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Starlight NPCs (starnpcs) wrote in starlighting,
@ 2008-09-05 14:44:00

WHO: The Darkness, Adenah Collins, Kaitlyn Bell (and anyone else who wants to join in--it is the biggest and most anticipated high school football game of the year!)
WHAT: Sailor Mars's awakening
WHEN: September 5, at about 7:00 pm during York Prep's pep rally before the game against NYHS
WHERE: York Prep's football field
RATING: TBD

Despite the fact that all these attacks had been going on in terribly crowded, public places, no one seemed to be phased...at least not at the game. Whether it was the morale boost that the sailor girls gave to the public or maybe it was just because this was the most anticipated high school football game of the year. Whatever it was, The Darkness noticed the dramatic difference in the atmosphere of the game. No one was looking over their shoulders, parents were allowing their children to run off and play together, and people were actually laughing. To be honest, The Darkness wasn't sure whether she was upset by the obvious lack of fear these people were showing or absolutely thrilled that people weren't constantly on the look out for her. It would certainly be much easier to turn someone into a youma and then collect energy with people not trying to drive her off. But on the other hand, the fear that she was creating in this town was heartwarming--the feeling she got simply by knowing that these humans were living in fear of her was amazing. But now that people weren't acting scared...it was kind of...depressing.

But one thing for was sure, at every single place she tried to collect energy, more sailor senshi popped up. Last time was the very worst: not one, but two senshi appeared! And they had help, too! Counting on her fingers, The Darkness counted off the new senshi, in order of their appearance: Jupiter, Venus, and then Uranus and Neptune. Four senshi. It was definitely starting to become a pattern, and she was no fool...having decided a while ago that she was going to attend the York Prep vs. New York High School football game, The Darkness already anticipated the awakening of a new sailor scout. And if one wasn't awakened, chances were good that one of the previous senshi would come to the aid of the poor, helpless humans. That's why she thought ahead...and tonight, she wasn't going to turn just one person into a monster, she was going to turn as many as possible into monsters...let the little sailor senshi take care of that mess! Then she would be free to collect energy, maim, and even kill a few people in the process. That was, if all went according to plan.

She had no choice her where to sit; as soon as she reached the football field, there was a York Prep staff member in her face, asking her which school she belonged to. When The Darkness only blinked, the staff member rolled her eyes and pushed her in the direction of New York High School's section of the bleachers. Glaring over her shoulder at the rude woman, The Darkness took her place in the sea of blue and black, with several people shouting things about 'go sharks' and making rude comments about the people dressed in black and gold...York Prep fans. It was almost amusing, sitting there in the bleachers, watching the two groups of people engage in a sort of civil war. She even surprised herself by letting a small smile creep onto her face at the sight of two boys from the opposite schools look as though they were going to beat the hell out of each other right there. Much to her dismay, however, the two boys were pulled apart by girls (also of opposite schools) and led back to their seats. While the humans were obviously stupid, it was nice to know that they could be entertaining as well.

The Darkness had just began looking over the crowd for possible youma when the crowd around her suddenly erupted. And these weren't happy calls, these people sounded generally angry. The parents and adults supporting New York High School settled simply for polite "booing," some even going as far as to stand up, but the teenagers, recent NYHS alumi, and current student body got more than just a little livid. Never before had The Darkness seen such anger in humans--even in her past conquests, when stealing their energy, no one actually got mad--they were scared! And it was quite a shock to her that the teenage humans could get so upset...and over what? The Darkness was still trying to figure out why all the young people were standing, screaming, some even cursing and using hand gestures that would have probably gotten them in trouble with their parents. Standing up herself to see over the crowd, The Darkness craned her neck to see what everyone was looking at...and soon enough, she got her answer. Standing in front of the crowd dressed in black and gold, some students even painted like tigers (that must have been their mascot, The Darkness found herself thinking), were a group of girls all dressed in matching uniforms. And they were...cheering? The York Prep crowd reacted wildly, standing up and cheering; really getting into what the cheerleaders were doing. Off to the side, someone in a tiger mascot outfit danced around, also trying his best to get the York Prep supporters to get into it. Though she wasn't familiar with human traditions, an answer to her confusion was quickly provided: the York Prep pep rally had begun.

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fierys
2008-09-05 04:40 pm UTC (link)

She hadn't paid one single attention to the fans that were from NYHS, for all she cared to see them as, they were ants under their feet, and the York Prep was going to stomp all over them. She concentrated on the thunderous cheers that was coming from the section where New York Prep sat. They screamed, cheered, and rattled the bleachers so hard that she couldn't even hear the jeers from NYHS even if she tried. Tonight was going to be a sweet victory for them. Adenah couldn't stop the huge grin that spread across her face as she jumped around with the other girls on the squad, waiting for their pep rally to start.

