Winter was well and truly coming, the fall night was chilly and there was a definite dampness to the air. Dawn disliked it quite a bit. The young girl tugged her puffy pink coat closer and chided her companion for taking so long, “Come on Teddy. It’s cold out. Don’t you want to go home to a soft bed and some yummy kibble?” The Broholmer just continued to sniff the ground as the duo slowly strolled along the dim paths of her local park. He was huge and scary looking but he wouldn’t hurt a fly so when a rather large cat came barreling through the underbrush of a dying bush the dog yelped in surprise and hurried to hide behind her.
The cat skittered across the wet grass yowling, if Dawn didn’t know better she would have sworn that the cat was spitting out curses but cats can't talk so it was likely only her imagination. It was really obvious that it was agitated since its spotted fur was standing on end and it didn’t even see her, it just kept looking deeper into the park. “Is something chasing you kitty?” Dawn murmured softly as the cat backed up against a tree, its golden eyes wide. It was a savannah cat, a huge feline that Dawn was honestly fascinated with. They were a breed that she would adore owning but they took so much work to care for. In some senses they were worse then puppies when it came to their energy and their curiosity.
Her whole world turned upside down though when the cat glanced over at her and gaped at her. “Oh hey! Your a senshi! You can fight it! Lucky me!” Dawn frowned at what the cat just said. It was very clear unlike its earlier yowling. It actually spoke! She couldn’t help but just stare at the cat as it did this strange flip thingy and produced a very fancy click pen. She was asleep right? This was all a dream correct? A talking cat would be a perfectly epic dream. But even her active imagination was having trouble keeping up as the cat raced over and spat out the pen at her feet and told her to repeat after him. “Say ‘Botein power, make up!’ like you mean it!” It glanced at her before turning back around to face where he came from. Dawn could hear something coming closer, something quite large, and angry if the growling was any indication.
“What did you do kitty?” She absently asked as she tried to reassure the whining Teddy.
“Come on, come on! Just pick up the pen and say ‘Botein power, make up!’ like in all those kids shows.” The cat nudged the pen closer and started to pace in front of her as if he was going to protect them from whatever was getting closer.
Dawn just sighed and did as she was instructed. It didn’t matter really since it was all a dream anyway. It came as a complete surprise when she was engulfed in light and her outfit completely changed. Geeze, no more Halloween candy before going to sleep that's for sure!
“See! I knew it!” The cat crowed when he spotted the outfit change behind him. “Now you totally need to beat the snot out of the youma right there!”
Botein glanced up from the strangely happy cat to see a monster stomping towards her, shredding bushes as it came. Her scream of fear was definitely not faked. “What is that!”
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:22 am
Going into her second winter as a knight, Imbrium of Castor was prepared. She had learned last year that just because she was immune to cold when powered didn't mean she would be so when she returned to being Pythia. She had learned to make accommodations for it- be dressed warmly when she reached out to her power, or power up and down in warm locations- or closer to home. Her finger rubbed over the ring on her finger, the seal of Castor, and she huffed out a breath, watching the mist form on the air.
There was something around here, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it- something Chaotic, but there was Order, too, and she followed the feeling of dissonance and clashing, because what else was she doing right now? Halloween was over- the ghosts and creepy haunting was basically over with. For now, at least. Christmas would probably come with its own set of tribulations, same as last year. Pythia wasn't fond of summer, but at least it wasn't full of magical bullshit. Well, no; that was a lie. It was just different magical BS. Living here at all put her on the radar for drama.
The feel of another aura and a shriek let her know that she was definitely on the right path, and Imbrium burst into a sprint, coming upon them from the middle- youma to her left, a cat, dog, and screaming senshi on her right. Awesome. What is that?! the senshi was asking, and Imbrium hissed at her luck- a newbie. Hell. Imbrium was still one herself, but it didn't stop her from running forward, shoving between them and the monster, and lifting her shield up. What had she done last time, that made her magic work? s**t. s**t, s**t- and then it clicked, and her magic burst out of the shield, a short wall of ice slamming up between them.
"Hey. Enough screaming, that will just let more know you're fresh meat." Pythia couldn't hold the magic long, but she focused on keeping it solid, steady. "You have magic, right? Please tell me you have magic." Imbrium really would love some backup, or at least the girl to talk, because if she was talking, she wasn't screaming. Probably.
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Imbrium has a 30 second channeling pool she can use to block attacks. =) Talk fast, kitty!
