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 Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 11:58 am
Quote: Prompt 13 (Sweet Treats) : There’s no shortage of holiday themed popup shops and specials at your local places, and after a long day there’s nothing better than a nice treat for yourself. Maybe you decided to try something new, maybe it was a gift, maybe you got one of the coupons in the mail to try the place out–however you wound up with this drink, you’re in for a good time. No matter what your preferences are, the drink is delicious. Hot, cold, sweet, bitter–there’s a version of it for everyone. But, the flavor isn’t what makes the drink so special–it’s how good it makes you feel. There’s no alcohol in it, but drinking it can leave someone feeling tipsy, warm, and in a general good mood. Inhibitions aren’t lowered and there’s no negative repercussions for having the drink; it might make children more hyper, but the drink just has the ability to put someone in a pleasant mood.
It seemed like the hot chocolate…that was what she had ordered after all, a caramel hot chocolate…but it seemed like it had just washed all of her worries and cares away. There was no worry about any Jupiter Knights, no green haired people to try and beg a sibling out of…she was just out enjoying herself.
The night was obviously going to get more enjoyable when she felt a corrupted senshi aura nearby, and as she was sure that it wasn’t Dresda, sure that it wasn’t someone who had gotten stronger without telling her…then obviously it was Xenia, and with a giggle that wasn’t subtle at all, she downed the rest of her drink, tossing the cup into her subspace pocket and teleported herself right behind the corrupt, wrapping her arms around them before even bothering to look at who it was.
“Gotcha! I beautiful~ I bet you missed me and just wanted to patrol with me, hm? Well,” She paused, finally looking at just who she was hugging…and it wasn’t…someone who even remotely looked like Xenia.
…At all.
“Oh! Hello! I’m Captain Wavellite! Are you the senshi of…don’t tell me!” She backed up, stroking her chin as she looked him over. “...Flamingos? Peacocks? Flamingcocks…? I don’t think that’s a thing but…I can’t think of anything else! Peagos?” Haha. Now that was a funny word. Peagos.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 12:24 pm
Niter coveted the drinks being sold at the shops below. It wasn't the first time he'd been by, nor was it the first time that he considered draining someone into unconsciousness and having them fund the drink that he wanted. Still, he was coming back to the same argument — it was an impulse buy, as his grandmother would put it. He didn't need it, just like he didn't need another game to play. But he wanted it, and he was struggling to get his mind off the sweet treats on offer. Maybe it was because his life had found its way into a special level of hell that had no easy way out.
Niter sighed dejectedly. He passed the better part of fifteen minutes out there, staring at the shops, waiting to make up his mind. He'd been thinking about it for so long that —
Suddenly he felt arms reaching around him, and the Negaverse senshi jumped out of his skin at the feel of cold hands on his bare sides. He made the unholiest high-pitched squeak at the feeling, and he'd have teleported away had he not been too shocked to think of a place to go. Instead, he turned into a liquid in the Captain's grasp and retreated to the parapet where he might reclaim some personal space.
Because he definitely wasn't reclaiming any dignity, not after that. He wasn't particularly forthcoming with words at first, either, simply gaping at her in blatant shock for the moment.
Once he recovered enough to be able to think again, he stammered into an introduction. "U-um, I'm uh, Niter…" He spat out at last. "N-no peakocks, or um, flamingoes. My senshi name has to do with nightingales, though, I think? But my sphere is, hard to explain? It's the interstice…"
Niter breathed a sigh to try to ameliorate his nerves. "It's nice to uh, meet you. I'm gonna guess you thought I was someone else?" He hoped.
He really hoped.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:40 pm
“Niter! Senshi of….Niters!” Wavellite nodded sagely, not really wanting to think of what interstice was…even if she wasn’t feeling so…out of sorts she wasn’t sure she would know what that word meant but, that was okay. “I think I like Peagos better, so from now on that’s what your sphere’s going to be. You’re very pretty by the way, don’t those braids get heavy?”
