Moon Ruin Garden Cloister Everyone arrives from the ferries in one of the cloistered gardens of the Moon Ruin Castle. Like most of the Castle Ruin gardens, it is quiet and there's some wild vines climbing the clean stone. There's some zabuton cushions (for sitting on) strewn here and there for free use, and some folded blankets in case anyone gets cold. There's no central podium, or set up to indicate a position of authority.
Arrivals
Saint Sergio - Eris of Discord stari_maga - Cybele of The Hunt HanaKirei - Amphitrite of Seashells Guine - Valhalla, Knight of Jupiter Aeeth - Faust LP - Snowball LP - Niflhel, Knight of Saturn Ivynian - Thraen of Gardens Songstress Kitsune - Penthesilea of War _ p a o cx - Ashur, Squire of Uranus Felyn - Midas of Greed litian - Liryn litian - Athene of Beads Bluefire Dragonz - Ash DivineSaturn - Irene of Peace Akina Tokuwa - Auriga of Pestilence Sylent Nyte - Skadi of ??? Quicksilver the Archangel - Horatio Lucifer Force - Kallichore of Madness Bluefire Dragonz - Ida of Orchids Shazari - Hvergelmir, Squire of Cosmos the_scowling_cat - Bifrost, Squire of Chronos Sami-Fire - Megrez of Eggs Sunshine Alouette - Ganymede of Lust Saint Sergio - Kepler of Words Songstress Kitsune - Mimisbrunnr, Page of Mercury Guine - Oberon of Adventure wuthering gee - Vulcan of Volcanoes
All comers are welcome to post here only after visiting one of the Ferries! The procedure for the rp is to start with a mixer (meeting new people, catching up with old, marvelling at the Moon Ruin), and then will progress to the closing of the Ferries with their member arrivals. Eternal Thraen will start off the meeting official from that point. If you chit chat a bit, this RP would count as a reg (remember 450 words!).
Just let me know if I missed you! At this point, people are still allowed to join, they should already have a Moon Pearl or be coming with someone who does.
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:34 pm
There was that floating, pulling feeling in stomach and feet, and then they stood in the clean, crisp environment of the Moon Ruin. The cloister was quiet still, empty but for them. It was so different from the night-scene of Destiny City- silent, lacking any pollution of sound or light, lacking any feel of auras of friend or enemy in the middle and far distance.
"Welcome to your inheritance as members of Order- the ruins of the capital of the White Moon Court. Feel free to make use of the cushions or blankets. It looks like you're the first ones ferried up. More will be coming. There's a little information on the history of this place, the white moon court, and homeworld travel in the Primer if you haven't had a look. Kallichore and Ash updated it with new information collected from many of the scouts. "
He bowed to them both, "I'll be back in none too long with Ashur."
And like that, he thumbed the button of his phone and was gone.
stari_maga
Feel free to post in Arriving and chatting/exploring a little around the cloister. Welcome to the MOON.
Saint Sergio
Feel free to post in Arriving and chatting/exploring a little around the cloister. Welcome to the MOON.
Her insides felt weird now and she rubbed once they were back on solid ground. Eris looked around, eyes wide with wonderment. It... was different than anything she'd seen before. It was quiet from everything. It was calming and unnerving at the exact same time. Pushing hair out of her face, Eris turned to listen and by the time she actually looked over, he was gone.
Despite there being another here, she felt... alone, honestly. Eris's brows knit as she wandered a little, resisting the urge to toy with the ruins, to try to make some sense of the mess that was around them. She'd need to look at that information, but not yet. Not now. Her eyes turned critical as she looked to one of the cushions and blankets before taking a seat, pulling the blanket over her lap.
"Well... I guess we wait."
stari_maga
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:21 pm
They arrived in the ruins of the moon—two Senshi and one tired Knight—just yards away from the pair that had appeared moments before them. Ganymede slipped away from Amphitrite and Valhalla to motion around.
“Welcome to the Moon,” she said mostly for Amphitrite's benefit, seeing as Valhalla had already been to visit a few times previously. “Looks like someone's already been around to try and make this place a little more comfortable, so make yourself at home. And help yourself to some muffins. They're in the bag I gave to Val. Make sure you harass one of the cats for a moon pearl, too. There's not much to do here, but it's a convenient place for a lot of us to hang out.”
Ganymede paused a moment to give a cheerful wave to the two who'd already arrived.
“Drink your coffee, Val,” she kindly instructed, stepping close again to lean in and press a kiss to his cheek. “You look like a zombie. And show the newbies around a bit, okay? I'll be back with more soon.”
