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 Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:45 pm
Celestina was supposed to meet up with Emily in the park, and after much consideration, she decided to come as Retzian. It couldn’t hurt, and Emily should know who she was within the Negaverse. It only made sense for that to happen. She knew that she was involved and they were getting closer to her leaving so…there was no point in secrets.
And so, it was Captain Retzian who made her way to the park, walking over to Emily rather sheepishly. “...Hey, Em. I hope I’m not too late. There was a lot of back and forth if this was a good idea to show you who I was or to not…but. I decided on it so. This is…who I am sometimes. Captain Retzian at your service…for now.”
She rubbed her nose, feeling…strangely uncomfortable. And far too open and vulnerable. “...This is kind of awkward but…have you had any luck with finding someone to help get me out…?”
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:33 pm
From defensive, to shocked, to angry, to sulky, to...still sulky, Emily went through a whole spectrum of emotion in rapid shifts only discernable in the wideness of her eyes and tightening of her lips. Then, she inhaled deeply. Exhaled slowly. It was her. That captain who had seemed so...casually careless, of everything, was Celestina. Her friend. Her stunned form suddenly dropped into a slav squat, and Emily steepled her fingers and tried to adjust her emotions around this new perspective. Chaos can effect minds. This is known. It's understandable that it might have emphasized her friend's worst traits. The ones that just normally...not great, but not anything anyone would call evil. It's understandable and not that bad. Her friend was still her friend. Celestina wanted out. The agent who had left her feeling frustrated and troubled before now wanted out. And it wasn't going to be easy. And it was going to cost her in a multitude of ways. She means it. This is a positive. She had known Celestina was an agent. That could mean...so many things. The only reason this was unsettling was because she'd seen...Captain Retzian in action. Doing something that was, truthfully, one of the less harmful forms of Negaverse activity. It would be silly to be upset with her friend just because the comfort of hopeful ignorance was missing. " Okay. I've found someone who can help." Emily said abruptly, rising and wrapping her arms around Retzian. "And I am really, really proud of you." A quick glance around the empty park and then she, too, transformed.
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:59 am
For a moment, Retzian wondered if Emily realized that she was Celestina, or if Emily was just…had she read things wrong? Had…but.
“...Em…?” It wasn’t often that Celestina sounded…or felt concerned. Not like this, but it almost seemed as though she had caused her friend to have some sort of mental breakdown and…
s**t. That hadn’t been the intention at all.
But then her friend was hugging her, telling her that she was proud, and then.
“...Oh. I understand your reaction now…you…I um. Apologize for how I acted with you that time we met…” Retzian felt her cheeks growing warm with shame now and she rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly. “...You really found someone who can help? We can get this going? I can get out of here?” The hope and excitement in her voice was genuine, and after a moment, she hugged Hestia once again. “...Thank you.”
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:24 pm
"Apology accepted," Hestia replied brightly. "And I did find one," she puffed out her chest proudly, as if the process was much more impressive than calling out here princess princess into the night. She really needs to work on senshi networking... "I met the Senshi of Unicorns! Did you know there's a Senshi of Unicorns?" The Senshi of Housekeeping looked a little wide-eyed and unbelieving at this fact. "We just need to give her a time to meet-up, and she'll take us to her world." Hestia paused for a moment and then warned, "She said it would hurt, and that you'd be giving up a part of yourself. You really, really have to mean it, Ce- Retzian."
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:43 pm
Retzian nodded. “I expected pain, it hurt to be brought into the Negaverse and to get my promotion…pain is always a part of growth, and I do mean it. I want to get out. I want to help my friend…I want…to spend more time with Dagon…and I want to spend more time with you. We can patrol together now…I…no, I didn’t know that there was a Senshi of Unicorns…was she nice?”
Retzian couldn’t stop a small chuckle at just how excited Hestia sounded and…honestly it made her eager to meet this Senshi too. “...And what do you mean she’ll take us to her world? Can you please explain that part to me?”
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:52 pm
"Very nice," Hestia assured her. "Most Order people are nice," she added, "but she was extra nice right away. She seemed pretty experienced with this sort of thing. And cautious. She mentioned the possibility of an ambush, so purifying you on her homeworld is safer." With a grim little smile, Hestia said, "It looks like we've got to be just as careful for that part as we have been for your civilian life."
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:11 pm
“But…what do you mean by Homeworld? Do you mean I’ll get to go up to Space or something?” There was excitement building in her voice and once more, Retzian found herself glancing up towards the Moon, remembering what Nectaris had said about it.
“Because that…honestly sounds amazing…and yes, I’m fine with being careful. I trust you, and if you trust her, I trust her. I’m…very excited. We can do this…maybe in two days? If you have everything ready? It’s on a weekend too so…I won’t have to worry about missing a day of work…I just…” She grimaced. “...Won’t ever show up again. And they’ll have some time to replace me, I guess.”
She hoped.
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:27 pm
"Yes, you'll be getting to go up into space quite a bit from now on!" Which was, in Hestia's opinion, one of the best things about Order. If she tiered out her top three they would be: 1. Space Homes 2. freedom of choice 3. the friends she made along the way "It will at least give us a couple days before someone notices you're gone," she replied with a nod, pulling out her phone to message a date and time to Lysithea. Glancing up at her friend, Hestia added, "I'll be with you for all of this, as much as I can but, you're saying goodbye to everything else. Make the next two days count."
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:34 pm
Retzian nodded and after a moment, let her powered side drop, allowing Celestina to appear again and she hugged the Senshi once more, placing a kiss on her temple. “Love you, Em. Thank you for all of this. I appreciate all that you’ve done for me, and I’m glad that no matter what happens I won’t be losing you.”
Truly, it was the one sure thing that she had with all of this. Everything else still felt very up in the air but…
Emily–Hestia was going to be by her side no matter what. It was nice. “Do you want to go back to your place and watch some movies and pretend like we’re back in high school again? Eat snacks and just. Be dumb girls for a night? I think…that sounds like a fantastic way to say goodbye.”
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:41 pm
Letting go of Hestia, Emily nodded solemnly. "I get to pick the movie, though." Which was code for: we're going to watch Die Hard. All five of them.
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