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To say that Sailor Tsui was a little sore was an gross understatement, as this week did NOT seem to be going her way at all. So, to top off the piss poor week she's been having, Tsui was actually rather excited and happy to get out of the house. Sure, it would mean leaving her nightly patrols, but given her little 'truce' with the general Benitoite, she wasn't too worried about anything crazy happening whilst the cat was away.

The young Senshi of Tigers, who had been part of a group called the Zoo and even attended a meeting with the Jovians, had been used to prowling the streets on her own. She had gotten into fights with youma, Dark Mirror Senshi and even agents of the Negaverse on her own, and she was still alive (though a few encounters were by the skin of her teeth, but what was life without a few close calls?). So when the comment was made to find a group, Tsui wasn't sure how to feel about it. 'I -am- part of a group... not that any of them called me.'

Honestly, she was startled to see Super Sailor Draconis had attended, but she was certain that Draconis hadn't seen her, or if she had, likely hadn't recognized her. She didn't see her since her awakening, and Tsui had assumed that since she never called her, then she simply wasn't needed. What Tsui wanted to do was pull her aside and ask how her own mission or quest had been, but now was neither the time or place. So, the Tiger senshi merely made a mental note to address her afterwards... if she remembered.

There was so much talking back and forth, and Tsui was confused. Just who was the leader here? Was it Princess Polaris, as Kallichore had such a fondness of? Was it the other one with wings, Iris? None of the other Senshi seemed to indicate that either one was the direct leader, and this greatly concerned Tsui. Her talks with General Benitoite, Sailor Remarque and from what Kallichore had told her, their enemies had a direct ruler, but what did the White Moon Court have?

She looked around from where was, sitting on top of a table and getting some leverage to be able to peer at everyone with a simple sweeping motion of her head. There were many groups, many factions, but she didn't see any one, specific leader. She was guilty of this, being part of the Zoo, but really, what had she done to help the group along? Besides Draconis, could she even NAME the other members?

'If I don't know my own group... then how am I to know the others?' It was not often that Tsui felt alone, small, and insignificant, and she was NOT prepared for it. On a normal day, she would have stood on top of the table and announced herself, as she had done with the Jovians, but... this was all too overwhelming. Too disorganized. And in truth, she wanted to test something. She wanted to see who would be the one to speak up and harness everyone's attention. If there was such a person, then they deserved Tsui's full attention.

So, the Senshi of Tigers leaned back and crossed her legs, merely peering around the room at whoever spoke the loudest, keeping all of her thoughts and comments to herself. For now. 'Let's see how this plays out...'

"Wait, wait... Why do we need to be on a team?" Oberon stood in front of the stage, peering up at Polaris in awe of the energy she was giving off. He'd never felt anything like it and it was kind of overwhelming, but... if she was going to be standing there, talking to them, then... "Can't I just go with other senshi that I know? Or knights, I guess. I've only met a couple of them. They were busy fighting with each other though. But the senshi I've meet were really nice. I haven't met any of these people from the... Negaverse? Yeah that... or the other people with the mirrors. I heard they were bad, but they're just people too, right? We're all just people, so... Why not try and get along with them?" Hey, he didn't think it was too much to ask...

"You know, in boy scouts, the team moms get snacks together. It's only right. I make a motion that next time there's a committee dedicated to bringing snacks!" Oberon said, raising his hand as if to vote on it already. Seriously, who didn't bring snacks?? "Anyone want to second??" They all knew proper parliamentary procedure, right??

And, he would have been paying attention to everything else that was going on, but with everyone talking over each other and no one agreeing and people always needing to be right... it was hard! He was only eleven! He could only focus his attention on so many things at once! And his senses were in overload with how many powered people there were!

"Are those real?" he suddenly switched the subject, eyeing Polaris's wings. "Like... can you fly with them? They don't look very sturdy... According to the law of physics, you'd need a wider span to get anywhere off the ground," he pointed out. Amateur astro-physicist? Maybe a little.

Sinon had received the message a few nights before, which she considered to be a blessing. Had she received it impromptu, the redhead wasn’t sure if she would have summoned the will to sneak out of her room suddenly. Sure, the senshi still snuck out for patrols, but her life had quieted down significantly. It made her wonder if she was getting a bit rusty at this senshi business. But the heads up had been fortunate because it had allowed her time to mull over her decision, given her some space to figure out her alibi and her plan for when the fateful night finally arrived.

Caramel-brown eyes curiously turned toward the princess on stage, her arms folded across her chest as she was oddly silent for once. Most of these faces were unfamiliar to her and it almost made Sinon chuckle weakly. Ahhh. She was so out of touch with the latest senshi news, it seemed. The redhead leaned back against a wall as she listened to the other senshi voice their thoughts and news. It mostly seemed to be team introductions and she nodded her head at each group. Sinion could handle team introductions. Now, hopefully she could remember them all! The thought brought a grin to her lips.

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Aeolia still had yet to find his reason for becoming a knight. Well, other than the fact that the job had been suddenly thrust upon him one day and now he was stuck with magical powers for what seemed to be the rest of his life, but oh well. The Uranus knight had somehow managed to deal with it for the past months or so. Narrowed eyes briefly examined the princess on the makeshift. He stared at her long hair and her extravagant gown. His arms were crossed over his chest and he hardly moved when the princess finally introduced herself. Polaris, was it? He filed the name into the back of his mind for later use.

