Standing there behind Tori was a twelve foot tall woman, well no, woman was the right word. She looked like a woman but with minotaur aspects. Mainly her muscular form with digitigrade legs and horns on the top of her head while her torso was human while her eyes were golden and seemed to glow like stars.
The woman laughed heartily. Her arms crossed under chest as she looked down at Tori and Meteora.
"Kid, you smell of *her*." She stated. then kneeled. "I am Taurus. Please, do you know how she is?"
Meteora looked at Taurus, eyes clear and bright while he studied her. "I-if you mean Ophiuchus... it was thirteen years ago give or take. She had overridden my system to make things reflect properly, and then hid them."
Taurus's eyes went wide with wonder before she beamed and her tail wagged in what could be tell was joy. "She is alive." Taurus murmured. "She is alive!" She said again, squealing delight as if hearing about a spouse thought long dead had returned.
Meteora glanced at the other AZC representatives. There, shimmers could be seen of the other AZC themselves. The masculine presenting ones were *pouting* while the feminine presenting ones showed the same joy as Taurus.
The celebration was short lived as all the receivers of the Astra-boon stepped forward-except the Taurus receiver-their eyes ablaze as if they had been wronged.
"We refuse to accept that this... lowly orphan is some chosen of a thought dead AZC, supposed Taurus." He spat the words, his Leo pin shining brightly. "We demand reparations for this falsehood!"
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Taurus stood, anger in her eyes as she looked to the other semi-formed AZC members who shook their heads, silently conveying something that made her back down.
Emboldened by this action, the Astra-Leo pointed his hand at Meteora. "You! acknowledge you have lied and falsified everything!" The others standing behind him nodded and conveyed their agreement while the other graduating students in the crowd shifted uncomfortably.
Meteora tilted his head. "No. Don't wanna." He stated flatly while attaching the ring to his ear, turning it into an ear-cuff on his right ear. "If you speak against Lady Taurus, Tori and those who spoke to gift this artifact to me for my hard work, then, are you going to use your strength?" Meteora challenged.
"Ha! you weak little boy! Unlike you, while doing our practical, even those who were not meant for combat even trained! You are nothing to us!" Growled the Astra-Leo stepping closer, eyes burning with rage.
At his words Meteora snapped.
"He?! Boy?!" Meteora growled. "You know what? None of you ever questioned why I was just perfectly average in all my studies. Just enough to where I wasn't failing." Meteora stated, eyes indignant as the jacket that was being worn came off, revealing what was underneath.
"I'm a fuckin' woman, kitty-cat." She growled, as the fabric revealed Meteora was wearing a sleeveless muscle shirt, her soft frame being revealed to be heavily toned even though she stood only five feet tall. Her verdant eyes blazed with liberation while her short pixie cut raven hair waved in the wind.
The crowd stood their baffled at what they saw while Tori, Taurus, Merida and Sonny beamed at the fact she was taking a stand.
Whoops could be heard as all of a sudden Seris and Elowen appeared at Meteora's side instantly.
"Well fucking said!" Seris beamed at her while draping an arm over Meteora's shoulders like no time had passed.
"Good to properly see you." Elowen greeted her, eyes shining with more emotion than her words conveyed.
Taurus chuckled as she looked down at the unlikely trio with knowing eyes.
"Got a name then, with that identity?" Taurus asked proudly.
"Aurelia Meteora, AZC Ophiuchus and holder of the Idler Genre." Aurelia announced proudly for all to hear.
