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It was summer vacation, and Lydia had been enjoying it fully. She'd had no intention of patrolling that night, much less powering up. But it was hot, and uncomfortable, and she just couldn't sleep. A walk would probably do her good. And it would be far safer to walk as Sailor Irene than as Lydia Sfakianos, she told herself, stepping outside of her house and calling out the magic words that turned her into somebody else.

Before her high heels managed to get two steps down the street, her phone buzzed. Frowning- who would call her at this time?- she pulled it out and took in the text message. Seconds later, she had powered down and hailed a taxi. This sounded urgent, and even a senshi wouldn't be able to make it to the location in the text as fast as a taxi, or so she could only believe.

By the time she got there and powered up again, the place was a beacon of energy. Even without the text message to pinpoint the exact location, she would have been able to find it blindfolded if she got close enough. Speaking of which... "Metis! Iris!" It was comforting to see other members of her team there, and Irene slipped in next to them quickly. There were lots of senshi here, far more than Irene had ever seen in one place before and just a bit intimidating. But her teammates had called for her, so she had every right to be there with what felt like lots of more powerful people.

"What's going on?" she whispered, choosing what may have been the worst possible moment to catch up. "Are we fighting the bad guys yet, or- ewwwww!" Her voice raised sharply as she finally noticed the bugs, and she took a step back out of reflex. "What is that thing?"

There were a lot more people now, which really was now a typical battle experience for the little senshi of herbs by now, that it was getting hard to really greet and engage them as much as she wanted. Especially those of her own team, whom she had never seen powered up before until now - she offered big smiles though when they got near. The senshi were still doing a whole lot of talking though, like when the little gaggle of small senshi had first gotten to this factory. All these people sure liked to discuss stuff.

"Of course I can use it," she could at least answer Iris, whom she had subconsciously scooted closer towards - also thankfully away from Hypnos, who would have, again, been glared at for cowering away. "It did awesome against a pipe and the swarm of little bugs and I'm sure it could do awesome against that big ugly one," with her free hand she gestured towards it.

Speaking of which, "can we go try hitting it now? I mean... its obviously bad since the little ones were bad and stealing energy and stuff," Hygiea spared a sad glance at Egeria as she had been out of most of the fight in the other room. As much as she loved to talk ... weren't they wasting time?

"And the pirate is obviously doing something with it, right?" Was he taking it? She couldn't be sure, he had moved towards the big bug some time ago and the blue light that emitted from the bug's behind was now seeming to gather in his hand. That had to be bad.

Maia looked to Val about to answer him when ********* rubbed against her leg going by and Iris burst out with a stream of exploitative that made Maia cringe. ********* answered for her, but she did add onto it.

"I've only battle a few really large youma, but it just like Christmas and camp. The smaller the easier, but the bigger ones the bigger one they are hard to take down. Not impossible though. Not much planning to be had, mostly just attacking the thing."

Maia looked up though, "I more worried about him though," she said pointing to Wolframite, "dangerous that one. Wolframite, hes changed since I last saw him, but thats him. Got a few screws loose, trust me I know." She looked to Foramen briefly to see in the other was satisfied with the answer.

"The other one up there, haven't really been formally introduced to, but Ive seen him about several times. Twice in Elysion, got saved by a mad scientist nega and rolled away on Princess Chronos' sheild. I am told he is Zinkenite."

Polaris was happy to see more people piling into the factory. Friends, vaguely familiar faces, and a few strangers. All of them received a soft look from her, and perhaps even a smile before she turned her attention wearily at monster. Why they hadn't attacked yet she wasn't sure... and she was getting visably antsy, shifting on her boots.

Especially when she noticed two familar faces from the other side.. powerful ones at that.

A look of distaste touched her at Iris' display, arms folding across her chest. "Atleast try to keep your potty mouth at bay for the kids sake. Please. We don't need them running around spouting that garbage."

But her attention was immediately drawn to Hugbell's extensive knowledge, a soft frown touching her lips. She didn't really WANT to know how the chibi senshi was so well versed in the enemy. Poor little thing always getting into trouble.

Sighing, she let her arms lift to the air, shifting once more in her position.
"Maia is right. There is no point planning ahead until we know what we're dealing with. I say everyone with an offensive attack just shot at it at once. THEN we can see what works and what doesn't. Planning right now is just grasping for straws." Which was sadly a lot of what senshi did these days.

Crunchy shells was atleast a hint, and it made sense, real bugs had exoskeletons. Her eyes shifted around the warehouse room. "If we can find something big or sharp enough I'm sure I can shoot it right through that shell."

He felt them, and he did not like it.

Itsuki Hara should have been at home, helping Allie with her math homework and doing everything in his power to keep Doctor Westerman's insufferable acquaintance from stuffing their cabinets full of Twinkies and Tostino's Party Pizzas. Instead, the rather large leopard padded silently into the room of the old factory, his yellow eyes glowing softly as he took in the room. It reeked of the same energy he had felt in Elysion, a maleficent presence that made his fur stand on end. He greeted the swarm with a soft growl.

