It made him restless, made these late-night adventures more common while not waking the other. He knew it would make them worry if they woke up and he was gone but he needed the time to wander and think. More than anything he needed the quiet to try and work through things, it was hard to focus with all those softly glowing lights and the humming of electricity as it ran through everything in their home. Out here it was quieter, giving him what he needed as he hummed softly to himself and plucked a flower for himself.
There were some of those vile auras around, though none of them felt like the thing that he and Ian had escaped from, that nasty youma that had lashed out at his… what did he even call Ian? Sure they shared a last name but that was because he thought it would be a good idea. With Amel… they had been close and nobody else had mattered and while Ian felt like them, and had the same starseed, they weren’t them and it was… complicated. Sighing softly, he hunkered down in the field of flowers and ducked down a bit as he felt one of those nasty auras coming closer.
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Meinel felt a bit out of her element, wandering around instead of waiting for someone to come to her. Granted, she could always follow Lorcan’s advice and stay in the back while her older more powerful cousins handled everything, but that just didn't sit right with her. She was capable of taking care of herself! Her father taught her basic self defense and her powers worked in her favor in the fact that it made people sicker the closer they got to her. As she continued her walk she came across a garden that held an order signature.
Instead of moving on she figured adding another energy drain to her tally would be a boon and she could tell Beni later, and prove to Stitch that she's not some little baby. There was no gate so she just let herself in, walking along the path while touching all the beautiful flowers around. The signature was getting closer…
As soon as she was in range, she would let her powers flow to bring them in close. If things went her way, she would drain the little light and be on her way. She hoped it would devolve into fighting, Meinel was not in the mood for a difficult target tonight.
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Feeling them get closer, Erinome looked up and saw a small lady with lightly colored hair getting closer. They had so much hair, how did they manage it all? He had a bad feeling about this as they got closer but it was late and he didn’t want to bother Ian even though they had told him to let him know if there was trouble.
Moving slightly back, he grabbed some of the loose dirt just in case to throw at them if they started anything. He knew he didn’t really have much in terms of fighting magic but he’d figure something out to get away if he needed to.
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Awwwwe…Was the poor thing scared? Of her?
Meinel didn't know how to feel about that, considering she wasn't planning on hurting the white moon, she just wanted their energy. She mostly left the hurting to Beni and the others, she wasn't exactly cut out for it…Yet. As the blonde got closer, she tried to appear as unassuming as possible. “You're so scared….I'm not going to hurt you.” Once she was close enough, she clasped her hands in front of her, thumb rubbing along the inside of her wrist to activate her power.
“You're a white moon senshi right?” Her steps were measured, approaching very slowly while keeping her eyes on their every movement, “I've never met one before to be honest. I am told that they are all bad and blah blah blah, but you seem pretty fine to me.” In fact, she thought the tiny senshi was quite adorable.
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Narrowing his eyes slightly, he really didn’t like the feeling that came from the lady, girl? They seemed young but it was hard to tell because he was smaller than most humans that were even remotely adults.
His nose twitched as she said something though, a faint scent that reminded him of the nice fruits and muddled berry lemonade he’d had seemed to come off them and he couldn’t help but lean slightly closer. His antennae twitched slightly as he sniffed the air more but he didn’t move too much more from his spot among the flowers as he started to feel the slightest bit dizzy from things as they moved closer.
“White moon?” He hadn’t heard that term really, not that he knew of and he slightly shook his head. “Just me but senshi.” Speaking hesitantly as he rested a hand on the soft dirt to try and keep himself from slumping to the ground from the dizziness. He still had a bad feeling about things but he wasn’t sure if he could get his phone out to message Ian without causing some sort of trouble. They had warned him not to let other senshi know who they were as a human and not to let things follow him back to the property. But he also knew the other wasn’t out and about like he was so that they could be reached by his senshi phone.
“Hrm… not youma tho.” Blinking as he looked at the blonde with the crack in their forehead and chest. Didn’t that hurt? It looked wrong and like it might cause pain but he wasn’t really sure what else to say.
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Meinel got closer, shaking her head, “Nope, not Youma little one.” she stopped after she felt she was close enough for the senshi to feel the worst of the effects. “You don't look so good….Are you alright?” Her head tilted to the side innocently, squatting down, while faking concern. “Do you…Need help?” She couldn't decide whether she wanted to drain the guy or call Beni over to see if he could bring this one into the fold. They were so cute and she really liked the idea of having a pet follow her around. It would be so much fun to take care of a newly awakened baby chaos senshi, especially one with the appearance they had.
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If he wasn’t so dizzy he might have said something against being called a little one as he was pretty sure he was older than a majority of those on this planet. But everything was spinning and he found himself leaning towards the ground in an effort to not feel like the world was spinning.
“Not good…” Squeezing his eyes shut for a moment he shook his head. Something was wrong here, especially as they’d gotten closer to him. As he leaned into the flowers he kicked his leg out to send dirt up at them before slowly moving back. He didn’t try getting up, just sort of wiggled backwards getting dirt all over his uniform and messing up some of the flowers in the process.
“Not from you… sickly sweet like poison.” It was like those plants fueled by chaos back home but different. He knew to avoid them but he had a feeling that it would be hard if he hadn’t dealt with something like that. Part of him wished Ian was here but he needed to figure out how to get up and to run.
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The dirt was not pleasant, and she thanked everything in existence that she closed her eyes in time. That didn't stop the dirt from invading other places though. Standing up and dusting herself off with an angry grimace, Meinel went from curious to annoyed. “I can see why we have orders to try and eliminate you mongrels…” Since she could see the pitiful thing scrabbling in the flowers she decided to raise her foot, bringing it down with force in the middle of its back. Grinding her thin heel in, Meinel reached forward, into his back.
Ah…So that's the thing that would give her more power right? According to that guide? Just touching it caused a weird shiver to go down her spine. Hmm…..More experimentation would be needed before she actually tried anything. But for now….
Her hand slowly withdrew from the senshi’s back, but not before she started draining. The guide provided helpful information in the fact that powered individuals gave way more energy than civilians. The amount she was receiving so far seemed to prove that little bit of information right. A sudden cruel streak went through her and she decided to add more pressure to the foot on their back, sighing with disappointment. “Too bad you're one of them…Would've been nice to have a moth to display at home~”
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Orders to eliminate? That sounded really bad… He managed to get just a bit further before he felt something pressing down, pain radiating from the thin and sharp object that was in the middle of his back. He froze and made a scared little noise as they pressed down more, his hand fumbling for his senshi phone and hoping Ian was powered up. And then it got so much worse in a way he’d never felt before.
When her hand passed through him it felt wrong, more than wrong, it felt like a violation that he didn’t really want to happen. This was bad, really really bad, and he smacked the button to send an emergency ping to Chaldene just like they’d shown him after he’d gotten chased by a youma.
Thankfully they seemed to be letting go, that horrible pain in his chest easing up as he started to feel tired. What they said didn’t help and he yelled out hoping someone would hear him, it sounded like the girl wanted to pin him up like the little bugs in the museum in the game Ian had shown him and he didn’t want that to happen, not at all.
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Viva Viola
