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Alphubel, Knight of Polaris

Sometimes the fact that he had become a Knight so quickly reared it's ugly head at Alphubel making his anxiety rise and wondering if he really was supposed to be a Knight. It had been years since he had become one, he had even participated in a few group battles, one even against those new aliens that some had sided with the Negaverse. He had felt like a Knight then.

But the past week had him questioning once again whether or not he should have still been a page. He had wanted to check out some of the more isolated spots to see the eclipse that was supposed to happen this month, but every time he tried to power up he had found himself unable to do so. Even his Wonder seemed to be ignoring his distress.

By the end of the week he had been starting to become quite the wreck, with Cynthia becoming quite concerned about him. He was so glad that he could share what was going on with her, but sometimes he wished he could share it with his brother. He really wished his brother had been a Knight, but fate had deemed that to not happen.

So when he finally felt as though he could transform again and that he had to, he did so earnestly and found a scroll in front of him, imploring him to accept. And he did.

He found himself in the room with the code. He couldn't help but let out a small gasp. If that's what summoned him and the rest of the Knights, from the quick look around the room that he took, it had to be serious. He tightened his grip on his staff a bit more and attempted to look for a familiar face. There were a few, but for some reason his mind was racing at a million miles a minute, unable to calm himself down.

Nectaris, Knight of the Moon

Nectaris hadn't exactly been panicking about what was going on the way that some people like Pendour had. She'd gone out once and her moon staff had snapped off on a youma, and since she couldn't figure out what was happening, there hadn't been Chaos around sucking away her powers or something, she'd gone back to the house and tried to think things through.

What she decided was that she was worried about the Code. That was where their powers came from, right? What if something was wrong?

She didn't really know how to check on the code, though, so she turned to doing what she did best, and not thinking about it. She was trying to get a Kickstarter set up for her art stuff, anyway.

It was fine.

Of course she was gonna go to an emergency meeting though. She figured the letter was from the Code, since who else was gonna invite her to the Moon in the middle of the night?

As she ended up on the Moon, she did, in fact, see the Code.

It didn't look as bright as normal, and that made Nectaris worry some more, even as she looked around to see who else had shown up.

Viminal, Page of Venus

Viminal had never been much for the whole knight life, but with most on one's own family involved including her own husband, she didn't see herself escaping it. So, it was now years after becoming a page she was more active and more willing ... well not will so much as begrudgingly going along with being a page.

Part was making sure her husband was careful and didn't get into over his head. They had young children at home, the other keeping tabs on her siblings. This week it was trying to help her brother. It was weird to see how connect he was to his wonder. She hadn't even bothered trying to go to hers and now she tried out of necessity of testing the theory and she hadn't been able to, but as least if they could fix this, she could now go if she so desired.

The nagging was weird, feeling like she really ought to listen and eventually she couldn't ignore it. She was going to be patrolling with her brother anyway, so it mattered little the why she powered up. The letter made her sigh, but as they'd been look for answers all week she knew exactly where she'd find her brother, so she grabbed the letter and let it take her to ... some room on the moon.

She wasn't really interested in the where and turned to looked for her brother's mane of curly red hair.

Palmrya, Page of Castor

The week was definitely a strange on for him especially with the strangeness of powering up and even just walking around. He was so used to now feeling the other's around him that to not be able to was not something he particularly liked.

Shang was insistent they not be alone and as Vimi was out with Shang, Cass lost his patrol partner, and they were already down bad with Mu and Maia out of commission for so long. They really couldn't afford this weirdness.

He hadnt planned on going out that night, but he nagging pull was giving him a tiny headache and he figured it was better to see what was up than to keep trying to ignore it. He let his wife know he had to head out and heeded the call.

When he powered up he got a letter, it floated before him glowy and looking rather official. It was weird to have heard about the weird thing that could and did happen, then to experience them for one's self. He took the letter gingerly accepting the request and finding himself in a room with other's appearing around him.

