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Slievenamon, Page of Neptune

Slievenamon felt a shiver zigzag up her spine. This was it, this is what she was waiting for and, despite her fear, she was more than ready to surge forth and learn. Not just of the world she part of, but also of the enemy. She listened to Caedus's words with a bated thump to her chest, tightened a gloved hand around her shell flute. The page didn't have much fighting experience and was willing to just give up then and there, but her eyes rested on the group and reconsidered. She felt they were there for her and, in turn, she would be there for them. She wouldn't give up just because of a small setback of fear.



Sailor Cadmus, Chibi Senshi of Cranberries

Cadmus pipped up at the sound of a familiar voice and smiled in the direction of Iduna. "Hey, Iduna, sure!" he said, beckoning her closer before turning to his bro. "Etamin, this is Iduna, and yep, she's a senshi of apples. We met after killing a youma together." He smiled at her, trying to appear warmer despite the fear within him as well. Caedus's words hadn't escaped him when he heard them, though he didn't have much to comment on the idea either.

He just wanted to fight and take the enemy down. That's all there was to be when it came to being a senshi, right?

Sailor Hawk

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Quail's Eye
Nope. This was too suspicious for him. He couldn't handle it. Going into the Rift? He had his fair of suspicious activity for this year already and the small member of the Amazon Trio stood back and locked eyes with Caedus.

"You're suspicious. You're asking people to do things the Negaverse would do. Now you say you're not joining in the Rift? Well. Sorry, but I'm not going to be apart of this. I don't trust you and honestly, I don't think anyone else should. You're shady. We don't even know if what you're saying is true. You're offering very little concrete evidence, and you could be making things up off the top of your head. You could be Negaverse in disguise, and I'm done."

With that, Quail bowed a bit and started back the way he came.

"All in all, you're a very bad actor."

With that, Quail jumped out of view and just tried to get as far away as he could with his shaking legs.

Celsus Knight of Chronos


His eyes moved to rest on Denebola once more as Aegir continued to speak to the other knight; and for the first time that night, something flickered across his face. An emotion of sorts, perhaps gratitude, or perhaps something more akin to pain, before he turned away, back to Caedus.

The years upon years he had spent in the White Moon made him feel somehow more wearied than he should have been, his gaunt face reflecting palely in the moonlight. Exhaustion had settled into him like a sickness across his body, and he felt, not for the first time, a distinct sense of not belonging.

Celsus was silent for a moment, and then said to Caedus, quietly, "If you are not going through yourself, then have you any objections to me staying with you, here? You cannot mean to stay alone while the rest of the White Moon risks their lives to accomplish the tasks set for them by you."

It was not said with malice, nor anger, but instead a quiet wariness.

Super Sailor Thrymr, Senshi of the Southern Lights


He had been milling about the rest of the place, listening to what was going on without commenting on it. Thrymr wasn't entirely certain what he thought of it all; it was definitely not his strong suit to fight, or even argue, but there was little to be done about that, at least at this point in time.

He made his way back through the crowds to find Aegir again, but ran across Mont Blonc before he saw the blond again.

"Monty," said Thrymr, with some relief, and he came to stand beside his friend, stretching up onto his tiptoes to kiss his cheek in greeting (it took a bit of tugging him down as well, seeing as how the height difference between them meant Thrymr almost had to jump to reach his cheek).

"What do you think of all this?" he asked quietly, glancing at Caedus.

Gevaudan, Knight of Ganymeade

He stood there, hesitant and decided to test something out after Caedus informed those assembled that maybe insider information of the Castle's layout was actually a good idea.

Raising his hands, he called out. "Any other purified Negaverse officers want to come up and share some information?" He couldn't be the only one.

Houshi Ryokan Page of Jupiter

Houshi nodded. This was the kind of gift one wasn't handed often -- but she still pressed close to Metis, wrapped her hands around the other girl's arm. "Hit them where they live -- I mean, even if we can just ******** some s**t up, down there, that would be enough, right?" There would be a cleanup period, all of that.

She stepped forward with Metis to offer her crystal, with nothing more than a nod to the man who had requested them.



Aokigahara Page of Saturn

Aokigahara approached Caedus to return his filled energy crystal. He felt jittery and a little on edge - it was strange, to realize that they were actually going to do this. To march into the Negaverse's stronghold and deal what he hoped was a lasting blow.

So early in his experience of this strange war, and already, he was being given an opportunity he could only have dreamed of. Incredible.

Kerberos, Eternal Senshi of Asphodel

Kerberos grit his teeth. There was a call, for information, from peoplew ho had seen it, and so the Senshi of Asphodel stepped forward, trying not to shake. Surely he could play it off as the effects of the cold and his very skimpy outfit, but really, it was fear.

There was no part of him that wanted to return to the dark of Negaspace, to the castle where he had spent two hellish weeks.

But he spoke up.

"The castle is...large. I didn't explore it much, when I was one of their Senshi - maybe I should have. There's an infirmary, and -- some people live there, officers who can't leave. Or who have nowhere else to go. It's...not somewhere you want to stay, but it's not the Rift, and we should all be glad for that, because like, Negaspace is Purgatory, or maybe the first couple of circles of Hell? The Rift is Circle Number Nine."

He tried not to think too much of tiny, tight places, of dark cells and time spent with only a youma for company. Because if he started thinking about that, he'd never stop.

Corvus, Eternal of Vengeance

"Celsus?" Her attention was torn between Hugbell and Denebola. Her inner social butterfly wanted to stay and make small talk. Her protective, nurturing instincts wanted to insist that Hugbell was still too young to be here, still the Chibi that she had met -- five years ago. It had been nearly five years.

"I'm sorry, Hugbell. I want to catch up, we need to catch up at some point, but --," her eyes followed the Senshi of Dragonflies over to the Knight of Chronos. "Find me again after all of this? Keep the little ones who insist on following us all into the pits of hell safe. You were one of them once. Maybe they'll listen to you better than they will an older scout who thinks they should all be in bed."

Snorting softly she shook her head, resting her hand lightly on Hugbell's shoulder and giving it a squeeze before turning to follow after her red-haired companion. She didn't get too close to the other two, lingering just off to the side for the moment. Had she known that Denebola knew Celsus she would have inquired about him sooner. As it was, at least the park had been properly patrolled as she had waited to see whether or not she would see him again.

Avalon

Avalon raised her hand. "I'm a purified Negaverse officer!" She shrugged, taking a few steps forward. "So, here's the thing: We need to stop arguing about who's alive and who's dead and actually decide, you know, who's going where and doing what, if this is going to happen."

She looked to blue-hair senshi and shouty knight. "You two remember the place we're going? That's awesome. Once we decide who to send through first, you're wave two so you can get oriented and lead us to where we're going. You, Castor, you're a Royal. Wave three?"

She leaned down and kissed Babylon on the head then. "This is why you shouldn't promise to patrol with me and then disappear."