It was Delphi who came forward when Cosmos asked for the starseeds. She knew others had some but she had a large amount of them in her coat, tied with Havasu's rope to keep them inside. Bending down in front of Cosmos she laid her coat and and untied the rope. Inside were the starseeds they had saved from the Negaverse, or at least a majority of them. She had kept them with her, tried to get them out of the Rift and away from the Negaverse and it's darkness. Who knew that they wouldn't have made it...that they'd have failed in the self appointed mission to save the starseeds she now showed to any watching.
"Apparently they had these down in some basement room." From what Cetus had told her as she had not been involved in their rescue - just in the attempt to smuggle them to freedom.
"Are you sure you are well enough to do anything with them now?" She asked softly. Taking her gloves off she gently touched a few with gentle finger tips. To think they'd been down there - peoples souls.
They would, from what she'd heard from Hyperborea they would be guided to the cauldron and be reborn at some point in time - but when? Was there a set time or did it differ? If it did differ what decided how long? These were things she wished to know now, things she'd never thought about till now when looking at them all. Tired, worn, and warmer than she wished to be, the squire sat back on her heels watching and waiting to see what would happen.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:30 pm
Sailor Acrucis // Senshi of Prayer
For one who has fainted many times in her life, the jolst from being dropped on the hard floor did little to make the Senshi of Prayer stir from her unconscious stage. Rather it was the far off sounding murmurs from those around her tending to their friends and comrade’s wounds that pulled her from her groggy state.
When finally bleary cerulean blue eyes peaked out from behind light colored ashes what she saw was both relieving yet deeply concerning. They were alive, many of them at least considering the numbers in this room felt far fewer than they had been when huddled together in the rift. Acrucis blinked several times, mind still numb from the shock of seeing Benitoite in his true light she struggled to sit up from her body's adamant protesting.
Scanning the faces nearest to her she noted Phact, who she reached out with shaky hands to make sure she was still alive. Several feet away was Sidouer and not far from her was the Senshi of Static’s cousin, Cetus. The mars knight that had joined them was already up and moving around checking on someone she could barely see with Sabine kneeling beside him offering the pail she had been protecting to the same person he had otherwise been checking on.
Her once white uniform was now covered in more than just dirt, blood from her own injuries as well as those sustained by Phact stained it a gruesome red hue. “Sheena?” Acrucis looked around her near vicinity for her Guardian cat. “Sheena?” She repeated once more, oblivious to Shangri La’s earlier attempt to call out her name in lieu of finding the small feline that had accompanied her into the Rift.
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Varuna stared up at the sky in shocked, the coolness of the air washing relief over her. She’d used up almost every last bit of her magic. Any more and she didn’t know if she would have been able to stay conscious.
She looked down to stare at her hands. They were red and blistered from getting too close to the youma’s flames, but they weren’t so bad that they wouldn’t heal. It seemed a little silly that the senshi of avalanches would end up being burned.
Around her, there was a mix of relief and despair. People were crying, others calling out to those they cared for. She caught sight of Palatine in the crowd, but other than her aunt, Varuna realized there was really no one she could share in the relief and guilt of being alive after everything. At least it looked like the Chibis and other young senshi she’d seen fighting to get to the portal seemed to be there, all relatively in one piece. That was good.
Retreating to a corner of the courtyard farther away from the crowd around the woman with white hair, Varuna slumped down on the ground. She leaned her head back against some of the rubble as she breathed in the cool air, and stared up at the sky and the blue sphere that was Earth.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:59 pm
Sheena, Guardian Cat --- with Acrucis
Senshi aand knights were injured everywhere and Sheena knew the only way she could really help would be to find her senshi. There were so many of them, so many signatures she could barely sort them out. She had gotten separated from Acrucis during the battle and was rewarded with singed fur after get in the way of the dragon youma, but she was otherwise fine.
It was her ears thay picked up the voice, that sweet voice. She made a beeline for the teen, jumping over people noting the injured and Shang doing what he did best. She knew that after all hadn't Acrucis had some first aid training with him.
"Acrusis," she shouted when she saw the girl, flinging herself at the girls as soon as she was close enough. "You're okay, thanks the stars."
