raptornest | Magical Girl Meme

Entry tags:

open meme

Magical Girl Meme

Pretty basic concept here, sometimes teenage girls have magic powers for fighting evil (or doing evil if that's how they roll) and that's just how it is. Usually it's a secret but maybe it's not?? Maybe there are also ways to get magic that don't require you to be a girl.

Who knows, it's up to you, this is a loose-concept/AU meme! Just warn for your violence/existential horror/embarrassing teenage sexual tension in the subject lines.

1. First Transformation: Surprise, you've got magic powers! And they come with a costume that you… probably like? Maybe you don't, I don't know your life.

2. Into Battle: Possibly connected to that last prompt, oh dang, there’s some kind of monster or something. Whether you’re new at this or not, you might wanna fight that before it wreaks too much havoc.

3. Confrontation: Those monsters (or disasters, or brainwashed minions, or whatever) have to be coming from somewhere. Whether it's the first time or the fiftieth, it's time for the hero(es) to come face to face with their nemesis.

4. Prep Time: Teams, whether they're good or evil, tend to work better if they have some kind of a game plan. Or maybe you can't predict your opponent's next move so you're just doing some team-building exercises, who knows.

5. Hostage Situation: Someone's been captured! Maybe the villains have taken a heroic magical girl prisoner, maybe the good guys have siccessfully captured one of their opponents, or maybe you're just a bystander/non-magical ally/love interest who… may or may not know why you've been kidnapped. It's a little awkward, but maybe this could be a good chance to talk.

6. Slice of Life: Not even magical girls can fight all the time, alright - but there's always a risk of worlds colliding. Maybe you're getting some well-deserved downtime, trying to go on a date, or just going to school like a normal teen. And… well, time will tell if it stays normal.

7. The Secret Come Out: You probably hoped this day wouldn't come (unless you were actually kind of hoping it would, like a weirdo), but here it is. Someone's found out who you are. Is it worse if they're a loved one or just some rando, who knows!

8. Wildcard: I can't tell you how to live your life, do what you want!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"It's the steal of a lifetime!" she sings, the curving upwards note accompanied by rather enthusiastic jazz hands. "A bargain that only comes once every century, and that ya definitely won't regret."

Or maybe she'll definitely regret it, that seems incredibly likely.

Either way, Joker taps her finger to her lip playfully. "I'll sell it ta ya for yer name, ghost girl."

Ginko sincerely doubts that she won't regret it, because seriously, she doesn't trust like that. Her eye narrows.

"Why would you care so much about my name?"

"Because yer bein' so stubborn about it, so it's been makin' me more and more curious," she says, which is one of the most honest things she's probably said all night, if they were leveling her words with ratios of honesty. She is a curious creature by nature, which is probably at least a small part of her current problem. Oh well. It pays good.

"Unless yer perfectly fine with bein' called 'Ghost', of course. In which case, you'll be glad ta know that I won't stop with the petnames if they mean that much ta ya." The girl in front of Ginko seems to wink. Hell, if she's quite honest, she'll probably keep up with the nicknames, especially if they continue to get any kind of reaction. She's going to have to keep herself entertained, after all, if this little motley crew is going to be sticking around.

And she has a feeling they will. After this long without opposition, well... Call it intuition.

"I haven't been stubborn about it." She just hasn't given it yet, despite Joker already asking, because she doesn't feel like it. She's pretty sure that's not the same as being stubborn.

That said, even if she hasn't bothered so far... she guesses she might as well tell this girl her name now. Even if she turns out to be lying about trading it for the item, it's not like it'll be a huge loss, and Ginko can still fight her for it.

"...It's Ginko."

That's absolutely the same as being stubborn, but there's no point in arguing now. Not when she's gotten exactly what she's wanted. Grinning wide, Joker claps her hands sharply together-

And disappears, only for her voice to pop up behind Ginko. "A cool name for such a lovely lady." Hopefully she doesn't get hit in the face again because, held up inbetween two fingers, she's holding a curling ear cuff of brilliant silver and lined with thorns. The peaocock is standing up straight now, starting at Ginko and with the hole digging now abandoned.

It's fine to not fight fair when you're not a fighter, right?

"Then I'll hand this over, like a good girl."

Ginko jolts, but doesn't attack this time - though she definitely seems ready to, and her mouth curls with something like disgust at the comment.

Her gaze lands on the cuff, then she glances toward the peacock. Theoretically, she could just take the damn thing and go now, and say she'd done her job, but...

"How do I know this isn't a fake?"

Still with the endearing sense of paranoia and caution, huh? Joker blinks down at the ear cuff inbetween her fingers.

"I mean, what would satisfy showin' ya that it's not a fake? Besides me givin' it ta ya."

"Not sure. Maybe showing me for sure that that hole is empty." She gestures to where the peacock had been digging. "Of course, I don't know that you don't have the real one in a pocket or something."

Ugh. This is complicated.

"...For now, let's leave it at this. If we get trees exploding out of the ground or people attacking each other at random after today, I will absolutely notice, and then we'll have a problem."

Illusions often do make things far too complicated, to the aggravation of many a person. Not anyone Joker has fought of course, since she's been thankfully free of that nuisance up until now... but she's heard things, mostly from breaking into places that study magic.

And that works jut fine for her.

"So dramatic~." Laughing, Joker keeps her hand extended. "And if ya don't, and this is real, do I get a bit of praise? A reward of some sort?" Playfully, she winks. Joker is fairly certain that this is likely to fly over the other girl's head, if she doesn't just dismiss it entirely, but, hey.

