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Kells Rolled a 1 + 1 bonus = 2 (and have confirmed with NovaCracker that he and Frigga are sticking together, so narrow path it is!)

They needed to keep moving, Kells knew, though Frigga was in no state to think overly much. The poor, newly-awakened senshi was too scared to make any complicated decisions, and neither of those sets of stairs seemed like a good idea at the moment. The narrow path didn't look any better, given how easy it would be to fall over the sides, but in theory a smooth path was probably best.

"Come along, little one," he crooned, hoping he sounded more confident than he felt. If he sounded even half as ... concerned, not frightened, as he felt, it might worry the teenager even more. And in a situation like this, there was no room for more panic. Not if they wanted to get out of this.



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Broderick Rolled a 5 (no bonus) (On his own, and up the stairs he goes!)

Weaving in and out between so many people without getting stepped on was hard, and when the path ahead began to split, the orange ball of fluff had to choose based on what was least likely to get him kicked into the waiting abyss. That automatically ruled out the narrow path; there wasn't enough space and there were way too many people. He just couldn't risk getting kicked over the side, and that was way too probable.

Going downstairs was out, too - much too easy to fall and go head-over-paws into the unknown, to say nothing of the people who might step on him. No, no, up was definitely his best option, and once he was high enough maybe he could see what was going on! Meowing as he moved in a half-attempt to get people to clear the way - he didn't feel like shouting, and a voice might not carry in this group the way a good old-fashioned meow might - he began to jump up the stairs one at a time.

Oof, this was harder than he'd thought. Maybe someone would be kind enough to help out an adorably fluffy cat?



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Jeanette Rolled a 6 - 1 (civ penalty) = 5 (Sticking with Pisces, don't know her roll yet though)

Jenny was still moving with the crowd, and stared blankly at the path splitting ahead. Something was.... different about the stairs going up, and she thought she might want to try climbing them. But - had a voice called out to her? In french? She wasn't sure, but if by some chance her sister was here, or at least someone who spoke her native tongue, maybe they could explain what was happening in a way that she could understand?

"Hello?" she called out in french, voice shaking. "Did someone call me?"


Kells Total: 3 + 2 = 5
Broderick Total: 8 + 5 = 13
Jeanette Total 1 + 5 = 6

Hvergelmir Knight of the Cosmos

Hvergelmir hit the ground with a hard thud. It was the second time she'd been pulled through a mirror, unsuspecting, and in both cases she'd had the unlikely good fortune of being in the midst of a patrol at the time -- but this time, instead of a small, contained room, she was in some kind of large, fractured space . . . and there were people all around her.

She felt the ground crack beneath her feet as she stood, as though it might give way.

Hvergelmir didn't want to find out how far she could fall, in a place like this, or what would happen if she did. She saw the path the others were racing toward in the distance and took off toward it at a run, skirts gathered up in her hands.

When the path split, she bolted toward the downhill path without hesitating. If there was anything like a floor below them, it would be better to head towards it on foot as much as possible, not away.

Captain Quartz

Unlike Hvergelmir, Quartz had not previously been dragged into this particular adventure before. He found his footing with slightly less speed -- a few recent glasses of wine played a factor -- but true to form, he maintained a healthy sense of self-preservation. Joining the crowd, Quartz shook his head to clear it and ran.

The pathway forked, and Quartz followed a few of the people ahead of him onto the uphill path, hoping to find a route up and out.

Hvergelmir: [9 + 2 - 2] + [7 + 2] = 18

Quartz: [8 + 1 - 2] + [5 + 1] = 13

Okay okay this was okay. She just needed to keep moving along and not get trampled and try and keep an eye out for her new friend Bob who was really kind of nice even though he looked a little like a hobo. He looked better now that she had the chance to brush his hair and tie it back, but he could probably do with some new clothes.

“Bob!” she called to the catman as she caught sight of him, able to squeeze through some of the people that were hesitating on if they wanted to go up or down the stairs. “Well this is fun!” she gasped, out of breath and trying not to sounds as scared as she felt. If she just kept thinking positively, then surely they would be able to make it out, right??

“We should go straight? Maybe? Or the stairs?” But she was already heading straight because that seemed to be the easiest, and there were too many people crowding for the stairs.


Charlie = 10 - 1 = 9 (lowered to 3 to stay with Bob!) + 2 = 5 total


Somehow he’d managed to gather up as much of his hair and robes as possible so he wouldn’t trip as easily. He didn’t see Aue. But again, that was both good and bad. He knew the other could handle himself, and he would much rather not be called pathetic for whatever might happen.

If he wasn’t careful, he might end up falling off the edge. And that couldn’t happen, because he needed to get home. Adrien was probably already worried sick, and Kamacite couldn’t stand seeing that look on his boyfriend’s face.

