Elpis silently tried to manuever protectively around Caedus, both trying to offer the space he needed, but an indication she was there - that she meant the term friend. And friend in her world included her protection, the senshi eying the naysayers with still-teary eyes that went breifly from a warm blue spark to ice cold, unspoken warning.
To harm Caedus meant they had to get past the Super. And she was ready, and willing, and prepared to use her magic if needed, and every trick up her sleeve. For now, the gaze became warm again and she turned to Caedus, remaining, to him, open, allowing vulnerability as she smiled, kneeling.
"I don't know how to gather energy, but if you explain, I can try. Some sort - those whom harm others - are able to afford a small controbution."
Mind, the bigger the crime, the bigger the punishment. Elpis couldn't profess her judgement kind, but she was... willing. And at least some senshi and knights seemed willing to listen, and Elpis gave Porrima a look, nodding reassuringly.
"Besides," She said, loud enough to let Porrima hear, but still gently. "In war, there's often casualties. Speaking, though, to other things,"
Her tone changed. She didn't relish having to collect energy - her tone indicated it, but if he was no enemy... They had to try, didn't they?
"What about you? Energy, yes, but it might take time. What will you do for shelter and necessities? Is there anything I can do to help with that?"
It was more a personal offer, a small offer of trust.
"I've not much, Caedus, but you are a friend. I'd like to at least try."
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Cordoba all but jumped at the approach of others near Babylon, startled eyes turning towards them before she peered toward Caedus her first time, blinking before slowly creeping out to look at the being carefully, blinking.
"W-would a power generator help? She asked timidly. "I...I... My wonder has one! I...If that helps..."
But based on others, the page was likely wrong about kind and she felt plenty self conscious about that, almost expecting reprimand for the offer. "It... It can power a city!"
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"Quite a few. Educational, if not a trifle troubling. It certainly raises questions." Stonehenge admitted, and shrugged calmly before nodding. He waited for her as she worked in messages, and upon completion he nodded.
"Quite alright. I'm Stonehenge, and it is a pleasure to meet a lovely lady." The page bowed, and kissed her fingers politely with a smile... And then straightened as Niflhel approached, expression guaging him and Snowball before he looked entirely unimpressed. Really? Interrupting his conversation? REALLY?
The page shifted, guaging them before looking rather unimpressed at the pair, and sniffed at them.
"What do you ragamuffins want that is so important as to interrupt others' conversations? Were you raised by humans or dogs?" The page all but sniffed.
Yes. He found lessers, albeit not in power - and more in terms of behaviour.
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Miss Kitty offered a feline smile, and looked towards the group, nodding.
"Loud, bickering children, aren't they." The albino chuckled, smiling to Tomlin kindly. THIS cat seemed sensible. Friendly too! She listened to him carefully, the tip of her tail still twitching as she listened, to him, to the crowd, to Caedus... The feline shrugged finally, nodding.
"For my opinion? The children need to get along. That... Creature seems to be quite overwhelmed, or must be, by so many people talking. And shouting, might I add."
Ruuuude. The Abyssinian then sighed, stretching.
"Truly, though, Tomlin, dear? I've half a mind to begin nippin until they quiet. So many loud voices can't be good, and it sounds like a borderline ri-"
And her senshi was near the thing.
"-ot. And it seems some have no sense of sense without someone sitting on them."
She was not claiming responsibility for her senshi if Caedus attaced her.
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Kairatos Knight of Mars
"If he got out..." Kairatos nodded toward the hooded figure. "Something already opened that door. Not that it's exactly vacuum sealed to begin with. And I didn't say 'All', Curly. I've met a few glowsticks around town." He was pretty sure of that, the way he'd been talking. Gev wasn't wrong though, that was the problem with the plan, hitting Metalia where it hurt would be worth every scar, especially if it shook her grip loose on anyone, but he also knew, painfully well, that trying to explain the Rift to people who didn't want to listen was like talking to a condescending wall that patted you on the head and told you to go play in the sandbox.
People would die down there, it wasn't even a question. Short of stealing a bunch of military vehicles, loading them with every explosive and firework they could lay hands on and launching them into the gate... people would die. It had every potential to be uglier than Mistral... but the potential prize... that was what made it hard to let go of, and he didn't doubt Caedus knew that.
Nice to hear some -reliable- information though, about the fate of some of the others that had vanished. 'Victim' indeed. Beryl, if there was anything left of her anywhere, could kiss his...
