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Astra looked down at the teen and questioningly looked at her "following...you?" She asked, wondering what this strange Angelic Pae was on about "I am following everyone" she said gesturing towards the others "I apologize if I have upset you in some way but I didn't even see you" she said to the Angelic as she wondered why she was being interrogated when she looked back to see who was calling out and noticed the other was speaking to her "hi, yes, I am heading to the cave" she said as she stopped so the other could catch up to her. "Though I have a rather strange angelic Pae in my way at the moment" she said gesturing to the teen Angelic "she is wondering why I am following her when I am basically just following everyone else, know how to deal with teen Angels who think you are someone suspicious?" She asked the other curiously.

((Done both replies in the same post, I thought it may be a bit easier if we three RPed together since you both wish to interact with Astra.))

Lailah sneered, pulling back into a defensive stance only as a second Fae seemed to emerge from nowhere. It was hard to get the drop on the blood-stained angel without her noticing. She blamed the first suspicious Fae. "Yes, following me," she shot back pointedly. Everyone? Had she seen the other Squires? But...there was no one around at the teleport pad when they'd arrived, and they'd split up so as not to be conspicuous!

Sabotage? Had they been betrayed?

The Squire was far from satisfied by her answer, and when the second Fae agreed with her story, Lailah was almost struck dumb. She could swear her jaw was hanging open for a moment. They were...going to the cave?!? How did they even know about the cave? Unless they WERE spies; agents of the heretics, sent here as saboteurs to stop the faithful from their duties! The thought made her blood boil and only through her training to be a Knight, did Lailah keep her dark urges to silence these traitors in check.

But the more the Fae talked, the harder it was for Lailah to ignore the infuriating words coming from her mouth. Having had enough of this woman, Lailah pointedly stepped in front of the festive Fae, ignoring the other now. "Yes, first of all, you stop pretending she's not standing right in front of you while you talk about her as if she's not there!" She gritted her teeth, fingers twitching, wanting so badly to go for her knives. "Second, maybe you explain exactly WHY you're acting so suspicious in the first place and how you know things you shouldn't..." Lowering her voice now, she let her eyes dart from one to the other. "Now...how about you explain to me again where you're going. And why."

Before her husband could properly reply to her, however, a voice appeared from behind, Her ears flicking, the princess turned quickly around to see the familiar, yellow body of the fey she had met a little while ago. How many weeks ago was it? One...? Two...? No matter; the timing of then was no matter, the timing now was. Why was she here, as well as her husband, on her search? It was strange... She hadn't noticed really any others on her flight, yet here were two, seemingly out of nowhere.

Oh well, best to act like nothing was the matter. That's how she always handled these sort of situations, anyways. "Afternoon Coronus," she replied calmly, with a friendly tone. Talking with her husband about his situation would have to wait for a moment. "Have the other times been good to you?"

Moments after her question, a very, very bad aura seemed to rush over her, sending jolts of 'electricity' up her fingertips and back. She looked towards the source, in the direction of the cave, and the smile faded slowly from her face. Something was wrong... This feeling... Why had it appeared so suddenly? So unnaturally? It made her wings wish to take off and abandon the search the spirits had put her on, but her mind found it to be a curious thing, in need of investigation.

Her gaze still in the direction of the maze, Celestia said softly, barely above a whisper, to nobody in particular, "Evil comes from that direction..."

Nyx sighed as she watched the angry Angel and wondered what in the world her mother had gotten her in to this time. "No not really I have a toddler at home right now who is really cute. Do you want to see I have pictures. But she does get cranky when she hungry, you think she would like a sandwich or a cookie?" She said as she started to go though her pack that she had over her shoulder and pulled out some sandwiches and other food items. She shrugged she did not like the idea of being interrogated by the young angel.
"If you think we are suspicious you really should not meet my mom she is by doubt the most suspicious pae you would ever meet. And she is the reason that I am going to the cave."she said in a playful tone but then she turned serous.
"But the real question is why should we be answering the questions of yours because from what I last understood this is not a off limits. Because if I was to look at this situation I would say the most suspicious one of the 3 of us would be you angel." she said pointing at the teen. "Your accusing everyone makes it seem like you have done something and you are trying to hide it by putting the blame on others. So what did you do?" she said crossing her arms.



