Cybele took in her surroundings eagerly as soon as she stepped through the portal. This place was, in a strange way, beautiful, even if she could feel the Chaos running through the very stone. There wasn't time to admire the crystals, though. This was enemy territory. This was dangerous. Who knew who was watching them already? Her next glance around was more practical, and the castle in the distance was what caught her eye. Some people wanted to explore other places, which was fine for them, there might be information there, and while Cybele was a bit curious... she wasn't here to sightsee.
During the meeting, she'd been keeping her distance from others, but heading into a place as dangerous and unknown as this, that didn't seem like a workable idea anymore. She scanned the gathering crowd. Plenty of people were talking about heading towards the castle, but the ones who were closest to Cybele were two senshi, a super with an impressive tiara and a basic with an impressive... everything. She closed the distance between them and smiled. "You're headed towards the castle? So am I... It will be safer in numbers. Do you mind if I come with you?"
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Can Cybele get in on this party, possibly?
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:07 pm
Sabine, Senshi of Tactics
As the two she had motioned too approached closer, she gave them each a small smile at curtsy. "Sailor Sabine, Senshi of Tactics. You're more than welcome to join any of us that head that way, I personally would like to." She turned her head and nodded in Phact's direction. "But I will ultimately be following Super Sailor Phact." Sabine added, remembering to include her friends promotion in her title.
"I think it's a softer target, and as it looks relatively unguarded, might give us a bit of insight into what the Negaverse might be up to in their off time... If it is in fact a barracks for them and not something left over from a bygone age."
It was hard to tell down here, what was current and what was ancient. It made her skill crawl and her stomach roil at the thought of having to fight anything down here.
Harmonia stepped into and through the portal to Negaspace and she didn't much like what she saw. The eerie glow of the purple crystal didn't much help the young senshi's nerves as she looked around her. There were people forming groups, others heading off in whatever direction they had deemed best.
She wasn't sure what to do. Maybe coming through the portal had been a bad idea.
A soft, warm glow caught her attention and Harmonia's gazed turned to find a Knight holding what looked to be a blue lantern. Without hesitation she moved over and to his side like a moth to a light. Unlike the purple glow, this one was more welcoming, and not to mention was emanating from, what she assumed, was his weapon.
"I hope you don't mind if I join you?" She looked at the two Knights with wide green eyes. As fearful as she was, Harmonia wanted to help. In whatever way she could.
Would be good if I got my quotes correct the first time round. >.>
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:33 pm
Super Sailor Phact, Senshi of Doves - Barracks
With a nod, Phact watched as Venice and Erebus joined Gevaudan heading towards the castle. She was glad to see the mouth of a knight going that way. He was needed there with his knowledge and understanding of this place.
She however, had other sights. Two other locations spread before them. One in ruins and one of current use. While the love she had of the history behind this war made her want to explore the fallen ruins, it was the knowledge to be gain to what was presently being used that would led more to guiding them.
It was the appearance of a Polaris knight at her side that made Phact look back. "Unofficially, I believe myself." She said, the words struggling to come out. People looking up to you was one thing. Putting into words...it bothered her. "Sailor Phact, Senshi of Doves. You are welcome to join us but I believe they will need shields more..." She motioned towards the three knights heading towards the castle. "I fear they do march to a harder time than what we eye..."
Then glancing back at Cetus, she smiled. "One way to find out." She shrugged, speaking to those around her now. "I am eyeing the Barracks. I believe a group in each will prove most useful in the long rung. " With so many heading towards the castle, I believe we will be useful there. As for the other building...it seemed the Knights were most interested. She would leave that to those who wanted...else she end up taking notes.
"Myrrha, you are always welcome to join us. Could you not find your friend?" Phact asked with a warm smile before flicking the back of the over sugared Sabine's head. "Aptera, Altair, a pleasure. I do wish we would have met a kinder times." Phact added around. "You are of course welcome to join us in that direction. My thoughts are to stick together as much as possible. Separation puts us at risk of being trapped or attacked should that place still be in use. As a group, we are stronger. It is also my hope to learn something from it." Her eyes looked around. "As well as discover the source of whatever is fighting against chaos. That feeling is not...right."
"I also wish to choose to proceed in a group of a reasonable size with those of more experience to be able to work together rather than risk being in too small a group in number and more easily captured or worse," Aptera gave another nod in reply both in agreement and in gratitude.
Sailor Altair
"T-thank you very much," Altair responded, and then her gaze drifted in a fractionally more thorough assessment of the surrounding area.
"S-so, this is the Negaverse?" she asked with the worried expression now having gradually grown more serious on her features as she went about the process of taking in the grim details of the place they had entered inside of then looked from one individual in the group to another in sudden urgency to remember their appearances at least by face as the first step toward aiming at aiding in that they all end up exiting this place safely. "I-It is a part of Earth? We're n-not in outer space?" If these questions had been asked before, at the moment she could not remember hearing or encountering them or answers to them. But, if her memory was simply failing her disappointingly at this time, Altair hoped she was not being too much of an annoyance.
