylla said, and she meant it. Two new, valuable connections, however young they seemed to be. "I must say, as far as having a car goes it must be a lot more convenient when they can tell you what they want instead of meowing at you." she was lightly teasing, to see how they took it. "By yours, do you mean bonded, or just friends?" "Parents," Jada said with a play of a smile around her lips. "Dare I ask what you were grounded for? Though kudos to you for actually staying in and not sneaking out to do senshi stuff, like I used to." Etoile came closer, and Jada shifted the box, willingly displaying the simple selection within. "I wasn't sure what anyone would like, but chocolate iced is usually a safe bet. And sprinkles are a personal favorite of mine- I like the crunch." so nestled within were 2 chocolate iced, 2 sprinkled, 1 crueller, and 1 blueberry cake donut. Tilting her head back, Scylla pointed to the cocoa. "Drinks, and there are some napkins too." Legs stretched out in front of her as she sat back down. "I'm glad you could make it tonight. I have been wanting to meet new people, get a read on everything going on. Feeling chatty?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:27 pm
"Both," the two of them said, almost at the same time, though Lepus seemed a little thoughtful. "Or at least, I guess it's both," Lepus mused, "We're pretty close to each other, at the very least- I've only visited my world once so far, so I don't know if we'll eventually remember or not." Lepus wasn't particularly sure what the criteria was for a cat to bond with a senshi, but it was true that the two of them felt a strong pull to each other, especially in the months after the two had first started living together. Maybe that was it? She was content to call Etoile her 'bonded' cat, either way. "Anyway, I would have snuck out, but my mom wouldn't go to bed! It was like she knew I was going to try something," she whined, still annoyed at the memory, "As for what I got grounded for? Well... I didn't do my math homework because I was out patrolling, only I couldn't tell her that, so I made up a story- I always have a story prepared- but she never likes them. So, grounded." -- Etoile looked delighted at the assortment of donuts presented before her; if not stopped, it was very well possible that she might even eat them all, being such a glutton as she was. "I love everything sweet," she declared, very eager to get her paws on a doughnut or two or three... or the whole box. When Scylla asked if they were feeling chatty, the little cat looked up from the donuts, looking to Lepus first before looking over at Scylla, tilting her head curiously. "We always like meeting new people and making new friends!" she said, speaking for both herself and Lepus. "What do you want to talk about?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:03 pm
They were an interesting duo, and Scylla gestured Lepus in closer to be welcoming; Etoile was already up in the donuts with delight. "Most parents don't like being lied to," Jada mused. "I shouldn't be encouraging you to work on your fibbing, but a white lie never goes amiss. Alternatively, you could try and tell your parents?" HAH. Even Jada wouldn't do that. They would have had to have caught her out. On the flip side- god forbid one of her siblings become involved in the ******** of this war; she'd want to know. "If you need help with your math to get your homework done, you could also try finding a good team that will help tutor you. 'Bonding exercise' or something?" She pulled out one of the donuts for Etoile, a classic chocolate iced, and broke it into four pieces, setting it out on a napkin for the kitten before pulling the lid off one of the cocoas. "Try one of those to start," she suggested, wondering if she should pour some of the cocoa into a makeshift bowl or if Etoile could come human and she'd possibly just insulted them. "Lepus? What would you like?" For herself, she grabbed a sprinkled donut. "Honestly, I'd like to talk about anything. I've been out of the loop for a bit, and only come back in the last couple of months. Local gossip? People you think I could seek out for a good connection? People on the Negaverse I should avoid, or who might be in need of a little gentle pressure to consider coming to our side? Courts or groups of interest for alliances? Friends? Anything you want to talk about, honestly."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:32 am
"I'm pretty sure even if I told my mom the truth she wouldn't believe me," Lepus said, "She's gotten pretty tired of my stories- always telling me to 'grow up', 'start acting my age'... stuff like that, all because some kids got scared, and complained to their parents." Lepus knew that her mother was planning on enrolling her at Crystal Academy next fall, something Lepus was fairly against, but what could she do? Her grandparents were going to be paying for it, so there wasn't much she could do to protest it. Moving closer to where Scylla was seated on the bench, Lepus glanced at the donuts, and then at Etoile. "I'll take the blueberry one, thanks," she said, choosing the one that Etoile would have chosen last. "I'm not really sure if I could name people on the Negaverse to avoid," she said, when asked, "Well, there was this captain I ran into once, that was really insistent on teaching me how to punch correctly, and then there was this lieutenant awhile back that was trying to scare me- but I chased him off with my magic..." "I've only met a few Chaos senshi, too. Victoria and Sinope were okay? Victoria even bought me a hot chocolate and we talked for a little bit- and I met a nega cat- Bob- though I didn't know he was a nega cat until Etoi pointed it out later on..." Lepus wondered if it showed her inexperience, only being able to list a few names. She never exactly went out of her way to meet new people as much as she... just kind of ran into them when she was doing her nightly patrols/spooky place searches. "I have a few friends, though! I've helped awaken two of them, too- Chibi Megumi and Chibi Onnie, and I met a few other chibi senshi, like Aldebaran and Rhea... Teams, though? Well..." "I've met two senshi from my constellation- Alpha and Beta Leporis- they're twins, but I didn't know that until I met Alpha Leporis. She mentioned something about starting a team with her sister?" Personally, Lepus wanted to make a team of her own, if only to feel superior for once, and also to make Etoile feel important. -- Etoile, for all intents and purposes, was still just a kitten only, though she knew that cats could take on human forms- she'd seen it with ********* and Dahlia, ages ago, when they became senshi. She never really thought much of it, other than that figuring that her time would come eventually, and instead was content to spend her days as a cat, spoiled rotten by both Onnie and Lepus. Watching Scylla unscrew one of the thermoses, she wondered what the older senshi would do to serve it for her. "Do you have any straws?" she asked, inbetween mouthfuls of chocolate donut. Infinities forever remains vague about lepus' dad bc princess alise's dad was played by someone else/was an npc in the rp she was originally from