She nuzzled her senshi faces briefly before she looked around. "I saw Shang, he's helping the others and looks fine. Maia fine too, I'm sure otherwise he'd likely be less calm. Lot of people are badly injured. They need you. Can you help them? Are you okay to help?"
After closing her eyes for a few seconds Ananke's eyes snapped open and she shook her head. "Ah... maybe I was a lot more worried then I thought I was..." She then managed to get back onto her feet.
"I should probably look for the people I was with before." She was concerned for a few of them... they seemed in pretty bad shape.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:15 pm
Sailor Altair
A serious discussion had began, Altair noted as she now made an attempt to dry the tears on her face with her gloved hands. And with her tears calming down further at least for now, Altair placed more and more of her attention to catching what she could of the exchanges that had commenced.
The dry and scratchy feeling in her throat had been slowly increasing as well and at some point she muffled her momentary cough by tucking her head toward one shoulder.
Then upon hearing that starseeds were being requested, she looked again toward the senshi with the bundle of starseeds. Her eyes were met by said senshi's a second later. The senshi's gaze had been sweeping from Goretti and Aptera to her while in the process of trying to stand with the bundle of starseeds.
Come on, Altair told herself mentally, don't wallow and work harder to be of more assistance.
Altair then also moved to stand and approached the senshi with an offer to help, "Are you thinking about bringing the starseeds as requested just now? If so, may I help you carry them to do so?"
She received a nod along with a worded response in the affirmative from the senshi. And so then both of them carried the bundle of starseeds together, set it down, and left it unwrapped among the starseeds being collected.
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Her gaze swept to many points, from the medical supplies she had beside her to curiously send momentary looks in the general locations of contributors to a large topic of conversation to Goretti who she felt appreciation towards in how he carried himself with admirable optimism and selflessness. Aptera was trying to gather her thoughts against the distracting fog of her pain. She caught some of the conversations that had started and was listening mostly to Goretti while her mind gradually worked on processing all she was taking in. She beamed up to him as best she could in hopes that while she was trying not to make her struggle with keeping her voice from being tearful apparent, her smile may reassure him that he was being so much help already with his attentive presence.
She cleared her throat once before another attempt at speaking in a voice she hoped sounded to her to come out more clearly. "I, honestly, Goretti, the thoughts in my head feel mostly scrambled up. May you give me a moment to try again to sort out what I'd more specifically like to ask you to help me with regarding the wound on my back? And, I think there was mention of a request for starseeds? If you also have starseeds that you'd perhaps like to give for joining the starseeds being gathered, please feel free to do so first."
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After a long moment to breathe, Alexandria sighed and sat up. The Squire sighed looking over at Harmonia. He had to Valhalla so that they could patch her up. However, that meant moving, which Alexandria wanted no part of right now. Though Harmonia was more important then his need to not move for the next year. So once again, he gently scoop up the young girl before taking a look around.
He found who he was looking for easily enough, and began trotting over to them. But he realized, as he got closer. Valhalla and Ganymede were well.... not Valhalla and Ganymede. "Uh..." He said, looking at the the pair. "Uh... You guys realize that you're- Ya know what. Nevermind. It's been a long day. Whatever you guys want, I'm cool with it." Alex set Harmonia down gently before turning to look at his friend Chris. "Can I get one of those vials I gave you, for her?" Alex asked. "And did you use the one the ones for yourselves?" He added, gaze flicking between the pair.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:51 pm
Paris Gallo
“Honey, you are not the only person who spent more energy than they had tonight,” Paris said in response to Cosmos's misty eyed revelation.
She felt no sympathy whatsoever. She was thankful, but she'd been through too much in the course of one evening to sympathize with someone whose sole action that night had been magical transport. Someone so powerful should not just be gallivanting around tending to starseeds. They likely would have faired better than they had down in the Negaverse's domain if they'd had more power on their side.
But that hadn't been the case, and people were dead because of it. It didn't matter if they'd gone into it knowing that they might die. A little more power could have made a world of difference.
“Poor you,” Paris continued. “Tending to the cauldron must be so hard.”
She looked away and rolled her eyes. The people fawning over Cosmos were absolutely ridiculous, in Paris's opinion. Other people could use the energy. Other people were in worse shape. Other people had risked their lives that night. There was nothing special about Cosmos.
