Description

Name: Himari Tsukikage
Name Kanji: 陽葵月影
Age: 37
Hair: Auburn, kept in a high pony tail most days.
Eyes: Normal bland brown. While transformed they take a brilliant ruby shade.
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 147 lbs
Familiar: "Quiet." an unassuming house cat of normal proportions whose fur is an unnaturally deep shade of black that seems to suck the light out of the air. She's almost more of an inky black, cat-shaped shadow with piercing amber eyes than an actual animal. The one defining feature Quiet has is the brilliant crimson crescent on her forehead.

Active Period: 1993-2000. Middle school, extending through high-school.

Alias: Luna Lightning.

Team: Luna Triad

Team Role: The muscle... Himari was the only real fighter on the squad, with the trio having one Senshi with dedicated healing powers, and another with largely support magic, the duo lacked any real offensive strength until they roped Himari into the crew. At the time Himari was studying Aikido and Kendo and was the only one in their group with any sort of combat experience, rudimentary as it was at the time.

Team Members:
Luna Iyasu (Group healer): DECEASED
Luna Heiko (Support Magic): ESTRANGED

History: Himari and her friends were normal middle-school girls until one of them accidentally slipped through the layers and became a magical girl. What a middle school dream! Cute uniforms, magic powers, protecting the innocent and the world! Everything was dreamy for Iyasu, so she convinced her friend to join her as well and Luna Duo was formed. Well, with healing and support on their side, they naturally ran into a problem that was too tough for them to solve on their own... enter Himari: a young and naive student of Kendo and Aikido. Himari was manipulated through their crush on Iyasu, and tricked into slipping through the Layers under the pretense of going on a date. Problem solved, they had a perfect trinity of teamwork and Luna Triad became one of the most successful magical girl teams in the mid-90s... and then they suddenly stopped. Iyasu vanished, Heiko suddenly transferred to a new school, and Himari was catatonic for nearly six months following reports of demons dragging three girls through the Layers into a flaming rift

Recent History: Himari lives alone in a small apartment and does not speak about her magical girl days if she can help it, outside of therapy at least. She's become a normal functioning adult with a normal, boring 9-5 job as an accountant.

Magical Girl Outfit:

A uniform in the style of classic Sailor Senshi. White sleeveless bodice with a V cut navy ascot, clasped above her sternum by a wing-shaped brooch inset with an enormous ruby. Navy blue knee high boots with white trim, and matching navy skirt with a burgundy stripe along the hem coupled with thigh-high burgundy tights. She also wears silver gloves that go up past her elbows with crimson accenting bracelets. Other noteworthy accessories are a black choker, heart-shaped ruby earrings, and a gold circlet with a ruby gemstone set in its center. Her hair is tied up with a crimson bow, and a large red ribbon tied into a bow sits in the small of her back.

Weapon:

An enormous gold and silver greatsword and shield which Himari wields easily one handed. The sword can be locked inside the scabbard to transform the weapon into a great-axe.

Powers: Electro-kinesis: Himari can absorb and discharge electricity, as well as imbue most objects she can touch with lightning. The electrical source does not need to be exposed, she can draw electricity out of conduits, street lamps, devices, even underground wiring. Storms are big dick power.
Himari does receive a higher than normal boost to her agility as a result of her transformation, but it was never enough to achieve flight, like some other Magical Girls. She can, however, generate discs of electrified mana solid enough for her to stand on. Coupled with her increased agility, is typically enough to keep up with any airborne colleagues. Theoretically she could use this to make barriers, but she was never able to manifest one larger than a couple of hand-widths.

Transformation Sequence:
”So tell me about your ‘sequence.’”

"Okay. Well, first I reach into my familiar-"

”Wait-“

"Yeah it’s as unsettling as it sounds. Quiet only looks like she has physical form though, so it’s like forcing your hand through a squirming furry sack… retrieve the wand, say the silly incantation…," Himari trailed off, flicking an eye up at her therapist.

”Like a call out? Like… ‘Prism Power,’ or ‘Venus Star,’ like that?”

"Like a full on spell incantation straight out of Anime… Ugh, I was a thirteen year old edge lord that suddenly had magic powers okay, I know how cringey it is."

”I want to hear it.”

"God. Fine. It went: ‘Justice, fallen upon the infallible boundary, appear now as an intangible distortion. I desire for my torrent of power a destructive force without equal. Return all creation to cinders and come from the abyss, Luna Lightning," Himari half muttered.

”Thats…”

"We were thirteen! And then lightning would hit me and… whoosh all my clothes."

”Whoosh…”

"All the clothes, whoosh. The rest of the transformation was basically the lightning printing the uniform onto my body, then ribbons, flashes of light, some twirling, and then a group pose,” Himari finished, rolling her eyes a bit.

”And it was never interrupted?”

