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2954/EL MATADOR

2026-03-01T03:15:47Z

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|Date of Scene=2026/03/01
|Location=Mitakihara Ward
|Synopsis=Mai's mad because traffic sucks. She summons a demonic bull in traffic in front of the school. It doesn't end well.
|Cast of Characters=306,45,47,266,41
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:306|Mai Elcamino (306)}} has posed:''' It doesn't matter what you were doing; it's early Saturday afternoon and nobody's in school, not even people who spend too much time in school (or detention.) It's sunshiny and unseasonably warm, and people are out in shirtsleeves with light jackets over their arms, or worn very loosely, or without them at all. Everyone's stocking up on vitamin D except for the poor people stuck working indoors on a sunny Saturday. In other words, the sidewalks are crowded and there aren't many cars and what cars there are are ''in Mai's way'', and ''so are the people in the crosswalk'', and ''right outside the school'' Corona henshins in her car. "Pelotillero!" she can be heard through the open window, seething, "Attend me!" << ding~! >> << AT ONCE, MISTRESS~! >> Most of the lightshow is muffled by car, and any floating or spinning is overruled by seatbelt, and Corona parks illegally and storms out of her (very expensive) car, yelling, "ESTEBAN! EL MATADORRRRR!" and pulling her hands apart quickly to 'appear' a sword, which she HURLS at the ground right in the middle of the median near the Mitakihara gate of the school don't ask, and a HUGE demonic five-eyed three-horned spike-backed BULL with a giant mouth with enormous spiky teeth that stretches all the way back to where it should have shoulderbones. On, and the front of its five-eyed face is kind of half-skull. Silence falls but for the scraping of one red-glowing demonic hoof on asphalt. "Flier Fin," Corona says a little nervously as her wings poof out behind her and lift her aloft, Pelotillero echoing her cheerfully. Then she turns around, frowning. "Esteban?" There's a blue-skinned guy -- who looks familiar to any one of the people who fought her with the dark energy rats in the shotengai that one time -- and he's in a bright red and gold matador costume, every detail lovingly correct but somehow ''more''. He's crouching behind her car, staring at the bull. Mai's car is red. Her eyes widen. "No!" she yells, and swoops down to kick Esteban out from behind her car, bright red cape flaring out and ''moving'' and the bull is already charging, ripping up the pavement as it goes. Esteban scrambles to steer said steer with his cape and sword, yelling, "TORO! TORO!" 

:'''{{#var:45|Makoto Kino (45)}} has posed:''' It's a lovely Saturday, an early visitation of spring. Makoto had been waiting at the crosswalk for the light to change, enjoying the weather and in no particular hurry - which means she has a front row view to Corona and the appearance of that massive monster bull and everything else. She kind of stares for a moment. "Excuse me?" It's not exactly directed at Corona, more of an incredulous exclamation to no one in particular as she witnesses Corona punting her weirdly hot blue youma dude out from behind her car towards the beast. Belatedly, Mako realizes she ought to henshin and hastily grabs for her henshin pen. "Jupiter Power - Make Up!" Electricity flares and swirls around her, transforming her from Makoto Kino to Sailor Jupiter. With a powerful leap, she launches herself into the intersection, pretty much right in the middle of whatever Esteban is trying to do. "What is this even supposed to be about?" she wonders, hands on hips. "It would serve you right if your monster wrecked your car!" As the demon bull builds up a charge, she throws out her hands, scattering a rush of petals into the air and into the monster's face. "Flower Hurricane!" 

:'''{{#var:47|Nanoha Takamachi (47)}} has posed:''' Nanoha Takamachi is outside the gates. She looks down at the errand list. Check purchase orders. Check. Nod. Yes. Everything is in! She double checked that today, she just called them. She even has her phone out. She has to... let's see... ask about the flour delivery for the Cafe. Why does her family trust her with such important things? Because she's good at it. She's responsible, and helps her family! She looks up in time to... uh... Huh that's a lot of cow suddenly. What's this about now? She watches as the chaos unfolds as she watches the device user float up after making a youma and she just calls out. "Raising Heart, set up!" < Get Set! > goes Raising Heart as Nanoha Takamachi just transforms, there on the sidewalk, not caring if everyone and Madokami sees her right now as she jumps, flier fins taking hold at her feet as she flies up and says. "Hello. I'm Nanoha Takamachi, why did you have a cow?" she asks. She might mean in various ways as she looks down at the rampaging bull as Sailor Jupiter appears to throw petals into the face of the monster. Nanoha responds by blasting Shot Barrets down at it from her position, balls of light that turn into laser spam quickly down at the monster, trying to get it's attention. 