Ginko... definitely suspects that was meant to be something. Probably mockery.

"You get my appreciation for your honesty," she replies, with just a slight edge of sarcasm. She reaches to take the ear cuff.

And- !

...The ear cuff is taken. Perhaps because of Joker's own touch, it's lukewarm in Ginko's hands. If there's any magic in it, well, it's not so obvious now. A little experimentation later, of course, might reveal trees with blooming flowers whose pollen sure seems to get people pissed off...

But, for now, it's just a simple bit of jewelry, and Joker smiles. "Feel real?"

Ginko examines the cuff for a moment, then pockets it. Somehow, despite apparently not having pockets. Don't worry about it. "At a glance. So, thanks for that."

"You're very welcome." And, despite the fact that she could just as easily go right about now, Joker can't help but edge close. It might be a little fun, just to see how far she can carry on this charade even for all that she knows things will inevitably come to blows. Probably when they see her hanging around with a Club or something a lot harder to make an excuse for than a simple Diamond.

Well, she might have to hang back a little bit in that case... or just get even better at lying.

"So, now what, then? Since we're on such good terms now and all! Plan on tuckin' in for the night and callin' it done?"

As soon as Ginko has the ear cuff tucked away, she looks to Joker again, which she... kind of regrets, given the sudden invasion of personal space. She takes a pointed step back before replying.

"Now, I'll be meeting back up with my team. Will you be taking that out of here?" She nods toward the peacock.

So Ginko would be fine with an invasion of space so long as she wasn't looking at it happening? Joker will file that away, thank you.

Right now, however, she glances back at the peacock, who's quite comfortably settled itself with a job well done. "I guess I could give a go at herdin' it," she says carelessly, as if she can't just tuck the thing away into a card and be done. Just not right now, where she'd be giving her hand away- ha!- in front of someone she knows won't be staying on particularly friendly terms with in the future.

And Ginko isn't even on friendly terms with her now.

Something else occurs to her, however, and Joker's smile begins to turn a tad devious as she looks over at Ginko from the corner of her eye. "But aren't ya curious?"

Ginko snorts, quiet and disbelieving, under her breath. Joker, she sure fucking hopes that you don't think she's buying this. At this point, it's gonna take more than some CASUAL DISMISSAL to convince her that you're on her side, dammit.

"About what?"

Hey, she gave her a magical item, that should count for something!

...Which will probably immediately be wasted as she grins widely and goes, "Don't ya wanna touch my peacock?"

Ginko doesn't deserve this, or the giggles which rise up to cackling laughter right afterwards.

god

fucking

dammit.

Ginko's eye narrows, and she turns sharply to look around the room - and make sure that the exit is still there. "I'm going to meet up with my team, and we're going to come back here. This thing had better be gone by then."

Fortunately, the exit is still there. Unfortunately, so is Joker, and she follows after Ginko while half crumpled over and wiping tears of mirth from her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah- listen, don't be too upset! It was an easy joke, I couldn't just let it slip past me! I promise I make different ones, even some ya might like. Promise."

Ginko rolls her eye and walks slightly faster.

"Maybe you should learn not to grab at low-hanging fruit, then. Are you planning to follow me all the way to my team?"

That might get to be a problem, seeing as how she doesn't totally know where in the building they all are herself.

At least Joker is light on her feet. Unless Ginko starts outright bolting from her, well, she'll just hop and skip after her. This sort of thing is already pretty fun, and they haven't even gotten to the good stuff yet.

"Who knows!" she says cheerfully, although the answer is 'probably not'. She really should put that Diamond away now, after all... Well, as long as it doesn't run off, which it shouldn't. Yet as long as it's out, then the building will stay in this shape. How much does she want to mess with this girl... "Would ya give me a kind introduction if I did go along with ya?"

"I wouldn't count on it if I were you."

She steps back into the... elevator lift thing and shoots Joker a look. "So far, by my count, you've done me one favor, and we've made one trade... while acting incredibly suspicious the whole time. On top of that, you seem determined to make this as annoying as possible."

Draping along the doorway of the chain link gate as needlessly dramatically as possible, Joker bats her eyelashes at Ginko. "I'm tryin' ta be mysterious. I heard that's charmin', for some folks." You know, folks who aren't overly (rightly) cautious.

"Anyway, that's all a matter of taste, now, innit? Maybe ya just don't have a sense of fun about ya. What are yer hobbies? Hopefully it's not just wanderin' around in the dark, lookin' for monsters."

"I'd call it more shifty than mysterious."

She makes a face and quietly wills the elevator to move as fast as it can. "Maybe I don't. It's not really any of your business, either way." Ginko doesn't even like talking to her team about her (lack of) hobbies; telling this girl about that sounds like an absolute nightmare.

"Oh, come now, don't be like that!" Tilting her head down, she looks up at Ginko with her best attempt at puppy dog eyes. Granted, puppy dog eyes if the puppy in question loved to frequent drag shows and pride parades, but... puppy eyes. "We're practically friends now, ain't we? Or at the very least, reliable business partners, with a good exchange. But I can tell when I'm not wanted."

Pushing herself off of the fencing, she gives and exagerrated bow. "Then I imagine we'll see each other around a fair bit, Miss Ginko." Straightening up, she winks. "I'll look forward ta it."

And with that, she vanishes.

(no subject)

dontpokethat - 2018-12-26 06:53 (UTC) - Expand

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only