"Okay...so I think about, hmmmm...five paces? And then turn, okay?" They were in an old warehouse tonight, not too grungy, but definitely held a certain ambiance. Like it was the sort of place someone might secretly train inside, Train at what? Fighting of course. But maybe also something like dancing. Singing.
(In fact, several movies filmed in Destiny City had used this warehouse of exactly such scenes. Which Hybris absolutely was aware of.)
He and Hela stood back to back, as if getting ready for a showdown at high noon. Well, maybe high moon in this case.
"We count the steps, turn, and then shoot our magic at each other at the same time," he repeated, the grin in his voice unmistakable. Hybris was clearly living for this level of extra in what was supposed to be some kind of training spar.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:28 am
After the whole bug incident, Hela wanted to see a bit more of what kinda magic stuff they could both do. This felt kind of dramatic but she was getting used to that, it made everything feel a bit more fun. This whole magic thing was starting to feel a bit normal to her as well. It had become hella convenient to just mirror walk her way through town to and from photo venues.
"Okie doke, I think I've got the drill down, though I feel like there needs to be a tumbleweed for mood?" She joked a bit as she ran through the steps in her head, her magic wasn't really offensive the same way as some of the other senshi she had come across but, at the same time, she hadn't seen Hybris's magic yet either so it could go either way.
"Ready when you are." Now she just waited for the signal to begin, a bit excited to see how it would go.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:02 pm
"We can bring one next time," Hybris solemnly assured her. "And some cowboy hats, of course." Eventually, they would no longer the newbies after all, and with that eventual seniority they could probably get some baby-faced new Dark Mirror into fun costumes.
"Okay! Here we go. One." A step.
"Two." Another.
"Three." Once more.
"Four." Was he purposely adding tension to his voice now? Absolutely.
"F-" And here, Hybris was already turning like a massive cheat, hand swiping over his face to reveal a perfect copy of Hela herself. Less out of a sense of competitiveness, and more because he just felt it would be funnier this way.
"-ive!"
Sailor Scout Attack: Mirror Game
illusion: with a sweep of his hand, Hybris takes on the exact appearance of one target for the duration of his magic. Mainly used for distraction and confusion. He cannot change his energy signature but will appear as an exact replica of his target. As a perfect reflection of them, he can mimic their voice, but he cannot mimic any magic.
duration: 30 seconds range: 10 feet target: single uses: 3
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:10 pm
Nodding in response, she followed suit and counted as she took one step after another. When she turned, she cast her magic before realizing that she was looking at a copy of herself. "Uh......" That was already something super new and weird but at least not like outwardly fighty.
Looking down at the doll that appeared in her hands, she noticed that it also looked like her instead of Hybris. "Ok... this is weird. Did you just break my magic?" As a cautionary action, she carefully squished the doll's tummy with her finger. It would barely do anything with that light of a touch but she didn't want to just jump in if it was going to reflect back onto herself. She wasn't about to basically punch herself in the face.
Stepping closer to get a look, it felt like she was looking into a mirror but in a new and not quite comfy feeling way. It made her feel a bit on edge to see herself in this way. She still carried the doll carefully, noting that it hadn't hurt her to poke it so maybe it was still linked to him.
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Sailor Scout Attack: Hela's Idol
Hela brings her hands over her heart while saying the name of her attack, she then outstretches her hands. Between her hands, a rudimentary rag doll resembling one opponent appears. For 25 seconds, the opponent will feel anything Hela does to the doll, to a degree - ripping off a limb would feel like bending it in an awkward direction, digging her nails into the doll would feel like scratches, etc. It is all phantom pain, however, and ends when the duration of the attack is up without real physical damage. Hela can use this three times per battle.
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:29 pm
"Ung! Hey! That's my tummy, how mean!" Twisting dramatically at the squish, Hela would hear herself pout...cutely. Wriggling her shoulders, tears shining in her eyes, she put on a brave face and then found new determination to fight! Spreading her legs in a Power Stance, one hand on her hip, the other forming a V over her eyes.
"On the honor of the Dark Mirror," she brought the hand down to dramatically point at the actual Hela, "I'm going to punish you! Hela Wink!"
Hela Wink: Hela gives a big flirty wink. It's super cute. Distance: 20 feet Target: 1
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:48 am
"Oh god is that what I sound like? I never listen to the VoDs of my streams so I never knew. Gross.." Hela cringed a bit before bursting out laughing. Walking up a bit closer she poked Hybris?Hela? in the face to see if it felt like her skin too. It was so surreal that she forgot for a moment about the doll in her hand which disappeared just a few seconds later.