Somehow, Kamacite reached the stairs just as an opening cleared, giving him access to the stairs heading down. Without another moment’s hesitation, he hurried down.

Kamacite = 9 + 1 = 10 + 4 = 14 total
Kamacite is going down the stairs.

Valjean ran for Cassiopeia as soon as she called out to him, and he was all too glad when he felt her grab onto him, because it was an easy form of security. He squeezed her hand, all too happy to hang on.

"Stick close, yeah?" He offered, voice soft and gentle. This place was awful and strange, and there was no way he was letting her get away from him.

They were able to get off the first platform well enough, but the place was still coming apart around them, and now there was a branch. Valjean frowned, considering the three options, and then glanced over to Cassie.

"Forward?" He asked, eyeing the narrow but relatively straightforward path. Up and down both had their risks - that seemed like the easiest choice.

Total: 10
Taking a 3-point hit to stay with cassiopeia

Mycenae knew he was trailing behind, but he couldn't find it in him to care. It wasn't as if there was much waiting on him on the other side; he wanted out, of course, but the draining in that strange mirror room was so exhausting it was hard to get himself energized about running to escape. He would go back, and there would be so much work waiting, and so many things to do, and...

He sighed as he came to a fork in the road, eyeballing the narrow middle path. It....wasn't exactly a pleasant option, but then, there were no pleasant options, as far as he could tell.

Up looked precarious as hell, down looked precarious as hell, forward looked precarious as hell. It was a choice of the least of three evils, and none of them had a clear sign to show that they were less.

He chose the path curving upwards, because the middle looked unsafe and down did not, at all, feel like a particularly pleasant option. It was narrow, and he had to choose his steps carefully, but he felt like he was doing fairly well making his way.

And then he made the mistake of looking down.

Mycenae was not, on the whole, afraid of heights. They weren't something that bothered him, usually. There were so many other things to worry about, and as a Knight most falls were reasonably safe anyway. A tumble off a sufficiently high roof would still do damage, but there weren't that many sufficiently high roofs, and he had quick enough reflexes that he suspected he could stop a fall, and wasn't that what the fear of heights was really about? Fear of falling?

This, though. He was afraid of falling into this, of the deep, yawning abyss, and it made his steps wobbly, and it made him hesitate. This was so much more than just falling from a height. It was falling into the smoky, shadowy unknown, and that was...terrifying.

Was something like this what Aderyn had stumbled into? Was this what had taken his sister? It was impossible to know, now - because clearly she was long gone.

His hesitation meant that his next step was unsure, and a single unsure step was all it took.

Mycenae lost his balance, and fell.

Total: 5

Xenia felt like she was doing well. This wasn't hard at all, not as far as she was concerned. Sure,t he path was crumbling behind them, and she had to hurry, but that wasn't so bad - nobody seemed to be in all that much distress.

Well, nobody until people started falling.

She swallowed, and picked up speed, until she came to a fork and considered her options with curious interest. Up, forward, or down -- forward looked dangerous, and down was right into the weird smoky abyss, but up? Up might carry her away. So she started jogging up the steps, taking them two at a time like the eager, excitable teenager she was. If she could just make it to the end, there would be a way out, surely, and she would be able to get out and find Wavellite and make sure she was okay and --

She wanted everything to be wonderful, was so caught up in being certain that she was on her way to freedom, that she didn't pay attention to her footing. The tip of her boot caught on the edge of a stair, and she flailed, letting out a loud, terrified yelp, and scrambled for a grip on something, anything at all.

There was nothing to grab, and the horrifying realization sank in, and she felt, somehow, like the moment where she hovered over the edge was suspended infinitely - but of course it wasn't, it couldn't be, that was just fear.

Finally, she fell.

Total: 14

I hope I got everyone’s positions correct! If not, please let me know and I will edit!

Themi: 3, Itsuki 10, Kalli 11, Caleb 8, Sutai 5

Themisto (+ 1), Itsuki (cat form, 0), Kallichore (+ 2), Caleb (-1), Sutai (+ 1) in that order


Super Sailor Themisto

Themisto was terrified. In his panic, he was trying to keep himself calm by comparing this nonsense to the other large-scale cataclysm he’d been involved in - the one with the Negaverse officer bringing giant hoards of youma to the city streets near the power plant. He’d wound up in the hospital after that with a broken arm. Thankfully, it healed quickly, but this?

They were running on broken glass above an endless pit of black smoke, and people were falling off around him.

Breath came in ragged gasps and Itsuki was nowhere to be found. Did he fall off too? Somehow, just a small part of Themisto felt incredibly guilty for finding the cat annoying as hell. What if the people falling off were dying??

