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Poker face? She questioned with a skeptical raise of her eyebrow. But that was an issue best left for later.

As the girl shifted over to allow room for the lieutenant, Val took the offered seat with an appreciative grin. "Thanks." As she sat down, she took a few minutes to make herself comfortable. She might as well-- after all, the performance was just beginning.

And the best part was-- Those senshi didn’t have a clue what was happening to them, she observed with a triumphant smirk. While they sat there arguing and bickering with each other, the situation was become more dire by the second. And Little did they know, that they were being surrounded by negaverse agents on all sides- including Nealite, Tanzanite, Linarite and herself. She couldn’t have asked for a better arrangement.

Despite her appearance of distraction, she was following the conversation. “What brings me here?” She echoed, as she leaned back a little to observe the senshi with an idle stare. That was a silly question to ask. “It‘s nearly impossible to miss that bluenette and her ******** megaphone over there.” She remarked in a mocking tone, as she gestured to Linarite. God, she didn’t know if that girl was going to make a fool of them all or not. She could only hope it was the latter.

As Nealite whipped out her camera, Val almost bowled over laughing. This was too precious. Grabbing onto her hat, she tipped it back to get a better look at the camera. “When you get those developed Nealite-dear, I do demand copie-”

But her sentence was interrupted as Sailor Castor hollered obscenities at the captain. Statled, it took her a few moments to regain her wits. “Old whore?” She murmured, with a laughing glance towards her companion. If she didn’t know better, she would have thought the boy was in kindergarten by his childish insults.

“Some love, huh?”

Still smirking, she turned and snapped a shot of Val, quite pleased with the opening the conversation now left her with.

"Oh, I hadn't noticed Lina up there," she lied openly, the girl's obnoxious voice having carried too far for its own good. It was a wonder the police or some silly form of authority hadn't shown up to investigate, honestly. "I came here to admire that magnificent barrier over there."

As if the girl hadn't seen it, one hand extended out to point towards the giant dark bubble that covered the entire campus. Another click, another picture taken, nibble fingers winding the camera in preparation for another shot.

She'd opened her mouth to respond to the request (of course she'd be happy to share bubble pictures with everyone - in fact, she should pass them around at the next Negaverse Meeting!) when the all-too familiar voice bellowed out to get her attention.

It was at that same time that an all-too familiar feline made an appearance next to her, his sulking expression just as adorable as she'd last seen it.

Ignoring the challenge, she picked up the pudgy cat and immediately began to scratch behind his ears, stroking his fur as she bent down to plant a small kiss on his nose.

"There you are, you terrible thing. Where in the world have you been, Grendelpoo? You're an awful Guardian."

She paused, then conceded, "Okay, well, you're better than that old Astraea, but still pretty worthless. What have you been up to?"

Her head lifted as she heard Val address her, commenting back on Castor's outburst that had been aimed in her direction. Had she been in any less of a good mood than she was, perhaps she would have taken the bait and come out. However, thanks to the presence of a certain <******** awesome barrier shield, she merely threw her head back and let out a loud cackle. Loud and forced enough to make sure Castor, among the other senshi, could hear it.

"I'm doing just fine right here, Castor dear!" She called back, still chuckling, "Thank you for the offer though; it's sweet of you to think of me! How are your eyes doing, by the way? Still bruised, I hope?"

Her volume lowered itself drastically as she turned, at last, to respond to Val.

"He and I have a very special relationship," she explained, moving back to take a picture of her grumpy feline with the camera. "I'm counting on his own team to kill him, at this rate, as he's certainly the most obnoxious senshi I've met. Little twit. Hard to believe he's actually Super, of all things."

"Taaaaanz darling! Taaaaaaanz, come over here!"

There was only one person in the world who spoke to Tanzanite like the seventeen year old girl she actually was. Grey eyes rolled over the landscape below, surveying the area until they fell upon a familiar wave of bright orange hair, peeling out from between the branches of a nearby tree. Despite feeling like she'd recently been hit by a truck, Tanzanite couldn't keep a wide grin from reaching her lips; it was just the effect Nealite had on her. And there was Valleriite right beside her, one of few faces which Tanzanite would ever say she was pleased to see.

Her gaze was drawn from the pair first by Castor's shouting, second by the arrival of Sailor ******** Atlas (with whom Tanzanite had unfinished business as well), and lastly by the arrival of a small Guardian Cat of whom she was particularly fond.

She watched Linarite's show with a wide grin, wincing visibly as the pieces rained down upon Valleriite. One hand came to rest upon Linarite's shouler, “Nice aim,” she said with a wink. Weighing the consequences of jumping down closer to a group of angry senshi against the benefits of humoring her best friend, Tanzanite made her decision.

“I'm going down. They'll be less likely to attack her. Charonite will have our asses if she comes back with so much as a scratch.” With that, Tanzanite leaned forward and allowed gravity to carry her down the rounded surface of the barrier. Only when she neared the tree did she leap, catching a branch and hoisting herself up. It was an impressive stunt, a testament to many hours spent leaping around Destiny City like some kind of super-powered parkour champion.

Because what the ******** else did she have to do with her time?

Taking a seat in a branch just above them – this was a big ******** tree, okay? - she leaned in, scooping Grendel unceremoniously from his place between the two women. Why? Because Grendel didn't belong on a cold branch. Grendel belonged in her lap, and that was that. Settling the cat on her legs, she gently scratched behind his ears with one hand, under his chin with the other, setting her gaze on Nealite all the while.