"That would be super cool to get out of classes and stuff or I guess if you get in a tight spot against some of the other less-than-friendly magical peeps. Ohhhh or you could like sneak into places if you look like someone that's supposed to be there." The options were limitless she thought and super cool, she liked blending in so it would be awesome if she could do that. Not that she was about to like start a fight with the mirror thing about her own powers though.
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Catching her hand, Hybris held her palm to his cheek, letting Hela experience the odd moment of the face in front...and now above her shifting to no longer be her own. "Sailor Hela's very smart," he was grinning at her enthusiastic suggestions. "The short time on it and needing the other person nearby to recast has kept me from robbing any banks, though." He sighed exaggeratedly at the oppressive unfairness of it all.
"But," he went on, voice growing a bit sly and teasing which meant gossip, "I did use it on a Mercury knight that tried to bully me at a club a little while ago. I'm pretty sure he wanted to hit me, but I turned into a girl instead. You should have seen his face when I started crying and everyone nearby started noticing."
Of course, the page in question had dealt with his s**t obnoxiously well in a way Hybris might have enjoyed if hadn't come from someone who wanted to punch him. But Hybris didn't want to praise that guy out loud even a little.
"Can you do the doll thing at me again? I want to see how cute mine is."
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:30 pm
Hela tilted her head up a bit as Hybris turned back into himself. She was a bit embarrassed for a moment as he held her hand and complimented her. It was something she still wasn't used to. "I guess that's true, you'd need back up but I don't approve of robbing a bank so I won't be there if you wanna Oceans Eleven it. Even if it does sound fun, I always worry about the average joe getting hurt in the crossfire of something like that yanno?"
"Oh gosh that must have been one heck of a shock to him, I would have probably just shriveled up and backed off. I would have loved to see how that all went, either way." Pulling her hand back at an acceptable and totally not embarrassed speed she nodded and stepped back just a little to cast her magic again. This time the doll looked like Hybris and not herself, which was much more reassuring.
"Aw it is super cute, it's even got like your crown and stuff even if it's all simplified." She held it up carefully since she didn't wanna drop it and potentially hurt him.
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Sailor Scout Attack: Hela's Idol
Hela brings her hands over her heart while saying the name of her attack, she then outstretches her hands. Between her hands, a rudimentary rag doll resembling one opponent appears. For 25 seconds, the opponent will feel anything Hela does to the doll, to a degree - ripping off a limb would feel like bending it in an awkward direction, digging her nails into the doll would feel like scratches, etc. It is all phantom pain, however, and ends when the duration of the attack is up without real physical damage. Hela can use this three times per battle.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:30 pm
"You're so nice to people, Hela," Hybris sighed, half in admiration, half in a sort of worry for her, rather than the average Joe who probably wouldn't even know or appreciate her consideration.
"I wish you had been at the club, your magic would've been fun to see in action." Imaging the knight as a cute little doll getting its widdle tummy thumped and twisted, made Hybris grin widen even further.
Leaning close to inspect his own doll, Hybris gave it an experimental poke. "I am super cute," he agreed, a little smug at how cute tiny him actually was. "Can you tickle me? Dolly me, because of course you can tickle regular me," he clarified with a generous tone.
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:39 pm
"I mean... Unless they give me a reason not to be I try to be at least sort of welcoming. It's just how I was raised yanno?" She smiled a bit at him even though she knew what she said was probably a bit corny to someone who had been used to city life and how people were.
"I might go with you at some point but I wouldn't really know what to wear to someplace like that. I think I can only use it on one person but it could be neat to test it out. Probably would freak out people during Halloween since they might think it's like voodoo doll thing going on." It had crossed her mind a bit for when it came around that spooky season. She used to just carve pumpkins and work on trying to take ghost photos but now that she had a whole new area to explore in the city the possibilities would be endless.
As Hybris leaned in close, Hela bushed a bit. She still wasn't as used to people being up close and personal. It wasn't that she didn't agree that he was cute but she was so super embarrassed to agree at first. "What's it actually feel like when I mess with the doll anyway? It doesn't bother you to much right?" Changing the subject a bit more as she got a bit flustered she lightly tickled the sides of the doll and gently poked it on one of it's cheeks.
"I wonder if I yeet one of them would it like still do something to the person too? I'm not gonna test it out on you but just wondering in case it might be useful in the future." Maybe if she caught one of those rude Nega agents with their youma out she would try it out and see if she could yeet them across the road or something. Just enough to get them to stop being rude but probably not enough to hurt them. She knew that what she could do with magic was still limited for the moment.