What could they do about it!?

Turning to the side, he caught a glimpse of someone… Kari! She was here too!? Jesus Christ… They were taking different paths, Themisto forced onto the straight and narrow path by the throng of other people crushing into him like panicked waves. Even above the din of cries and adrenaline, he shouted to her.

”KARI! Kari, keep running! You gotta live, Kari!!”

Thisbe and Eta were here too, somewhere… Themisto hoped that they had survived and hadn’t fallen off the path. This was HELL. His lungs burned but he had to keep moving…

A sharp intake of breath and Themisto happened to look straight ahead, catching a glimpse of a familiar orange ponytail. ”PERN! Dene, you gotta… holy s**t… Dene, you gotta keep moving!!” Themisto had to keep himself steady, the path was narrow and perilous.





1-3: You choose the straight, narrow path. It isn’t a hard trek, but you have to be careful so you don’t fall off.

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Guardian Cat Itsuki (cat form)



”SHARA-SAAAAAN---!” came a shriek from beneath people’s knees.

In the throng of people, Itsuki had barely avoided being trampled. He was using people’s knees and thighs to try and jump onto higher vantage points. He didn’t have long human legs like Ash-denka or any of the humans here. Any other Mauvian risked being trampled to death in the crush of people. Itsuki was panicking and claws were out, darting from shoulder to shoulder as best he could.

Surprisingly, Itsuki caught wind of a familiar fuku - Sharatan! Deftly the cat leaped from person to person to get as close to her as he could. Perhaps she was the key to safety.

”Shara-san! Shara-san!! Onegai, where is Themi-chan?? We got separated when we were pulled out of the room! Are you okay?! Is Benedict-sama with you!? Shara-san, what is happening?!!?”

The cat lit on the senshi’s shoulders, worn out from the hellacious run his tiny legs had to endure. He would need to keep running - his survival rested on it.

8 or higher: You choose the stairs leading downward; it takes the least energy and you are able to advance quickly.

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Eternal Sailor Kallichore

Scylla wouldn’t stand for this, and neither would she.

Veering onto the path leading downward, Kallichore thought it best to let gravity do the work for them, if at all possible. Save their energy as much as possible for whatever might lie ahead. That was her thought process, and it seemed Scylla had the same idea. They wouldn’t allow for Ares’ Court to snuff them out so easily.

It was just the same as it was six years ago. The same suffocating feeling of helplessness.

The big difference now was that Kallichore sported wings - the same Scylla had inspired her to achieve all those years ago when she stood as a cadet before Ares herself. The Dark Mirror must’ve had a hand in this - it bore their distinctive mark. Looking beside her, the one who inspired her ascension to Eternal was running in tandem. Kallichore reached out to grab her hand, knowing that perhaps now, she could be the one supporting the Kraken.



8 or higher: You choose the stairs leading downward; it takes the least energy and you are able to advance quickly.

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Civilian Caleb Desrosiers

The adrenaline in the air was unreal, and the throng of people, this living wave, was chock full of everyone imaginable - civilians, senshi, knights, negaverse agents, corrupted senshi… All but those strange Dark Mirrors he’d heard about a long time ago.

But ultimately, it didn’t matter. Not to him.

Caleb was up for taking the path of least resistance - let gravity do the running for him. Let the crazy people take the narrow path, or the path leading up into darkness. He didn’t care - he had a wife to see, and he wasn’t about to let himself fall off this path and die before he could see his beloved Makayla again.

8 or higher: You choose the stairs leading downward; it takes the least energy and you are able to advance quickly.
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Sutai Squire of Polaris

Sutai was devastated.

The one she’d tried to save - Susquehanna - had been possessed by something otherworldly and had willingly slipped from her arms and into the abyss. The Page alongside him swan dove as well, leaving the Squire all along. Tears filled her eyes and her vision started to blur, but the cracking path and the screams of everyone else, combined with her adrenaline and survival instinct, drove her to her feet. She didn’t want to leave them behind. She wanted to mourn them properly, as they deserved to be.

She would hold a funeral… if she survived.

Wailing and being pushed by the people behind her, Sutai scrambled along the path that led upward, thankful that her boots were relatively flat. Still, her knees wobbled and she found difficulty in ascending into the darkness. It was so dark everywhere…

“...Susquehannaaaaaaa…..” cried she.





4-7: You choose the stairs leading upwards. Maybe higher ground will grant you a better vantage? You are met with only darkness, but it is easy to skip two steps at a time and hasten your trip.

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Themisto: 8 (5 + 3)
Itsuki: 11 (1 + 10)
Kallichore: 16 (5 + 11)
Caleb: 14 (6 + 8 )
Sutai: 15 (10 + 5)

-VOID, did this wrong-