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 Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:29 am
It wasn't every day that she heard rumors about run-down places in the city that people avoided but when her newest assignment for her photography class was about architecture, she figured that it might be nice to take photos of a place that didn't have anyone living in it. It meant she wouldn't have to deal with whoever lived in the home and if it just so happened to be open, she could poke around for some inside photos and see if she could maybe find anything interesting. Even if she wasn't really about ghosts and all that spooky supernatural stuff that she'd seen with Hybris in the fall, she still liked exploring abandoned places. Powering up in the girl's bathroom after class, she stepped through the mirror and made her way to the closest one she knew of to that part of town. Going through the mental checklist, she made sure she had enough lighting equipment along with her camera in subspace. Everything had to be telescopic to fit but that didn't really bother her since she did a lot of her photos on the move in places she'd have to scatter from before the cops got involved. Stepping out into the night air, the area seemed just as plain as some of the other less populated areas of this city. It reminded her of home, which was nice, but some of the buildings did look a little worse for wear. Pulling out her camera, she started taking a few photos as she made her way to the rumored "haunted" house and started circling it. Checking the display after each photo, she adjusted the settings so she didn't have to pull out any lights yet. There was enough light pollution that it was going well but she knew if she ventured inside she'd need some if the place didn't have power. It was hit or miss depending on how long the place had been like this but she'd seen a lot of places left behind that somehow still have a hookup for power and water. Looking through one of the broken windows, it certainly looked abandoned. After taking a moment to look around the area, to make sure there weren't any cops or bystanders to see her, she pulled herself up and through the window as quietly as she could.
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:51 pm
Madriu was honestly quite pleased with the progress he'd made, setting up a little home for himself. It was drafty, sure, but it was a roof; the building, and several of those around it, had clearly sat empty for quite some time. Most of the fancy appliances inside didn't work, but that was fine--he'd managed to guess their intended uses from the things left behind inside them (and cleaning out the tall, white box that seemed intended as food storage had been awful) but they were missing something that made them work properly.
Probably some thing invented on his planet that he didn't have access to. The thing that made stores and alleys lit up at night, maybe--though he hadn't thought to ask anyone exactly what that thing was. Whatever, he'd figure it out eventually.
In any case, this was...his home, for what it was worth. Crumbling, still dirty despite his extensive efforts to clean it, but his.
He was quite comfortable here, too. While he was glad to use the glamor Cuan had given him so that he could go outside, at home, he liked being himself. So he was powered down, as Lex, with his ears and tail free--which meant that the sound of someone coming in through one of the windows put him on alert.
He was good at sneaking, at least, and he knew this house better than whoever was breaking in, and when he caught a glimpse of the intruder, looking down from the second floor, his eyes narrowed.
She looked like a Senshi. But in black, wrong--this must have been one of the Chaos Senshi he'd been warned about.
He powered up quietly, and then vaulted himself down to land in front of her.
"Get out," he snarled, ears pinned back and teeth bared.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:20 pm
Hela shrieked as something popped out of nowhere and she almost threw her camera at the figure but she stopped herself because damn this camera was expensive and she was still paying it off. Sending it away she stepped back until she bumped against the wall. "Sugar honey and iced tea..." What the heck were they? A youma thing? They didn't feel like chaos though. Were they like that nice merchant who promised to take her to the stars in summer? "Hey hey hey I'm just taking photos for homework this house was supposed to be empty." Holding her hands up in a passive position as she wondered if she should use her magic just as an insurance policy. It would probably give her a better look at the person since it was still pretty dark. Thinking what the heck she just went for it anyway. Whispering the name of her magic she pulled her hands in and then looked at the thing that appeared in them once she stretched them out. It definitely looked like some sort of dog boy thing? She wasn't going to do anything more with it but it always helped that she could toss it around and maybe make them puke so she could get away. Thanks to Mali she figured that out and it was probably the best way for her to deal with things she couldn't handle alone. She had to focus on school first anyway this magic stuff was a side gig and if anything just a bonus to help her get around the city faster. Noir Songbird Super Sailor Scout Attack: Hela's Visage “Hela brings her hands over her heart while saying the name of her attack, she then outstretches her hands. Between her hands, a more detailed rag doll resembling one opponent appears. For 35 seconds, the opponent will feel anything Hela does to the doll, to a degree - ripping off a limb would feel like dislocating the joint it was broken off at, digging her nails into the doll would feel like hard scratches, etc. The sensation of pain can be incredibly disorienting and jarring and for the duration of her magic it will feel real. Players may choose to take lasting damage or feel the effects outside of her normal magic range if they choose. Hela can use this two times per battle.