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"Hmmmm, well, if it ever seems like some might be benefitting from that niceness too much, you should tell me. I'm not good in a fight like you are, but I can usually pick out a scumbag." Like noticing like and all that. "Especially if we go out to the clubs. All sorts of terrible and fun people like to haunt those places." Like him.
"But it'd be fun to take you for some dress up and party time," he shot her a speculative grin. "Even if it's just modifying your powered outfit a bit to blend in."
And then he was suddenly jerking in on his side with a muffled with squeak, followed by a hop, shudder, and his fist flying up to his mouth in a failed attempt at holding in his laugh. "Okay okay okay!"
Eyes shiny with tears, he coughed and commented, "That's such a good power." Catching his breath he added, "I don't know about sending anyone flying, but if you time things right, you could really ruin somebody's day." He sounded extremely chipper about the prospect.
"We should go shopping after this." Hybris suggested awhile later as they rested on a stack of pallets. "It could be a whole fashion montage thing." The, remembering how late it was, amended, "Or tomorrow I guess. The only thing keeping you from knowing how to dress is not knowing how you look."
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:30 am
"I really appreciate it, I'm still new to all the like city nightlife stuff and how different everyone is here. There's soooo much drama which is pretty interesting but it's also kinda crazy the things people get up to here." She had heard of all the scandalous gossip between teachers and their wives or of who was dating who and why at university. All thanks to Hybris and a few other people who she got shoved into group projects with. It was refreshing in a way but also a lot to take in.
Feeling a bit embarrassed at his grinning for a moment she thought about what she would even begin to wear out. "I mean I guess that can work, especially if something weird happens. We could dip through a mirror if we are already magicked up." That in itself made her feel a bit more comfortable about going out. If she had a way to dip if things got to be too much to handle then that would make her feel a bit less trapped.
Stepping back a moment as he jerked, she started laughing along with him. He was wiggling like he had ants in his pants as the effects of her magic seemed to be working. "I'm glad it does something at least, I wasn't exactly sure what my magic was about the first time I tested it out." The doll faded a bit later and she tried to cover her mouth a bit to keep from laughing too much. It was rude after all since he was being nice enough to let her test it out on him.
The idea of shopping sounded a bit hectic though but that was mostly because she really hadn't gone to many of the stores in the city yet. Outside of the grocery stores and places she would get supplies for school. "I'm free tomorrow to try looking at clothes stuff, you'll have to tell me where to go though because I still really haven't explored a majority of the city. To be honest I don't think I've gotten a single new piece of real, non-magical, clothing since coming here." It wasn't a lie really, most of her clothes were from companies she had found on IG and ordered right before she started Uni here. "I think it sounds fun either way though so let's make a plan of it!" She did have quite a bit of spending money left over after she had paid her rent. It probably wasn't a lot to Hybris but it was more money than she had ever been used to having back home. Her photography gig and doll sales had skyrocketed since she moved here and it really was taking off.
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:08 pm
"We'll make a day of it," he agreed, smile lazy and satisfied at the thought of a shopping day with Mina. "Do a whole spectrum of styles and boutiques and try on all sorts of different yous." And, he supposed, some outdoorsy place for the sorts of stuff she clearly already liked. Maybe he'd try dressing up like an outdoorsy Malory.
After a few more minutes of rest, Hela would notice that she was sitting beside another copy of herself, half laying languidly on the pallets. "There's a mirror here, so let's spend up all our magic. Lenka mentioned it gets less tiring the more we use it."
Of course his version of practicing hard consisted of pretty much just posing about as Hela and asking her if she wanted to take pictures of herself.
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:37 pm
Nodding back to him she thought about the idea of changing up her look, she kinda had kept the same style for a long time so it couldn't hurt to try something new. It wasn't like she had to adhere to some sort of uniform code for school or work either.
Looking over toward him, she saw herself again. It was a bit of a surprise that made her jump, she would have to get used to that. "Oh, that makes sense, kinda like working your muscles out to get stronger?" She used her own magic again which led to another doll of herself showing up in her hands. That was also something she needed to get used to seeing, not that she was certain anyone else had the same flavour of copying magic stuff that he had. But there were so many people in the world there were. bound to be some weird exceptions that would show up every once in a while.
It was fun to see what kinda reactions she could get outta him as she poked and messed with the doll especially because he was so dramatic. Once they ran out of uses she waved goodbye and made her way home through the mirror to get some sleep before the grand clothing adventure they would go on in the morning.
