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 Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:48 pm
backdated to early August 2017
Smirking at her reflection, Lovejoy gave the window to the closed, darkened storefront another set of fingerbang motions as she stared back at the reflective surface of the glass.
Tonight's task was practicing her attack. Or well, her delivery of her attack. She really hadn't had a reason to use her attack, but when she did, she was gonna make sure it looked SUPER COOL.
Y'know, just like her!
So boots continued to click and clomp as she varied her poses towards the glass, moving her eyebrows up and down as she transitioned between smiles and scowls. Did a more menacing look make her appear fiercer? Or should she go like, crazy grin-y like the Joker or Harley Quinn?
Hm.
Decisions, decisions.
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:52 am
Icarus was out at Invy's insistence because the cat had noticed how irritable he had been even for himself. While she was not at his side, he knew that she was close by ready to intervene for a quick rescue if he got in over his head, which was honestly probably likely with his temper. His new outfit covered more but he was still left with those ******** spandex shorts that he absolutely loathed.
The shoes had a bit more sole to them that he appreciated but still made slapping noises as he walked.
It didn't take him too long to notice an aura that didn't feel like the negaverse but still dark and twisted. Wrong. Moving forward was automatic because Icarus was just itching to put his fists through something and fighting was always a thrilling way to get his aggression out.
When he spotted her, mid pose he nearly scoffed. "The ******** are you doing."
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:25 am
“Posing, duh.”
She turned her head to scoff at the clearly blind snooper when her dark eyes narrowed. Her stomach had been churning but Lovejoy had assumed the nausea had been from eating one too many chicken tenders for dinner. Judging by the way her stomach wanted to hurl at seeing the grumpy looking man in booty shorts, she had a feeling it had nothing to do with chicken at all.
He looked to be older, towering over her by almost an entire foot. The scowl on his face and the way he practically spat out the f-word were clues enough that Mr. Senshi was not a Mr. Nice Guy.
Then again, his aura alone coulda told her that much.
Butterflies fluttered around her stomach as the hands she used to fingerbang her reflection turned to gesture towards the stranger. She was supposed to fight the ones that felt bad, right? Maybe she could bristle herself up enough like a blowfish and the guy would just scram - yeah, that sounded like a decent idea!
“You don't wanna hang around me, buddy.” She warned, using her most threatening sounding voice, “I'd hate to have to use these on you!”
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:45 am
Icarus about rolled his eyes at her, pegging her for someone who was clearly young and that meant she didn't need to be parading around like some hotshot. Her attempts at being threatening actually made him laugh because it was down right pathetic.
Squaring his shoulders, muscular Icarus stepped forward with his arms folded across his chest.
"I'd like to see you try." He retorted, clearly not seeing her as any sort of threat and maybe instead pinpointing her as someone he could take his aggression out on. Maybe it wasn't fair because she looked like some eager school girl who didn't know what the ******** she was getting into but Icarus didn't care.
That was her problem not his.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:05 am
Well, shoot.
He wasn't running - that was probably more her fault than his. She probably should have used her Angry Face instead of Smug Face when threatening him. He was taller, bigger and clearly meaner - maybe if she used her attack on him, it could shake things up a bit?
Twirling her finger around, she bit the inside of her cheek as she struggled to remember the pose she'd been practicing. "Alright, buddy - you asked for it!"
The spinning finger stopped, pointing towards the male senshi who was totally being the more aggressive party in this situation. She wasn't gonna feel bad for attacking him, not when he made her feel gross and sick and he was taunting her.
"Confusion!"
Nuxaz Confusion! Spinning her finger in a circular motion, Lovejoy's attack strikes once her finger stops and points in her opposition's direction, shooting out into a swirly (yet directionally straight) line that goes out to a maximum of 10ft. If the attack is successful in its strike, it forces them under a momentary wave of confusion as to the current situation. This lasts for the duration of 1 RP post, the power waning and possibly still leaving the opponent disoriented for the 2nd RP post. Attack can pertain to however the opposing player wills it - confused as to where they are, why they are fighting, who they are, etc. This attack only affects 1 individual. x3 usage.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:26 am
Not for the first time since Invy woke him, Icarus thought he was in some ******** up television show and this chick was doing all the cliche poses he expected to see in one of those shitty magical girl shows. (Yeah, he knew he was living one but that didn't make it any more ridiculous.)
"Cut the crap--" He had started to snarl, hands turning into balled fist when silver eyes narrowed, but her stupid spiral bullshit was launched at him and instinct didn't have him moving out of the way quick enough. Half expecting to be knocked off his feet he found himself still standing in place but...
His head was a little foggy and his regularly resting b***h face softened with a bought of confusion. "Who the ******** are you? Why the ******** are you dressed like that?"
Where was he?
He looked at himself and scowled. "The ******** am I wearing?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:42 am
Oh wow.
Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.
She'd actually hit someone with her attack!
