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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:00 am
Quote: It’s fall and pumpkin spice is everywhere. A local coffee shop has some great new recipes and there’s been a lot of buzz about it—only, if you’ve indulged you may find yourself with some unusual side effects. Due to some very defective pumpkins (and who knows what else), pumpkin spice lovers are suffering from nausea, vomiting and—perhaps worst of all—your skin has turned orange on top of it all. Thankfully the discoloration and illness seems to wear off within a few hours, but you probably shouldn’t go back for a second cup.
Especially on the nights when she went out as Sadalsuud - particularly on the nights when she went out as Sadalsuud.
Those nights weren't that common these days, something that had started post her escape after being trapped in mirrorspace and had been exacerbated after the events of the strange maze that she had found herself pulled into alongside Miss Kitten.
Tonight however was one of those nights and after finishing up with a class assignment she had found herself slipping out.
She had ended up eschewing the coffee shop that she normally dropped by in favour of trying out one that a friend had told her about and had picked up the pumpkin spice latte that was apparently to die for.
Then she had powered up and made her way over to the cinema with the intention of letting her wraith out to drain some energy–
At least that had been the plan until the nausea had sunk in as she was skirting the edge of a small park as a short cut - which was how Sadalsuud had found herself sitting miserably on a park bench as her stomach lurched and flip-flopped queasily.
Perhaps it was a small mercy that she was yet to notice the changed colour of her skin - skin which currently resembled nothing so much as a ripe pumpkin.Kitomyx hope this works as a start but if not then lmk and I'll tweak it :3
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:07 am
Sinope had two loving parents who cared about him enough to forbid him from going out late at night, especially after that evening he'd come home choking up liquid ash and with the imprints of someone's hands on his neck. That incident had alarmed them enough to place the teen under house arrest for a bit. He did well for a time and they eased up on the restrictions they gave him. At least until he'd somehow managed to disappear without a word for a week and a half with next to no explanation about where he'd been when he finally returned. Needless to say, said parents weren't pleased with him. They couldn't make him talk about what he'd done or where he'd been, but they could ground him from leaving the house unless it was for school until he was finally ready to explain to them what had happened.
As their son, Jack appreciated them greatly, but he wasn't about to let them in on his secret life as Sinope. That meant getting them involved and that was something he absolutely refused to do. He couldn't just sit at home knowing what was out there and what he had to protect his family from. Luckily for him, he already had a way out of the house that his parents still weren't privy to, so he could sneak out undetected. All he required was access to his bathroom mirror. From there, he could escape into Mirrorspace and leave again with the image of the park's bathroom mirrors in mind. So long as it was late at night, chances were no one was in the park bathroom to see him come through the mirror. All and all, it was a pretty convenient way to leave the house without his parents' detection – or anyone else's, for that matter.
Upon beginning his latest venture out, however, Sinope was surprised to sense a familiar energy signature nearby and hurriedly left the park bathroom in search of it. It wasn't long before he came across the unhappy Sadalsuud curled up on a park bench, but when he approached, he was apalled to notice that something wasn't right. It was dark and the dim lamplight that illuminated her was yellow, but he was fairly certain even so that her complexion was the wrong color. Was it really who he thought it was? Maybe it was some shape-shifting youma in the middle of a transformation to mimic his fellow Dark Mirror Senshi. Recent experiences had made him especially wary.
"...Sadalsuud?" he said, taking another step toward the figure but keeping a certain distance. "...Is that you?"
I feel like Little Red Riding Hood, he grumbled to himself in an attempt to quash his fear with annoyance, furiously tugging down the hood that covered his head and shadowed his face. "It's me, Sinope."Litian ((It's awesome, thanks! <3))
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:11 am
It was hard to tell just how long she had been sitting on the bench, but the flip-flopping of her stomach was finally starting to settle down a little when Sadalsuud heard the voice.
She looked up almost automatically, green eyes startled as her mind belatedly registered the second aura and recognised it as being that of a super senshi belonging to the Court.
