You hear a weird scuttling on your rooftop in the middle of the night but it doesn’t sound like any rodent or noise you can easily identify. Whatever it is sounds like it’s doing a lot of movement—and is sizeable enough to give you decent concern. Is it an animal? A robber? If you listen closely you can hear strange chattering and an odd whisper; it feels like eyes are watching you, but you can’t see anything. The noise doesn’t last for long; whatever is on your roof is moving—but, if you are brave enough to check outside you might be sorely disappointed to find that you can’t see anything but shadows. Either way, there’s something out there…and it’s not safe to stay out for long.
It wasn't the first time that Mithra had been out and about at night and luckily the weather hadn't gotten too cold yet. Even if she wanted to stay outside and collect energy, her want to sit at home with a cup of cocoa would probably overrule it once it began snowing.
But for now, it was only slightly cold, and it actually felt a bit good at night! Tonight however seemed a bit... different. Sure, it was only the middle of October, so things were bound to get creepy, but ever since she had lived here, every time in October it seemed to get... worse. Could it be the Negaverse? The White Moon senshi? She wasn't sure, but that was why she had asked for some help tonight, specifically from the raptor lady herself, Acubens. Mithra had been impressed by the eternal and was quite excited that the other had agreed to go and hunt with her a little tonight.
Currently she was on a rooftop waiting for Acubens, but Mithra couldn't help but feel like she was being... watched. And that there were strange noises. As much as she wanted to go and check it out, she had only been able to look around for a bit, unwilling to go too far from the meeting spot. However, the feeling never quite went away...
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:22 am
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When Acubens got the invite to go energy gathering with Mirtha, it had been quite the pleasant surprise. Acubens had been impressed with just how much fight the new senshi had in her, and had made a note to check in on her once everything was said an done. The thing with life, though, was that it almost never went according to plan, and between the hospital stay, the physical therapy, and the renovations that she was planning for the church that she had bought, that hadn't really been an option. Nevermind that she hadn't powered up at all during September while she figured herself out. But this was a special case. Mithra had struck something in her, not the maternal protection that she felt for Kiuchi or Crocus, but something else. Curiosity, maybe? Respect was a better word though. She wanted to meet her and figure out what she was about. What she wanted. Keep her close and keep her an ally. This was the perfect opportunity to start building those bridges.
Even now she powered up to fill quotas and work on her realm.
Acubens powered up after she cleaned up the remnants of dinner and immediately felt a tingle running down her spine that alerted her that she should not have done so. For a moment, she panicked. What had caused this feeling? Was it Altea? Pandora? Something else? As she made her way to where she was meeting Mithra, Acubens kept checking over her shoulder, searching the darkness for something... anything. An answer as to why she was feeling this way. Even if it was some eldritch horror from another dimension asking if she wanted to float, at least she'd know what she was running from.
The feeling only got worse when she ascended the building that Mirtha was perched on and she was able to assign a sound to the feeling of being watched. She waved a small, worried greeting and asked,
"Am I going crazy or do you hear something up here?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:42 pm
When Mithra felt Acubens coming form nearby, she perked up a little at being able to see her senior. After all, with an eternal senshi, maybe she could make this feeling go away? She waved to Acubens when the other made her appearance and was about to say a greeting, however she stopped as the other mentioned the creepy feeling that they both seemed to share.
Mithra sighed. "I was hoping it was just me. But yeah, it does feel like something is around here... just haven't been able to figure it out. Wish I had taken a flash light with me or something." Perhaps that's what she would do from now on. If one could feel her aura anyway, it's not like a flashlight would be detrimental to hiding herself. "It sounds like... skittering?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:00 am
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Do you have a plan for what the skittering is?
So she wasn't crazy... it was both a relief and an alarming realization. It was nice not to be hallucinating, obviously, but the alternative meant that there was something... up there... with them... and Acubens wasn't 100% certain that she liked that possibility. She searched the darkness again, trying so hard to make sense of what lay behind the thick curtain of black that her mind began conjuring shapes out of the nothingness. She blinked the shapes away and shook her head. Well standing here trying to discover what it was through half-seen shadows and conjecture wasn't going to do anything.
