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 Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:33 pm
If Stirling had stopped to think, she would have remembered that the first time she ended up on her Wonder was after meeting with Lilith. The panic induced aftermath of that attack had caused her to say the phrase that brought her up here, and now, here she was bringing that same Corrupted Senshi here to her sanctuary. Her very own castle.
“Welcome to Stirling…this is the gallery with all of the portraits, at least when I looked up castles that’s what it said that a long hall filled with pictures was called. I was hoping to get it all fixed up so that I could try and live here over the summer but…seeing as this is only my second time here…I’m starting to really doubt that will happen.”
Releasing Lilith’s hand, Stirling walked over to the portrait of Dagon and her family, thumbing the small child’s cheek and sighing once again, wishing that she could have this. Could have had a family like this.
Could have been loved. Wanted.
Oh well. “Um. Actually,” She glanced back at Lilith and gave a rueful smile. “I don’t think I would have figured out how to come up here if you hadn’t given me that panic attack, so I should thank you. I suppose. Kind of.”
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:48 pm
This place was....amazing.
As soon as Stirling let go of her hand, Lilith spun in a slow circle, trying to take it all in at once. It was clear they were in the hall of some kind of castle--a real castle, like something out of a fairy tale--and there were so many portraits, so many people, and many of them strange and fantastical.
"Oh," Lilith said, softly, "this is....this is amazing."
Would her world be like this? Would she be dumped there, with millennia of history under her feet? Would there be pictures, books, artifacts--?
Who knew.
"Glad to have helped, I guess?" She said. She did sort of feel bad about what had happened; Stirling seemed...nice enough, for a teenager, and she probably didn't deserve whatever retraumatization she'd gotten. "This place is.....really interesting. What else have you found, here?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:48 pm
“Isn’t it though? You’ll have to take me up to your Homeworld when you can visit! I think I deserve it! I mean I’m helping you get out so I should be the first one that you bring up! Please. I mean, If it has to be your hot girl, then I guessi that’s fine but, then I better be the second one that you bring up.”
What else had she found…oh!
“You see this ring? It’s special and…like, legit, there’s a ghost or something here that is the past Knight of Stirling? She seems pretty nice so I don’t think I have to worry about getting murdered while i”m here…and um…oh! What’s your name, because I’ll be able to send you a message when I have a date for you!”
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:17 pm
Lilith thought about it for a moment. It did seem sort of fair, since she'd gotten to see Stirling's world, that Stirling get to see hers.
"Okay," she promised, "I'll take you. First or second but only after Keiko." She smiled, a little goofily, thinking about her. Yeah, okay, Murikabushi had suggested she talk to Keiko beforehand, but...that might not be possible. After, though? After, she would be able to surprise the girl she loved by showing up in white, on her side.
It would be exciting. It would be new. She would be free.
And they would be able to be together for real, not just meeting whenever they could.
Stirling's introduction of her communication device made Lilith lean in, interested, and hum delightedly.
"Lilith. Sailor Lilith. That's a very neat little device," she said. "And a ghost sounds....exciting." Would there be ghosts on her world? Would she meet the previous Sailor Lilith?
.....Would the previous Senshi be disappointed in her, for taking so long to come home?
That was a slightly sobering thought. She'd never considered that she might be disappointing to her own previous self.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:33 pm
Stirling grinned. “Stay here! I’ll be right back, I want to make sure that it works with you and that I’m spelling your name right!” She hurried away and went back to the room where she had found the signet ring, and taking a small slip of paper, she wrote ‘I’m very excited to be friends!’, And wrote LIlith’s name on it and stamped her ring on it, grinning.
She scampered back to Lilith. “Did you get it? Did it work?”
So long as Stirling spelled her name right, it should have worked.
“It is a very neat thing! I love it it makes talking to people so much fun!”
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:40 pm
Lilith waited, as Stirling scampered off. She had to admit, she was curious as to whether or not this worked--cross-faction communication always seemed like sort of a pipedream, but if Knights really could send messages to anyone...
It was sort of weird that she'd never heard of it before now, she thought. But maybe it was just one of those things no one ever thought to mention because they thought everyone knew. That kind of made sense, in a way.
When the note appeared in front of her, she took it, and read it, and laughed. And when Stirling came back, she greeted her with a broad smile, holding up the paper.
"It worked! I had no idea anyone could do that!" She shook her head. "Ah, maybe...when I purify, maybe you can send a note to my girlfriend for me? So that she knows to look for me in white, instead of in black."
Or perhaps they could plan somewhere to meet, if Sterling would be so accommodating. Though perhaps that might be asking a little much.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:46 pm
“I can sure try! I think I have to know the person, but I’ll do my best! If I can't, I know a lot of people who…you know. Know a lot of people so maybe we just work together to let her know!”
She looked so excited and hesitated. “Come on, Lilith! Let’s go look outside and then I’ll take you back, it’s beautiful here, at least from what I’ve seen!”
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