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 Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:34 pm
Fionan did not power up often, the last time was to help a civilian deal with a random youma behind the grocery store, he had no reason to power up and involve himself in some sort of magical war. He had no reason tonight to be powered up, because he never did, and he was walking home with his hands tucked into the pockets of his coat. He was at least dimly aware of the dangers that wandered the city's nights, though he hadn’t ever really encountered it, and so he was ignoring the alleyways he was walking by on his way to the small apartment building he lived in.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:38 pm
After closing up shop, René walked a few blocks and then powered up with Katya on his shoulder. It was more than moral support, he had that extra line of defense about being caught powering up as long as he was careful enough not to be followed. Just in case, he chopped his hair to his shoulders and did what he could to cover the hole in his chest. It wasn’t perfect but that paired with Katya hiding his signature would hopefully give enough of a pause that he could get out of a situation before it got too bad.
Tonight he wandered a bit further from where he knew, towards the university and late-night restaurants that would have people he could pass by and just drain while bumping into them. Sure he stood out a bit but he stayed towards the edges of groups and ducked into the alleys to lay low when he could. That swirling orb of energy grew in size as he went and he tucked it away into his subspace to keep it from dissipating when he was maneuvering to new positions. It was a lot easier on him because tonight he didn’t really feel anyone powered up nearby and that meant he could maybe get his quota done tonight.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:41 pm
Perched on his shoulder Katya could whisper things to him, ideas, and places to go. She was always looking to help him and provide him information. Like tonight she was tell him what he could pull on clothing over the uniform, find something which might be comfortable over it, so he could blend in better. The winter was, of course, easier as he could get a very long puffy coat and cover nearly the whole uniform. If paired with a scarf he could keep warm and keep mostly hidden from prying eyes. She kept her own little tiara in subspace because she knew it stood out, senshi and knights even as civilians might notice that. She was not going to risk bringing attention to the other.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:41 pm
Adjusting his scarf, he bumped into a few others and siphoned a bit more off. Keeping to the ones that were either walking with their heads down or with their hands in their pockets. Anything that would give him a few seconds to tap them for some energy and keep moving, it was hard but with Katya keeping watch it let him focus on the task at hand.
Making his way through the crowd, he neared a large apartment building and took some extra time on the people who were standing and adjusting their own winter apparel against the cold night air. Some of them didn’t even notice because of how they were fighting with gloves, scarves, and hats. A few of them seemed to be effected a bit more by the draining, something he’d have to figure out how to avoid in situations like these but he could only really do so much right now.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:42 pm
Fionan had been just reaching the building he lived in, it wasn’t anything over the top or expensive but it was nice. It was an old brick building, so the bricks showed on the outside walls of his apartment, and there was a certain quaintness to the place even from the outside. It looked inviting even with its withered age - or perhaps because of it. What he wasn’t expecting was a few people to look very tired suddenly, and why he soon after felt tired. He was certain it wasn’t normal, not for several people around the door into the building to look so very tired, and himself to be yawning.
He had a possible idea of why they felt like this, and it wasn’t an idea he fancied much, but it was a very plausible idea in this city given what he knew of the place. Gritting his teeth he hurried past the doorway, his keys left in his pocket for now, as he hurried into an alleyway yawning again and using a neighbor as cover so no one saw him ducking into the alleyway.
Katya felt the signature as it blinked into existence against her senses. “Senshi near by.” She spoke softly, because even with their signatures covered the senshi might still happen upon them - they were too close. “We should move from here…”
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:43 pm
Kafka felt it too, nearly losing the orb of energy in his hand from the startle of it. He managed to send it away where it wouldn’t fizzle and disperse as he pulled his hat down a bit more to make sure those cracks were covered too. Moving through the crowd, he knew he might stick out a bit as he kept pausing to check that he was in fact moving away from the other senshi. No matter what, it wasn’t good to get caught while surrounded by a crowd of people. Sure he was draining them but he didn’t want to actually harm them.
