Grus wanted to make some snarky comment hinted with optimism, but all she could do was sigh. "Probably not. But I had to make my way over here. To make sure you guys were alright."
Her smile was taut and her face pale. "It's been...I'm not even gonna try to figure out, so yes, too long. You been hiding or something?" The world shifted in her vision and she blinked. She laid back, letting her head rest on the courtyard stone. "Don't mind me; I'm listening. I'm just gonna lay here though." She didn't like being the weak one. It rubbed her ego the wrong way.
As Liryn introduced people, she propped her head up on an arm and lifted her arm straight up to wave. "Sorry, I'm being really lazy right now, not introducing myself and all that. I'm Grus. Feather power. But I really want to thank you guys for helping... Especially you Subamara and Ananke." Looking straight up at the sky, she felt tears burn at the corners of her eyes.
"I wouldn't have made it without you guys."
Grus took a two deep breaths, a mistake considering the pain in her side, but necessary to keep her from bawling her eyes out in front of everyone.
"If I don't have to physically do anything other than press a button, I don't mind ferrying someone home." she said, pressing her palms into her eyes and feeling dirt and soot thick on her face. "Can't guarantee you'll be anywhere near your house though."
litian
LokisRose
Stump_Fairy
Shanyume
Sleet Tempest Snape
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:23 am
At being addressed Irkalla brought her gaze away from the ground and silently locked eyes with the woman. The feeling of kinship was still there and it felt like a welcoming embrace. Irkalla grimaced as she got to her feet and looked back from the direction that she had come from. The feeling of failure still clung to her. Her voice was soft as she sought the words that she wanted to speak. "I'm not sure."
There was more that she wanted to add but her gaze traveled around the gathered crowd that was slowly beginning to disperse. Irkalla's expressive gaze met that of Cosmos as she sighed, "I do know you, don't I? I'm not just imagining this feeling of kinship?"
Phact no longer had the energy to fight or to even disagree with Sabine who basically laid into both her and the Mars Knight. So as she felt her shoulders drop, Phact hand reached out to summon her senshi phone with that all too familiar pearl. She had done this countless times now so the motions came naturally. However, she did not send them home yet.
"I believe Arthur is right. We all need to go home..." Her eyes drifted towards the 5 starseeds Cosmos had pointed out and she smiled. Even they got to go home. The others would find new homes soon.
Turning her attention towards the Mars Knight, she gave him a warm smile. "The others who were with us, Acrucis, Sidouer, Kastra, Nirvana and Havasu. Could you flag them down if they are near by? As many who are ready to go, I would like to take."
Torvil
Moon Kitsune
Ryuthulhu
Shanyume
serpantsong
[quote="fiction1119"
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 3:03 pm
"Sounds like a really excellent plan..." Kairatos glanced down at the code piece in his lap, still surrounded by chaos energy, and grimaced, uncertainly. He could round up a few senshi and knights, possibly with a little help, since he didn't know many of them by name, just by face, but face was a good start... but the code piece...
He wasn't entirely prepared to stick it in an oversized coffee can in the kitchen and hope they didn't wake up to stray youma on the stoop, licking their chops.
"Do you think we can leave this here? Is it safe to do that?" If they couldn't get there until the next full moon, nothing else could right?
"I'll see if I can round everyone up." He added, dragging himself slowly to his feet. He was too damn young to feel too old for this, but he supposed they all had an good reason to feel that way today.
Falias had felt a little awkward when Altair had suddenly burst into tears but he said nothing, instead pretending not to see as she scrubbed at them with a hand.
If the dark-haired senshi wanted to cry then he rather personally thought that she as entitled to them, however he was also aware that he was effectively a stranger and whilst she and Newgrange appeared to be at least familiar with each other, she probably didn't want to break down in front of a stranger.
Perhaps he should go and give the pair some privacy - or at least as much privacy as could be afforded given that there were quite a few of them around.
However her idea of asking the two people (ApteraandGoretti) that she had pointed out had merit and the fact that she was suggesting it suggested that perhaps she wouldn't mind him tagging with them for a little longer.