The mean senshi seemed to struggle with his words, then a tirade of questions came pouring out - all confused. All delightfully, wonderfully confused.
And it was up to Lovejoy to clarify a few things for him.
"You're a bad guy," she told him, most assuredly, as she all but skipped her way over to him. Her hand gestured towards his skimpy looking outfit. "That's why you're in booty shorts. Bad guys always have the worst taste when it comes to outfits."
Nodding her head, she clucked her tongue and shook her head, as if she were a mother disappointed with her child's behavior.
"You should probably go home and rethink your life choices, Bad Guy."
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:05 am
Despite his temporary confusion, Icarus could tell that the sick feeling that being near this chick indicated that she was bad, plus she was wearing black (why did bad guys always wear black).
Everything about her attitude was aggravating and as clarity began to settle over him, he snorted. "Says the chick looking like batman villain wannabe gone wrong," he slung right back as he drew one arm back and let a punch fly.
He didn't give two s**t that she was a chick, he was going to punch her in the ******** face for thinking it was okay to talk to him like that. "Go back to that shitty circus you crawled out of."
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:17 am
Wait, what?
The smirk on her face faded within moments as the insult resonated in her mind. He wasn't... he didn't...
Lovejoy had precisely just enough time to blink before the fist came crashing into her face, connecting right below her left eye. She let out a cry and went tumbling backwards, tripping over her boots as she landed on the ground with a thud. The fluffy skirts, for all they annoyed her, did little to cushion the fall.
"I d-didn't come from a c-circus!" She managed to whine in a quivering voice. Hands flew up to cup her face as the tears started to form. He'd hit her - he'd hit her!!! "W-We have m-mirrors."
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:35 am
His fist connected like he expected considering he could tell the girl was in over her head and magical bullshit or not, Icarus had grown up fighting. Wearing a sneer he stepped forward, clearly having no issue with towering over her in a threatening fashion.
"Then crawl back through the mirror you came out of." He snarled, not even registering that she wasn't some crazy corrupt from the negaverse but an entirely different thing. It didn't matter. He was irritated and she was getting the brunt of his aggression.
Her tears didn't phase him, if anything it served to harden him as he stepped closer, bending to grab her by the front of her bodice to yank her to her feet. "Thought you were playing tough."
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:40 am
To her horror, he wasn't shrugging her off and walking away. No, he was walking towards her as he continued to mock her. Crawl back into the mirror? She wished there was a mirror nearby to do just that!
As strong hands grabbed the front of her dress and pulled, she let out a pitiful whimper. Her face still hurt like crazy and it was obvious that this guy was ready and willing to make the rest of her match her throbbing cheek.
Blubbering, she tried to twirl her fingers and pointed her index directly at the jerk as she stammered, "C-C-Confusion!!!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:53 am
He dropped her, watching as she stumbled on her feet with her hand rising for another one of her stupid attacks. Fool him once, shame on her, but fool him twice...Well that wasn't going to happen.
With both hands now free he grabbed the finger that tried to do that circular motion to cast magic on him with much larger hands. He pushed her hand back, something cruel and angry crawling between his shoulder blades and demanding that he use her as a punching bag.
She was chaos, he knew that, which meant she was an infection upon the city and one of the many, many reasons that he and his best friend had been pulled into magic bullshit.
"Trick's only gonna work once," he snarled, bending her captured hand back.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:25 am
He grabbed her hand and yanked, the movement catching her off guard. She looked confused as he started pulling, up until the point where the pain started to kick in.
He was going to snap her hand off.
The idea of going handless was terrifying, so LJ did the only thing she could think of: she screamed.
She screamed as loud and as high as her little seventeen year old lungs could muster, her legs instinctively flailing out in defense.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:42 pm
Magical super strength had it's benefits, providing Icarus with more force and power than his regular form provided him with. He was muscular, certainly, because he worked hard to maintain an image that was in shape that he could use to exert more control on the few things in life he was able.
Her screaming however, at least earned the release of her hand before any real damage could be done and he was cussing in another language as he practically snarled at her.
A palm thrust out to shove her back, shut her up, do something while he tried to avoid flailing legs.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:48 pm
Successfully knocked back, the other hand that had been cradling her bruised face now moved to collect her aching wrist. Who was this jerk, to be beating up on younger girls???
He started muttering in something she couldn't understand - was it a power, maybe? Was he casting a spell on her? Was he a witch and not a senshi at all???
"I don't wanna fight you," she scowled as the hurt wrist rose to her chest. She'd be lucky if he hadn't sprained it, the way he'd pulled back so roughly on her, "You're... you're just a big, stupid jerk. I didn't even hurt you!"
Still, he'd released her and she was...still standing there. Whoops.
Black boots made an about-face and the confusion senshi made a bee-line for the nearest corner. Like heck was she going to stick around and take more crap from this... this booty-short wearing bully!
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