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 Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:44 pm
Quote: Hostile Garlands (9) : Festive garland has been hung all around the city. Destiny City has never skimped on their decor, and this year is no different. What is different is the way some of the garland seems to slither around the poles and arches it's hung on. Maybe it looks like an optical illusion at first, or maybe it’s just so strange that it doesn’t seem like it can be real, but it doesn’t take long to figure out that that’s not any ordinary garland–it has eyes, and teeth, and it’s the strangest looking snake you’ve ever seen but that doesn’t really matter when it’s attacking you. It is fast, and aggressive, and it blends in perfectly. Sometimes it seems like it’s five feet long, sometimes twenty; it doesn’t seem to have any venom, but its fangs are long and if it wraps around you it can be very constricting. There’s no telling what it wants, but it sure does seem to like to fight. Note: The snake is not a youma but can be used as a battle requirement for a character. It can only be used as a battle if there are two powered characters involved; you cannot write a solo and count this as a battle, and your character must be powered to count this for a battle. If you repeat the prompt with the same character, only one will count for a battle requirement. The snake will always disappear before it can be caught. Demeter was still super duper mega new to this whole, like... magical girl thing. It was totally cool and all! She really liked it! But, like, dude. Dude! This was some seriously intense stuff! All kinds of superpowered people were just running around making havoc!! And she really didn't know what to do with the fact that now she was one of them. Having to... the thought of... well, she doubted she was on the wrong side of this war, but just because you were on the right side (if there was a right side, and generally there really wasn't) didn't mean you didn't have to sometimes... kill people. And the prospect absolutely terrified her! She wanted to save lives, not end them. But really, what was a girl like her to even do? Shout "hey, dude, stop janking with that civillian's steeze"? She unconsciously made a face at the thought. She wasn't really cut out for this much, she thought miserably. At least the holiday decorations were pretty, like they were every year. The garland along the street lights was... entrancing... wait. Was that one moving? Oh, jinkies, that was a snake! Oh no oh no oh no. She shrieked, scrambling away from it as it slithered off the pole and towards her. She didn't have any weapons!! Or mice to throw at it!! No brooms to hit it with!! What was she supposed to do here?!
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:35 am
Hydor was very experienced with this magical girl thing.Enough, at least, that he knew this patrol had no way of going normally. It was December. December had been the month of bizarro happenings for as long as he could reasonably remember, really. Before then, he wasn't unconvinced he just didn't notice it because he didn't live in Destiny City. New York City had its own s**t, but it certainly didn't have snow bunnies or hallucinatory auras, or random mobs of ******** gargoyles. The shriek was his first sign that some s**t was afoot-- Either it was a youma or a Negaverser being a ********, or, as he was quickly realizing as he ran over and then felt no aura at all and saw, of all things, a living strand of garland. And a panicking baby senshi. Ideal. "Try using your magic!" shouted Hydor at The Shrieker, pointing his finger at the snake and aiming a small cyclone in its direction. Could the damn thing stay still?! genovianprince Super Sailor Attack: Hydor's Cyclone! Hydor whirls a finger above his head and points it at an enemy. This enemy will find themselves entrapped in a mesocyclone. It's humid, rainy, and a bit chillier than it was. The pressure within the mesocyclone is rather low, resulting in the enemy feeling effects that people may feel associated with low pressure, especially after a rapid drop -- headaches, joint pain, and lowered blood pressure. The enemy can attempt to exit the cyclone, but the clouds around them rotate rapidly due to strong gusts, making it difficult to escape. Anyone else in a close radius near them will also find themselves trapped within the cyclone. Uses: 2 uses per battle Duration: 30 seconds Range: 10ft radius
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:52 pm
Demeter watched the new senshi appear and instantly felt a bit better. Oh, good. Someone stronger than her. That was definitely good, right? Yeah, cool, he was already casting his magic! And wow, his face made her heart do a little thump that didn't have anything to do with the fear thrumming through her body. Oh, he was so cute! Now is not the time! She cast him a desperate look and lifted her hands helplessly. As far as she knew, her magic didn't hurt anything—people, animal, youma, freaky garland snake thing! But she might as well give it a shot, right? He should know better than her, maybe? Cringing a bit, she shouted, "Harvest Sprout!" Seiana_ZI Sailor Scout Attack: Harvest Sprout As she calls her attack and flicks her arm, seeds scatter across the area and give way to little ethereal sprouts that cast healing spores into the air. They can heal small cuts and bruises for allies. This attack lasts for 25 seconds, has a radius of eight feet, and has three uses.
