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Squire Irkalla of Cosmos (( taking in all the various knights, still talking with Mamertine, and listening to the Code ))

Irkalla had to nod in response to the knight's suggestion that nothing good ever came of a large gathering, although there was that one time that there had been a large meeting of knights, had it been on Mars? That had seemed more of a discussion of where to place something that had been recovered, hadn't it? It wasn't that her memory was fading, it was more to the effect that things started to blend together after such a long time that details began to escape her. Instead of trying to recall the details that were escaping her the Squire of Cosmos' hands gripped her string of ornaments with a little more vigor before learning the knight's name. Giving an authentic smile in return Irkalla took the proffered hand to shake and did so before reciting her own knight name, "Irkalla. Cosmos Squire at the moment."

As Mamertine's second question registered Irkalla paused before shaking her head. "As bad as it sounds, I sometimes pretend that I'm just a normal civilian of the city. The urge to power up tonight though was too strong to ignore and here I am. Last time I did something like this, powering up, was with that Sleep Treatment place. Got stabbed with a knife for my troubles."

As the voice of the thing that had summoned them to the Moon began to speak, things began to get a little clearer. Irkalla glanced about the room before she shrunk back a little. It sounded like a trip to her Wonder, a trip she'd yet to take, would be somewhere in her near future. Was she even ready for such a thing? The idea rankled her just a little, "can't say I'm thrilled to learn that in order to fix things, I gotta travel some more."

There are greater things in the Universe.

Erytheia wondered what the Code meant. What greater things was it referring to? What else was out there in the universe? And how was it connected to what had happened in the past week?

Erytheia gave a silent nod to Valhalla and joined him with the other transcended knights. He held out his left hand. The symbol of Cosmos shined on his palm.

“I am ready.”

This was the first time he had done this since learning of the ability to give energy.






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Spei, Squire of the Moon

Spei listened to the Code speak, then glanced first at Pharos, then at Luxor. He knew where his Code piece was; the Code itself had given it to him and had him place it in a safe spot at his Wonder near the tranquil lake which had given him his name. It was just so frustrating to not be able to access it.

But from what the Code was saying, it would give them the power to get to their Wonders and reaffirm their bond with their individual pieces of the Code. Closing his eyes, Spei fed what energy he could spare to the Code to help strengthen it so that they could all be transported through the barriers surrounding their Wonders.

"I'll do everything I can, whatever you need," he said. "I'm sworn to the Moon, and to the Code."

Newgrange, Knight of Earth and Starlight, Knight of Polaris

(Newgrange and Starlight are standing with Whisler)

Newgrange glanced at Whisler with a bit of obvious worry. He wasn’t in the best state to begin with, and as the days went on it seemed to get worse. He didn’t have a solution, but he knew Whisler was suffering more than most, and there wasn’t really anything he or Starlight–or anyone else–could do.

Except whatever the Code suggested.

Before either Starlight or Newgrange could comment further, the Code had spoken again, and there was no shortage of relief that passed across Newgrange’s expression.

There was a way to fix this. Whisler would be okay. They could return to the Wonders.

“Do you think the Code can help you feel better?” he asked quietly; there were other Transcended Knights volunteering their energy, and Newgrange could only hope that might help. Unless they really could just get up to Whisler and resolve things tonight.

Newgrange was standing shoulder to shoulder with Whisler, and Starlight stood next to him with his arms crossed over his chest. “Do you think you’ll have the energy to get up to Whisler with the both of us?” Starlight glanced at the other Knight of Polaris. He thought highly of Whisler but didn’t want him to overexert himself, or push so hard that he just made himself worse before he could get better.

Rainier - Squire of Mercury

“Well, s**t,” Rainier muttered beneath her breath.

For the few times she’d been to her Wonder, finding the Code piece had not been a priority and although she had a speculation on how to find it, she felt certain navigating the labyrinth of prisoner holding cells would take more than one able body to locate.

Over a year ago, when the Blight appeared within her Wonder, Rainier stumbled upon a security chamber designed to monitor the sprawling corridors. While equipped with rudimentary controls for unlocking access to various levels and concealed passages, it lacked the capability to unlock specific cells.

Fortunately, this limitation likely served as a safeguard to ensure that any attempts to perform such a task were relegated to a distinct area. Although its exact whereabouts remained a mystery, Rainier suspected that the master control room likely doubled as a secure place for the Code piece to be kept.

