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 Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:41 pm
Quote: Entire parts of town are trussed up in banners and stars to commemorate the holiday. You can find them dangling from lampposts, walls, trees--paper stars are everywhere. While this has become common in the past few days, what’s uncommon is how some of them seem to glow at night. While passing through town, more stars seem to light up, guiding you down some strange path. There is an unnatural pull to them, a lull deep in your chest that something just meant for you is waiting at the end. When the path of stars end, what do you find? Someone? Something you lost? The answer to some question you’ve been asking yourself for some time? The stars eventually lose their glow and do not light back up again; any examination yields that they seem to be normal paper. Sachio checked his phone once again to see if Eunkyung had texted him within the last 30 seconds. He knew he was being ridiculous, that he shouldn't be trying to rush all of this and meeting her again this summer, but for some reason he felt... like he needed to see her again. Perhaps it was because he had visited so many Homeworlds and Wonders recently and he felt like he needed something slightly more... grounded. On Earth. He still had the desire to go and visit his comet, but he was still too nervous about it, and even felt like he had been avoiding going to it just because. So when the Star Festival had opened, he had texted Eunkyung to see if she had wanted to join him. Just so he had some company at the very least. While he was waiting though, he could have sworn that the various star decorations were lit up, which was a bit weird, but he figured that they may have just added electric ones now.
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:54 pm
She was in a bit of a rush, she was running a bit late, but she hadn't meant to be! She'd gotten caught up by some odd little fireflies that had been various colors. All of them winking in and out of place and seeming normal...aside from the odd colors.
It was something she would have to tell Sachio once she got to him...and after she apologized for being late. As she was hurrying her way towards there destined meeting place she found that some of the star decorations were...lighting up? Could they be some sort of new decoration? Ones with little motion sensor lights? She didn't think so but anything was possible...right? The city seemed keen on putting a lot into this celebration - so it could be?
Shaking her head she hurried her pace even as more and more lights lite up and even ahead of her. Now that couldn't be motion sensors; there was no way.
Shaking her head she was glad when she could finally see him and called out. "Sachio!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:03 pm
Sachio almost jumped when he heard his name being called, but he wasn't expecting to be called from a different direction from where he was looking. Still, he managed not to do so, and was quite happy to see that it was Eunkyung. He waved to her and when she finally got close enough he greeted her. "Eunkyung! I'm glad you made it!" He would mention nothing of her being late. What would be the point anyway? It hadn't been that long anyway. He went up to hug her, though if she wasn't in the mood he would back off. Still he had noticed some of the decorations lighting up a bit more, but had forgotten about it when he saw her again. "I haven't been to one of these festivals in a while so I'm glad that we could do something together!" Food would be a good idea too. But if she didn't want to go and eat after this, the he would find some 24/7 place and snag something from there. From the corner of his eye though, he could see more lights becoming just a bit brighter. What was going on?
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:45 pm
"I'm sorry I'm late." Bowing some, not a deep bow, in apology she straightened up and moved to hug the other, just as he was moving to hug her as well. Perfect timing. It was still new to her to hug someone so openly and easily...but it was nice as well. "I saw something...something very strange." She said slowly, trailing off as she looked up to the others face.
"It's different from the ones back home in Korea...but festivals like this do remind me of the ones back home. I miss them." And she hoped they'd have more such festivals in the city. "I hope other people are enjoying it as well. But on the way here...ohh on the way here I saw some strange...fireflies - I think. They weren't the normal colors - pink and red...purple as well. I couldn't get close enough to really look at them. They seemed to know when I was trying to get too close and vanished. It's strange and unnatural. I just...I don't know if it's good or bad." Clutching at the others shirt, without noticing it really, she kept her dark eyes pined to the others face, waiting for his reaction. He was a senshi too...he knew this city as well as she did - better even. He had seen more than she had.
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:38 pm
"Well, strange is something that we've seen a lot now at this point." He said, chuckling a bit, but did listen to what she had to say. "Strange... fireflies? That is weird. I mean, if we were normal we would probably say that our eyes are just playing tricks on us, but considering we're in Destiny City... you want to check it out?" He was curious about the lights too, but he knew it would be hard to investigate them. After all, she had said they disappeared when she got close to them. Why was nothing ever easy here? He put his hands around hers that were clutching his chest. "It's all right. We can go investigate and see if we can find anything about them. With the two of us it shouldn't be too bad right?" He said, trying to encourage her a bit. He did like that she seemed to be relying a bit more on him now, but it was concerning that she had seen... whatever the glowing lights were. "We'll do it together."
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:07 pm
"Mm, too many strange things in this city. It's a wonder everyone hasn't fled already." Though perhaps some people simply couldn't and were stuck here. It would certainly point who everyone powered was if every normal person left, and that would be dangerous. But people weren't so wise to what was going on...to the full scope and reality of it. Gangs and other things it was attributed to. "We can try...I don't think we'll get close enough to any of them to see though. I tried." She doubted even with two of them they'd be able to get a close look at any of the fireflies.
"Mmm, ok. We can try." Though she doubted they'd manage to find out anything useful, at least he'd get to see for himself. It was good to know what was out there that could be potentially dangerous, and in this city something so harmless looking could be dangerous.
"We just need to be careful. I don't trust it." Not in this city.
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:58 am
"I don't blame you. With what goes on in this city, anything that even looks slightly out of the ordinary is suspicious. Even simple events." He said, growling at the end as he thought of that "Circus". "We can try to follow them at least and hope that they lead us, but if they don't, then we can turn back okay?" He asked, giving her a reassuring look. "We don't have to continue to try to look for them all night. I wouldn't want to do that anyway. We don't have to do it for too long. If after a few minutes they disappear and we can't find them at all, we'll call it quits."He held out his arm to her. "We'll have each other's backs." He said, though he was nervous about following the strange things. And if it was too dark where they were going he would get out his phone to use as a flashlight. He didn't trust anything that went on at this point. Even normal routine things could turn into a plot by the Negaverse or whatever else out to hurt them.
