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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:53 am
Until he needed its power? This that Bellatrix overheard made her confused. Just what could he need its power for? To eliminate the Negaverse? Bellatrix wasn't sure what to think of that since, to an extent, she was coming to sympathies with them. The question was out of her mouth before she realized it.
"And just what, pray tell, do you need its powers for, Endymion?" There was a tone of mistrust in her voice. Skepticism.
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Bismuthite, still frozen in place, watching and letting his - he almost choked on the word - superiors (if only in their seniority and therefor experience!) make the moves.
He sensed the battle here rattling to an end. Pegasus...no. Helios, the guardian of the Crystal, would keep Endymion, its owner, from claiming it? Some part of Bismuthite felt that was perhaps for best. He hated that it was in the protection of a Senshi though. He hated that the protector of dreams and this realm was a Senshi.
But what was better? A senshi protecting a crystal with so much power, or a traitor who's alliance they didn't know? Someone more... questionable?
Bismuthite knew one thing for sure - he needed to hear what Tanzanite had to say about this, as soon as this was over.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:20 pm
Maia watched Helios stand against the prince, as all the senshi were doing. Even Chibimoon stood with them and right now they were united, as they should be even if the circumstances were not the best. She nodded to Euterpe as he helped Helios and did nothing to try to stop them.
She kept her eyes trained on the prince, poised to attack if her dared to go after the crystal. Helios claimed to be the crystals keeper, but Endymion said she was wasn't if he needed the crystal.
He moved up to the barrier and Maia at his side in a second, she couldn't use her magical attack for fear of hitting Helios and Euterupe, but she had no qualms about kicking or punching the daylight out of the prince.
"You are the one who is making unwise decisions," she growled a warning to the prince, stance taking fist raised, her eyes flashing to Bellatrix briefly wondering if he would answer her, "Back off Endymion."
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:56 pm
The smoke bombs displaced the senshi of winter. His intended destination is far from where he ended up. When the smoke cleared and he was finally able to see past the sting of burning eyes, Boreas found himself at the outer edge of the pool. Endymion's actions slipped past the season senshi and his only bearing was his fellow handmaiden: Flora. He was unsure of his next step. Doubt filled his mind as he tried to figure where to go next. What move should he make? Scanning over the area, he realized that Neso and Virgo were at the princess' side. She was safe for now, even if it was only a few fleeting seconds. Turning to Flora once more, he ran to her side. His eyes fixed on her and the guardian of Elysion, Helios. He had seen her before, though only from a far. She looked injured, but he couldn't ascertain the cause. He had to do something, anything. Sailor Boreas hated this feeling of being stuck on the sidelines while his princess and fellow seasons put themselves on the line.
"Flora, is there anything I can do to help?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:24 pm
As soon as Endymion moved, Birhan did as well, positioning herself between the renegade prince and the priest(ess?) guarding the Golden Crystal. Her fellow BMCers would not be far behind, she knew. They would have her back, as she always had theirs. Birhan felt a faint push from the Crystal, rejecting her presence, but she was not yet close enough for it to have any major impact.
"Perhaps you should rethink your loyalties. Or at least your strategy," she growled, hands raised in a fighting guard. She moved with the unthinking smoothness of a well trained fighter, something anyone who knew anything about physical fighting would be able to recognise. "Leave the Crystal where it is, safely guarded. Take another step, and we will move against you."
Birhan was doubly confident. Not only in her abilities as a fighter, but her power made her a very dangerous opponent right now. There was a veritable smorgasbord of used magical powers in the air for her to choose from - from the newest senshi to the oldest Eternal, from defensive to support to offensive. And Birhan had not used her ability once yet, on this visit to Elysion. Despite some small strain from her two strikes against Tanzanite, magically, Birhan was the freshest person on the field apart from the Prince himself.
***
If Foramen was only judging his opinion of White Moon royalty on their supposed prince, right about now, he'd be lining up to join the Negaverse. Thankfully for his starseed and soul, Chibimoon and Chronos were a damn sight more ... sane.
That caped idiot was pissing off every single person in Elysion - all the senshi, and even the Negaversers, if Tanz was anything to go by. And he didn't even bother to respond when one of Ares' near-naked minions tried to punch him in the face.
Chibimoon was still trying to reach her father through words, but Foramen didn't have much hope of that. He had flat-out ignored the political overtures (or demands, as the case may be) of both Ares and Chronos. Privately, Foramen wondered if this guy was missing the majority of his brain, to be making such powerful enemies.
"I think her loyalties are just fine," he said, more to those around him than to Endymion, who would surely just ignore Foramen as he ignored everyone who wasn't Chibimoon or Helios.
... Though he might have a little trouble continuing to ignore them. Foramen smirked as several senshi still up for battle moved to intercept the prince.
Foramen had no illusions that he could use his power again. Most unfortunate. Endymion would have made a perfect target to try out his 'rift a limb off a living being' technique on a person, instead of just a youma.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:07 pm
Why was... why was Endymion being like this? Neso frowned, and it didn't seem right on his face. He was not made to frown. Neso trusted Endymion and Helios and Virgo and Flora and -- well, everyone. If Endymion couldn't be trusted, then what did it mean? He looked helplessly toward Chronos, fighting the urge to run to her side. If anyone laid a(nother?) hand on her, he would break it off of their body. Probably.