"Supposedly the incantation stops time or something, so to the outside world it all happens in an instant… sure as fuck feels like forever to me though. You know sometimes I wonder if time isn’t really stopped, and the bad things just like watching the sequence and the implied nudity…"

”Hah. Maybe… You ever had a ‘Dark Transformation?’”

"… I don’t think I’m ready to talk about that yet."
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So begins...

Himari Tsukikage's Story

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#2020-09-23 05:50:18, as written by XianEvermor

Ebon talons. Hulking forms of muscle flanked by fire breathing hell hounds. Few forces were as powerful and destructive as lightning, and bending it to her whim while it lashed against her tenuous grip was the most empowering feeling. Go here... gather, strike... away from the path of least resistance. Flurry, staccato beat... deflect blow, punish error. Fuck that one monster in particular. There was no being wishy-washy when it came to lightning. Her will had to be the path of least resistance; her body the conduit of destruction.

Lightning was one of the most terrifying destructive forces on the planet... equally as terrifying as having that power abandon her like a rebuked child in a time of urgency. So now she lay there with the metallic taste of blood in her mouth, uniform shredded and mustering all her will simply to pull herself slowly along the ground like a worm. Isn't this where she was supposed to get her second wind? Her sparkling flash of renewed magic to smash the monster in the face with the power of friendship?

Something grabbed her ankle roughly and started dragging her. Fear welled up inside her chest and she struggled to escape the iron grip, clawing at the asphalt for any kind of purchase. The searing heat of flames was washing over her back more and more intensely as she was pulled. She didn't dare look, but she knew what it was: a flaming rift into the Layers. Her fingers dug desperately into a crack in the asphalt but her grip was tenuous at best. She felt her body lower slightly as the demon gripping her ankle braced itself to heave.

"Himari!"

She jumped like a startled cat, knocking over a cup full of pens and showering her desk with multi-colored paper clips. Himari's heart thundered in her ears and her face was drenched in sweat. Her eyes flicked down to her keyboard to meet the piercing yellow eyes of her familiar, Quiet. Right. It was a Monday in September. She was a 37 year old accountant, not an 18 year old Luna Senshi. It was 4:48 pm.

"You okay? You were zoned out pretty hard," asked her coworker... we'll call him Steve. Himari had worked with him every weekday for the past several years and had never bothered to learn his name.

"Uh. Yeah," she hesitated, mainly because her hands were trembling like a five point earthquake. "I'm uh... not feeling so great all of a sudden, I think I'm gonna call it a day," she said, more or less shooing him out of her office. When he was gone she let out the breath she hadn't realized she was holding and locked eyes with Quiet for a long uncomfortable minute.

"I know what you're thinking, and you can clean up your own mess," Quiet huffed, narrowing her eyes at Himari.

"Mehmeh mehmeh memememeh meh," Himari muttered back in an annoyed tone, flicking a handful of paperclips at the cat to get it off her desk. "Whatever, I'll deal with it tomorrow. Let's get a drink," she said as she got to her feet, digging a handful of paperclips out of her blazer pocket and letting them drop haphazardly to the ground. She scooped up her purse and shuffled out the door as Quiet leapt up to her shoulder.

"Kaho has the support group on Mondays," informed the cat.

"Ah fuck," Himari hesitated at the elevator for just a moment before rapidly mashing the button. "If we get there before all the wierdos she might still serve us, and hopefully nobody we recognize shows up." It was a brisk walk to Sin Eater from her office, but she managed to make it there just as Kaho was exiting, presumably before the support group arrived for their session.

"Kaho-Cha..." A sonic boom interrupted her, drawing her eyes up to a streak of purple energy in the sky... and a Thoughtless. Himari skidded to a halt and Quiet dug her claws into Himari's shoulder to keep her perch. Its wing got clipped and now it was falling. Morons... you don't clip a flying opponent unless it was a deathblow, otherwise it might fall on a bystander... Or... was it curving towards her? She blinked, just to confirm... that yes... it was going to land in or on her vicinity. Quiet inhaled an excited breath and began to say something, but Himari spun on her heels and began briskly walking in the opposite direction.

"But!"

"Nope."

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#2020-10-07 06:23:01, as written by druidquest

Kaho walked quickly back up the street quickly as the slammed down on the roof of the building, scrabbling for purchase against the tiles before slipping down to the street below, bits of tile and cement clattering around it. Kaho grit her teeth in annoyance as the creature thrashed around in the street, hissing and trying to pull itself back into the sky. Her cigarette drooped dangerously low as she chewed the butt of it. What kind of imbecilic novices would drop this damn thing in the middle of downtown?

Wait, did someone say her name?

Speak of the dumbasses, and they shall appear. two magical girls, one purple, the other red, descended onto the street between her and the Thoughtless.

"I told you to wait!" the red one chastised, smacking her companion over the head. Her wand vanished and was replaced with a large, heavy broadaxe, the blade shaped superficially like an apple wedge.

