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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:57 pm
Themisto was still sore from his injuries, and this slowed down his patrolling speed considerably. He couldn't swing his arms a great deal or lift his right arm above his head without discomfort, but he felt the itch to patrol regardless. His eye was still pinkish in hue but the swelling had dissipated and it was no longer so sensitive to the touch. The newly-minted super senshi was still tired from his body using up so much energy to heal his wounds. Thankfully, being in the hospital gave him a reprieve from working his dead-end cashiering job. With a yawn, Themisto sat down in the chair of an open-air cafe, slouching severely and propping his head up with the palm of his hand, elbow on the table. He should probably power down soon, but a coffee sounded fantastic...
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:18 pm
Fai had been out, walking to a small restaurant to pick up a late dinner for himself, when he'd spotted what had to be a youma moving through the darkness. Shadows did not move and that bit of darkness had moved...so a youma using the shadows to hide - lovely. Deciding he had to handle it the young male had moved into the shadows, behind a dumpster down an alleyway, and powered up before heading after it. The streets were, at this time, mostly clear of people. Places were still open - yes...and serving people but there weren't many people out on the sidewalks. His shoes had come off, that happened even before he'd left the alleyway, and he was running in socked feet after the youma.
Intent upon catching it he didn't pick up on the aura of another senshi, too busy and too focused on the escaping youma that was likely on the hunt. Why was it always youma and why were they always so hard to spot at night?
Why couldn't they be neon colored or something easier to spot? Also...why did some look like experiments in animal splicing gone bad while others just looked like something out a child's nightmare? Either way he had to catch up and dust this one.Lucifer Force Figure he's passing close by, close enough to sense at least. Maybe even see?
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:14 pm
Themisto found himself dozing off slightly, the sensation of nearly falling over having jolted him awake. Shaking his head and smacking his face with his (uninjured) left arm, the super senshi let out a loud sigh. Dammit, there’s somebody bein’ an a**… I just wanted a stretch, not a run. Grumbling, Themisto stood from his position and dropped down onto street level, having caught a brief glimpse of a familiar green hat… Blinking, he had to call out to the figure. “EYY! Cetus, is that you??” The figure wasn’t wearing shoes, which was a telltale sign of someone cursed with geta. By the Senshi Sorting Hat’s grace, Themisto’s footwear had changed, becoming more of a boot-style as far as he could tell. Themisto didn’t know much about other culture’s choice in footwear, so he couldn’t immediately identify what the shoes were, or what their name was. Ultimately, he didn’t care what they were or what they were called - they weren’t geta.A youma’s signature flickered on the edges of his peripherals, which seemed… wider? Longer? There was still so much to unpack that he simply lacked the energy for that night.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 4:30 pm
He heard the voice but was a bit...preoccupied, to put it lightly, but he did manage enough time to call back a simple. "Yeah - busy." He had a youma to deal with and he was gaining ground on the thing. The lack of geta on his feet helped with that, or so he figured, though socks were so great either. It meant he felt everything as the tabi socks weren't that thick. Every little pebble, rock, stick, twig, leaf, everything else...he felt it all and it did actually bother him but he pushed past it and got used to it.
It seemed the youma hadn't been thinking, not that he was terribly surprised, and as the youma found itself in an area with no people and in a rather small and empty parking lot he could close in on it and close the distance between himself and the youma rather quickly.
Without the geta to slow him down he was quick on his feet as he moved in and struck out with the back of his hand where it looked like a slap, but there was a good amount of force behind it. That was the first move of several swiftly delivered moves, most of which looked like slaps but each well placed on the human-ish looking youma. It had the form of a human, body shape and size wise, but was far from human as well.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:36 pm
emotion_8c Themisto was a bit... off-put by Cetus' response. The senshi chased his geta-bro at a healthy distance (not only due to exhaustion, but his boot-shoe-things would take some getting used to). With a youma stuck in a parking lot and getting thoroughly pummeled by Cetus, Themisto found he'd arrived a little too late to influence the tide of battle. Cetus looked to be smacking the hell out of a youma that had a relatively humanoid shape. Creepy. Leaning over, palms over knees, Themisto took a few moments to catch his breath. Healing after being beaten around during the greater youma fight took a lot out of his body. Even a short run was enough to wind him. "Okay well... when you're done just... lemme know. Whew..."
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:51 pm
It didn't take long, really it didn't, as he finished the youma off with a wing strike that sent it to the ground at the same time it was dusting. Youma were...easy, at least most of them. That didn't mean he didn't work up a sweat though - he did and he was sweating. Thankfully there was no smell to go along with it, something for which he was glad.