A strong gust threw a wrench in his escape as he felt his scarf and hat trying to escape with the icy wind. The arctic blast made his eyes water and he started to exhale and curl in a bit on himself as he sneezed from the chill. There was no way he was blending in now, considering everyone else around seemed to be a lot more used to this weather than he was. Scanning the area, he moved at a quicker pace towards one of the alleyways, the one he knew led back towards one of the many libraries and further away from his shop and Alexandre’s home.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:43 pm
Katya had put her claws to good use, grabbing onto the hat and scarf in a bid to keep them in place, or as close to it as possible. She knew it this senshi, whoever they were, caught sight of her face and the star on her forehead they’d have her made. They’d know just why they weren’t sensing anything. It was a well known fact that mauvians could cover the signatures of others, keeping them well hidden, and if she was found than so was Kafka.
“Sounds like you need to get home and warm up. Perhaps a hot shower before bed.” She questioned softly, as the other seemed to be getting too cold, hopefully he wouldn’t have the same issue as her beloved general did. She knew he didn’t handle the cold well, terribly really, but he still bundled up and went out powered up each winter. He would suffer the consequences every time afterwards, when he was home, and she knew he’d do it all again the next night or maybe two nights later. She hoped he wouldn’t have the same issue.
Scanning the people, as he steppe dout from where he’d hidden to power up, the senshi of fog was quick to duck down another alleyway in order to escape the people around his apartment building. Tired as they may be people, he knew, in this city didn’t like order or chaos equally. They didn’t know the difference they just knew both groups caused problems in the city and he was certain he’d seen on the news incidents which had happened, less than a year ago perhaps, he remembered his family speaking about it even.
Damn it, he forgot how cold this uniform was. It wasn’t the warmest thing in the world and he really could do with a coat, at least tonight he could, because the clothing was simply not thick enough to keep him as warm as he’d like. The alleyway kept some of the wind from biting at his skin and tugging at his clothing. And that was when he spotted the retreating figure. “Hold it right there!” He was certain they were the cause of things.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:44 pm
“I think I’ll do that yeah, this wind is terrible.” Pulling everything a bit tighter, the sudden voice startled him. Slowing his pace, he tried to act like he hadn’t heard them and kept walking while making sure he was making it further and further away from the main crowds of people in case this broke into a fight.
“They feel about the same as me right? I could maybe see how things go but I’ll run if we need to we can run or call Chalcanthite.” He wanted to try handling things if he could but he wasn’t going to just jump in either without a backup plan.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:05 pm
Stilling on his shoulder she nodded her head. "And they don't sound as agressive as others, perhaps they are new to things." Or they just weren't good at fighting, lacking a certain sureness in themselves, she was hoping there was a lack of skill behind this senshi who was confronting them...or at least trying. Kafka was looking to put distance between them, which was a good idea. "I don't think we'll get to avoid this, they are following us." She whispered into his ear, nosing at is cheek gently, she wanted to keep the corrupt as calm as she could. It would do no good if he became nervous, or paniced somehow, she would do all she could to help the other to approach this fight with a calm and level mind. Thankfully he was not as quick to jump into things as her general, he wasn't as agressive and prone to acting, she supposed some of Benitoite's behavior came because he had the powerr to back it in most cases. A newer, less powerful, person tended to not jump right into fights.
They didn't stop though - they wer still walking. Not even that - they wer ignoring him! They were acting as if he wasn't even there and had said nothing to them. Following the senshi picked up the pace some, wishing to close the distance, he did notice however that they weren't attacking anyone but that was good he supposed. He knew however that they had been grabbing energy from people, so not grabbing any noe really wasn't as good as iit could be, they needed to be stopped altogether...somehow. He was not one for fightring - he wasn't even interested in this whole senshi and magic thing to be fair. But he also didn't like the idea of someone grabbing energy outside his appartment building...and grabbing his energy as well.
