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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:34 pm
She came out, she always came out, to gether energy and see if there was anything going on. She wasn't one to start a fight if she happen upon a knight or a senshi, she didn't think she ever would be, but she would deffend herself if one of them came for her. She do whatever she had to in order to make it home at the end of the night, she wouldn't become some missing person in this city, like how many others?
Tonight all seemed quite as she wandered the city streets alone, she'd been grabbing energy here and there for the last two hours, and as it was approaching midnight she was nearing time to head home. Tonight, like so many others, was lonely and silent as she worked on her own. She was glad she'd never needed to call for help, had never gotten in over her head, because she only sort of knew one other person. She knew a General but not well enough, though she was sure he'd come to help her if she needed it. It still left her feeling so alone at times that the slience ate at her. But she didn't change sides or do anything else...because she just didn't know how to approach someone on either side, it was hard for her to do. So she just let things continue on.
The empty street was dimly lit as she walked along the sidewalk, heels clicking as she moved.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:12 am
Wolframite was reworking his memory of the city, general exercise adaption to navigate around buildings instead of deep snow pits and evergreens, and checking to see what had changed. It was refreshing to do energy collecting again, having spent a long time just doing scouting work with the others. Overall, it felt like slipping back into a worm pair of favorite sneakers after wearing boots.
Popping some kinks in his shoulders, he was drinking a coke on a bench as it was vacant in this area. Next to the buzzing glow of the vending machine, he was glad he didn't have to power down just to enjoy something like a snack or drink with the luxuries of modern city amenities.
The corrupted super was met with just a watching pair of glowing eyes from long, lack hair that draped over his shoulders and face. He'd forgotten a hair tie and it was now becoming a bit frizzy in the humidity of summer. A pair of pointed ears turned in their direction and he gave them a slow wave, not sure if the other was for wanting a chat on one some mission to get home before a deadline. You never knew with agents since some had jobs they had to go home to rest up for, school, or just keeping their family from being suspicious. Tough really. Sometimes being a half-youma was easier than most.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:23 am
She had been started to see, and feel, someone it was at first startling as well. They felt like a Captain but certainly didn't look it. She knew of half youma agents but hadn't seen one, she didn't see many agents though. Slowlyshe crossed the street and headed toards the figure who was seated and having a...coke. How unusual that all looked.
"Evening captain." Assuming the energy signature was right and it was a captain. Long pink hair trailed behind her and her voice was low, soft, clearly she wasn't a social one but it didn't seem to be due to a lack of wanting to be social. Valeria just wasn't used to being social and didn't have the chances to be, by her own hand and others as well.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Because she didn't expect someone to just greet her without wanting something, even just to talk, but always something right? Though talking wasn't a bad thing really..it would kill the loneliness of the evening.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:29 pm
He stared back and shook his head. "No. I don't need anything. I just haven't seen anyone around tonight and saw you passing by. Are you on your way home? I won't keep you if you are on a schedule." He said, concerned he was possibly keeping her from some much needed rest or seeing someone.
"You are a senshi super, right?" He asked, taking another sip of his drink. He was sure they were, given their signature, but it was good to just be sure. He'd been around the same group of people for over a year and was concerned his radar might be a bit rusty.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:17 pm
"No, wandering. There hasn't been much to do tonight, there isn't ever really." And she was ok with it, at least sort of. She might be lonely but she also wasn't good with reaching out to others. She had tried a few time sin the past and things either went bad or people vanished on her. She never got to connect with others.
"Yeah, Valeria of brains." She answered with a bit of a small curtsey to the other, even if they were equal in rank. "Have you never met a corrupt senshi?" That he needed to ask seemed odd but perhaps he hadn't met a corrupt senshi like herself? She was certain there were more corrupt senshi than there used to be, that her kind wasn't so rare.
Moving to seat herself next to him, slowly, she kept her hands in her lap and shifted so she could face him. Pink eyes onthe other and her legs crossed she kept herself as polite as possible, she didn't want to upset someone by accident.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:14 pm
The bench at least was nice enough to have a section open in the back for his tail to go, meaning the bench had more space for the other. Cradling the nearly gone soda in his lap, he again shook his head.