"Prince..." Neso said weakly. "We're your friends, man. We've been on your side for centuries. We're... a family."
He continued to trail Chibimoon, refusing to leave her side as his Princess had commanded.
***
Ares didn't need to be told what to do. As surely as if Helios had commanded her, the Senshi of Smoke ran up to the side of the guardian, taking a protective stance in front of her. No way in Elysion did Ares think that she could lay a hand on that crystal -- or that anyone here would let her. But she knew one other very important thing:
Endymion could not be allowed to touch it.
And so, the senshi who put no faith in the old royalty of the White Moon fell in line beside Chronos and Helios and even the BMC cadet who had chosen to support Helios over her, Euterpe. "Blood Moon," she said sternly, words aimed at Birhan, Scylla, Sirius, and Maia -- two of which were already beside her. "Do not let the False Prince claim this crystal!"
She had wanted to refrain from attack, but the Prince had made his desire known. He was coming to take the crystal no matter what they said, and Ares could not allow it. No one else could either. Everyone was saying it, but no one wanted to throw the first stone. Politics be damned, appearances be damned, repercussions be damned. Action was needed, and Ares was, if anything, a senshi of action. The others didn't want to get their hands dirty? Fine. Ares knew her name was already mud.
So she made a choice.
She shot Birhan a look -- no time for tapping. Her narrowed gaze simply said: Go. "You cannot take the Crystal if you support the Negaverse!" Her hands swelled in front of her and Ares shouted, "Ares Smothering Blast!" Twin columns of smoke burst forth from her hands, making a beeline for Endymion. If struck, the column would form around him, burning his eyes, choking his breath, and potentially causing mild hallucinations. The quarters were close and tendrils of smoke licked across her face, her hands.
Helios needed to work fast if she was to have that Crystal before Endymion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:19 pm
Sirius followed Ares without a seconds thought she then nodded when she heard her orders and ran to where Helios was. She knew this wouldn't be the cleverest of ideas that she had but she was going to try it anyway. Finding somewhere to kneel on the grass close to where some of the senshi were gathered. She was hoping to in a way hide herself with-in them knowing that with what she was about to do she would end up being incredibly vulnerable.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before looking at Helios and sending a small prayer up to whoever was listening.
"Collar bound" She whispered allowing the energy to collar Helios and the crystal though it did not include Euterpe. She knew the crystal would be a hard thing to protect in her collar but Endymion shouldn't get through it not until Sirius had no energy left. She had her orders and she would stick to them.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:24 pm
Scylla's lips were thin as she watched the 'showdown' progress. If she tried to use her power again, she would be completely helpless, and chances were good-- following the expectation by this point of Elysion being just like the real world-- that she wouldn't wake up to do much more than eat tomorrow. If she woke up at all- it would be a prime opportunity for one of the few observing Negaversers to sneak up and bop her on the head. Still.
This person had once been a Prince honored by many of the planets, and now he was the enemy. Ares had taught her friends and followers well about what you did to the enemy. Scylla hadn't always learned well, and didn't always listen well, but now was one of those times that she was gonna.
"Scylla's Hunger!" she snapped it out, viciously, and felt the drain on her, dropping her to her knees as a single, sad little arm splashed its way out of the water, moving for the prince's ankles. Hold him. Just for a moment.Please, just get a hold of him... please.
Fifteen seconds... she could feel the time slipping away and the first weariness hit her muscles. If she could get a hold of him, hold him there for just long enough for Ares' attack to take effect, or the attacks of anyone else who would help...
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:32 pm
Maia jumped back as Ares attacked being all to close to the prince and not wanting to be caught in her attack. Then it seemed as though all of the BMC were attacking at once. Chaos, always with the chaos, but it wasn't lost on Maia that Helios needed time and the crystal needed protection.
Ares, Sirius, Scylla all attacked him and Maia doubted her would be able to dodge all the attack, it was prefect. She moved around quickly finding a good spot to attack without hitting Helios or Euterpe and went for it. If it was time they needed Maia might be able to provide it.
"Absolute Harmony," she sang out, the music filling her and the song spilling from her lips. Translucent rainbow colored notes popped instantly into exsistance and rushed at the Prince like a mini tornado. If the notes hit him he would feel, calm, sluggish and it would be very hard for him to summon the energy to do much of anything. This however was mostly a guess, for Maia as everyone was effected different.
[[Your call how it affects him if it hits MK, well you know lolz]]
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:45 pm
That was all Birhan needed: at her back and sides, her fellow members of the Blood Moon Court. Her Queen, whom Birhan followed by choice and not because of bloodright, giving the order allowing Birhan to attack. All the members of their tight-knit Court, working together. The Crystal and the priestess were protected, at least for the moment. Their opponent, Endymion, in the middle of Ares' choking smoke cloud. Scylla, holding the target in place. And now Birhan, charging in.
