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Castor Page Aptera

"I shall also enter into the portal in hopes that I may be of some aid towards striking at what threatens the innocent."

Plans can change despite aims being for the most part unchanged. Trust and respect can be grey aside from black or white and can be earned both by putting a foot down or compromising. Aptera had kept her silence as she listened and learned that though not united as one singular unit, this gathering was full of intelligence and had goals that had similarities.

As she entered the foreign space through the portal opened, she thought that the universe could use less turmoil and this could be taking helpful steps in that direction so long as she wasn't too reckless.

Sailor Altair

After having spoken up, what followed shortly after that was Altair perhaps having forgotten what is speech with how not a peep or along those lines was heard from her for a span of time. She'd almost decided not to go, thinking of what would happen to her family and so forth if she disappeared. But still she listened on, considering the possibility of still staying even if she did not pass into the portal opened.

But when she saw the green crystal thrown in, she remembered. Caely had borrowed her phone a number of days back and had told her where she kept it when she wanted to check on her mother's voice message. She saw it then, one of the small crystals like those she received from the first gathering next to her phone in Caely's bag. Her cousin had seemed to hurry back from her room in sudden remembrance of something while asking if she had trouble locating the phone. Altair realized then that Caely may be like her as well, and went on to think in this moment that her cousin may be here now along with having decided to enter the foreign magical dimension.

Decidedly, Altair chose to go into the portal despite this meaning that she's entering the place Metallia, a likely far greater magical existence with powers much stronger than hers. Because, if there was any chance at all she may help in the survival of all, she was wanting to take it now.

((Aptera and Altair exit to enter the portal.))

Sometimes it was difficult to get out at night without alerting her grandfather. Perdita never knew quite what to tell him. There were only so many times a week she could claim to be going to the library without arousing suspicions. Not that she expected his suspicions would prove correct. He probably thought she was going out to meet some boy.

He wasn't entirely wrong. She met up with Oberon on the way to the hillside.

She caught the last snippets over conversation before watching as people started going through the portal. She wanted to follow them, but she wasn't sure if it was a good idea. What if they weren't able to come back through before the portal closed? What would happen to them then? How were they supposed to get out?

Perdita weighed the pros and cons of the situation as carefully as she could.

But her curiosity won out over caution. She wanted to know what the Negaverse was like. She wanted to know what lay beyond the portal. She didn't want to hear about it from others. She wanted to experience it herself.

So, with a last look at Oberon to see if he planned on following, Perdita stepped forward and went through the portal.

Perdita goes through the portal.

Andronicus Squire of Uranus

Whelp, better the Chronos knight than her, she thought as Caedus flared the portal to life. She glanced at Themiscyra, her plan less destroying Metallia and more going to find the Academy. She may have a renewed sense of conviction, but that didn't mean she didn't want some sort of power. And maybe it would get the Code to stop yapping about it for five minutes.

Or by some sick and twisted change of fate, Caedus was the Code, and the Code was evil the whole time. She wouldn't put it past the incorporal floating parchment. Too insistent, too vocal, and liked to threaten a little too much. She was sure the Code served some sort of purpose, but at the moment it seemed more like a thorn in everyone's side than a 'leader' or a 'guiding force'.

Also it decided to possess a terrifying flower statue and make it four thousand times more creepy. But that was neither here nor there. There was a portal to enter.

"See ya on the other side," she said with a grin. The squire flipped up her hood and weaved through the crowd. She gave a smile to Caedus, though her green eyes held a threat in them. Betray us, they said, and her mace would crunch through those robes faster than he could blink. She trusted him, but Andronicus also knew to not over trust him. There was always a chance he'd betray them. There was an incredibly good chance he'd betray them at the first sign of Chaos leaking out the portal. There were enough factors at play that she understood people's concerns.

The problem was this was happening whether people liked it or not. She wouldn't call them cowards, per say, but there was something demoralizing knowing a good chunk of Order didn't have your back.

