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 Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:44 pm
She had made another wish, and buried that wish as it was terribly selfish this time but. It had to be made.
There was an aura in the area and it had the hair standing up on the back of Angelica’s neck, even though it was also rather heartbreakingly familiar. If it was Sappho. It didn’t matter. She would simply attack and leave. After all…in the words of the very senshi in question…it was one hell of a distraction.
Still…there was a large part of her that simply wanted to disappear, to vanish and not have to deal with the oncoming confrontation but…instead.
Instead she matched towards the aura, hands clenched in fists, utterly positive that it was going to be the foiled object of her affections but.
…But it wasn’t. It was someone in black, and so they were damned for that fact alone…but it wasn’t Sappho.
The strange feeling of mingled relief and disappointment sat heavy on her shoulders, but after a moment of sizing the person up and thinking about what her next move would be…
She made it.
“Spruce Smoke!”
No talking. Just attacking. Down with everyone in black. She was going to be a better senshi from here on out.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:07 pm
For once, Reiki’s attempts at making sure Michel got home safely went off without any interruptions from youma, or nonsense, or certain blue-haired pretty boys in exceptionally thotty hot pants. He’d been hosting tonight—only a trip to the ER would stop Reiki from hosting his twice-monthly “Over the Rainbow” showcases—but the show ended well before closing, and Michel left the bar shortly after the show ended. Plenty of the specifics about Michel’s situation still escaped Reiki’s knowledge, but he hadn’t seen him touch alcohol since his (Reiki-and-Mirrorwraith-induced) coma, nor heard anything untoward about him from the gossip around Scandals.
Watching from an alley as Michel went into his apartment, Reiki couldn’t help smiling. Yeah, Michel had still hurt two of his drag siblings in the past, but……sue him, Reiki wanted to believe that people could change. That they could get better. And if Eien no Bishounen Kerberos-senpai could not only get sober but also get away from the Negaverse, then surely there had to be hope for Michel……if he wanted to accept the chance—which everything he’d done lately suggested that he had. It just warmed Reiki’s cold, gay little heart, having his faith in people validated for once.
That happiness was short-lived.
One moment, everything was lovely (as lovely as it could be, considering the godawful heat right now). The next, Reiki was coughing as green smoke surrounded him. Soon enough, that gave way to gagging like a cat with a hairball over a smell like the actual real-life Christmas tree that he, Junsei, and Erika had whined about wanting so badly when they were six. No—more like an army of ******** Christmas trees.
Whipping around, looking for the source, didn’t clear the smoke up any……but it did make Reiki notice the bright, White Moon aura that he hadn’t paid attention to.
“Hey, what the <********>,” he called out, still looking for his attacker. “Since when do good guys attack people for making sure someone gets home safe?”
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:36 pm
Angelica wasn’t going to say anything. She wasn’t going to talk, but…but the things that this senshi were saying were stupid and…honestly? She couldn't hold back.
“Helping someone get home? Is that what you’re going to call it? Look, buddy. I’ve changed my mind. If I see someone in black, I’m going to attack, and not just because it rhymes and makes me feel better about myself, but because you deserve it. Even if you’re not doing anything at the moment to attack me, clearly you’re doing something wrong at some point so…you deserve it regardless. You play with people’s hearts and then just.”
Her fists were clenched and Angelica’s voice was growing louder and shriller the more she spoke and finally, she found she was shouting and…it was a little mortifying. “You’re just…scum! Plain and simple and I’m going to make sure that no scum is left around this city, okay? That’s my new goal in life.”
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 10:54 pm
“He just went inside!” Reiki gestured at the apartment building across the street. “Look him up if you want! He didn’t know I was looking out for him, but he’s Michel like Foucault, Carpenter like Karen. He was at Scandals Bar for the drag show. And he’s been trying to turn his life around, and I really, really want that for him, so I followed to make sure no youma or anything decided he looked like his starseed would taste good with ketchup!”
But—one thing in particular stood out amidst all of this White Moon senshi’s ranting at him. “You play with people’s hearts”……could she really be—? ……He’d run into Sappho after talking to Sailor Ida about the dead spot in Ramsett Park. Taken her home for tea, sympathy, and snuggles from a very soft dog who loved making new friends. Listened while poor Sappho told him all about her recent string of less-than-great decisions with some senshi who’d sounded, in Reiki’s interpretation of everything Blair told him, like a bisexual Christmas elf, come to Destiny City as a foreign exchange student from the North Pole.