She stepped back to put some space between them, holding her phone at the ready as she turned her attention to Earth. The process was no different in reverse. With a little concentration and the press of a button, Ganymede was gone again in the blink of an eye, back to those who remained waiting in Destiny City.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:34 pm
Valhalla didn’t even realize where he was until Ganymede gave him a kiss on the cheek and instructed him to show people around. But why would he show people around? It was just Meadowview…
And then he realized, as she disappeared, that she had already brought him and a senshi, whose name he didn’t quite catch, to the moon. Or at least he assumed it was the moon because it was just a bunch of ruins… and there was a big sphere of what could only be the Earth hanging in the sky.
He blinked blearily, looking around towards the couple others who were already there. “Uh…” he turned slowly, realising he didn’t know anyone’s names. “Hi… Um… this… is the moon?”
Hey, he was instructed to show people around, but he really wasn’t awake yet. After a long, grueling game that went into three extra innings and ended only a few hours ago, he was completely exhausted! But he was trying to focus and wake up, and took a couple moments to unscrew the thermos of coffee Ganymede had made and took a big gulp.
“I’m Valhalla,” he introduced, knowing his eyes were red from lack of sleep, but did his best to smile at the others now that Ganymede had left him by himself.
HanaKirei
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:49 am
Eris looked up from her spot and blinked when two more Senshi and one Knight suddenly appeard. Tilting her head a little, she watched Ganymede tell the others where they were and just gave a little noise. She was... glowing? Was that normal? That wasn't normal. Eris's eyes were glued on Ganymede while she was there and then looked to the other two when she vanished.
With a smooth movement, Eris stood up and stepped forward, putting her hands behind her back. "Eris. Senshi of Discord. ...This is my first time on the Moon." Honestly she imagined it a lot more vividly, but she supposed ruins made sense.
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Kepler wanted to yelp when she was suddenly teleported to the moon and just let out a surprised noise of ooooh as she looked around. Of course Kepler was trying to listen to Ganymede, but this was space. She was in space. A smile made it's way to her lips as she looked to Eris when Ganymede left and dusted off her skirt.
"Sailor Kepler. Ah! Senshi of words. It's my first time in space, period..." The hombre haired girl just laughed softly and pushed a hand through her hair before wandering like a child in a candy store, looking at everything.
The glowing senshi had mentioned something about going to her home world... but that was a road Amphitrite hadn't gone down yet. It wasn't like she wasn't excited to try or whatever, she was excited to try everything, just... the thought of going to deep space by herself was kind of intimidating.
But the process itself wasn't so bad. All of a sudden, poof. The glowing senshi had pulled away, and Amphitrite was standing there on the surface of the moon with ruins and stuff. The sky was so clear and so perfect and wow, "Wow, " she echoed out loud, winding her hands together as she turned to the knight, who was now officially the first knight she had ever talked to.
"Valhalla - what a cool name - your hat's really cool, by the way, " actually it was probably more of a helm than a hat, but whatever. He'd get the idea. She flashed him a bright smile. He looked so tired, poor guy. "I'm Amphitrite, the senshi of seashells, " she said, really for everyone's benefit since there were two other senshi to mingle with now. Discord and words. "I wanted to tell you back on Earth, by the way, your outfit is so interesting by the way, I mean in a good way, " she blurted out to Kepler.
By the way, "What was the name of the senshi who bought us here?" she asked Valhalla, "I want to be able to thank her when she comes back - " So sue her if she had a minor starstruck girlcrush, leave her alone.
Guine
Saint Sergio
stari_maga
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:28 am
So this was space? It was beautiful, with the marble walls, ivy, and the view of Earth like in those pictures she'd seen, only better. Cybele didn't have much time to admire it before a familiar senshi dropped off the next group of arrivals. They were strangers.
That meant introductions. Cybele's attention turned to remembering the names and spheres; Valhalla, Knight; Eris, Discord; Kepler, Words; and Amphitrite of Seashells. As they started chatting she headed over to the blankets. Her outfit had never been the warmest and now that she'd upgraded it had even less fabric than before and was only really suited for the hottest days of summer.
"That was Ganymede, I think," she said as she wrapped herself up and settled delicately on one of the cushions. "He talked to me about space a long time ago, but he looked different then." She remembered that conversation from more than a year ago. Now she was finally here.