Coronus smiled Celestia remembered her it was conformation that she had made it back to the universe she dubbed home. "Time has treated me well nothing big or bad has happened yet. Though something is going to happen soon something big well it might..." she stopped as she felt the evil aura and shivered. "Not good not good at all." she muttered to her self she wanted to go to a different universe and hide.

"I am afraid so I was worried that it could be here also, So I came to check it out." she said looking down at her feet. Why had she been so stupid to have Nyx come here. She was such an idiot at times.

Nearly stuck dumb by the stupidity of the nonsensical arguments, Lailah could only stare at the pair for a moment. Perhaps they weren't saboteurs...instead, they were a test from the Guardians. A test of her patience and how to handle oneself in the face of adversity lacking logic. Afterall, that was what they were to do in dealing with the heretics, was it not?

...

No, even the Guardians wouldn't give a test this cruel or impossible.

These women were simply daft. That had to be it.

Still, if they had ANY actual information...

She waved off the pointless chatter about cookies and snacks, shaking her head and getting back to the point. "I am here on much higher authority than you will ever have. I wouldn't worry about me, I can take care of myself. As for you, well...?" She shrugged non-nonchalantly, her mind filled with dark, violent images that almost made her smile despite the pair of frustrations before her. If she wasn't so sure that these two would likely get themselves exterminated elsewhere for their foolishness, she could have entertained thoughts of how she would be their leader one day. Well, not if they turned out to be heretics as well; there was no place for traitors in the Light. "For a 'secret' cave, you two sure seem to know a lot about it. If you're so much better informed than me on the matter then, perhaps you'd share. Like say...what's in there exactly?" And who is it you work for, I wonder, if you're not simply touched in the head. The abominations, obviously.

Azure stared up blankly at the precipice before him, he clearly wasn't in the right spot. Azure had once known the path from headquarters to his childhood sweetheart's cave like the back of his hand, and this flat rock was not the entrance. He looked to either side of the wall he faced, trying to decide if Dyas' cave was further to the East or to the West, and he couldn't make up his mind. He hadn't even come from headquarters, there wasn't much left there anyways, so it was hard for him to wager how far he was off, and time, time had betrayed his memory.

Azure turned East, following the mountain wall, looking for any opening that might be her cave. He was looking for Dyas, now, after so many years. The angel was afraid of moving on and was looking for any sort of closure he could find. Azure was already certain that he had ruined the first potential friendship he had in years because he was still dealing with his grief, or maybe he had never dealt with it. The best place to start seemed to be the cave that he used to visit so often to see her, the trick was going to be finding the right one though.

Aquos had stopped when he felt a familiar being near by, turning around to only be blinded by Celestia's light. He blinked and waved to her as his eyes tried to focus on seeing straight once again. He opened his mouth to speak but stopped once another voice was heard, a yellow fae. He closed his mouth and looked to her, simply listening...And then another joined them! It was... Frustrating. Though he still knew the second, the purple faun. Celestia's sister...He remembered her from the maze. Oh joy. Now they had to be REALLY careful. If they found out he and Celestia were wed....

Though more troubling was this danger the one Celestia called Coronus was talking about. Aquos's first thought was to leave. He didn't want any of the ladies to be harmed. Though, Celestia was speaking about spirits and- Oh he didn't know. He slung the bow over his shoulder, waiting for a quiet moment to speak. "If you wish, I can take the mantle of being your escort, ladies." He smiled to all three. "I'm only one man...But I can do my best to make sure noharm falls to any of you."

"Yes yes I will show you them latter once we get passed this teen." The angel did not seem to want to answer any of there questions. "She must be a rebellious teen you know always thinking they are right and everyone else is wrong." she sighed, "Any way as I said before I am here because of my mom she did not tell me why to come here only that I needed to. When my mom who was once the orical of the island as an elder tells you that you you need to be somewhere you listen." Nyx was silently wondering is she should summon her imps to help her deal with this teen. she thought as she put away the food in her hands.

"Ooh by the way my name is Nyx nice to meet you." she said putting her now empty hand out to the fae.