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Pendour. That seemed like it was what she was supposed to be called when she was like this, she felt. Pendour had figured out that if she just thought hard enough about the magical ocarina, her clothes would change and she would feel stronger again, so she had done that. She had come out in the evening, because it seemed like in the media that was when the monsters and the terrorists and all the strange happenings seemed to, well, happen. She was hoping that maybe she could find some clue about what had happened to her, and maybe starting there she could figure out the rest of what was going on.

Her hunches hadn't been leading her astray so far. She'd turned to Google to try to figure things out as much as she could, and it turned out that they symbols on her outfit were symbols of Neptune like she'd thought, and that the thing she'd found was an ocarina. When she got a similar strange, hunch-like feeling that if she walked north, she'd run into something good, something that felt warm and bright, she followed it. This one was a little different, though. It got warmer and brighter the more she walked, and it seemed to be maximized when she approached a building.

She looked up. This was the library. She'd been here a few times and it hadn't struck her as particularly strange. She wasn't quite sure what that feeling had been leading her towards, but in any case, she was here.

"Um... hello?" she said, since her hope was that it was a person who would be here. Hopefully it wouldn't be another hungry monster.

It was a person! That was good. Pendour had been hoping for a person. However, even though something strange and probably magical was going on, she had really not been expecting someone straight out of the middle ages, with so much red and gold drapery and real, gleaming copper armor. When he emerged fully from the shadows, she full on stared for a good five seconds.

"Oh, my, you're absolutely stunning," she breathed. Then, she caught a glimpse of his face, which was rather... fatherly. Oh no. Nothing against him, he was still stunning. She just hoped she didn't offend him. "Um. That was a bit forward, wasn't it?" she said. "Let's start over."

"Hello. My name is... Pendour, I think. It's nice to meet you, Camelot." Yes. That sounded better. "I'm fine, I just had a quick question? Are..." she trailed off and grimaced preemptively. "This is going to sound bad as well. I apologize. Um. Are you by chance," she pursed her lips, then spat it out, "A terrorist?"

Her next words came tumbling over each other like a confession. "I'm only asking because I think I may be a terrorist, too."

"A Knight." Pendour said the word through half-closed lips as if she was holding it by two fingers at arm's length. It sounded right, which she wasn't sure how to feel about. "It fits you, certainly." With the storybook clothing, the shining armor, and even the name, Camelot, he was the perfect match.

She called her ocarina to hand. She had puzzled how to do that much, at least. With the other, she pulled her large braid over her shoulder and ran her thumb over the pearls that tied it off. "It's a better word than terrorist, of course, but, well, I am the opposite of a warrior." She looked down at her skirts and laughed softly, thinking of her days spent talking to plants and making videos meant to soothe. "And not just because of the trappings," she said.

"Anyway, I did find an item, this ocarina, which transformed me, so it seems we have a little in common." The symbols on his outfit caught her eye and clicked with something she'd found in her earlier Googling. "Earth. You said you were of Earth, yes? It seems I am connected to Neptune. Would that match up with what you know?"

Pendour nodded along and tried to keep up, although it seemed like Camelot was jumping from topic to topic and encouragement to encouragement, which was so sweet of him, but not quite the easiest to follow. She waited until a natural pause in the conversation while he was on the subject of planets.

"So I was right about Neptune," she said, running her thumb across her knuckles. "That's good. It's so beautiful, so blue. If it had ended up meaning something else, I'd have been a little sad." She took another appreciative look at Camelot's outfit. "Not disappointed, though. Earth is the planet that serves humanity well enough, for example, and I'm sure the others have their charms as well."

"This is not really about clothing, though, is it?" She opened her hands and took another look at the little ocarina. "You said I could help work for peace, but that means that something's wrong, doesn't it?" She looked back at him and raised her eyebrows a bit, just enough to show she wasn't fooled. "I think we need to take this conversation and walk back a few steps. What's happening, exactly?"

Another compliment. It was nice, although she couldn't help but notice that Camelot was getting a little flustered. Pendour grinned and gave a light, airy laugh. Knight in shining armor or not, and she had a feeling that it wasn't just for show, he was still a real person underneath. His words were helpful, no mistake, but his honest reactions were reassuring in a different way.

"You're doing fine," she said, which would hopefully be reassuring and not just further the awkwardness. "And thank you."

Then he was taking about more serious things, and she listened. What he was saying more or less matched up with rumors she'd heard and her very limited experience as a knight, although she didn't know about this dark force, Chaos.

"I think that makes sense," she said. She supposed if there was good then there would probably be evil, although she didn't like thinking about it in such black and white terms. "Although... the Negaverse?" her smile returned. "Don't you think that sounds a little silly?"

She turned to her ocarina and ran a finger across its smooth, smooth surface. "Well, if people are dying, which I know they are, then people are dying. The name wouldn't really matter then, would it?" She looked back up. "I think I would like to protect people, if I can."

"The White Moon?" she asked. She looked up at the thin sliver of a moon in the sky. It was pretty, but it seemed so small compared to both the planet she lived on and the one she was sworn to. "Is that our official name? What about Earth and Neptune?" She paused and pursed her lips. "Well, maybe talking about planet knights is a little weird, but just 'knights' isn't so bad. It's a little intimidating, maybe, and anachronistic, but it's simple, classy, and easy to understand." The conversation was heading towards something she could talk about even without knowing much about this war, and she looked back to Camelot.

She gave a small frown. "It does sound violent, though. I don't want people to think I'm going to hurt them."

That thought was short lived enough. "If the Negaverse is able to recruit whoever they want, I can see why they didn't feel the need for a better name," she said. "It's sad, but I'm glad we can help them. Well, I'll see what I can do, at least. I hope I can help, but it does seem like a lot." She was so new at this, and things tended to take time to learn, only this time there was more at stake, it seemed.

At least she had somehow stumbled across an advisor. "How did you start?" she asked.

Pendour really did try her best to follow along, although there was just a lot to process.

"Well, it's good you awakened, then," she said with another smile. "I was chased by a monster, but you're probably right that it's not as important as what happens next."

Learning the basics, for example. That was important. "Anyway," she said. "So we're connected to different planets, and we're under the banner of the moon, and of course all this is happening on Earth." The repetition helped settle it in her mind a bit.

She nodded, then pursed her lips. For every question answered, it seemed like she had another. "Um, Sailor Sen...shi?" she asked, stumbling over the unfamiliar word. It was especially odd as most of the magical happenings they'd been talking about were tied to images she understood, like planets and objects. Well, the ocarina had been a bit of a mystery as well, but it had been easily solved, and this would hopefully be the same. "I'm sorry, I don't know about those either." She looked up hopefully.

Pendour thought she was following along better now.

"I don't think I would call it simple, but yes, I think I understand. If not right now, I'm sure I'll manage to get it straight eventually," she said, with a bit of a distant look in her eyes. Her fingers absentmindedly went back to fiddling with the strands of her braid. "I think the day to day, the conflict and the hope, that's something I can walk away with right now, so thank you," she said, and nodded.

She still wasn't quite sure about these senshi, but since they would most likely not be the ones who were a threat to her, or peace, she decided that they were not a cause of concern for her at the moment. Camelot mentioning his son did get her to think, though. She didn't have any children, but she did have five siblings, her parents, and a lengthy extended family.

"How unusual is it to be involved in all this?" she asked. "I have a big family. Do you think-" she cut herself off, and squinted. "Would I even know?"