Andronicus slipped through the portal with no other fanfare.

Andronicus Exit Through the Portal




Sailor Skoll, Senshi of the Pack

People were so loud. She'd not seen this level of bickering since, well, maybe her mother and father fighting when she was super little. They fought over bills, her da's drinking, over what clothing to dress the twins in until finally her mom just up and left. Didn't take the twins, didn't pay child support, nothing. They got stuck with their sad excuse for a father, and Skoll had never really understood why. Watching the entirety of the side they were supposed to be on fight like children sort of clued her into why.

Skoll glanced at Hati, then back at the congregation. Castor gtfo'd, which was either a terrible sign of things to come, or a blessing. Several others left as well, or positioned themselves outside with old man Caedus. Some good intended, if not particularly smart, knight stood up and shouted at the group. Good intentions, perhaps not the right crowd for it.

It wasn't a smart idea to go in without a plan, but maybe if everyone hadn't bickered for an hour about who to trust and what to do, they'd have one. Skoll grumbled under her breath and leaned over to Hati.

"Okay, we got an hour for this. The less time we waste waiting for them to decide what to the better. We're stickin' together bro, no matter what." She wasn't about to lose her twin on a suicide mission like this. They'd come out of it alive, or not at all. Pretty standard for Skoll, in all honesty, but this wasn't just another street gang fight. This was infiltration with a high chance of betrayal and death.

What a lovely thing for a newish senshi to get into. Or all the kids in the group who vanished through the portal. The world was a depressing place when children had to go to war.

Skoll stepped through the portal, knowing Hati would be seconds behind her.

Skoll Exit Through the Portal

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Chibi Sailor Iduna of Apples

The adults were yelling. The blue haired twelve year old shrank behind Cadmus, shoulders tensing with each new voice and shout. She hated yelling. She hated it with a passion. It usually came with object throwing to get attentions - a shield crashed into the floor and she almost jumped out of her skin - and physical beatings. It was no safer out here then it was in her house, but at least no one was throwing objects at each other.

Yet. Iduna fully expected them to.

The portal flared to existence and for the first time in all this, Iduna felt fear. Terror gripped her limbs and she could not move, even as Cadmus charged through the portal with no care what so ever. For a long moment she stood there, frozen, unable to move.

Then she remember that Cadmus, the boy who froze up infront of youma was going in.

"Cadmus waaait!" Iduna ran after him, launching herself through the portal. Like heck she was going to let him go by himself just to get frozen up again!

Iduna Exit Through Portal



Bifrost Knight of Chronos

It made her no friends, but it did what she wanted it to. It had, in some degree, unified people enough that people either went through the portal or didn't. It got everyone to stop squabbling, to stop arguing and focus on the task at hand.

Bifrost turned and disappeared into the portal, intent that when she returned - and she would - Caedus was getting no favors nor pleasantries. He was risking lives of Order and when, not if, things went sour, it was on his head alone.

Bifrost Exit Through Portal

Sailor Cassiopeia, Senshi of Wonder

"Hey, Myrrha," she'd greeted the younger senshi as the girl'd approached. After that though... Cassiopeia had gone mostly silent. Standing there with the others, she tried to keep a smile on as she looked to Lysithea, Adria, and Enif. Even if her grip tightened a bit more around Pye, grateful for the guardian in her arms and taking comfort in his presence. "...why do they think shouting and tossing around insults will help convince anyone to listen to them?" Her murmurs were meant for no one in particular, and largely the only commentary she gave aloud on the display of Order around them. DisOrder really. This was the group that was supposed to protect the city? The world? The universe?

She was more than a little disenchanted with the display set before her. Not that this was the first time history had its feuding sides, conflicting morals... the list went on. Her own curiosity. Her own morals, her own ethics... they were what made her look to the shimmering silver light of the portal. The darkness inside... terrified her. If ancient people encountered such experiences... she could understand how stories of demons, monsters, possession, terrors in the night, the spirits of the damned coming to claim the living... how they could have all found purchase and formed amongst so many different cultures and contexts.