Gently the squire elbowed Thraen. "This is going very badly. Think you can roofie some of them if they get a little too belligerent?" He gestured to the maneuverings of the group, where some drew close to the man and others still turned to threaten the crowd. Order's splinters were showing, and Scholomance was not impressed. The scene felt far too volatile now to linger for much longer. Opinions were already cast, and judgements meted out.
Hvergelmir had a point, and Gevaudan added to it with an admission of his own purification and significant information on the locales within the Negaverse's realm. Ultimately even he sounded on board, as an ex-member. It's easy to think all sorts of terrible will come from this. Monsters pouring out, monsters like them pouring in, everyone getting their vengeance on like it's a two-dollar peep show.
This isn't worth anything to me. This gateway he offers, this story of brethren and treaties and betrayal and escape... Meaningless. For selling a story, he failed miserably.
And now we're left with this. It's obvious that someone is going to destroy the world. Maybe it's not just Metallia.
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If there was one thing Ganymede hated—aside from, like, Laurelite and that b***h Apatite, and a bunch of Generals whose names she didn't feel like listing off, plus a bunch of real world issues that would take hours to go over, don't even get her started on how much she hated politics and almost everyone involved in it—it was sound logic that did not come from her.
She knew she didn't know everything, but she also didn't like when that was pointed out to her because it made her look like even more of an idiot.
But she continued to open her mouth because... that was her way.
“Gev, don't be such a buzzkill,” she said. She did so with as much fondness as she could manage, which was actually quite a bit given who she was talking to. “You just ruined all my fantasies of getting revenge on Laurelite for almost putting an end to my overdramatic love story, which is way more current than some dead Moon People and therefore way more important.”
She gave Valhalla and adoring glance to demonstrate this.
Then it was back to business.
“In all seriousness though, that kind of sucks,” she said. She didn't really feel like dealing with a s**t ton of youma and a hallway that could rip people apart. Laurelite wasn't really worth all that, and it would probably be easier just to draw her out and ambush her anyway.
And then... well, Ganymede didn't know what she'd actually do to Laurelite, but she'd do something. Maybe she'd even goad Laurelite about being the Moon Queen again. That had been fun.
“I don't suppose you have a way around all that mess,” she said to Caedus, “or a way directly into the castle, because it sounds like you're going to get us all killed, and I'd really like to avoid that considering it would be really counterproductive.”
So his name was Cadeus. That was a start. He could open the door to the rift, so that they could take down the negaverse? Etamin shivered. Did he really want that power?
Then Cadeus asked for energy.Energy?!?! Wasn't Energy the Negaverse's Deal?
Then Prince Castor offered his crystal. Etamin was now unsure of Cadeus and Prince Castor.
He walked over to his little brother Cadmus. "Hey there, bro. What are you thinking of all this Sailor Cadmus?"
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Niflhel paused looking towards Stonehenge his eyes narrowed. He realized the page was a Polaris page, however, that did not excuse him being insulted for speaking to his wife. "Pardon me, for wanting to speak to my wife." He said sternly , "You are more than free to continue you're conversation with her but you'll have to put with me standing here."
His arms crossed over his chest and he faced back towards the stranger.
Snowball's tail twitched as he looked from Polaris, to Niflhel, then to Stonehenge. His ears back and looking a little like he'd been kicked. Though he choose not to say anything except to reach for Polaris with one paw. Trying to get her to hold him, Niflhel was clearly mad and tense because of this Polaris page. Who in Snowball's opinion was not a making a very good first impression. Polaris at least wouldn't loose her top, and Snowball didn't want to go for a ride if Niflhel decided that he needed to cool off, or go swing at something other than the crowd. Snowball wanted to know what was going on.
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Haha it's alright! Niflhel'll just judge him while he stands beside Polaris and figure out if he likes this kid. Sorry for not catching your earlier posts, I didn't realize he was speaking to Polaris either. (Obviously, I came in way too late. xD)
Odainsaker had came in while they were talking about the Rift and the castle and what not. She paused tilting her head as she listened the barely clad page had thought better of it to come out tonight but something drew her, she'd instead had thought about heading to her wonder. Instead, an aura had caught her attention and here she stood
She paused asking the crowd in general and Caedus, "What's in this Rift place that's so important then? I mean if he came from there, he wouldn't just send us somewhere that wasn't important would he when it'd be that dangerous?" Odain was looking for familiar faces someone she could stand with. Had she thought to being a jacket she wouldn't've been so cold. Her hands were running up and down her arms to try and warm them. Stupid fashion designer needed to figure out better clothing for winter when it came to her outfit. Odain had not completely abandoned her Larper theory but this seemed way more serious than any Larp.
