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Eternal Eros

She heard the voice calling her name before the blonde fey popped out of the crowd and swept her off her feet, his arms squeezing her till she made a strained sound of ********, you'd think you hadn't seen me in days." She laughed when he released her back onto her feet. Shoving her hands through her hair, she gave him a wink and a grin for it. "Yeah, I guess curiosity killed the cat, and all that."

Aliens? She remembered that ill-fated portal into the rift, and standing outside of it, watching as others fought. She hadn't been with Puck then, but maybe he didn't need to know that she had chosen to stay behind.

"It would be awful nice if he did have some way to save all of us in one fell swoop. Sounds kinda too good to be true though, don't you think? Like, if we could have done that, how come no one has so far? But I mean, if he wants to try, then by all means." She said as she looked the pair standing by the dome over. Caedus looked... cleaner than she remembered him. That tall drink of water by his side was very interesting, but maybe more at a distance, for now. He didn't seem to know what he was doing though, so maybe that was promising. She didn't hold out much hope for this plan... but it would be very useful in other ways.

Hawara, Knight of Uranus

Hawara watched, and listened, quietly taking things in and weighing them against his own values that he had come to slowly iron out. When it came down to it, he firmly beleived that there was no 'Order' without 'Chaos,' even if he hated those terms for it. He preferred 'Freedom' and 'Control.' But that was semantics. One could not exist without the other. Even if they got rid of this Chaos, than inevitable some other would take its place. Hell, even they could become the very thing they had once fought against.

'Absolute power corrupts absolutely,' so they say.

All Hawara was worried about was saving the starseeds of...everyone. Order, Chaos....ensuring that they made it back to the Space Cauldron for another chance at life, that was his main concern.

So this plan.... He wasn't sure where he sat with it yet. People were asking good questions, some more solid than others, but he was pretty sure whether or not everyone agreed, this show was going to go on.

Andronicus Knight of Uranus

She sighed at Encke. "A healthy dose of concern and suspicion is not a bad thing, Encke. While I do not think everyone is bad or evil, the fact is that destroying Metallia will leave a power vacuum. It might not be filled in a few days, or a few years, or even within our lifetimes, but we'll tip the balance heavy towards Order. Generally that means something will come to even the scales, eventually," she told him, arms crossing over her chest. Andronicus sighed, again, this time at Caedus.

"Forgive me for being.. apprehensive. But given what you're proposing, the cynic in me is raising every red flag in the book. It's incredibly risky, and while I trust that you are here with good intensions, Caedus, this is technology above my rank and pay grade. This entire thing... worries me," she said after a moment, giving him a sort of reassuring smile at the end. "I will help as I am able, I just want a planet to continue living on, you know?" Never mind the fact that Destiny City, specifically, was a damn nexus for every single entity in the universe to come say hi.

There was something else. Her head tilted to the side, brows knitting together. She did like Caedus, as far as space powers went, but she didn't know Lyndin, nor the army they'd brought. But if they did not know of other powers in the universe... not even the Code? Green eyes flickered between Caedus and Lyndin as they spoke. Did they not... know of the Academy's fall, of the Code's corruption? Of Cosmos even? Had they been so isolated that not even knights reached them on their worlds? She was so sure she'd talked to Caedus about the Code, specifically to gain advice. Yet he had not...

How vary particular Caedus... she mused silently, content to let the two try to put out the fire before it exploded into more, well, chaos.

Transcended Knight Venice of Ganymede


Normally Venice wouldn't speak up, he's leave it to others, but he did have a single question. "If we take out the Negaverse what will fill the void. You need both good and bad in the world and something new will replace this bad if it's removed. Yes, the Negaverse is bad as are their plans. But there will just be something else - something new. Then what?" He still believed in a cosmic balance. That where there was good, in this case them, than there would be something bad. It was how things balanced out. The problem was when the balance wasn't so balanced and it tipped too far one way or the other.

"Or would nothing fill the void and things would be balanced too far to us." And then what? If the Negaverse was removed and they won...then what? They all go back to their normal lives? He didn't think some would do that either. They had no home worlds and they'd all tasted power. He didn't trust it. He didn't like the Negaverse but right now both sides were at a standstill as far as ruling the planet. Neither did so, thoug hthe Negaverse seemed to have a good hold on things.

But if they won who among their ranks would take over and try and do something bad then?

"Don't think I want to keep the Negaverse around...but rather I question throwing things out of balance...and what will come next. Will someone here, or another senshi or knight who isn't here, have their power go to their head and try and take over? Think they are above others and that we need to unify, all people here, under them or under us who are powered." For someone to want senshi and knights to subjgate the normal people here on this planet. It wasn't all that impossible of an idea if you asked him. And he did worry about it.

