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Cadet Lysvi

"Naturally."

A pause, a stop in the brief unstoppable bounce.

"Or as the Earthlings would say, duh."

Ready? What a silly question. Lysvi was born for this. Lysvi was born ready for any mission the Vanguard would have. Lyndin had never failed in a mission. Lysvi had no reason to believe that this one would be the first. They had prepared. Everything that they were asked to do, they had done. They had gathered the energy. The machine was running. Everything they had planned had gone to plan.

And they all would be a part of it.

"Look, even you're doing more than being," Lysvi gestured, "well, entirely unemotive." But of course, between the two of them, Lysvi had always projected any necessary emotion for the both of them. It was something Lysvi had never actually minded, as much needling as happened between them. "I am very prepared for this. Can you believe we're going to get to see Commodore Lyndin in action?"

Guardian Cat - Namielle (Order)

She was one her own, ever since he had gone missing several weeks ago she'd had no choice but to carry on as if nothing at all had gone wrong. No, in the grand scheme of things everything was just peachy. Except it wasn't and now she had to add keeping half an eye on these bizarre aliens to her ever growing list of things to look out for. It was safe to say that when that god forsaken man got back (and it was a when, not an if, she refused to consider other options), she was going to have a very thorough discussion about his definition of what constituted healthy work-life balance.

Suffice to say she had at least come to trust that there was something to the man's cynicism. His doubt about these individuals and their lovely weapon, his remarks regarding their vague and very idealistic approach. Granted he'd always been rather doubtful of anything that preached of miraculous hope, and she would much have preferred to live the life of an optimist, but when it came to this scenario...something told her things were going to be much more complicated.

Nothing was this easy.

Alas, true to her word the feline had meandered towards the meeting point where several individuals were already in place. She wasn't entirely sure she knew all of the Order aligned individuals and she certainly didn't know any of the aliens (courtesy of their glamours in previous encounters), but she was here for now and she would do what she could.

...Even if a literal alien army really didn't sit well with her at this particular point in time.

Eso

Eso stood there, looking around at those who had gathered and couldn't help but feel the nervous energy in the air and let it effect him. He felt like he was practically buzzing with energy.

He knew all of his kind by name here, but he was looking for someone in particular. Ah, there. Maybe he could cling to his friend to help calm himself down. It seemed, though, Tenoch was surrounded by these humans they were to trust despite not knowing all of them. It was fair, they did not know all of his kind, so mutual trust would go a long way.

Still, he wasn't so sure what to do. And so he tried to slip up behind Tenoch, to stand close to someone he knew. Lilac eyes blinked out, looking around. Hands fiddled with his uniform, tugging it this way and that as if it could be out of place. Eso was borderline obsessed with his looks, so there was no way he would let any part of him become disarrayed if he could control it.

"Tenoch," he said, hoping it was low enough he didn't startle anyone but loud enough the other heard.

Senshi Actaea of the Harvest Actaea was a new senshi and didn't have a phone yet, so when the call went out she saw the words in the air and quickly headed off in the direction to see what she could do to help. After the strange fog appeared near her family home she had been expecting something big to happen, so she wasn't surprised that there might be a battle to be fought. She wondered who it was, she didn't think it felt like anything she was familiar with. She was ready though she wanted to fight something she didn't like that fog appearing so close to her home.

Guardian Cat - Namielle (Order)

Familiar faces approached her, one accompanied by the softest of bumps, a reassurance if anything else. She had already elected to regard this entire event with trepidation. There had been enough conviction in Athalia's voice to not pay heed to at least some of his concerns, but in relation to everything else... Well, she afforded Realta a gentle smile before turning her gaze upwards to inspect the Senshi.

A tightened jaw, set in 'stone', well she couldn't blame her for that.

"Nothing," she replied simply and released a small sigh. "I checked with Orias and he hasn't 'felt' anything either," she added. As Athalia's bonded Mauvian if anything had happened that was very bad news then he would have felt it. At least that was how she had always assumed it worked, the connection between both parties was much deeper than mere friendship.