He had asked a question, but now she just wanted to play with his braids. Xenia would look good with braids, she was sure. She had a braid when she was still with the White Moon. Hah. Wavellite couldn't help but smile as she reached out, humming softly to herself. “Can I play with them? They look really soft. No, I thought you were my girlfriend! Xenia, honestly I don’t know many super Negaverse senshi so I just always assume that they’re all her, but you’re not her so…I’m sorry for getting all…you know…”
Wavellite lowered her voice and narrowed her eyes, whispering and covering her mouth with a hand. “Handsy!”
The giggles that erupted from her were enough to make her stomach hurt. “Oh! They have the best hot chocolate down there you know, you should get some. I just had some. It was the best.”
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 6:35 pm
Niter didn't know what a peago was, though he was sure he could put it together if they were having this conversation on an online messenger and he was cozy in his own home with no one around to touch him. That wasn't the case, though; he was out in the cold, and Captain Wavellite was able to touch him.
But she didn't. Yet. Thankfully. Niter could've sighed for that if it didn't seem rude to do that.
Except she was asking to touch his braids, which meant she fully intended to touch them, and even if they didn't have any nerve endings, his head did, and he'd know when she was messing with them, and that was just weird, and they were strangers like five seconds ago, and was she always like this? She was probably always like this and it was giving him hives. Except she wasn't, but he really wanted for that to be true right now. Cuz if he got hives? Then he would have the perfect excuse to run away.
At least he didn't have to remind her that he wasn't Xenia. He didn't know who Xenia was, though; he didn't think he met her.
And he definitely didn't know what to do about her trying to touch his braids. "Um, do you have a weapon? I Can cut one off and you can have it. They grow back, anyway…" Then she could touch them and he wouldn't feel it and turn clammy again.
Or maybe she was — was she drunk? Because that would be relieving. Well — not really relieving, but he would be glad to know that she wasn't like this all the time. She must've ordered off the special menu or something, if they have those for hot chocolates… Didn't they? People put booze in anything anymore.
Niter stared down at the floor at her suggestion, however. "Thanks, but, uh, I think I'll pass? I really shouldn't."
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:36 pm
“Cut…one off? But.” Wavellite squinted at him and slowly shook her head. “I couldn't do that, that would be horrible. And…weird. Why would I want to just…have your braid? That…I’m not…that much of a freak! Besides, Xenia would be confused and ask where I got it…and that would just cause questions and things I don’t want to think about right now so…no, let me just play with them while they’re on your head? They’re so thick and shiny!”
There was a small part of Wavellite’s mind that realized she was…honestly being…
Well. Creepy and she scowled slightly, trying to get through the pleasant fuzz in her mind. “I mean, I guess so. It was really good though. Never knew you could put caramel into hot chocolate and just…” Clapping her hands together, the Captain made an explosion noise with her mouth and looked back to Niter. “...You know? But. Maybe. Wow you look…kinda uncomfy. Everything okay? Do you want a hug?”
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:48 am
"Um." Niter turned all shades of embarrassed, and just the briefest margin of irritable, because yes, it would be weird, but so was the entire situation in which they found themselves. If Niter had more of a backbone, he would argue for how his suggestion perfectly matched the tone of their encounter. But by the time Niter was supposed to be born, the Human Shop was all out of backbone to spare for him. Instead he turned some majestic hues as he simply stared at her.
Niter could admit to himself that this Captain was cute, and she had fun little mannerisms that would look great on Twitch. He could get that far. However, he couldn't get past his own skin-crawling anxiety, which only worsened when she offered him a hug.
It was a good suggestion! Anyone who wasn't allergic to people would find that endearing, too! Unfortunately, Niter was progressing from hives to full-on anaphylaxis at the suggestion alone.
"N-nope," he squeaked out, then immediately fled for anywhere but there. Once he was sure he was out of line of sight, he pulled his tablet and looked up her name. Wavellite — there she was. In a moment, she would get a quick text to cordon off their admittedly strange meeting.
Quote: I appreciate the offer, though (ᴗᵔᴥᵔ)
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