Newgrange's suggestion also had merit, although Falias hadn't thought about the fact that being on the Moon might be like visiting the forest that was his Wonder.
He looked back at Altair"I'm okay"he said, because whilst it was as much an exaggeration as the 'I'm fine' that he had told Newgrange earlier, there were people around who appeared to have had it much worse.
Falias then looked back over to Newgrange"And perhaps we can do both - ask and then if they don't know try and see if being on the Moon is like visiting a Wonder."
And then he gave a genuine if tired laugh at the other Squire's request about meeting up sometime in the future and of them being able to call it the better circumstances that he'd wished for if they did.
"I'm down for that"he said simply, as his laughter faded to a small smile.
Kyuseisha no Hikari
shyanimegrl
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:46 am
Castor Page Aptera
Aptera made fairly short work of returning the first aid kid to her pocket as she cautiously transitioned to testing her footing.
The expression that laughter is contagious crossed Aptera's mind as she too chuckled along with Goretti. Then, smilingly she responded to him, "It's alright. There seems to indeed be so much for us to learn. Perhaps we can ask for assistance."
Her gaze began to sweep from Goretti to the area around them before halting upon sighting Altair and deciding to offer her contact info to the senshi of Scalpels as well.
"Hello," Aptera raised her hand in a wave and gave a polite smile in greeting to the group of Newgrange, Falias, and Altair. "My name is Aptera and this is Goretti. We would like to ask for your names as well as for assistance, please. And, Altair, I have a request for you," she had began her query after having taken a number of gradual approaching steps across the distance that initially spanned between the five of them. Aptera wrote her number and after separating the sheet offered both the single sheet and the stack of sheets to Altair along with the pen, "Altair, may we please exchange contact info?" She then added as an afterthought in addressing the group as a whole again, "Oh, and, if the pen and notepad may be of help in the event that you'd all like to exchange contact info as well, please feel free to use them to do so."
Sailor Altair
Altair smilingly gave a nod in expressing her agreement to the words spoken by both Falias and Newgrange.
And then the three of them were addressed. She waved to Aptera and Goretti before receiving what was offered to her.
"Of o-of course," as Altair adjusted her hold of the pen in preparation to write, her mind had at the same time processed the contact info she was given by Aptera and there was a second's pause in her motions that she tried to inconspicuously cover up hastily by next moving to first slip Aptera's number into her skirt's side pocket.
She sniffled slightly again as she finished preparing four copies of her cell phone number and though teary-eyed yet again, she beamed as she offered those copies to Goretti, Falias, Newgrange, and Aptera. "T-this is is my cell phone number," she found it hard to say more than that at the moment, feeling overwhelmed with thankfulness that they all survived what they had gone through.
Cosmos just smiled at Irkalla and nodded once more. She seemed to be filled with pride and relief in her presence—though she was clearly worried for the Knight. "You are a Knight of Cosmos. I am Cosmos. I am sorry we had to meet under such circumstances, but I am glad to see you alive and well. Is there anything I can do for you?"
She glanced to Kairatos. "It would be safe here, if you wish to leave it here. The Moon protects against all Chaos. I don't think even this could spread here, but…"
Her voice trailed off; she did not know much about the Code's specific mechanics. She did not know what damage the Chaos had done—or what it could do. But she seemed convinced that here, on the Moon, it would be safe.
"At the very least, it would provide you some time to recover without worrying about it. The Negaverse will not reach it here," she assured.
"And I may yet linger here to recover for a bit before I head home, so I would guard it for as long as I am here, if you would ask it of me."
Ryuthulhu
tefla
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 12:42 pm
Goretti and Newgrange each accepted Altair's phone number and scribbled down their own in return. Newgrange seemed content to linger, but Goretti, anxious to get home and check on his father just sucked in a breath. He was not confident that he could get home and was worried he'd be the last person there, but after he took a moment and focused, he suddenly flickered away.
Newgrange blinked but didn't seem surprised with Goretti's exit. Instead, he just offered a smile to the group as he pocketed the phone numbers.
