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Holy hells bells and vampire balls - what was going on???

The walls were crumbling and it was clear that something - someone? - was trying to get inside. Thoughts of all the monster movies of her childhood flooded her poor little startled brain. Jaws. The Thing. The giant queen Alien from Aliens. Did Mirrorspace have sharks? Aliens? Barghests or oversized creations by mad scientists?

Maybe it was just a really, really pissed off wraith? Did wraiths get pissed off?

Kibby clung to her like a second skin and her hands flew around the other girl, clutching on to her best friend tightly. Lovejoy didn't want to consider this as a possible The End scenario - not now, not when they'd only just begun their adventures as magical school girls.

"M-Maybe we can confuse it?" She heard the quiver in her voice as she offered her suggestion. Truthfully, LJ had no idea if her powers would even work on whatever lay on the other side of the wall, "There are others here, Kibby... I...I bet we can beat it. Just watch, we'll make it out of this and we'll laugh about it later, you and me and two sundaes."

Fingers dug into the fuku of the other girl. Bea had absolutely no idea if they'd do any of those things, but she'd be darned if she didn't at least try to cheer up her best friend one final time.

"Hey, guys. How's it going?" Sinope spoke loudly over the rumbling of the room, his voice falsely merry with no smile on his face. "Oh, y'know...just another day of Mirrorspace trying to shatter and cave in on us."

He kept a tight grip on Sadalsuud as he noted the other senshi crowded around the Avior. He doubted Diadem and Laverna would have wanted him anywhere near them, so he kept as close to Crocus and Kiuchi as possible instead.

"Heh...definitely seeing how having a sphere of walls can come in handy now," he told the familiar eternal. "I dunno about you, but I'm feeling pretty grateful about now that you're a Dark Mirror Senshi, Avior." He briefly pat the older male's shoulder with the hand not holding Sadalsuud's before giving it to Kiuchi instead.

"Hey, Kiuchi, listen," he said, meeting the senshi of gorgons' dark eyes and clasping his hand tight. "No matter what, we're gonna get through this, okay? But you're right - the more in number we have, the better our chances are of staying safer while we wait it out." Sinope looked around at the others scattered across the deteriorating room. "I'm sure Acubens will find us soon. She's never very far."

Glancing back at Sadalsuud, he asked, "Are you doing alright so far? Sorry I had to pull you along and without warning, but I didn't want anything to hit us or fly out at us like before."

Maybe she's in there... was all Leto could think about as she stared at the giant mirror, completely enthralled with it, searching desperately for answers.

She could feel peoples' eyes on her as she allowed her gaze to trace over every detail of it's surface and frame, and that made her horribly uncomfortable- if only because she was convinced that the entire Court hated her guts on account of what happened the last time she had been in a group setting with them. Considering that she had not made an appearance when the cracks in the walls in MirrorSpace appeared with the strange crystals (or an appearance in general, lately), she wasn't feeling particularly leader-like and she worried that was breeding resentment within the Court. She would have to prove herself to them all, especially since there were so many new faces she still didn't recognize, and make it known that she was a leader and she would do anything for her Court- but there would be time for that later. For now she kept her gaze away from everyone else, until Tantalus arrived at her side.

Shaking her head slightly, she looked at him with unease clear in her eyes. "I have no idea, Tant--"

Her words were cut short when the rumbling drew closer, louder- enough to shake the entire room. Leto spun to see the spreading cracks in the walls, the debris falling to the floor, the panic that was almost palpable in the group. As the wall bent in towards them, Leto's automatic instinct was to take a step backwards, her back now pressing against the cool surface of the mirror. She quickly snapped out of it, took a breath, grabbed Tantalus' hand to give a good squeeze (to reassure him or herself? She wasn't entirely sure) and released it to move quickly to the fore-front of the group. Her right arm moved up to shield her eyes from the blinding white light that was streaming through the growing cracks and lurched forward in an attempt to maintain her balance when the entire room seemed to drop out from under them.

What the ******** was going on? Whatever it was, it was coming and it was coming quickly.

This was not the MirrorSpace that she had explored in depth and grown accustomed to over the years and that was the most frustrating part- this was no longer her home.

