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Taaffe hopped on the roof from the building beside it and frowned, “where’s Villon.” She approached the purple captain with a frown and grinned when he rolled his eyes at her. She could see the irritation written all over his face.
“Oh right, hi Wither.”
She grinned, feeling a familiar aura and figuring it was Villon she started singing with an eerie grin, “one two … villon’s coming for you … three four … scare you to your core … five six …”
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Villon was always late, but it seemed like Wither was used to it. He landed by Taff, “Here.” He looked to his cousin and tried to hide his amusement. “Captain Wither, hey Taff.” he heard her singing his “theme song” and that got an eye roll but he kept his mouth shut. As long as she was entertained then he didn't care. This was apparently for Taffy to gain a buddy to patrol with. Speaking of…A lieutenant arrived right next to his cousin.
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Pez wasn't all too thrilled about having a buddy to do things with since it seemed like she would just be babysitting and not having a partner that could kick a**. Either way she has to obey the orders of her boss so here she was. The creepy looking senshi with the blue eyes felt … off. She couldn't figure it out so she just left it. Why wasn't he wearing any shoes? “Hey boss man….Who are these people?”
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Wither was glad when his cousin and Pez showed up because Taaffe was a pain and maybe too young for this, but Villon liked her so Wither tolerated when she seemed to just pop up.
“Now that you’re all here, let's get the introduction out of the way. You all know me, so we’ll start with Pezzottaite, she is the new lieutenant I will be keeping an eye on. I’ve been told she has some real potential, gave someone a run for their money as a civilian.”
He smirked, he had to admit even if she was a teenager he was amused by the gutsy teen.
“Pez, the senshi is Villon, and also my cousin. Treat him with respect. I mean it. The lieutenant is Taaffeite. Both of them are on different teams and I’m neither of their keepers, though you’ll see me with Villon often.”
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Taaffe stood next to Villon and gave the other girl a curious look. If she was honest she didn't mind meeting more people to patrol with, more people to call should she get in a tight spot. The girl having red hair like her was a bonus, so she gave a salute and a sup when introduced to her.
“He’s just mad because I like patrolling with his cousin, he's got the coolest power I've ever seen. It makes people freak out, which is hilarious.”
She smirked and tilted her head to the side, “so you can fight then, if you gave someone a run for their money.”
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Pez looked to Villon as Wither began the introductions, not really seeing ANY sort of relation between the two but that could be due to the fact that they were powered. She looked to the smaller redhead and gave her a sup in return, grinning, “Yep! I'm a boxer, one of the best, if not just the best.” Looking back to Villon, Pez started at his feet, “Whyyyyy don't you have any shoes? Aren’t you worried about calluses?” Bruh, his feet must be made of some sort of rock hard nasty skin at that point. Does he have a girlfriend? If so, she felt bad for her having a man with feet like that.
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Villon just knew that this question was coming, so he looked Pez dead in the eye before continuing, “Because I don't.” That was the only answer he was willing to give, so she would just have to accept it and move on.
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Wither was glad the girl seemed to be getting along easily enough. He really didn't have time to patrol with Pez more than once or twice a week. He still had his own quota to fill and he was still a part of Beni’s team on top of his duties to his family and keeping tabs on his cousin. He was stretched pretty thin.
He was brought from his thoughts by Pez’s question. He didn't even get to respond because Taaffe consigned Villon's answer and was now glaring at Pez.
“Please calm down. Pez, I'm sure you can realize we don’t choose our uniforms. Guess it didn't occur to you Cuz to power up then put shoes on, but I mean it's nothing pedicures can’t fix.”
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“Did you get to choose your uniform,” Taaffe spouted after Villon said because he didn't. She glared at Pez, but rolled her eyes after a moment. She gave the girl a coy smirk, “you're full of yourself. You're not the best boxer … my best friend is, so you can't be.”
She gave Pez a pointed look when Wither also pointed out they couldn't choose their uniforms, but looked at Villon’s bare feet when Wither mentioned putting shoes on after he powered up. She pulled her skateboard out of subspace, “that's how I need my skateboard. I can't hold it when I presto chango or it disappears.”
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Villon was thankful Wither decided to explain why he doesn't have shoes. Usually when he powers up he just forgets to use them is all. Confirming Wither and Taffy’s reply, “yes, I didn't get to choose my uniform when I was brought into the negaverse.” He didn't even let Wither know he just forgot. He’ll try to remember next time.
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Pez made a face, looking to her boss, “I was a legitimate question….I'm not sure why everyone is so sensitive about it.” She shrugged, it's not like she got to choose her weapon, stupid candlestick…. “YOUR best friend is the best? ******** doubt it. I'm sure I could beat their a** in a heartbeat.” Pez rolled her eyes and deadpanned, she was stuck with this little thing? Why wasn't she just able to go and do her own thing again? When Taff pulled out her skateboard, Pez’s eyes widened. “How did you get that?!” She was trying not to be angry but if this female somehow managed to steal her besties skateboard she was going to murder her and bring it back. Consequences be damned.
“Don't say you recently bought it, that design is unique and only one person I know of has it. So either you stole it and god help you if you did or you're someone I know…” She didn't miss the look Villon gave her but she was just being honest.
