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 Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:44 pm
Quote: Heatwaves (11) : An unfortunate dry spell has come over Destiny City, and a heat wave has made it all but unbearable. The heatwave is only projected to last for a week but it’s been rough. Plants are wilting, people are wilting. The city is experiencing blackouts, which isn’t helping. Thankfully, the reservoir is always open. Just, crowded. It might just be the worst part of the summer. People are passing out regularly, and the hospitals are getting too many admissions to keep up with. It’s probably just the heat and not anyone up to anything nefarious, right? Better stay hydrated and try to keep cool, and maybe avoid everyone in weird costumes, just in case.
It wasn’t fair, it was almost ten at night, with the sun being gone for well over an hour and it was still a disgustingly high temperature.
With a sigh, she slumped up against a tree, fanning herself and idly wishing she had just stayed home. It would be so nice to just put some ice in the tub and take a cold bath but…
But here she was. Trying to do the best she could and suffering.
Suffering terribly. Even the aura that was tingling at the edge of her senses didn’t cause much of any kind of reaction.
It was just too damn hot.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:45 pm
Sappho knew that she probably shouldn’t be out. Heat was rough on her, and this particular summer had clearly decided that it was going to be a very, very rough one. She wasn’t exactly eagerly doing acrobatics or anything like that, either, because…no. ********. It was way too hot for that.
She could feel another aura, and decided to proactively wander over, because, you know, she didn’t want to get surprised and pushed into a fight when it was this gross out. Also, she’d shoved an extra water bottle in subspace, and maybe this Senshi would want it.
When she got closer, she winced. Her outfit was black, and held heat that way, but…..ugh, this particular one looked like a very wintery sphere.
“Hey,” she said, and she produced the extra water bottle, “you look gross. Want some water?”
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:58 pm
Angelica cracked an eye open and blinked in confusion, but nodded slowly. “...I’d love some water, actually. It’s dark out. It’s too dark to be this hot. It feels like the sun should be baking us all but. It’s dark. This shouldn’t be allowed.”
She reached for the water bottle and opened it, drinking most of it in several long gulps, and then looking at the rest. There was a long moment of contemplation before she tore off the hat on her head and emptied the bottle over her thick hair. As short as it was, it still got stupidly hot.
“I’m Angelica. Senshi of Spruce. It’s nice to meet you..if you um. Wanted to fight…can we raincheck for a night that’s not a thousand degrees? I’ll happily fight you and defend honor and all that but. It’s just too hot right now.”
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:27 pm
“Oh, my god, right?” Sappho said, and she shook her head. “Total bullshit, it should not be allowed to be this gross, this late.” She made no comments o what the other Senshi did with the water—honestly, dumping it on yourself to cool off made as much sense as drinking it, in this heat. ESpecially with a fuku that warm and fuzzy. Eugh, Sappho had never been so glad for how light hers was.
“I’m Sappho of Violets, and I would absolutely not like to fight, it is hotter than the surface of the sun out and I just do not wanna.” She plopped down, shaking her head. “It’s nice to meet you, Angelica.”
She was so glad that the person she’d run into was as done with this weather as she was. Much better than someone who was, ugh, gung-ho to do this.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:33 pm
Angelica almost smiled, but she was too hot and tired. “I bet all of the ice cream shops are going to be filled to the brim with people. It’s good for business for them at least. Honestly, I’m really thinking of just going home and having an ice bath…if anyone’s out and about causing trouble…good for them at this point. If they have the energy to run around when it’s this hot. They deserve the trouble they cause. It’s not up to me to get in the way of that.”
She gave a little nod and rested against the tree again, sighing.
“...You don’t feel like a Negaverse senshi. May I ask why that is? You’re wearing black, but you feel different.”
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:50 pm
Sappho sighed. “Oh, I could totally go for an ice cream right now. Putting that on my to-do list,” she said. Maybe she’d stop at a grocery store that was open late and pick up a pint. And eat it. Entirely by herself. Because ******** it, it was gross out and she deserved it.
"Anyway, uh. Not Negaverse, no, Dark Mirror. Chaos, but like, different Chaos, if that makes sense?" Not that she was exactly brilliant at explaining the difference when she only sort of understood it herself. "I don't really know where they get their powers from, but ours comes from an entity in this place between mirrors called Mirrorspace, and it gives us all kinds of neat powers. We still have to drain energy, like they do, but...that's all, no killing people or anything. So, you know! Totally chill. No need to be enemies or anything."
She paused, briefly.
"You can tell the difference because we'll always have these kinda...gauzy overlays," she lifted hers up, to show it off a little, "and their Senshi have mega-long hair and cracks here," she tapped her forehead, "and here," she tapped her chest, "and we, obviously, do not."
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:01 pm
“Huh. That’s interesting. I don’t think I realized such a thing existed, but. It’s good to have…um.” Angelica’s eyes were resting for a moment too long on Sappho’s chest and she cleared her throat. “...Good to have that information for the future. I’m really a lousy senshi but. I do my best so.” She scratched her head and gave a slightly embarrassed shrug.
“I’m lazy is what it all boils down to. I don’t have much confidence and I’m lazy so…I don’t really patrol. And then I got some confidence and promptly had my a** handed to me so. That didn’t last long but.”
She gave a heavy sigh and stood up. “...It might be breast…ah, best for me to head home now. Go get yourself some ice cream and I’ll get an ice bath and we can both…fight the world when it stops melting.”
It sounded like a plan to her, at least. Besides.
…This girl was really cute and she simply had to leave before she said something even more stupid.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:06 pm
Okay, so, Sappho was not stupid. She could tell when a girl was staring a little too long at her chest. The retaliation made her feel a little smug, and while she didn’t say anything, she did let her own eyes flick over Angelica. She was…really cute, for sure, and Sappho liked being appreciated by cute girls.
“Hey, sometimes it just takes time and practice,” she said. “My magic isn’t great either, really, but I bet you’ll figure it out!”
Her smile was perky and upbeat, and she gave a little wave when Angelica stood up, smiling to herself at the little slip of the tongue.
“See you around! Stay cool!”
She should probably head home herself.
…But first, ice cream.
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