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Metis, Super Senshi of the Third Eye
Metis was quickly coming to the conclusion she was going to remain at an impasse with this stranger. His response to her was met with a less than bemused look, her own spine stiff with stubborn tendencies that didn't want to relinquish their place now. It helped that Houshi was staying by her--and she could hear the words of one she was, through the dialog around her, able to register was a Royal (Ganymede). At least there were some whom were appropriately on guard with the being before them.
A part of the brunette had to admit she couldn't fault the others for their olive branch offerings. The more he spoke, the more of a tragic past he presented to them, the more her heart did go out to the hunched figure. Yet it did little to shake the unease she felt as she beheld the rippling form. He stated he wanted to go home. Yet... what was his home then? She fell mostly silent, turning her head slightly to look to the copper and brown-tendriled form of Houshi. "....at least the divide is rather typical of Order gatherings," she murmured to the Page, a smile fluttering across her face as she gave the other girl's hand a squeeze. As others around them filled in the gaps of at least some of the history the man had missed, she nodded vaguely now and then as information she'd heard before was reconfirmed--if not just expanded upon. "And this is turning into a fine information session for those whom are newer," she added with an almost relieved note to her voice.
When one of the Knights moved towards the front (Gevaudan), Metis paid sharp attention to his words. Another one whom was purified. Perfect. Someone who actually knew what they would be dealing with. Assuming of course this... Caedus was telling the truth in his offer. The idea that he needed energy made her skin crawl.
Though she was in the front with the others, she did not further approach the man. Instead, as she turned her head back towards Caedus... she finally summoned that bit of courage to allow herself to be so bold. "What are you? You state you are not from Earth. You do not possess the energy signature of a human." Metis was... not someone who liked to be loud about her ability--despite whom might overhear when she spoke about what she saw--so this was a tad... distressing to try and place into words again. "Humans all look to me... like copper silhouettes. Animals are yellow. Plants are green." She bit her lip a bit, head tilting as she beheld his empty form. "You... Caedus. You are a ripple in the darkness. I can make out where you are. But you have no.... form to me. No energy. No... life energy." Was that the side effect of spending so long--a millennia, it sounded like--within this realm of Chaos?
Speaking of animals.... Metis blinked a little, turning her head a bit to look down towards the ground. She caught the yellow waves of a guardian, and could now pick out a small yellow silhouette (Ballard) making its way through the crowd towards the front. Not ********* didn't have a tail, though she was still a bit relieved to see more guardians about.
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"Aw Adria... no need to melt into the ground," she murmured softly to the guy, smiling gently to Adria as he seemed ready to bolt. Well. She couldn't blame him necessarily. This all was kinda... crazy. But she listened intently to all the information that was going around, her eyes bright as she took in the stories, the history, the names. So many questions bubbled through her brain and across her tongue but she kept quiet. Or well.
Tried to.
When a new senshi she didn't recognize (Enif) stood next to her, Cassiopeia smiled and gave her a small wave. "Hello. Jeeze... this is all so weird, huh? I didn't realize there were so many people around in this war..." And it sounded like there were more. Lots more. And there were some wing wings. That felt... crazy strong but. Her attention flicked around and about, trying to make sense of it all and keep information for her to try and question others about later.
Spotting a more familiar figure (Myrrha), she lifted her hand in greeting to the purple and white senshi. "Glad to see you. Been ok?"
Hoping there was a slight lull in the conversation to allow herself to be heard again, she raised her hand a bit to try and get Caedus' attention. "Um.... sorry if this is prying, but what is your planet? If we got you enough energy, would you be able to open the way for us and get yourself home? Or how can we help you get back..?"
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Themiscyra, Squire of Mars
The moment Andronicus came near her, Themiscyra gave a smile of relief, throwing an arm around the other Squire for a quick hug before letting her go. She was trying to pay attention, though for the life of her she couldn't stop fingering her golden chain. It was a horrible temptation to get up to this guy, this... Caedus and press the golden chain against him as he spoke. Wait to see if it started to glow--if it did. Dude was lying out his arse. If not... then they really didn't have anything to worry about.
