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A quiet hum escaped the blonde, but it did little to easy his worries. "You and I have two very different definitions of 'fine'." He murmured, trying to fight the urge to fix Tantalus' shirt. While he was not opposed to it being open normally, Damocles suspected that a meeting, with both royals involved, was probably not the best time to have it open.

So he thought anyway.

Damocles snorted lightly when Tantalus chose to not introduce him as well. Usually Tant's antics were summed up as "Have you met my Fiance? Let me tell you about my Fiance", so any time Tantalus did not show him off was rare. "Most of you know me, but for those who don't, I am Sailor Damocles, Senshi of Devotion." It was still something Leto found amusing.

To say things were interesting might have been an understatement.

Standing in the back of the 'room', one of the youngest senshi to the court had managed to keep her mouth shut and hide in the shadows. No one had seemed to notice her and that made her smile. Some time ago, Remarque had picked her up and brought her into Mirrorspace. Oh that has been a sight.

While waiting for him, Laverna had been looking into the mirror as if it was one way glass knocking on it every now and then. She had half expected him to be watching her and laughing.

Either way it amused her. Now she had stood off, hood drawn up over looking the crowd until her Prince had called for introductions. Scanning the room, the young woman shook her head at everyone, trying her best to put names to memory. None of them could see her smile growing under that mask. Oh that wonderful mask. How is made her feel so calm.

"Sailor Laverna, Lady of Thieves at your service." Laverna smiled, stepping forward to make sure everyone could see her before giving a bow. As she rose back up, the blonde removed her hood but left the mask. "Might I add that some of you are giving off a very funeral vibe?" Her brow cocked as she looked around once more. Holding her hands out innocently, she spun around on her heels.

"I'm a bit new so, who died?"

Mjolnir remained silent, but covered her mouth incase her large grin was too obvious. It took all her willpower to stop a laugh escaping her.

"Who died," the Senshi in pink and teal - Laverna, she'd introduced herself - asked. So blithely and sarcastically, like she had no idea. Tantalus was usually fairly easygoing, but this tread uncomfortably close to the one subject that was a very, very easy tipping point for his anger.

Chariklo. Chariklo who had taught him, helped train him to fight, and then left.

"If we seem like we're in mourning," he said, and the effort he was putting in to control his tone was obvious, because really, it wasn't her fault if she was brand new, "it's because at least one of our number - possibly more - have chosen to abandon us to play grab-a** with Order." Reductive, sarcastic, bitter, but Tantalus was not one to give concessions to people who had made him angry. Chariklo had made him more than angry. She had made him feel betrayed. "One of whom I've known since I started in the Court, two years ago. I thought she was a friend. Apparently, I was wrong."

But Sterope got no such effort.

"And you," he said, rounding on her, "I'd like to hear you answer Mintaka. We're not that damn hard to find. Have you looked?"

Remarque was not happy at this rapid decline of mood. His voice was commanding and disappointed. "Stop. You can be upset, new and confused, or old and hurting, but don't turn on each other or you're no better than the White Moon. Emotions are high all around, but I'm going to ask nicely that you take a moment to collect your thoughts before you start attacking each other. Breeding anger and hostility will further our demise. Do you think the way to keep your allies safe is by condemning them? Publically attacking them? If we do not act as a team, we fail. We failed Chariklo, and we failed Navi. So let's not drive each other away, please?"

He seemed exasperated. "We are not all on the same page. The new Dark Mirrors have not seen what we have seen. They are not aware of our losses, nor have they been given an opportunity to be properly introduced. I expect our older members to be good influences, and I expect or newer members to be open minded. There are those who have lost close friends, so please try to be sensitive of the matter."

"There is no reason for hostilities. For those who have not met, if you would like to be introduced to members of our Court, please take the opportunity to learn a few of them here. After this we'll try to schedule regular meetups to get better acquainted. Is that fair?"

