* Black Aeronaut goes blink-blink.
Errr. Okay.
Basic premise is straight-up SI into Sailor Moon universe. This brought about by being cheesed off with people doing body-builder depictions of Makoto, and me following it up with that I would totally date her if given half the chance.
On a lark, I plugged my DOB into Sailor Moon's timeline and discovered that I am about 3 months older than Hotaru.
And the wheels started turning.
Fun fact: I somehow manage to sneak up on occultist friends, and charms they gift me with tend to go missing or break within a month or two of keeping them. Pipe that into Sailor Moon and you have a magic disruptor.
Idea: Early Moon Empire did not like Magic Disruptors, or Voiders as they were called. Had a nasty tendency to erode the spells and charms that kept places like the Moon habitable. Earth Kingdom, however, welcomed them with open arms. The First Empress retaliates by creating a self-perpetuating spell that causes magically sensitive people to experience horror, fear, and outright terror upon sighting a voider.
Present time: Father used to be in Air Force as a highly skilled crypto tech. If he never got out, it would only have been a matter of time until he landed a billet in Japan. All Japan billets are long-term; 3 years minimum. Mandatory relocation for dependants.
The following is unlikely, but possible: a teacher at the base housing elementary school notices behavior that indicates abuse. Questions are asked, father's security clearances come into the picture. Drastic action is called for - simply sending them back state side is a non-starter: the crypto-tech billets are not easy to fill, especially in Japan.
Entire family is placed into psychiatric therapy. SI is tested thoroughly - Aspergers, ADHD, Audio Processing Disorder, and even a sleep disorder are all discovered. Appropriate medication is prescribed. However, intelligence testing reveals an incredible capacity to learn under the right conditions: fast paced, building on knowledge step-by-step, and with frequent reviews of previous lessons. A boarding school for English speaking children with a goal of attending a Japanese high school or college is perfect. The lessons are fast, almost frenetic in pacing, with constant 'knowledge checks' to keep them sharp.
Weekends permit exploration of the Ward the school is located in (Juuban). SI finds his way to the Hikawa Shrine, bumps into Usagi and company. Girls immediately twig to the fact that there is nothing better than a native speaker to help with their English homework.
SI, just as I usually did as a kid IRL, charms the bejesus out of them. The girls go ga-ga over him - he's so sweet and earnest and just downright adorable. (It's the eyes. It's always the eyes.)
An incident involving one of Rei's ofuda causes an uproar - they thought he set it on fire when he only unwittingly touched it and his voider abilities disrupted the stored magic badly enough that the tag incinerated itself. Suddenly, the part of the SI that is a hurt, terrified, and lonely boy is revealed. Maternal instincts are triggered HARD and SI slowly tells all.
After that, he is family to them.
As things begin to look up, SI is the victim of a youma attack... it doesn't go as planned. Fight/Flight gets triggered. Flight is first attempted, but SI gets cornered. Terrified beyond rational thought, SI fights. Unknown to him, driven by terror and adrenaline, his voider ability surges and depowers the youma, making it vulnerable even to him.
SI is caught by Senshi bludgeoning a depowered youma with a rock. Still keyed up, he instantly sees past their glamour. He worries that they think he's a bad person. For the Senshi, the First Empress's Curse kicks in. Cue the screams of horror, outrage, and OMG KILL IT QUICK!
SI escapes while the Senshi try to reconcile what they saw with what they know. Queen Beryl senses an opportunity. She remembers the Voiders - the most effective weapon the Earth Kingdom had. Makes a personal appearance and tricks the SI into working for her, and provides him with non-magical Earth Kingdom Army Voider Armor - previously that of the Knight of Void, the most powerful of them all.
SI figures out that Beryl is the actual bad guy pretty quickly, and tries to rebel. But she's threatens the boy that his teachers, classmates, and family will all be killed if he doesn't cooperate.
Enter Tuxedo Kamen. Sight of Voider Armor triggers memories and he confronts the boy. Learns about the leverage Beryl has over him, then goes to the Senshi with what he has learned - he will need help to protect the boy's family and friends.