"Well, you know what they say about Satisfaction and the cat that was killed by curiosity," she muttered, waving for Mirtha to follow her as she summoned as much courage as she could and strode into the blackness. There really was no reason to be scared, right? Acubens had faced way bigger and badder enemies before. But then again... she could see what was coming at her in those fights. She knew it was a youma or a white moon Senshi or a towering crystal queen. And she could make a plan before she made a move. She could calculate and judge and decide. Now, she was quite literally blind...
"It's probably a youma or something..." Acubens said, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible as she moved towards the sound. Never mind she didn't sense anything nearby... but that might also just mean that it was a really low-level youma...
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Mithra followed behind Acubens, glad that someone was taking charge. She could have but... there was no guarantee that if something popped out that she wouldn't throw her fist out and hit whatever was in the way, including the people around her. She was also glad that she wasn't the only one with a bad feeling, but that only made the situation 1% better. There was still the whole 'figuring out what the heck it is' part of it.
"A youma? Can we actually defeat those? I mean we're chaos and they're chaos too right?" She wasn't actually sure how it all worked considering she had never battled against a youma before. Could Dark Mirror senshi actually kill them or did they have to battle the youma without magic?
Before she could wait for an explanation though, the skittering was suddenly louder, and MIthra put her hands on Acubens shoulders, only to have something to hold onto, and possibly so she wouldn't randomly punch something on accident, like a wall or Acubens.
Suddenly there was a bit of chattering too added to it and what sounded like... wings? Two glowing eyes suddenly appeared out of the darkness and from the low amount of light that they still had left the only thing that went through Mithra's mind when she saw the creature was GIANTCOCKROACHGIANTCOCKROACH-.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:31 am
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"I don't know if we're supposed to," Acubens admitted as she moved further and further into the darkness, "but we can. And I do. Sorry, but I don't ******** with youma. I know some of us are kinda are sympathetic to the negaverse, but with very few exceptions, my general advice is to trust no negabitch." Acubens herself had experienced very few harmless interactions with them, both as white moon and dark mirror.
She was about to explain more when the skittering grew louder and closer. Whatever it was that was making that sound was getting closer. Was that the fluttering of wings? The youma theory was becoming more and more plausible and Acubens wished fiercely that she had been crazy and was only hearing things. Acubens searched the darkness harder, trying to make heads or tails of what she was seeing. She wouldn't have to search for much longer. From the shadows skittered the biggest most disgusting cockroach Acubens had every seen in her life. The sound she made when she saw it was a cross between shock and disgust and her magic leapt from her lips without her being able to process what she needed to do next.
"Velociraptor Endow!"
Eternal Sailor Attack: Velociraptor Endow Type Offensive Duration and Timing The speed effect lasts for 45 seconds, and during that time she is able to attack her target and give them the sensation of pain. She must wait 5 seconds before she can "slash" at the same opponent. She can only use this attack once. Uses Acubens casts her magic and is surrounded by a red glow. For the next forty five seconds her speed is increased by 25% and she gains the ability to ‘slash’ at her opponents as if she were equipped with a raptor claw. This causes the sensation of pain but does not do any real damage unless the player wants to take on lasting damage; slashes can feel like either thin cuts or deep gashes. Drawbacks Which she can attack multiple people during one attack, if she wants to hit someone multiple times, she must wait 5 seconds between each "slash."
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:26 pm
The cockroach hissed as it felt Acubens attack, and all Mithra could think was Oh nice. It's a hissing cockroach. Unfortunately her attacks didn't quite give her the speed that Acubens got, though with her senshi powers she would be able to jump up to where the cockroach was if it stayed where it was. She took her cue from Acubens and leapt up, and as soon as she got close enough yelled, "Shrimp Punch!" Luckily both of them seemed to hit the creature as it screeched some more. Unfortunately they didn't hit it's face and only hit part of it's abdomen.