It was a rhetorical question mostly, and he continued shortly after, "I would ask forgiveness and acceptance of past transgressions. Ignorance breeds hatred, and we are neither ignorant nor weak enough nor stupid enough to fall prey to that. The ideal thing is to move forward, as a team—to develop the bonds of a family. So, please," a nicely worded command, "do try to get along. For yourselves, for each other, and for those we have lost. And at least try to respect each other. At least for me? You're not making my job any easier by quarreling. I want teamwork from you all, so let's try to start out on a good foot?"

No better than the White Moon, huh.

Mjolnir paid little attention to the others, she could have bit back but Remarque's words pained her enough to make her mind move on.

"Do not mind me, I am laughing at my own misjudgement." The brunette waved her hand dismissively, feeling truly pissed of but trying her best not to show it beyond clenched fists and a stiff jaw. "Please forgive me any offense caused." She stopped abruptly before she added to that sentence. Giving a small bow.

"Please Remarque, carry on."

Do it for Jett, Ophelia. Do it for Jett. This is not the place to voice your opinions. She chuckled, a team meeting was not the place to voice herself. Oh lord they were doomed...

Hekate sat apart from the group of Dark Mirror senshi munching her way through a plate of strawberries and two chocolate chip cookies.

It was nothing shy of coincidence that she got the message from Remarque given the fact she hadn’t powered up in over a year. School had been far too demanding her first year of college and to be frank the second hadn’t been much easier which was contrary to what she had hoped it would be.

An opportunity had presented itself last spring to go study abroad, unfortunately since her father's death two years prior her and her mother were a bit tight on money. Undaunted by this hurdle, Sage had worked two part time jobs and whatever overtime her supervisors would give her to save up for this rare academic experience. Her hard work had paid off in the long run and without so much as a goodbye she was gone.

Now she was back, for a short while at least and boy was she curious how things had changed. That was when she got the call…

Unable to get to Mirrorspace on her own the senshi of Jinxes had requested the help of an old friend; Lesath the Eternal Senshi of Moths. To this day Hekate still thought she had one of the coolest uniforms, though there were a few new faces who had some pretty awesome outfits as well; then again everyone was new to her.

Thanks to the delicious fruit she had been eating, the teal haired senshi had missed her opportunity to join in on the conversation and toss her name out there before the conversation took an abrupt turn down a darker path. Clearly certain individuals were exceedingly bitter about whatever has been happening while she was out of the country.

If Leto were an animal, her fur would be on end along her spine. Who died?

It was innocent enough, she was sure. But the moment it was said, deep red eyes narrowed. She could feel her temper bubbling in the pit of her stomach, but before she could get a word out Tantalus and Damocles- her boys- were on it. At the mention of feeling the loss of those that had left, Leto's left hand instinctively went to her chest, grasping at where she knew that her starseed was resting beneath the surface. More importantly, the mention of their losses reignited Leto's passion and the Eternal Senshi that was lurking along the outer edges of the group suddenly shifted into her Princess form.

Her teammates should know her. Her family should know that they have her support. That she was not ready to back down.

Black feathered wings folded neatly on her back as she finally stepped forward- one quick glance back at Persephone to let her know that she would indeed be okay. She reached up and placed a hand gently on Tantalus's shoulder, "it's okay Tantalus..." she murmured to the brunette softly. "We're broken, all of us, but we'll fix it. It's okay." She squeezed his shoulder gently and offered a smile to her precious Damocles.

Then, she took her place at Remarque's side. Looking out at far too many unfamiliar faces, she finally introduced herself. "I'm Leto, Senshi of Camouflage. For some of you, this is a room full of strangers. But this group is quite literally all that I have. I was a White Moon Senshi once, and I followed Ares into this because she promised me a family. She may not be around anymore, but she delivered on that promise. Chariklo was my family. Navi..." She took a shaky breath, eyes closing briefly before reopening them to a room full of people that just didn't understand. "Navi was my family. You don't know me, and you could probably care less about me. But for me? You are my family. And I don't want any more of you to be ripped away from me. That might be really ******** selfish, but for the last four years I haven't had to even consider that leaving was an option. For me- it isn't, I'm in this for the long haul. If this isn't working then I'll make it work. For me, for each and every one of you. I will fight to the ******** death for that."