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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:15 pm
Romulus giggled as she held her mirror shard up towards the rapidly departing backs of a couple of teens she's managed to startle soundly as she'd stepped from the shadows. The wraith slithered from the reflective glass, racing after the pair, and as it lunged through first one chest, and then the next, the teens staggered, slowed, and then fell to their knees. They'd be fine in a couple of hours, max. This park was one of the safer within the city. Or, well, that was the consensus at least. A few more weeks with Romulus filling her quota there and that might change. Ah well. When activity slowed she'd just have to find a new haunt. Humming to herself, she tucked the shard back into an inner pouch in her fuku, half aware of an order aura lingering out there in the dark, but not yet concerned by it.
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:56 pm
Okay, so. 5th Street Strip Mall, check. What was next on the list again? He was mentally cataloging and unconsciously fell into step by his usual jogging route in the park when the aura hit him. Damn, he was still getting used to identifying all these things. Where was a cool scouter for their power level when you needed it? "VEGETA!" he suddenly growled to himself before laughing. Well, best to see what was going on.
There wasn't much in the way of stealthing to be done, he figured, but Alhambra tried to move from tree to tree as he zero'd in on the signature. Several teenagers ahead seemed to be under attack--well, less attack and more energy draining, as he was starting to understand. Which meant--
DAMN IT, ANOTHER CUTE GIRL.
Why's it gotta be like that, he lamented to himself before stepping out of the shadows. "'Sup, girl!" Alhambra called. "Don'tcha think these poor kids have enough to worry about at night?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:19 am
She turned as she felt him drawing nearer, smile still playing over dark lips. " These kids?" It came with a gesture of her hand towards the teens laying on the path ahead of her. "Punks out here trying to ******** up the playground equipment." Which wasn't true, Romulus didn't know what they were doing there, but she also didn't care. They'd be fine. Head cocked, she wanted closer to the page, even reached out to try to pluck at the viel, thing, coving all that red hair. "So what are you?" She'd never run into a knight before. Or much of anyone, yet. "Whats with the outfit, are you like a nomad or something?" Unless he prevented it, the dark mirror attempted to circle around him, bright eyes flicking over the strange attire. Strange, as if she wasn't in a magical little black dress.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:57 pm
Two teenage girls in the middle of the night were messing with equipment of all things? Really? Call Alhambra skeptical.
He let her pick at the cover but fixed it promptly. "Just your friendly neighborhood streetrat," he told her with a grin, letting her circle. "Like Aladdin, but a lot cooler and without the monkey sidekick. Don't worry, I'm working on that last one~"
Cue finger guns.
"How about you?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:08 pm
"Scoundrel," she snorted softly under her breath before he'd mentioned the movie or the monkey. "That doesn't really answer my question though. Is it a secret?" She gave the fabric draped over one shoulder another tug as she took a few steps back from him, pale clothe running through her fingers before falling to rest against his back again. "Dunno why I'd honest with you, if you can't be honest with me." He felt a bit like a senshi, but definitely wasn't one.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:37 pm
"Well, obviously this is my super suit," Alhambra said, still smiling as he gestured to himself. His windchimes tinkled softly with the motion. "But fine, fine. You can call me Alhambra. Or something sweeter if you want some time," he added with a wink. "How about you? You don't look like any youma I've ever hit up."
Not that he had actually figured what the limits of a youma's appearance were, but shh.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:52 pm
He gave her a name, but that didn't exactly help with the question of what. It didn't seem as though he was in a hurry to fill her in on that bit of information. Or, he kept getting distracted by his own eager questions. If it was the former, well, nothing she could do about that. If it was the latter than Romulus was flattered. She snorted softly as he compared her, however vaguely, with a youma. "I'm not one of those mindless beasts." Her hand twitched idly between them, dismissing the idea. "They belong to the Negaverse, I don't." Did she tell him? There really wasn't much harm in it. "I'm Romulus, Dark Mirror senshi of craters."
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:13 pm
Dark Mirror Senshi? That didn't sound good, regardless of their affiliation (or lack thereof) with Negas. Unfortunately, Alhambra didn't want to keep himself tied up with one incident that night, pretty face or not, so he'd have to save questions for someone else another time.
"Well, Romulus, s'my job to stop Chaos from doing its thing, so..." He gave Romulus an apologetic shrug. Whatever faction she was part of, it still felt very Chaos-y to him, so he knew what he was supposed to do. "How about you give them their energy back, and I letcha off with a warning?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:47 pm
Ebony brows lifted at the request and her smile faded. "What a shame." He'd seemed like such a cool, level head dude.Why'd he have to go and get all righteous on her. So much for her night being uncomplicated. "I have a better idea," she countered, taking a few more steps backwards. "How's about I don't, and you just look the other way?" Even if I wanted to give it back, I don't know how, or if it's even possible.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:56 am
He chuckled but took another step forward in response. "Believe me, I'd rather not hit a girl," Alhambra said, his second step less to move forward than it was to get into a stance. The last Chaos girl he had met had sucker punched him, and he wasn't keen on letting that happen again. "But, y'know, protect the innocent and all that. Throw me a bone here and make this easy? Last chance."
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:08 pm
She spread her hands wide at shoulder level, lips drawing into a croaked line. "I'm sorry, but I just can't do that." Which was a bit of a shame, because he seemed like a real decent sort of guy. And cute.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:22 pm
With an exaggerated sigh, Alhambra said, "Suit yourself."
He darted forward, feigning a grab for the shard when he instead aimed for a trip. Brendan was not someone who escalated violence unless someone forced him to. Disarming seemed like the easiest way to solve this.
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:04 am
Well if that was the way he wanted to play it. Romulus skipped back, body twisting to keep her arm out of his reach, and the shard was tucked away in an inner pocket before she'd planted her feet again. Hands free now and ready to rumble. "Are you sure you wanna do this?" Cause she wasn't about to back down. Romulus was a bit of a scrapper in her normal life, and having extra strength and speed did nothing to disuade that. Lips split in a cocky grin, the girl darted back at him, fist coming around from the left to aim dainty knuckles at his side.
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:42 pm
"Obviously not," he replied, blocking her strike with a raised arm. He had a close guard, almost like he was boxing. A sweeping leg came out to try and trip her up once more. "But a good guys' gotta do what he do."
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:57 am
It didn't quite knock her feet out from under her, but it did smart, and it did make her stumble back a few steps before she regained her balance and darted back at him. "Then why are you?" Body turning, she brought her elbow up, ready to try to bring it up under his chin. "I'm not hurting anyone. They'll be fine in a couple of hours." Romulus wasn't in the business of hurting people. Gathering energy just left them a little tired. "Isn't there a Negaverse officer out there you could be going after, or something? Instead of picking fights with me?"
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