Finally he got close enough that he could take a swing at them, hoping to stop them. "You can't go taking whatever yo uwant from people, you do know that or do you like manners."
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:49 pm
Katya was right, he could hear the footsteps getting closer as well as feeling that signature gaining on him. There wasn't much time to avoid things or figure out a plan but what he did do was pull that metal bottle out of his subspace where they couldn't see it. "Hold on tight Katya, or if you need to hop off, be careful to not get hurt."
Turning as they spoke, he took the hit from them as he swung the metal bottle at them. It was pretty full still so it was bound to hurt and if he could get through this without using his magic much that would be ideal. At least the hit he took didn't hurt as much because he'd moved from where they'd been aiming originally.
"C'est pas tes oignons!" It came out more from habit and annoyance than anything but after that, he figured it might throw the other senshi off. Taking a step back, he pulled his hands up to look like he was taking a fighting stance similar to what he saw from that outer space senshi he'd come across earlier in the month.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:11 pm
"I'll get down, that way if we need back up I can call." She would be prepared to call for Chalcanthite if they needed it, she wasn't going to Rene take more damage than he needed to in a battle with some senshi. She knew he couldn't use his magic, at least not yet, it was too unpredictable and it would put him at a disadvantage if his magic unleased on him and not the enemy senshi. Jumping down she laughed as his metal bottle hit the senshi in the face with a cracking down, as it connected solidly with the senshis cheek.
"Good!" She shouted while making to find a free, safe, place to stand and pull out her tablet incase she needed to make a fast call for help.
He was expecting someone to hit him, of course, or even use magic but a ******** metal bottle? Where that had come from he didn't know but he also didn't have time to avoid it, because he was stunned into stillness by it's appearence. His first hit them sure, he felt his fist hit, but that flash slammed into his cheek and turned his face. He was also wondering if his jaw might be broken because the pain that shot through him at impact. That thing was not only heavy metal but it was full! Stepping back, several steps, his hand came up to his jaw that ached and throbbed.
Cursing he turned to them, ok so they also weren't from here he was guessing. He had no idea what they said but it soudned like a language he'd heard before...Italian maybe? French as well..they were both romance languages. Should he do something? He was certain he should but he was also certain a hospital might be a very good idea right now as well.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:37 pm
The hit sounded solid and he could feel something give on their face when the thing had connected. As it swung back, he noticed a small dent, something that should be fine but he might not be able to use the thing for hot drinks if it got really banged up.
Narrowing his eyes at them he waved the bottle at them, daring them to get close enough for him to hit them with it again. He wouldn't take the step himself because he didn't want them to trigger their own magic as he closed in. "I can break the other side if you want. Or you can leave and go to the hospital." He laid his accent on a bit thicker, mumbling through some words as he took a step back and towards Katya. The main goal was just getting away so if they were going to leave anyway he'd be perfectly fine heading out as well.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:49 pm
He was fairly certain something had given that shouldn't have, broken perhaps, it certainly wasn't something unimaginable for the dirty blond as he looked around. Finally he did turn back and leave, he'd need to find somewherre safe to power down before he headed for the hospital. He'd also need to text someone in his family, since he had a feeling that talking would be a difficult task for him. This wasn't good, he had not been looking to get hurt like this, this was why he didn't do senshi things.
This was the odd one off and he was not planning on having another go of the whole senshi thing again, he had no reason for it, the grocery store incident was also an odd one off. After this though - nope, he was not doing it again. The idea that some peopel continued to do this, continued to get injured, he couldn't understand it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:53 pm
Smiling as the senshi left, he picked Katya up and threw his scarf back over her to help her blend in before heading further down the alley until he made a long and winding path back toward his shop. He'd wait till he was a block or two away before powering down. After that, Katya's idea had sounded nice so he'd probably hop in his car and head over with her to Alexandre's for the night. It was cold enough the other would have a nice fire going and that sounded perfect as a reward for all the energy he'd gathered.
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