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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 pm
It'd been a while since he last saw a wraith, when he'd run into Varda — long enough that he'd forgotten what they were until the Dark Mirror showed up to yell at him. He hadn't noticed it previously, but either their Mirror brethren grew quiet, or he simply didn't cross paths with any of them in some time.
Now that Adonis was out again, he actually noticed the wraith. Upon following it, he noticed the Dark Mirror Aura around which it flitted and darted. He lagged behind significantly enough that he thought the wraith wouldn't notice him, and if it did, it might consider him a non-threat for how he didn't disturb the crowds it targeted.
Now that was something handy — they could just dart through people without a care in the damn world. Adonis couldn't do that when he was farming energy.
He left the wraith to its business, as he was more interested in finding the senshi to whom it belonged. There was almost always one around when he ran across a wraith, it was just a matter of finding them in the vast radius of their auras. And after turning a few corners and handing out enough 'excuse me's that he sounded like a gasbag geezer at a greasy buffet, he finally teleported himself to the rooftops.
"Yo, Wraith Wrangler!" He called, not particularly caring if the people on street level heard him, "you up here?"
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 6:37 pm
Sappho was doing her best to be out and about more. It was good for her, and at least being out as Sappho was fun. She had magic powers, a cute outfit, and a general desire to get out and do things.
So she was out, doing a little draining, letting her mirrorwraith flit among the crowd, watching from the roof above. She knew that there were other people nearby, other auras, but nailing down where they were was sort of difficult, and anyway, they weren't ******** with her or anything.
Also, she was pretty sure that the nearest one was stronger than her, so that would suck, if they wanted to fight.
Someone called out--for a "Wraith Wrangler"--and she guessed that was probably her, so she stood, and turned, and moved towards the voice.
"Sup," she said, giving a little wiggle of her fingers as a wave. "Sorry, am I in your way? I can clear out and find somewhere else to drain."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 2:58 pm
"Oh, whoa, you're not the one who tried to punch me in the face." It was a casual observation, but a correct one — this Dark Mirror Senshi didn't look like the one that was so incredibly ready to throw down.
Adonis rested a hand against his back as he strolled closer to her. A respectable conversational distance, in case s**t hit the fan. But there wasn't any s**t, and Adonis didn't see any fans, so it might've been a precaution taken for nothing.
"Nah, don't worry about clearing out." Adonis gestured for her to keep on with her draining. "Already got my quota and then some. Turns out, when your boss becomes the Negaverse's biggest traitor, you start working a helluva lot harder than they expect you to." Maybe on purpose, maybe because he needed somewhere else to put his thoughts.
"Say, wanna tell me about these guys? They seem fancy. They really do all the draining for you?" Adonis asked as he leaned over the parapet to look at the thing.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 3:30 pm
"Ouch, one of us tried to punch you in the face? Sorry for that," Sappho winced. "Since, y'know, they're probably not gonna apologize for themself...." She shrugged her shoulders. It wasn't pleasant to know that she had attack-first jerks on her team, but maybe that was the nature of it being a team. Took all sorts, and all.
"I don't know much about the negaverse," she admitted, "just what I've heard from other people, but uh. Also sorry about your boss, that sounds....really rough." Getting punished for someone else's treason seemed pretty unfair to her, but what did she know. Maybe there was an automatic suspicion of collusion, or something.
"Anyway, uh, yeah, wraiths do it all for us." She moved over to lean down next to him. It might not be a good idea to tell him too much, but surely the basics were okay? So she slid her mirror shard out from under her bracer, turning it over. "They live in these, when they're not out draining. Just need to pass through someone to do it, and most people don't even notice it happening. Can only take so much at once, and get more solid the fuller they are." She tilted her head to the side. "What about the Negaverse? How do you guys do it?" Paused, briefly. "Also, hi, I'm Sappho, nice to meet you."
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 6:38 pm
"Oh I don't think they're going to gallows me just yet. Draining more just keeps my mind off our wide, wonderful, world of s**t." He grinned. It was genuine, but exasperated.
Straightening, he hooked his thumbs in his belt slack. "Sorry to dump all that on you, Sappho. Adonis, by the way. And no, I'm not being coy." He knew how that name sounded. Knew, just as well, that he lived up to it sometimes, usually to drunk people who had no idea what a senshi was or how glamour worked. Still counted, though.
"I'll be damned," he murmured when she drew his attention to her mirror shard. "Ain't that something. Negaverse doesn't have aaaaanything like that, nope, that'd be too useful." He sighed as he stretched, and his shoulders popped. Moving about kept the soreness at bay, so he paced the perimeter in tandem with the wraith's movements. "You could really sit out here, listen to an audiobook, answer your email, do your nails while that fancy fellow gets all your work done." He whistled. What a perk!
"But we just, uh. Pardon." He stopped, turned toward her, opened one hand as if to catch a ball, while his other hand pantomimed holding a wine glass. A thin ribbon of energy drew from her, into one hand, and coalesced in the other as a tiny violet orb.