"I'm going to try and head home and get some sleep, but call me if you need anything. And you all be safe, all right? Take care of yourselves and get some rest."
As it happened they hadn't really had to go over to the blonde-haired Page and the dark-haired senshi that Altair had pointed out as the two of them had headed in their direction anyway turning their small group of three into a small group of five.
"I'm Falias"he said as he looked towards the blonde-haired woman who had introduced herself as Aptera, whilst trying not to look at the senshi who she had introduced as Goretti too awkwardly, although he wasn't sure how well he had succeeded. Seeing all these kids around was hard though - especially given what they had all just come from.
He was in time to see Aptera produce some sheets of paper and a pen, the mundaneness of it was enough to make him blink for a moment.
Falias managed to recover enough to take the piece of paper that Altair offered him with a smile and then blinked again as the kid, Goretti, suddenly winked out of existence.
He couldn't help but feel a little relieved though, because hopefully that meant that the kid had headed home which was somewhere he could do with heading as well.
He hesitated for a moment though, taking the opportunity to instead scribble down the Fancy a Change address and phone number on three of the sheets, plus a note that if they asked for Marlin then he'd be able to get a hold of him and offered them over to Newgrange, Aptera and Altair.
"Here - although"and here his words for Newgrange and Aptera"If the two of you have found your Knight rings then you can use it to just message me instead."
Newgrange also mentioned planning to head for home and Falias nodded"I think I am going to try doing that myself" he admitted, because bed and sleep was sounding really good right now."Take care all of you."
Newgrange had suggested that heading home might be similar to heading home from his Wonder and Falias really hoped that it was.
He waved at the three and then concentrated trying to focus on Destiny City and perhaps yes it was like heading home from his Wonder because after a few moments he suddenly flickered away much as Goretti had done prior.
[Falias exit]
Kyuseisha no Hikari
shyanimegrl
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:59 pm
Castor Page Aptera [exit]
Altair seemed close to tears. And before she knew what she was doing, Aptera had placed a gentle hand over a braid next to Altair's temple just before the senshi of Scalpels offered her one of four prepared sheets of paper. In being focused on withdrawing her hand and thinking of how she had just been reminded of the cousin who was as close as a sister to her, she hadn't looked at the contact info Altair had given her before placing it with thankfulness in one of her dress' side pockets. She was very grateful, too, in accepting the contact info and knowledge she went on to receive from there, also smilingly giving a nod at intervals to express her understanding and agreement.
Her gaze moved steadily between them. From Newgrange when he addressed the group, she had seen that the next to exit after Goretti exited was Falias.
"There's no place like home, is there? Then, I'll also be taking my leave now," Aptera chuckled lightly and gave another bright wave before excusing herself as well. "And likewise, I shall be keeping you all in my thoughts. I look forward to us all keeping in touch." Then, she closed her eyes and with her mind on home, she took her leave to head back to Destiny City.
Sailor Altair [exit]
Altair felt all the more that she was a crazy person, crying and then smiling seemingly at the drop of a hat. But she was now in awe, thankfully and happily so, of just having learned that her cousin who she had worried was among them upon entering Negaspace had not been lost. Her spirits had immediately lifted upon the discovery. She had nearly succumb to the temptation of letting her grateful tears out unabated. But she was managing not to say a thing though that, too, she did not know why exactly she was decidedly doing so. Perhaps part of the reason why was that she was also feeling quite speechless.
She looked from Goretti with his sudden exit to Newgrange and then to Falias as he as well excused himself with his exit. "Take take c-care, too, Falias," she beamed and waved to him shortly after giving a nod while accepting his contact info.
Aptera then spoke next. "Take take care, A-Aptera," she gave a nod and waved with a small yet bright chuckle along before the page of Castor exited, too.
And then as she placed Goretti's, Newgrange's, and Falias' contact info in her pocket, too, she looked toward Newgrange as she addressed him. "I shall shall also head home now. Please be be safe and take care as well. I'll I'll be seeing you again, Newgrange, goodbye for now and thank you so so much," Altair waved with a grin to him. And then she also closed her eyes as she focused her thoughts on home and made her exit to return to Destiny City.