He looked up a bit further, and greeted Zinkenite with a much louder one.

“Perhaps if your mothers had shown you such kindness,” his deep voice came paired with a scornful snarl, “You would not prey on children, Dark Ones."

Leopard's Eye did not know the Negaverse as the others did. Chaos was simply chaos, and he knew the blinding grip it could take on one's soul. There was no grey area for a Guardian of Elysion, and he spared no doubt for the men he deemed responsible for such wickedness. His gold eyes caught on Hypnos, and was that Cora beside her? He moved up beside them, and rested his heavy head upon the young senshi's shoulder as he wrapped his tail defensively around Cora, as though to say: I'm here.

“I believe you're right,” Leopard's Eye looked to Hug-Bell, and then back to Zinkenite, “I don't think he's a very big problem at all.”

Mark it on your calendars, folks. Itsuki Hara made a joke.

When Leopard's Eye's presence lingered in the room, it didn't go unnoticed by the small feline. Cora's head turned to look at him as he spoke and if someone was paying attention to her, they could see some change in her behavior.

First of all, it sounded like a little engine inside of her had turned on. A quiet purr was emitting from her, silent enough to be only heard by people close to her. Secondly, her cream-colored front paws started to do a little padding movement, in a somehow restless manner. And thirdly, it seemed a bit like that she was unsure should she be looking at the leopard or not. Her pink eyes had moved to look at the messy floor around her or at Hypnos' slippers. Yet, somehow she found herself staring at him again. His strong legs, his determited eyes, his brave warrior stance. Quickly, she turned her gaze away from him again as she noticed him coming closer to her and Hypnos.

What was he doing here? Why had he appeared in her life again and made her feel all strange again? Why did he had to come closer to them and made her even more nervous? Why she couldn't calm down?

Suddenly, she felt something soft againgst her paws. A surprised silent little yelp escaped from her mouth and quickly she stepped away from the tail's way, right under Leopard's Eye's chest. From there, in rather safe place now, she silently watched as the events proceeded.

She waited for some time, starting to feel more calm as of pure being safe feeling. She quickly glanced around, trying to make sure that as less as possible of others were looking at her or at leopard and then pressed her head lightly againgst the leopard's front leg.

"I'm glad you came," she said quietly, meaning her words. Even though he was still making her feel oddly nervous inside, it was still very much relief to have such a strong warrior on their side, ready to protect them from danger.

Some questions were heard, and other ones weren't. Sailor Iris heard mostly the criticisms of her choice in cursing the place up and down. It made it a bit trickier to actually hear legitimate questions like Hygiea had about wanting to hit the much larger youma.

If the yellow-suited senshi had heard the question, she would have easily said "SURE" and probably led the attacks upon the overly large bug. Alas, she hadn't heard the question, so alas, she didn't lead the way.

"So ya guys want me t'baby them? Is that it?" She glanced to a couple of her teammates who had even given her a couple disapproving looks. "Well then f*ck all of ya... cuz I ain't doin' that! Dunno if ya guys noticed that first room... but that was all th'chibi senshi! Let th'f*ckin' kids stand on their own two feet and maybe they'll surprise ya!" Did Sailor Iris think that the chibi senshi could take on the giant flea youma by themselves? No. However, if all the other senshi ever did was protect the kids from the slightest discomfort, then how the hell were they going to learn anything for themselves?!

With a gloved finger, she then pointed to Hygiea. "P.S. I know fer a fact she already was cussin' before she ever met me... get over it!" She was pretty certain a kid of Ixion's size also was familiar with cussing, but she wasn't going to point that out, since she didn't know if it was an actual fact.

Feeling a vague tug at one of the magenta skirts on her fuku, the Senshi of Rainbows glanced to Egeria. Briefly, her eyes bulged at the question. "Holy sh*t?!! A leopard?!" Sailor Iris' encounters with Elysion had been somewhat brief, so her knowledge of the guardian was a bit lacking. At most she had seen maybe a glimpse or two of the strange cat-lazer-turret, but that was about it.

Exasperated to say the least, Iris threw her arms up in the air and practically shouted "F*CK IT! I give up tryin' t'make sense of this sh*t! Sure, talkin' leopards now too! Why not?! We already got house cats doin' that!"

Where as Sailor Iris wasn't known for grace, she did have a point or two which were accompanied with a slight jingling of the manx's collar as ********* nodded in agreement. Unlike Sailor Iris, who remained ignorant of the Leopard that seemingly had decided to join this get-together, the small manx had noticed as he had not only padded in, but seemingly was siding with the senshi. ********* experiences dealing with the larger guardian were also quite lacking, but she wasn't afraid.

Especially considering how Cora seemed to find an easy place to hide using the Leopard. Rather than speculate much more, the manx easily trotted on over near the Leopard, close to where Cora was taking refuge.

In a friendly manner, she simply asked "Friend of yours?"