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Post by Aijouno Kyoutei on May 17, 2010 3:39:42 GMT -5
Kyoutei relaxed as it seemed Youenko was okay, shuffling back a little as she gave the other two girls some space. She shook her head a little as Youenko assumed she was a miko. "A-ah, it's not exactly like that, I kind of just help from time to time! M-my uncle thinks I'd be suited as a miko though..." she laughed awkwardly, blinking when Youenko mentioned the Sacred Flame.
"It's not drugs, no..." she assured, "From what I remember reading, that's the Sacred Flame. The former Sailor Mars supposedly worked here as a miko when she was younger. It's a little hard because the books don't really have too much information, but--from what I heard, she specialized in fire-reading." she paused for a moment, brows furrowing as she tried to recall more about it, "Another book said she had a form of ESP and could get visions. But who knows..." she wasn't about to debunk it, especially not in a place like this. She'd probably get haunted or something, brr.
"I-it sounds silly, but maybe...maybe you had a vision?"
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Post by Kaigan Youenko on May 17, 2010 7:44:36 GMT -5
Youenko paused for a second to take in this suggestion. A vision? She picked nervously at her scarlet nails and let her eyes flick back and forth between the two other girls.
She'd always... had hunches, twinges, feelings. But nothing as vivid and the entrancing but haunting scene which had played out within the embers of the sacred flame. She felt a new rush of nausea and quickly supressed it with another gulp of water.
"I hate to say this," she replied at last, "but that doesn't sound silly at all. It actually makes a lot of sense... Sailor Mars, she was a warrior, right? More than some of the others, maybe?" Youenko found herself suddenly wishing she'd learned what she'd been told in history, rather than commiting it to memory, then dismissing the information after regugitating it onto her test papers.
"A warrior woman who wore red?" she asked, somewhat more quietly.
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Post by Aijouno Kyoutei on May 19, 2010 14:41:34 GMT -5
Kyoutei kept a careful eye on Youenko, frowning slightly as the red-haired woman picked nervously at her nails. The thought that was niggling in the back of her mind got slightly stronger. Was Youenko a senshi? Maybe. Mars? Possibly. But... what could she, Kyoutei, do with that information? It wasn't like there was a Senshi Hotline or something--she couldn't just call someone with a spotting. She racked her brain for ideas, as another thought came up.
Was it...up to her?
Was she to help this girl awaken?
I can't do something like that! she found herself thinking, I never got the choice, but what if Youenko-san doesn't want it? I can't just make up her mind for her!
No, no, she'd have to leave it up to the other girl.
"She was a fairly strong warrior from what I read--a red one, yes." Kyoutei answered, catching Youenko's second question by chance. Her voice, while still quiet, seemed to get slightly louder, as if she was confirming it for both their sakes. She glanced back over to the room with the Sacred Flame in it, contemplating it. "I don't know if it'll give you answers but...did you want to go back in there...?" she finally asked. "I haven't seen anyone else around--everyone's preoccupied with the wedding and all--if you get caught by someone else, I can take the blame..." she trailed off. This was all she could offer. This was all she could allow herself to do.
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Post by Yuukino Shizuko on May 20, 2010 16:06:33 GMT -5
Shizuko looked back and forth between the two girls as they spoke of visions and the Sailor Warriors. Kyoutei mentioned taking Youenko back in to the Sacred Flame and her eyes widened in mild horror. Had she not seen the state of Youenko when she had come out of there before??!
"Surely you don't think she should go back in there? She almost passed out before! It could be dangerous for her."
However, as much as she protested she couldn't deny the connection she had seen between Youenko and the flame in that room. One seemed to know the other as lifelong friends knew one another, and despite Youenko saying she knew nothing of the flame the flame clearly knew something.
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Post by Kaigan Youenko on May 23, 2010 6:32:22 GMT -5
The sudden but conflicting rushes of passion from her two friends took Youenko off guard. What was the big deal? She felt like laughing, but when Youenko looked at their faces, mixes of determination and concern, the feeling subsided.
"I think you're right, Kyoutei," she began hesitantly, "I need to go back in, see what else I can figure out. Just promise me, she looked to the pair for support, if I get too crazy get me out, ok?"
Youenkou carefully set her purse on the floor and did what looked like a few akaward stretches. She took one last sip from the water bottle, slid the door open and returned to the base of the flame.
"Ok, Mr. Magic Fire, tell me what you gotta tell me."
As she stared into the depths of the sacred flame, from within her purse the tiny charms on her pen began to flicker with light.
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