"You've already done a great deal..." Kairatos couldn't help feeling a bit guilty asking her to watch this.. -thing- while she was recovering, but He had no other ideas what to do with it. "I just don't know what would happen if it's near another code piece... these things are too...weird. But if you need anything..."
He wasn't sure what he'd do but he'd find a way to help. The code was their responsibility after all, their power source.
The Space Cauldron
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:24 pm
Cosmos nodded. "I will be fine. And if you leave it here, it will be fine. But I understand your concern. You must do what you think is right, but do not worry about me." She offered him a placid, tired smile. "I was worried that I wouldn't survive pulling you all out of there, but I was wrong. You all did enough to secure my well being. We are a team, all of us. I will look after you as best I can, and you have all looked after me."
She glanced up to Earth.
"Together, we can keep them safe."
Ryuthulhu
The Space Cauldron
Captain
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serpentsong
Aged Survivor
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:06 pm
((i know this is super late to the party and all that, but I wanted to do a exit post for Nirvana and Kastra, so here it is. -.-;; ))
Nirvana watched in silence as the scene unfolded before him. He was still lost in the battle, his mind left there in the negaverse, battling for his life and to protect the young Kastra from that blasted dragon.
He knew the effects of this night would last forever in his mind. The blood, the pain, everything he had seen, it was all there. He had not known what it was that he was getting into. He had not known the level of danger the rift had held. Now he did. Now he did and he was terrified. There would need to be a long break ahead for him, time to collect himself and his mind again to take on the battle that he knew still awaited him at home.
He placed his hand against his side, he able to feel the broken ribs as they slightly shifted when he touched them. He gasped and had to brace himself against the pain. Why had he hardly felt it until now? He knew he was covered in blood and other things, that fact had no escaped him, but the pain? How had he not felt the pain?
As the others moved around him it took all he could to keep his mind focused. He drew in a breath, he wandering away from the group only to take note of Kastra running in the distance. She seemed to be shouting for someone, but who? He knew they needed to get off the moon and home, and with that fact in mind he reached up a hand and waved in her direction "Kastra...home! Our families will be expecting us as it is..."
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((I Have permission from Fiction1119 to use Mlinzi in this exit post.))
The young senshi was more than a bit disoriented as she moved about the new area. She did not even seem to notice the others the seemed to appear before her as she darted about, hunting, searching for her companion. If that cat had been left behind in the darkness she would never forgive herself.
"Mlinzi!? Where are you?! Come to me please!" She felt the tears streaming down her cheeks as she all but fell the ground several times. The terrain new, it making things hard for the partially blind senshi.
She could not give up, she wouldn't. He had to be here somewhere. Yet, ever as she forced herself to stand once more, she could not help but hear her name being called in the distance. It wasn't Mel, no, not her cat, but another familiar voice. "Nirvana?!"
She turned her head in the direction of his voice, her eyes blank and stained with tears. "I can't find him!! I cannot find Mel! Help me please?!" She could feel her voice cracking, she shaking with fear as she turned once more, and despite the Knight's words, ran off again in search of the cat.
She seemed to run forever, she searching every corner and every crevice for Mel. It was only when she heard his voice calling to her that her heart stilled. She racing toward him and grabbing him up in her arms, her tears born anew as her arms wrapped tightly around her closest friend.
"You were gone! i lost you!" She cried into his fur, her arms around the large cat, burying her face in his neck as she all but broke down. She was shaking, lost to her own emotions so very much that she did not feel Nirvana's hand on her shoulder moments later.
He said words that she could not hear, something about home and holding on for the ride. She nodded to him, hoping that soon this ordeal would be over. She wanted her bed, her mothers arms around her, telling her it would be alright. She wanted to feed Mel fish and teach him to play fetch in the yard. She hated this, all of this, and she just wanted to go home.
Little did she know that minutes later they would be. She, Mel and Nirvana, every last one of them would be home on Earth, safe, for the most part, though shivering in the cold as Nirvana had picked a rather secluded neutral ground for them to return to.