Unfortunately, it seemed that most everyone had already found their groups, or at least a partner, which meant that Rainier would likely have to rely on the aid of Senshi to find the Code piece if she were to help the one here to gain strength.

Emain Ablach, squire of Earth

He snorted quietly to himself at Promethei's teasing. Amoris had certainly needed their company, alright--

Emain Ablach still didn't quite know what he thought about the fact that Tobias was a knight like they were, but it did make this part easier. They hadn't needed to abandon Tobias to come there. Knowing, though, that Tobias was now as in danger as the three of them were was a bit harder to swallow.

He supposed Amoris would also have an easier time with the code's assignment than he would. Amoris had said the Code had directed him to find a place for it on his wonder, so he would already know where his piece was. Emain Ablach, to this point, was only loosely aware of even having his own code piece. Living with the Bells, who were primarily knights, meant that he wasn't unaware of the concept, but had he seen it? No.

He would deal with finding that later, though, more interested in speaking with Nectaris than figuring out where the mystery piece was.

"I am glad Encke found you, Nikki." Emain Ablach didn't want to consider what would have happened if he hadn't. When she left, even if he couldn't remember it, he did know there couldn't have been anything he could have done to help her. Considering the way the Negaverse was, even if he had found a way to help her, it might have only resulted in both of their deaths.

He cleared his throat when she asked if Amoris was actually purified.

"Promethei is a bit of a perpetual troll. I'm the only purified one here."

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Imhotep, page of Mercury

Was the Code gathering them here to tell him to locate other parts of it at their own wonders? While he didn't understand why this command could not have just been issued over the same magical note as this gathering was issued on, he took a moment to ponder over it. He didn't know where his spare code piece would have been at his wonder. He knew his place was a medical facility of some sort. Maybe it would be in the owner's room?

He would deal with that once they got back home and could finish what they were doing. It wasn't going anywhere.

Imhotep's attention turned to Nectaris when she arrived. His eyes faintly rolled when Promethei needled Amoris. While he did recognize the teasing for what it was, he glanced up at Promethei with mildly narrowed eyes and nudged him when Nectaris took him at his word.

Nothing harsh. A reminder to watch it.

Rose, Page of Lysithea

“I haven’t done much exploring at my Wonder,” Rose admitted quietly to both Almere and Mechelen.

She’d only gone once, very briefly, to find the ring Reims had said she would need for communication. She felt guilty for it now and almost wondered if the minimal effort she’d made had somehow contributed to what was happening with the Code, but knights stronger and more experienced than her were having trouble, so surely it had nothing to do with that.

“I don’t know where a piece of the Code could be there. It wasn’t very big and didn’t seem like it had a lot of places to hide something that important,” she continued. Still, Rose’s smile remained. “I can help, though,” she said. “I want to see what your Wonders are like. We’ll figure this out. The Code doesn’t seem too worried and it knows what we have to do.”

Maybe the situation was urgent, but it didn’t seem like it would be dangerous. It even seemed achievable on their own if they absolutely had to. Rose felt some relief. They could fix this, and then everything would return to normal.

Sig was baffled. Just straight up baffled. The code mentioned something about 'resonating' and 'synchronizing' with the piece that was apparently located on every wonder. The page knew this, it had been covered by his teachers, but he hadn't found the thing yet. Hell, he had expected a scavenger hunt to find the ring, only to spot it in a box in one of the bedchambers. He could only assume it was a jewelry box since there were other odds and ends in there. Various necklaces and bracelets. And the ring. His sigil etched on it. But he hadn't found the code yet.

"Um... what if we can't find it?" He raised his hand like he was still in school but before any acknowledgement came from the code he spit out his question. "I understand that you said we needed to locate it somehow but is there a trick to it or a map or something? I still haven't found mine so... uh, I don't suppose you have any hints?" This whole thing really did seem quite surreal to the young man. First he became a knight, then was whisked away to space... now he was expected to take on some epic treasure hunt just on the say-so of some glowing ball of magic? With out even a map or a starting point? He was a bit stressed out with the idea of how so much could go wrong just because he couldn't find the code piece on his wonder.

It couldn't all rest on the shoulders of knights like him who had never located the darn thing!


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