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 Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:30 pm
When they arrived back on the Earth, Lysithea hesitated, closing her eyes for a moment and trying to feel if there was anyone around, anyone that would bother them, but when no other auras besides Malus were felt, she let out a soft sigh and powered down. It…felt strange to be weaker…to be a super senshi like Cybele was…
She paused and nodded slightly to herself. They had said that Cybele was like she was, hadn’t they? Well, if anything this really did prove that she had been lied to, even though she obviously already knew when Faustite had admitted it but…
“...Um, thank you for that, Malus…I appreciate everything that you’ve done for me…you uh…you said that you could get me to see Ilse? What...happened to her? How did she end up with you?” The holes in her memory were so pronounced…like her mind was a great block of swiss cheese and there was no way to bridge the gap.
When had the last time she had seen Ilse even been?
She remembered talking to Faustite, mentioning that Ilse had told her that he was lying but…she couldn’t recall the conversation where that had happened.
Now the big question was where she should go…if she could call Evan maybe…he would know what to do…or Malcolm. Hadn’t Malus said Malcolm was a senshi?
“Do you know Malcolm? Can I see him? He knows me! And you said he was a senshi!”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:50 am
Malus blinked up and then nodded quickly. “He is, yeah. I’m going to power down, I can text him. He’ll be really excited to hear that you’re back. Probably worried that I didn’t invite him. Oh, and Soleiyu is going to be huffy. Or–no, don’t worry about that. They care a lot.”
…When was he supposed to tell her about Zac? Was he supposed to?
His nerves were alight and he was practically squirming. He held out his hand for her, like he was afraid she might forget who he was if he changed forms right in front of her. When her hand was in his, he powered down and explained, “You worked with me in my food truck, you brought me Rosie the other day and asked if I could help her. She got purified too, she spent the night with us. So she might look different from what you remember, but I promise she’s the same person.”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:14 am
When he powered down into Evan, her friend, someone she cared about, her whole demeanor changed and her face lit up with a bright smile. “Evan! You’re Evan!” She laughed and hugged him tightly. “Oh, that’s wonderful. I know you. You’re my friend, we had picnics, you and me and Malcolm. You knew me...”
s**t, was she crying again? It felt like she was crying again, but she just clung to the male even more tightly, huffing at her own emotional weakness. But. It was hard. Scary.
She didn’t know who she was anymore, now that she had shed the cloak of Lysithea and that…
Was more uncomfortable than she thought possible. “You saved me!”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:18 pm
Evan blinked, obviously a bit surprised at her enthusiasm, but–
He didn’t understand the effect of Chaos, going into someone or coming out.
But, she remembered him. A part of him. The most important part. She remembered Malcolm.
“I’m Evan,” he promised, and held her gently. “I know you. We’re friends. You saved yourself, you’re strong like that. I was just here for the ride. Malcolm’s a Senshi, too. I don’t know if you ever met him, Adria? He can tell you more himself when we go see him. Do you want to see Ilse first? I can text him to come over and meet us there, if you want? We don’t have to do more tonight than you’re comfortable with. I know everyone’s going to be happy to see you, it might be a little overwhelming. I mean–there’s a whole house full of people that have been looking for you. And everyone we know, too.”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:46 pm
“I mean, If Ilse’s okay, that’s great! I’ll see her later, but I want to see you! And Malcolm! And Soleiyu…do you know him? He said that he was my cat…I…I want to see him again. Evan, I…” She swallowed and hesitated. “I have to start all over again, don’t I? With a new name and a new life…I don’t…know who I am anymore again…”
She sighed softly and nuzzled close to Evan. “I want to stay with the people I know best, and that’s you and Malcolm. Ilse is nice, but I didn’t see much of her, to be honest. I knew her name, sure but…” She shrugged. “We’re friends I guess, but not super close friends.”
Evan would understand though, she was sure of that.
When her stomach growled, she gave a sheepish smile. “...I think I’m hungry too…”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:52 pm
“You’re you. Cambria, or Ana, or whoever you want to be now. Godzilla, even. Are you–” he hesitated, not completely sure what he was supposed to say about Ilse. They weren’t close? They were in love, he’d seen them kiss. Did he lie to her? –What about Zack?
He resisted the urge to squirm.