After she made her introduction speech—it wasn’t so bad, in his opinion; it could have been worse—others began to speak up. Some of what they had to say made him furrow his brows, but others evoked a neutral expression from him. Never a smile, though. A smile from Aeolia was rare. Period. Any and all names spoken were diligently memorized by the knight. It was a lot, but he had always been pretty decent at memorizing large dumps of information. Maybe it could even be considered a specialty of his. But he stubbornly remained in the background and said not a word. He would only listen. Aeolia wasn’t the type to pipe up anyways.

The last thing Tsui was expecting was someone to notice her, much less call her name, and part of her hoped that no one else would turn to look at her as she looked to the one that called her. The voice was familiar, and the moment she set eyes upon Valhalla, she couldn't hold back a smile, highlighting the three black slashes on her left cheek. Valhalla, a Knight he had met at the Jovian meeting, and though the meeting was brief, he was one of the few that definitely stuck out the most to her.

Though the table was comfortable, she gladly accepted the invitation, and she made sure to make her way towards them as quietly as possible, stepping over those seated on the ground and careful to not step on anything. By the time she reached them, she made sure to wear nothing but the bravest of smile, trying to hide this overwhelmed feeling she felt as she was certain that she wasn't the only one.

"A pleasure to see some familiar faces here," Tsui said to Valhalla and those that sat next to him, gesticulating to the whole hall with an arm as she did so (hoping she didn't hit anyone in the process, of course). "Was beginning to wonder if I was alone in this meeting as well as my patrols."

Someone had raised their voice and there was a small commotion, but Tsui had no idea what had caused it or who was even speaking. Little by little her confident facade was fading, and she immediately sat at the spot opened next to them, tugging her white bangs out of nervous habit though keeping her voice firm and steady. "So, hope you guys understand what's going on, because I'm a little clueless. Is this how most meetings are?"

Sailor Eos had arrived on time, and watched all of the other senshi slowly join the ranks. As much as she liked to appear confident and all-knowing, seeing so many other senshi - many of which she didn't recognise - of higher ranks than herself made her regress a little, and she looked somewhat awkward and lost standing among them. She was tempted to leave, but then she saw Polaris stand up and couldn't help the awe-filled expression that crossed her face. Polaris was a princess? Woa, times really had changed. She looked beautiful.

She was impressed by the number of people that turned up, but slightly intimidated too. She shuffled from foot to foot awkwardly, though listened in interest as numerous teams introduced themselves. A knight spoke up, encouraging teamwork, and Eos let out a small sigh. She wasn't sure about teams, and even less sure about putting so much trust in other people. It was far easier to stand alone. She was slowly making more and more contacts, people who she could call should she need assistance. But as for teams, she wasn't sure it was anything she'd ever require.

Then again, things changed. Eos watched the unfolding debates, smiling a little as she looked over to Oberon when he made his 'motion' - turned out he was a chibi senshi, they did exist - before glancing around. Everyone seemed to have found a little group, people to talk to. She didn't feel overly comfortable intruding on anyone else's conversation, however, so for the time being remained where she was.

No usually cynical or snarky by any means, Mont Blonc couldn't help but feel like he was attending another school pep rally with the way things were going down thus far. He wasn't fond of pep rallies. Wasn't this supposed to be serious business? Not social time with your friends, or time for bickering? But of course, being a social outcast in highschool pretty much meant he hated pep rallies any way. It was a law.

Then again, maybe he just felt anxious because he still, half a year after awakening as a Page of Saturn, felt like a newb, so he wanted TEH INFORMATIONZ. He didn't want to be the one to pipe up with the demand that things get to the point, though. That'd bring too much attention, probably. Instead, he just tried to be as small as possible - which was pretty hard for a gangly lad pushing over 6 feet.

It wasn’t her Lenka’s fault that she was late, no, it was her mom’s. Bellatrix had been fussing all over her, saying she had to run out for a few minutes, asking if she should call a babysitter…no, Lenka begged against the babysitter, and the moment her mom left, she slipped out the back door. When she finally got to the meeting, she heard bits and pieces of the conversation, talking about teams and…wings and…she thought she heard something about food, and food was a very important subject where Lenka was concerned. She looked around, trying to find a familiar face, and was rather pleased to see that she did know some of the people…there was Camelot, and Hug-Bell and..

Oh! And right in the front! “Ambrosia! Pomona!” She called out, running through the massive group to her teammates. “I have a team too!” Lenka said happily, looking at Princess Polaris, though addressing everyone. “We’re called Team Yum Yum, and we’re made up of Senshi who have food related…um…things!”

The girl looked around once more after having spoken and grinned seeing Acubens and Tsui as well! She had so many padawans in this meeting—it was great

Cealian slipped into the meeting just before Lenka did and glanced around, trying to take note of everyone that was there. She saw Polaris and Grus and everyone that had been at that Celestial Shepherds meeting and gave a happy little sigh. Though, a flash of bright Orange caught her attention and she walked over to Esquline, smiling. "Hello there. How have you been getting on? Everything going all right?"

Niflhel looked up towards his girlfriend and gave a dark smile. "I am behaving." As much as he'd like to show a few people what respect meant... he'd been standing there and he was still standing there despite a few urges to move and strangle someone for acting up.

His attention had shifted to the 'food team'. Looking in slight interest, ".... I wonder if they're as good of cooks as you." He was joking as he said it but he still shifted as he watched the crowd. Eyes eventually landing on Pomona, Ambrosia and Lenka to make note of them, couldn't hurt.... if Polaris was ever gone for a few days...