She was here on business, though. "I'm Cybele, Senshi of the Hunt," she said, smiling prettily and offering everyone a deep nod since she was not getting up to curtsy. "I've never been to space, either."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:41 pm
The feeling of transportation was not as strange as Auriga thought it would be. A little jarring, sure, but she was the type who liked roller coasters and reasonable thrill seeking. This was just another ride, albeit a way cool one. When she materialized in the midst of a garden, Auriga's first order of business was clear. Drawing in a breath, she took a dramatic step forward and said, "This is ONE SMALL STEP for me..." With a flourish, she threw herself forward in a massive jump and continued, "And a giant leap for senshikind!" The teenager giggled to herself and then allowed her eyes to truly adjust.
Above her in a giant blanket were stars so clear and bright that they seemed painted. Glossy nails lifted and pinched the skin on her arm. "Yep, definitely awake -- so this is real." There were other people there, all of them strangers except one. With a clap of her hands, Auriga jogged over to Valhalla and hung on his arm. "VALHALLA, HI, HI, VALHALLA, we're on the moon. THE MOON, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Hey, Valhalla, the moon looks kind of dingy and trashed, what's that about?" She was burbling with excitement, even more in your face than she normally was. "Oh and hey, my arm is all better, look!" She held up her once broken arm to him to prove it. "My mom totally freaked at my speed healing, but whatever, I can crime fight again, which is aces -- but HEY, how are you? Where's Ganymede?" It was a blur of sound with little room for breath.
Suddenly, she became aware that there was, you know, a crowd of people there. Auriga turned, slowly, and clasped her hands behind her back. "Oh, hi there -- sorry, that's so rude of me, I'm just really, really excited about all of this. I'm Auriga, Senshi of Pestilence! I don't think I've met... any of you, actually. See? The moon is already bringing people together!" Her smile was so wide it looked like it might fall off her face.
guine
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hanakirei
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:43 am
He hadn’t been to the moon in several months, not since he’d tagged along for the Jovian meeting. It wasn’t much different than when he’d been before, although instead of showing up at the front doors of the castle, they ended up somewhere in a garden of sorts.
Oberon looked around at the people who were already there, before slowly pulling himself away from the two he’d brought up to the moon with him. As much as he would have liked to stay around and chat with them, especially since they seemed to be nicer than a lot of the other people he’d met, especially any of his classmates, he had a duty to fulfill and nodded to both of them once more.
“I’m gonna help bring up the others. I’ll be back in a bit,” he promised, his spirits uplifted with their willingness to trust him to bring him safely there. He didn’t stay much longer after he let them know of his plans and soon disappeared from the Moon’s surface to head back to help bring up anyone else.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:08 pm
Valhalla turned to smile sleepily at the woman who introduced herself as Eris. “It’s not too exciting, unless you like places to explore. The castle has a lot of rooms, and the architecture and masonry is exquisite,” he shared, feeling a little nerdy to be talking about the construction of the castle, wondering if that was similar to talking about the weather.
In his defense, he was exhausted.
He smiled to the others as well. Kelper and Amphitrite both received a sheepish smile, as he wasn’t really sure how to entertain people while waiting for everything to start. “If you ever see your own world, just be careful. Not everything held up very well in the thousand or so years its been unused,” he warned the senshi in black and white, before letting out a small, awkward laugh in response to the compliments the seashell senshi gave him. “Thanks,” he mumbled, lifting a hand to self-consciously fuss with the helmet, knowing it was probably making his hair super flat and gross looking.
As Valhalla opened his mouth to answer Amphitrite’s question about the senshi who brought them there, another spoke up, and then introduced herself as Cybele. He nodded in confirmation at Ganymede’s name, but made no attempt to correct her in regards to the pronouns being used. While it might seem to be the right thing to do, he didn’t think Ganymede would want to have anyone called out on it, since until only in the past year or so had she become truly comfortable with herself.
“Yeah, that was Ganymede, she--” he started, only to stop suddenly when a smaller senshi came out of nowhere to hang onto his arm, causing him to almost drop the thermos of coffee. “C-careful!” he warned, exasperated as if Auriga’s enthusiasm knocked the wind out of him. Still, he was glad to see she was okay and let out a sigh of relief. “Ganymede’s on her way back,” he promised, “She went to get some others. I guess not very many people have the ability to get to the moon themselves…” Even as she introduced herself to the others, he still looked her over, wanting to make sure she was really okay.
A few others suddenly showed up as well. A knight of cosmos he kept seeing every now and again, and another young woman he didn't think he'd met on a personal level, although her presence seemed somewhat familiar. The third of the group had him groaning, but the child was gone before he could fuss at him for sneaking out of their parents' house. Surely he would be back though...