Botein hid behind her arms as the creature began to attack, her eyes closed tightly as she waited for her own death. Her scream cut off when someone told her to stop the noise and bright blue eyes blinked open in surprise to find a woman in blue crouching behind a ice wall. “Mmm...ma...magic?” The young girl stuttered out. She shook her head no and squeaked when the creature reared back and growled. “This is a nightmare, this is just a nightmare, it's not real,” she mostly muttered to herself as she scooted back away from everything, denying the monster and the blue wonder woman and the talking cat. “None of its real,” it couldn’t be real.
Mel cheered the appearance of the knight since the senshi apparently was not believing any of this. “Of course she has magic…. But I have no idea what it does.” He shrugged and raced towards the youma. “Attack!” He had back up now! He took down a dragon, he could take on this youma with one paw behind his back. “Come one ugly, give it your best shot!” He swiped at the creature only to have it swipe back and smack him into a bush. The large guardian cat yowled as he tried to detangle himself, “I really got to figure out how to use the forehead lazer thing!”
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:09 pm
"Magic!" Imbrium shrieked, the youma making contact with the ice wall and sending pain lancing through her. What the f- She hissed in pain, turning a baleful teal glance at the screaming girl-child. Well-- it wasn't all her fault. It was no one's fault except whoever made these things and sent them out among the populace. "It is a nightmare," Pythia agrees, and skipped back, letting the cat distract the monster, "But it is horribly real." her hand reached out- and hopefully, as intended, made contact with the girl's cheek. Not hard- just biting. "Welcome to the war. I'm your accidental drill sergeant, Imbrium, Squire of Castor."
She stood up again, the cat knocked back into the bush. "I don't know how your magic works. The cat knows more than I do. But as I was told, you've got some magic words locked away inside you, but instead of Abrakadabra Alakazam and a rabbit popping out of a hat, you can do something to help make that thing disappear."
Hopefully.
"All I really have is a shield, so I'm going to go bash it in the face, and I could really use some backup when that goes wrong. Your cat friend isn't likely to help, and your dog? Youma chow, if we don't stop it."
XD your welcome to pilot the youma if you need too ^.^ my girl will find a branch or something to help tho she is still scared >.<'
Her cheek stung from the slap but it was enough to make Botein snap out of it, she absently rubbed it and watched the monster with wide eyes. It was real. There was a monster, a talking cat, and a blue wonder woman. It was all real. They were going to die! She didn’t want to die! She had too much left to do! And bringing Teddy into it just made it worse. No one will touch the dog! No one. The strawberry blonde glanced around for the dog that she had totally forgot about for a few moments and to her surprise she saw the large Broholmer was trembling slightly but he was growling at the creature. Even he was going to fight.
The blue lady was fighting. The cat was fighting. Even Teddy looked like he was willing to fight. Only she was still on the ground, cowering like a… well coward. As much as she wanted to just ignore it all until it went away she couldn’t. It would besmirch her honor. “To help people at all times,” She muttered the line from the Girl Scout Promise, a sentence she had said countless times before. Typically it was just said, it was lip service but for Botein it was a part of her. She was a Girl Scout darn it, she couldn’t stay shivering there on the ground forever. Biting her lip the young girl scrambled to her feet. She wasn’t a fighter but was there wasn’t an option not to, not that she could see. She just needed to find a weapon first.
The youma hadn’t waited for the little senshi to get her courage up, it attacked the knight. It’s claws swiping at the woman even as it tried to shake off the cat who was currently using it as a tree and trying to climb it.
Mel shook off the bush and glanced over at the human’s briefly. The knight was giving the new senshi a pep talk so it was up to him to keep the youma distracted. He knew just what to do. With a growl he spread across the ground and launched himself at the side of the creature, his claws sinking in. The large savannah cat then began to climb the critter like a mountinear, his claws digging in with ever shift of his paws. The youma didn’t appreciate his action and tried to shake him off but Mel was pretty well stuck there. Just call him Burr Kitty… get it? He mentally chuckled at his own joke.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:11 pm
Well, apparently the slap had done something, even though it wasn't Imbrium's preferred method of convincing people to get their s**t together. Hell- if even the dog was going to fight, she wasn't going to just let the senshi wait around while the youma ate everyone else. Something had been muttered, and Pythia's natural (and reasonable) expectation was that it was something that wasn't exactly positive, aimed at Pythia herself. And that was alright too, so long as she actually got up and did something. She wasn't lucky enough to have a chance to ask the girl to repeat herself, however- the girl was scrambling to her feet, and then there were claws, swiping over the knight's bare upper arms. The claws scraped over her new little shoulder pauldrons with a screech, and the teal-eyed Squire threw herself backwards- a moment late, but two moments lucky- and gripped her shield again.