Paris turned away without bothering to listen for a response. She meant to walk off and find somewhere comfortable to slump over for a while, but Alex approached and stopped her in her tracks.
“I can't hold my transformation anymore,” she explained.
She turned her attention to Harmonia when Alex set the girl down. The Super Senshi hadn't woken up yet. Paris wasn't sure if she should expect her to any time soon, given that Chris had been in a coma for a week when it'd happened to him. Would Harmonia be okay when she awoke? Would any of her memories be gone?
Paris lowered herself onto the ground to kneel beside Harmonia, putting her hand to the girl's neck to make sure her pulse was still steady.
“What happened to Cyllene?” she asked, staring up at Chris. She tried to contain her emotions, but it was difficult. “They're going to hurt her for what she did.”
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:04 pm
Palatine, Squire of Venus
When presented with Myrrha's wrist, Palatine began to slowly pour her tea over the sprain. She did not use a lot, in case anyone else should need any, but then a lot wasn't necessary. A splash was all that was needed for something as small as a wrist.
“This'll help with some of the bruising and swelling, but I'd suggest getting your wrist checked out by a doctor anyway,” she advised.
In some instances, her tea could work wonders. In others, it provided only basic relief. She'd not experimented with it enough to see what the extent of its powers were.
Palatine supposed now was as good a time as any to observe the effects, given how many people there were who'd probably need it.
“Pretty sure this stuff doesn't work through clothing,” she said once she was finished with the Senshi's wrist. “Are you able to lift up just the top layer of your outfit? Or is it attached to the skirt underneath?”
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:21 pm
Sailor Chibi Perdita
Perdita shot an exasperated look in Oberon's direction, annoyed that he was putting words into her mouth, and into the mouths of others.
No one said Caedus had forced them to go. She'd only revealed his name and his role in all of this because they wouldn't have had the opportunity or the means to go without his help. The entire mission began with him. They couldn't explain to Cosmos how the invasion had come about without first informing her of Caedus's existence.
Perdita paid no attention to either of the two confronting Cosmos without offering their help. Not that she expected them to. Some of her allies were less capable than others after the severity of the fight they'd just narrowly escaped. There were probably many who weren't fortunate enough to have anything to spare. If she could have, Perdita would have offered up what strength she had left to anyone who might be in need, but she didn't have that capability.
“What can you do for the starseeds?” she asked Cosmos.
She'd heard nothing about this Senshi before. She'd not heard much about the Cauldron either. Someone said the starseeds could go back to it, but she didn't know how something like that was accomplished. The fact that there seemed to be other places with starseeds piqued Perdita's curiosity, but she didn't want to bombard Cosmos with too many questions when Cosmos was still recovering from using a massive amount of her power.
When there was mention of the code piece, by Kairatos she looked at him and tilted her head and glanced at the thing in his hands, "Are you sure they knew it was there? Was that the abandoned looking building?" She paused, "What if Chaos itself is smart enough to try to corrupt things without having a . . . uh . . . means? If that makes sense?"
To Thyrmr the young teen paused and looked at the older man. She was biting her lower lip in worry but she shook her head and sighed, "You're right, I wasn't there; but I wasn't trying to tell you what was important in your life." She paused and tried to give a reassuring smile; "You seemed important to someone though, if they cared enough to bear hug you like that."
Though he still seemed horribly shaken, when he said don't tell him how to feel she couldn't help but give a sad frown, ". . . I know you don't know me but later if you want someone to talk to; just to listen. I would be happy to, or I'd let Barnaby do it."
Though Barnaby had stopped attempting to comfort Thyrmr and moved on to milling around the others in the group giving hugs out as the stuffed toy deemed was needed.
To Oberon, Hugbell smiled faintly but she couldn't help but point out, "I never said we didn't go willingly, I was saying he gave us the way. Which is kind of what she asked for; who let us in, not if we'd gone willingly." She was glad he made it out.
Sabine had mentioned they'd found starseeds; Hugbell looked a little shocked, how many had the negaverse hoarded? People were turning out there pockets after it'd been mentioned. Though the other woman had mentioned she didn't know what they were thinking, "I think, we thought we could make a difference if you ask me." She hadn't seen Arther until she looked back at Sabine and noticed the bloodstained white cat.