His voice was low as he spoke, having moved forward to get close in order to speak. He didn't want most people to hear him and decide to somehow shoot down what he had to say, he wasn't looking to argue with people tonight. He just wanted an opinion from their visitors.

Prince Castor of Hail

For the most part, Castor was unfazed by the reception he received. He had his reputation, and beyond that, he also had other more pressing obligations than hovering over a gaggle of those who for the most part, refused to accept the realities of war when he'd been called overseas. Time had worn on him though, and while certainly, he could boast a chaos free region in his home, he also had to leverage his personal life and attachments to a place he was transient in.

He had children to consider, as well as his maintained planet's care, never mind his distance in the family company had finally caught up to him. Now, once again in Destiny City, looking upon an ocean of faces new and old, he felt those years a specter at his back. He was tired. He'd spent his youth fighting, and while he dearly wished he could lay down arms, he knew this was just another battle he'd be forced to fight if only to preserve what few lives among order were left adrift in the cosmos.
"Very well Caedus, I assume you have a plan of sorts, and from your words one that may prove effective in our shared endeavors."

As a few others came, Castor did manage to spy Hawara, who he pointedly avoided eye contact of. He guessed there was another who would be best avoided- while they had never been at odds so much as based disliked due to his antagonism with Wolframite, now? Well.
It was certainly a situation best left not brought up and left in the past in Castor's opinion. Even if he was fairly certain if said general ever appeared they'd once again be attempting to kill each other. That he was certain had not changed and would never change.

At the arrival of his younger half sibling and legal daughter, Castor's wings furled outwards, a suddenly mass of dark feathers puffing up as he looked at her with raw shock.
Who had let her just come to these sorts of things?
His head snapped to Scylla, silently asking if she knew that their Guilia, little Charybdis, was out and about and just- here. She was- he did not approve in the slightest. He was suddenly far to aware of the fact that not only was he going to have to stop Pollux from being overly pragmatic, but from stramgling him in the fact that... Castor... would not stop his sibling from being apart of the events unfolding. He'd watch over her, but... gods he'd need a drink.
"Principessa..." He sighed heavily, feeling very much his age.

A while later, the alien king called to attention, and as he spoke, and reveled his companion, Castor began to question once again. While it was clear that the 'King' had been given a measure of resources, and a measure of allies...

Castor looked at this Commodore Lyndin as to what he was in not so many words. The one who stood and had stood to profit from the loss and absence of the king. What some may see as loyalty, Castor saw as a possible risk. He disliked being pessimistic, but if Velencya had survived the loss of their king so long, and without much fanfare by the lack of others to join and defend him on what was tantamount to a interstellar war, Castor had to simply question the tactical focus.

And as the Commodore spoke, detailing the plan and the promise of weaponry, Castor's dread and paranoia grew. He didn't wish to think the worst of the situation but- He looked to Caedus and Lyndin both.

"I am glad you have come with both the tools and a plan to kill Metallia and eradicate the chaos that harbors here. However I feel it pertinent to make a request of what you offer-I would ask you do not share the technology for harvesting energy- be it from other galactic locations, devoid of senshi, or not. What you offer is, understand, weaponry. Weaponry that humans are not yet ready to posses. When we should succeed, such a tool is not yet wise for our kind to know. There is too much war on our planet even without the influence of chaos, too many who strife based upon that which remains unresolved within our race. It is a good gesture of trust, but unwise at this time or anytime within the present generation." He sighed.

"Scylla, as well as others have voice concerns I too share, and there is one I would ask you give us leave to seek the council of before we would pledge ourselves and our resources to your endevors. Among both senshi and knights, we are breft of any single leader among us, but we are lucky enough to be able to see one who may yet offer us some measure of gusiance and clarity to matters of the stars which we have forgotten and cannot know. Allow us some time to contact the being known as Cosmos so we can perhaps verify the veracity of both your claims and promises."

His glanced to Andronicus, eyes alight with almost a certain pride.
"I must admit, I am glad to see my time away has not left some without a spine. Your question has merit and is not so far off the mark. Metallia is effectively, a parasite that utilizes her agents as hosts, able to take them and use them to sustain herself. Should we kill Metallia, the chaos within her will try to a new host among those she has bound to her. Chaos itself is neither a single entity but a force of the universe. It cannot be entirely destroyed so much as transferred after a fashion." Castor sucked in a breath.

"The scale of order and chaos exist as just that- a scale. Right now, the scale is tipped heavily towards chaos, and we of order prevent it from spilling over. However like a scale, to be even, there must exist a presence upon both ends. For one to grow, it must take from the other. Ending Metallia will divest chaos of a major host, but the energy that it is will find another. There is one recourse, which if done properly, would give us the desired results in full."

His eyes turned to Ganymede in a gentle pleading. To understand what he could not voice alone.

