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 Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2024 8:42 pm
Quote: Firework Flowers (13) : A rare and unique breed of flowers that blossom into long, stiff-stamened, spherical orbs like those of the blossoming Powder-Puff flowers are on full display in Destiny City. A unique hybrid of several species, these plants were being engineered at a small landscaping company. While they were only meant to exist in their private greenhouse as they continued development, a simple accident resulted in thousands of seeds spreading across Destiny City. Thankfully, the Firework Flower is a beautiful, albeit temporary addition. The stems grow rapidly and look like tall blades of grass until the week before the flower blooms; the bulb is hardy and opens overnight to reveal the beautiful firework flower, which can be found in almost any color.
However, unlike normal Powder-Puff flowers, when these flowers are jostled they explode in a burst of colors. Whether it is a simple touch or a strong breeze, these âFirework Flowersâ seem to burn up from the center of the flower outwards. It creates a beautiful display of lightâespecially at night. Scientists describe it as a harmless chemical reaction and encourage everyone to appreciate the flowers while they are here. The dust from an explosion can carry on the wind and will glow for a few hours after the reaction. The explosion cannot harm anyone and poses no danger to anyone.
The firework flowers that had been going around for Star Festival, though? Ilmari had a great deal of patience for them. As far as explosions went, these had proven quite tolerable, as far as Ilmari was concerned. As Baz, heâd taken to sketching them on his art tablet because they really did have a certain loveliness about them that defied proper description with words. As Ilmari, he didnât really have a specific use for them, but after ensuring that they seemed perfectly non-magical and not riddled with any Order treachery, Ilmari was quite happy to collect the little things. The HOA around the townhouse his parents had set him up with was full of people who would have had a fit about these flowers, whether they exploded pollen in anybodyâs face or not, and that made them a worthwhile investment indeed.
It didnât hurt that the pollen explosions made it so people had veritable fields of the flowers to choose from out in the city parks right now. Ilmari could very easily linger nearby, just out of sight, twirling a sapphire star-charm on his finger while draining energy off one of the nearby civilians, then moving on to another before the idiot civilians got too suspicious about what was happening. And everybody got to walk away with flowers, which meant that, any mild headaches or sleepiness from being drained notwithstanding, everybody won.
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:43 pm
Dunnottar loved patrolling. Especially when he came across someone of his own power level that he could tangle with. Fighting people on a physical level, when everything was heightened? It got his blood pumping in the most beautiful way. Fighting was an art and one he adored just as much as his knitting, even if he'd die rather than tell another living soul that he did something so... feminine as knitting. It was one of the many secrets of himself that he kept as guarded as possible, not telling anyoneâjust silently working on it and trying to take a happy release from it when he had the chance. Fighting, on the other hand? Going through teaching his self defense courses and training at the gym to keep his body in top physical shape? Now that he'd gladly broadcast. Not so loudly that people would come up to him to try to show him up or something like that, of course, but he wanted to exude as much of a "don't ******** try it" attitude as he could. Even if he loved trying it. He sensed an aura nearby, one of those Corrupt Negaverse Senshisâhmm. He'd have to be careful with this one, then. Because even though they were fairly the same on the whole "increased strength and speed" thing (aside from personal training to be better than average at that stuff in the first place, given the increase seemed overall balanced), a Basic Corrupt Senshi still had a magical edge that he himself didn't have yet as a simple Page. He approached with caution, but still with a desire to slam the punk into the ground and make him stop hurting people. "Enjoying yourself?" he asked as he stepped close, staring the senshi down and ignoring any people who may or may not have noticed his approach, his disappearance into the woods of the park.
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2024 7:04 pm
Ilmari froze as someone elseâs voice cut into the nice little groove that heâd created for himself. Damnitâstupid, stupid, stupid. Heâd gotten so wrapped up in his own happy little cloud of humming his current Favorite Song and doing his job wellâdrain a little here, move on, move it up, down, left, right, oh, switch it up like Nintendo, drain a little more from a new person, move along to a new person before somebody could notice that they were starting to get tired, say you canât sleep, baby, I knowâand he completely hadnât noticed the approach of another powered aura, much less that they were one of those sycophantic losers with Order.
Still, as he turned to face the person hurling accusations at him, Ilmari plastered on a perfectly sereneâif not somewhat flirtyâsmile. Oh, this was one of those baby KnightsâPages. That was what they were called. Ilmari thought the symbols all over the brightly colored uniform looked like a unicorn horn tiara, but heâd have to check the intel database later to see if that really meant anything. And the Page was very good-looking. Room in parts of the outfit for it to have concealed something, Ilmari supposed, but the vest was tight and the Page didnât seem to have an ounce of fat on him anywhere. Even knowing that there was a very solid chance he might be wrong, the voice was deep enough and the shoulders broad enough that he felt safe in guessing they were at least male-adjacent, not a particularly tall butch lesbian with a green ponytail.
