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Oberon knew that it was probably a bad idea to get near the mirrors. He wasn’t at the Surrounding when that mess happened and the Dark Mirror Court was born, but his brothers had been, and he’d learned plenty through the experiences and eyewitness accounts of others.

He knew this, but he was also prone to being drawn to dangerous things.

No, looking for youma was not the safest thing to do, which was why he’d convinced a few of his friends to meet him in the park. They might not have known the idea was to help him look for youma to study, but that didn’t matter.

Because before he knew it, the mirror that they’d uncovered behind a bush in the park started to ripple and warp and suddenly he was being sucked into it!

“Is everyone okay?” he asked, pushing himself up and dusting off his knees and arms from winding up on the ground. He didn’t bother asking why there was a mirror in the park in the first place. It had clearly been put there by a Dark Mirror Senshi. Bastards.

"Fuuuuuuuuck...." Chara groaned softly after having landed face first on the ground. Why had he decided it would be a good idea to follow Oberon on this terribly dangerous adventure? He couldn't just wander around any more these days... He had his job to worry about, as well as school, and unlike Oberon, he wasn't a natural genius at anything; he was working his a** off to keep his scholarship so far and his skinny little a** was more tired than he could ever remember in his life being. And yet he still decided to come, because even HE couldn't ignore the fact that people were missing left and right.

It was as if the moment that he decided to be helpful and spend his night working with Oberon and the others (which he somehow *knew* was going to result in some ******** youma hunting, but he loved the boy enough to entertain him), the world decided to ******** over the boy even more than he already was and sucked him right into a mirror.

"No, I'm not ******** fine, but I'm used to it." He muttered, standing up then going to see if the others were alright... ********, he could have picked up another shift but nooo, here he was, trapped in a mirror. At least he knew where his friends were, he supposed. Had Oberon and Oort suddenly gone missing... That would have been way worse.

"So tell me, what the ******** just happened...? Where are we?"

”Everyone have all their fingers and toes? No one’s clothes is turning black?” he asked, looking from Oort to Chara to Skadi to make sure they really were okay and didn’t need a hand getting to their feet. “Sorry guys. That was my fault. I try to avoid those mirrors. I didn’t realize one had been placed near that bush.”

It was super dangerous to go near them, because while the few Dark Mirror Senshi he’d crossed paths with were okay and didn’t seem that intent with throwing people through mirrors, he knew that was still very much a possibility.

“Oort’s starseed is probably immune, but the rest of us should probably keep an eye out for anything weird,” he suggested, and then drew in a deep breath to let out slowly, trying to keep himself focused. It was a good thing that he didn’t feel like he was being corrupted. He’d never actually had the experience of having his starseed messed with, but he knew plenty of others had, and he glanced cautiously from Chara to Skadi, and then reached down to dig through the pockets of his cargo shorts.

“Oort, want to try to contact Tomlin? He might know a way to get us out. I’ve got some chocolate and a little bit of water, but we should save it as long as we can, but if anyone needs it,” he offered, showing the small water bottle he kept in his pocket, along with the bar of chocolate.

“Well, this sucks,” he groaned, moving over to the walls to wave the back of his hand in front of it, without touching it, trying to feel if it was maybe electrified or too hot to touch. When it didn’t seem like that, he brushed the wall with his fingers, and then knocked against it with his knuckles, trying to hear how solid it was.

“Do you think it might be possible these walls are thin enough to bust through? Don’t actually try to kick through it, Chara…” he warned, knowing the other teen was prone to jumping into things.

“Skadi, have you ever gone to your homeworld? Maybe we can get out by going there. Want to see if holding down the home button on your phone works? If you disappear just come back then we can all get out.”

Hey, he was trying, but it didn’t look like there was a way out. He just didn’t want to scare the others with his own dark thoughts of why they were there and what would probably happen to them.

Oort wasn't sure what being dragged into a strange mirror had to do with clothes turning black, but he didn't feel any different.

He didn't think he looked any different either, at least not if the surreptitious glance that he gave his clothes was anything to go by.

He nodded at Oberon's suggestion that he try to contact Tomlin as Chara vocally expressed his opinion about the situation.

"On it" he said and whilst Chara's words pretty much summed up the whole situation, a part of Oort couldn't help but feel glad that he'd sneaked out to help Oberon with his research–

Because whilst being trapped in wherever here was serious crappy, it would have been so much worse if his friends had upped and suddenly disappeared without warning.

He tapped out messages to Tomlin and to Euporie, because he didn't want his tree climbing buddy and senshi partner to end up getting trapped like he was - and figured he should warn her about strange mirrors–

Well at the very least he tried to, but it didn't seem to working right and after a few moments of trying Oort finallyy turned to Oberon with the intention of letting his friend know that there seemed to be something up with his phone...

Well that was the intention right up until the point when reddish eyes landed on a new person in the room - one who hadn't been there a few moments ago.

"Homeworld?," she piped up and questioned quietly. She summoned her phone to her hand and stared down at it for a moment before pressing and holding the home button. Apparently it did not do whatever it was that Oberon had hoped it would. She looked back up at him and shook her head, "Nothin', sorry!"

She'd have to remember to ask him later what he was talking about. She knew they could go to the Moon... She had no idea that there were homeworlds. But now was not the time nor place to discuss it- considering they were trapped in a very strange empty room and also she didn't wanna look super dumb in front of all of these people.

