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 Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:03 am
Casablanca was practically vibrating with excitement.
Being magical just felt so much better since finding out Brooklyn was magical too. Since learning that she had a real friend, who was on her side in all of this, and who would be her magical buddy for all kinds of magical shenanigans. Just....a good time, and Casablanca was deeply excited about it. And now, she was even moreso.
She paced back and forth at the meeting spot she and Brooklyn had agreed to, wishing she still had her little cloth to fiddle with, because her staff--well, she could pause and bat it between her hands, but it really wasn't the same. Still, she totally did that, and it did soothe her eagerly agitated nerves a little.
She wanted to show Brooklyn her Wonder. Bring her tot hat cool nightclub, show her the view of the sparkling white city through the big window on the second floor. The very prospect of it was just....so exciting, and she couldn't wait to show her friend her cool magical headquarters.
This....this was the cool part of being a Knight. Not the fights with weirdos, or all the dumb stuff. The part where she got to go to a magical city in space and show it to her best friend. That made all the dumb stuff worthwhile.
....She just hoped Brooklyn liked it as much as she did.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:21 pm
Stirling was late, but it was for a good cause. She had picked up dinner for the two of them. Nothing special, but Mcdonalds had been having a great deal for two meals for ten dollars and she couldn’t pass that up. It would be something nice and…well! Food was always good.
“I’m here! Sorry I’m late, I got dinner for us, I thought we deserved it!”
They worked hard, and they did deserve it. “There’s nothing like eating burgers together up in space, right? Not that I’ve ever done it, but it’s going to be a first time for anything! Or, everything! Whatever!” She held the bag up, grinning "Mcdonalds had a deal going and I couldn't pass it up! I hope that's okay with you, the fries smell amazing and we should go quick so I can eat them."
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:07 pm
Casablanca had to admit: she'd been worried. Brooklyn being late might have meant something bad had happened, but she'd tried not to let herself obsess too much.
But it seemed like she'd worried fro nothing, in the end.
"Hi!" She gasped, and she held out a hand, beckoning Stirling forward. "That's awesome, thank you so much, I didn't eat before I came out and McDonald's sounds sooo good right now," she said. "My Wonder has like, a fancy nightclub, too, with tables and stuff, so it's perfect for eating!"
They could sit in front of those massive windows, enjoy hamburgers and fries, and pretend they were fancy ancient high rollers. It was an awesome prospect.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:26 pm
“Wait, what? Your wonder has a nightclub? That’s wild as hell. Mine’s this old castle which is absolutely beautiful. Have you found any ghosts on yours?”
Reaching out, Stirling took hold of Casablanca’s hand, trusting that she would get them up to space safely. “Is it like…I mean it has to be an old fashioned nightclub, there’s not any strobe lights or whatever like you see in movies is there? Or is it like a nightclub from the eighties? Does it smell like sweat? That would be gross…”
Pausing to take a breath, she blinked. “How do you know it’s a nightclub?”
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:11 pm
Casablanca smiled. "You'll see. But it's like...this posh old kind of place, like if you've ever seen a speakeasy in a movie? No ghosts, no, but I've had, like....memories? Of who I used to be."
She took a breath. Whispered the oath that would take her to space under her breath. Closed her eyes.
And when she opened them, they were in that second floor lounge, right in front of the big window that looked out over the rest of the city.
"Welcome to Casablanca," she said, softly. "Isn't it amazing?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:20 pm
Stirling wrinkled her nose as they traveled up to Casablanca…
Was it really up though? Like…her own Wonder was on Lysithea…just what was Cosmos?
The question utterly fled from her mind when she opened her eyes again and gasped, moving to plaster herself to the window, looking around at absolutely everything and gasping in delight. “Oh my god! It’s so pretty! You have an amazing place!”
She stared out for another few moments and drew away, holding the bag of food up. “Eat! We eat and you tell me about these memories that you’ve had! I want to know everything! This is amazing. This is actually the first place I’ve been besides Stirling so…that’s kind of neat! And I love it! And I’m so so glad that we’re friends and we’ll get to kick chaos a** forever!”