âA lot better since you showed up, Handsome,â Ilmari coquetted, looking up at the Page just so and batting his lashes. For an extra-demure appearance as he sashayed closer, he placed one of the firework flowers up to his lips, brushing against its stamens as delicately as possible, so it wouldnât get set off. âYou know, you might be on the wrong side of all this, but may I just say? I appreciate a man who works hard on himself.â
By way of illustrating what he meant, Ilmari reached out and poked a finger at the Pageâs midsection, expecting to feel taut abs underneath the shirt and waistcoat.
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Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2024 7:52 pm
Dunnottar blinked at the way the Negaverse senshi fanned his eyelashes at him. Huh? What? ... Wow, he'd not been flirted with in a long time. That was... Interesting. He doubted it meant anything, thoughâthe senshi could have (probably was) just been flirting to try to get out of whatever White Moon justice Dunnottar was planning to dole out. Unfortunately for the senshi before him, Dunnottar didn't plan on being distracted by sexual urges. He never indulged. Never would. Having a romantic, or even just a sexual partner, were two things he knew were completely off limits for himself. First, he'd never make a good partner. Ever. Just being himself, without considering any of the very much romantic and sexually related baggageâthere was too much other baggage. Second, the aforementioned romantic and sexual baggage he carried. It would never work. He could never be able to work with someone in that way. Even if he wanted it. Which... he was fairly certain he didn't. He hadn't for a long, long time, other than brief, stupid teenage fantasies about being swept away by a perfect prince in shining armor. He slapped the hand poking his stomach away, glaring hard at the senshi. "Save yourself the trouble and go home," he said, eyes narrowed.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:18 am
Internally, Ilmari had to wonder if heâd been misled byâŠâŠsomething? In the other manâs vibes? And misidentified a genuine heterosexual for the sort of man who wouldâve called himself âstraight-actingâ on Grindr and demanded that only other masc guys message him, while secretly hitting up any pretty blouse he could find, asking to have his world rocked until he couldnât walk properly.
Externally, though, Ilmari pouted like an exceptionally put-out little puppy, and the expression wasnât entirely disingenuous. He didnât appreciate that the silly Knight was trying to stonewall him like this, and deciding how Ilmari feltâor at least what was or wasnât trouble for himâwithout Ilmariâs consent. Without any input from him at all, really! How terribly rude and presumptuous of this particular Page! Perhaps it was a game of âhard to get,â but Ilmari doubted that very much. For one thing, most people only tended to mean âLeave me aloneâ when they used words like that, especially when they were outside a context like a bar.
âYou know, some manners wouldnât go amiss while talking to a pretty young thing, Ser Knight,â Ilmari pointed out with a playful smirk. He didnât try to touch the irascible little Page again, but he did lean in close, as though he was going to touch him.
Instead, Ilmari batted the firework flower at the Pageâs face, brushing it against his nose and glasses and hoping that it sprayed the pollen everywhere.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 3:11 am
Dunnottar scowled mightily. "Are you seriously trying to prostitute yourself while powered up?" he demanded. Then he had an explosive flower shoved in his face and he sneezed. It did, in fact, explode, and he cursed, shoving it and Ilmari away from him. "******** off," he rasped, sneezing again. He wasn't about to turn his back on someone like this, not when he was half incapacitated by allergies.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 3:21 am
âAs if you could pay enough to afford me,â Ilmari snapped, scowling right back at the Page. âAnyway, you shouldnât say âprostituteâ all insultingly like that. Sex work is real work, jackass!â
But that was beside the point. Ilmari needed to get away from this guy before he decided to get handsy. Calling up his magic like heâd practiced, Ilmari blew a kiss toward the close-minded, excessively puritanical Page, and prepared to make a getaway when the magic kicked in.genovianprince Sailor Scout Attack: Chaste Decorum. Ilmari selects a single target within ten feet and blows a kiss at them. Instantly, they feel a slight, illusory chill wash over them; the chill itself deals no damage. This chill puts targets in a chaste state of mind and resets them to a pure, unblemished state by cooling their passions, making emotions feel less potent, and urging targets to exercise restraint in their actions. This can be distracting can leave enemies feeling dazed, stunned, or without any drive. These effects last for 30 seconds, and Ilmari may use this attack three times per battle.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2024 3:46 am
Dunnottar scowled, lip curling with disgust when Ilmari blew the kissâbut then an odd calm settled over him, and he blinked placidly. Oh, that was nice. Very nice, actually. All emotions inside him quelled, including the volatile anger that always stirred so close to the surface, and if he hadn't already been so stunned, he was sure tears might have sprung to his eyes. Maybe they did and he just couldn't tell. Was that what true peace felt like? "Wow," he whispered.
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