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Cherish held on to Rey's arm as they walked through the city, somewhat anxious in the dark. It wasn't too late, but certainly not a comforting area, and she fidgeted as they moved, looking to her sibling with a nervous expression before nuzzling his arm quietly.

They'd gone out for a trip to the shops - taking some of their coin and travelling to enjoy a quiet day away from their twin cousins. But, true to luck, Rey had found a few skirts to chase, and flirted just a bit too long, his sibling much frustrated before she sighed and managed to remind him she was there.

So now, they were walking home in the dark, and she just wanted to hold on to her brother and escape the seedier areas of town - too many gross men looking to look up her skirts, as it were, and she finally jumped at the sound of what sounded like heavy steps nearby, and buried her neck in Rey with a cry.

Whatever it was, the sound didn't sound human - grinding, clanging, scurrying, and grumbling all at once? So not human.

"Rey... Something's out there big brother... I'm scared,"

"It's creepy out." Cherish persisted, but she wasn't blaming him at all. She was used to her brother's ways, fratenizing with young women and their ilk - she onten helped find girls who suited his standards (And hers - no tramps for HER brothers!).

No, the air felt and sounded wrong, and then, the abnormal steps again as they drew nearer and nearer. At first, the plume seemed to belong to some LARP or SCA costume, but the beast emerging was only human-like in the upper body.

It's head was a gross fusion of plumed circlet and human head, with a human torso, but four arms and six legs on an insectlike metal abdomen, each foot covered with five-toed paws of metal and thin nails upon each to explain the shuffling. It couldn't move fast, yet, or perhaps it hadn't seen them, but the fanged youma sniffed, and sniffed again, before a rasping, fanged motion like laughter came from it, and it's look shot to them both.

"R...Rey.... W...What i...is that..." Cherish keened anxiously. "Rey..."

"Iagreelet'sgo!" Cherish didn't need more prommpting, bolting as fast as her body allowed as the beast began to chase them, moving rapidly to try hunting, seeking, catching. It hungered, and it hungered for them, not a prospect she relished, nor did she want her twin eaten, the girl whimpering as they ran.

The youma scented a hunt. It's feet moved to chase, rustle-stamping-charging for them as the scream from it was an unholy abomination of a broken violin section combined with static and the sound of pure electricity, all havng a fetid lovechild with the Lord of the Whorl, and Cherish yelped, covering her ears to hide behind a wall - something, anything to throw it and she cried, shaking.

Cherish huddled under the crate, eyes wide in fear as she absolutely shook, blinking at the transformation of Reynard into... Someone else. But still him? Well.... She didn't understand, but the youma paused, the feet and legs stopping as it hissed, a steam engine and tea kettle and serpent in one trone, before it lunged to bite at Parthenon. The page wanted to go first?.... So be it.

But what it did not expect was a white feline jumping on it's head with a loud yeowl, hissing and puffing as the small, thin animal bared teeth and jumped off to land by the newly-awakened page.

Miss Kitty growled at the Youma, but was eying Parthenon carefully - not a trace of hated could be seen, but rather concern. She'd sensed a starseed waiting to awaken, but she didn't think Mauvians sensed knights. In fact, she was almost sure they didn't. However, there HAD to be a senshi bursting to awaken, based on her senses, and Miss Kitty looked to Parthenon urgently, deciding if there was one newbie, there might as well be two kittens, the other nearby. She sensed it.

"Page! Who did you come with? Where are they, quickly?!" The Mauvian asked rapidly. The Youma was hissing at both of them now, and her fur was on end, looking around.

Cherish huddled deeper into her box, and whimpered.

Miss Kitty nodded to the boy even as the youma gave it's screech from the very pants of Thal himself,lunging to persue the new young page greedily. Miss Kitty puffed again at it, but before she would fight and aid the poor hapless page )HER KITTEN!), she had a job. And if more issues came... Well, she had her senshi to call upon. For now, however, she folowed the vague gesture, before wiggling into the hiding place, wide brown-gold eyes staring at her.

"No, we havwn't time for formalities nor a panic, kitten, so right now I'm going to give you something to help -" What did the page call her? Sister? "-your brother dust that thing, and then I can answer as may questions as I'm sure you both have." Miss Kitty explained rapidly, and Cherish nodded before the Mauvian purred, doing a tidy backflip to summon a purple and pink henshin pen, surprised herself as it landed. Cherishing prepared to ask how it came to be, but then recalled she was talking to a talking cat, and shivered, meekly taking the pen and looking to the cat. Miss Kitty nodded, then blinked.

"Childm you need to say "Limosa Power, Make up!" to ah, use it." Miss Kitty coaxed. Cherish nodded, holding it as high as able, before repeating the phase.

And then, Sailor Limosa squeaked, before wiggling out and picking up the odd talking kitty. She couldn't let that abomination hurt her brother! And if this would help... Well... She'd TRY!

The youma, meanwhile, circled and hissed, chasing and squirming before it screamed at Parthenon, shrill and high and caused windows to shatter into powder, the pleased look on it's aw at the carnage visible.

The youma prepared to screech, and instead made a strangled noise as Parthenon's stick made way into his throat, the beast lashing and gurgling, but not quite dead as one hand grabbed for Parthenon violently, it's eyes rolling.

Miss Kitty cringed, headbutting Sailor Limosa urgently to go out and help with a mewl, the feline worrying intently.

"He needs help Sailor Limosa! Go! Go!"

Limosa required no prompting, grabbing the albino animal before charging out after Parthenion. Was she terrified? Incredibly, but the new-awakened senshi had work to do, and that meant charging and planting a kick into a weak, exposed point in the sternum, the youma shrieaking as it abandoned grabbing for Parthenon to writh, Limosa running to her sibling, whining.

"Are you alright?"

Limosa knew that look, and was surprised he didn't recognize her, before nodding, deciding to burst his bubble later. The senshi nodded, Miss Kitty leaping to her shoulder with a coy smile, the cat's tail switching as Limosa glanced, the Mauvian nodding.

"You should have a magical attack, Limosa. It will help you both I'm sure." She purred. The mauvian looked to Parthenon in amusement herself, and moved to his shoulders, purring to the handsome knight gently as she nodded.

"I don't know what pages have, but, I think you will do well using your weapon, dear." Miss Kitty soothed, grooming him softly. Indirectly, she planned to remain until they powered down, to hide their auras - at least until Elpis came to the scene, if she was out. Still, these were now her kittens, and she would protect them.

Limosa nodded, trying to fumble in her mind for the attack, before a tendril of instinct blossomed into what she needed to do, and she raised a hand gracefully, beaming warmly and nodding to Parthenon.

"Let us drop the curtain. I want to get home before Grandfather worries." She said calmly.

And then she summoned the Octopi on the youma, the beast screeching.