Mamoru takes the boy under his wing afterwards, tries to get the boy to live a normal life, but the damage has been done already. SI's psyche was already fragile to begin with. The Girls can't be near him until Luna and Artemis figure out how to dismantle the ancient curse. Dark dark thoughts that no child should ever be having are confronted.
Beryl makes a critical error in judgement. Has the boy taken to her lair while he is asleep - the only time he's really vulnerable. He wakes up despite the sleeping spell he's under (started dreaming and voider abilities started up again) and then proceeds to completely wreck shit, starting by accidentally dispelling the geas Beryl had on Jadeite.
They work together to do the same to the rest of the Shitenyou. By the time the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen get there, everything is on fire, and Beryl has killed herself because the SI dispelled the geas Metallia had her under.
This early on, Metallia is still weak. And the SI is very VERY angry. A child with Asperger's Syndrome that has been abused and presented with a target that is vulnerable AND deserving hasn't even got a snowball's chance in hell. SI is worn out - sleeps for a few days - but the cartharsis has been very good for him.
The rest of the butterflied Season 1 is spent searching for the Rainbow Crystals, while Mamorou, the Shitenyou, the Senshi, and the SI all struggle to reconcile.
Changes to Season 2: SI is being barred from playing a role, though they're all literally powerless to stop him. Much grief is had over him getting involved. Chibi-Usa becomes a good friend. SI's relationship with the pink haired one provides a foil for Dark Lady - not only is she actually powerless, she has nothing but good memories of time spent with him.
Season 3: Hotaru enters the picture. SI dispels Mistress 9 from Hotaru and things butterfly from there. Uranus and Neptune freak out seeing The Messiah of Silence associating with The Knight of Void. Senshi, Tuxedo, Shitenyou, and Ayakashi Sisters all show up to tell them they came to the wrong fucking neighborhood. And then they all go ga-ga over the SI and Hotaru - it was like they were made for each other and the way they act around each other is ADORABLE! They quickly resolve that the best way to protect Hotaru is to keep her as close to the SI as possible. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
More arcs to come....
Errr. Okay.
Basic premise is straight-up SI into Sailor Moon universe. This brought about by being cheesed off with people doing body-builder depictions of Makoto, and me following it up with that I would totally date her if given half the chance.
On a lark, I plugged my DOB into Sailor Moon's timeline and discovered that I am about 3 months older than Hotaru.
And the wheels started turning.
Fun fact: I somehow manage to sneak up on occultist friends, and charms they gift me with tend to go missing or break within a month or two of keeping them. Pipe that into Sailor Moon and you have a magic disruptor.
Idea: Early Moon Empire did not like Magic Disruptors, or Voiders as they were called. Had a nasty tendency to erode the spells and charms that kept places like the Moon habitable. Earth Kingdom, however, welcomed them with open arms. The First Empress retaliates by creating a self-perpetuating spell that causes magically sensitive people to experience horror, fear, and outright terror upon sighting a voider.
Present time: Father used to be in Air Force as a highly skilled crypto tech. If he never got out, it would only have been a matter of time until he landed a billet in Japan. All Japan billets are long-term; 3 years minimum. Mandatory relocation for dependants.
The following is unlikely, but possible: a teacher at the base housing elementary school notices behavior that indicates abuse. Questions are asked, father's security clearances come into the picture. Drastic action is called for - simply sending them back state side is a non-starter: the crypto-tech billets are not easy to fill, especially in Japan.
Entire family is placed into psychiatric therapy. SI is tested thoroughly - Aspergers, ADHD, Audio Processing Disorder, and even a sleep disorder are all discovered. Appropriate medication is prescribed. However, intelligence testing reveals an incredible capacity to learn under the right conditions: fast paced, building on knowledge step-by-step, and with frequent reviews of previous lessons. A boarding school for English speaking children with a goal of attending a Japanese high school or college is perfect. The lessons are fast, almost frenetic in pacing, with constant 'knowledge checks' to keep them sharp.