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''     Well, Miho is kind of out of sorts. Its a bit warmer then she would like far too soon. She mutters a bit, but figures it might be a good time to go shopping for a yukata. She has a few back home, but she doesn't want to go through the trouble of going home to get them, and coming back to Tokyo. The girl made a quick call to her dad, and well, Mom overruled Dad on this particular purchase. Miho was given a fairly high budget to go buy her yukata.     So sure its not exactly a designer yukata, tailored to her, or overly fancy. It's elegance comes from how it is worn. Miho liked it, and it was modestly high priced. The girl bought it, and made her way back towards the school. She was planning on trying it, and letting Amy see it. That was...before a demonic bull appears in the street. What the hell? And on top of that, its a demonic bull? This annoys Miho on a level that she didn't think possible.     Miho ducks down an alley way, and puts the bag with the yukata down. She henshins into Yukihime, and then blows out a few snow bunnies, a snow owl, and a snow swallow. She looks around for a second. "Guide the buns home.", she tells the owl who takes flight. The bunnies grab the yukata bag, and start running almost cartoonishly after the owl. The swallow takes flight looking around as Yukihime calls out her naginata.     "Only one person I know would dare to summon like this out in public. Did Daddy finally unground her?", Yukihime asks a little outloud before looking at blue guy. She lets two beads fly off her wrist, and snow flies around them to form a couple of snow wolves who stand by her side. 

:'''{{#var:41|Rashmi Terios (41)}} has posed:''' It's a wonderful Saturday afternoon, and Corona is a horrible jerk. This is the first thought that flits through Rashmi's head as the villain rises into the air above the massive demon bull. "Seriously?!" Rashmi cries... and then there's a flash of magenta light, which means Nanoha's on the scene. ...Suddenly the need for a Barrier has more than doubled. "Nicomachea," she calls out as she dashes to the nearest bit of cover, "Set Up: Exia Mode!"     << *BONG!* >> << COMMAND INPUT EXECUTE >> One golden flare later, Rashmi soars up to Corona's level in the air, one hand rising skyward. "Time-Space Barrier!"     << *BONG!* >> << TIME-SPACE BARRIER >> The world is soon cast in a warm sepia filter, as the Barrier spreads to encompass the school grounds, and a couple blocks beyond -- incidentally saving Corona's *real* car... maybe -- and giving the warriors room to really unleash. Meanwhile, she stabs a Look down at Corona. "WHAT IS *WRONG WITH YOU?!*" 

:'''{{#var:306|Mai Elcamino (306)}} has posed:''' The enormous demonic bull skids and tries to backpedal, and in its hurry to get away from the enraging petals in its face, shaking its mighty head-- or rather the top of it, because its skull is... special. Either way, the end result is wildly flailing horns, one of which keys someone's car about four inches deep and slices off the side mirror; people in the car are screaming and piling out the other side of the car-- actually there's a LOT of screaming and running now, and Corona is ojo-laughing in the air with her seraphic white-and-purple wings spread wide and gently waving. "They were all ''IN MY WAY!'' What clears the way like a raging bull? Nothing, that's what!" she cackles toward Nanoha as the bull rips the car door off in the process of pulling its horn out. It wings the car door at another car, then starts charging for Jupiter again. Esteban is ''so relieved'' it's charging for Jupes and not him, and you know what, he is definitely looking for escape paths. "Jefa! Jefa! JEFA! Soy amante, no matador--" he cries out to Corona. Her eyes widen and there are practically stars in her eyes. "Problema de habilidad, mi amor," she tells him lovingly, and blows him a kiss, and he catches it and holds it to his heart and looks like into the valley of death rode the six hundred. That's like, ''as'' Nanoha is shooting the barrets at the Demonic Bull, which means when Corona turns around, she sees the bull veering away from Jupiter to see what the hell is hitting it so hard it's rocking its massive bulk; its huge crocodile-like jaws snap in the air, trying to bite the barrets and realizing that's a terrible idea and roaring. "She got a raise actually," the blue guy, Esteban, says to Miho with a Mexican accent to his Japanese. Corona turns and pouts at Rashmi. "Wrong with me?" she repeats. She rolls her eyes and doesn't even ''answer''. She deliberately turns her ''back'' on the sunshiny Device Mage and flips her off over her shoulder. 

:'''{{#var:45|Makoto Kino (45)}} has posed:''' "A lot, I'm guessing--" Sailor Jupiter calls out to Rashmi, in the absence of a verbal reply from Corona herself. At least now there's a barrier up, which means no civilians in the crossfire... and just now, Mako's feeling inspired to be annoying. "Hey!" This time she's yelling at the giant monster bull. She's also throwing little bolts of electricity at it from her fingertips, each time hopping a few yards on the diagonal - not a full bolt of lightning, just flicking fine lances of voltage, trying to kite it around to put herself between it and Corona's car. "What was the word - toro! Toro, toro!" It's almost like she's ''trying'' to make the thing mad. 