"But with that question on your lips I am going to assume you are in the same boat," she clucked her tongue. "His timing is impeccable on this occasion," she murmured sarcastically.

As the invitations were received and the field filled up, Caedus breathed a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but smile at the turnout. “You never cease to amaze me, my friends. I am forever grateful for all that you are willing to do.”

He looked to Lyndin, as if there was some private thought shared between them, like Caedus had known this would be the turnout.

Lyndin returned the smile out of politeness, but there was still something strained about it. He seemed focused; now wasn’t the time to celebrate.

That would come later.

He let Caedus speak and stood by, taking note of their arrivals, of the world beyond their generators. He seemed prepared for battle and was curling and uncurling his right hand as if to get comfortable beneath the strange metal gauntlet he was now equipped with.

“There will be no debt,” Caedus promised Valhalla, “But any help would be appreciated.”

Scylla’s arrival earned her a nod from Lyndin, and Caedus smiled hopefully because he didn’t want to let her down. He might have been nervous already, with the inflection she used to say his name, but he greeted her with warmth and said softly, “Glynd.” He did not say more before Kerberos arrived, and he smiled at him just as Lyndin nodded in greeting.

As more people arrived, conversation became more difficult, so Caedus had to clear his throat and stand tall.

He put his hand on the machine next to them as he addressed the gathering group after he gave them a few seconds of silence. “I know we have been quiet about our plan. I hope this is not offensive. It was dangerous to reveal too much too soon. If information got into the wrong hands…”

Then, this would all be a waste. If the Negaverse could defend against this attack, they lost their advantage--again.

“Commodore Lyndin has been collecting data. He has monitored the abnormal communication methods in the area and tracked the source of Negaverse communication. He has been able to replicate their methods. He will send out a message to them. It will call some of them here. Not all, not too many, I do not think.” He looked up to Lyndin for assurance and Lyndin raised his chin a little higher. Caedus continued, “It is not because we wish for combat. We will need to attune to their energy to focus this into the Dark Kingdom. Once the machines have synchronized, it will permit us to open a portal into their domain. This,” he patted the machine again, “will sync with the comet. We will use all the energy from it to blast into the Dark Kingdom. If the calculations are accurate, and I am so certain that they are, it will strike the castle. When it takes out Metallia, it should dissolve her grip over the Negaverse. It should free them.”

Caedus clung to this thought, he believed it, and it was impossible to miss how hopeful he was even as he tried to keep himself dignified in front of his people and those of Earth.

“But you must stay without this circle. The generators are the outermost perimeter. If you travel beyond that, they will sense you. But if you stay here, with us, you are shielded.”

The shield was visibly down, so it didn’t mean the Negaverse wouldn’t see them--just that they wouldn’t know what they were walking into when they first arrived.

“I know I am asking a lot. But I think this is the last time. Commodore Lyndin has never failed a mission,” he insisted. “And we have the Vanguard here. I believe in them. I know we can do this. But we need your expertise and help to make sure they do not intervene. The machine will not take long. Only a few moments. That is all we need. So I ask this of you, please. If you do not want to be involved, you have only now to leave. We do not have time to waste. But this machine, and the generators that help power it,” he nodded to the few other sizable machines across the field, “Must stay up and active for this to work.”

Super Sailor Ara, Chibi Senshi of Illumination

Ara arrived at the gathering ready for what could be the biggest moment of her life, the end of the Negaverse. She was very excited at the prospect but she was ready for something to go wrong. She wasn't stupid she doubted something like this would happen without incident. Surely if nothing else the Negaverse would sense all the energy and attack.

She noticed Scylla and headed over to her. "Scylla, this is pretty exciting huh? It can all end today. The war, all the fighting, or at the very least the fighting with the Negaverse can end." She supposed there would always be evil somewhere that needed fighting but hopefully this evil would be put to rest here and now.

As Caedus said they would be drawing Negaverse agents here she prepared for battle, this plan had to succeed.