Weekends permit exploration of the Ward the school is located in (Juuban). SI finds his way to the Hikawa Shrine, bumps into Usagi and company. Girls immediately twig to the fact that there is nothing better than a native speaker to help with their English homework.
SI, just as I usually did as a kid IRL, charms the bejesus out of them. The girls go ga-ga over him - he's so sweet and earnest and just downright adorable. (It's the eyes. It's always the eyes.)
An incident involving one of Rei's ofuda causes an uproar - they thought he set it on fire when he only unwittingly touched it and his voider abilities disrupted the stored magic badly enough that the tag incinerated itself. Suddenly, the part of the SI that is a hurt, terrified, and lonely boy is revealed. Maternal instincts are triggered HARD and SI slowly tells all.
After that, he is family to them.
As things begin to look up, SI is the victim of a youma attack... it doesn't go as planned. Fight/Flight gets triggered. Flight is first attempted, but SI gets cornered. Terrified beyond rational thought, SI fights. Unknown to him, driven by terror and adrenaline, his voider ability surges and depowers the youma, making it vulnerable even to him.
SI is caught by Senshi bludgeoning a depowered youma with a rock. Still keyed up, he instantly sees past their glamour. He worries that they think he's a bad person. For the Senshi, the First Empress's Curse kicks in. Cue the screams of horror, outrage, and OMG KILL IT QUICK!
SI escapes while the Senshi try to reconcile what they saw with what they know. Queen Beryl senses an opportunity. She remembers the Voiders - the most effective weapon the Earth Kingdom had. Makes a personal appearance and tricks the SI into working for her, and provides him with non-magical Earth Kingdom Army Voider Armor - previously that of the Knight of Void, the most powerful of them all.
SI figures out that Beryl is the actual bad guy pretty quickly, and tries to rebel. But she's threatens the boy that his teachers, classmates, and family will all be killed if he doesn't cooperate.
Enter Tuxedo Kamen. Sight of Voider Armor triggers memories and he confronts the boy. Learns about the leverage Beryl has over him, then goes to the Senshi with what he has learned - he will need help to protect the boy's family and friends.
Mamoru takes the boy under his wing afterwards, tries to get the boy to live a normal life, but the damage has been done already. SI's psyche was already fragile to begin with. The Girls can't be near him until Luna and Artemis figure out how to dismantle the ancient curse. Dark dark thoughts that no child should ever be having are confronted.
Beryl makes a critical error in judgement. Has the boy taken to her lair while he is asleep - the only time he's really vulnerable. He wakes up despite the sleeping spell he's under (started dreaming and voider abilities started up again) and then proceeds to completely wreck shit, starting by accidentally dispelling the geas Beryl had on Jadeite.
They work together to do the same to the rest of the Shitenyou. By the time the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen get there, everything is on fire, and Beryl has killed herself because the SI dispelled the geas Metallia had her under.
This early on, Metallia is still weak. And the SI is very VERY angry. A child with Asperger's Syndrome that has been abused and presented with a target that is vulnerable AND deserving hasn't even got a snowball's chance in hell. SI is worn out - sleeps for a few days - but the cartharsis has been very good for him.
The rest of the butterflied Season 1 is spent searching for the Rainbow Crystals, while Mamorou, the Shitenyou, the Senshi, and the SI all struggle to reconcile.
Changes to Season 2: SI is being barred from playing a role, though they're all literally powerless to stop him. Much grief is had over him getting involved. Chibi-Usa becomes a good friend. SI's relationship with the pink haired one provides a foil for Dark Lady - not only is she actually powerless, she has nothing but good memories of time spent with him.
Season 3: Hotaru enters the picture. SI dispels Mistress 9 from Hotaru and things butterfly from there. Uranus and Neptune freak out seeing The Messiah of Silence associating with The Knight of Void. Senshi, Tuxedo, Shitenyou, and Ayakashi Sisters all show up to tell them they came to the wrong fucking neighborhood. And then they all go ga-ga over the SI and Hotaru - it was like they were made for each other and the way they act around each other is ADORABLE! They quickly resolve that the best way to protect Hotaru is to keep her as close to the SI as possible. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
More arcs to come....