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''     WHAT?! She got a raise?! Yukihime glares at Esteban. "She got a WHAT?!", the girl asks. "Oh, no. This is so...not right.", she hisses. The yuki-onna looks at Mai for a long moment. She breathes out. The swallow flies high in the air, and then does a dive. Its moving at a very high rate of speed, turning into a high speed...snowball. Yukihime is aiming to hit Mai in the face with a guided snowball! Sure, its not going to do any actual damage, but...it might be distracting. Ish.     Yukihime weighs her options. She doesn't have the fire power to actually damage the bull. She changes the naginata to her bow, and fires several arrows of ice at the bull. She frowns a little bit, fully knowing she isn't going to be doing much to harm the youma. The wolves stay close to Yukihime, protectively. The girl breathes out a little bit. Then she thinks of something. Why do they call it a bullseye? Cause you're trying to hit the bull's eye. For now, Yukihime is taking her time, and taking aim. She doesn't loose the next arrow just yet. She wants to make sure she can hit her target. 

:'''{{#var:47|Nanoha Takamachi (47)}} has posed:''' Nanoha Takamachi eyes go wide as Corona does a VERY ADULT THING and FLIPS OFF RASHMI. "OOooooh you can't do that! Didn't your parents ever tell you that's bad!?" the young girl admonishes. Or try to. Because can Corona even feel self-shame like that? But Nanoha doesn't know that. "Oh it's a cow. It can't... cow me from this distance." she says as she aims down at the Bull and then calls out. "Hammer Shot!" < Hammer Shot! > calls out Raising Heart as a massive slug of energy launches from Raising Heart in a shotgun like manner trying to aim right for the skull. Boom. Headshot man, Headshot! 

:'''{{#var:41|Rashmi Terios (41)}} has posed:''' ...Corona just flipped Rashmi off. CORONA JUST FLIPPED RASHMI OFF WHAT-- ...actually no nevermind. There *is* a correct answer to that. "...Makes sense," Rashmi answers negligently, as though the gesture said everything she needed to know about Corona. And, honestly, it kind of did, if she whistles up a bull youma just because traffic sucks. Instead, she turns to the bull, to see that the others have a pretty decent handle on this. So... How to help, how to help... ah!     << *BONG!* >> << SOLAR BARRAGE -- GLACE SHIFT >> The answer is Barrets by the dozen, sticky icy Barrets walked around the bull's stompy hooves. Perhaps it's too mighty to be stuck to the ground for very long, but, ice buildup is *always* a problem when you have *that much* bulk to shift. 

:'''{{#var:41|Rashmi Terios (41)}} has posed:''' ...Corona just flipped Rashmi off. CORONA JUST FLIPPED RASHMI OFF WHAT-- ...actually no nevermind. There *is* a correct answer to that. "...Makes sense," Rashmi answers negligently, as though the gesture said everything she needed to know about Corona. And, honestly, it kind of did, if she whistles up a bull youma just because traffic sucks. Instead, she turns to the bull, to see that the others have a pretty decent handle on this. So... How to help, how to help... ah!     << *BONG!* >> << TERA ACCEL -- BOOST UP >> A trio of wispy balls of light resolve around her, darting off to bring her friends a brief, but noticeable, boost in move speed. Hey, if folks want to hit the bull and upset it *even more,* Rashmi is absolutely happy to let them escape the consequences of enraging a bull. 

:'''{{#var:306|Mai Elcamino (306)}} has posed:''' "Why do you keep talking about cows? Yes that is a demonic bull!" Corona asks Nanoha aggrievedly, "And I used it ''appropriately'', the finger! I used it as my sainted mother taught me! It's for when someone's not even good enough for an ''insult.'' And people who make me look bad in front of my boss, even ''if'' I got a raise out of it, are not good enough for ''anything''! They don't have the right to ''speak'' to me." Meanwhile, below, the bull is seeing red in all five of its eyes, and the three horns on its head lower as it scrapes its foot and charges Jupiter again!! It's fast and it probably weighs a car all by itself. Mai's ... beef ... with the city of Tokyo is lorge, and it's headed straight for Jupiter in front of Mai's car. Honestly a bull youma because of traffic sucking is such a step down from a zombie apocalypse over a broken nail, but Hawkmoth can only make one Akuma at a time. The headshot Nanoha levels at the bull messily knocks a horn off the skullface part of its head and okay also part of its demonic jaw, and yet AND YET it PERSISTETH. Its maw is huge and it's coming directly at Makoto-- --and then Corona gets hit directly in the face with a snowball and nearly falls out of the air, shrieking invectives in Spanish as she swoops at the last second, wiping snow off her face and smudging her makeup. "Esteban! Stop looking at me like that and ''attack the sparkles'' what-- OKAY FINE," and Mai swoops down again, this time to pick up her weirdly hot blue youma under the arms and lift him up, up, and she calls out, "Pelotillero, door! Valio madre-- MY CAR. Aaaaaghghghhh!!" 