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:21 pm
"Whoops," Auriga said, leaning away from his thermos. "Yeah, Ash, one of the cats, souped up my phone. Now it has a moon button. Like, dial 9 for moon travel. This senshi thing gets better every day."
Space travel had not really been properly explained to Auriga. Derp was sort of a failure as a guardian cat and did little to prepare the girl for this life. Her work with the OBC centered around battle. She had heard whispers of space travel, but this was the first time she had honestly believed it was possible.
"Also, important question -- why is, like, my head not exploding? Or, you know, why are we all not dying from lack of oxygen?" she asked. "I mean, this is the moon, isn't it?" Important questions, Auriga had them.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:34 pm
Just as before, Ganymede appeared with Megrez and Mimisbrunnr near the gardens of the Moon ruins.
“Aaaaaaand here we are!” she announced, stepping away from the two she'd transported to demonstrate to the area around them with a sweep of her arm. “We don't really have time for the grand tour, but there's not much to see anyway unless you like staring at a bunch of broken stuff and weird things you probably won't understand. It looks like more people have come up since I was here just a little bit ago, anyway, so it's probably best not to wonder too far. Who knows when this meeting thing's actually going to start.”
Ganymede took a few more steps back and headed over to the group that had gathered around Valhalla, glancing around a bit to look for Oberon. She didn't immediately see him and assumed he'd headed back to Earth before she could get her hands on him.
Auriga's face was a welcome sight, however, and Ganymede beamed a bright smile upon her. “You're looking better,” she observed. She tried not to appear overly concerned but she did spend a few moments glancing Auriga over regardless. Though Auriga was old enough to look after herself there was a part of Ganymede that still felt mildly responsible for her, especially considering Auriga's arm had been broken by one of Ganymede's former teammates.
“Good question, but I doubt any of us have a good answer except 'magic,'" she explained. "There've been dream battles and space monsters and Ice Queens and ghosts. Oxygen and gravity and all that atmospheric stuff doesn't really seem too strange after all that.
"Anyone have any idea how many others are coming to this thing?” she asked around. She grabbed her thermos of tea from Valhalla and unscrewed the cap to take a quick drink. “There's still a few more back at Meadowview. You think Kallichore and the other's'll have it covered? Going back and forth is kind of tiring,” she said, and fanned herself with one of her hands as if she'd broken out into a sweat.
She hadn't.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:29 pm
The draw of energy, the flush of cool air and soft, dusty smells of halls where nothing walked for centuries and where voices were strange. They'd arrive on the Moon in the cloister.
And it was much more populous than just the first two he'd brought. A whole handful more, and all welcome. Chatting. Ganymede and Valhalla were easier to pick out now, some few sightings solidifying their silhouettes to his mind. Some regular scouts he didn't recognize were mingling as well. There was the scent of hot drinks, more potent in the lack of other inputs the moon afforded compared to the city streets they'd all come from. Did Athene bring his thermoses and cookies after all?
It was point of normalcy that was both welcome and strange, if he could claim any familiarity with that eternal to know what was or wasn't normal for the fellow. A look to the knights he'd brought and then to the gather, "Please, relax and look around. Penthesilea and I will be back with others soon, or at the least with Snowball and Faust. It won't be long. "
A hand lifted to the rest, if any was keeping track to note the politeness, and Thraen thumbed his phone again to return.
Eris winced when someone was yelling for Valhalla and letting everyone know they were on the moon. Of course they were on the moon. It was said from he get go this is where they were going so she didn't.. Well, whatever. The Senshi of Discord looked To Valhalla and nodded. "I like exploring places. Especially since this is.." Well where her mission was going to end up. Still it was sad seeing ruins and how abandoned it was. "I want to go in and see it. I've dreamed of going inside the castle for a long time now."
Eris didn't think he was nerdy for knowing things, she admired it. It meant he did research before coming here and had a history in the past.
But she let him go off to do what needed to be done before wandering towards Kepler again.
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Kepler laughed at all the goings on and looked to the shorter Senshi when she wandered over. This one was Eris. So easy to remember.
"Ah! A cat named Snowball gave me my phone after I found out I was a senshi and fought a youma with ...I think he was a knight.. Niflhel was his name." Though Kepler was talking to everyone and no one at all, she was looking at Aurgia because she'd brought up phones. Then she brought up the lack of asphyxiation and Kepler blinked tapping her chin.
"Well, I'm assuming this is related to how we ....have home worlds? I heard someone mention we did not that I've been to mine, but.. I guess technically we're aliens." She wiggled her fingers a little before laughing.
