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 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:11 pm
Should she be out on her own when she had both a Captain and a General that she could call for a patrol partner if she wished? Honestly, no. But, was Retzian going to ask for help when she felt more than capable to take care of her quota on her own? Absolutely not.
The two men that she saw walking looked like the perfect people to get her energy quota from, and she knew it didn’t hurt, knew it wouldn’t do much to them aside from making them tired, and honestly? When men were tired, they couldn’t get into mischief, and that was honestly for the good of the entire planet.
Quietly, the Lieutenant slipped out from the shadows where she had been watching the two and began walking behind them, her heels making a delightful clacking sound against the sidewalk.
…It was honestly a pity that her weapon was such a joke, this would be the perfect set up for a murder, honestly, and as she drew closer to the two, her eyes gleamed. Reaching out, she put a hand on the shoulder of the one with the fluffy auburn hair and began to pull energy from him, collecting it into a small ball in her other hand. “Good Evening. I hope you don’t mind if I just skim a little off the top.”
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:02 pm
Oliver heard the clacking heals first and immediately moved closer to Asher. He’d intended to move out of the way and make room for whoever was walking with them, since they were taking a leisurely stroll to work off some of the very large dinner they’d had.
He’d worked so hard to stay out of the way, so when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he’d stiffened, and then he’d screamed. It was a startled yelp, not unlike what one should expect if they’d just found a spider crawling up their arm, and he tried to bolt forward and away from her hair.
A little off the top--for all he knew that meant she was trying to shave his hair off!
The dark haired man next to him spun, quick to put himself between her and his companion.
He had absolutely no idea who she was or what she was doing; maybe he could have guessed that she was a student playing a prank or something, but she looked so serious about it all, and Oliver had tried to skitter away and looked like he’d seen a ghost already.
Oliver wouldn’t leave his husband; as soon as he realized it was just a person, he’d turned back and taken his hand to try and pull him away. “We don’t want any trouble, we don’t have anything to share. Really, we didn’t even save leftovers from dinner,” Oliver insisted, but Asher was still squinting at the woman as he tried to figure out what her whole deal was. He’d have loved to leave with Oliver, but he didn’t think it was a smart idea to turn their backs to her so quickly.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:18 am
The small amount of energy she had managed to take from the one man was quickly squirreled away in subspace, and when the other stepped in front of what she assumed to be his partner, she put on a placating smile. “I’m not trying to hurt you, I just need to take some energy. I’m sure that you both have more than enough to go around.”
Her hand darted out and wrapped around the wrist of the black haired man and again she began to drain his energy, trying to pull it faster than she had before, just wanting to get enough so that she could feel good about meeting her quota tonight. It truly wasn’t too much to ask for.
“Just submit yourselves nicely and you can go home to your magical place with no leftovers. It’s nothing that won’t come back after a good night's sleep.”
If people would just listen and submit to losing a little energy, this would all go so much more smoothly, though. Again she had to slightly wonder at the organization who gave the greenest members a toy for a weapon and forced physical contact in order to meet quotas…it was a system that seemed set up for failure.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:37 pm
A muscle in Asher’s jaw clenched, and he could feel Oliver trying to pull him away from the woman who was ruining their date night. As if raising a teenage boy wasn’t exhausting enough, as if being a teacher wasn’t exhausting enough, as if moving into a new house wasn’t enough, as if your son being a super hero wasn’t enough–
There was this, too.
Destiny City was more than either of them could keep up with, but it’s not like they could just abandon their home.
They couldn’t leave Michael, they couldn’t leave Atticus, they couldn’t leave the lives they’d built.
But this whole getting attacked was getting pretty exhausting.
“I have pepper spray,” Oliver threatened, and fumbled for his keys.
“It’s fine,” Asher said after a second, eyes narrowing at the woman. He didn’t like her. Didn’t trust her. She didn’t have a weapon, she wasn’t hurting them. He didn’t want to encourage her to get any ideas. “Lady, I mean this with all due respect, but we do not have enough energy for you to be taking what we do have.”
He was already tired. Not enough to knock him out, but enough that he was feeling it. He didn’t like the command to submit, but he wasn’t going to make enemies with someone who could summon monsters. Who might be hiding a weapon. Who might have a whole army backing her up.
“What are you doing with the energy anyway? What’s so important that you have to accost strangers on the street for it?” he asked, still standing in front of Oliver. He could feel his husband trembling through the bruising grip on his wrist, but Asher was comfortable where he was, between him and the woman.
If all she wanted was energy–fine. As long as Oliver didn’t have to drag him back. He’d pulled all nighters before, they could grab a coffee or something. As long as she didn’t hurt them, fine. He didn’t want to risk losing a second house, and he’d promised Michael that they’d be safe.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:08 pm
“It’s my job.” Retizan’s answer was short, and she seemed pleased at both the fact that he was submitting as she asked and that he was stopping the skittish one from pulling pepper spray on her…she…had never experienced that before and she had no desire to start now.
“I simply hand it in to my superior officer for now, but I’m sure as I climb the ranks I’ll have more information.” Withdrawing her hand, she slipped the larger ball of energy into her subspace pocket and took a step away from the two of them, giving a pleased nod at the one who had been smart enough to allow her to take his energy. “You did make the right decision tonight, I’ll give you that. I’ll stop there, as I have enough to meet my weekly quota. Good on you for not allowing him to use the pepper spray, you don’t want us as your enemies, I’ll tell you that much.”
Not that she could do much…but they would be unhappy if they got on the bad side of Lavendulan or Lopezite.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:35 pm
Asher could feel Oliver’s forehead press between his shoulder blades, and he tried again to tug him away. This time, Asher let him. He felt like he’d had a long day. Like he wanted to go home and sleep it off. It wasn’t so bad that he couldn’t push through it, and he really didn’t want to waste one of his rare date nights, so he might just actually have to stop for coffee.
He was just so full.
And she was just so full of herself.
But, he kept an even expression and took a step backwards as Oliver tugged him down the sidewalk. He didn’t want to turn his back to the woman, so he walked backwards at first, until he realized that he might have been more tired than he realized.
She didn’t sound like she even knew what she was doing, or why. Maybe she was actually supposed to take their starseeds like Michael warned them about.
Getting out of here unscathed was the better of the two options. Let her feel victories, and like she’d gotten whatever she needed out of them. They were alive, and unscathed.
…And he didn’t have to worry about Oliver being stalked and harassed by some Negaverse Agent just because he’d gotten the bright idea to defend himself.
A few more steps backwards and away from her, and Asher turned; he wrapped his arm around Oliver, just to make sure she didn’t try to sneak his starseed out of his back. He leaned against his husband as they hastened down the sidewalk.
…They’d stop for coffee, and maybe take the long way home. Just to make sure she didn’t follow them.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:39 pm
Retzian let them both go, but stood for a few moments, watching before she turned away and walked into the night. The one had sense, and she could appreciate and admire that…and the other.
Honestly, she hoped she would get a chance to meet the auburn haired male alone. Pepper spray indeed. Clearly he simply had to learn how to be respectful like his boyfriend was. Respectful and obedient. Well. One day he would learn.
She was a teacher, after all.
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