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:59 pm
"I wish it was safe here." Like back home. It was safe back in Korea but she was here and aside from the danger and fighting here was nice, but it was never home and wouldn't compare. It was like apples and oranges - both fruits but different ones. "Ok, we can do that." Ignoring, for now, the growl. She suspected something had upset him, something dealing with the war in the city. She wouldn't ask, at least not right now.
Taking the offered arm she leaned into his side gently. "Yeah...I like that. We'll make sure we're both safe, so don't worry. It shouldn't be anything too bad." At least she hoped that was the case. Anything was possible. "Just trust in us."
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:59 pm
He nodded to her. "Don't worry." He said, giving her a light kiss on the head before stepping forward and waiting for a moment for her to follow, and when he did he made sure that they stayed together as they went to go and look for the mysterious lights that she had been talking about. He was... apprehensive about following them. He couldn't sense anything nearby so he didn't think that they would lead to a Youma, but perhaps it was one that could mask it's aura? He didn't believe that it would be some sort of Agent. Even the Corrupts seemed to have limits on what their powers could do, so if anything, it would be more likely to be one of the monsters. Soon enough they were close to where she had come from and he could see the lights too. As soon as he moved his free hand close to one however, it disappeared, just as Hamal had said it would. "It is weird..." He said, almost mumbling to himself. "They don't look like fireflies or any type of bug to me." He couldn't help but turn to her with a sheepish look. "Sorry, I know you already told me about these, I just wanted to test them out a bit."
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:14 pm
"It is...but I don't sense anything coming from them...and they aren't leading anywhere." Because if you went to follow them they would vanish at some point. So they weren't out to cause trouble, at least she didn't think so. Still they were unusual though and that wasn't always a good thing in this city.
"I didn't think they were...but they act like them - sort of." The colors were wrong but the flickering of the light was the same. Vanishing however wasn't. "Maybe from space?" She questioned softly, wondering if such was possible. Had someone brought these with them from their home world? Did they, in some way, belong to someone else...another senshi or a knight?
"It's ok...I'd want to see them too if you told me about them. But the question is still what are they and why are they here?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:07 pm
He nodded. It was as she said. They couldn't really find anything out about these if they wouldn't let him follow. He sighed and turned to her. "I don't know either. I wish I did, and I wish there was a way to find out where they're coming from... but I guess that's not happening." Honestly he had made himself look like a fool, and he wasn't afraid to admit it. "Sorry, I shouldn't have pushed about these things so much. Maybe they're from space, or maybe they're from the Negaverse, though I've never heard of something like that coming from the Negaverse at least." It wasn't impossible though. It could have been a youma or something, but wouldn't they have been able to sense it. "Since it doesn't look like we're going to be able to find anything out tonight, you want to go somewhere and get some food or something? Maybe some tea and snacks just to relax for a bit after seeing these things. I know it's going to be on the back of both of our minds until it either goes away or we find the cause, but we can just go somewhere to, you know, take our minds off of it for a bit if you want." What else could they do tonight anyway? Stand there looking at them? Even that would get boring after a while.
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Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 12:17 am
No, I don't think so either. At least not tonight." She answered with a small shrug of her shoulders. What else could they really do? They couldn't make these things stay, not when magic was involved, they didn't have that ability. Although... "I wonder if they could be captured and put into a jar or something. I assume though they'd vanish before we could get them...or even from inside the jar."
Laughing softly her head bobbed up and down. "I don't think it's the Negaverse either. From what I do know it doesn't seem like something they'd do. It seems too innocent. Though it would be a good idea it doesn't seem their style. They seem more into creepy and straight froward." Rather than something so innocent and long in plot. It just didn't seem like something they'd do, if it was theirs she'd be surprised.
"Food sounds good, especially when it's spent with good company." Very good company. "Anything you have in mind?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 12:18 am
No, I don't think so either. At least not tonight." She answered with a small shrug of her shoulders. What else could they really do? They couldn't make these things stay, not when magic was involved, they didn't have that ability. Although... "I wonder if they could be captured and put into a jar or something. I assume though they'd vanish before we could get them...or even from inside the jar."
Laughing softly her head bobbed up and down. "I don't think it's the Negaverse either. From what I do know it doesn't seem like something they'd do. It seems too innocent. Though it would be a good idea it doesn't seem their style. They seem more into creepy and straight froward." Rather than something so innocent and long in plot. It just didn't seem like something they'd do, if it was theirs she'd be surprised.
"Food sounds good, especially when it's spent with good company." Very good company. "Anything you have in mind?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 12:15 pm
He nodded. "Maybe we should keep some jars with us at all times just in case something like this happens again. Though I think that our family would think of it as a bit weird to be keeping empty jars of nothing if they found out." His sister would certainly think it was weird, but then again, the fact that her little brother had gotten so much more serious within the past couple of years and wanted to be a surgeon of all things still blew her mind. "Yeah, if it was the Negaverse, we'd either be unconscious or dead right now." He said with a bit of a shiver. From fear or anger, or even both, he didn't know. He shook his head, trying to get the thought out of his mind, and it seemed that Eunkyung thought it was a good idea to go out and get something too. Grinning he moved his head in one direction. "I know a little tea shop around here. It first caught my eye with all of the plants that they keep in there, turns out they have a lot of other knicknacks too. And it's an awesome place for studying too." He grabbed her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers. "I'll lead the way."Sleet Tempest Snape last post from me! Thank you for the rp!
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