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He was seasoned as many senshi would have called it. The few battles he had under his belt were more or less all with those based out of luck and his knack for it. The most he felt pride in was the fact that he hadn't ended up in another coma, or worse, had started some illicit love affair with a Negaverser or a Knight, (granted he almost had one with a senshi but he'd forever claim ignorance of that particular tidbit of knowledge). No, as far as senshi went Pollux was quite fresh and prone to all the pitfalls of the newly awakened. Failure, accidents, almost getting shot at by police. Soon enough he'd have to do a hospital run. He wasn't looking forward to that particular aspect of the senshi job.

Still, duty was duty and a job was a job. No payoff except the knowledge he was helping the world. Supposedly that is, sometimes it was hard to tell.

Nighttime patrols were getting easier as he begun maintaining a stricter schedule of just when and how he maintained his routes. There had been a prickling of energy the last few days in the area but nothing that didn't fade just as fast. Tonight he did feel the prickle of a youma and it didn't fade. His investigation would need to be tonight. When he managed to get closer to where he first felt the energy, another pickle ran on his skin. Another senshi, but to what level he could only guess, his normal exposure to his brother and sister-in-law's signatures throwing his skill newly awaken abilities off.

The roofs were poorly illuminated in the area, and the streetlamps with their poor wiring only worsened visibility. But as a light down the road flickered the shape of a person on the side walk, with an energy signature got Pollux moving. It wasn't dark and so logic had him guessing senshi or knight. But upon closer inspection-

"I used to walk openly on the street side." His voice was loud enough that it could be heard by any passing party, but for now, he didn't sense anything. A jump down, his landing was a touchy shaky, but he thankfully didn't end up needing to roll. "Trust me, after a captain managed to sneak up on me, the safest bet is the roof. Or the back ways, you just have to deal with fences and drunks and the stink is all." He offered a handshake. "Pollux, frost."

Pollux nodded, giving her hand a light squeeze. She seemed just as new as he once been, if not a touch more. "Depends on how you define an attack, considering mine just covers a small area with a thin layer of ice. I imagine with time it will grow in strength but until then I rely on physical training." His demeanor was slightly changed from cautious to casual, almost borderline friendly. Though that was pushing the proverbial envelope. Hand released Pollux shrugged. "A few months, but off and on my patrols. Mostly I d**k around to piss off my brother who's all but thrown himself into this. The price of being a Prince I guess." Rolling his eyes the senshi of frost didn't seem impressed with the rank. Then again, family ties were a bit strenuous for anyone.

"You said your're senshi of-" His brow furrowed in concentration. "Tragedy if I heard you right?" He couldn't help but make a smirk at that while he walked over to the building, more noticeably the fire escape motioning her to follow him. "Well, if so, you are in the right place for it. Destiny City has certainly had it's fair share of tragedy. Monsters, murders, mass comas, you name chances are this city has seen it in one way or another. All we've lacked is a natural disaster really."

He looked back at her standing at the shadow's edge. "So long as you dont intend to cause such a thing can't say I not thrilled at the idea you can make the other side suffer if just a little bit given what they do."
Reaching up, he pulled himself up onto the ladder, climbing to the first level. "...All the time, but it's a matter of learning what risk to take, fear can send you across a street, a simple misstep can send you tumbling. I've taken a few bad falls but tucking a rolling is always good. In the end it's practice."

Pollux should have been listening to himself. He was a newbie educating a newbie. And he'd forgotten his first lesson. Always be vigilant. If he had been, he would have seen something down the shadows. Something to small to be human, too big to be a stray animal.

Pollux laughed outright when she questioned the way senshi royalty worked. He got the logic behind it even if the cosmos didn't really work that way. "Hardly. A senshi royal is like...To be frank I don't know. I'm his natural born brother yet I didn't awaken until about the time he become a royal. The way it works is all quite funny, but I doubt I am royal. If I was, I would not be suited for it now." His mirth was spoken in sarcastic manner. His arm crossed as he leaned back to watch Euanthe get up the ladder. A sly smirk as she got the name right. "Castor is the son or a mortal, Pollux the son of a God. Yet our rolls are reversed. I am the humble senshi, he is the royal. Frost from the earth, hail from the heavens." A shrug brushed it aside as irrelevant. "The irony is lost on most I suspect. Fact is he's a powerhouse and I'm rather- well I'm not."

This was the first time that the senshi of tragedy would see the Pout of Pollux. Chances were high she'd see it again. The sight of her struggling to get up the metal gave way to his fact softening a bit. "Here." He held out his hand once more for her to get her up the last few ste-

"Up." His word was flat and lacking any emotion. Below, he saw the glow of fangs reflecting the flickering lights. "Get up the railing and climb." What ever was below them was starting to make a small clicking sound and Pollux didn't want to find out just why.