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:51 pm
Okay. Madriu could recognize a surrender, and while his ears stayed laid back, he relaxed just a little bit. No need to push for a fight that neither of them wanted; if she really had just stumbled in here innocently, there'd be no sense in fighting her, even if she was some kind of Chaos minion.
"Clearly, it's not empty. So get out and take your pictures somewhere else." This was the danger, he supposed, of having set up in an abandoned building--there were people who would treat it as an abandoned building and break in the same way he had. Maybe he needed to be more prepared--set up some things to warn him of intruders before they got too far.
That was something to worry about later, once he'd chased off this particular one. And she seemed to be using some kind of magic--she wasn't familiar to him, so it was hard to guess exactly what kind of spell she might be using, or what that little doll might be useful for.
"What are you doing," he said, less a question and more a demand. "Because if you're enough of an a*****e to break in somewhere and start a fight with the person living there, you really ought to re-evaluate what you're doing."
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:38 pm
Hela watched as the guy seemed to chill just a bit which let her relax a bit as well and straighten up a bit more. "Hey, you're not supposed to be here either so like... I could just tell the city there's a squatter if you don't let me do my homework. I'm not looking to like mess with you but I have to get this done tonight for full credit. Not gonna touch your stuff or bug things too much alright?" It was a pain because her groupmates had left all the photography work to her without telling her until the last minute. At least this time they were going to all be there, she didn't have to go beat up youma for attacking someone this time. It was just the usual laziness that she really hated from all those classmates of hers who weren't there on a scholarship. Holding up the doll for them to see, a little mini version of the fluffy-eared guy. "It's a toy, I make them. See just a doll and it's sorta cute? I don't really like the whole... fight thing. I just wanna pass my classes but I don't think you're a youma unless you are. Then maybe I'll hit you with my tripod just in case." Sure she could dust them but it was much more satisfying swinging that piece of metal at them. It really felt worth it after finding the ones that attacked her classmates. She really didn't want to deal with looking for another house if she could manage either because she wasn't sure the others had broken windows on the ground floor like this one had. Worst case, she could mess with the doll to make them dizzy enough for her to run and take photos. Maybe if she was lucky enough there was a mirror in this place she could jump through after and she could get right home and edit the photos.
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:38 pm
Madriu raised his eyebrows. He recognized the threat of government intervention, at least, even if he wasn't entirely sure "You could. That sounds like it'd cause a lot of problems, though, Possibly for both of us."
He considered the proposal in front of him, and regarded the little doll with a not inconsiderable amount of suspicion, because it was obviously her Senshi magic and he did not want to find out what she could do with her--admittedly, pretty cute--representation of him. Magic could take plenty of forms, some of them way more insidious than others.
"....Take a single photograph with me in it and I'll bite you," he said, in the way of something that was not a threat, but more of a promise, "but if you just need architecture or whatever, then....go for it. I guess. But knock next time you want to do this."
He'd have to move to one of the other nearby houses, after she left. It felt way, way too risky for someone on the ostensible other side to know where he'd made his nest.
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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:57 pm
Smiling just a bit she tucked the doll carefully into the sash around her waist, it would disappear on its own soon anyway. It wouldn't be as much trouble for her she figured, she could just say she saw some lights on in an abandoned house and thought she saw someone breaking in but it would be annoying to fill out a report or whatever paperwork it might need. Nodding along she pulled her camera back out and her little light meter to check a few settings. "No problems there, I don't photograph people unless they pay me. Maybe you should patch the window then, people can just make their way in if there's an opening." She'd done it kind of often when she explored all the half-rotted and abandoned buildings back home, though with a lot more caution since rafters liked to fall when she got into old farm stuff. Keeping only the slightest eye on the dog man, she wandered around with her equipment and got her photos one at a time of the spooky house, all while avoiding anything that looked like signs of life or inhabitance. It was easy to get into the zone as she mentally checked all the boxes from the assignment rubric as she cycled through various flashes and filters with her camera. Wandering down into the basement she spotted a dusty old mirror and cleaned the thing off, coughing and sneezing as an army of dust bunnies filled the air. "See ya later uhhh... Mr Wolf? Thank ya!" Stepping into the mirror, she made her way back toward the photo lab at school so she could get to editing and printing things up for class in the morning.
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