"Sometimes, even a small difference, is still a difference. No matter how bad the outcome seems." She nodded softly as she continued to hold Cosmos' hand. The soft squeeze in thanks, was returned with a smile, soft and sad. Her heart felt like breaking, if Cosmos died . . . . because of them.
She was still trying to give Cosmos energy, trying to feed it slowly to her. If she could . . . control it even clumsily as a senshi new to this could. Soon though she found she needed to rest, "I'm sorry, I'll see if I can afford to give you more in a little bit." She felt herself getting a little lightheaded and dizzy, like Maia. Though she promised Cosmos, she'd give every bit she could if it'd sustain the woman.
"When you have time later," Hugbell said to Maia before she left to tend others, "I'd appreciate getting looked at, I feel like there maybe some bruises I'll have to keep an eye on; or at least be aware of their existence. Though I'm probably one of the better off from the fight."
Kairatos, was making a fuss and Hugbell winced a little, "It's not going to help getting mad at him." She said softly looking over to the knight, "I know it's annoying but there's more pressing matters than someone making smart remarks." She was saying this not only for his benefit but for her own because there were a few people that Hugbell would've loved to have spoken to on behalf of their current behavior, and attitude towards Cosmos.
Hugbell's phone dropped from it's subspace pocket, though when Kairatos asked if there was anyone that could help. "If it's needed any cat can use my phone. Surely one of them could figure out how to send an order wide message that we need help on the moon, Medical attention and transcendent who can give energy." She was addressing anyone who'd listen. "I feel like it maybe our best chance to getting others that don't know we're here to help out."
When Gevaudan asked about energy transfers, "To be honest," She was still holding onto Cosmos though afraid if she let the woman's hand drop, "This was kind of my first attempt at it, I'm not sure we could funnel off other people though. I'm not even sure doing something like the power rangers did in the movie for Zordon would help much." At least he seemed concerned enough to see if they could figure out how to give her energy. "Ya'know the whole standing in a circle with their hands held up and calling on their powers to restore him type stuff - that might be too magical even for us. . . "
She paused, "However, if anyone has anything to restore any energy, I'd be willing to try and feed her as much as I can."
Hugbell couldn't help but smile at Oort's offering of help too; she hoped it would help Cosmos. Even if it was just the tiniest bit. Which caused her to think, she'd never used her eternal power she looked at Barnaby who was still offering hugs. "Barnaby come 'ere when you finish." She called to the stuffed bear. She might've still been recooping energy but if someone could help her with a boost, maybe she could try out her eternal attack, and see if it would help cosmos. If nothing else, it could comfort the woman further.
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((Barnaby is offering hugs to those in the direct area of Cosmos @ Co. for comfort, Hugbell'll be deactivating her personalize item next round for a little while. So if you want a hug from a stuffed bear get it in. (She can always reactive him later too though).))
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 11:07 pm
Almost regretting starting the conversation because that meant moving, Centisima pushed himself into a sitting position, wincing at a sharp stab of pain. He wrapped an arm around his chest and held it firm while he caught his breath.
"That chick," he said, nodding his head towards a pink-clad knight that was pouring tea on people’s wounds (Palatine). "That’s all I know. I presume there are others." There definitely seemed to be people moving through the crowd, doing their bit. "I’m not big on the idea of getting up and doing anything right now but I’ll help you hobble over."
His phone chimed and he laughed at Sedna’s message, smiling fondly down at the expressive mix of capitals and gibberish. Centisima glanced back up at the sky, at that big blue and green planet that took up a good deal of it and texted back:
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All good! Centisima will help him over and then just collapse somewhere for a bit longer. xD
Irkalla was not sure if her actions were even helping now. Her gaze flicked up to meet that of the senshi that had been asking for help. Was there anything else that she could do? Taking her left hand she rubbed her face and gave a weary sigh before hearing a voice calling out for possible supplies. The owner of the voice sounded like he knew what he was talking about. Irkalla glanced around and caught sight of the one speaking.
Taking a chance she released the compress she had placed against the girl's stomach and stood up. She pitched her voice so that it would carry over the din. "I definitely need some medical assistance over here!"