With the youma gone he turned slowly and took the time to now look over the other and paused then. He'd powered up - he looked different and felt stronger. Well, that was a surprise and a good thing. "Congratulations. I apologize for that off handed greeting but I was a bit busy." Motioning to where the dust had settled on the ground, and was slowly being blown away by a light breeze. The youma had come first, or rather stopping it came first. He wasn't about to let it remain alive and wandering about the city - it was a danger.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:53 pm
Themisto stood back up after catching his breath. His body having to use so many calories to heal his injuries meant he hadn't the strength to patrol the way Cetus did. He couldn't destroy a youma like Cetus did. With a laugh, Themisto wiped his brow. "Still kickin' a**, huh? Killed the hell outta that youma." The comment about being short and busy with the youma was waved off. Themisto completely understood the reasoning. It was simply nice to see Cetus again. "Heh, yeah, I guess uh... the Senshi Sorting Hat decided... I needed new shoes?" Turning one ankle out, Themisto tapped the toes against the ground. Cetus' compliments made him blush just slightly. He wasn't sure what prompted the upgrade, but was thankful for it nonetheless. "I uh... still wanna hang out if that's okay with you? I mean uh... you did teach me all that fightin' stuff..." Themisto thought perhaps senshi didn't mingle as often when one powered up and the other did not, like high school social politics.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:07 pm
Running his fingers through his damp bangs he shook his head. "it's not too hard. Most of these youma are easy.' Moving toward the other, ignoring the fact some spots on the bottom of the tabi socks were thinner than others which indicated he'd ripped some sports or had runs - lovely.
"Not bad, better than geta." Nodding his head in approval he let his golden eyes move over the other - he looked better. Though he also looked tired, too tired, like he was...injured or had been? He looked too worn out. "Your ok? You look off..." Worry and concern coloring his words as he went to lay a hand on the others shoulder.
"Of course, food perhaps? My treat. I wouldn't turn you away because you are a super now, I'll work on teaching you as well. I'm working with a chibi as well." So helping others didn't bother him, not in the slightest. This was a war and people needed to be able to fight - and kill at times. This wasn't something to take lightly and rank wasn't something which would bother him or deter him from working with others.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:02 pm
Themisto kicked at the dirt just a little, trying to piece together what to tell Cetus about how he acquired these injuries. "Uhh... did the whole thing at the power plant get on the news?" he asked, scratching his head for a moment. "...there was uh... this big huge youma there, and Denebola was in trouble... there was this General, some douchebag, never seen him before. Never seen that many youma, either. I got my a** handed to me. Ended up in the hospital, got my arm all effed to hell, but... I'm still standin'?" He chuckled and with a shrug, gave Cetus a hesitant smile. Why the Senshi Sorting Hat decided to give him a power-up at this time, he'd never know. Not that Themisto would be complaining, mind you... The power felt... kinda good. "Food sounds fantastic." The super senshi seemed thrilled by the idea of food right then and there. "The doctors at the hospital were tellin' me that I'd need like, a bazillion calories to properly heal a broken arm, so... hell yeah, bring on the calories, baby!" A fit of laughter followed, but when Cetus mentioned a chibi, Themisto seemed perplexed. "Uh... bless you? What's a chibi?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:24 pm
"Of course. The power went out in the whole city. They saw the destruction." It had been all over the news though the damage had been repaired and power restored, in a fair amount of time. "A big, huge, youma? What did it look like?" Wondering just how big and what shape it had taken, since youma seemed capable of all different looks...including botched up splices of various things - very disturbing to look at. "I don't know Denebola...I assume a friend and...a senshi or a knight?" He was hoping the other might fill in which this person was and of what sphere or planet, it would be nice to know more names and such even if he didn't meet them ever.
"It's good that you're standing but it sounds like a hell of a night." A mass amount of youma, a big one, and a General...sounds like a party and he'd missed it - damn. "At least you're on the mend and you didn't wind up in worse shape." Or dead, from the sound of it that was a possibility.
"I was heading for food when I spotted the youma. Chinese sound good to you?" Since that tended to be what he ate most of the time anyway, it wasn't because he was Chinese and yet it was. it was what he'd grown up with and what he liked taste wise. There were just certain flavor profiles you didn't get elsewhere and the heat of some of the food as well.