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:05 am
Why did she look so helpless? Did whatever Mauvian that woke her up just wake her up and not even tell her how the ******** magic worked? For ******** sake, he might have to call Faust down there, because he sure didn't feel like giving her a whole lecture right now when they needed to deal with whatever s**t Destiny City was throwing at them this ******** time -- Ah. As he started to feel a bit better physically once she used her power, he realized the crux of the problem. The Shrieker was a Healer. Of course. "s**t," he groused, moving quickly to dodge something his cyclone had offset and also the ******** garland snake that somehow wasn't a youma. "Alright, that's not gonna work. Throw some s**t at it!" Maybe he was demonstrating by plucking up some trash and punting it in the garland snake's direction, or maybe he was just trying to get it to go away without draining his magical supply. Hard to say--
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:05 pm
She flinched a bit, avoiding the thing the cyclone had just tossed at her, as well—and then her eyes glinted with eagerness. The frying pan was certainly worthy of being tossed out, beaten up, scratched to hell, and just plain not in any condition to be cooked with—but it wasn't caramelizing onions Demeter had in mind when she first caught a glimpse of it. Grinning, she picked it up and ran towards the snake with a guttural scream, slamming the "head" with it. "Take that you dirty rotten piece of garbage!" she shouted, lifting the pan and slamming it down again. The sound and vibrations of it hitting the concrete did something funny to her arms as she missed it, but then the thing zipped off into the night, clearly not interested in fighting them when they could maybe do real damage. She flipped her hair with her hand and turned to grin up at Hydor. "How was that?" she asked smugly, clearly proud of herself.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:45 am
She had an idea of some sort, and Hydor was willing to let her have it when she plucked up a beat-to-hell pan. Sure, that would work. She even managed to get a smack on its head, and that was almost worth rewarding until she swung again and smacked the ground so hard he was fairly sure her arms ******** vibrated. Hydor winced, and didn't really make any effort to hide that-- Well. At least the damn non-youma garland snake slipped away after that. Maybe the noise pissed it off. How the hell did snakes hear anyway? Did it work differently for garland snakes? Did she ask how she did? He glanced to where the snake had disappeared to-- "You tried," his response was fairly blasé as he glanced at her arms. "At least the garland snake left. Whatever the ******** that was." Hydor sighed, running a hand over his hair. Just more December bullshit, no doubt-- "Can you use that healing s**t on yourself?" Would give her heal some utility at least. (Not that heals didn't have utility in general, but if The Shrieker was going to try and fight things on her own, and damage her arms in the process, she'd need it.)
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:15 pm
Demeter slumped a bit at the non-answer, but nodded. Yeah, at least it was gone. At his suggested, she called her magic up again, watching the little sprouts appear and the spores burst forth to heal the odd tingling in her arms from smacking the pavement so hard. "Seems like the answer is yes," she said brightly, unable to help a little grin up at Hydor. "My name's Demeter, by the way. Senshi of agriculture. And yourself?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:11 am
Well, at least that worked. Hydor was minimally effective at first aid. He could do the Heimlich, he guessed. Was that first aid? Not like he had ever taken a class on it. Not really his job. And why would he want to help himself? "Would recommend patrolling with others if possible. You'll likely do better with a partner with that healing s**t." His glance wandered toward where the pan now sat. "Or work on your aim." Had she hit the first time? Sure. Had she hit the second time? No, and without her healing and the cursed garland snake just leaving, might have done more damage than good, especially since his magic wasn't working all that well for some reason. Ideal."Hydor, Mesocyclones." The agriculture explained the spores thing, probably. "Hurricanes and s**t. Mostly whip up wind storms and bad migraines." He glanced idly toward where the snake had gone. "Presume you're new to this s**t." Unfortunate. Hydor was not a professor. "s**t like that happens around this time of year for some reason. That wasn't a youma."