Before she knew what she was doing, Mithra had grabbed onto one of it's legs after she had punched it, and accidentally tore it off on her fall back to the rooftop. The cockroach screamed in pain and fell a bit closer to the roof, meaning they wouldn't have to jump as high to attack it once again. Mithra was a bit disgusted at the still-wriggling leg that she had in her arms, and would have just thrown it away but...
Instead she hit the cockroach with it! "Seems like its' legs make great weapons!" But the entire situation was sill pretty disgusting. Perhaps once the adrenaline wore off Mithra would probably feel all of the disgust at once and take 20 or so showers.
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In the time that it took Acubens' attack to recharge, Mirtha took off and began punching the bug. So her sphere allowed her power hits? Acubens couldn't complain about that. More useful than running fast, she mused. Way more useful, it seemed, as one of the bug's disgusting legs fell off in Mithra's hands. Acubens was just about to go into for another slash before her magic wore off when she realized just how valuable that information was. A bright smile spread over her face and she slashed at the closest joint, slicing off a leg for herself. The bug screamed in pain, the sound tearing through Acubens' ears like nails on a chalkboard. She grimaced and slapped the bug across the face with its own leg to shut it up.
"It is a sort of therapy, I guess," she laughed, watching as Mithra went to town on the youma with her own makeshift weapon. She followed suit while waiting for her magic to power back up, allowing her one last slash in her allotted time before it slipped away from her again. When it did, she aimed her attack at one of the wings, slicing it cleanly at the joint. The appendage fell to the rooftop with a hollow clattering sound and Acubens let out a cry of triumph with what little breath she has left.
"God, this thing is a beast if it's still not dusted yet," she huffed, the magic stealing her energy with it as it slipped back to the heart of her star.
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:39 pm
Just as Acubens complained about the cockroach, Mithra's leg weapon fell apart. She growled a bit as she threw the pieces that were still in her hands. "Well, we can see if we can dust it with a bit of my power!" After all, she hadn't tried punching it... yet. At least with some magic behind it.
The cockroach screeched some more even as Mithra saw Acubens continually hitting the monster over and over. Honestly Mithra could do this all night! But she knew that they needed to end this soon. After all, Acubens started to sound annoyed at having to deal with this thing, and it was pretty disgusting after all.
"All right here I go! Shrimp Punch!" She said, aiming her hand at the cockroaches... abdomen? She wasn't too sure if it counted as that. She felt her fist connect and... the cockroach poofed! She blinked in confusion and suddenly she sighed. "Ugh... that gross thing is finally gone!"
Mtihra puts out one of her fists as if she were to punch someone. This creates an air attack that, if it hits, makes the target feel as though they have been punched. She can throw out 2 punches per 10 seconds and lasts 10 seconds (she can only get 2 punches in pretty much).
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:59 am
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As the youma disintegrated and vanished from before them, Acubens watched, her chest heaving. She hadn't had a battle since Altea, and though this one was minor and almost negligible, she was still knocked out from it. Phantom pains in her side drew her hands to rub small comforting circles around the afflicted area as Mirtha spoke. It was gone, but Acubens was still not aware of the consequences of dusting a negaverse youma. She glanced around, casting her senses out for an agent who might have loosed the monster on them. When she found nothing, she relaxed only slightly.
She had to get Mithra out of there. Had to get her away, power her down, and cover their tracks.
"Well, I don't know about you," Acubens chirped, falling easily into a calmer version of herself, "but I am starving. Work like that really works up an appetite. Wanna go swing by a window and pick up something good and greasy?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:48 pm
Mithra was holding her knees, trying to breathe in some air to her overworked lungs a bit before looking at Acubens. "Honestly, anything would be awesome at this point for my stomach. Lead the way if you have an idea!" She said, standing back up to her full height and nodding. She was still a bit tired but that was one of the first times, besides being in that stupid Queens crystal castle, that she was starving so much after fighting. "I trust your judgment." She replied, giving Acubens a smile.