Whatever was on the ground chose that moment to launch itself up, scaly claws just barely gripping the ladder. It's body was flat and legs short, the youma resembled a flat alligator only with a fat round head, fur running on it's back and a cat like tail, which was coming up- to show a claw at the end, clicking together. That explained the noise at least. Beady yellow eye glowed as the light flashed from the street. Pollux's own eyes widened at the fact they hadn't noticed it sooner. "s**t." He gave Euanthe a push towards the other stairs. "Climb up."

The youma struggled going vertical. It's flat body was made more to hiding on the ground, not going up anything really. But it had two newbie in front of it. How could it resist such prey? As it got near, Pollux kicked the ladder, sending it shaking and the youma struggled to stay clung to the bars. It wasn't going to abandon it's prey. "I don't know about you, but having that thing get a chunk out of me is very much not on my plans for this evening."

He didn't even take the ladder, opting to just hoist himself up on the outside railing. "******** did not want to deal with this tonight," was muttered under his breath as he looked down.

The youma grinned back.

Pollux rolled his eyes, he just had to. It was an inborn, habit he couldn't kick, honest! "Really now? I thought becoming a magical human would mean I get to go to a school for wizards, or I'd at least be able to get something practical out of this." Looking back at the youma, it managed it's way onto the first level, and the claw tail's clicking was getting more rapid, perhaps with a growing excitement of getting to not one but two senshi. "I'd prefer a magical spear really, a shank mean up lose and personal, with a spear you'd get to maintain a safe distance."

Pollux flinched when the pot crashed down, and the youma hissed at the failed attempt to get struck. It wanted an easy meal, and so far the two senshi going skyward were not making it's job any easier. To Pollux's mind, if it pissed off the youma, it was better then nothing. As he reached the second to last level, Pollux looked down, with just stairs and no more ladders, it was gaining ground on them. "Goddamn youma and their goddamn tenacity." Looking at Euanthe he figured they were both going to end up youma food if they didn't manage to get away in time.

Focusing on the youma, Pollux picked the spot where he intended to hit, the youma's face. maybe it would give them enough time to escape, or just some time to put themselves in a better position. "Chilling Storm" The attack missed but rather was cast on the next level of the fire escape, ice forming a slick surface, which the youma's tiny legs slipped a few times as it tried to get to the next set of stairs, which also had a mild cover of frost on them. "Goddamn can't we get one break? Really?" The clicking of the youma's tail was the reply he got.

That and a snap of the fangs. Apparently the youma didn't like the cold footing.

She went from moving up, to moving down. Pollux gaped as he watched her change directions and move south, looking to confront the youma from his perspective. The slicking of the claw was reaching a fevered pitch as Euanthe changed her plans, and got closer and not farther from the creature, who with all its' oddly shaped, freakish might was damn intent on getting either of them.

If it got the one in the skirt and not the sash, what did it matter to the youma? A star seed was a star seed and a dead senshi would be just that, dead.

Marlo was still having a moment of wondering just what the hell his fellow moonlight monster killer was thinking before his mouth works a step ahead of his thoughts. "Better, we're supposed to get away from it, not closer." He hissed, while the clicking stopped, the youma now in range for the senshi of tragedy's attack. the flicker of light and the youma snapped it's jars shut, expecting pain, but when none came it took a rather determined step towards her. It was this close now, and soon, it would have a tasty mean of a starseed.
Or it would have.
The first step was solid, but the second was less firm, the tiny claws unable to really find a grip. The youma didn't care, it was so close, so close. As Pollux moved back to pull Euanthe further away, spurred on by perhaps his inner machismo, the jaws snapped and then-

It was out of control. Loosing it's already terrible footing the youma struggled to stay upright on the slick frost, but as it continued to scramble, it found itself sliding precariously towards the edge. Pollux watch in a bit of amusement as the youma, in a desperate bit to right itself, used it tail to try and grab the iron bars, only to find the frost had crept up those as well. It was like watching a cartoon, a creature failing to get it's footing-

-then falling into the shadows below.

Pollux's heart was still pounding, the echo of blood pumping in his ears as the emptiness and lack of sound below helped to confirm the youma hadn't survived the fall. "You okay though?" She seemed shaken, and from her grip was just as new to the life threatening situations as he was. Hell, he was probably going to have the shakes himself soon enough if he didn't already.
As Pollux tooke a few deep breaths to calm his nerves, Euanthe's laugh made him smirk and relax against the railing. They'd gotten away from the danger. Score one for the senshi side.

"Remind me to not hang around you when Murphy's law can be invoked. And if anything-" He sounded a bit calmer now, the stress of fleeing no longer pressing down on them. "Better it then us." Take a second to peer over the edge, a small pile of dust could be seen. The youma had died alright. And from the way the dust was scattered? It was a lovely, if temporary stain. A pat on her shoulder the senshi jerked his hear at the ladder. "Still got to get to the top. I don't feel all that keen towards dark alleyways right now."