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Wither wasn't so sure this was going to work, he have to try with Strengite, but he figured it would kill her vibe to have Pez tagging a long. Not to mention she was always bar and club hopping and Pez was 21 yet. The two seemed to dislike each other, but he wasn’t sure it it was just teenage rivalry or what.
He raised an eyebrow when it seemed the Pex recognized Taaffe’s skateboard. He wouldn't put it past Taaffe to steal it, if he was honest, but she seemed to always have a skateboard so he doubted it. It would be ironic if the pair knew each other.
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This girl was really pissing Taaffe off, making her want to punch her and making want to see the girl under Villon’s nightmare attack. She couldn't help but to smile cruelty thinking about it. She was brought out of her daydream when the girl decided to accuse her of stealing.
“What the hell … how would you even know it is unique … of course I didn't steal it you a** … is it a custom order?”
She paused, staring hard at the girl, she didn't recognize her but, “wait a minute … redhead teen girl boxer … Annie??? Is that you???”
“I picked this board to use at night because it was the one the least amount of people would recognize until I can get a new one.”
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Pez was about ready to beat the girls a** when she heard her name, causing her to pause and stare for a good minute. “Hara?” No WONDER the girl got under her skin so quickly, “It's me! Bestieeeee!” The redhead instantly ran over and pulled the tiny teen into a hug, “How the hell are you able to get out without your brother noticing?! I didn’t know they got you too~?” She was suddenly so excited! Of course she would want to spend time with her bestie! This was amazing! Granted the whole having chaos pumped into wasn't but that aside everything else was awesome! Her boss was chill, she had her bestie….Ahhhh….
“Boss I definitely do not mind patrolling with her!”
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Villon was ready to just watch the teens have at it with the promise that he would give Pez nightmares if she stepped out of line. But when they ever so bluntly said eachothers names, he rolled his eyes. Of course they knew each other, they were kids in his eyes. But this worked out because that meant Taffy had just widened her arsenal by one. “Welp….” He looked to his cousin for his reaction.
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Wither was not overly fond of how they recognized each other, it would good that this all worked out, but also he frowned deeply at Taaffe. “I will get you a new board kid and only use it when you are powered up. You don’t want anyone recognizing you because of your board … a plain one, generic would be best.”
“In the meantime don’t use that and Pez try not to brag about your boxing skills.”
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Sahara grinned happily squeezing her friend and very super happy to have Annie to patrol with. It was the very luckiest coincidence. “What are the odds that you’d get the grump to look over you?”
She laughed at Pez’s question, “to be honest I’m not really sure. I’d like to say Ive gotten lucky, but more than likely he knows and he is just biding his time. I just have to even the playing field if that's the case.”
She looked to Wither with a frown, but nodded, she guessed she didn't want to chance her brother finding out the same way that Pez had. That would be a disaster. “Thanks. I suppose.”
She hooked an arm around Pez’ and started pulling her off, “lets go, the night is young.”
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Annie grinned back at Sahara, “Right? Boss isn't bad at all!” In fact he was her favorite~ She laughed as well, “Very lucky if you ask me, but I don't think he’s going to do or say anything anyway.” Ever was just Ever. Besides, she didn't think she would be able to function with him around anyway. “You're welcome~” Taff was already pulling her away, which she didn't mind at all. “Gotta go boss!!! Byeeeeeeee!!!” She did hear him say that she wasn't supposed to brag about her boxing skills, which sucked, but if that caused Sahara to recognize her then maybe it would be best to stay low and not say anything.
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Villon, looking unimpressed as usual, looked to his cousin, “Well, that was a thing.” teenagers were so weird, and he hoped that wasn't what he had to look forward to with his son because he wasn't sure how he was going to handle that. “When did you acquire another baby?” He jerked his head in the direction the two teens left, not worried at all in the slightest. He did have to say that the redhead almost reminded him of his wife, body wise. She was almost identical and that was very weird. “You seemed to be amassing a collection of sorts?” He chuckled at that one, knowing his cousin wasn't doing this on purpose.
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"She's not a baby, she 18, young still but not a baby. She got assigned to me after being corrupted. I'm not, weird that I'm forever surrounded by red heads, but it is what it is?"
He watched them go and kept his sense tuned to their auras, the point was to give Pez a little back up, a little support, but ultimately if someone ******** with her Wither would come down on them like a ton of bricks.
"How's your quota looking this week, shall we go get some energy gathering done. It's still early cuz."
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"18 is still a baby to me." Villon shrugged, doing the same thing with Taffy. While she technically could handle herself, he couldn't help but to think that he should look out for the little she-demon. "You really are a collector of redheads." He gave Wither something that almost resembled a smile, raising an eyebrow, “Quota is looking excellent, but I'm not going to say no to draining some energy and going above that.” He was sure they wouldn’t be too far from their charges [well Taff wasn't really his but he'd watch over her nonetheless] if they would need them, and if he was being frank, he felt like a weird mother hen. This was not something he wanted to portray, better to give the teens space to figure out the kind of officers they wanted to be [hopefully it was the kind that would be useful instead of the kind that would need to be exterminated.] “Shall we?”
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