She'd made no real comment as the man spoke--though she did smile pretty broadly to Kairatos, and of course Alexandria got a side-hug as well, pleased as punch to see the Mercury knight again. "If you say so," she murmured back, frowning a bit. "Mind filling me in later..?"
All this talk of entering the... the Academy? That had her attention, looking to Kairatos with wide eyes. "I thought the Code said we couldn't access that any more..? Like, at all, unless we freaking corrupted...?" The Knight of Ganymede (Gevaudan) answered a bit more detail. Really, she was less concerned with Metallia than the Academy itself--more in a sense of gaining footholds first, then take out the main leader.
Still, she finally spoke up to Cadeus. "Obviously everyone is asking the big main question here: how do we get you energy. And realize this is... extremely disconnecting to some of us. Zapping energy is more what some of us are used to associating with the Negaverse. Not all, mind you, and there are other means to go about it. But that's a very vague thing to say that can inspire some concern." Did she trust the guy? Hell no. Did she want to bark down his throat? Not if he had info that could actually help them.
"But Princess Ganymede makes a very valid point for our other concerns--not to mention it's just been pointed out to those of us unfamiliar with these zones--" She nodded her head towards the Knight of Ganymede--"--that what you're offering is potentially a suicide mission without us even reaching either key point. Where exactly would you be leading us into? The... well, the knight Academy down there in the Rift? Or somewhere else..?" Her understanding of it was... limited. But she was pretty sure the 'Castle' was the Academy. So. Really... if he could get them right into there... that'd kinda be two birds, one stone, so far as she was concerned. Take back the knights' old abode, and kick out the Negaverse and Metallia...
"Did I get that right? I keep getting lost in how this place is set up down there," she murmured to Kairatos, making a slightly distressed and confused face.
Erebus looked over at the newly named Caedus when he answered his question and thoughtfully nodded. It made sense that while he would be helpful he wouldn't necessarily be joining them in the fight. "Understandable. When you open the way for us, do you have any way to defend yourself in case of an attack?" Which said attack would be likely and it was not like they wouldn't defend him as well, it would just be best to know ahead of time if they would need to from the get go. The admittance of needing energy had him pausing for a moment but others we already asking on clarification for that.
When Kairatos spoke up and mentioned the Academy, the Saturn knight turned to look at him with interest in his eyes. "Agreed. At the very least most of us Knights would be willing for the chance to get close to the Academy I imagine." His hand tightened briefly around Venice's hand though when the question of how they would be getting out came up.
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This is a story some of us have played in to some degree before. Wolframite's points are painfully true, and line up as much with Alois' talking about the rift while I spent time getting the tar off his face. Every youma there is. And a thousand years ago all the knights and all the senshi couldn't stop Metallia and the Negaverse from destroying every planet out there in the sky- but this time we're supposed to somehow find a way to do anything? Well...what could be managed? Something still. Energy as always a price, and to what end. There is the thing that none of us have been able to affect before, and a thing wholly marking the parasitic and work of ill omen- to manipulate energy of others outside of natural flows. And once it is paid, no safeguards to ensure what is done with it is what was bartered.
Thraen nodded to Scholomance, agreeing that things were hedging undiplomatic again. Nodded to his other shoulder to Celsus, Faust, Aegir, Harmonia, and the others near. He whispered, "If I cast, stay back- make sure no harm comes to those not caught in it. Better it remain to words only."
Then he stepped forward, closer to Hvergelmir, Castor, the Chibis, closer to Caedus but stopped without approaching as others had that had made the man uncomfortable. It was all still close enough. "The Rift is Danger- a thousand years ago all fell to the might that was held there. But I don't think that dismisses all possibility of something to be gained."
"I'm Thraen, of Gardens. Caedus, " he offered a held nod of his head. Then straightened. "The decision of each will be to themselves, and may not take a single night for the weighing of the scales in each heart. Nor a single discussion between teams if they want to make use of the opportunity. Or to try to plan what could be accomplished with any force that would make an attempt. We have all been working on ways to quickly disseminate information, if you would concede to further trust between us? "
"You are taxed. Can you take seat at the board of one of our tables, and lodging to find healing, respite, more answers in quiet regarding 'lesser' things such as the date, the particulars of your condition and medicines that could be provided, or even energy to personally revive you. Exhaustion slows hopes. The first meeting of a proposition from an unknown is often frought, but a second that was planned, after your face and words have sunk in beyond rote emotional responses, could be better. Tactics take time that are better spent not on a hillside in the dark, without even small paper to make notes of movements, supply, stock."