"It's all DIY. But, it takes a whole lot of concentration, so gathering energy's a bitter b*****d of a time." He shrugged. "Can't get a youma to do it for me, either. They try to eat my face instead." Clearly, between her courtmate and every youma ever, the consensus was that his face was enticingly destructible.
"Here, use your magic on me. Soon as my concentration goes to s**t, your energy'll return to you."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 2:30 am
Sappho snorted. "If you were, you're not my type," she said, but it was playful and joking. She kind of liked Adonis, so far--he seemed fun to be around, and she needed more of that in her life. Plus, good relations with the Negaverse could only possibly help her out in the future, right?
"And it's fine, I get it. Sometimes you just gotta talk stuff out." She shrugged. Better not to push too much, when it was obviously something that stressed him out. It was much more fun to talk about magic, anyway.
"I have to kind of keep an eye on it," she said, "just in case he starts getting too solid and people notice, but mostly...yeah, automated drain machine. Mirrorwraiths aren't very smart, but they sure can do their jobs." And that was all she required of it, really. "Probably the biggest reason that I'm not out here with my headphones on is that I do kinda have to be alert for other powered people, though. Sometimes, y'know, the White Moon gets all offended about energy draining, and...yeah." Not that it had happened to her, much, but she had heard stories.
She watched with some interest as he pulled energy out of--oh, out of her.
"Huh," she said, idly, curious and interested. "Having to do it yourself does seem like a pain in the a**. Especially if youma won't help you--I've noticed they don't like Dark Mirrors either." She huffed. "I'm, uh, not sure my magic will distract you all that much?" But maybe it was worth a try, and he'd asked, so.
"Violet Innocence," she said, and she blew a kiss.Quote: Sappho speaks the name of her attack, winks, and blows a kiss at one opponent within six feet of her. A spiral of violet petals swirls around them, and they find that suddenly, Sappho seems more innocent and harmless, and less dangerous. This attack last for 25 seconds, and can be used three times per battle.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:17 pm
"Oh, they're always looking for something to be offended about." Adonis shrugged nonchalantly, then adopted a mock indignant pose with his hands on his hips. "How dare you steal people's energy," he scorned in a pitched voice, "that's assault! Only corporations are allowed to drain people, yadda yadda, blah blah, I'm gonna beat your face." Deciding that was enough of that, he returned to his usual demeanor.
Even if her magic wasn't meant to distract, it was distracting for trying to discern what it did. The orb of energy raveled out, dispersed back to her, as he had scrunched his brows in determining what Violet Innocence actually did. There were petals, and those were kinda distracting, but nothing really changed, he thought.
Well, whatever. The orb was gone, that's what mattered.
"There it goes." Now he had a free hand again. "You seem cool, Sappho. All laid back, unlike that other Mirror. Actually, it kinda shocks me that you're out on your own. I'd figure you'd have a whole bunch of Courtmates who'd be willing to go out and drain with you." Though maybe that wasn't feasible, what with the wraiths becoming noticeable after a time.noir songbird does this qualify as a battle now?
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:54 pm
Sappho rolled her eyes. "Oh, my god, right, like we don't need it literally so we can power up at all," she waved a hand, shaking her head. "Always a good day when I don't have to deal with that."
She sighed, and waited for the energy to flow back into her, looking amused.
"Like I said, I didn't think it'd do much--it makes people see me as more innocent and harmless, and since we're already getting on well," she shrugged, and stretched, and looked down. Her wraith was definitely getting full, so she produced its mirrorshard, held it over the edge, and waited for the fat little creature to nyoom its way back into safety.
"You also seem cool," she said. "I mean, I've got people I could call? But, like. I also don't want to haul my brother or my girlfriend out every time I go, y'know? Easier to do it on my own and not like, coordinate schedules." She shrugged. "What about you? Or is it easier for you to work alone?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:27 pm
"Yeah! When's anything ever free?" Not even stolen stuff was free. Still took time, effort, and energy to steal the damn thing and get away with it.
He stood back, thumb caught on a belt loop, while he watched the wairth thinger return to its owner. Neat, the way that worked, though he still couldn't define to himself exactly what it was or how it differed from a youma. Maybe they were made of the same stuff, though he'd never heard of the Dark Mirror needing starseeds. Lucky for them, since people were always one-and-done when it came to starseeds.
"That ain't a bad power, especially for going it alone," Adonis mused.
"Me, I, ah," and he smiled bashfully. Felt like a failure to cop to the truth like this. "I don't have anybody yet. I mean, the Negaverse'll answer whenever someone puts out a distress call? So I'll always have people to call in a pinch, but nobody to partner up with. But it's fine, I've been going it alone this long, and I'm still alive."
Ah, there it is. Look at that fat little wraith fly into that… Mirror shard? If they were the bearers of all the energy, then she was probably on her way back.
"Won't hold you up, though. Was good to meet you, Sappho; maybe I'll catch you around now and again." He gave her a smart little salute before he departed, feeling a little better for meeting a sane Dark Mirror Senshi.
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