“You’re not starting over. I mean, you are, a little bit. But we have all the pieces you left behind. All the real pieces. Soleiyu is back at the house, he lives with us. And my fiance, and Airi–he’s–well, it’s complicated. He used to be a youma, too. I knew him back when I was a youma. And we finally got him out. My dog, Maxim. He doesn’t talk, he’s normal. Malcolm doesn’t live with us, he lives with his parents still. I think. He and I really only started talking when we were trying to find you. He’s in the Court. I’ll talk to you about that later, that’s–that’s a tomorrow topic. Today–do you want me to cook for you? I have a food truck, I don’t know if you remember it. Snack and Cheese. I make a lot of comfort foods, with cheese. And you can snack on them. I like Mac and Cheese but I couldn’t call my food truck Mac and Cheese. Or we can get pizza on the way home, I’ll stomach carryout for you.”
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:34 pm
“That’s the food you would bring to the picnics, yeah? Can I call Malcolm tonight, would you mind terribly? I would really like that!” A very stupid laugh escaped her lips when she thought about calling herself Godzilla, but it felt good to just laugh. Of course it would be with Evan. Everything felt so good when it was Evan.
“Take me home now, and feed me! And I can snuggle with Soleiyu and he’ll be happy, I hope. It…feels good to be free…to just…be with someone who actually knows me and actually cares…isn’t just…”
Her smile fell and she sighed softly. “Isn’t just…lying to make me feel better…”
She swallowed and shrugged suddenly. “Did I bring anything with me for this or did I just…run off?” It didn’t seem like something she would do, leaving without at least a small game plan but…stranger things had happened, she was sure.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:03 pm
Evan let her be the one to break the hug, and when she did he still held her hand. “Yeah, you had a bag. It’s safe, it’s in my food truck. It’s parked at the house so we can get it on our way in.”
He fished out his cell phone and was already scrolling, making sure she knew, “I’m texting Malcolm, I’ll get him over soon. Um–so here’s the thing, though–Ilse’s staying with us right now, so you’re going to see her, too. And there’s another guy that we live with, his name is Zac. You two, um. Well, you used to share a room. But we’ll get that all sorted out, I’ll introduce you. Oh! But no pressure to anything, it’s just–I know it’s complicated. I have a lot to fill you in on, I don’t want to overwhelm you. He–”
Evan was quiet for a second. “He’s going to be happy to see you. He was worried, but he’s not the best at talking about his emotions. He’s not going to expect anything from you, either. He was just worried that the Negaverse was going to hurt you. Or make you do things you didn’t want to do. Tonight will be an easy night.”
He hoped.
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:25 pm
She nodded, walking with him, swinging their hands. “All right, I’m excited to meet everyone!” They shared a room? Maybe there were bunkbeds? She hoped that she got the top bunk! Top bunk was always best.
This was great, and there was a bag that she brought, so clearly she wasn’t as dumb as she thought she was, which was a good thing, perhaps there would be answers in that bag, or maybe she left letters or at the very least a new name. That would be helpful to the extreme…otherwise she’d have to pick up a baby book or something and that would lead to far too many choices.
“Zac…is he a Saturn Knight by chance? I was told that there was a Saturn Knight asking about me. Cleeia..oh!”
Her face lit up. “Cleeia doesn’t know yet! He’s purified too…it…really messed me up, but this means he and I can be friends again…oh I hope I can find him…”
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:07 am
Evan didn’t think he knew Cleeia, but maybe someone else did. That was by far the safer conversation topic given that he knew how Zac could get, and if she’d heard about a Saturn Knight…
He couldn’t help but be worried. He didn’t know what else she might have heard.
“We can look. Soleiyu can make sure your phone is working and updated, you might be able to send him a message to connect with him? We’ll find him,” he promised, squeezing her hand as she swung theirs together.
“Zac’s a Saturn Knight,” he finally confirmed, because the less he said, the more suspicious it was. “One of three that I know of. We asked everyone to help look,” he repeated. “We were ready to call in all our favors. You’re really important to us. And the way we lost you wasn’t fair. You didn’t get to make the choice, it was taken from you. So we worried extra.”
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:16 am
“Oh! That’s good to know, but thank you, Evan. Thank you for never giving up on me. It means the world to me…and I am very glad I didn’t let my bro…ah. General Faustite kill you. It didn’t seem right and…that fight really put a wedge between him and I…I mean, I might not have known you, but it was wrong to just…I don’t know.”
She decided that it was time to end the conversation before it upset her, or upset Evan. Or them both, and chose instead to softly hum the song that was in her music box, excited to get home and start her new life. Once she figured out just who she was going to be from now on.
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