:'''{{#var:41|Rashmi Terios (41)}} has posed:''' ...Okay *wow* Nanoha half knocked its block off, well... The way the current battle's going, there's only one more thing to do, because the other three *do* have this super in hand!     << *BONG!* >> << TERA BARRET -- BOOST UP >> This time, a boost to ranged attacks; partly in honor of Yukihime's snowball skills, partly so Corona can see what an air-superiority Devicer can really do. "I'm sure you did your best, Corona-san~!" she calls after the retreating villain, currently suffering the Consequences of Her Choices. 

:'''{{#var:45|Makoto Kino (45)}} has posed:''' The beast charges, at least a car's weight of furious dark energy beef and horns at full tilt, and Sailor Jupiter? Sailor Jupiter ''grins.'' "Supreme--" The timing would be dicey as anything, but Rashmi has given her a temporary speed boost and Makoto makes the absolute most of it. A bare instant before those three horns make contact, Jupiter ''vaults'' into the air, straight-bodied, heels over head and one arm stretched downward tracing an arc of electricity in the air as dark clouds roil in overhead out of nowhere between one breath and the next and the sky within Rashmi's barrier growls. "--THUNDER!" The lightning bolt blazes down. It meets Jupiter's heels at the apex of her arc, momentarily outlining her as a silhouette against and within its blazing energy on its way downward, following the line of her arm and slamming into the charging bull. (And probably also the car.) 

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''     Yukihime tries not to giggle at hitting Corona in the face with a snowball. She'll have to think about how to do something like that more often. She is a princess of snow and ice. Maybe she'll talk to Miburo about how to do that. Either way, she has a demon bull youma to deal with. The yuki-onna takes a deep breath, and lets out a small breath that has that strange blue fog to it. It seems to float down to the arrow. "Blizzard...of...Arrows.", she breathes out. The sparkle lets loose the arrow.     While it flies, the arrow splits apart into 5 separate arrows, one for each eye. As the arrows fly towards the eyes, as they get closer, the arrows shatter again into a blizzard of needles flying directly towards the eyes of the bull.     Yukihime lowers the bow a bit. She can still draw and attack if needed, but she's watching Corona a bit. The wolves stand by as they howl silently, as if announcing something. The girl offers a small smile. She knows she has more work to do compared to the others, but it feels nice to finally be...helpful. 

:'''{{#var:47|Nanoha Takamachi (47)}} has posed:''' Nanoha Takamachi looks very very sad suddenly. "...wow. Your parents must not..." she trails off a moment a bit as she doesn't finish that sentence and chokes on it a little as she looks down the shaft of Raising Heart, before frowning a little. "Still I can't let your monster hurt anyone today!" she says as she dashes into the sky and aims down at the bull. "Time to make a hamburger.... Divine....!" she calls out, a large burst of energy gathering at the tip of Raising Heart. < Divine... > "...BUSTER!" < ...Buster! > calls out Nanoha, urged on by the sudden influx of a boost to the attack from Rashmi, a BOOSTED Divine Buster shooting out suddenly from the ball, a giant laser that aims to engulf the entire bull and try to help wipe it off the grid in a fell swoop. "...now I actually want a hamburger. Can we go to WcDonald's after this?" she asks. 

:'''{{#var:306|Mai Elcamino (306)}} has posed:''' "LA LA LA NO RIGHT TO SPEAK TO MEEEE," Corona yells in Rashmi's direction, lugging Esteban through the air toward the door Pelotillero has opened for her. The charging demon bull truly thinks, with a giant chunk of bony jaw and a horn missing, that it's going to gore ''Sailor Jupiter''. Instead, as Jupiter leapfrogs over it and fries it with Tera Boosted Supreme Thunder, it plows into Mai's car and sandwiches it between itself and the two cars behind it, and there's such horn honking and so much airbag explosioning and SUCH a roar and yes, the smell of grilling steak but ''demonic''. The bull is thoroughly stuck and dying, trying fretfully to yank its head free of the smashed car and managing to lift the front of the car with its mighty head instead of freeing itself-- AND NOW IT CAN'T SEE EITHER, and it roars, blinded by Yukihime's bolts and scraping its hooves deep into the asphalt, making ruts... ... And then there's a ''crater'' where there used to be a bull welded to the remains of a car. Corona decides, wide eyed, that she is not going to get hit by that, and she and Esteban ''leave''. 

