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 Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:28 am
Summer continued to wane on, and it had now been over a year since that terrifying night when Sonora had first gained access to her magical powers. Honestly, she felt like she'd done quite a lot in a year; learned so much about what it meant to be a Knight, and gotten quite good at what she did.
And she'd thought, the entire time, about the two people she'd met before she powered up, when she'd found her little wisp friend. She hadn't managed to run into them again, which felt like a shame; they'd both been so kind to her, and it seemed unfair that events had not properly conspired for them to meet again.
Until tonight, it seemed.
Sonora wasn't sure if she was seeing correctly, at first, but it took only a moment for her to be certain who she was seeing.
"Demeter? Demeter, is that you?" She jogged up, all delighted enthusiasm. "It's so good to see you again! I've been looking for you!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:51 am
Demeter was enjoying the night as she patrolled, gently helping anyone she found that was in a bad state—victims of energy draining and the like—though she didn't find any of the ones who were doing the energy draining in the first place. She wasn't exactly seeking them out, though, not tonight. She happened to be alone at the moment someone called out to her, though, and she turned at the sound of her name, grinning, and then realized— Oh. Oh no. This was her worst nightmare. Her grin froze in place as she stared at the Ida Squire who'd approached her, all excited about seeing her again (again?!?!?!), so happy to see someone she'd clearly met before, and Demeter did not remember this.God help her, she didn't know how to respond to this. She didn't really want to break the girl's heart, or something!! But dang it, she had no clue who the girl was and she hated herself for it. "Uh... hi," she said finally, smile turning sheepish as she raised a hand in a wave. "I am like, so super sorry, I don't recognize you at all."
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:17 am
Sonora blinked. Blinmked again. Frowned, a little, and tried not to feel hurt--maybe Demeter didn't remember her? Maybe their little run-in hadn't been as meaningful to Demeter as it was to Sonora? That was probably alright, even if it made her a little sad.
"Oh, we met last year, when I was--"
All at once, it hit her.
"....not magical yet."
That was right--weren't their identities supposed to be protected when they were powered up? Apparently it really did work, and Demeter didn't recognize Jupiter Butterfly as Sonora.
"I'm Jupiter Butterfly. We met last summer. Or, well. I'm Sonora of Ida, now." She smiled, brightly. "And I guess you didn't recognize me because of the magic!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:43 am
Demeter felt a wave of relief wash over her—oh, thank God! It was about the magic and not her own failure to be a good person! She beamed back at Sonora and curtsied, her mood skyrocketing back to its usual perky top. "Well, it's nice to meet you as Sonora!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands together. "Yeah, haha, those glamour things work really well. And it's so lovely to see you again. You look amazing, what, Squire of, um, Ida, right? So pretty!!" She'd been studying the Knight symbols in her off time, trying to memorize them so she could recognize the sort of Knight she was dealing with and judge what kind of magic they might be using—at least, the themes. There could still be a lot of variation, she knew, but at least it sort of gave her direction in case of a large fight or something.
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:04 am
Sonora let out a relieved breath. Okay, good, clearly Demeter recognized her now, or at least remembered her. That was nice; she knew that sometimes, little fleeting encounters were just that, but it had still hurt, for the moments she'd thought she'd made no impression.
But this!! This was nice!!
"Squire of Ida, yes. Actually, I became a Knight not long after I met you and Kaifeng. And I feel so incredibly glad for it--it really has let me see the world in an entirely new way." Opened her eyes to things she had never imagined could exist, shown her places she could never have thought to go....it all really was remarkable.
"How have you been? No trouble with the magic, I hope? Your outfit is different now--did you get stronger than last time we met?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:30 am
Demeter grinned. "Wow! That's amazing. I'm so happy for you; isn't being magical just so much fun? And yeah, speaking of seeing things differently—one of my favorite things to do is hop up on a roof and look out over the city like I'm Spiderman or Batman or something," she admitted with a giggle. She nodded at the questions, rising up on the balls of her feet briefly before settling back down. "Yeah, I got stronger—" she paused briefly to flex a pretty non existent muscle with false, comedic pride "—my healing magic is so much better now! Other than, yeah, when it sort of putters out or something, because of how late I Awakened. Senshi have a whole set of problems like that that Knights don't have, so you're pretty lucky there! But it's not so bad, not really. I'm used to it, and once I can fix it, because I've been told I can do that, nobody can stop me from saving lives! At least, magically."
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:12 am
"Oh, yes, I love looking down on the city from above," Sonora sighed, contentedly. It really was one of her favorite things; the world was so beautiful from up in the air,l and it made everything feel....small.
Like all the problems of everyday life were distant, and like everything in the city was somehow magical.
She loved it.
"Healing magic must be so great, mine makes a shield that keeps out people with bad intentions." She giggled a little. "Good vibes only zone. And, you know--betweent he two of us, I bet we could help a lot of people if we worked together; I could cover you while you healed? Things like that?"
An excellent support duo, if you asked Sonora.
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:16 am
Demeter nodded excitedly, clapping her hands together again. "Yes! That sounds awesome! Next time there's a big ol' kerfuffle, we should try to find each other! Also, I think Jupiter should get to know Autumn." She grinned, pulling a little notebook from her subspace and scribbling her normal phone number on it. "Here. Text me later!"
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