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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 7:49 pm
Hell, he hated pouring concrete.
Adrian didn't even hate it for the concrete pouring part, but for the demolition that had to come before. And demolition meant beating s**t with hammers or using a jackhammer, and most of his crew put him on jackhammer anyway, so his hands and arms and even his jaw thrummed with the memory of holding the damn thing for hours. It exhausted him, too — more than wheeling around thick cement pudding to pour into squares that he'd have to pave into perfectly smooth squares.
And since he was so tired, he decided that no, he wasn't going to walk home. A mile and a half with no car, and with legs that felt like jelly for being locked up for an age? ******** that. The Negaverse gave him the power to teleport, and he was going to abuse the s**t out of it for his own convenience.
This was the real reason he drained so many damn pedestrians — he had to make up for all of his shortcuts home.
But when Adrian slipped down the dark alley between a half-constructed building and a tarp-laden fence, when he abandoned his civilian guise and became Adonis, he felt a burst of White Moon aura uncomfortably close. Close enough that he checked all about himself, half-expecting some Order Senshi to pop out of nowhere and insist that they knew his identity.
Instead, he hadn't found the source — not yet, anyway. But Adonis was a loud boy, and he didn't particularly give a s**t if his five-minutes-ago coworkers heard him yelling from within a private construction zone.
"Hey," he yelled, hoping the owner of the aura would hear him, "do you know what they did to Jimmy Hoffa?"
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 8:03 pm
Godiva blinked when she heard someone yelling about Jimmy Hoffa. She also felt the corrupted senshi blip onto her radar. Thankfully she was far enough away because she really didn't want to deal with this today.
However she wondered, "Aren't you suppose to yell Marco if you're looking for someone?" She asked as she perched on the fence to the construction zone outside of his little hidey hole.
"I mean They never found Jimmy Hoffa that I know, so if you're looking to be found. I'm pretty sure Marco Polo is wayyy better of an idea!" The senshi smiled hoping that she wasn't going to regret this. Maybe he'd give her some information about the Negaverse if he seemed the chatty type?
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 8:10 pm
"Only if I'm looking for Marco," he called back. Girl's voice, as if that was something more to go off of than 'look for an escaped cosplayer who's doing stupid amounts of parkour at this ungodly hour'.
It wasn't. He spotted her by her bright, candy striper esque outfit and her parkourish perching on the fence.
"But yeah," he continued as he approached, "you're picking up what I'm putting down! They disappeared him." Adonis snapped his fingers. "Just like that. One day he's there, then bam! Gone. No one's the wiser. S'what I do with energy." He shrugged, his hands flourishing upward.
"And it's what I do to White Moon kids who get in the way, so word of advice? Don't."
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 7:54 pm
Godiva blinked owlishly at Adonis. As he spoke, well it was fair if he was looking for Marco he'd call Marco."Touche"
The peppermint clad senshi continued to watch Adonis; she wasn't planning on really moving from her current perch . . . thankfully balanced well for the moment. Her head tilted as he continued to speak. "Yeah . . . yeah he hasn't been found that's true. Hm, I do wonder where he ended up. . . ."
The senshi was curious when he said that's what he does with energy; and then followed it up by what he did with white moon kids who get in the way. "Okay, but why would I get in the way when you haven't done anything?"
There was a pause as she considered her options, "Or . . . do you consider me to be in the way right now because I was curious who yelled out Hoffa's name?"
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 2:58 pm
Ooh, this one was different. He hadn't had the privilege of meeting a different White Mooner in a long time. Too long, especially since most of them wanted to cave his face in these days.
"Because that's what the White Moon does," he insisted. Adonis approached a few steps, then leaned against a metal scaffolding that spanned multiple floors. They'd turned the flood lights off, leaving him to speak with the senshi in undisturbed darkness.
"They see a Negaverse agent, or senshi, or whatever, they assume we're up to no good, then they move in to preempt us." Like that did anything. Like it could ever get them far, knowing that their adversaries could teleport and pull starseeds. But whatever, it wasn't his life they were throwing away. "So sometimes, I gotta threaten them. You know, cover my bases.
"But I won't call you in the way if you don't try anything funny." Which, so far, she didn't. She seemed like a wisecracker who was looking for someone to talk to.
Relatable.
"But if you're planning on hanging around, what's your name?"
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 7:29 pm
Godiva chuckled, "Maybe that's what White moon normally does, but I fear I'm in a bit of a pickle so I'd rather learn about others than just jump right on the good ol' 'oh no a bad guy let me just go punch them for no reason because I crossed paths with them' shtick."