:'''{{#var:41|Rashmi Terios (41)}} has posed:''' "...Y'know what," Rashmi says, floating down to alight next to the crater, "...WcDonald's it is. I wonder if they're still doing the Alley Fighter collab, a Myu Burger sounds *amazing.* Good *job,* everyone!" Corona's quiet departure is marked, and well understood. Between the thunder, the ice needles, and the crater... Rashmi wouldn't want that smoke either. It's a relief they're all *friends.* 

:'''{{#var:47|Nanoha Takamachi (47)}} has posed:''' There'sa crater where a bull used to be in a barrier and Nanoha Takamachi watches Corona leave with a sad face on her tiny face. She then turns towards Rashmi. Who seems to know that girl. "Who was she?" she asks. She has questioons. She then ohs. "WcDonalds!" she goes, immediately distracted by the idea. She wants that burger now. She has a craving for beef suddenly. For no reason at all. Not that they weren't just fighting a giant bull. 

:'''{{#var:45|Makoto Kino (45)}} has posed:''' Sailor Jupiter sticks the landing, smoldering a little from the amount of voltage she just channeled and still grinning kind of like a maniac. Pushing her hair back from her eyes, she turns to the others. "I could definitely go for a burger," she agrees, and flashes a thumbs-up. "WcDonald's!" A beat; she glances toward Rashmi to add, "Nice buffs. It was pretty satisfying to get to see that thing smash up her car... even if it's only smashed in the barrier." 

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''     Yukihime breathes out, and the wolves shatter before the beads return to her wrist. She didn't need to use them this time. The mahou walks behind a car, and there's a flash of light before Miho appears on the other side. "I don't like her. She perverts nature.", the girl says. Miho hisses a bit angrily before blushing. "My apologies. Its...just...as Yukihime, I feel disgusted by her...creations.", the girl says with a sigh.     As everyone talks about WcDonald's, Miho nods her head a little bit before looking around for her wallet and purse. Son of a Bunny! The snow bunnies took her purse, which had her wallet! And then her stomach rumbles! "...Water for me.", she states..."The bunnies stole my purse..." 
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2951/Ace in the Hole

2026-02-27T04:42:37Z

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|Poses=:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' Ace Saijou's daily life is nowhere near as hectic as his life in Paris was. People may joke about the woes of a celebrity, but there's quite a bit that goes info film and stage work even when the cameras are off -- training, promotion, networking, and any number of things that eat into one's personal time. But having left that life behind other than the bare minimum to keep his overseas reputation and to continue supporting himself, Ace is discovering the simple joys in day-to-day living, even if they end up taking him in unexpected directions. Today, for example, it takes him to a toy store. Under other circumstances favoring a place like that might might have gotten him odd looks, but fortunately here most are used to catering to a variety of crowds, from casual shoppers to die-hard collectors. And so, the young man in the stylish jacket and pants steps out of the store in a cheerful mood, having found a helpful stuff and able to make his purchases without any hassles. And turning to walk down the street, absently swinging the carnation-pink shopping bag that said purchases are tucked away in. 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''     Amy is tracking a faint signal. Not as strong as any Witch she's seen... could a Familiar have come this way?     If she finds it, does she ''want'' to kill it now? Does she even ''want'' to find it? She's a bit unclear on how Familiars become Witches -- note to self, ask Madoka or Homura, and Kyubey about that -- but if it's just a matter of time or it just drains someone a little... well...     She'd save a lot more people from more than just draining, with an extra grief seed. But then... if the Witch kills anyone before she finds it...     She's just stopping on a rooftop to check the direction, when hey, she's seen that guy before!     Foreigners really do kinda stick out here, huh...     She drops into an alley just after he passes by, and dehenshins, then steps out.     "Hey." She calls out, though in a speaking voice, not shouting. Then she smiles and waves her hand. "Ace, right?"     She's still in her school uniform, having not bothered to change before henshining and going out on patrol.     "You know, I just realized, I don't think we've ever gotten to talk about magic?" 

:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' "Ah?" Ace looks over as he's called to, a look of pleased surprise and recognition on his face as he raises his hand to wave back. "Ah, hello! Amy, isn't it? How nice to see you again!" The school uniform gets a glance, but just an absent one -- figuring she's just gotten out of class, perhaps? Though what she says next gives him pause. "Magic?" Tilting his head at that. "You mean like stage illusions? Ah -- or is there a new club at the school perhaps, you wanted to tell me about?" Envisioning some sort of private summoning circle in an empty classroom -- it's the sort of stuff they tell stories about, isn't it? The ones that tend to end badly. 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''     When he remembers her name, she nods, "Yup!"     Although, when he assumes that magic being brought up unprompted means like stage illusions, she looks a bit confused as to why he'd assume ''that'', cocking her head to one side a bit.     Oh. Maybe he doesn't know ''she's'' magic?     "It's fine, I sparkle too. Do you remember having a weird dream about a bridge awhile back? Your princess -- err, well, the moon princess was there too?" The senshi must have reached out to him, she figures... right? 

:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' "Eh?!" *That* catches Ace completely off-guard. He does remember the dream (vaguely) and he does remember Amy had a place in it. He had been ready to come up with something glib to play it off with -- but then she mentions her own special nature. Which he was *not* aware of. So it looks like the senshi did *not* reach out to him about her -- or maybe he has his own reasons for not communicating with them? And so he finds himself completely wrong-footed for a moment, staring openly at her. Finally closing his mouth, and taking a quick glance up and down the street to make sure they have the space reasonably to themselves. Fortunately, none of the passers-by seem to have taken notice of him gawking at her, or have decided it's none of their business to get involved with. And he gestures to her to follow along as he turns to walk, thinking this is a conversation that's probably not best had right out in the middle of things. "What... exactly do you know about all that?" he asks after a moment. Trying to gauge just what it might be safe to talk about. 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''     Amy smiles a bit. Phew, if he'd kept playing dumb -- or something weird was going on and he really didn't ''know'' -- this would have been ''incredibly'' awkward. She walks with him, lowering the volume of her voice slightly. "I contracted in July 2023. Not long after Sailor Moon and many others first became active... although I guess your princess has been active longer."     ''One of my soldiers from before. In this life, like the Shitennou, he was taken in by Obsidian and corrupted with Dark Energy. I had to face him as Sailor V. He chased after me. Romantically, I mean, and I had to kill him.     Aino-san's words come back to Amy as she thinks back to what she was told, and-- oof, ''awkward''. "Oh. Right. I guess your... experience was rather... awful. But... you're free of Dark Energy now, and alive, right? So now you can save the world together with your friends! There's so many of us!"     Amy grins awkwardly. "I know about the Silver Millenium, that you're a Heishi of Venus..." Amy blinks. "Wait, ''you'' know about this, right? They did -- the Senshi did bring you in at some point, right?"     How could they not have? If Usagi and Mamoru know too... but, a lot ''has'' been going on... Amy wonders to herself, ''did they just not get around to it yet?!'' 

:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' Ace lets out a slow breath as he parses what she's talking about. It did occur to him that at some point, he might need to go into his true nature -- not to mention his past -- to others outside of the Silver Millennium and the Shittenou, especially since there *are* so many others taking up the fight against the dark now, as she says. But because he had been mostly amusing himself with his masked role and discovering what his life would be outside of the shadows, it was something that hadn't been at the forefront of his thoughts. And here that moment is, all at once. "I do know most of what you're talking about, yes," Ace murmurs, likewise careful to keep his voice down even as he gives her a reassuring smile. "My memories are -- well, a little spotty I guess you could say, but I do remember the Silver Millennium. As far as being brought in though... not so much. Not because I have been made unwelcome, mind you," he adds, "though my comrades and contemporaries have every right to distrust me. No, it's just... they all have their lives, and I'm still discovering my own. And what that means my place in them will be." His smile taking on a wistful tone. "Especially in hers -- my princess, as you say." 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''     Amy nods. Spotty memories... well, he did die, apparently, and she's never asked how complete the others' memories are. "Well... your place in Aino-san's life is between you and her. And if you fear distrust, I think Mamoru can probably help clear that up." She does not mean to casually suggest Mamoru's telepathy as a solution to problems, but this is 'part of their circus' as someone once put it so it seems likely he'd want to.     "But... uhh, right." Concern creeps onto her face. "I wasn't thinking about... what it's like, to have grown up under Obsidian. You're free and just getting a second chance now, huh?"     She places her hands behind her head and looks up at the sky a moment. "''Mood.'' It can be hard to find a place, this society isn't as kind as the past ''or'' the future. But I get to have friends this time around, so..." she smiles at him, "that's more of a place than I ever thought I'd have."     She looks ahead thoughtfully as they walk along. "...I wish I could tell you how to find a place, but... didn't you say you were kinda famous or something? Or was that tied to Obsidian work?" 

:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' "Ahahaha! Er, *somewhat*," Ace hedges, actually looking embarrassed now. "As part of that work, I was sent out to establish a 'Dark Agency,' a means to spread our influence through popular trends. Most people were unsuspecting of me, of course, so I did make legitimate connections in media and entertainment. I ended up creating the role of 'Kaitou Ace' -- I *think* they still have episodes of that show re-running overseas," he adds thoughtfully. "Not sure about here, though. Hm!" "But even though there *was* an honest aspect of that life, and I did enjoy the work... I don't think my place is back there," Ace murmurs. "At least, not for now. I'm discovering there's so much more that I just... missed out on! That's part of why I wanted to enroll here -- I never did go to school," he adds, glancing aside at her with another embarrassed look. "I was privately tutored, you see." "So while I *am* trying to find my place, I'm taking the time to experience the things I never really got to -- not in *either* of my lives, as the Kingdom's soldier, or Obsidian's general. For now, I'm just... me," Ace finishes with a rueful smile, giving a little shrug. "And I'm still trying to figure out just what that means." 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:''' > There's so much more that I just... missed out on!     "Mood!" Amy smiles. n_n     "It's... nice. To go to school with friends instead of having it be where I go to get bullied and get grades that will get me empty, hollow praise from adults."     She cocks her head to one side while holding a curled finger to her chin. "I used to see no other point in it, since I'd learn faster at home. Although... I guess now, I live here, so there's that. And school in Japan is more academically challenging." > I'm just me, and I'm still trying to figure out just what that means."     "Mood! What's that expression Mamoru uses... worm." Word + Mood!     She holds out her arms. "Are you someone who likes hugs? I figured out that I'm someone who likes hugs." 