She was chatting with another girl about just how badly NYHS were about to be defeated, when she froze in mid sentence. Something wasn't right. The familiar evil was brushing over her skin, raising goosebumps over her neck and down her arms. Lucky for Adenah the girl she had been talking to had been pulled into a conversation by another screaming girl just as Adenah lost focused. She didn't know where it was coming from, or fully what it was. It could be the darkness, but whatever it was wasn't using enough power for Adenah to pinpoint and figure out who it was. Curious, cautious eyes scanned the crowed for a moment, as if hoping to find a clue.

Nothing. And the pep rally was about to start. Well, there was no point in freaking out yet, if something was going to happen, it would come. In the mean time she could put on quite a show with the rest of the team. Soon, the music was starting, and Adenah was on her way out into the area infront of the New York Prep crowed. The routine really was extremely impressive, they had worked many hours on it. the music started, and as one of the tops, and front girls, Adenah was at the front of the squad, along with the captain and some of the other better dancers and tumblers.

Soon her body was flying a series of twists, jumps, handsprings, flips, and so on. Her body moved with the music, and it was clear she knew exactly what she was doing. She was a dancer first and foremost, though she could do the jumps and tumbles too, and it probably showed. She hadn't earned a spot at the front of the squad her first year at the school for no reason. The huge smile, covering her worry, never left her face. Soon she as being lifted by boys as they started the more complicated tricks, and Adenah was spinning and flipping some fifteen feet or more in the air, and landing with perfect grace.

The whole thing seemed to fly by, and soon the routine was done, and there had been no slips. Adenah herself ended being held up by one guy, one leg braced by his hands, the other foot coming to touch the other knee cap, both hands in the air, with a huge grin on her face. She wasn't the only girl up there, there were three of them. The captain, assistant, and herself. When the music stopped, once again the crowed exploded into thunders cheers that rang though Adenah's ears. You could practically feel the vibrations running through the ground and up to the squad. She bent her knees, and fell from the position, being caught in the arms of the bottom.

The squad began to jump around again, hugging each other on a job well done, and then adding to the screams. From there they started on more tradition cheers, rather than dancing. Cheers and chants to yell, and get the crowed fired up while they waiting for the main show to begin. All the while, Adenah was keeping an eye on her surroundings, watching, and watiting. Perhaps she was just being silly? Maybe she was just jumping to conclusions. Shaking thoughts from her head, she half grinned when she saw some of the NYHS kids try to come over to the New York Prep side to stir up trouble. Some of the bigger guys in the stands easily blocked them out, before security came to escort them back to their seats. "Sodding NYHS kids." she said with a laugh to one of the other girls who had noticed the potential fight as well. "It's like they bloody well have a death wish." she laughed, and so did the girl and anyone else close enough to them to hear. This game was going to be too sweet.

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lunarkat
2008-09-05 06:21 pm UTC (link)

Kat enjoyed watching sport well enough. She was even known to watch football and soccer on the television now and then. Of course, she wasn't anywhere near as animated about it as some of these students were. Screaming, yelling, starting fights over something as silly as a game. Thankfully the fight she spotted was broken up quickly enough. So the blond went back to helping usher students to their seats, and greeting the York Prep football coach.

Normally the team had their own sports medic, but being such a big game...Well, they anticipated more fights, rougher tackles, that sort of thing, and so she was called on as school nurse to play the part of assistant medic. That and she suspected that they were worried about the Darkness, almost as much as she was. Luna was sure that this would be a target. It was perfect. No doubt the Darkness would be eager to get as much energy as she could while there were still only a limited number of senshi around.

At any rate, until that point she was all about school spirit, or mostly at least. Kaitlyn had dressed for the part though. It had been fun. She pulled her hair back into a high pony tale, wore a black sleeveless top, a gold skirt (which had taken ages to find stuffed down in the very back of her closet) that she was worried looked a little too cheerleader with it's length only slightly longer then the aforementioned uniforms, and one of the football players she knew from her time interning at the hospital had supplied a stripe of eye black for each cheek.

She'd spotted Nic coming in, and was tempted to say hello. However, she doubted that the girl would appreciate being greeted in front of her friends by a school nurse from the opposing team. After all this was done maybe she'd say hi real quick. Assuming the Darkness didn't attack before then, that is, which she just might considering the way things had been going lately. Though the attack at that last Juli concert hadn't happened until afterwards, so she'd just have to keep an eye out.

There was also a strange -- warmth? Was that the right word? It was different from when she knew that sketchy woman was around, and she did have that unsettling chill. It was more like when she'd first run into Nic, when she told the girl had to transform. Maybe there was another one of the scouts here? It wouldn't be surprising, all these students, two different schools...She'd have to look out for that as well.

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