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Note: Due to the realities of life as a high school student, this RP should be considered to take place last weekend, on Saturday, 7 September.


That all the senshis had homeworlds somewhere out in space they could go to was something Nix was always well aware of...It just had somehow struck him as unimportant. He knew it was effectively where his powers came from, and that his world was in this solar system, orbiting Pluto.

But actually going there? Mapping it out, finding relics of the ancient past? Not a priority. Sure, it sounded cool, going to space, but there were things here on Earth, where he actually lived, that were a bit more important.

Still. He’d been spending a few days a month on the Moon lately, and it made him more curious about his very own world. So, a couple weeks ago, he’d popped there and looked around. It didn’t seem like a death trap, so he made note of that, and got set for an expedition.

He packed light, all told, stuffing a bag with some food, water, a bit of clothing, and some tools for mapping and surveying (that his dad had but never used...so he doubted their temporary absence would be noted), and then put that bag into his null space, along with his Switch. He’d considered putting his violin in too, but worried about overstuffing the space, and didn’t know what exactly would happen to something delicate like an instrument.


With all that out of the way, he’d sorted out an excuse for where he’d be to his parents, and left home. He didn’t know if activating the world teleport would flash a beacon where he was, so didn’t wanna do it anywhere near there. He sat down in a park where he thought he was alone, and spent a little bit looking at his senshi phone, steeling himself for the journey—even if ultimately it would happen in an instant.

Nix had his finger on the go button and was focusing on the idea of his world (as that’s how you trigger the teleport)...And a split second before the transport happened, there was a hand on him. He didn’t really realize exactly what was about to happen as he heard her say something and then...

...

They both saw a swirl of colors, like going through a tunnel, and then...Nix was sitting on a fallen log instead of a park bench, and the librarian was still there. He looked up at her and blinks. “Uhm...oops,” he said a bit lamely.

All around them was a forest, with large, thick trees. Strangely, it was almost completely silent, except for any sounds the two of them were making. No animals, very little wind...in spite of the plant life, it felt kind of desolate.

Nix laughed at the lady's reaction, but shook his head. "I...thought I was alone, and, well, I don't want to alarm you but, we are definitely not in Kansas anymore."

"In fact, all of the US is, uh," he paused and looked around, then up. "That way," he said, pointing up. "A few million miles that way." He scratched his face and looked a bit concerned for a moment. "I, er, was going to go explore over the weekend, I brought some supplies," notably, he didn't seem to have them. "But probably better to go back a bit sooner than that."

Nix nodded, and reached to the side as if grabbing something out of a box...and there was a bright red cooler in his hand. "I've got the ability to put a few things in a sort of...extradimensional pocket, I guess? The things disappear, and I can pull them back out. He opened the cooler, and showed he had sandwiches and some drinks within, then "put it back," which mostly just resulted in it disappearing again.

"Though, given where we are, that's not even the wildest thing going on right now," he said with a snicker. "See, my name, Nix, is really a title. Technically, it's... don't laugh... 'Super Sailor Nix,'" he stood up as he said that. "And this," he through his arms out, "Is the planet Nix!" Then his arms drooped slightly. "Well, no, that's not right. It's a moon. In fact, if we climbed one of these trees we'd probably see, uhm..."

He hesitated, as it really made clear how ridiculous this all really was, at least to someone not used to it. "Pluto."

“Well, no, we aren’t in space,” Nix agreed. “Space is up there.” He pointed up again. “But so is the Earth.” He grinned and shrugged. “It’s all pretty weird. But they did teach us in school that Pluto’s got 5 moons. Charon’s Just the big one. Although, uh...”

He hesitated, looked around, and rubbed the back of his neck. “I think the universe may be a lot weirder—and harder to observe—than we know. I was reading about it a while ago, and there’s no way what we’re looking at here should be possible, and yet, well,” He patted a tree. “It clearly is here.”

Nix watched her climbing attempts briefly...there were a fair amount of large branches to grab and climb on. He actually just jumped up past her, then dropped back down a ways and offered a hand to her.

“Well, okay, there is that,” Nix allowed, nodding. “I suppose I don’t have any way to prove this isn’t a super elaborate hallucination. But trust me, it isn’t. And I’m not an alien...er...I don’t think. I was born in North Carolina. Lived there until a couple years ago.” His accent wasn’t strong, but the mention of the state could bring one to observe a hint of it.

He helped her up a bit farther, then said, “Here, stay this high, I think if I hop up there I can push some things aside for a view.” Then he jumped up, up again, briefly out of sight. “Ah, perfect!” He could be heard calling out, before a branch above shifted gradually, brining into view...

...Well, it wasn’t actually the image of Pluto one could find online. It was darker, for one, but also had different features. A different side, perhaps? But it was definitely there, shrouded a bit by atmosphere and distance. “There it is!”

He smiled at her response. "Pretty cool view, right?" he asked. "I'm hoping there's somewhere around to see the sky without having to climb a tree, but, uh, I haven't really explored much yet..." He rubbed the back of his head briefly, then looked down. "Anyway, let's go back down. Safer that way." He dropped a ways, and offered a hand to her. Assuming she was willing, it wouldn't take long to get back to the ground.

"Yeah," he agreed, nodding. "Lotta trees. I think Endor sounds right..." He shrugged, once they were down out of the tree. "I've really only been here a little while once before, hence exploring," he explained. "Best I can tell, it's a great big forest, but it's a planet, well, a moon...so there's bound to be something else."

"At least, I hope." He laughed. "So, people like me all have a place like this, and a thing that we represent. Like, you might have guessed, my thing is Frogs. Tree Frogs, really, hence," he gestured up. "Trees. The lack of frogs is a bit disappointing, though."