:'''{{#var:222|Ace Saijou (222)}} has posed:''' "Hm?" Ace blinks as she asks that question -- and can't help but grin as he replies, "Well, I can't see myself as someone who *wouldn't* like being hugged by a cute girl! But I don't mind finding out for sure~." Despite his teasing tone, he behaves himself as he steps into those outstretched arms. His own coming up around her, still holding his shopping bag but firmly clasping around her shoulders and back, hugging her firmly as he bows his head over hers... ...and feels a tension he didn't realize he was holding, seep out of him. This... this is nice. "Thank you," he murmurs down to her, his breath ruffling lightly her hair. "For this. And -- for hearing me out. I didn't realize it was something I actually *needed*to talk about." 

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''     She does give him a bit of a ''look'' at the tone he takes, preceeded by a flicker of... surprise? As if it simply hadn't been on her mind that a guy would be likely to react that way.     But, there's also a smile at being called cute, and she doesn't seem to feel any need to be ''wary''.     She hugs him just as firmly, apparently also having decided to go with a squeezy hug.     "You're welcome!" She replies, cheerfully, "I feel like guys probably don't get enough hugs, 'cuz people are weird about it."     She relaxes her grip, although she doesn't immediately let go if he needs more hug still. "I'm terrible at keeping things bottled up. Well, most things. I'm glad I could help."     It's not that she doesn't ''notice'' she's hugging a boy, or can't imagine how it might feel with romantic feelings attached, but... romantic feelings ''aren't'' attached, as with hugging Taro or Mamoru.     "I'm happy to talk about magic, or most things, but really, the other folks are pretty nice! You should talk to Usagi and Mamoru--" She blinks. "Ah. I guess I can see how if your last memories of them are as foreign royalty you might not have met, that might be a little intimidating..."     "Well, they're pretty nice. We're all kinda finding ourselves in these lives, whatever other lives we may remember, right? We're all goin' through teenage stuff and finding our place amongst others and all that. So there's... more common ground, with your fellow students, than you might think." 
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Sheet:Ace Saijou

2026-01-31T19:19:13Z

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==Ace Saijou's Sheet==

=== Background ===

=== Personality ===

The public persona for Ace Saijou is one that first gained fame through television presence, then later branched out into idol activities of performance and song. The charisma that enabled these career paths stems from a simple, steadfast faith in one's beliefs, presented candidly without being overbearing. Combined with a simple eloquence, the overall impression that Ace gives is of someone who is both refined and approachable.

The beliefs which Ace presents holds him to be a lover of feminine beauty, in all its forms. Often he encourages his female fans to seek out the unique beauty within themselves, seeing it as the key to self-confidence and happiness. His television role embodies this ideal; as the masked thief Kaitou Ace, he will often take a moment to spare a romantic word regardless of the urgency of the moment, moved to give voice to the appreciation of the beauty he perceives.

The core of Ace's tendencies stems from the passions of his previous life as Adonis, a soldier serving under the Princess of Venus. Though only one among many, Adonis was a fervent believer in the tenants of love and beauty that Princess of Venus embodied, and fell wholeheartedly in love with her. Serving without question as she fought to protect the Moon Kingdom, Adonis lost his life in the fateful battle which saw that kingdom fall.

Adonis was subsequently reborn in the modern age under the sway of the enemy Dark Kingtom, where that passion would become twisted by their influence. As dark general Danburite, his Shadow Agency created campaigns designed to target the insecurities of his female audience, convincing him that the keys to beauty and happiness lay in their products. However, recent circumstances have seen Ace reborn free from the corrupting influence of the Dark Kingdom, leaving only his resurrected tendencies and original driving passions. The end results sees Ace Saijou as his usual poised, confident self, while his masked persona of Kaitou Ace acts as flirtatious gentleman rogue.

Originally created for television, the role of Kaitou Ace was that of a charming masked thief, stealing dresses and jewels to bequeath on those who caught his eye, or showing up to offer his company to those who were alone or struggling. Having been resurrected without the Dark Kingdom's influence, the role is one that Ace Saijou has embraced wholeheartedly, choosing his masked persona as a means to express his freedom and his joy of living.

