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The storms were... more than a bit aggravating, agitating. Annoying, for her third term for alliteration. Solaris wasn't able to really escape the sensation of being watched, and it put her on edge. She went over her notes constantly, squinted at the photos the mysterious sender had pinged to her phone... trying to search for something she'd somehow missed, listening to updates from others in their own searches as she spoke to those she could. It was exhausting when paired with the dread she was trying to smother down...

But at least she had something to look forward to for the moment.

She was relieved when Urania had reached out to her--something positive to focus on, and it was... exciting, in its own way, to be checking things out with another alien senshi.

One whose name was familiar but she wasn't sure where to place it, and that also slightly annoyed her...

Already powered up, she grinned as she approached the meeting spot, sensing an Eternal's energy signature. She picked up her pace at least, happy for this chance in pace. Spotting the starry senshi, she lifted a hand in a simple wave, smile broad. "Heya! Hope I didn't keep you long."

Her smile faded slightly as she caught sight of the horizon, the grey-purple clouds forming. Her nose wrinkled. "At least we've got clear weather for the moment here..."

"Not since I got pulled up by it into that... prison, I guess it was," she sighed, rubbing at the side of her neck as she felt her skin prickle still. The storms put her on edge, reasonable or not. "That was more than close enough for me, I'd rather not experience that again." As it was, she somehow doubted if she were to get struck with lightning again, that it'd just result in her getting teleported to that prison-room, place...

"Have you been reading any of the stuff that's been posted on the Database?" The question was a non-judgmental one, just simple curiosity, to make sure she understood the base-line of mutual understanding on the topic. As she spoke, she reached into subspace to produce her phone, aware at least she'd need that to help facilitate the trip back to Solaris. In the back of her mind, she could feel an extra tug...

Solaris gave a few blinks, staring at Urania in a bit of confused surprise before tapping on her phone, other hand rubbing at the side of her neck. "I've been so caught in all of this, I really kind of forgot not everyone is..." Though it was... definitely a kind of important topic to know about. Bringing up the recent Database entries concerning the storms, the serpent, including her own, she handed her phone to the other senshi.

"The storms... but also what might be behind them. The prison I, Encke, two other senshi--Murikabushi, and Kerberos--and some Negaverse agents including two of the General-Kings, all got pulled into this... strange place. Dark room, murals eventually showed up. Depicted a story about a sort of... great beast, or serpent, devouring worlds, and storms along with it. I've heard similar stories in the past, but they were just warnings, folktales. None of their 'great beasts' ever matched, nor the storms or anything. Not... anything quite like this."

She held up her hand, this time pulling the strange spike from subspace. "I got this while we were there. Looks like there's a few of them around. They... look like the ones in the murals we saw, ones that were used to make a cage for the serpent."

Really, the amount of info in all this was... a lot, so she paused, letting Urania take time to digest things, read the Database... whatever she needed.

"A vision? When was that?" Her brows furrowed as Solaris watched Urania, but the other senshi's rising panic made her pause in any additional questioning. The description of the vision sounded pretty accurate to what was happening... but how did she get that from the Code? Did the Knight-thing know more about the situation..?

Returning her own phone and the spike to subspace, Solaris drew a bit closer to Urania, hands up as if she would put them on the other's shoulders, but kept them hovering in the air instead. "Hey, Urania? I need you to take deep breaths, okay? In for four seconds, hold for four seconds, out for four seconds. In... hold... out... okay?"

She couldn't blame her for the panic, of course. This wasn't exactly super happy news to be sharing. But for the moment, she was more concerned with the potential for the woman to slip into a full panic attack or hyperventilate for all she knew. Her eyes flicked about the other's face, trying to get a feel for her state.

"A number of us are looking into things. People have been going to their homeworlds, too, to see if they can find information to help us figure this out. We don't... we don't know yet how to stop this thing, but that's why we all need to focus on finding information, and come together to figure out how to keep it away from Earth. And we will keep it away from Earth, got it? None of us will let this thing hurt the planet or the people and creatures here. Even the Negaverse seems to agree this is a danger, from what the others have reported in encountering them since the big storm on the 21st last month..."

Not that she was... keen to work with them, but the bigger threat was the bigger concern.

"I know we were originally talking about tech still on my world, but I'd like to see what's going on there right now. I've been feeling a... a pull back, and I'm not sure if it's connected to these storms or not... but if you're willing to come with me to see if we can find anything, I'd really appreciate it."

Solaris continued to watch Urania for a moment longer, even after the other's breathing began to even out. She did at least drop her hands and take a slight step back, giving her some more space and not wanting to crowd her.

The explanation... Solaris' smile was gentle, if still a bit dry. She still needed to locate the Chaos on her world, remove the infection, deal with-- but this was the farthest from the time to dwell and be bitter on things, so she nodded. "I can understand that, it's okay. Use it as a motivation. I know seeing one world die was enough for me, personally," she offered, a level of severity mixed with gallows humor.

Pausing a moment more to really feel Urania was settled again, she pulled her phone back from subspace, poking at it with her thumb till she got to the Home app, and held her other hand out to the Eternal. "More eyes and minds on a problem like this are always beneficial. Never know when someone'll have a different perspective that can crack the thing wide open."