Pharos, Squire of Chronos

Pharos had been going to her wonder regularly, tending to it with a dedication that made her ancestor proud. The fruit trees were doing well and it was almost time for them to begin blooming and hopefully barring the seasons fruit. She'd intended to go with Neckar to do some repairs and work more on the greenery she added to bring the courtyard and observation deck to life.

When she hadn't been able to get to it, she was very confused. She tried several times, but to no avail. In the end she'd chosen to go to the rainbow road and stood outside her wonder with Neckar feeling more confused, as he wonder looked close off ... as did all the ones she could see. Encased in bubble, as if inactive.

No matter how she tried that week, she been unsuccessful and everything was off kilter. She was glad for the letter that appeared to her, after the pull, easily taking the glowing thing in hand and letting to take her to what would hopefully be answers.

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Xibalba, Squire of Mars

Angus had managed to keep his unease under wraps for the last week. Not being able to power up or get to his wonder had made him (rather understandably) twitchy. By now, even the twins were picking up on the fact that something was wrong with Dad.

And then the pull came and tugged at him. Fortunately, the kids were already sawing logs and Bindhi, bless her, just gave him a look before taking herself from the room. She knew how this last week had worried at him.

Having an incredibly smart and sensitive wife was pretty rad.

Closing his eyes, he obeyed the internal call and powered up, nearly weeping when it worked. Fortunately for his questionable dignity, a glowing, not-of-this-earth letter popped up right in front of his nose. Reading, Xibalba felt his lips pull back in a grimace. Something was wrong and he couldn’t ignore it.

“Got Knight business tae attend’t, m’love,” he called out just loud enough for Bindhi to hear in the next room. Then, he did as the letter suggested and willed himself to the Moon. The process felt so seamlessly easy that he wondered what could be happening.

Moving quickly, he went to find somewhere to perch and wait for things to begin while admiring the scenery. Olympus was grand enough, but the Moon certainly seemed to outshine it in terms of splendour. Whatever was going on, he sincerely hoped it wasn’t too crazy.

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Ogygia, Knight of Cosmos

Nimue had been sleeping when the call came through. Even through her dreams, she could feel the pull, no, the demand to power up. Lunging up from slumber, she was still half asleep, hair poofed out in a magnificent cocktiel pompadour. Sleepily, she obeyed the call and powered up, convinced this was a wayward dream tormenting her. After all, none of her other attempts had worked lately, so why would this time be any different?

But it did work and soon enough, it was Ogygia sitting on a rumpled bed and reading a glowing, magical scroll requesting her presence on the moon. Reading and re-reading, she made her choice. If there was an emergency, she wanted to help. Of course, she would go!

Doing as the scroll said, he willed herself to travel and smiled a few moments later to see her surroundings had changed. This was her first time on the moon, and she was super impressed. It was pretty different from her own little Wonder. Scurrying through the room, she found a seat and plopped into it. Hopefully no one would mind the jaw-cracking yawn that was the only sign that she’d come straight here from a deep sleep.

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Nis, Squire of Cosmos

Being unable to power up and get to her wonder to work on restoration had made Myth more than a little… bitey. Not even her beloved antiques could soothe her rumpled soul. So when the mental call came, she had transformed into Nis with barely any thought, delighting in her powered skin once more. And had it not been for the magic missive that popped into being two inches from her nose, she would have pranced off to her wonder gleefully.

As it was though, the fact that there was an emergency conference in the works gave her pause. So, very likely, it hadn’t just been her having trouble. The term conference suggested it was more than even a handful of knights. Had it been all of them? The thought was a bit chilling.

“Yes, all right, I accept,” she muttered even as she thought about the moon and going there right now.

Once she arrived, she made a note that others were starting to appear. Then, she looked for the closest bunch of Cosmos knights she could and headed that way. Nis wanted answers.

