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It had taken Sailor Denebola longer than she had expected to join the gang of senshi that had met in the warehouse. She always felt like she was late to the party, just like the Halloween ball, the wrestling tournament and even the last senshi meeting. In fact she had arrived just in time to be transported in to ******** space. At first she had no idea what to do, partly because she didn't recognize half the senshi around her and partly because she was in ******** space.

What were you supposed to do in space?

She looked awkward in the way she stood, er, floated, her knees were facing each other and bent and her elbows were facing inward towards her waist with her palms facing outward like a person who was caught in an awkward situation. She looked around wildly unsure of what to do until the pink haired princess she remembered from the last visit stated she was not only one of the moon princess but a princess of the earth, which was a confusing statement in itself.

As her brooch glowed brightly, opening a new path, she stood in awe. As one senshi after another filtered into the paradise looking place she gathered her courage and plunged right in figuring she could seek familiar faces when she was no longer just floating in space.

"You had better watch it Castor." Ume said blushing and glancing ladylike away from his crude conversation. "We'll see how blood gets controlled if you don't mind your manners and 'cool' it like good and proper ice." She trailed off though, at what the Princess said.
Princess of Earth?... Could she be both? She'd have to ask... there were questions whirling in her head...but did she have any right to? What if the Leopard didn't think she was loyal enough to the princess? She bit her lip...and moved hopefully through the portal.

Elysion, greek mythology called it the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. A place of peace and rest... what better name could there have been for such a beautiful...such a tranquil place.
Peace on Earth, like the Garden of Eden, she half expected to see some magical tree its branches heavy laden with peaches that might grant eternal life, ridiculous though it was.

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Vulpecuale, for once was quiet... he didn't try and fish out his cigarettes, or crack a joke. He stuffed his thumbs in his waste band and stared around at everything like a kid on Christmas. "Damn..." He said in awe. "Damn... "

-It was chaos, like an absolute preschool. Except with more profanity and ego and lewdness. But then.. when hadn't it been like this? The large style meetings had gotten so huge and so full of loud personalities that Polaris had come to expect the ruckus that came with them. Castor was always sure to cause a fuss. Some senshi that thought she was Badass McBadass queen of all that is cool and in charge would shove their opinion around like they were godly and everyone else was some peon sheep that never had a good thought in their head. Goodness knew they had a handful that fit THAT bill. So Polaris hadn't even bothered to fight it this time, simply falling silently into the crowd, eyes searching for whoever it seemed would be taking 'control' of the meeting this time. Still no cats.. where had their feline guardians and fountains of knowledge gone? Her eyes lingered wearily on the large cat in the room.

Kurma had caught her attention early on, the familar figure easy to pick out among the mess of people. When he'd beckoned them out for the trick she'd learned before, she followed dutifully.

It wasn't until something new happened that the senshi of magnetism's face showed anything that might be deemed emotion and interest, her eyes widening as the small pink princess opened up a portal to a place that looked hard to believe was a real place. She did not wait, more than half drawn by awe and the rest by request. Elysion....-

-It was her first actual meeting. And truth be told.. if she didn't know she'd have been guilted for not coming Juno might have conviently found a reason not to attend. She stood a little away from the tight group of Small Lady and her 'family', not wanting to be mistaken for someone in charge. In fact, she looked quite a bit like the secret service guarding the president. Arms crossed, expression bored and mostly stoic. It wasn't as if she thought the princess needed protection. She simply didn't know what else to do. She'd yet to make connections with other senshi, her other amazon sisters didn't seem to be around, and she knew.. perhaps because she had a language barrier of her own she'd come to realize how pleased it made the princess to talk to that leopard in her language. She didn't want to interupt.

As her mind lingered from thought to thought after awhile her lips could be seen curving upwards, she wished she had sunglasses. Then she would look very cool no? She almost missed what it was Kurma had been saying, blinking a little as the Princess reached towards her chest, releasing light and a swoosh of energy to opened up a portal.

It was beautiful... perhaps not so much as the jungle of her homeland.. but it was a very near second. Her princess was so full of miracles.. of magic and wonder. But she would not go without her. Lingering she waited for the others to filtered in, following behind Chibimoon only when she'd finally went, tugging Kurma in tow.-

Kurma had been pulled through the portal by Chibimoon's smaller hand around his wrist, and immediately he was overwhelmed by a a few different things. The first was the grass poking into his face and the decidedly unpleasant taste of dirt in his mouth -- the moment he had passed through, he had immediately and ungracefully slammed face-first in the ground (fortunately for Calypso, this meant she was free to get up and frolic as she pleased, instead of being crushed by the older man). It was with a bit of uncharacteristic struggle that he got up. He normally didn't have to put any effort into keeping his body separate from the ground... it was as simple and semi-subconscious as removing a hand from a pocket.

This place was different. The sensation of gravity sticking him to the ground like a magnet was extreme and inescapable. Worse yet, the normal harmony of the universe had been completely torn away from his senses, and replaced with a persistent, overwhelming drone that drilled in from all sides. It was the noise of the Earth... only the Earth, and it was all around him, unpleasantly drowning out everything else.