She hopped down from the fence and gave a little curtsy, "Godiva, Senshi of peppermint. And you are?" She asked curiously looking at Adonis. His outfit was fairly interesting and had she been more forward she probably would've moved to touch what looked like it could be some sort of animal hide. But no . . . no that probably wouldn't go over well.
"Your outfit is so fascinating." She added.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:33 pm
"Adonis," he returned as he assumed a more casual stance. "As for my outfit, it's… Y'see, I'm the Senshi of Skin, and I haven't gone asking about what my outfit's made of." He didn't know, and he didn't want to know, in case it was something other than cow leather, or whatever nonhuman entity had skin sufficiently strong and supple.
Yep. Not a question he was asking.
"Godiva, though — thought that was a chocolate factory. Guess they might sell peppermint too, huh? They make you the store mascot yet?" It wasn't a tease — truly, Adonis thought that would be the perfect combination. He'd butter her up on it, too; they were senshi, so why can't they sell their images to the general public, maybe cultivate a little good PR? But he'd rather her in black, so he'd save his commentary for another time.
Or another minty fresh senshi. He wondered if — nah. Nah. Not going there.
"What kinda pickle're we talking? I've been in a fair few, myself. I might even be able to help you out." He shrugged, hands up, before he started walking. Gave her a jerk of the head as if to say follow me, while he waited for her to answer.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:56 am
Godiva smiled a bit as he gave his name, "Oh . . Skin that sounds . . . interesting." She said as she tilted her head, "I don't blame you I probably wouldn't either, hopefully it's just regular leather. . . "
Leather was animal skin with some tanning and all that. Obviously magical properties and all that. She chuckled when he asked if they made her the store mascot yet, "Ahh that'd be nice, be able to get a bit of kick back as a store mascot."
She paused, "Well my sister's apparently made a deal and is coming over to your guys' side and I'm going to be dragged along if I don't come willingly." Godiva shrugged and followed Adonis.
She actually walked beside him with her hands behind her back, "So what does your attack do if you're the senshi of skin?"
She was curious and offered her own attack information, "I mean my attack is kind of useless in a battle . . . It just kind of a magical ointment that smells like peppermint." She chuckled, "Though anyone that hates peppermint hates my attack."
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 5:51 am
So he was basically chatting up a future ally? Not bad. He couldn't begin to guess who her sister was, or what deal she might've made, but he wasn't about to look too far into it as long as the Negaverse came out looking better for it.
Still, he wasn't sure he could just belt out what his attack did, even if she was resigned to join them. She hadn't done so yet. So when she asked, he answered with a noncommittal "Ah you know…"
Luckily, though, she volunteered her own attack afterward. Assuming he could trust her on that front (for there've been bolder ruses, he was sure), her attack did sound pretty damn useless. Peppermint was nice, stopped people from vomiting, but a peppermint ointment didn't have any place on a battlefield. Probably had something else to it that nobody's discovered yet.
And the good news about that was that the Negaverse was pretty good at feeling out attacks. Plus, he'd heard of senshi attacks changing between one side and the next.
"My magic skins people," he volunteered afterward. "Not for real, but I been told it sure feels real. Plenty of people get all horrified about it when it happens to them." He shrugged, then stretched with his arms over his head. "I'm gonna hazard a guess that it'd be something different if I was hanging around with the White Moon like you. Something something skin as a barrier nonsense. Or — hell, what was it… 'Semipermeable membrane'? No, wait, maybe that's just cells. Whatever.
"Tell you what, though. You might get a nice new magic overhaul when you get all dolled up in black."
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 11:01 am
Godiva grimaced a bit when Adonis said his attack skinned people, not literally but it felt like it. "Ohhhhh I'd hate to be on the wrong side of that attack." She admitted knowing that it could very well be something that could happen.
She paused, so magic could be changed?? That was an interesting concept to be honest, "Huh, I didn't realize that magic could change. Though I guess if changing sides makes your outfit change some it makes sense that it'd also change the magic some depending on the person."
She paused thinking about skins and barriers, "Maybe it'd be like some sort of magical armor?" She offered thinking about how she'd seen her and her sister's powers work. Assuming most senshi magic was well . . . harmless when used as intended.