"And if you can, would you? In good faith as a dignitary, not as prisoner or enemy. "
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“Caedus…” Harmonia murmured the name quietly to herself, in an attempt to memorize it. There was so much information being thrown out from Caedus and the rest gathered that she was having a tough time keeping everything straight. One thing for certain though, this man sounded very much like a victim in this whole thing and her heart went out to him for it. She couldn’t imagine what it must have been like to go through loosing your comrades, family, planet, and then being imprisoned for a thousand years or more not knowing anything.
But for him to need Energy. Wasn’t that what the Negaverse needed to function?
Harmonia didn’t know what to say at this point. She knew she was for helping this poor man get back to his home, but at the same time wasn’t sure how to go about it. The call for him to name his senshi seemed like a marvelous idea. She wasn’t much caring for his plan to invade the Negaverse but at the same time could see how it could be beneficial to them all. But was it the right choice? The idea of going into the Negaverses territory was completely terrifying to the young senshi.
Her eyes roamed over those gathered. More had appeared since the initial call and Harmonia spotted a familiar figure with a red cloak. Carefully she slipped through the crowd of people, her petite form making it easy to squeeze between the groups. When she finally made it to his side, Harmonia carefully reached forward to grab hold of the Royal Knight’s cape as she eased up along his side and glanced up at him. As much as her stomach had knotted itself being near Camelot helped ease that a bit. After all, he had been the first person to really take her under his wing and help her in this crazy war they were all involved in. Having him here was calming. “I am glad you’re here.” She gave him a small smile, her hand dropping from his cloak as she glanced over at the woman at his side whom Hadaya was happily curled with. Was that Navi?
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Princess Polaris
"He's unlike anything I've ever felt, so I'm not certain. We'd definately have to do a better job cordinating and strategizing if we were to take him up on his offer." She offered thoughtful to Niflhel's questions, only to smile sheepishly when he offered not only their home but her as personal chef to the strange being. It wasn't that she minded really... but she could hardly imagine what dinner time conversation would be like.
Snowball's concern reminded her of a question she'd heard asked by someone else. Why weren't there any Chaotic soliders here, drawn to this giant beacon of energy? Did he have some strange magic. Was it something they could replicate?
Her attention drawn back to Stonehenge she smiled a little more when her hand was taken and afforded the same sort of affection that Nysa and Howl used to greet her with. Comforting, polite, a gentlemenly action of a lost age. However when the page began to bristle at Niflhel it suddenly dawned on her that it might not have been just politeness, had he been flirting?
"Now now, play nice boys." She offered with an apologetic look to each of them, trying to defuse the annoyance between the two, at the same time extending her arm so that Snowball could more easily make the trip from Niflhel's shoulder to her own.
Niflhel might pout, but she knew deep down he'd get over it quickly enough, so her apologies turned more so to the young man that she knew less, not wanting to make a terrible impression of their first meeting. "I'm sorry for teasing you. I was just pretty certain you were a knight of Polaris and I wanted to meet you. But now probably isn't the best time for being silly."
"I am Sailor Polaris, senshi of magnetism. And I do believe you are one of my knights. So if there is ever anything you need don't hesitate to ask."
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Looking at the other knight of Ganymede, who held more power than he did, he was hesitant in nodding to the others words - could he fight. Could he? he could fight if he had to but did he have training? No. He wasn't some weak child either though so he did nod his head though slowly. "Venice." The word, one single word, whispered as the other seemed to become distracted with the arrival of another knight, one who seemed sick. Why be out, dressed like that, when you were sick? He didn't say anything though as he was rather focused on the cloaked figure he'd left behind, against his wishes but he had been getting yelled at by Ganymede. He did want to go back over, to speak with them and see what they wished to say, what information they possessed.
Dark eyes looked to Erebus and than Aaru before returning to the page of Saturn who he'd dragged with him, Erebus. "I don't think he is lying..." And he felt for the cloaked figure, how could he not? A look to Aaru, to see what he thought, and the dark eyed page stood there silently, waiting to see what would happen next.
Some of what Ganymede said made sense to him, was understood, and he did nod his head but to which parts? Now that was the tricky part as he didn't say what he understood nor did he ask questions or for clarification. His attention was focused right on the reason for the meeting. He was speaking again and Venice had to pay more attention than most in order to understand things and even still a lot went over his head and he looked on with questioning, curious, dark eyes as he wished for some form of translator to help him. he felt rather out in the dark with a very weak flashlight and no batteries to put in and help brighten the light.