Hopefully that would suffice. Irkalla continued standing for a minute longer before once again sinking to the ground to tend to her patient. The young woman was hopeful that this girl would get the attention that she desperately needed.
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:09 am
Falias, Squire of Earth
Falias frowned slightly at the other man's denial, not really buying the other's attempts to try and convince him that he was okay.
Because whilst he couldn't be a hundred percent certain, Falias was pretty sure that he had seen some sort of burn on the arm that the other was trying to surreptitiously slide out of direct eyeshot and the smile seemed just a little on the forced side...
But the other Squire didn't seem to want to talk about it and it wasn't as if Falias was completely sure - more of just sort of a feeling.
And so he shrugged"Look I'm no doctor, but there's been a couple of people calling out to offer healing and so perhaps you should take them up on it - if it turns out that you're not as okay as you thought you were."
Falias left it at that though, hesitant to push further, instead shaking his head at the other's counter query as to whether [i[he was okay.
"Yeah I'm fine - nothing that a bit of sleep won't cure."Well okay perhaps that was a bit of an over exaggeration, but Falias rather suspected that he was in better condition than some of the others that he seen - because there were people around who looked quite frankly like the walking wounded and that was kind of putting it mildly.
He could hearKairatosfrom somewhere close by, the other's voice strident and familiar and a part of him felt relieved at the knowledge that the Mars Knight had also made it out...
However Falias didn't know that sharing energy was a thing much less that anyone could do it , his green eyes looking thoughtfully towards the Earth Squire as he asked"You wouldn't happen to know of any Energy sharers by any chance?"
Because whilst he had not used his ring since the initial upgrade post Mistral, Falias was willing to put aside his issues with it and try using it to make a call out - however he needed a name.
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This was how she remembered the castle. Through tears.
As the glowing light gave way to the cool silvery stones of the lunar courtyard, Sailor Subamara crumpled to her knees, blurry eyes fixed on the splendour of the palace, the cloud-covered patterns of the earth hanging like a painting behind it. It hadn’t changed since she’d last been brought here – hadn’t changed in a thousand years, most likely.
She pressed the heel of her hand against her chest to feel her heartbeat thundering. They weren’t dead. No, this dead place wasn’t death, it was sanctuary. She recognised that she was saved, but like last time, she was one of the lucky ones.
She couldn’t remember how she’d come to be here last time. She remembered hiding under flimsy chairs, eyes squeezed tight shut as body after body fell around her, knowing it would be her turn soon. Then she remembered this calm place, this reprieve, this lovely view of earth from space.
No gentle ghost this time, telling them it was going to be okay (it wasn’t), but the ghost-pale senshi collapsed against her own staff.
How strange, that long-ago gristly ambush, and today’s daring attack both seemed to end the same way. It didn’t matter that they’d gone in knowing. It didn’t matter that they’d mustered, and planned (even if it had been a good deal more argument than organisation). It didn’t matter that they’d taken their enemy by surprise. In the end, their fate was the same. Trapped in the darkness, with no breath and no hope and no light…
But somehow, it wasn’t as hopeless a thought as it should have been. There was always smoke. They should make sure to all pack gasmasks, some little air purifier or something. People were hurt. They needed to pack bandages. Teams got separated. They should remember get everyone’s names before they went in, keep in contact. Could the cats make them radios, like in the movies? Her thoughts were jumbled, and the tears still flowed, but somehow she’d entered Planning Mode. They couldn’t be caught like this again.
Subamara stripped off her bloodied gloves, but found nowhere to put them, her sash and apron already given away as bandages for the red-and-white feathered eternal. She held them loosely in her hands, not wanting to litter the sacred castle of the moon. She felt strange without her ribbons and butt-bow, a little unbalanced, a little undone. The smoke was gone, but it still hurt to breathe.
She stood, unsteady on her heels but determined, and began moving through the crowd of injured people, searching for familiar faces. She spotted Ananke’s distinctive hair first, and moved towards her.
“You’re safe! We didn’t lose you!” she told the other girl, and the smile that appeared on her tearstained face was genuine and relieved. “Thank goodness!”
It took a bit more searching to spot Athene and Liryn with their friends, and Grus not far from them. She pointed them out to Ananke, wanting to go to them but not wanting to leave the portal senshi alone.
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