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 Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:29 am
Quote: Pinecone Projectile (10) : A strange anomaly has befallen Destiny City. Ordinarily, a falling pine cone would hardly be worth noticing; there are plenty of them littering the city on a daily basis. However, recently some of these pine cones are causing a bit of noise. Scientists are blaming some bacteria in the trees natural sap as being responsible, but some pine cones are falling to the ground and making loud crackling, popping sounds–or worse, exploding upon contact. As if the sound of small explosives aren’t enough, some reports even claim to have witnessed sparks and small fires. You’d better be careful when walking around any areas with trees–and definitely don’t start throwing these just to see what happens! Troilus was a king of bad decisions, right alongside his cousin Pyrrha. As smart as he could be, some days, he just was flat-out stupid. So naturally, when a pine cone fell near him and crackled, he couldn't resist investigating the strange phenomenon. He stood back a little, watching the tree with sharp, curious eyes and listening hard. If he focused enough, he could hear a soft crackling, very quiet, almost undetectable, from the pinecones that had yet to fall. Hmm... Very gently, he plucked one from the branches and held it close to his ear. Definitely the pinecones making some kind of noise. He wondered what it was that was happening inside of these things—he didn't pay much attention to the news or anything, so if this had been reported on, he didn't know. "Well, here goes nothing," he said aloud, before throwing it as hard as he could into the trunk of a more distant tree. It exploded violently, and he let out an appreciative whistle. "Beautiful. These might make good weapons," he mused, eyeing the trees. "If only they could be safely harvested... I wonder if we could ensure they stayed stable somehow..." He didn't notice the approaching aura at all, too lost in his thoughts of pinecone grenades.
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:49 am
The sound of an explosion was definitely enough to draw Karakorum's attention.
She remembered the stupid exploding pinecones, and how that had nearly backfired in her face when she was fighting the fiery, bitchy little Corrupt who'd had the gall to go all Sad Vampire over draining people. Like the whole situation wasn't the most obvious--ugh. Just thinking about it made her annoyed all over again. And she really didn't want to think what those things would do in the hands of someone who meant harm, so she decided to trudge in the direction of the sounds (and also the aura she could kind of feel. Wow, she was still not used to that.)
At least they weren't being thrown at her, and the (blue?! okay, okay, alien like Belial probably, that was fine she was totally fine with the knowledge that there were MORE OF THEM which she had definitely been told but really hadn't internalized until right now) Senshi seemed totally distracted.
"Hey," she said, "be careful with those, they can do some serious damage."
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:57 am
Troilus had not considered the idea that an explosion sound might bring someone running to him. In fact, he had hardly considered anything at all about the fact that he was out here, alone, making lots of noise and generally bringing probably unwanted attention to himself. He startled at the sound of the voice, relaxing immediately when he realized that at least the person approaching wasn't someone infected with Chaos. "Yeah!" he said enthusiastically, bouncing up on the balls of his feet. "Isn't it great? These are totally useable in battle, especially for a senshi who might only have healing magic who gets caught alone, or something! Sure, the enemy can use it, too, but if you're first, then you can catch 'em by surprise and get away. I didn't know Earth could be so fascinating!" He became breathless by the end of his rant and he smiled a little sheepishly as he pushed some hair from his face. "Sorry, I, uh. Talk a lot. It's nice to meet you, by the way, I'm Troilus of Enthusiasm!"
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:12 am
Oh, wow, okay, mile a minute here, it seemed. Karakorum nodded along, letting the Senshi talk himself out until he was done, and then she frowned a little.
"That's not normally what they do," she said, "and they seem to pop pretty quickly, so I wouldn't rely on them for weapons or anything. But they're not bad for a Page who's only got a string of ivy, either," she held up her weapon to make her point, moonlight glinting off the silvery leaves.
"I'm Karakorum of Cybele," she said. "I can really see how you ended up as the Senshi of Enthusiasm." Was that sort of thing dterminative? Or had the perfect sphere just happened to go to this ridiculously talkative...blue...elf...dog? Anyone's guess, obviously, just like Karakorum couldn't figure out any particular reason she'd gotten to become a Knight of Cybele and not of something else.
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:28 am
Troilus's brow creased with disappointment and then confusion as she talked—really? The pinecones didn't always do this? How depressing. If it was abnormal... Perhaps the trees were diseased, then? That certainly wasn't good, and maybe the pinecone explosions spread the disease—it wouldn't be the first time Troilus had heard of a virus of some kind that killed its host and spread itself by specifically doing so. The confusion came in when she introduced herself as a page of Cybele—he hadn't heard of a Princess Cybele, before.... everything went dark. She must have been new, then. "Your ivy will certainly grow into something magnificent as you grow," he said with a nod. "And... yeah, I get that a lot." He shrugged, grinning wider. "Guess I'm just lucky to represent what I am so nicely."
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:38 am
Well. At least Karakorum had gotten Troilus to stop tossing the pinecones, and maybe gotten him to think about them a little. That was a victory, sort of. Mostly because she didn't want him to accidentally hurt someone with those things.
Unlike her, who had very purposely and with malice aforethought hurt someone with those things. And she'd ******** do it again, if she ran into some other Chaos scumbag that needed to be hit with an exploding pinecone while she had exploding pinecones to hand. It was just what was done!
At least he seemed to like her weapon. Which was good. It was a little useless, but she was fond of it.
"Yeah, my brother and his boyfriend said so too," she said, "but right now it's not super useful. Really pretty, though, and I'm curious how it'll change." Maybe it'd get longer, or turn into something else? Hard to guess, since she gathered Knight weapons could become just about anything.
"Anyway, just...be careful with those pinecones, yeah? I dunno if tossing them makes them blow up, or if they'll do it on their own, or what. Don't need to enthusiasm yourself into an injury."
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