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Antisana, Squire of Pluto

He expected that everyone gathered here were all in exactly the same boat. It had been a peculiar (read: uncomfortable) week, and no one had access to their wonders, but as far as information as to why, Antisana hadn’t come across any who knew much about it. They were all varieties of concerned, offended, or even clueless, and the assumption was that the summoning would address that- though it hadn’t yet.

So when the man next to him asked if he knew anything in particular, Antisana just gave a shrug. “No more than you, I imagine. I hope we are about to get a little insight.”

It was a matter of moments after that the Code addressed the room- and maybe it should be its own kind of relief that they hadn’t been gathered just to hear, ’Don’t worry! Everything Is Fine.’ There was a problem. Some unnatural force. Even if Antisana had never seen or interacted with the Code, he was familiar enough with the sound of a tired voice. That’s what he sounded like on the regular. But he was only human. That was natural.

It seemed slightly less natural for what was no less than a cosmic deity to sound tired.

If everything they were came from the Code to begin with, what could anyone here actually offer in terms of assistance? He had no testimony different than anyone else’s, and didn’t see a reason to say as such. Everything was a big question with no answers. How was his Wonder? How would he know, if he hadn’t been allowed to go to it?

And then-

He blinked a slow, owlish look as a girl too exuberant from the atmosphere approached. “Maya.” He hadn’t seen her in- God- years, probably? But it was hard to forget the girl who had helped keep him alive when he’d first been introduced to all this. “Ah, not much.” Why did these people think he had any more idea of what was happening than he did? “But it sounds like the closed wonders do not equate to a day off. Oh.” Right, the other Squire.

Turning to the Mars knight, he said, “I am Antisana.” A light gesture toward the girl who’d come up to them, “This is Maya.”

Kyuseisha no Hikari

Meninx

Shanyume

Maya

Rainier - Squire of Mercury

Erica was still on duty responding to an emergency when she felt the slight tug in the back of her mind urging her to power up. Easy enough to ignore at first, like a reminder to grab something from the store after she clocked out. But then it became more insistent like when you’re trying to hold a thought while someone else is speaking.

It proved to be far more of a distraction than she could have anticipated which made things incredibly difficult when dealing with a combative suspect. But she was well trained from the academy and had been in more dangerous and stressful situations than she cared to count.

Finally, when she was finally done with work and was able to drive herself to someplace she knew was safe to power up, Erica finally gave in to this nagging call and powered up begrudgingly. From one job to the other with no meal in between; fantastic.

Not even a second later an astral letter appeared, one similar to the ones she sent to Acrucis or the tins, however, this one had a different appearance, presenting itself to her as a scroll with an illuminated script.

Rainier’s eyes swept over the invitation, lingering over each detail, compelling her to read it through not just once, but twice before the letter began to glow brightly. “I suppose I have no choice” Her words, seen as an acceptance, was all that was needed to teleport her to the Moon.

When she arrived, Rainier glanced around the crowd of other Knights. Only one looked familiar to her, a Mars Knight (Tanais) she had met on Alistar’s word. They’d exchanged names once but that was long enough ago that she couldn’t remember the woman’s name.

Despite being a Squire, she felt more like a new recruit at an opening ceremony, more so because most of her powered acquaintances were all Senshi. While she was not opposed to meeting new people, she suspected this was going to be more like grade school where everyone already had their group of familiar friends, or cliques, leaving her on the sidelines, awaiting assignment or navigating solo

Lovely...

Paradise, Squire of Cosmos

(Standing with Sessrumnir and Palatine, near Amarynthos and Ephesus. )

It was difficult for her not to gush over Amarynthos and Ephesus. They were growing up so fast and she was so proud of them. She was also proud of her niece, who was clearly not deterred by the number of people there.

“Did your brother tell you that that’s your uncle?” Paradise sighed as she took a step closer to Sessrumnir and Palatine once more, nodding in the direction of Cynthus and Poe.

The revelation drew a confused look from Sessrumnir for just a moment, before the context of Cynthus being there had everything click into place. Sessrumnir looked like he was both surprised but not. Paradise wasn’t surprised that her family was involved, but her brother wasn’t exactly the type to run around in costume, at least not these days.

The Code was speaking but everyone else had already announced what they wanted to share, so Paradise stood back so she could beam at how thoughtful her children were. She didn’t have extra energy like Valhalla, but it sounded like a plausible idea to her!

Nalanda, Knight of Cosmos

(In the general vicinity of Crisium, Qingcheng, Erytheia, and Amsvartnir. He is still staying quiet and listening!)

Hearing the accounts of everyone else made Nalanda feel a bit tense. With a Cosmos Wonder, he knew they sometimes wandered. It hadn’t unnerved him when he hadn’t felt a pull from his Wonder, but it wasn’t like he was so keenly aware of its presence that he felt something being wrong.

He caught Crisium’s name and offered a polite smile; even if he wasn’t standing next to him, he wanted Crisium to know that he had people around who could help if he needed anything. The other Knight of Cosmos, Amsvartnir, seemed like he was fine, so Nalanda didn’t worry about having to give him a checkup.