She took a deep breath. "Departed Renewal, Strike!" she cried, before charging into the smoke filled area. The available powers flew by her like scents and colours, teasing hints of what each power could do. She grabbed at one that would enhance her physical attack, rather than distract her from it.
Ice coated her fist. It would not have the same level of power as Castor's use of it, but it would increase even her senshi strength. Finally, finally, Birhan threw that long-delayed punch at Endymion's face.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:02 pm
The small senshi had a small smile appear on her face when Princess Chronos gave her a head pat. It made her feel warm and happy inside, at least for a moment. It was joined by the happiness that Cora brought her way, purring and very interested in something Hypnos would have normally jumped to do: read her a fairy tale. The small senshi could only shake her head, petting the cat softly. The small happiness only lasted until her eyes found the fake-prince making his way towards the Golden Crystal, or as Chibi Hypnos would refer to it as: the Golden Fairy. It was the magical being that shined so brightly with its golden light. She believed it had the power to stop all this violence.
Of course, he had to be going for it. He would hurt the Golden Fairy just like he had Princess Chronos. Her face could only twist in betrayal even more as she thought about this outcome. She had to protect it. She couldn't fail it like she had failed Mister Bridy and Princess Chronos. She had to stop the big, mean man from hurting the Golden Fairy, from getting his hands on it.
She gave Cora a nuzzle, brushing her face against the cat before she softly put her on the ground, with her bunny plush Thanatos beside her. "Not a prince," she said. "Please watch Thanatos, Cora. Stay here with Princess Chronos, please."
Please. She could barely look at Cora at the moment, realizing her precious cat had gotten hurt because of that fake-prince. She had tried to protect him. He hurt her. No more. She gave Cora a gentle pat on the head as her eyes once again found Endymion. She couldn't look at him straight, her heart feeling twisted and crushed. She would protect something this time. This in mind, the child rushed towards Endymion before anyone could stop her. She lunged for his leg, trying to pull him backwards and away from the "Golden Fairy".
"Fly away!" She said to the Golden Crystal that her imagination had defined as a fairy. "Hurry, before he gets you!"
Surely, surely it had seen what he did to Princess Chronos!
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:20 pm
Maia saw Hypnos run into the fray too late, her attack and the other's attack already headed for their target a target which Hypnos decided to attach herself too. Her heart nearly dropped into her stomach at the sight and instantly she ran after the child.
"Hypnos, no, watch out" she shouted running ready to take the brunt of any attack so that the little one came out of it okay.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:46 pm
"Alright," guardian cat said to her little senshi. She placed her paws around Thanatos and gently hugged the plushie bunny. Pink eyes turned to look Chronos and then after Hypnos and from there to Endymion. Hypnos was going to stop him. She couldn't do it alone. She needed help.
Cora closed her eyes and focused. She had lost strength but maybe once. Just once. Star sign on her forehead flickered and soon, the light beam flied towards Endymion's head. It was weak beam, much weaker than she had landed Serandite or that would had hit on Tanzanite but it was the best the guardian cat could do now.
"Please, don't take the crystal," guardian cat begged weakly, before collapsing next to Chronos' feet. She was half-consious still, breathing heavily and using her all strength now to prevent herself from drowning. She clung tightly to Thanatos, who she would protect, no matter what. She wouldn't let her down again.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:17 pm
Hugbell saw Hypnos grabbing Endymion and trying to pull him back and then all the senshi attacks. "Oh........" If she'd been older she probably would've used some naughty words.
She ran after Hypnos and grabbed her trying to pull her away from the attacks. "It's not going to fly away you dummy its' a ROCK not a fairy!" She cried as she pulled on Hypnos. "It's dangerous here they're attacking HIM lets go."
She was worried they'd get the attacks, "The older senshi can handle this." She added hoping to convince the other chibi that it was okay to leave.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:27 pm
There were exactly two things Virgo had to do. One of them was look after Chronos. The other was prevent the traitor-Prince from getting to the Golden Crystal. Neso was looking after Chronos, the enemy was moving away from her; so the only thing she really had to fuss over was allowing Helios the time to get the Crystal.
The Zodiac Captain surged forward, straining against the barrier to snatch at a handful of Endymion's cape. There were tentacles--Scylla? Scylla was there?--but all the same. This was an opportunity she couldn't pass up, what with the smoke...
She aimed a kick between the Prince of Earth's legs. Or where she thought that was. The general direction of the other senshis' attacks seemed to indicate that direction, anyway.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:35 pm
Maia frowned seeing Hugbell seemingly appear out of no where as she reached the pair, but nodded to Hugbells words.
"She is right, its a crystal and it can't fly. This is dangerous and you two shouldn't be so close right now," Maia said to Hypnos and Hugbell.
Maia made grab both the girls hand, "you are capable I know you are, but I do not wish to see you hurt. Come with me so I can get you away from here." Her words were rushed, urgency practically vibrating from her voice. Everyone was attacking Endymion and Hugbell and Hypnos could potentially be hurt, none of the senshi wanted that.
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