The rumble was no longer the only sound in Mirrorspace; now, it sounded sounded like a torrent of wind and debris were clattering against the walls. A shrill wailing pierced the air and the wall buckled again. The walls suddenly began to peel back. Something was on the other side, a shadow—but the blinding white light made it impossible to make out what it was.

The room was crumbling; the walls had fallen back on all four sides. Perhaps, if the light didn’t blind you, you were able to catch a glimpse of a black expanse and what appeared to be strangely floating chunks of floor and debris gently moving around this room. There were no hallways leading out, there were no platforms to jump on.

There was just you, and the thing tearing everything apart.

And a figure, in the mirror behind you.

The white light intensified; the wind was roaring, the sound was deafening…

And suddenly, a hand, on your arm.

With a sudden jerk, the group was pulled through the Mirror behind them.

Crocus had heard Acubens calling out for him and Kiuchi, he knew she wouldn't like being too far away from them in a situation like this. However, he was worried that something was going to be happening to the floor under their feet and didn't particularly feel like he could safely move over to her. Avior had swept himself and Kiuchi behind him as well. He was rather quick to take action, which Crocus was very thankful for. He listened to them try to strategize.

"I'm with Kiuchi, I'm only useful if something does come at us. And even then, it's more annoying than harmful." Still, he kept himself brace, ready for something to break into the room and ump them. Could they fight well in the space they were in? He heard Sinope talking from behind him and he turned around to give him a little chuckle. He knew the other didn't mean for it to be really funny, but they really needed to stop meeting in Mirrorspace like this.

"You know she won't leave her baby birds alone for long." Crocus replied in kind to what Sinope was saying about Acubens, they'd all be in one big group soon, ready to take on whatever was harassing their home. Things were starting to take a turn for the worse though. The walls were gone and the light was blinding. It was hard to see or hear anything going on around him other than that wailing. His eyes were squinted and his hands went up to cover his ears, than he felt something pulling on him and he didn't know what to expect next.

Something felt wrong and Avior just couldn't pinpoint it. The walls continued to rumble and groan and his heart continued to race as it continued to crack and crumble.

"We'll be alright. I'm sure of it. We'll figure something out and We'll make it home just fine. We're hardier than we think, for certain." He murmured softly to the two men (Crocus and Kiuchi) and by his side, wanting to bring a small smidge of comfort to the basic senshi. The idea of being one giant group wasn't very appealing to him still, as thoughts of them being picked off one by one from a large group terrified him, but... If it would bring comfort to the ones around him, he would oblige.

"I may be eternal, but don't thank me yet..." He smiled sheepishly at Sinope, partially pleased that the younger man would come to him for anything at all. It was a good think to see him do, and maybe, just maybe, it would be something that would shake up his independent streak.

And yet before he could do anything, the wind picked up in this odd tiny room, and there was debris flying everywhere. Wailing and cracking and all of a sudden a flash of light that engulfed everything around them Whatever plan he had thought he could execute and used to defend people was ruined as there was nothing left to cling to as the walls crumbled away. Both of the men slipped through his fingers as an entirely different hand came and grabbed him, and suddenly, he was gone.

[Exit for Avior]

"Of course it's my treat. I'll even use my doll money on it," she assured her companion, soothing her colorful locks with her gloved hand.

Another senshi - a clearly older and more knowledgeable senshi - had made her way over to the duo and was urgently pushing them to join the others in a small group that was forming.

Group. Yeah. Things were better in numbers, right? They'd be safer as a whole than scattered apart.. right? Unless they were being chased, then scattering would be better, but there really wasn't any room to be running around in, if they were chased, so...

"Okay, I think this chick has got the right idea," LJ admitted. There wasn't time to argue about what they should do - it was clear they needed to make a decision and fast. Another senshi, identifying himself as Ptolemy, seemed to be trying to gather the senshi around as well.

But there wasn't time to respond to either of the others, much less run, not when things were crumbling around them. The light was blinding, the sound was terrifying and the only thing Lovejoy could feel was the heart pounding in her chest and the fingers squeezing on her fuku as she clung equally as tightly to her companion as Kibby did to her.

And then, just like that, she was gone.


[Exit]