It didn't take long to spot the source, her eyes taking in the familiar hood as she tried at but failed at a smile, her stomach still miserable.
"Yes it's me" she managed at the other's question - and whilst she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed to be caught out like this in her misery - there was a friendly if weak note in her voice as she added "Hi Sinope."
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:31 am
The redheaded teen recognized Sadalsuud's failed attempt to smile and his concern only worsened. He supposed she still might have been a specter or illusion of some sort, but if it really was her, she wasn't looking so good. Even beyond her altered skin color, she sounded weak and looked nauseous.
Eventually foregoing his caution, he walked up to her and, after a moment's hesitation, put a light hand on her back. He didn't like to feel attached to other people, but Sadalsuud had stuck with him through so much and he couldn't help but worry about her.
She worried about me when I was weak from not having eaten anything in Altea's castle, he recalled. I still owe her for her help then and since. She's done so much without asking for anything in return.
"What happened to you?" he hazarded asking. "You look terrible. Did you get into a fight with a youma?" Seating himself on the bench beside her, he leaned over to peer more carefully at her features. He had to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "...Your skin's turned orange."
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:38 pm
Sadalsuud didn't move from her position on the bench as Sinope walked over to her, the taller senshi's hand feeling comforting, although she shook her head at his question - something that she found herself almost instantly regretting - the movement enough to once again stir up the stomach flip flops.
"I.. Don't... Know" she managed to get out, the returned queasiness turning her voice miserable, and she honestly didn't - because whilst the nausea was somewhat akin to the way that getting hit by Kiuchi's attack had felt - this felt so much worse.
Although maybe that had something to do with the way that the other's magic had at least faded away after a little bit "I was feeling okay before the latte."
The remnants of said latte was in the takeaway cup that she wasn't aware of dropping, the contents slowly dripping out and joining the rest of the small puddle around the cup.
She was feeling bad enough that she didn't think she could feel any worse - at least up until the point of Sinope's next words "What?" And perhaps if she had been feeling a little less miserable it would have come out as a shout, but instead it came out as more of a horrified squeak.
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:36 pm
The redhead was not thrilled to be the bearer of bad news, especially when the other senshi looked and sounded so miserable already. “It’s not so bad,” he told her, reaching out to take her hand in order to examine it. “Sounds like you’re having worse problems, though. You said you had a latte?”
Judging by her behavior, Sinope guessed the Sadalsuud was having a stomachache. It must have been a pretty bad one, too, if she couldn’t even turn her head. Was it food poisoning? “Are you feeling nauseous? Heh…usually people turn green when they’re feeling sick to their stomachs, but I guess you’re already green enough,” he tried to joke, gesturing to her outfit. “At least green and orange go together pretty well.”
What could he do? If it’d been something she’d ingested, perhaps it would have been best for her to expel it from her body first, unpleasant as that might have been. “Hey, Sadal, I’m gonna go get a bag, okay? If you wanna throw up, you can use that. Just hang in there, alright? I’ll be back in a second.”
It didn’t take long for the super senshi to rush off and return with a couple of plastic bags in one hand. In his other was a bottle of water. “I know it’s not much fun, but I think you’ll feel better sooner if you try to get whatever was in that latte out of your system as soon as possible,” Sinope suggested. He crouched next to Sadalsuud and held one of the bags out for her.
“I’ll be right here if you need anything else, okay? I won’t go anywhere until you feel better.” He didn’t want to think about his fellow court member stuck on her own out at this hour enduring the condition she was in. “I got some water, too, if you feel like you might want some.”
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:44 pm
There nothing even remotely dignified about throwing up and if Sadalsuud hadn't been feeling quite so awful then she probably would have been mortified–
But Sinope was right in the fact that she did feel somewhat better for doing so even if it was impossible not to feel embarrassed about it.
"Thank you..." she said at last, her cheeks slightly pink as she tied off the handles of the plastic bag that Sinope had handed over to her and in some ways a part of her was somewhat relieved for the strange orange tint of her skin - because maybe it meant that her embarrassment wasn't quite so noticeable "I'd love to have some water."