Though openly flirtatious and expressive of the appealing qualities of the women he comes across, there is a wistfulness behind the roguish words and manner. For all his talk and play, there is only one true love in his heart, a woman too far above his station to ever be his. And so he consoles himself between living the dual life of a celebrity and a romantic criminal, making himself content with the second chance at life that most could never have.

=== Focus ===

=== Style ===

Ace Saijou's powers stem from his previous life as a denizen of the Moon Kingdom, with blessings bequeathed to him by the star of the solar system and the planet of Venus. Calling on that power changes his garb into a costume of white leather and cloth, complete with a ballroom mask. As the thusly masked thief Kaitou Ace, he fights with both agility and style, leaping nimbly through the night and letting fly with razor-edged playing cards.

=== Powers ===

TRANSFORMATION: Due to his previous status a simple soldier, Ace's ability to call on the power of Venus does not come with a specific title or invocation, but rather as act of will, similar to the conscious action of taking up arms; post-resurrection, that will has been reinforced by the uttering of the phrase "Kaitou Change." While the simplicity of this power means it is not as formidable as that of the Moon Princess and her comrades, it does come with tangible benefits. When transformed into Kaitou Ace, he gains enhanced strength, agility, and physical resilience, letting him move quicker and take more punishment than a baseline human could.

In addition, an aura of glamour surrounds his body while transformed, subtly altering others' perceptions of him. This allows him to maintain his secret identity despite having distinctive hair coloring and only a simple ballroom mask, preventing others from using identifying features to deduce the rest. The aura likewise extends to recording media, creating enough blur to prevent clear images captures, and to hinder identification software..

PLAYING CARDS: Kaitou Ace's weapon of choice is the use of playing cards as projectiles, with his trademark being a thrown Ace of Hearts. By imbuing his cards with the same mystic energy that fuels his transformation, he is able to hurl in a manner similar to shuriken, with cardboard edges taking on properties of razor-sharp steel. This energy dissipates once the cards have struck their targets, having the potential to leave investigators confused at sight of playing cards sticking out of solid concrete.

By holding a card between his fingers and channeling his power through it, Kaitou is also able use cards in melee by driving a wedge of force before it, creating powerful slashing or ramming attacks based on the movements of his arm.

The strongest attack that Kaitou can muster is the "Delicious Four-Card Shot," wherein he concentrates the power of four ace cards to grant them a guillotine-like shearing force. The energized nature of this attack, combined with its destructive power, makes it able to wound or even slay supernatural creatures who could not normally be harmed through mundane means.

PHANTOM SHUFFLE: A new ability gained after his resurrection. Kaitou has the ability to create up to three illusory clones of himself. Constructs of light and energy, their conjuring takes the appearance of a flurry of playing cards (an optical illusion) swarming and briefly hiding him from view before revealing themselves, leaving it uncertain as to which one is the true Kaitou Ace. These constructs are capable of limited independent action, responding to mental commands much in the same manner as a robot, able to interpret orders and execute actions without micro-managing every aspect of operation.

As the constructs have mass and energy, they do possess substance but have no durability. Striking one with force will cause it to dispel in an explosion of cards, which further disintegrate into fragments before dispersing completely. As such, the technique is one best used for defense and escape, rather than attack.

The range of the clones depends on the number of them in play. Having all three in play limits their range to roughly 30 feet of the original, while one single clone can move up to 300 feet away.

Ace Saijou

2026-01-31T19:08:45Z

Kyudokamen: Created page with "{{CharacterNew |NameOnMUSH=Ace Saijou |Char_id=222 |Img=https://i.imgur.com/UBs1TDz.png |FullName=Ace Saijou |AKA=Kaitou Ace |Gender=Male |Origin=Senshi |Grade=10 |Clubs=Drama..."

{{CharacterNew
|NameOnMUSH=Ace Saijou
|Char_id=222
|Img=https://i.imgur.com/UBs1TDz.png
|FullName=Ace Saijou
|AKA=Kaitou Ace
|Gender=Male
|Origin=Senshi
|Grade=10
|Clubs=Drama Club
|Series=Codename: Sailor V
|Chartype=CC
|Quote="I shall forever watch over you from afar."
|Profile=A teen star of song and film, Ace Saijou is most famous for his role as Kaitou Ace, a heroic masked thief fighting against a villainous shadow organization. The truth however was far more sinister: once a soldier of a forgotten era, Ace was resurrected and recruited by a darkness far deeper than any fiction, and lost his life fighting against the heroine Sailor V. Recent events have seen him revived however, and with him the mantle of Kaitou Ace as well, taking to the night as the rogue Thief of Hearts.
|Skills=Idol Singer, Card Slinger, Actor, Teen Heartthrob, Rogue In White, Thief of Hearts, Reformed Villain, Resurrected Retainer, Star-Crossed Longing.
}}