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:15 pm
"Very new," she confirmed, "I don't know anyone yet, really, besides the cat that said hey, magical powers time!" She smiled sheepishly, shrugging. "Mesocyclones sounds really cool, though. That was kind of amazing," she said. "Soooo. Um, is there like... a group chat, or a Discord server, or some kind of forum where I can meet.... more of us, or?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:57 am
Hydor rolled his eyes with a dismissive snort. "Think some of these cats are better at the aftermath than others." Even if Faust's methodology may have been seen as harsher by others, Hydor might have appreciated it. Probably. Perhaps. Would he tell Faust that? Absolutely the ******** not. To the compliment to his abilities, he couldn't quite stop a flash of smugness. Of course his powers were amazing. Why wouldn't they be? This whole s**t was s**t, but one thing he had always been certain of was his magic. Mesocyclones had sounded like a hyperspecific storm. As it turned out, it was considerably more than that. "A Discord server?" ... s**t, that actually wasn't a bad idea. Then he could just ******** around on there and never have to associate with anyone face-to-face-- "No, though not sure why our Mauvian overlords haven't thought of that s**t. We should have a group chat app. Too busy with other s**t apparently. But we got some apps, like Connections." He held up his phone. "Also, it ain't hard to just. Hold up your phone at people. It'll just download their info onto your phone if you photograph them." Well s**t. She'd probably try to photograph him now--
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:00 am
"Oh! Is that how it works? Excellent," she said brightly, whipping out her phone and pulling up the camera. She snapped a picture quick as lightning and made a delighted giggled as Hydor was added to her contacts. "Thank you so much. It's so nice to have a friend in this thing that isn't a cat," she said, smiling even wider. "Maybe we could start a group chat thing!"
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:51 am
Of course, she ******** did. He would have complained about it if he hadn't expected it already. Demeter would find that the picture she got of Hydor projected the general saltiness he always felt. A thin line of a mouth, not even attempting a smile, with a narrowing of already narrower eyes that would have looked tired if he wasn't generally apathetic. At most, it was like a more bitter version of a driver's license photograph. At worst, it was barely contained exhaustion. "Yeah, sure," he replied, turning his phone to take a picture of her as well. Might-as-well make sure he had reference for when she inevitably called him for something or other. Or a group chat. For all its utility, it made his brain stutter. Good ******** grief, who could he even add to a group chat? Faust and Ancha? ... Well. Ancha seemed a bit more socially inclined, being a whole singer and all. Maybe she could field that s**t-- "Some of the Mauvians can make some useful s**t. Maybe we should rope one into making a group chat app." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't know the most people," by which he meant nearly none, and he had no substantial interest in changing that, "but a chat wouldn't be a terrible idea."
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:09 pm
She noticed him getting ready to take her picture and beamed at him, throwing a peace sign up next to her face and even giving it a little flavor by kicking one of her feet up behind herself, even if it wouldn't be seen in the photo. It felt cute, so she did it. "Well, I'm sure we could talk to a cat about it! You probably know more people than me, at least. I've only got you so far," she said brightly. "It'd be a nice way to get into this whole mess with more than one friend."
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:14 pm
The level of cheer she projected into the image made him think of a pose for those image reels on TikTok and he found himself rolling his eyes as he tucked his phone back away. It was followed by a stilted laugh. Sure, she wasn't wrong that he knew more than one person, though how much more than one was questionable at best. "I do know a Mauvian." Arguably, Faust was one of his best partners in this whole thing. He wasn't going to say that to him. Why would he try to get mushy for absolutely no reason? "Faust is more about the kicking Chaos a** thing than the technology thing though. I'd probably have to see if he knew other cats." Hydor pinched the bridge of his nose. That sounded like way too much socialization with people he didn't already know. He'd rather s**t on the floor-- "And I do know at least one other senshi, Ancha. A lot of the other ones I've known have died over the years." He eyed Demeter up and down. "Not exactly a sunny intro." Not one he'd apologize for, either. Better that this Talker knew what she was getting into. "Can probably get you in touch though. She's pretty new too."
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Codebreaking Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:38 pm
Demeter nodded to all of his comments, taking the moments to just listen quietly and absorb the information. Faust, a cat, that Hydor apparently liked very much. Cool. She'd have to keep that name in mind, if they ever ran into each other. "Mm. I'm sorry, for your losses," she said quietly. "That sounds stressful. Sunny intro or not, I mean, I'm involved in a war, now, right? I'd be a little bit more concerned if you were like 'oh woah, yeah, everything is super great, magic whoohoo!' Because, uh. Maybe I've seen too many movies, but that would sound like brainwashing stuff to me." She put a hand on her hip, cocking it cutely. "I'd love to get to know Ancha! Thank you, so much. You're pretty cool, Hydor. Thanks for being here for a silly little newbie!"
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