((Nirvana and Kastra out))
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:29 pm
((I'm repeating Serp's apology. I really need to do this exit post for my guys, sorry about being late on it. Will edit to add Antares exit once I know whats going on with her))
Havasu had taken a bit to calm his hacking but finally he was able to breath normally. He could care less about what was going on around him, he was sunk in his own personal, mental, quagmire. He glanced up only once and that was when he heard Phact speak, part of him gave a sigh of relief since he knew she was safe but a smaller part just glared. Angry and hurt by how things had ended between them.
He was too lost in his own thoughts to worry about the bickering and arguing going on around him. Finally though the noise worked its way into his mind and with a mental tisk at the interruptions to his own personal hell he closed his eyes and focused on quieting his mind. It took him longer than it probably should have but finally he was able to do it and without any further words to his companions he escaped the moon to lick his wounds in private at his wonder, Havasu Falls. --- Mel searched and searched for Kastra but didn’t spot her anywhere. He had only gotten distracted a few times but it wasn’t his fault. There were so many people to check out, quite a few of them were hurt…. and he had to give the lady who brought them here his cache of starseeds. Boy did that take some figuring out. He still had no clue how he had collected them in the first place and then letting them go? Man it was insane trying to figure it out. Good thing no one really noticed him struggling to figure it out because that would just make him a horrible guardian right? What kind of guardian cat didn’t know about the magical little pocket where you could store stuff? Let alone how to get stuff out of it once you put it in. Gah the whole thing made his head hurt.
Finally he heard Kastra calling for him. He returned her shout, even though it was hard to hear him through all the discussions still going on, some even seemed really heated. The savannah cat yelped slightly in surprise when he was scooped up and cradled against Kastra’s chest as she pretty much broke down on him. ‘Sorry’, he repeated the phrase over and over as he let the senshi cry into his matted fur. It was all his fault that she was freaking out, he had gotten lost again. He remained in her arms even after they had left the moon. Mel made a mental promise not to leave her side again… well he would try not to.
Tomlin’s head turned back sharply to Cosmos, his eyes widening as he took in her smile, her words. He’d been called many things in his life, but ‘wise’ was not one of them. Foolishly optimistic was usually closer to the mark. He didn’t miss the wink, either, a small sign that she had genuinely revived a little, and was not just putting on a brave face for them.
He held his breath, half-listening to those around him, until Cosmos confirmed some of their recovered starseeds did indeed live. He looked again for the brighter light, though everything seemed brighter now. He thought he spotted it, safe in the lady’s hand. She was granting them miracles tonight.
Chibi Oort’s words brought him back to the conversation. He didn’t often get to be ‘cool’ either. He rubbed up against Oort’s ankle again, thinking how convenient the sandals were. He hadn’t known him very long, but he felt a great deal of camaraderie for the boy that couldn’t be easily put into words. For all of them, really. “Same to you. You did good.”
To Oberon, he offered a shake of his head. “Nope, that’s new to me,” he said. “Hard to find a secret when you don’t know you’re looking for one.” It had been a while since he’d seen the Jovian Court members, but he figured someone would have mentioned it if they were into anything unusual. Or was he so far out of touch?
But no point worrying about that until he’d seen this team home. Chara’s clinic sounded like a solid plan.
“You might want to think about what you’re going to tell your families,” he pointed out, looking them over. Oort wasn’t the only one who was going to have to make some excuses. The cat padded around to stand in front of him, looking up at the key chibi, considering.
“I know my way around too. You… can pick me up so we don’t get separated – but this is the last time, okay?” he added quickly. “I’m not a plushie, I have my own legs.”
Though with Hugbell’s bear walking around earlier, maybe it wasn’t the best argument. He didn't like being picked up, but he felt he could trust Oort,and it had happened twice today already. He was still tired, and whatever they decided, he wanted to stay with them until he was sure they were all safe.
Sorry for the delay. Unless anyone wants to interact further, Tomlin will exit with Chibi Oort/the team.
Guine
Oberon
litian
Oort: hope this is okay, I can edit if anything needs changing.