"I wonder how my peppermint theme would translate into a black outfit.... I don't think I've seen goth candy canes." She chuckled lightly at her attempt of a joke.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 2:20 am
He might've had some nasty magic, but Adonis really could've gone for a weapon. He'd always thought a halberd would be more deterrent than senshi magic. Even a spiked ball and chain, or a nice scimitar. He wasn't picky; he just wanted something that would do damage that stuck. Something like that would've taught the White Moon to stay the hell away from Negaverse operations.
So, maybe the universe gave him senshi magic knowing he'd get bored without a few scraps. He didn't know how those pacifist White Mooners did it.
Shifting his thoughts back to the topic at hand, Adonis said, "Sure it can. I've seen it before. Some curious cat comes up and asks for admission, they get their new outfit, and their magic gets a little tweaked. Seems like it's always the same sphere, but sometimes that's where the similarities end."
Adonis turned around, then started walking backward. "Hey, if you're joining us? How 'bout you use your magic on me. Just so we know if something changes later one. What do you say?"
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:39 pm
Godiva continued to walk with Adonis curiously watching him as he said it could actually do that. It might be nice for her attack to be more attacky -- but she wasn't sure what the adverse side effects of peppermint would be. "That would be super nice!" She admitted, "I mean this is fine but it's def not the easiest/best attack."
There was a pause, "Ah I can! I'll have to touch you so you can see what it does . . . is that okay?" She asked thinking about her attack and sadly touching people were pretty much the only way.
There was a pause and she called her attack while waiting for an answer, "Cool as peppermint~" She chripped and watched the oils on her hand appear. Holding her hands where Adonis could see so he knew why she'd have to touch him.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:01 am
While Adonis understood that there were people who got weird about being touched, he didn't think anyone had the luxury of that choice when they were embroiled in a war. Sooner or later, someone was going to get touched very hard with something very sharp and pointy, and Adonis doubted that the fact that the stabber didn't ask the stabbee for consent would take precedent over something like oh ********, I'm bleeding.
But what did he know? Kids got weirder by the day.
"Yeah, go ahead. I'm all yours." Adonis held out his arms T-pose style as he waited, fully expecting that the mintiness would be a little weird. Might as well make it a little comical, if this one was guaranteed to land on their side.
He could play nice for a while, wrap up getting info out of her, then look into it and see if she was telling the truth.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:49 pm
Godiva nodded when he told her to go ahead he was fine with it. If this had been an obvious fight that wouldn't've been necessary but she didn't want to really lose his trust at this point.
She considered for a second and went to place her hands on where she saw the most bare skin, which he didn't seem to have much of expect for around his chest and abdomen area. She didn't think the peppermint oil would work through his outfit.
"So I mean it's kind of limited in what it does." She added when she pulled her hand away and waited to see what he had to say about it. "There was someone who suggested I could go for a person's eyes but uh . . . I doubt that's very useful either because that'd be pretty much hand to hand and -- well I doubt there's a ton of hand to hand."strickenized Godiva calls this attack to summon magical oils on her hands, when she touches someone with this attack, (friend, foe or herself) they instantly begin to feel a cooling sensation. This sensation maybe slightly distracting but if the targeted person has any injuries they feel slightly relieved from the pain; or if there is an irritant affecting their breathing this relieves some of the symptoms. The magical oils on her hands can last up to 30 seconds and she can use this attack twice. However, she only has enough oil for one target at this stage each time she summons this attack, and the effects last until the magical oil 'vaporizes'. This attack leaves a faint scent of peppermint for a short time after its disappeared.
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:04 pm
"Whew," Adonis responded once the cooling effect took hold. He felt like he left part of himself in the fridge, but if he looked down, the magical oil glistened clearly on his arm. "Yeah, I see what you mean." He held his arms out and walked in slow, lazy circles as he felt the movement of air exacerbate the feeling.
It was refreshing, in some ways. But in others? "Yeah, hand-to-hand's part of the job sometimes. But if you get that magic into — not just eyes, but any mucus membrane? They're gonna be at a loss. Might just freeze up on you for long enough that you can get their starseed and be done with it. See, that's the best way to win a fight. Make sure they're not gonna get back up and give it to you twice as good, in this life or in the next.
"It's free advice," he finished with a wink. "But if you don't like to fight? There's other opportunities. Plenty of things for a senshi to do where they don't have to use their magic or go rooting around in people's chests. Won't be all that bad, I promise."
At least, he never thought it bad. He didn't think Godiva would think ill of it either, not if her sister was making it over.
"Look me up sometime if you got questions, alright?"
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