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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:49 pm
Quote: There’s a noise somewhere around you and you don’t know where it’s coming from, or what it is. Maybe it’s the sound of something otherwise normal–glasses clinking, someone walking, a clock chiming–except, it doesn’t belong there. It’s a common noise, it just has no source. Or, maybe it’s something scarier–a whisper, a scratch, and wail. The noises come and go without any apparent source. It’s constant. For minutes, or hours, or days. And then, it stops, with no explanation, and that’s almost as scary as when it started.
There were no children in the apartments around her own, there were no children at the gym she frequented now.
There were children at school, but they were all older and this laughter was clearly that of young children. A young child?
Whatever. It was annoying and wouldn’t go away and loved to get even louder when she tried to sleep.
Of course, now, now it was blissfully silent, and the lieutenant was leaning up against a wall, her eyes closing of their own accord, at least until the laughter came again, and with it the feeling of a senshi.
Retzian’s eyes snapped open and a tired, passionate rage filled her. Enough was enough. She wasn’t going to deal with this anymore…and if it was somehow this senshi who was doing it? Who was cursing this miserable laughter…
Well. Maybe she’d just take her first starseed tonight.
Moving swiftly towards the source of the aura, she barely had the time to register the fact that this senshi was tiny...not young, thank goodness but tiny. It didn’t matter though, and she summoned her cat toy, flinging it right at the woman’s face before pushing at her, furious. “If you’re the one doing this. Stop it. Just stop it. It’s not funny.”
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:02 pm
Steins didn't power up often. She had been a senshi for years now, but aside from some mad gibberish from a magical cat, she had never gotten a big rundown of everything, and she hadn't been too bothered to find out. She was also way more concerned with her busy real job. And muddy relationships, but that was neither here nor there. As far as she was concerned, it gave a smoll lady like herself another way to protect herself on the odd occasion that she was out after the sun went down. On this occasion, it was to make a quick escape from a monster.....just to land herself in the vicinity of a mad lady with a gross aura. That feeling of Chaos. And they were attacking her with a...cat toy? "Hey!" Steins exclaimed as she swatted at the 'weapon,' not really worried about the toy making any meaningful contact with her,but simply because how very dare this person be waving something in her face. "I haven't done anything! Yet!" Steins said, a cross look of indignation on her face. She maybe even stomped her foot.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:43 am
“The laughter! Can you honestly tell me that you don’t hear it? That you have nothing to do with it? It’s been days. Is this just some trick of you stupid senshi? A way to drive us insane?”
To tell the truth, Retzian felt as though she were going insane.
Perhaps she was, but then she heard the laughter again, though…it seemed to fade slightly, and if she didn’t know better, there was a strange childish ‘goodbye’ spoken but…no.
No she was…
“Dammit. It has to be you! Stop it!” She lunged for the senshi again, tears pricking her eyes. Retzian was tired and frustrated and she just wanted this to end.
“You’re going to regret this, I hope you know that.” Her hand reached for the area where she thought that the senshi’s starseed might be hiding. Not that she had any proof but…still.
It was where Lepidolite had put his hand.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:39 pm
"What laughter? I'm the senshi of Patchwork. maybe take up your issues with the senshi of laughter or maybe insanity, you weirdo!" Steins spat back as she backed away from the assult. Steins made to cross her arms over her chest as a hand went towards it, and she attempted to side step from the lunging attacker, "Uh, ex cuuuuse me? Where are you trying to reach? These are my boobs, thank you very much!" Not that she really had much to call boobs but..... All these years and no one had explained starseeds to her. It perhaps seemed impossible given how long she had been a senshi, but considering how uneducated Steins was on what senshi were, not improbable. Maybe if shed had a more dependable cat to have given her a rundown a coupe years ago, she'd know what was going on beyond 'oh cool, magical powers. Neat.' Speaking of magic... "Patchwork Thoughts!" Steins called her attack. Although, considering how off her rocker this assailant seemed already, she wondered if it would make much of a difference. Quote: Basic Attack - Patchwork Thoughts Targets a single enemy. Target's thought process becomes disjointed and randomly patched together. One thought will connect to a completely unrelated thought, leaving the target struggling to focus on what they are trying to accomplish. Lasts for 25 seconds. Can be used twice per battle.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:47 pm
“Your starseed, you nitwit. Your soul.”
Retzian’s eyes did flicker though, at the mention of boobs, though she couldn’t help but give a little smug response of her own. “Sorry, they were so small I couldn't see them there.”
The one good thing about this fight…the laughter had stopped.
For the first time in days it was quiet, the only sounds were her own breathing and the half baked insults from the senshi and…
And what? Pie actually sounded really good.
Retzian stumbled backwards a step or two, trying to get her momentum back, trying to stand straight instead of lunging at the other senshi but…what was even the point? She could go and get something to eat…or she could take a nap! Oh a nap would be so nice, and maybe she’d dream about flying, or swimming, that would be nice too.
“Forget it. You’re not worth my time. Just make sure you don’t keep up the laughter I don’t have the patience…I want something to eat. I’m hungry. And tired.”
Scoffing, Retzian turned on her heel and would have tossed her hair over her shoulder if it were long enough. Perhaps she should grow it out again? But no, it just got in the way and it was hard to keep up with.
By the time she had made it a few steps away, her thoughts were somewhere else completely and the senshi and laughter were about as far from them as a thing could be.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:03 pm
"They're not small-" they were, "-my bow is just too big!" Steins shouted with a highly offended pout.
It seemed though, the retort would go unheard as her magic began to take effect, and she thought maybe...maaaybe now was a good time to start retreating before it wore off and this strange person got their thoughts back in order. If...they ever had them in order to begin with.... These Chaos folk really were crazy. And she'd seen her fair share of off-their-rocker people at the bar her ex used to play at.
That's it! Maybe that person was drunk! Yeah, maybe she hadn't just been dealing with an out-of-their-gourd terrorist with a cat toy.
...She maybe thought about letting out an exaggerated and cringe-y 'HA HA Ha!' behind the person's back as they both mutually parted ways....but thought better of provoking another attack. And she really should be getting back home.
[fin]
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