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 Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:18 pm
Ingrid had a determined look on her face as she marched towards the much stronger chaos aura. It wasn’t Valjean, that much was obvious, but. It was someone, and they might know Valjean. Hell. They might have an answer about Victoria too.
It was odd, how easy it was to make her way towards the oppressive aura…and how on edge she had been with the one of equal strength that was on her own side.
…Well.
It might have meaning, it might not but.
“Excuse me. I’m Sailor Ingrid, Senshi of Holly. I have a few questions, would you be able to answer me?” Her eyes took in the black and purple clad General and she blinked slowly. He wasn’t a senshi, so maybe that’s why he felt so different and why…she was reacting different but.
It shouldn’t matter too much. “I need to ask about a corrupted senshi, and then one who…wasn’t corrupted a few years ago, but I just want to know if maybe you could find information. I’ve already asked someone on my side but. Since the information was withheld from me. I just. Want to know.”
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:24 pm
It wasn't often that Ashanite went out patrolling, these days. He had Lieutenants and Captains he could trust for that. But sometimes, being cooped up in his office got boring, and he didn't currently have a specific project to attract his attention except for monitoring Monoceros, and that was...only so much of one.
But at least this particular chance to stretch his legs and wander the city was....well, fruitful, it seemed. A bold, pretty little Senshi, striding up to him all confident, and jumping straight to asking questions....Ashanite smiled. Bowed.
"General Ashanite, at your service," he said. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ingrid. Please, feel free to ask your questions, and I'll answer as best I can."
If he could. If he knew, and if he decided it was safe to share.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:33 pm
Relaxing, Ingrid gave a little grin and curtsied in return. “A pleasure, General Ashanite. Please, I’m going to start just throwing names at you so do forgive me. But, if you know Corrupted Sailor Valjean, please let him know I will still meet him, and that my siser might need to be brought in by force. She didn’t take the fact that I’m corrupting too terribly well. But. I’ll be coming with or without her.”
Ingrid wore a determined, annoyed smile. “Also if you know a Fulgurite or a Monoceros, they both tried to talk me out of corrupting so. There’s that. They both pissed me off…um, and last but not least…would you happen to know a Sailor Victoria? He’s my brother and he’s been missing for…around six years. I just. Want closure. You know?” She drew in a breath, going through a mental checklist and nodded. “That’s everything, I think!
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:41 pm
Ashanite listened, thoughtfully, although his eyes narrowed when she mentioned Monoceros. The youmaglia should have prevented him from going against the Negaverse's interests--was there some aversion in him that was so strong, it fought even that? Strange. Unpleasant. Not something Ashanite was particularly fond of thinking about.
"I don't know Valjean or Fulgurite," he said, "but I can look for both of them. Monoceros, however, is my responsibility, and I'll.....well. He and I are going to have to have a conversation."
He would have to determine exactly what the root of this resistance was. And if it couldn't be broken down....well. There were other things that Monoceros could be turned into. It would be unfortunate, but if he was going to keep causing problems....
"But. Victoria." Ashanite smiled, broadly. "Actually, it's lucky you ran into me. He's in the Negaverse, and he's been under my supervision since he corrupted. I don't know if he remembers that he has siblings--but he is alive, and he is one of us."
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 10:04 am
Ingrid nodded, and hummed softly, looking a little unhappy at the memory of Monoceros. “I thought he was going to be a friend. We started out poorly, I’ll admit I attacked just due to the fact I hadn’t realized he was there but. We were talking and he was excited but by the time we parted ways…he was saying I just shouldn’t bother corrupting.”
She rubbed the bridge of her nose and sighed. “I hope that you can have a conversation with him. He. I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t want people to corrupt…”
Oh. Oh he knew Victoria. Her brother was alive.” Ingrid swallowed hard and opened her mouth, then closed it again, tears suddenly filling her eyes. “...Wait…are you serious? He’s alive? Is he okay? You’ve been taking care of him? General Ashanite, please…could you let him know that I’m coming too? That he won’t be alone for much longer? And that I miss him so much?”
