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 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:42 pm
Quote: The Fireflies (6) : In the warm summer nights, little glowing lights begin to bob and dart through the city. Fireflies are mating, so this isn't uncommon in itself; in the past few days you've probably seen hundreds of fireflies. What makes these lights so unique is that they seem to change color; you might see a blue one, a green one, a red one. They flicker randomly, and something just seems off with them. If you come into contact with one, you will find yourself with a strange electric jolt. They cannot be caught, and will flicker away if you pursue too aggressively. This isn't the first time they've appeared in Destiny City, but no one's been able to tell where they came from or where they're going. No matter how quickly you chase them, they always seem to disappear before you can find any answers.
He wished he hadn't.
The park was a good place to grab energy, so many people around i nthe warmer weather, but the fireflies were out and he kept getting zapped by them. Yelping again he nearly fell out of the tree he'd been hiding in as his wraith gathered energy. Gasping, jerking, and clinging to the tree branch he took a moment to still his racing heart from the sudden zap which led to the near fall.
"s**t." He did not like these things, normal fireflies were perfectly fine, these things while pretty were not so nice. He'd take the boring, normal, fireflies any damn day over these things...pretty as they were. He could sense someone coming his way but he really was too busy, trying to adjust himself so he wasn't so off balance, to care about the signatur eheaded his way. It was chaos anyway...so all was fine - right?
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:44 pm
Whatever was going on in the city now that summer was in full swing had Okenite more nervous than usual when on patrol. Nothing eventful had happened since the starfish, at least, something he was grateful for, but that didn't mean he wasn't just as cautious about things. The fireflies that glowed in abnormal colors seemed innocent enough; his main interest in them was that the birds that normally ate fireflies were giving the things a wide berth. It was odd, but not particularly worrisome, since there were plenty of sources of food for the local birds of this city, even when leaving out the people who fed them, much like he did. Hearing a voice, he spun on his heels and looked around to see where it might have come from. That feeling of another senshi, maybe one that was chaos, didn't completely put him at ease, considering the one who had drained him with wraiths before he'd joined things. "Hello?" Calling out plainly into the night air, he saw a few more of the glowing bugs floating by and paid them no other mind for now.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:10 pm
Hearing the voice call out into the darkness he sighed, should he really answer them? They were chaos, he knew that much, but should he trust them? Was it even about trust for Hedwig? Not really. It was, if he thought about it, more about did he want to socialize with others involved in all this magical mayhem?
After a moments thought, or maybe a bit longer, he finally called out in return. "Up here." Not that he was saying where here was, or even waving for them to spot him, but they at least had a voice they could try and pin point. That was enough for him, he was making an effort.
He was also a bit too busy, to be honest, to wave or do anything like that. He was still keeping his balance and avoiding the fireflies which seemed to have decided to flock to where he was perched in the trees - damn things.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:10 am
Hearing them again, now sure that he hadn't been mistaken, Okenite tried to look for where they were hiding. With all the fireflies about, he noticed a particularly large gathering of them and wandered closer to it. It was still difficult to see, but he assumed he might be close, considering he had seen the tree shifting and some of the leaves had fallen, spooking the birds away from their nests. "What are you doing up there? The fireflies seem to have taken a liking to you." Waving his hand around slightly, none of them had let him get close, so he was surprised to see them swarming someone for a change. Maybe it was due to some cologne or something like that. Or it could be some odd magic thing, but either way, it was a bit silly to know there was someone up in a tree.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:54 am
Another zap, or two, and the dark mirror senshi landed out of the tree. Twisting on the way down so he didn't smack his head on the ground. "Damn it." Layign there the senshi of adoration sighed as he stared up at the fireflies that were still gathered where he had just been.
"I was planning to use it as a hiding spot while letting my wraith out to energy gather when people walked by." It was best to keep hidden, let the wraith work, so long as he wasn't seen his wraith wouldn't be figured out. Order wasn't likely to pin point him right to a tree and he'd covered himself well enough. If not for the fireflies he'd have been perfect really. They had apparently decided they didn't like his plan, or something, and had ruined things for him.
At least this wasn't a knight or a senshi, he was lucky with that. "Don't tell anyone about this." Because he did not need that sort of embarassing information getting out, that fireflies had attacked him and knocked him out of a tree - so embarassing.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:02 am
Stepping back as he heard the commotion and saw the tree giving way as the man fell from it, Okenite went to take a step forward to look over them. They didn't look like an agent, nor a corrupt, so they most defintely were like the woman who had used those ghosts to drain energy from him. But this one seemed... very bad at their job, though it wasn't his place to say anything about that. Looking around at the mention of those very ghosts, he was relieved not to see them nearby or circling him like before. Once he was sure he wasn't going to be blindsided again, he shuffled through his mental list of things until he remembered and pulled something from subspace and offered it to the other. "If you need this, it's a reusable heat pack. It might help a bit if you're sore." With their outfit, he couldn't really tell if they'd gotten too hurt aside from hitting the ground, but he also wasn't a doctor, so he could only do what he could. "I won't tell anyone if you don't use those things on me if we happen to be in the same area again? Deal?" Offering his other hand to pull them up, he still kept an eye out for them just in case.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:19 pm
Taking the offered hand he stood slowly. "I wouldn't use a wraith on you, if I did the general who is attatched to the mauvian who brought me into things would kill me, and we're both chaos so we're supposed to get along...or something like that." Waving a hand about as he spoke, making a vague sort of gesture. Maybe the general wouldn't kill him but they easily could, he knew that much, he just knew he wasn't going to push his luck and risk finding out. Even if they didn't kill him Dessire might just make life miserable for him...
Taking the offered heat pack he took amoment to glance over it, he really should put some of those and ice packs into subspace, at least someone was prepared..unlike himself. The heated pack was pressed to his lower back, where he'd hit the ground rather hard, he'd likely wind up with a bruise there.
"So, what do they call you?" Shaking the others hand, seeing as he'd still been holding it. "Hedwig, senshi of adoration." Which he did like, there sphere..not the name. He had the name of a ******** owl from a childrens book series, no matter how popular the series was and the character adored, it was a childrens book series...and a bird. It was not cool.
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 3:43 pm
Hearing that was a relief, at least, and he nodded. It would be something to remember for the future, but he would still be cautious, just in case. The mention of a punishment so harsh did have him pale, though even as they waved their hand. Composing himself slightly, he shook their hand in return before answering. "Lt. Okenite, though I'm still sort of new." Admitting with a bit of tiredness in his voice, especially with how rough things had been as of late. "Maybe then if we cross paths then we can help each other out in the future, those other senshi have been really crazy..." Thinking on the name Hedwig, he smiled slightly, another birdy connection felt fitting. "I should continue on with what I was doing, you might want to head home and rest Hedwig."
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:28 pm
"Yeah....we can help each other." He didn't like the idea of even doing all this work, this energy gathering, but at least he could have some company fulfilling his duty. It would make it a bit better, a bit more tolerable.
"It's good to meet you, I'm sure we'll run into each other again." At least he figured they would, this was a rather small world in terms of how many were involved in this magic and nonsense. "I'll help you then, if you need it." Or wanted it he supposed. Offering the heat pack back, he could get one himself as instacart was a thing, and turned to leave. He was still sore, he would be for a few days he was sure, the dark mirror was at least glad he hadn't gotten hurt even more given he'd fallen from a tree.
"You should get some rest as well, you're tired." Or at least they sounded tired.
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