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Crisium, Page of the Moon

He jolted a little, staring up at the sudden group of knights... of Cosmos, maybe? that were around him. There were words being said, he was quite sure but he couldn't quite--- Oh. Oh. Oh.

He stood up hastily, brushing of his socks and shorts and shrank into himself a little.

"N-no I'm... fine. This just... happens," he said, by way of explanation. He gestured at all of himself because, really, he was a whole... thing. This was a whole thing. And overwhelming. Qingcheng was right. It was overwhelming. Heck, someone even almost tripped over him! This is what he got for crouching on the floor just in the middle of everything.

"S'sorry! I should have moved before... well... that. Ah, um, anyway. I'm Crisium, of the Moon? And... oh my there's... a lot of you. Around. Me, I'm fine really!" His voice squeaked as he hastily put up his hands and tried to look his most 'fine'.... even if he was still panicking under it all.

It was just a lot. There were a lot. Goodness they were a helpful lot. And a lot.

Deep breaths Crisium, deep breaths this is like a gala at the house, breathe.

"I am not the greatest in social situations and with everything going on with my wonder... or all of our wonders, I guess, I'm a little... frazzled, is all." No need to tell them he routinely had panic attacks while powered up. No. That was a terrible plan. They'd all think him stupid or broken or something. Yeah.

Better to keep that to himself, mhmmm!

Orangeish Sherbert

Qingcheng

Kyuseisha no Hikari

Nalandas

Meighei

Erytheia

genovianprince

Amsvartnir

Spei, Squire of the Moon

Spei turned to the other Knight present and nodded. “So do I. I really hope the Code has answers, not just for us, but for itself.”

He watched as more Knights appeared in the chamber, filling it. So many responding to the Code’s call… It was heartening to see as a Moon Knight. The Code had chosen the handful of them directly to protect the Moon, so they had a special connection to the Code that not many other Knights had.

It was just a matter of whether or not the Code could help them.

The Code, once notably slower and dimmer than usual, seemed to have built up most of its momentum. The keen eye might pick up how its light particles sputtered every now and then, or how they flickered in brightness like a bulb ready to burn out.

For a long moment, it did not speak.

There was a whisper in the room, under the chatter of the Knights, but it could have passed as wind outside.

The Code was trying to speak. It just took a moment to find its voice.

“I am glad so many of you could make it.”

It spoke at a conversational tone but took a moment longer to build up the volume needed to address the group as a whole.

“You will forgive me for being unreachable,” it suggested, maybe specifically to Cynthus. There was no reproach in its voice, just an unnatural tiredness. “The reason for haste is because I cannot guarantee I can keep you here for long. There is an unnatural force affecting me. You, probably, too. I am finding it difficult to hold this form.”

The Code had a tendency to be blunt. It could be callous, and stubborn. On Mars, the Cornerstone piece seemed more patient, but at its core they were the same. Just different shades of the same entity. There was no snark right now. “I do not need concern.”

Maybe it could tell by their expressions, or maybe some of them were just thinking so loudly that it could practically hear them.

“The universe is full of many powers. This is correctable.”

In better times, the Code might have introduced itself with more vigor, but it seemed to be under a lot of pressure, now. “For those that do not know, I am the Code. Your powers are tied to your Wonder, and to me. There are few corners of the universe that I do not reach. We are connected, you and I. And I suspect we are all feeling these effects. I have been closed off from communication, I was too unstable before. It took time to stabilize this much, but there is still a long way to go. I will need your help. How are your Wonders?”

Nile, Knight of Uranus

He'd seen a lot of s**t in his life time. But something as simple as not being able to get into something, to go somewhere was the one thing that could consistently catch him off guard.

Which was probably saying something.

So when the summons from the Code appeared, the Knight sighed. Some questions answered, but more were now in their place.

Whatever.