"Wolframite. Captain." He said, as way of the standard introduction. Then, because most people were afraid or unsure to ask, he pointed to his ears. "Half-youma. If you're wondering." He added.
"I've met corrupted senshi before. I just haven't been in the city for over a year and feel tad bit rusty on getting the signatures down. A lot of uniforms for senshi and officers don't give much hint on ranks until later. What with the wings and all the embellishments we all get once we rise up to the ranks."
"Oh, would you like a drink? It's nice on a warm night." He said, and fished about in his pocket until he produced a mound of crinkled dollars to offer. "Drained a couple of teenagers." He admitted as to the previous owners of the mishandled currency.
"What does a senshi of brains do?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:23 pm
"I've heard of but not met a half youma before." But she knew it was possible. There was a lot that was possible, especially when magic was concerned. She couldn't for the life of her remember any half youma she'd come across but she had heard of it somewhere, a long while back, she couldn't even remember where.
"Ahh, ok." Nodding her head as he explained his question on her rank. That made sense, a lot of it really, though she wasn't even certain what aside from her signature gave her rank away. She just knew what she was and that others could feel it so knew. Order even knew what she was and her rank; just like she knew about them.
Slowly she took the offered money and went to get herself a drink, she might as well right? The Captai nwasn't so bad and she could really use the company, she didn't have any normally. "Confusion, my magic leaves people confused and unsure what they are doing or anything else for that matter." It left them vunerable and left her time to scoot on off if need be, which is typically what she'd do. It was uesful for her and she had, oh so long ago, thought it was useful to help others.
It had helped a team out training, as she'd turned it on an attacking youma, but she'd learned her lesson in a sense. She should keep in her lane, do as told, and just keep to the back and only do something or say something when asked. She had just tried to be helpful and been proud of herself for stepping up and doing something. That had been oh so long ago but it still haunted her and she kept silent about it, it still hurt even if the general might be gone, the memory hurt deep still.
"I don't use my magic much though, I don't need to."
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:16 am
"Oh, are you more prone to just standard combat then?" He asked, taking her statement of not needing her magic as a efficiency in taking down enemies with brute skill, tactic, and strength. Still, magic like that was a good one to have. Some of the senshi magic could be rather hard to figure out it's uses in a fight. As much as the Negaverse argued this point, most of the members of Order had a mind. Having a skill to target that, even just for a few seconds, left an opening that was a vital asset.
"A skill like that sounds very useful. Stopping anyone from an attack, especially a magic one, leaves a nice window. There uses are limited and shortening that is pretty good. Is it painful?" He asked, finishing off his coke. He tossed it over and into the garbage bin.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:31 pm
"No, I don't really get involved in things. I collect energy and keep to myself." Came her answer, a simple answer. "I on';y use my magic when I have to so I can get away from a fight." Typically before anyone could even try and hit her. She wasn't about to go getting into a fight, not if she didn't need to.
"You'd think but I don't get to use it much and I've even gotten in trouble for using it. So I don't bother to involve myself in things." Because once burned and she kept her distance. Twice burned and she kept even further away from everyone and everything.
"I don't think it's painful. I've never used it on someone and stuck around to ask, I don't think that would be safe to do." That might land her in a hospital in serious pain. She wasn't willing to risk it, she had no one to bail her out if she needed it. She wasn't going to just put out a call for help and hope someone would come for an unknown corrupt.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:42 pm
He got up and started to take a few steps away.
"That's not good. You should know the full scope of your magic in order to assess just how much it does. If it has lingering affects and just what it really does to the mind." He explained, turning about to face her.
"I wonder - how did you get in trouble for using it?" He asked, and then took a stance that would be a bit more solid for standing. If it caused confusion, he wondered if it caused any sort of sensory overload to cause him to be overwhelmed and fall over.
"If you haven't used it yet tonight, how about you use it on me?" He asked.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:54 pm
"I didn't run when we were told but the youma would have potentially killed someone. So I stepped in, it might not hurt or cause pain but it bought enough time." And time was all she'd wanted to buy them. She'd gone against an order and had done what was right, what she thought had been needed, and it had worked. But the verbal slap she'd gotten had hurt and even now, when they were no longer around, she couldn't shake it. She didn't trust others and working with them.