"A chibi...from what Venice has told me chibi translates to small. So they are small, young, senshi. Preteens or just having hit the teenage years. Point is - is they are young. I have one I've been teaching martial arts to and I helped her get into lessons at the same place I go to. If they are going to be involved in this fighting it's best they be able to fight and properly defend themselves. It might just throw the other side for an unexpected loop anyway - which the little senshi can take advantage of." because who would expect a little child to know martial arts, or some other means of self defence? He was hoping to give Ellicott as many advantages as possible and keep her alive.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:07 pm
It made perfect sense that an event that caused so much destruction would make the news. Themisto was too involved with the battle itself and didn't even realize that the battle at the power plant would cause a power outage across the city. Scratching his head, Themisto tried to give Cetus as clear a picture as possible. "Uh... yeah, huge youma. Looked like a vulture or something, but it was a skeleton and it could talk. It was... really crazy. It was screamin' and swipin' at everybody. It even ate the other youma around it." Themisto shook his head. He still hadn't unpacked the events he had witnessed firsthand, the thought scaring him. "...uh... anyway, Denebola's a friend of mine, she's a senshi too. She called for help and we all kinda went runnin'. That's when the youma just BAM! Came in outta nowhere, you know? All of a sudden, there was this huge flood of 'em, and Denebola's call musta gone out to a ton of people because lots of folks showed up. It was a good thing too, cuz those of us that weren't super were blown around like paper. ...I'm lucky to be alive, I think." Chinese sounded fantastic, but Cetus' next explanation made Themisto stop in his proverbial tracks. "Waitaminute. Preteens? Young kids? They're involved in this too? Whoa whoa whoa, hold up. What is wrong with the cats that they're awakening little kids to get involved in this? What the ********!?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:27 pm
Ok...so youma could eat other youma, that was a new one. Cannibalistic...both a good and a bad thing. Eating there own was good, lower the numbers, but bad because somehow that just screamed no ******** given...plus he had a feeling that meant a power boost for the one doing the eating - not good. A youma which could talk was a bit odd, or rather a lot odd, especially since it was skeletal and how could something like that have vocal cords? Than again they were dealing with magic so anything was possible - right?
"I think I heard something about an emergency button on the phones that sends out a call to everyone. She could have used that." If that was in fact a thing. It was a good idea if they didn't have such a thing .
It seemed like a hell of a fight, something he wished he hadn't missed - super or not. He didn't care if he'd have gotten tossed about, it sounded like a fight worth getting involved in if only because more hands and magic would have helped. Also, he didn't care much over a few injuries, even if it would be a b***h to hide them from his family - especially his elder siblings.
Already moving to head for food he turned his golden eyes onto the other. "Yeah. I don't know what the cats are thinking but they've awakened some children, I don't know how many. I doubt if you met them all you'd convince many of them to stay home and be good little kids either, so we might as well train the, so they can survive this s**t."
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:31 am
Oh, an emergency button on their senshi phones would make perfect sense, and account for how many people were contacted simultaneously. Themisto had no idea how many people knew about Denebola's cry for help but certainly appreciated all the extra bodies. It was probably thanks to the emergency button Cetus mentioned that the battle was in the end. Themisto pulled out his own phone and started to mess with it absently. He instantly turned to follow Cetus in the direction of delicious food. "Eyy, can you show me where this emergency button is? I might need it for later..." Tagging alongside Cetus, Themisto just couldn't believe the cats around Destiny City would be awakening children to fight the Negaverse. They were kids! They should be at home watching kids' shows on television and playing in the backyard! He just couldn't believe it. "...nah man, that's straight-up stupid. How many kids you got? Maybe we can give 'em a Nintendo DS and keep 'em home that way. I mean... they're kids! What cats did this to 'em??"
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:14 pm
"I'm not sure which button it is...I just don't go messing with it. To be honest I've never really used the phone." he hadn't had a need to. The only senshi he really knew was his cousin, and he could contact her via other means, and he knew Venice who was a knight. They could communicate via other means as well. He didn't know too many in this war, a shame perhaps. Ellicott and him communicated when at the dojo together or when she called him on his cell phone, not the senshi one.
"Is there some sort of emergency symbol on the phone? Like a red cross or anything?" He questioned looking over to the other before looking for a place to power down, as he doubted it would look good going into a place to eat while powered up. You never knew if a worker, or another customer, was on the other side of this mess of a war.
"Mmm, only one chibi I'm helping and I doubt she'd accept such a thing. She's rather proper but she has attitude and spirit. If she keeps with martial arts she'll be a force to be not be crossed, I'm sure of it. She'll learn and do well. Her background, short as it is, in dance and ballet helps a lot."
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:46 pm
Sticking his tongue out, Themisto dismissed his senshi phone into whatever magical space it tends to disappear to. Cetus had a point - what if he accidentally pressed it and spurred all nearby senshi into action? The thought was rather terrifying. Better to banish the phone and forego any accidental pressing of holy crap red alert emergency!!! buttons. He didn't want several senshi and knights descending upon them in a flash. "I'll mess around with it later. I got this new model and I'm not familiar with it... and uh... I'm hungry, heh." Looking around for a place to power down in privacy, Themisto sighed at the thought of little kids being involved in the war. Cetus had the right idea - they were awakened. It couldn't undone. Might as well train the kids to defend themselves as much as possible. Would the Negaverse officers really assault little kids? That was a ******** up thought... "I still can't believe the cats would awaken little kids. I hope nothin' happens to her, you know? With the crazy hoes in the Negaverse and youma runnin' around, little kids might be sittin' ducks." They happened to be walking past an automotive shop that had gone out of business and left the building. Themisto jerked his thumb at it. "Do you think we could sneak in there and power down for food?"
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