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:29 pm
Scylla nodded, listening to Lepus speak attentively. To be so young and stuck in this mess wasn't an easy place to be, and she could at least afford what respect she could. It was a theory she needed to work on implementing for all the younger senshi- even the very young ones, like Ara. Whatever her personal heartache on the matter, what was done was done. "You might be surprised what parents would believe. It's just a matter of them wanting to accept it. Yeah, they might not be full on board with the magic, but there are a lot of ways you could try and explain the situation. And it's kind of hard to argue with a talking cat. Still, keeping it quiet is a wise choice." In the Dystopian Future her own father had been Negaverse. The fight to protect Zora and Lucas without implicating herself as a senshi had been intense. She passed over the blueberry donut willingly enough, and shook her head to Etoile. "No straws, but I can do this." pouring some of the cocoa into the lid, it made a shallow dish. "It isn't much, but you can let me know when to pour more." Purple eyes fixed back on Lepus. "A Captain teaching you to punch? You're sure they were a Nega? Good job on scaring off that Lieutenant." Neither of them had names yet, but she could come back to them. "Victoria and Sinope." she committed the names to memory. Sinope was one of the senshi who she was looking for; they had come in response to the distress, or to help Scholomance. "How many chibi senshi are there?" Scylla's distress on the matter was, perhaps, more clear than she intended it to be. And then Leporis twins- a potential bit of mischief to look out for, then. "Would you consider joining a team, to learn how they work and maybe get it up and running? Or do you like being a bit of a lone rabbit?" her eyes crinkled at the corner, playful.
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:53 am
"I'm pretty sure she was?" Lepus said with a shrug, "As for how many chibi senshi there are... I don't actually know? I know Onnie and Megumi from school- Onnie's in my class- and I met Rhea at the game Celsus was running." "Aldebaran, though, I met her ages ago, like when I was just starting out as a senshi; I think she was a few years older than me, so she's probably in high school by now." Like Lepus herself would in another year... It was time to stop thinking about that, though. "I dunno,," Lepus replied, when asked about joining a team, "I'd consider joining a team if Etoi could come? I'm not going to leave her behind, that's for sure." She knew about Etoile's rocky relationship with Deneb, the senshi she used to live with, and was determined not to let that happen with them.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:33 pm
Scylla's question on chibi count had been more rhetorical than anything else; still, she appreciated Lepus giving it a try. The amount of children that were being listed-- well, who were children. How many were still chibis? How many moved on from that rank and were corrupted because they had developed a fondness for a kind enemy while they were younger, and been-- destroyed. But Etoile was here, and the bond between girl and cat was strong. She could only hope. "If I mange to get this little idea of mine off the ground, I'll make sure to include you," she said with a grin. "Would never dream of making you leave Etoile behind, unless she's safe and sound playing kitty dispatcher or something. Eating donuts and doing our research for us." she hoped the teasing and the laughter in her voice was clear enough. "Anyone who tried to make you leave a friend behind to be part of the group isn't a friend at all." She stretched out her legs. "Either way, it wouldn't be anything just yet. I have several people to talk to. Mostly just people you could patrol with, or call if you wanted extra company."
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:57 am
Etoile looked up at the mention of donuts, having finished hers long ago and in the middle of trying to reach into the box to grab another. "Research? I can do research! I did research with Lepus about the mystery flavor Peeps," she said proudly, even though it just consisted of her eating all the peeps and being unable to come to a conclusion, "I'll do research for donuts." She'd do anything for sweets, obviously, and it was probably no wonder how she came to be Lepus' personal cat, what with the chibi going the extra mile to constantly win Etoile's loyalties. -- "I guess we're interested, then," Lepus said, with a shrug, "At least for now. So you'll like... call us or something when it's set up?" She didn't really know how it worked, or who the other people Scylla was considering, but figured it went something like that.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:28 am
Scylla's laugh was bright, and her question was genuine as seh asked- "Did you ever figure out the mystery? My kids and I couldn't, and we went though so many containers of peeps I may never want to eat them again. But I couldnt' figure it out at all." she shifted, leaning back against the bench. "I'll pay you better than just donuts," she promised with a smile. "It will be fun." Nodding to Lepus, Scylla gave an apologetic shrug. "I'm a slow thinker. Ideas take time. I've got the seed, now I just have to decide if I'm going to grow it, or if I'm too scared to try, and defeat myself before it gets started."
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:18 pm
" Hm... not really, but they were very delicious," Etoile concluded, thinking back fondly to her 'research'. "She ate them all, the whole package," Lepus added, remembering how Etoile had constantly said she needed more of the sugary marshmallow treats to come to a conclusion, "I just ended up checking Twitter, in the end, to see what everyone else thought." " Oh, but I'll be happy to be paid in all kinds of sweets," the little Mauvian said, eagerly, " Please let us know when you want us to start!" Infinities nppp a lot of my replies are short too
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:09 pm
Scylla snuck Etoile a thumbs up, hiding it behind her other hand as if she didn't know Lepus could see. She understood a sweet tooth far too well. "I mean, if you're willing to enable it all, I'd probably eat the entire package too. How I'd keep my girlish figure is still to be determined." How she kept her figure was a question for another time and probably had no small weight in a magical metabolism. Leaning back, she said, "I really appreciate you two agreeing to meet me. I'll let you know once I have more information for you- or if I have some sweets that are tempting me and I need to be rid of them."
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