Normally the mention of chocolate would have her stomach grumbling but for some reason in this weird place, Skadi felt... Well, she felt nothing. She realized she did not feel hungry or thirsty or sleepy or anything. Her right hand reached out to the smoke that lingered on the walls, allowing it to swirl about her fingertips in awe. How bizarre... Lost in her own thoughts, she didn't even notice that someone else had been sucked into their weird empty prison.

Until another voice that she did not recognize as part of their small group came from behind her and it made her jump and turn, pulling her away from her thoughts of chocolate.

"Oh my gosh," she said while letting out a breath, before laughing nervously. A civilian? She supposed it was lucky that he ended up in a room full of powered people, but if he didn't even know what powered people were... Well, they would look awfully ridiculous in their strange outfits. "Hi! I'm Skadi. I'm sorry you got pulled into this mess,"

She frowned at the idea of civilians being involved- no good could come of that at all.

Holy crap... a BUNCH of senshi all in one place?? this was the most he'd ever seen in his life in such a group setting! It was, honestly, pretty awe inspiring, making that pretty face of his light up and sparkle in a mild startstruck kinda way. Wow... Oh but shoot. He couldn't tell them HE was one too! of the few things he knew about being a senshi, that was a big no-no, apparently...

And so, in his normal human form, Vi did his best to absorb what they all were conveying to him. So far they were plenty friendly, which caused a small tingle of hope to quiver in the typically lonely boys chest. Just keep it cool... keep it cool. How rare it was to have an actual conversation with others outside of his buddy Peter. So even in this not so pleasant setting they'd all gotten sucked into, Vi couldn't deny the small flutter of excitement he felt to not be alone in this.

A smile was aimed at each individual, taking a moment to look at the whole collection of powered crime fighters. With Chara and Skadi's prompting, he gave a light chuckle of his own, sheepish smile wriggling its way onto his face. A hand lifted to twirl the long, thick curly locks that draped along one side of his head in a nervous habit, "Yeah I guess... I should have been paying more attention." he admitted. "But I'm sorry you guys got pulled into this place too." if they were all powered up, then surely they'd been on their rounds, or possibly dealing with some baddie!

Skadi's polite introduction made him perk up a little. Right! Names! "It's nice to meet you, Skadi. All of you! I'm Vi. Thanks for being so kind and reassuring. I can't say I know entirely... what's going on. But I'll help anyway I can." How much helping he could do like this? he wasn't all too sure...

He stopped short when he was suddenly addressed just seconds after he'd introduced himself. Well someone caught on quickly... but the way his name had been echoed was in a more familiar sense. Looking over to Oberon as he was approached, pale eyes looked the stranger over, trying his best to recollect any memory of them. But... he was coming up blank. There were very few senshi he'd encountered... and he was sure he'd remember any he came across again.

But with how comfortable this guy seemed to be with not only speaking to him, but investigating him so thoroughly, Vi couldn't help but knit his brows slightly with confusion, voice gentle with assurance in turn, "No, no I'm fine, thank you." he started slowly. Oh shoot... would it be rude of him to ask... who the guy was...?

Chewing his lip a little, he got up the gumption to do it. "I'm sorry but... I'm blanking on your name..." maybe that was a more less rude way to go about this? It made him tuck back some of his hair in another anxious gesture, giving an apologetic smile, "My memory seems to be a bit fuzzy I guess." maybe that was it....

It was perhaps as well that Oort wasn't aware of the thoughts going through Oberon's mind, because otherwise he may have been a little huffy - because he wasn't young...

Well okay sure he was the youngest out of their little group but he wasn't a kid and 'sides he was going to be fifteen in a couple of months - at least give or take he was.

Mind reading wasn't a talent that Oort could lay claim to however and so reddish eyes had looked over at Oberon curiously at the other's startled reaction to the new occupant that had appeared in the room that they all seemed trapped in from out of nowhere–

Because from Oberon's words it sounded almost as if he knew the silver-eyed teen.

His gaze shifted to the teen in question, as the other spoke up and introduced himself as Vi, the lack of an aura making Oort assume that a civilian had somehow become trapped in with them "I'm Oort" he said, although the other was speaking to Oberon and so he wasn't sure if he'd heard him.

He shook his head at Chara's question, lips turning up in a slight frown at the chocolate senshi's mention of the non fun house.

"No" he admitted, because whilst Oort had gone through some weird things since the day when Horatio had given him his first henshin pen, being sucked through a weird mirror wasn't one of them.

For being typically focused and aware of his surroundings, it took Oberon a few seconds too long to realize that he had approached Vi as Oberon, and not as Peter.

He was momentarily distracted by Chara’s comment, and he glanced over his shoulder to his other friend, letting out a breath of exasperation.

“I’m serious, Chara, you could do a lot with that energy of yours. It’s a good thing. You can do a lot of good that you don’t realize yet,” he said with a frown, his hands still on Vi’s shoulders. Oort had already done the polite thing and introduced himself.

“My brother has, Skadi,” Oberon said, knowing this was all rather weird for everyone. “Back before the whole Dark Mirror thing, though. There used to be other mirror walkers that weren’t like the Dark Mirror. I can’t remember if he ever told me what they called themselves. But I think the Dark Mirror’s queen used to be one.”

He’d been holding onto Vi’s shoulders the whole time, and finally turned back to his friend, looking him over once more as though he didn’t believe that he was actually as okay as he said.

“I’m Oberon, but you know me as Peter,” he said to Vi, and then glanced around to his friend who were stuck there with him. “Guys, this is Vi. He’s a friend of mine,” he said to the others, lowering his hands from the other’s shoulders.