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:42 pm
Slievenamon, Page of Neptune
Slievenamon nodded her head at Phact come her warning that the page should stay on her toes. She would definitely be careful and tread lightly; especially in such a dangerous place.
She gave a glance at Gevaudan before feeling a shiver travel up her spine. Taking a bit of the senshi of doves's words, it looked as though it would outdo a haunted house by a lengthy margin.
Her eyes glanced in the direction of Erebus and Venice when it was decided they would visit the castle. Considering how her hackles were standing on end, the girl had no desire to go there. Unless, of course, Phact decided that was there destination. Then she would swallow her fear and pull through.
At the newer faces, Slievenamon dipped her head in a greeting.
"Um, I'm not sure where to go, so wherever you decide, I'm game for," she said to the group. "Since I have no magic at my disposable either, I'll be of assistance to anyone who may need it as well."
When the barracks seemed to be chosen, Slievenamon let out a breath. Despite the building having caught her attention, she wasn't willing to explore alone. Learning had its benefits when death wasn't a possibility, of course.
Ananke stepped through the portal... and then promptly right after tripped over her own two feet and fell flat on her face. The senshi of portals... turned out not to be so great at portal travel after all. "Ug..." She pushed herself up into a kneeling position and rubbed her nose.
"That kind of hurt."
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:06 pm
stari_maga
Cybele has joined the party!
Super Sailor Elpis // Sailor Ferris
Elpis and Ferris paused at the new voice, Ferris blinking as both turned, and Elpis grinned to Cybele immediately, nodding.
"Sure. You're right - safety in numbers is a good thing."
Ferris nodded numbly, and motioned.
"We are going to the Castle, too. So any willing to help... It's appreciated." Ferris glanced to Elpis, who nodded, smiling. She was glad to see another Super joining the party, and she motioned, nodding.
"Hey, do you think we might organize a strike team perhaps?" Elpis proposed. "Safety in numbers, stragety in teams." Elpis smiled. Ferris, however, seemed quieter, crossing her arms quietly. She just hoped to make it home to Callisto, Sailor Ferris' breath shaking as she sighed.
Cordoba
Cordoba sighted Babylon amongst the group by his lantern, and it was the same that led her to work her way towards the senior Mercury knight to hide in his cape again, shivering at the area as she eyed his companions, then looked up, speaking in an abnormally hushed tone.
"Hi ahgain." She murmured, and clung just that much tighter. That much more anxious. "Can I stay with you? This place is giving me all sorts of bad reminders."
Such as how drowning her depression could feel. And she hated it. She was startled, however, when a flame-styled senshi drew near.
Sailor Alsafi, Senshi of Pyroclastic Flows
Alsafi had spied the knight and his entourage, and approached mostly with curiousity, and mostly because he had light, the senshi of a draconian star almost sauntering as she walked over, wagging a finger before pointing.
"Hey! You! You know what's going on? This place is all sorts of fouled up. I just followed everyone else. What's going on, huh? Or you not gonna answer too?"
Sailor Alsafi crossed her atrms, eying Babylon judgementally with narrowed green eyes, the senshi scowling. While not trying, she was drawing to her full height, and scowling with it even more. She was GETTING answers, reven if she bit ankles!
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Cordoba missed tyhe +3 cape of Stealth. And I'm sorry for Alsafi. She is a mouth and a sass nugget and fun to play but still not able to not sass.
The sudden voice near her made the senshi of foxes jump, already on edge. "I...I'm not sure....My friend, Sailor Lacrimosa. Have you seen her? I don't know if I can handle this alone. I...I'm almost certain I can't. I'm more of a distraction attack than offense, yknow?" She offered the person a small smile, trying to seem significantly less terrified than she was.
In truth, Inari wasn't built for Offense. Not yet anyway. Give her time and training and perhaps she could manage on her own. But that was still to be seen. "I'm Inari, senshi of foxes." She held out a gloved hand to the stranger, praying a little idle chitchat would help ease her nerves and maybe help her pick a path if Lacrimosa didn't show up.
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Yay interaction! Thank you for coming up to her. She would have stayed there quite lost on what to do if you hadn't!
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:24 pm
Castor Page Aptera
For a brief second plus one, there was another feeling that caught Aptera's attention all of a sudden, and her gaze moved and stopped at the sight of a damaged building in the distance. She wondered why it seemed to feel familiar to her. However, she shook off her curiosity of it and refocused her attention to the group meeting she was now a part of.
Despite also agreeing that she would have preferred that they all met in less dangerous circumstances, she was also grateful of the chance to meet them now, "Aptera, Sailor Sabine, Sailor Phact, everyone, it's nice to meet you all." The soft smile slipped from her face as her gaze moved to take another beat of a moment to check on their surroundings before it returned to her features as she looked around the group. "If the team approach Sailor Phact has explained to us is agreed upon, I also shall gladly and willingly endeavor to give my cooperation and support."