Erytheia had said he didn’t know what was happening to their Wonders, and Nalanda found him easy to listen to and easy to trust–not just because they’d met before. Without information, he felt uneasy but it sounded like there was already plenty of people trying to find answers and solutions. He’d had issues with his weapon but hadn’t noticed much beyond that and kept quiet while he listened to the others.

a-disgruntled-dragon

Crisium

Orangeish Sherbert

Qingcheng

Meighei

Erytheia

genovianprince

Amsvartnir

Richtersveld, Squire of Pluto &
Dumuzi, Page of Pluto

"Ganymede!" Richtersveld appreciated the confirmation of her suspicions, at least. There were quite a few knight factions, and that meant she was always trying to keep track of who they each were. While it didn't tell her much about them individually, it did give her some clues as to their magicks and who they may wish to be close to.

Of course, there Richtersveld of Pluto was, facing Folksvangr of Ganymede and Tanais of Mars--

"I hope it is." Her brows knit. "There's a lot of us here though, right? Certainly great minds together can come to some answers."

Dumuzi shot Tanais a rackish grin. "I know right? Keep waiting for Nem to wake up too--" Richtersveld shot him a glance that was only two breaths away from being a glare. "Right, right, whatever. Just us, not them. Sounds like you got some tea though, lemme hear about the meeting-"

Richtersveld cleared her throat. "I had last visited my wonder over a week ago, but long enough ago that I was still not able to go back, so I didn't think anything of the fact that I couldn't go. Du hasn't been able to get there, though."

Dumuzi shrugged, idly fiddling with his ineffective not-weapon. "Not like there's anything there anyway." His gaze slid back to Tanais. "Now the story-"

Amarynthos, Knight of the Moon

(Standing with Ephesus, Sessrumnir, Palatine, and Paradise)

Oh, that was definitely Cynthus in the distance. Amarynthos’ brows lifted, but he tried to hide a little smile. The Code couldn’t ignore her when she was working so hard to be heard. Amarynthos knew that Ephesus’ freckles were not sparkling because of the Code; he must have been feeling a bit more relaxed than earlier because Mary never saw them do that when he was stressed.

“Tell Alastor we say hi,” he whispered to Sessrumnir, who wasn’t trying to hide that he was sending a letter but was so obvious about it without even trying.

Ephesus was relaxed. Sessrumnir was reassuring. Clearly a little worried, but that was also just how his face looked. The Code had said that this was correctable. Amarynthos figured there was a solution. An important one, an immediate one, but there had been no dire warnings from the get go.

If the Code could ask how their Wonders were, things surely weren’t so dire that they needed to worry that much.

Palatine made him curious, but it was easy to assume that she’d already answered her own question. He’d never been to the Code Piece on Olympus to know if there was a difference, but he’d never seen Mars at all. He added it to his mental to-do list. He knew about Olympus in passing, but he thought it made sense to come here when it must have been closer.

But then, he was biased. He liked the Moon.

“How has everyone in your family gotten recruited to do all this? Put in a good word for my dads, they’d love to protect a Wonder or something.” He was teasing; he didn’t want his parents involved any more than they wanted him involved. He didn’t want them fighting, but he thought the two of them would probably really appreciate cleaning up and taking care of a Wonder or something.

He squeezed Ephesus’ hand without expanding on an answer. He didn’t know what could have caused this, or how they could fix it, but he trusted in the Code and he trusted Sessrumnir. He’d seen more than the both of them combined, and he didn’t look like he was about to have a panic attack so things couldn’t be that bad. Probably.

Guine

Paradise, Ephesus, Sessrumnir

Sunshine Alouette

Palatine

Mont Saint Michel, Knight of Saturn

(Grouchy, next to Lupu and Necromanteion)

Oh, great. These two. Michel snarled and might have snapped at the two of them, but around this many people he didn’t want to waste his energy on biting back too hard. He probably could have pushed Lupu down, but with Necromanteion he was just asking for a scolding once he got home.

Tattle-tales, both of them.

He politely put his hand on Lupu’s shoulder to push him back and keep him at arm’s length.

“With all of the people here, you’d think you two could find someone else to bother,” he grumbled.

He hadn’t been able to make it to his Wonder. His Summon wasn’t coming. His weapon kept twisting itself into a malformed piece of junk. He wasn’t going to speak up about any of that in a group this large, especially with these brats here.

Hyperborea, Transcended Knight of the Cosmos

Spotting Delphi the Knight of the Cosmos watched as her old friend approached her with a smile. "Mine too, I also wasn't able to summon Cerynitis or use my magic properly in battle." She reported to the other woman as she listened to the Code. She also spotted Caer with Laeradr and motioned for the two of them to join the pair of transcended knights.

She greeted her girlfriend with a quick but loving kiss. "Bonsoir, Ma belle!" She said before turning to the Neptune Squire. "I'm glad to see you too Laeradr!" She was happy to be around friends and trusted allies at a time like this. "Have you both been experiencing issues as well?"

Turning her attention to the Code again she noticed how dim and slow the ancient entity seemed. It reminded her of other times the Code had been unwell. She thought back to when this piece was first brought here after rescuing it from the Negaverse, herself playing her own small part in it. She listened as others gave reports to the Code and asked questions about the situation. "I've not been able to travel to Hyperborea either or call upon my summons Cerynitis." She advised the ancient force.