“Nea, dear,” she began with a grin, her voice toned with suspicion. She knew the woman well enough to recognize the tone she used when fishing for compliments. As always, Tanzanite was happy to play into it, “This is an awfully nice bubble, don't you think?”

Hammer already tucked away, the bluenette couldn't help but roll her eyes and giggle just a little bit. "Why would I battle you? I'm far more interested in who is in that tree next to you, and oh my, you might want to prepare yourself for that. After all, I think your cover is just a little blown!" A bit regretful that Tanzanite had gone down to see them, she wasn't too concerned. The sub-lieutenant was more than capable of handling herself, and hey! she'd gotten up on the dome once!

Flopping back down and demurely crossing her legs to prevent any unfortunate wardrobe malfunctions, the lieutenant leaned back on her hands. "That is, if the senshi aren't too stupid to take a broad hint. But really, sitting around gloating about a BUBBLE. Where's the fun in that?" Honestly! Modulating her voice back down to normal volume so it wouldn't be heard, she counted off all the possible fun things that could be done with a giant half-sphere of pure Negaverse power. And none of them was standing around taking goddamn pictures!

Her grin grew wide as Grendel was lifted up by slender, slightly bruised arms, the voice a familiar comfort among terrible surroundings.

"Why yes, yes it is!" She cooed happily, glad that someone at last had an appreciation for such a magnificent construction. I mean, it wasn't every day that a giant dome formed itself, so why in the world people weren't paying it more attention was beyond her comprehension. "I bet whoever created such a thing was a powerful and beautiful artist. I'm simply jealous!"

It was unfortunate that she could not reveal the true identity of the dome creator, giving away the fact there was more to her than met the eye. Sigh. At least, this way, she could at least hear the appreciation, even if the compliments weren't aimed directly at her?

The flying megaphone came as a surprise, and Nealite ducked her head the moment she saw it hurling towards them. It was clear that Val took the brunt of the blow (judging by her cursing), and the orange haired woman simply lifted up to take the angry girl's picture before moving up to snap a shot at Tanz, who dangled above them both.

"Nice to see you too, Lina dear!" she called out cheerfully as she winded her camera once more. It was true, their cover was blown by this point, but Nealite wasn't concerned. It didn't seem as though the senshi were very concerned either, what with them forming around the bubble like it was some sort of tourist attraction. She surely hoped the little brats would try to take down the bubble; what a surprise they'd be in for!

In an attempt to correct Castor, she pointed out "Ya didn't save my life, jackass! I wasn't even in danger!" Had she been a bit girlier, she might have rolled her eyes. Instead, her eyes remained strong and focused on Castor's, almost coming across as intense. "And the punch was fer the a**-grab ya gave me, ya douche!" That should have been clear, even for an idiot like Castor. Of course, Sailor Iris had her doubts about his ability to grasp anything but sex. It was a fact that guys tended to think with their dicks.

Having already done her part to warn the girls as best as possible about the evils of Sailor Idiot's perversion, she glanced towards two newcomers. Her rather serious (and annoyed expression thanks to Castor) soon cheered up into a big cheeky grin. Sailor Atlas, another dude at last! Sure, he was with a girl, probably his girlfriend or something, but that didn't matter. Without hesitation, she walked over to him and offered him a fist for fist-bumping action. "Dude, Atlas, long time no see!" Rather bluntly, she glanced to the girl sailor scout he had arrived with and stated "I take it yer 'is girlfriend, right? Go by Sailor Iris!" She held out her hand for a handshake, and if it was accepted, Sailor Alcyone would find that Sailor Iris had a strong handshake to match her boyish manners.

She heard some sort of planning going on, and heard the mention of long-range attacking. Glancing to the planners (oh great, the pair of girly-girls), she offered "Oh... mine's decently long-ranged. And Atlas' stuff is pretty good also!" She saw no problem putting in a vote of confidence for one of her Sailor Bros, whether or not he actually approved of such a vote of confidence.

Despite the planning for attack, Sailor Iris had yet to really pay attention to the growing collection of Negaversers, one of which would have been very familiar to her. That's what happened when you were paying attention to your own "team" instead of looking around you.

Atlas numbly raised his hand to give Iris a fistbump as limp and wishy-washy as his handshakes, feeling somewhat dazed. One second he and Alcyone were out scouting for youma to fight and people (or animals!) to help, and the next they'd leapt over to this enormous black bubble and the decidedly large gathering of senshi and Negaverse alike around it. It was a bit much. Overwhelming, especially for someone who didn't do well with crowds in the first place.

"Um, h-hi..." he weakly offered, both to the senshi he knew and those he didn't. Castor had already announced his name, so no need to stutter that. The vote of confidence from Iris... well, it made him blush and fidget, which was typical of Atlas and Simon both.

"Oh! Er, th-this is Alcyone," and he gestured towards her, by means of introduction. He'd started blushing and fidgeting even more at the mention she might be his girlfriend -- which she wasn't, the thought had never even crossed his mind -- "She's my, uh, m-m-my partner, I g-guess."

He still really hadn't a clue what was going on, things were going too fast -- they were all going to attack the... bubble-thing, at once? Well... if it was the work of the Negaverse...

Atlas just hoped no one would end up getting hurt.

"Defence would be -amazing-" Ume said flashing a smile. "I'm ... sort of offence attacks I suppose, but mmm yes." She laughed... "MuCephi, this is Pegasus, that is um...Sailor Iris, and I think she said she was... Polaris?" She said trying to keep all the names strait. "And um...I...oh dear I'm sorry, so many new faces! It's so good to see we're not alone though!"