"Energy alone may destroy Metallia, but it will not rid us of her chaos. Only purification, the return of balance, will do so. And it is not something anyone of us alone has the power to achieve."

He motioned to the knight nearby- (Sessrumnir)
"He has the right of it- Purification is what will, in full, chase the bulk of chaos from earth. If this weapon offers a purification, that may not be enough." Castor sucked in a deep breath, looking at both the king and his companion
"It may not be a true purification at all. There are variances. Unknowns even you cannot do but claim to be true."

"IF your weapon purifies, would it not be able to give us ademonstration such? Would you not be able to show us that it does not destroy a host but rather, purify it?" He smiled, as if he really was willing to do what he implied.

"If we brought a lamb to slaughter, could we witness it bleed out the chaos so to speak?" He huffed, as if amused. "I speak in theoreticals, but, I feel I must. You also say that 'But if there is no source of Chaos, there can be no corruption. Yet I am left to wonder- what then is left?"

He shook his head.

"I have been away from this city and these senshi and knights for some time, but I remain as I have in my duty- to see their survival. To see us returned to our homes and see chaos erased from our lives and the balance restored. I cannot at present, offer you a pledge of force with so little evidence of proof. I am not so blind to make a pledge without seeking my own council. I ask you allow us a time to both singularly and collectively, make our conclusions before you begin any actions against that which takes refuge on earth. You mask your presence no doubt, but the wind whispers and the sky has eyes. You have admitted things are not yet ready- so grant us time. Time to both discuss, and decide. The war will not change overnight. Days will not undo all that has been done and what will come."

He looked upwards, to the stars.

"I am bound to order- to preserve the senshi and knights that count themselves of that brand. I speak for them but also I do not. Allow us our time, and we can better construct our alliances and offer aid. I can only caution you Caedus, Lyndin- to take action without warning, to move with haste will not find it welcomed. You are not on a world of unity, you are on a world still to young to face what it fights. And youthful we are, we rebel at that we feel may threaten us even if benign."

Super Sailor Nephthys of Vampires.


"Yes, talking between just ourselves would be a lovely idea Scylla. A pancake House would be nice, or Waffles - either or. I'm not fussy." Distracted by what was going on, all the talk of a weapon and how it would be used, she shook her head. "That won't work..." She whispered to her friend. "Even if it were to purify the Negaverse...make them senshi and knights. If chaos were destroyed entierly and none could be recorrupted we would have problems. Some would resent the rest of us for it. We could create enimies amongst our own camp." She kept her voice low, just enough for Sylla to hear her, she didn't care to get into a debate or argument with anyone else, they should not appear as divided as they were.She was sure they had enough enimies amongst their camp, those who would throw others under the bus to save themselves, she was sure. But this however could potentially make it worse. Not everyone got along but to rip peoples memories and lives away from them, as it sounded like what could and owuld be done, well that would not leave them with smiling happy to serve new knights and senshi.

That didn't sit well with her nor did kiling so many people, though which would be the kinder thing to do? She didn't like the sound of this weapon but she didn't like this war either. It had been going on for far too long and too much had been lost already. It needed to end. But in this way?

"Lyndin, you are correct and also incorrect. We can go to our own plants, and wonders, but we cannot simply go to whoever we please. We are limited in how often we can travel as well. You say the core of your planet is dead, that there is no life, how would you seek to restart it and would it start life growing again? People as well as plant and animal? If that is the case, and I assume our homeworlds have dead cores, can you share with us how to restart a core? I would very much like to see life on my own homeworld once again...it is rather creepy and lonesome with just me there."

Super Hydor, Senshi of Mesocyclones

Aliens.

Bonafide, serious, one hundred percent aliens.

Hydor had met aliens before. Well. An alien. Almadel. Liked him, for a given value of liked. Didn't hate him, at least, by the end of their conversation. Beyond his ridiculous car dealer personality, they had actually had a decent conversation about Chaos and the Dark Mirror and the threats that lurked in wait. Apparently, people knew one of these ones. Probably from a time before he awoke. That seemed to be the case for a lot of things.

That probably was the reason why some people were taking the aliens' promise of being able to end the Negaverse a lot more enthusiastically than others. Some trusted them. Others doubted them. Hydor wasn't really sure what he thought; the aliens had all the answers he would have deemed necessary, but he also wasn't terribly inclined to think of any more questions and add to whatever was happening in front of them all. There were some people who either seemed optimistic or just enthusiastic to kill Metallia, others who seemed pessimistic or at least with some reservations.

The majority of the opinions seemed to have reasonable merit.

Honestly, he was most interested in what the scout senshi proposed - showing them whether the energy-draining methodology they used was harmful or just as easy and quick as it seemed. He had some reservations, but it was voluntary, and his main issue with Chaos was the whole turning people into monsters and eating starseeds bit. Was hard to compare a bit of voluntary energy-draining to that.