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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:32 pm
Lilith needed time. Space. To get out of the apartment she shared with her brother, who was a bundle of nervous energy and frenetically dividing his attention a thousand ways as a distraction from the fact that his husband was dying. To get away from her team,
The problem was, that was far easier as Lilith than it was as Hinata. Which still meant being Lilith, a skin that was beginning to feel confining and wrong.
She wasn't sure if she had the patience to wait it out, to hold fast past Faustite's purification. The longer she stayed in the Negaverse, the more sure she was that it was all wrong. That she had made a mistake putting her faith in it. That she was a fool who had given her loyalty to the wrong people, and that the loyalty she had given would, in the end, not be betrayed.
She'd taken a seat on the edge of the roof of an apartment building, and she stared down at the city below, pondering the lives that moved down there. From up where she was, they were just sort-of-discernible figures, people moving around each other, and she wondered how many were like her. If any of her fellow officers were down there, or Senshi. If, perhaps, a Prince or Princess walked below her and she had no idea.
Pointless speculation, of course. But it distracted her briefly from all the other pointless catastrophizing, so maybe that was something.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:53 pm
Stirling was stronger now, so she should be doing more. Sure, she was alone but. That was always the case and honestly? Always would be. She had friends but. They simply had different styles and…she didn’t want them to think she was reckless, but…she was. And as she felt the tainted aura of someone in Chaos, she headed towards it, and not away.
The boys would have moved away. They wouldn’t pick fights. They would call for backup and have someone else deal with it but…Stirling couldn’t do that. Didn’t want to do that. She had this power and it was her job to use it to the best of her ability,
Of course…when she saw the black clad form of the one who had struck such fear into her with that magic that made her feel as though she were drowning…she had second thoughts…but. No.
She was committed now, and quietly she came up behind the woman and then reached out and shoved her as hard as she could, hoping that it would be enough to throw her off of the edge of the roof and just…
…be rid of her.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:58 pm
Lilith was not paying enough attention to her surroundings. That was intimately clear the moment she realized--far too late--that there was a Squire nearby, and--
Hands on her back, a hard shove--
She felt her self lurch forward. Imagined, in a moment, a thousand ways that this would end badly. Teleported, quickly, away from the edge and into the center of the roof, moving to stand as she did.
She recognized this girl. She was.....poofier now, but she was the pretty little princess who Lilith had gotten into it with before.
"You," she snapped, "what the hell is wrong with you! I wasn't even doing anything, and you tried to murder me!"
Teleporting was hard. Exhausting. But she kept her back straight and did her best not to show how tired she was.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:02 pm
Stirling stiffened and her unicorn horn dagger was summoned to her hand…still useless to poke in people’s eyes…but perhaps she could look intimidating…the fact that now the Chaos ridden demon woman was between herself and the exit of the rooftop didn’t escape Stirling…and the fact that she was the one who was closest to the edge now and she didn’t have a nifty skill to just poof away…
At least.
That she knew of.
“You’re the one who attacked me the last time, I’m just giving payback where payback is deserved! Don’t you know that your ******** a ******** loser drenched in Chaos, and you deserve to be murdered!”
There was absolutely no need to tell her how badly the magic had messed Stirling up…that was just giving her ammunition.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:13 pm
"Oh, so I use a little magic on you--after you punch me in the face, for the crime of existing while Negaverse, for the record--and that justifies pushing me off a roof, hm?" Lilith straightened. Put her hands on her hips. Glared, angrily.
"You know that the Negaverse takes people by force, don't you? And that sometimes, people want to leave? Are you okay with hurting someone who might not want to be a part of the Negaverse?"
It was a simple question. A cutting one, she thought, hat would certainly get at the heart of what kind of person she was dealing with. Ignorant? So angry at the Negaverse that she didn't care? Something else? Plenty of options, and each would require a different approach for Lilith to handle her without making more problems for herself.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:29 pm
“I was just doing my job! I didn’t ask for you ********…” Stirling kicked a small stone towards LIlith, not expecting or even wanting to do damage, just petulant. “You can’t just do that to people that have been almost drowned. It’s ******** messed up. And if you want to leave, why haven’t you? Or are you just lying like all Chaos does?”
She kicked another rock and crossed her arms, hesitant but.
Willing to perhaps listen. “The only thing stopping you from leaving is you, so don’t just say that you’re someone who wants out and come at me twice as chaos. Put your money where your mouth is.”
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:01 pm
"And how was I supposed to know that?" Lilith demanded. "All I knew was that a pretty pink blur came out of nowhere and punched me. I defended myself with the only magic I have." She crossed her arms, frowning.
"Look. I don't want to fight you. I haven't attacked back, even though you tried to murder me. And I do want out."
She might as well say it, since...it was true.
"I just don't know how. Or, I do, but..." She huffed. "Never mind. I doubt you could help me."
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:54 pm
“If I can’t personally help you… I know people who could. I might only be a Squire, but I…am the Squire to a princess so I bet I could ask her and she could get you out. I think they do that, from what I’ve picked up.”
Stirling narrowed her eyes at the Senshi and shrugged. “If you really mean it that is. No funny business and no more trying to drown me. HOnestly that. Brought back a lot of unneeded memories that I was much better off not thinking about. so…You ******** me up big time and…yeah it seemed right to try to murder you. Sorry.”
Kind of sorry.
…Sorry ish.
…Might feel sorry in the future. Maybe.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:00 pm
Lilith took a breath.
"What's your Princess's name, then." Because it was true, a Princess was the one that could save her--well, "save" seemed like a strong word. Enable her to make her exit as gracefully as possible. Or something.
"And...I'm sorry. For bringing back bad memories. It was an accident, but I still hurt you. And I won't do it again. As long as you promise no more sneak attacks."
She offered a hand.
"Truce?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:17 pm
Looking the woman up and down for a moment, Stirling finally took a step forward, taking her hand. “...Truce. And her name is Lysithea. I’m Stirling, Squire of Lysithea, and I swear if you try any funny business, This dagger will become good friends with your eye, and I don’t care if it’s not sharp, that simply means that I have to push harder…now…when can you meet me again? I’ll try to figure things out and get word to her?”
Or…to Soleiyu…and he could help..or she could just…finally meet Lysithea herself. That would work too!
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:30 pm
"I'm Sailor Lilith," she said, and she tried to keep her shock out of her face.
Lysithea was a Princess. Faustite's sister, a Princess, with Knights of her own. Her heart dropped, and she wondered, briefly, if she could trust that Lysithea would help her. Would she resent Lilith for being part of the team that had held her in the Negaverse? Or would bygones be bygones?
She wasn't sure, but she knew she needed to keep this knowledge to herself.
"Thank you, Stirling. I appreciate your help." She smiled, faintly. "you might just be saving my life, if we're honest."
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:15 am
Stirling seemed to preen slightly and she tossed her hair back behind her shoulder. “That’s my job. I save lives. I protect people…and if you can get out…we can be friends and you can do the same, and you can drown the bad people and give them the PTSD flashes. Anway…meet me here in a week or so and I’ll see what I can do?”
Hesitating for a moment, Stirling smiled. “I promise I won't try to murder you when I see you again…unless I think you really deserve it.”
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:32 am
Lilith laughed. It had to be nice, she supposed, to have that kind of moral certainty. That there were good people and bad people, instead of just...people, who made choices.
Still, she nodded.
"Friends. I'd like that. I'll see you in a week, Stirling."
And then, she vanished.
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