“And wait—wait, wait, wait!” Holding up both hands like stop—with the added benefit of keeping them where she could see them—Reiki looked Sailor You sit on a throne of lies in the face. “Are you…you’re Angelica, right? …I’m Murikabushi of Hunger, and I don’t want to fight you.”
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:29 am
Angelica froze and stared at the senshi for a long moment, her eyes narrowing in suspicion and her anger rising. “Ah. So. What. Sappho has just told everyone about me then? I bet you all had a great laugh about how easy and fun I was to toy with, huh? Well. Joke’s on all of you because she did give me the kick in the a** I needed and now I’m not going to bother talking to any of you anymore. It’s just going to be attack first and then leave. So. You can thank you’re stupid, heart shattering friend for that.”
Her hands ached to just punch his stupid face. But then again. He had literally just outed someone that he knew. “God, you’re such an idiot you know? You shouldn’t just throw around the names of people you know. Don’t you think that makes it easier for him to be targeted? To be traced? To trace things back to you? You’re not even worth fighting.”
And she was suddenly so tired. Angelica didn’t want to bother. Couldn’t bother. Couldn’t think clearly enough to even focus on hitting this stupid senshi.
Angelica’s head was hurting, and her chest was aching. “I’m going home. Tell Sappho to stop ******** telling people about me and to just leave me the ******** alone. Got it?”
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:48 am
“Hey, I never said he was my friend,” Reiki pointed out, crossing his arms in a way that definitely wasn’t adjacent to pouting (except for how it undeniably was). “Besides, picking out people who hang around the queer district doesn’t really mean much. Do have any idea how many guys have all dated each other in this town? Functionally, all I’ve told you is that I know another gay guy in town and know what bar he likes.”
Which was true, as far as Reiki was concerned. He hadn’t pointed out either of his parents, nor his grandparents, nor any of his siblings or cousins. He hadn’t even mentioned the university, much less that he was a grad student and a teacher’s assistant there. He felt he’d done more to out himself by mentioning Sappho, even though Angelica didn’t know who either of them was outside of their fukus.
“Anyway, it wasn’t like that,” he insisted, trying to speak his piece before she could actually leave. “I ran into Sappho after it happened—after she dropped that on you…about her girlfriend. And…I get it, it hurts. Of course it hurts, feeling lied to. That’s fair. But Sappho didn’t mean to hurt you; she didn’t, and she feels terrible about what happened…about letting her brain get all ******** up because she got distracted by a cute girl.”
Shaking his head, he huffed. “For what it’s worth? I’m sorry that she hurt you. And I told her that she needs to apologize to you. And I’m not going to retract that just because you attacked me.”
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:22 am
Angelica scoffed and turned away. “Just. Leave me alone. Tell her to leave me alone and you leave me alone. Enjoy your queer buddies but just.”
s**t. Why were her eyes burning? That…this was the last thing she wanted and she swiftly turned her back on the Dark Mirror Senshi. “Just leave me alone.”
Swiftly, Angelica broke into a run, annoyed with herself that she was running away instead of just fighting. Just showing this stupid…showing them all that she was in charge of not only her emotions but…of just. Everything but. She wasn’t, was she.
But. This was fine. She’d be better next time. No talking. Just attacking. Just…venting her emotions through actions.
…She could do that.
She had to.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:58 am
Well, that……had definitely not been the reaction that Reiki had wanted to see. For a moment, it was all he could do to let his shoulders sag and blink off after Angelica. By the time his brain caught up to what was happening, he probably could’ve caught up with her? Some part of him itched to do that, honestly. To chase after Angelica and insist as much as he could that Sappho was sorry, that she hadn’t meant to play with Angelica’s feelings, and that she wanted to apologize and make things right with the cute girl she’d unwittingly hurt.
……But the part of Reiki that paused long enough to ask what Ojiisan and Kerberos would do made him stay put. Angelica was hurting; that much was obvious. Had he been in her position, he probably would’ve felt the same way. Hell, Justin had been in the same position with regard to Reiki, though Greg had very much put them there on purpose (something Sappho, Reiki trusted, would never do to her girlfriend and some other cute girl, because unlike his ex, Sappho actually cared about other people).
So, instead of chasing Angelica, Reiki called after her, “Take care of yourself, Sailor!” Turning back to the street and rolling his eyes, he grumbled through adding, “You’re not allowed to ******** die ’til my Dark Mirror sister can apologize.”
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