Instead of getting up completely, Kurma sat in a lotus position on the grass, leaning forward a bit and lightly rubbing at his temples.

"This place is gonna give me a god damned headache."

Where was a Space Beer when you needed one?

Sirius had arrived late to the meeting, kept to the back and was completely and utterly confused. She had spent a while looking for Ares and the others but the events of what was happening seemed to confuse her so much trying to listen and look just wasn't working for her. She instead stayed where she was and listened and followed instructions. She hadn't been to space before though she had heard of others doing so. This was all rather new and exciting for her.

She followed all the others to the place which was beautiful, it looked stunning and well she couldn't really explain it in any other way. It was then though she managed to notice Ares, and as this place seemed so big she easily managed to get over to Ares and the rest of the BMC that surrounded her.

"Ares." She smiled her greeting and just stood to the side looking around. This place was massive and so so beautiful.

Denebola tumbled headfirst into Elysion, tucking herself into a roll as gravity regained it's hold upon her. She remained in a crouch for a minute as she surveyed the area drinking in her surroundings. It certainly was a beautiful place but it was strange, being in a place who's entrance had been created by a...crystal? (At least that's what she thought it was.)

Slowly she stood scanning the familiar but unfamiliar faces of the numerous senshi that had gathered. Some she recognized from the previous meeting, though she hadn't gotten a chance to meet a good few and some she recognized from her patrols and various battles she had gotten herself in.

As she took in all the faces she didn't recognize in the slightest she realized just how big their numbers were, yet they had suffered so many losses. It was hard for her to take in. Frowning she looked for the one person she felt she knew best. Arsinoe.

She turned in a full circle and her frown slid into a smile when she spotted him coming through the portal. "Arisnoe!" She called waving her arm. It was nice to recognize someone fully.

It was strange to be in someone else's paradise. Elysion was a fixture of the White Moon, and Ares felt a p***k of intrusion as her booted feet landed on lush grass. Tartaros, the Black Moon counterpart, was a land of nightmares, but with the Nightmare Priestess alongside the Prince and Princess, they passed through it without trouble and used it, when necessary, for their most private of discussions. The arrogance within her whispered silently that Tartaros was superior to this lofty, fluffy land of sparkles because it was gritty and tough -- but she couldn't deny the beauty of Elysion or the strange touch of warmth she felt on her skin.

The Super Senshi of Smoke turned to regard the rest of the Blood Moon Court as they filtered through the portal. She recognized two she hadn't spotted before and crossed to greet them. "Sirius, Scylla," she said, "I'm glad you're here." Hopefully there were others in the crowd who she simply hadn't noticed too -- Birhan Isat, Laocoon, and Gaia coming immediately to mind.

As the rest of the Blood Moon senshi rounded up, Ares turned to face them flanked on one side by Gunn and Albali on the other. "I'm glad you're all here. Intel senshi--" she referred to those who worked primarily on Intelligence within the Blood Moon, "what do we know of Elysion? I only know it as a White Moon construct to the Black Moon Tartaros." She remembered, vaguely, Nehelenia mentioning it by name once, but little beyond that.

Now that they were there, Ares was determined to come up with a plan -- no more following the rules of others. It was time for them to take hold of things themselves. Quietly, she added, "Perhaps we should case this place, take note of all of its features. There was a castle in Tartaros. Perhaps there is one here. We should find it, check out its resources." Despite her captaincy, Ares looked at the Blood Moon as a democracy. So she turned to all the members and said, "Votes? If you vote for exploration as a unit, go stand over by where Sailor Maia is."

And now where was Nemesis?





Sailor Neso was happy to just chill out in the field all day, man. He was about to suggest a game of tag when he noticed Princess Chronos dashing off toward somewhere else. "Princess!" he shouted. Had she not heard him?

Watery blue eyes found a fellow handmaiden. "Boreas, man, we gotta -- I'm gonna -- Chronos!" The sentence wasn't exactly finished, but without more explanation, the lanky, sunshiney Senshi of Summer took off at a run in pursuit of his princess. The bottle of space booze was left behind on the grass, utterly forgotten.

"Oh Neso, you always know how to throw a party!"

Taking the discarded bottle, he took a big swig before following after his fellow handmaiden. Thankfully, at least one of the two male handmaidens had the right idea. Boreas' lackluster skills at protecting his princess would need to be reprimanded soon, but for now, he relied on Neso's dedication or obsession, to get the both of them through. With a casual jog, he did his best to keep up with the lanky, tan youth.

"You know Neso, we don't have to be overbearing. Just protective. Let's not cross boundaries into stalker territory. She's a big girl, she knows what's up by now."

Keeping the grin he had held since teasing Chibimoon, he tried to loosen the senshi of summer up a bit. Boreas felt the whole thing was being taken way too seriously. Everyone needed to enjoy their new found paradise. At least a little anyway.