The cat was climbing it, and even the dog seemed to be gearing up. And the youma was distracted, so Pythia rushed towards it, swinging out her shield, trying to use it in the same manner she had used her frisbee-shield thing, when she was still a Page. This one was heavier, though, bulkier- it thumped against the youma's side, but didn't dig in, not the same way the other one might have. "Well, f***" she said, politely, and kicked out with her heel, trying to- heck, she didn't know, stab it or something? The new heels, however, being shorter and more squared than the others... better for fighting in, but worse for fighting with. Great. Okay. There was still something she could do.
Extra points if the blonde back there figured out what she was able to do to help. Apart from attract the attention of the youma by standing around like a target- the cat was clawing his back, and Imbrium was putting up too much of a fight, so it seemed he might be aiming again for his dinner. The cat, however, was enough of a distraction that Pythia got there first, shoving the senshi back and taking the blow across her shield. The force of it drove her down, and she could feel the wave of pain travel up her arm, crying out in pain as it did. Bloody hell, she'd feel that in the morning, and her hand had gone numb.
"Still nothing?" she snapped, loud enough that even the cat could hear, "Isn't there some magical cat dander you can puff on her to help her out?"
Im sorry >.< i never got the notice >.....< so so sorry
The brand new senshi didn’t know what to do. She knew she had to do something. She had to fight or someone was going to get hurt… more. The strawberry blonde winced and flinched back when the lady in front of her took a blow to the arm, the high pitched screech of nails against metal driving home that this was real. As the two strangers went on the attack Botein started to look for something, anything she could use to help. Especially since even the naturally sweet Teddy had his hackles raised and was growling menacingly at the youma, even if his tail was tucked under him in fear. She couldn’t stand there and do nothing.
“Language,” She absently chided the lady in blue when the squire cursed even though she never looked up from her frantic search. “Just need to find a branch or something,” she muttered to herself even as she was pushed from behind, sending herself tumbling. All she heard was a loud angry bark, a cry of pain, and a roar, as she went face first into a bush.
Teddy saw the monster swipe at his friend and barked once before charging at the creature, determined to protect the girl. Mel of course did his best to shred the youma from his position on it’s back but there was only so much his claws could do. “It’s not exactly a science! Your lucky I knew she was a senshi to begin with!” he shouted back at the knight as he tried to concentrate. There was something…. Something the new girl could do. But what!
Botein struggled to get out of the bush, dragging a old branch with her, only to be met with mayhem. The lady and the cat were yelling at each other, Teddy was doing his best to bite the monster but was viciously bowled away with a yip of pain. Angry and scared, the young senshi yelled as she raced up to the creature and swung her branch at it. Watching in horror as it snapped as it slammed into the youma.
“Oy!” The cat called out to Botein as the youma swatted at the new senshi. “Call out ‘Amulet of Mending’!” He had no idea what it would do but he at least figured out what the key word was to her magic. He was a smart cat.
Botein in the meantime scrambled to get out of the way of the claws from the monster, tossing her broken stick at it’s head as she stumbled back towards the squire. “What?” She looked at the cat in confusion then actually followed his direction, against her better judgement at this point, “Amulet of Mending,” her hands naturally cupping the air in front of her. To her surprise a necklace appeared out of nowhere, “uhhhh?” She didn’t know what to make of it but something inside of her had her looking over at the lady in blue, the squire that stepped up to protect her.
The necklace faded and then reappeared around the squire’s neck, glowing softly for a moment before fading completely. “What just happened?”
Sailor Scout Attack: Amulet of Mending
When the attack is called out an ethereal silver amulet on a thin chain necklace appears above her cupped palms. Botein can either use the amulet herself or choosing a target within 8 feet of herself to use it on. The necklace then disappears then reappears around the target's neck inactive for the next 30 seconds. When the person wearing the amulet sustains any sort of damage the piece of jewelry it will begin to glow with a soft warm radiance then disappear.
The amulet instantly heals minor bumps, scrapes, and bruises. Nothing worse than a scraped knee or a pulled muscle. It can be used three times in a battle and if not used within 30 seconds of first calling the attack the amulet fades away and counts as one of the three uses. In the event the target has already sustained an injury the necklace glows then disappears immediately.
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