He let himself be pulled, making a face when he finally arrived. It was always such a funny feeling. At least, to him it was anyway. Didn't matter what side he was on. He scanned the crowd, unsure if he was surprised by the sheer amount of people there or not before his gaze fell on a familiar color palette. Greens, browns, golds and an Auburn he knew over countless life times. Nile made his way over, cutting through the crowd before unceremoniously dropping his head onto his husband's shoulder, careful, at least in avoiding any of the Knight's hair, lest he snag and pull it. He did not comment on the way Lyon gripped at his weapon. Nile knew. He understood. There'd been many a time when he felt similar.

Nile gave the Knight next to Lyon a little wave before lazily wrapping them around his waist. "Nice hat." He said in lieu of a greeting. "Is ya'lls s**t being weird too?"

Squire Irkalla of Cosmos

Irkalla had needed a moment to get adjusted to her new surroundings and it was with a little jolt of clarity that she realized that upon her arrival that someone was immediately addressing her. The knight that had spoken to her was leaning against a rather impressive-looking hammer and while she had appeared rather close to the weapon in question, there was enough room to move around if she needed to.

Did she need more space in order to feel comfortable in this rather large gathering? It was possible. She gave the knight a tentative smile before shaking her head, "no need to apologize. I think if anyone had to offer apologies it'd be the thing that brought so many of us here without making sure there was adequate room."

Irkalla had remembered talking to Erytheia's piece of the Code and the information it had bestowed her with but she had often brushed off the idea that she visit her wonder since then. "I think I'm okay with the space that I have here, you don't have to move if you don't want to."

Irkalla meant what she said, she neatly squeezed herself to the knight's right side before taking in the view of the room. "Ever seen this many knights in one gathering?"

It didn't take long for Tortuga to spot his cousin, it took longer to make his way through the crowd of knights. "Shang," He greeted the other redhead, "Looks like your guess was right on the money." At least so far as it being code related. Any further time for speculation petered off when the swirling ball of magic started to 'talk'.

It seemed to give a general run down. Apparently the issues they were all experiencing was somehow connected to what ever was going on with the code. The main question was what was causing it, and how could they fix it. "What 'unnatural force'? It sounds like you have some kind of idea of what is causing this whole problem?" The squire took a few steps forward to direct his questions at the code. There were a whole list of symptoms but without knowing the cause they couldn't fix it.

Maya - Page of Ganymede

Goodness, it had been a long while since Maya had last powered up, more than a calendar year that’s for certain. Imagine her surprise when she’d finally decided to stretch her legs and patrol and a letter from the Code appeared before her.

“Oh, we’ll ain’t this fancy.” Curious for sure, she read the contents of the scroll as the letters appeared on the magical parchment. “Make haste huh… don’t see why not.” And with her acceptance, she was whisked away to a place she’d never been.

“Well, l be.” She glanced around the room at the crowd of knights that had gathered. Looked like there were more active knights than she’d originally thought there were, most of whom she’d never seen, that is save for a tall dark and handsome Pluto knight looking like he’d rather be anywhere but here.

“Antisana. We meet again!” Maya approached with a wide grin. “Any idea what’s going on here?”

Sig's eyes widened at all the people gathered there, each a knight. All the different colors and uniforms. It was seriously overwhelming. Exceedingly so!

He was still trying to wrap his head around everything, from being here in the first place, to the crowd of knights, when the little ball of swirling something or other started to 'speak'. Or at least he thought it was coming from that general direction. Oh! So that's the code, he silently noted as the thing started to explain what was going on, in exceedingly vague terms.

"Um, I don't know if its just my wonder or if its any of the others but Ida was able to point out my wonder and it was covered in some kind of giant bubble or force field. We couldn't access it." The young squire added, noting where his in-laws stood among the crowd, glad he wasn't there alone. "Other then the lag on powering up I haven't really noticed anything major other then being unable to access my wonder."

The others there seemed to have much more information to share, or at least more pertinent. As awkward as Sig felt speaking up, he knew he needed to make sure to share the relatively unique experience of seeing his wonder from the outside looking in.