When Enif asked if she was going in, Cassiopeia's eyes were wide as she looked to the other senshi. Unsure. Frightened. But something else in her curiosity, something almost... deeper than it, burned in her. A need to know what was beyond the doorway.

A smile flickered to her face as she gave an almost light-hearted shrug, beginning to step towards the portal. "I've gone too long studying fairy tales and folklore to not take my own chance at living the magic," she stated as almost an apology. She reached her free hand back to Enif, even as she looked to Adria and Lysithea with a pleading smile. Come with me... "Caedus did all this to help us. We've got to make the most of what he's given us." Looking to Caedus himself as she passed, her eyes softened. He sounded so... weak. "...thank you for all this," she murmured to him, suddenly unsure if he would be... there, when they returned. "I'm very grateful for the chance to meet you."

Looking back to the others, hoping they were following her, the Senshi of Wonder stepped through the portal.

[Cassiopeia exit!]




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Sailor Hati, Senshi of the Cu-Sith

Hati was none too impressed with the scene spread before him. "Nice to know this war's in such capable hands," he'd growled to Skoll at one point among the bickering as he otherwise held his own council. He didn't trust any there beyond the young woman next to him. He blatantly didn't have a reason to. So when the silver portal opened before them... a part of him really considered walking away.

He didn't owe any of them anything. Their bolstering and blustering for power and authority did nothing to put him in awe or show him any real might. They were politicians, if anything. Fancy words, or lack thereof, without any real power. It even seemed that many were willing to turn their backs on an opportunity to strike at the enemy, instead of trying to put together an organized attack. He'd listened as some of them--knights, whatever those were, and another senshi--spoke about what they were going to find inside. How the castle was what the real target should be. That was where they were going. He gave those folks more credit than the rest of the lot there.

"This is ******** bullshit," he griped, frustration growing into downright fury that they'd been put into this situation. This wasn't a war, this was turf fighting. This was gorilla warfare at best, and he was pretty sure the freaking gang wars around the city streets were more coordinated than this bunch of s**t for brains.

When Skoll spoke to him, Hati's silver eyes moved to his twin, a faint smirk coming to his features. The wolf that would devour the sun. The wolf that would devour the moon. "Always at your back," was his grunt of agreement. This wasn't the first time, nor the last he was sure, that the twins would step into the unknown together. The moment she moved towards the portal, his steps mimicked hers, prints aligning over hers. This wasn't a standard street fight. This wasn't a standard brawl. But hell or high water, he at least had faith in them sticking together through it all.

[Hati exit!]



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Super Sailor Metis, Senshi of the Third Eye

Metis had nodded a bit to Houshi's words. "Even to frighten them by the realization we can strike them in their own domain... that alone is a powerful blow to moral in some cases." In a way, she was trying to convince herself they wouldn't have to kill. Wouldn't have to run headfirst into the deepest part of the conflict, into the heart of the Negaverse's realm. A nagging voice haunted her, and she shuttered. She'd have felt a lot braver if Iris was there. The bold Senshi of Rainbows had been a pillar. Her absence there was the most apparent to Metis in that moment, whom couldn't help but feel she was grasping for straws in the emptiness. She didn't have her captain's strength.

Trying to reassure Houshi with a squeeze of her hand, Metis turned her head to Caedus as he opened the portal for them. An hour. It wouldn't give them much time at all, and she felt a well of panic begin to bubble up. How could they inflict any damage on the Negaverse with an hour? It was more than they'd had before at least. It was more than any other had given them. "I... hope we can speak of happier things once this is over," she said to him, remaining optimistic. "Stay safe out here." She could only remain so

Slowly she edged towards the portal, disliking the shining white energy. She didn't... see anything coming out of it. Just a figure of white. A grim smile came to her. "I've always wondered what their domain looked like..." Still, she managed a lighter smile for Houshi. "We'll make this fast. Hit them hard, and run. A game, really." A potentially very deadly game... Holding tight to Houshi, grateful she was not wandering into the unknown alone, she stepped through the portal.