Spei, Squire of the Moon

When Yukio received the missive from the Code, it was as much a relief to him as anything. For a week he had found it increasingly difficult to power up as Spei, let alone visit his Wonder on the Moon. As strange as he had found all this Knight business at the beginning, he had grown accustomed to being who the Code had chosen him to become, fighting against the Chaos that had taken root in Destiny City. And now, being all but unable to live his alternate life, to finally hear from the Code made him rush to respond.

The sheer number of Knights that were in the chamber where the Code resided was astonishing to Spei as he arrived. Looking around at all of them, he saw uniforms of every possible style and color, Knights of every stage, from the newest Page to the most experienced Knight. Then he noticed the Code, floating above its pedestal as it had always been, except it seemed…. dim, somehow. It did brighten with each Knight who appeared in the chamber, but it still didn’t seem as bright or vibrant as he remembered.

Why have you called us here? Are you all right? Spei’s thoughts went out to the Code, concern on his face. This was the source of who they all were, and to see it so diminished was worrying. Is something wrong? How can I help?

Cynthus, Squire of the Moon

“CODE!!”

Cynthus was not happy (because the last week had been weird and they still didn’t have any answers for it), but also pleased (because the Code had summoned them here and maybe they’d finally get some of those answers). She forced her way through the gathering crowd to get as close to the Code as she was able, then stomped her foot, folded her arms over her chest, and frowned.

“Make haste?!” she said. “Seriously?! After you ghosted us for a week?! What’s going on?! We were freaking out thinking something happened to you! But, like, also we were pretending not to be freaking out because we didn’t want to freak ourselves out more, you know what I mean? What gives??”

Cynthus didn’t care if she was loud. She didn’t care if she was annoying. The Code had chosen her! She was a knight (okay, a Squire) because the Code thought she was worthy! That meant there was something about her that fit whatever qualities it was looking for, which meant anyone who thought she was loud or annoying or rude or immature could go touch grass.

She and the Code were tight. (Or at least Cynthus liked to think so.) Total besties. Old friends catching up after a long separation, or whatever.

Yvoire, Squire of Ganymede

Powering up, Yvoire had learned, wasn’t impossible. It had been difficult, but he’d figured it out eventually. Then, of course, powering down had posed its own set of problems, which meant that after he managed that he hadn’t tried to power up again, wary of getting stuck that way without anything to tell his dad to explain his absence.

Until tonight—when powering up felt like it used to, and the Code summoned him to the moon.

Summoned all of them, it seemed like. Not just Yvoire and his friends, but all sorts of knights he’d never met before. Yvoire was immediately overwhelmed by the number of them and hung near the back of the group, bouncing up onto his tiptoes every few seconds to search for someone he knew.

He heard Cynthus’ voice, but she was too far into the thick of things for him. Then he saw the back of a familiar tophat and nearly sagged with relief. Yvoire slipped around a few people, careful not to bump into anyone, and came upon Reims without making a sound. He slipped a hand into one of Reims’ gloved ones as he drew beside him, glancing up with a small smile.

Only for it to immediately falter.

“Are you okay?” he asked quietly, brows creasing with concern. “You’re hurt. Did you get into a fight?”

Bilskirnir, Squire of Jupiter

“Dude,” Bilskirnir said, voice flat with disbelief. “What is that?”

That was a… swirly ball of light? The Code? Was that what the Code was? Valhalla had said stuff about it, and then Ganymede had said more stuff about it, and Bilskirnir had listened and nodded along and absorbed the information, but also… dude. He had no idea what was going on and he wasn’t ashamed to admit it. He’d gotten back into town with the team for the start of the season only for his magic and to be wonky and all the knights he knew acting weird about it. Like something was wrong.

Then, just now, he’d gotten that message. And here he was. In a room with a swirly ball of light, with a bunch of other knights. And it was just knights. There wasn’t a Senshi as far as the eye could see.

Bilskirnir let out a quiet whistle, glancing around at everyone.

“Badass,” he mumbled to himself. Look at all the cool outfits! Look at his cool outfit! He’d only become a Squire yesterday, and now this??? “Wait, that message said to come to the moon. Are we on the moon? Like the moon moon?”