"I almost never use it, so no I've not used it tonight." She answered while standing up. "I can...I just hope it doesn't hurt, I don't really know." She was hesitent, she didn't want to hurt someone, and she was worried it might anger them afterwards. But they were asking and did seem curious. It was safe right?
After some moments of internal debate she finally went for it. Flicking the dark pink orb of energy from her forehead as she called on her magic. "Strike the mind."
Quote: Like the last time Valeria places her index and middle finger to her right temple and calls out her attack. This time when she flicks her fingers toward the enemy the energy is a slightly darker pink hue. Hitting the enemy, if it hits the enemy, it will inflict the same absent mindedness from before only this one is harder to shake the victim from. The range this time is 15feet but it can only hit the one target. Also, this attack lasts forty seconds and can be used twice in combat. *Absentminded: So lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:59 pm
Wolframite had a expectation of maybe what he would encounter. A blast to the mind and maybe a overwhelming sensory overload. Something g that would leave him unable to focus on the target as his mind struggled to take in a lot of possible noise or even pain. Maybe even some vertigo as a fun addition.
What he instead found was that he was left blanking out, forgetting actually what they were doing. It was akin to loosing the conversation and coming back, realizing you had missed what was happening, and unable to recall what they were even talking about.
Dazed, he looked about as he tried to fashion together a trail of thought to grab onto. The usual was the standard to-do list everyone had in the back of their head. He should pick up some groceries after the patrol. He hadn't cooked.muvh outside of game and stew. There was a stretch of canned goods as well a s he'd like to get back to cooking again. He'd been wanting to make a nice, big meal to make up for missing Laven's birthday and get her something nice, but he needed to get money again and see what was available. He'd definitely want to get a nice cake too. Hmmmmmm..Quote: Wolframite is deep in thought about something pressing and has forgotten about his new friend.
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:08 pm
While the Captain was lost to her magic, as those who got hit with it were, the pink haired corrupt took the time to sit back down. She really wasn't sure how long it would take, considering how rarely she used her magic on others, so she'd have to wait it out and see when it ran out.
Crossing her legs, her hands resting in her lap, she kept her pink eyes on the other. "Soon, I hope." Because it had to wear off soon, it couldn't last forever, but how much longer and how would he be once he came out from under her magics hold. The one good thing was that he wouldn't attack her for it or be upset, and she would know a bit more about her own magic. Maybe he'd even think her magic was useful and a good thing to have.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:13 pm
It didn't last long, and just as their thoughts faded to something else, he looked back at the senshi and seemed to remember just what he was doing. Luckily the attach didn't wipe away his memory, and he thought of how this had all worked.
"Wow. That is - a very odd way to distract someone. It's not painful, which means I could probably chase you or attack if you didn't run away. But I wasn't even paying attention. It's like loosing the conversation or - loosing the entire thought of where you are. How long was it?" He asked, wondering if he should have taken out his phone and started a timer instead.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:27 pm
"It's good to know that it doesn't cause pain, I wouldn't have wanted to hurt you." Though it would have benefitted her, if she ever got into a real fight, if it did cause harm to someone. But he seemed to appreciate her magic and how it worked, which was a plus for her, it had her smiling at him and sitting a bit strighter. "I'd say half a minute, enough time for me to run away. Normally I hit and run if I can." Because she had no training and no back up if she ever needed it. Alone and on her own it was really her only option, and she was glad her magic did as it did.
"I can teleport now but I'm not really good at that...so I get enough time to run." It had kept her alive so far. "It's useful magic though. It would leave someone open to another person hitting them." But she'd never worked with someone so that had never happened, though she had for ta long while been willing to work with others and help them. She'd even looked forward to it for a while; when she'd been new to things.
"That was my newer magic. I don't know what I'll get if I ever make eternal." But by the tone of her voice she very much doubted she'd ever get there. She had no reason to get there, she'd never earn it, she was a ghost in the background and mostly absent from things.
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