[Metis out!]



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Themiscyra, Squire of Mars

Themiscyra smiled, relieved when Kairatos showed up. Once the crystals were turned in, she snorted a bit to his questions. "Some useful info... but mostly arguing. Per the norm. Think we'll be heading out shortly though." Her eyes narrowed a bit as some left. Many argued. "Assuming all this fighting doesn't cancel the trip entirely."

That... didn't seem to be the case at least. Pros and cons, she figured. She hated how spontaneous this felt. Instead of fighting, they should have used the time to organize themselves, figure out possible plans of attack. She'd listened intently as the Knight and Eternal talked about the castle. They were the ones that'd been there. They had the best idea where to go. Did she think they were going to take out the big bad?

No. They weren't collected enough. Weren't strong enough--especially as she noted another Royal walking off. Lovely. Another hit to their power. But if they could at least shake up the Negaverse a bit. Might give them time to try and come together, form stronger plans.

And a part of her couldn't help but wonder. What could they find inside there? It was the home of the knights. Surely... something they could do...

Her eyes spotted Ganymede and Valhalla, and relief flooded her to see those she trusted entering the fray. Though she was worried for Valhalla... Hey. If anyone had any luck dealing with the other side, it was--sort of--him. She'd smiled, bold and brave, to Andronicus as her sister-in-arms pulled up her hood and headed through the portal. "Right behind you," Themiscyra called, before looking to Kairatos with a grin. "Come on, Bull." She linked an arm with her brother, tugging him along with her towards the portal. "We can't let them have all the fun."

Taking the plunge, Themiscyra stepped through.

[Themiscyra's out!]

Valhalla wasn’t entirely sure what he was getting himself into, or what any of them were getting themselves into. He got Themiscrya’s message when Ganymede got hers, but the twins being sick caused them to get there much later than they’d hoped. He could understand why the short notice was necessary, especially if they were trying to prevent those who probably shouldn’t know about what was going down from finding out.

The problem was their time restraint. How were they supposed to do anything in just an hour. Under an hour, because they still needed to get back to the portal. He didn’t want to know what they were going to do if they ended up being stuck there.

Then again, if this was the opportunity to put an end to the fighting, to stop Chaos from reaching out and ruining more lives, he was willing to take the chance.

Still feeling out of sorts as he had for almost the entirety of a year since his starseed had been damaged, Valhalla felt particularly useless going into this fight with no magic and very little fighting skill. But he wasn’t going to let the others go in alone. He would find a way to be useful, even at the cost of his life if it meant his family and friends and the world would be safe.

Valhalla entrance and exit into the portal.

Heading into a portal with very slim odds of being successful and making it back in under an hour? Sounded like a great idea.

Oberon shook his head in disbelief at the rest of the senshi and knight that had gathered there, choosing not to get involved in any of the bickering that was going on. Some people were leaving and others were staying, their resolve firm in what they wanted to do.

For Oberon himself, he really wasn’t sure what the right option was. On one hand they could be walking right into their graves, on the other hand, it could be really cool and they might even be able to do some good. Or they would just get into a big fight and lose horribly.

Rocks fall; everyone dies.

He would take the chance of rolling a one.

Oberon goes through the portal!

Ananke Senshi of Portals

Ananke took a deep breath. She wasn't sure what she could do... she had never been in a fight before... she thought to herself she'll probably only bring everyone else down... but at the same time... she would feel guilty with herself if she didn't go and there was something she could have done...

Yes there must be something she could do. She tried to convince herself as she stepped through the portal.

Ananke Exit