He listened as people spoke, as the newly named cloaked figure remained still but seemed terribly weak and needy. He listened to Ganymede and the other knight of Ganymede speak. Some he understood but much he did not. he did understand enough, he felt, to make some form of judgement. "We can't get rid of it all...no darkness means no balance. Dark and light...order and chaos." To remove one side fully would throw off the balance and that was just not good, it would unbalance things and could lead to many things, he was sure. Some of these people here didn't seem to get it while others seemed to, from what he could understand and gather, He didn't know much, didn't know everything that had happened, but he knew that both sides were needed.
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Camelot listened passively, absorbing as much information as he could. There was a lot of chatter from the crowd, but his focus was on the stranger. Caedus, he named himself.
"What would we do," he finally spoke up, stepping forward, "if our royals and our eternals offer their energy to open this... this door. We are allowed access in, but they can come out just as easily: we will be walking into a slaughter. Weakened, it sounds like. Harvesting energy to serve a greater purpose, no matter what end, sounds like a Negaverse mentality."
As a Royal Knight of Earth, he held a vested interest in the story this supposed warrior was spinning. But it was hard to believe something coming out of no where. He was dying, that much was obvious, but somehow in his dying breath he was managing to rally them all up to assault something they had been battling for years and years without end. Sending them into the heart of Chaos, where they could be overwhelmed or corrupted, or simply eaten by youma. There was no telling what could or would happen to them in the Rift.
In the heart of darkness.
"Caedus," he stepped closer, offering a warm and reassuring smile to Harmonia and Navi before he did so, "Your story is incredible, and if what you say is true, we could be facing a very real chance at defeating our enemies, where they are the most vulnerable. But the risk of life, the cost of this move, seems substantial. Your life seems to be drawing to its end, and while many of us are willing to offer you what you need to survive, to do our part to help you, so you can see your wishes fulfilled, this task you're putting in front of so many impressionable, young and exhausted minds... it's dangerous. To promise an end to all this, to Chaos itself, is like saying you've found the cure for cancer. An end to all hunger in the world. I can't bring myself to believe it."
He took a breath, noting Castor's offer and question, and summoned his own royal crystal. His took the form of a pure crystal sword, which he used to purify the negaverse into knights.
"What is the price of this doorway? What kind of a battle lies beyond it, and how many of us, of them, will be lost in this path to peace? Or is it mutual destruction waiting for us, when the dust settles? Many of these people we have been fighting have been taken from us. Corrupted. stolen. Friends, family: some of our own brothers and sisters, parents and friends that we don't even know are on their side. They are potential knights and senshi, looking for a way out. Slaughtering them is not my answer. It never will be. is that what you're offering us?"
If there was a way to go into the heart of chaos and purify it, then he would do it. He would give his life in that pursuit, because it had always been his goal. But nothing about this was sitting well with him. there were too many of them here, too many dangers, too many young lives to be lost. It might not be a trap, he might be honest in what he was trying to do, but it was liking the opening scene to a horror movie. This was the set up, the first act. The second would be bloody.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:46 am
Only she knew the twins, as they were family, and knew of the twin vibe thing they had going. So when Ele said what she did she figured it was likely to be just that. Grabbed and dragged by her cousin she sighed, figuring it best to just give in. This didn't seem the place or time for the Castor page to put up a fight, especially with family.
As she was pulled along she took note of the snippets of conversation going on around them. it seemed a lot was going on, demands for answers, offers of help, wanting to just jump and go for it, hesitance. So much and all being spoken by a lot of different voices, by a lot of different people and all of it being said to one single solitary figure. "I feel for him, having to listen to them all." She said giving a sympathetic nod toward the center of the insanity going on around them.
When Ele found someone, a person and a cat she didn't know, she let her cousin do the talking. Finally when she was asked who she was she blinked at the cat, Ele did tell her about them so she wasn't too surprised. it was still interesting though. "Gorner, page of Castor and cousin to Ele here and Alcor." Just as she was introducing herself Ele was doing it for her - how nice! "That and Alcor might just freak out a little bit, especially finding out another family member is involved. It's good to meet you Liryn and you." Nodding her head to the winged senshi with the cat.
She said smiling as she reached for Ele's hair, intent upon ruffling it up some.