Sailor Altair
Names, Sailor Sabine, Super Sailor Phact, not wanting to forget any more magical details as much as possible, Sailor Altair repeated the names she was given to go along with the features of those that introduced themselves accordingly. Though her initial fear that not addressing magical individuals by their titles was a disrespect punishable by magical consquences seemed gradually more and more farfetched further along as she accumulated and added to her experiences as a senshi, she had not made a habit of endeavoring to attempt remembering titles nevertheless to perhaps exercise her memory muscles and not repeat passed shortfalls. "I-I shall also do my best to be of assistance to everyone. I-I am somewhat certain that I can manage at least two casts from my limited experience thus far of using my scalpels spell. S-so, hopefully not but if a need to defend ourselves arises, I-I will do my best to use my casts carefully to aid in warding off an attack."
And then a fall of one of the individuals who had passed through the portal caught her peripheral vision and Altair hurriedly took those handful of necessary steps in that direction to cross the majority of the distance and see if she may be of help. "A-are you okay? A-and would you like to join our group? I'm Sailor Altair," She extended a hand to Ananke, offering a help in the form of a pull for getting back upright to stand on one's feet.
He shook his head. "Sorry," said Remus with a semi-apologetic shrug as he looked around the motley crew gathered in clumps and clusters. "I'm new here. Only awakened a few weeks ago myself - maybe a month or two? I don't know any Lacrimosa."
A grin split across his face as he turned his head to look at her. "I'm Remus, Senshi of Regolith - which, just in case you have no idea what the hell that is, it's moon dust. Kinda. Or something like that, I had to look it up because I had no idea, either."
Leave it to him to get a completely obscure sphere.
His eyes fell on a dual colored senshi a short distance from them, Remus giving her a friendly wave as well.
"Yo," he called over. "Wanna come chill with us? We can form our own little party, you know, like the Fellowship of the Ring except without all the hairy feet."
He was grinning at her, cheerful and relaxed.
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/scoops up Ananke
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:03 pm
Sailor Ananke, Senshi of Portals
Ananke smiled gratefully as Altair puled her to her feet. "Ah thank you so much Altair, I'm always getting distracted by things so I tend to fall over and get lost a lot." Ananke chuckled and scratched the back of her head. "It would probably be in my best interest to join a group with my track record..." Before Ananke could say anything about joining the group she then heard someone talking to her for a little further away.
Ananke tilted her head. "Fellowship of the Ring?" She said confused to Regolith. "What would a ring have to do with hairy feet?" It seems that she wasn't caught up in the world of fiction.
So this was Negaspace. Even without being able to feel the auras around him, he knew it must be overwhelming. For the first time, there was a positive to not having magic. Dangerous, of course, but the looks on the faces of those around him showed horrible anxiety and dread and fear.
He felt Ganymede reach out to take his hand and he turned to her, squeezing her hand in response.
“I love you, too,” he said, lifting her her hand to place a quick kiss on her knuckles before lowering it back down to their side. “I’ll go with you,” he agreed, not wanting to leave her side now. There were plenty around them who would probably go in other directions, but he wasn’t about to leave her side. Not when this could be the last bit of time they had together.
Valhalla is going to the castle.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:24 pm
Super Oberon
”Well, this is fantastic,” Oberon stretched, lifting his arms up and behind his head as he tried to shake off the overwhelming feeling of Chaos all around them. Purple crystals hanging here and there. Decrepit buildings. “The Negaverse needs a better interior designer,” he commented with no real enthusiasm behind it.
The castle was nice and all, but he could understand Perdita’s desire to head towards the barracks instead of the other places. It seemed interesting at the very least.
Oberon turned slightly when he heard another voice calling to them and noticed the annoying kid from the playground coming up to them. It had been a while, so Oberon was please to realize just how much stronger his own energy felt over senshi who were newer. Not that it meant anything, it was just a nice ego boost. No longer being a Chibi senshi was awesome.
“Oh hey, Chara. What’s good?” he asked, lowering his arms to place one hand on his hip, the other hanging by his side. “Yeah, this is Perdita. She’s definitely not my girlfriend, so don’t bother asking,” he added with a straight face without bothering to look in Perdita’s direction.
Oberon is going to the barracks.
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:38 pm
Super Varuna
This was a bad idea. This was a horrible idea. They should all turn back right now while they had the chance. The Chaos weighed heavy and made it difficult to breathe, and Varuna regretted coming already. But the more numbers they had, the better chance they had, right? And she wasn’t going to leave Palatine to wander off on her own. Look, even now she was wandering towards the old ruins instead of towards the castle like everyone else!
Slightly panicked, Varuna took to follow her aunt, frowning at the building they were approaching. She was already jumpy as it was. One wrong move and she was going to cover whoever startled her in snow.
And yet, curiously, Varuna reached out to touch one of the crystals as she passed. If it didn’t hurt to touch, then maybe she would try to pull one out, just to have an additional light source in case it got dark inside.