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:20 pm
As she sat down at a table, Casablanca realized: she was totally right. It felt super fancy to be sitting at this table, by this window, and even if dinner was McDonald's hamburgers and fries, it felt like a feast.
The fact that she was with one of her best friends probably helped, though.
"Okay, so, memories. I haven't seen a lot, just these like...flashes, you know? Laughter, and the sounds of parties, and....it was really special." She sighed. "I think this place was really special, Stirling. And I think I want to learn everything I can about it."
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:51 am
“I think you should learn everything you can about it! You deserve that! This…I mean, when I think of Stirling, that’s…I hope that I can make it into somewhere that I can just live? Like…this summer I have to go back to my crappy foster house and I’m not looking forward to it, but…it’s hard making the castle habitable when I can’t go there all the time! It’s not really fair but, that’s the overall goal…so maybe one day it will be my home! I hope this place will be yours too!”
Stirling had no idea what her friend meant by flashes of memories or whatever, but she nodded anyway, drawing out her burger and unwrapping it, taking a bite and looking interested, at the very least.
“You deserve it!”
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:42 pm
Casablanca smiled, in a dreamy sort of way, taking a bite of her burger and nodding along. "I think....it would be really nice to be able to live in space. Like people used to. Stay on our worlds full time, and really have all the time int he world to make them beautiful..." She sighed, softly. "Like, it's gonna take me forever to get this place cleaned up. And I coan only come once every other week. But I want to...be here more."
She wanted to discover everything there was to discover. Recover as many memories as she could. Understand the woman who used to lounge on that couch, and really get to grow into someone who did her legacy proud.
She picked up a small bunch of fries, and took a bite.
"You said there was a ghost at your Wonder? What's that like?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 1:25 pm
“I’d love to help you clean up if I can! Count me in on cleaning duty so long as I can get away from the dorms or…ugh. The foster house. I’m happy to help, and I’d love your help with my Wonder too if you’d want to visit?”
Her eyes were bright and terribly excited, and as Stirling took another bite of her burger, she seemed to contemplate the question. “It…was strange! Especially since like…the ghost is the…dead sister of someone that I know in real life? Her name is Dagon and she’s a Senshi from space and like…her sister used to be Stirling of Lysiteha so it’s just…it’s all crazy!”
For a moment she stared into the distance, her expression growing a little sad. “...There’s a painting up there. Of her family. Dagon’s family from before and. They have this little girl and…god, I’m so jealous of her. I wish that Dagon could be my mom. I wish I could have a family.”
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 2:11 pm
"Aww, thanks," Casablanca smiled. "It'll be a lot easier with extra hands." There was still a lot to do, a thousand years of dirt and grime, but....that was fine. She could make it work.
"The dead sister? So like, this Dagon--she was alive? A thousand years ago or whatever?"
That was probably the coolest thing Casablanca had ever heard, holy s**t. Someone still alive, immortal and awesome, from the era where Senshi and Knights had actually really walked the Earth? How cool!!
She sighed, quietly. "A real family....that'd be....nice." She had her sister, of course, but they'd only ever had each other, and that....kind of sucked. "I bet having a mom who's a cool thousand year old Senshi would be really amazing."
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 2:49 pm
Stirling was quiet for a moment and then reached out and took Casablanca’s hand. “Well. I’d be happy to be your family too, if you want another sister. I’d love to have sisters. So…there’s that. We might not have moms or dads or…you know. Older people who care about us but…we have one another!”
And sometimes…that could be enough.
Sometimes…you had to make it enough. And the people who ate burgers and fries with you up in their magic space…place were…the best type of family to have.
“I love you, you know. And if you didn’t, you do now!”
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:04 pm
Casablanca smiled, and squeezed Stirling's hand.
"That sounds great, Stirling. I'd be glad to call you my sister," she said, warmly. "And I love you too."
That was family was, wasn't it? The people you loved, and for people like Casablanca and Stirling....it was sort of lucky, wasn't it. That they got to choose their own family, rather than being stuck with one they might not fit with.
"Let's finish eating, and then maybe we can do a little cleaning up here. Sound good?"
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