"It's not running away anymore, is it?" the purple one spat back, thrusting the point of her spear in the monster's direction. Neither seemed to really be paying attention to it, instead falling into a back-and-forth of name calling and blame-shifting.

Kaho eyed them down the bridge of her nose, the tip of her cigarette pointing further and further downward as she chewed the end of it. Neither seemed to be older than twelve or thirteen, so some rookie mistakes were to be expected, but to stand in the middle of the street bickering while a Thoughtless stood behind them? Just how brainless were these kids?

The monster hissed and rose up its head to strike. Kaho dropped her cigarette to the ground and exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke over the heads of the two magical girls, and when the Thoughtless lashed out at them its head slammed into it as if it were solid. The two kids flinched at the sound of the impact, looking first in Kaho's direction and then at the recoiling Thoughtless.

"Oh."

"Right."

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#2020-10-21 06:04:27, as written by fate0013

This is stupid, I'm stupid, why am I even doing this? Akihiko ran down the street as fast a pace as he was willing to push himself right now. Having magic powers made you a bit better then the average person of course but he really wasn't sure if he could go as fast as he used to. Years of sticking to a "normal" routine and not attempting to push your abilities past the norm meant that Aki was rusty.

Thank god his cardio wasn't terrible as he followed after his familiar . . . who was leading him through a shortcut that happened to leave a tall chain link fence in his way. Cause of course Kiki would pull something like this now of all times.

This bird is trying to get me killed I swear. He wasn't confident or arrogant enough to think he could jump something like that so easily with being as out of practice as he was, and Kiki was not as stupid a familiar as he would like to claim. Which only meant one thing. She was expecting him to ghost through the fence.

Aki skid to a halt in front of the fence and glanced up, Kiki was perched on the fence and cawed at him a few times to get him to hurry up. He squinted at his Familiar and grumbled. "If this doesn't work and i injure myself I'm plucking some of your damn feathers." He then backed up to give himself a few feet of space from the fence and concentrated. Alright I can do this. Just got to remember my old mantra . . . . . its just a small fence. baby steps. He let out a controlled breath and kept his eyes on the fence. You are empty . . . you are a ghost . . . As untouchable as smoke . . . The fence practically isn't even there for you.

After what felt like a few minutes of hard focus Akihiko's body started to have a faint pink glow to it, followed by his form becoming somewhat see through. Kiki cawed with excitement and took to the air again as Aki dashed forward and passed through the fence. The glow flickered away just as the ends of his coat fluttered through the fence. A breath he didn't even know he had been holding escaped His lips as a sigh of relief. "D-damn, I was scared i was gonna put myself in the hospital with that." He glared up at the bird. He would complain to her later.

It was another minute of running before he turned down a street corner and saw the thoughtless thrashing in the street, desperately trying to get itself off the ground as two novices seemed to be bickering with each other while a couple of adults watched the scene play out. Aki took a moment to catch his breath and stay a bit out of sight. Old habits die hard it seems. He kept an eye on the rookies and quickly looked back at the thoughtless thrashing about, wondering why the kids weren't hurrying up and ending the fight already. Kiki landed on his shoulder, If birds could have a face that translated to wanting to face palm, kiki was making whatever was close to it. "I don't want to sound old, But i feel like back when we we're that new even we knew better then to drop something that big downtown." Aki pinched the bridge of his nose. debating the looming idea of possibly having to transform for the first time in years if things went any further south.

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#2020-10-24 21:22:08, as written by XianEvermor

"W-wait!" Quiet exclaimed, clawing to climb back onto Himari's shoulder as she briskly walked away from the scene. "This could be a significant sign!"

"Nope," grunted Himari. "You're not gonna trick me with that 'there's no such thing as coincidence. Stand Users are drawn together' bullshit again," she grumbled, squeaking loudly as the thoughtless thumped against the barrier behind her and quickening her pace.

"But!"

"This is ridiculous: I'm arguing, in public, with an invisible talking cat over whether the cosmos are conspiring to get me involved in the magical world again. This isn't a goddamn anime! If it were, something dumb would happen to force me to stay like my heel breaking or turning a random corner and comically colliding with a future teammate," she argued.

Himari was shuffling towards said corner while checking over her shoulder as she was finishing her sentence before barreling straight into Akihiko. She recoiled, but managed to catch herself and remain on her feet, and was opening her mouth to apologize when she laid eyes on him. They locked eyes for a solid several second before her gaze traveled slowly up to the brightly colored bird.

"Ooh, a romance flag!" Quiet blurted excitedly, which seemed to snap Himari out of the daze.

"No! No! Nope, uh uh, hell no! This isn't happening!!" She flustered, turning on her heels again and walking straight into the street, to the dismay of several drivers. "This is a bad dream, clearly I'm still flashbacking... you can't die for real in a dream, the monsters aren't my problem anymore, and I don't have to fight them anymore," she muttered under the screech of tires, blaring horns and screaming drivers while clutching her head against the impending migraine.

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