She managed a smile that - whilst still on the wan side - was slightly less miserable as she glanced down at her hands for a moment before glancing back up at Sinope "And I guess the colours are seasonal" particularly given that Halloween was pretty much around the corner "Although I really hope it's not permanent."
Because seasonal or not it was still weird.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:36 am
"No problem," he assured her, very aware that she must have been embarrassed by her situation since he certainly would have in her place. "Feel any better?"
Sinope did his best to be as casual about the whole ordeal as possible in order to try to put her at ease. It wasn't like she'd done anything wrong, either, but it seemed like she was paying the price for someone else's mistake involving that latte. Or what they must have thought was a hilarious prank.
He immediately handed over the bottle of water upon mention, exchanging it for the bag so he could dispose of it for her. "Nah, don't worry," he said as he got up to throw it in the nearest trash receptacle. "It was probably just some jerk's lame idea of a Halloween joke. Even if it wasn't, we'd find some magic to fix you up. For now, though, you should probably stop stressing over it and head home to get some rest."
Walking back over to her, he asked, "Think you feel okay enough to move, now?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:29 pm
Sadalsuud nodded in answer, the nod a tentative one, the memory of the last time that she had tried to nod still fresh in her mind–
But unlike her previous attempt at nodding, there was no resultant nausea.
"Yes" and this time around the small nod was firmer, her lips quirking up in a small but relieved smile as she reached out to take the offered bottle "Thank you."
And her thanks was in part for the water, but largely for the help that Sinope had given her.
"I think I am going to avoid lattes in future though" she spoke in between sips of the water as Sinope took the 'bag' and walked over to a nearby trash can.
She waited until she had finished the water before answering Sinope's next question "I think so" she said as she looked up at the taller senshi, admitting "And home sounds good - even if I have no idea what to tell my parents if I'm still orange when I get back."
Because she had no way of explaining why or how to her parents given that she had no idea of the why or the how.
"Thank you again Sinope" and the smile on her lips when Sadalsuud finally stood up was a lot closer to her normal smiles "I hope you have a good rest of the evening."
And maybe if she was lucky and careful then she would be able to avoid running into her parents–
But Sadalsuud would take her chances anyway.Kitomyx hope this works as an ending, but if not lmk and I will tweak it when I can
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:19 pm
He uttered a light laugh at Sadalsuud's renouncement of future lattes. "Turning your back on all of them forever, huh?" The super senshi wore a smile as sorry as if he were the one personally responsible for her awful experience. "That's a lot to give up. But I can't blame you. If I'd gotten that sick and found myself turned orange, I'd probably do the same."
Nodding at her second thanks, he thought she might have been giving him more gratitude than he deserved and wanted to do something more to deserve it. "Don't mention it. Here…let me walk you back. It's late and if you end up feeling sick again out of nowhere, you might need help." He fell into step beside her. "Parents can be hard to face by yourself, especially with our secret double lives, and this wasn't even your fault. If they're up when you get home, I can try to help explain."
His thumb jabbed his chest as he bragged, "If there's one thing I'm good for, it's using words. They get me into and out of trouble all the time. We'll figure it out; don't worry." Grinning, he added, "And if nothing else, I can at least share the blame. It'd be easier than bearing it alone since we both know the truth."
It was curious. Sinope never usually bothered offering help unless he owed someone a favor. Furthermore, he made it a point not to interfere when others got themselves into messes because he himself didn't expect anyone to meddle when he was forced to suffer his own consequences.
But Sadalsuud was different. Her kindness was continuously indebting him to her whether she realized it or not - so much so that Sinope had been unable to keep up with and quantify what he owed her. Though it went against his better judgement to return her kindness, he found himself attempting to do so at any opportunity he could. As long as neither of them made a big deal about it, what was the harm? No one else needed to know she was an exception to his personal rules.
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