Victoria…her Feliks was alive.
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 2:19 pm
Shouldn't bother corrupting. That made Ashanite's eyes narrow. Something had to be going very wrong, for Monoceros to be saying things like that. He would have to hear Monoceros's side, then--discovedr exactly what squirrely little thought patterns Monoceros had that were escaping the youmaglia.
"I can't understand either." Ashanite sighed, unhappily. "His own corruption was a messy experience, but I had hoped he'd come to understand it was for the better."
But....ah, poor girl. Of course the sudden knowledge that the family she'd thought she'd lost was alive and well would be upsetting for her.
"I'll tell him." The promise came easily, and he even meant it. "Victoria is...very important to me," to say the least, "and I'll be glad to tell him that he'll have family joining us." His expression went soft. "As a warning,h e won't remember you. He lost all his memory in the corruption."
Better to let her know now, than let it fester or have her thinking he'd lied. There was information that sometimes had to strategically be kept to oneself, but in the delicate matter of recruiting someone willingly into the Negaverse from the other side....the less speedbumps, the better.
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 2:32 pm
Ingrid nodded. “It’s all right. So long as he’s alive. We can make new memories. I know that I won’t come out completely unscathed.”
It didn’t really matter all that much but. “Do you think he’ll be happy to know that I’m still here and I still love him? Can we meet up before I come over? Soon, maybe if you wouldn’t mind too terribly much? I…”
She swallowed, but felt like this was the last piece of her worries. Victoria had been found, and she would be going to him. Well. Even if Galya didn’t want to come with her…she’d have her brother.
Quietly, she blew out a breath. “I’m going to warn you since you seem sensible. But I have a twin, Sailor Godiva of Peppermint. I want her to come with me, to corrupt with me but. It may not happen. If you manage to find her…she’s worth bringing in and I'll look after her, I promise. So if you can make a note somewhere…I would appreciate it. Obviously, that’s what I need you to tell Valjean too but. If she won’t come with me…I want someone who will understand to…uh. Understand.”
Ingrid gave a small smile and shrugged. “Please.”
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 3:02 pm
"That's a good way to look at it," Ashanite said. "Not unlike how I felt when I corrupted." Not entirely true. He had the lingering sense that he'd been running from something--that there were things he would rather forget, and he'd been lucky enough to lose those memories.
The price, of course, was that the first thing he remembered was Umber's hand in his chest, but--well, that was what it was.
"I'll do my best to arrange a meeting for the two of you. I think....that will be very important," Ashanite said. And it was what Victoria deserved, to get to know his family, since thy were coming over. The coldly calculating part of Ashanite turned that over, and decided that this was beneficial in that it would give Victoria yet another reason to stay in the Negaverse. If he had little sisters to look after.....that would be a powerful tie keeping him there, whatever lies Order whispered in his ear.
This Godiva, though, he'd have to keep her carefully in mind. If she needed a little extra persuasion, well, he could handle that.
"I''l remember that." Ashanite looked Ingrid in the face, regarding her seriously. "Are you ready for whatever it will take, to bring her over? Whatever might need to be sacrificed?"
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 4:29 pm
Ingrid nodded. “I’m ready, no matter what has to be sacrificed. If she has to forget everything, then we’ll simply make new memories again. She belongs with me, and I have pledged that I will join the Negaverse.”
The fact that she would be getting back something she lost…that she hadn’t realized she could get back again…that was nothing more than an added bonus.
“Can we meet back here tomorrow? Can you bring him then? Please? I’ll be here…maybe at eight? I just…I just want to see him.”
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 4:50 pm
Good. She was resolved. Ashanite liked that.
"Tomorrow at eight," he promised. He would bring Victoria here, and thy would talk, and perhaps he would win over two new Senshi for their side.
He'd have to find Sailor Valjean and congratulate him on his good work.
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