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She was running. She was running so hard towards him her little kitty paws hurt a little. He needed her. He needed her badly. He was in the air. He crashed down. Now was the time. Now or never.

The cream-colored guardian cat leaped towards the senshi of gardens, turning into her human form in the air and landed surprisingly gracefully against him. "Your starseed.... It's calling me," she whispered. "It wants more power. I can give you that." Without further notice, she shifted her position so that she could press her forehead gently against his chest and answered the long-waited call that was coming from his starseed, using her body as a human shield, protecting him from attacks from front at the same time.





((Cora is free for engaging now.))

With her mind temporarily preoccupied by the skirmishes being fought all around, the Senshi of Prayer had missed how the altercation started however she most definitely saw the end. What, for a brief moment, was a masked Senshi struggling for air now lay an empty husk on the ground next to her.

At the sight of the fallen unnamed Senshi, vivid images of the dead student came charging to the forefront of her mind once more. Acrucis stood behind the general staring unblinking and wide eyed with her hand clamped over her mouth in shock as he proceeded to walked away from her. Any hope she held that they would try and stop the fight was crushed in the moment she saw the starseed ripped from the Senshi’s chest. It was then she realized his eagerness was to participate and not to end the battle.

Thraen… Phact…Silently wishing they were both here, as she glanced at the body then back at Benitoites retreating form. Echos of the conversation she had with her friend came to mind with regards to what had happened to Quenton and his starseed. That was what Delilah had been trying to tell her about the small diamond shaped seed that he had placed in his pocket.

Caught up in a swirl of mixed emotions at witnessing the death of another Acrucis felt numb. Why… why is killing necessary? It felt as if he was ready to do what it took to ensure the safety of the Dark Mirror court, it left her wondering how far she was willing to go to do the same especially since she was unsure of whether or not his deed was a result of defending himself against the masked Senshi or if he had reacted

Without realizing what she was doing, the Senshi of Prayer found herself listening to his simple command and without looking back down at the now deceased Senshi followed after him.

He'd barely be up on his feet longer than calling out to Bischofite in the rafters when apparently the page from moments ago had felt the need to chase him the distance Remarque's kick had sent him sailing and continue her assault- another blow that staggered him, but the second he was fast enough as a super to deflect the stick on an arm. "Get thee-"

- cat girl???
The cat from the meeting-
He felt the power well up within, a gate loosed from her unlocking. He drew his pen out and it was different again, "Thraen Eternal, Make-Up!"

Vines and flower petals, gratuitous sparkles, and he stood changed. Thraen lifted his hand to the small of the delicate feline back protectively. "Get thee gone, page. "

Zircon had thrown her entire momentum into destroying Avior's balance: instead, she found herself crumpling into yet another invisible wall of force as the two senshi ascended to the rafters above. She hadn't prepared for something so stiff to be in place of the Eternal, and she hit it with full force, falling into herself like an accordion. She wheezed, shaking the stars from her eyes, when all of a sudden another force barreled into her.

It would seem that Labyrinthite had fallen prey to the same trap.

For a moment, the two officers were a tangle of ruffled oversized jackets and masks, but Zircon was nimble enough to stagger to her feet, nursing what felt like a bloody nose as she set her disguise back in place. "They're up there," she hissed, trying to identify figures in the darkness overhead. Curiously, she pressed into the wall again with a soft touch, then felt around for its edge. After a few feet, her hand pressed through the air, but it left her no closer to actually finding the two. With all the sawdust in the air and the low ambient lighting, it was nigh impossible to identify their prey, which left her one option.

"I'm going in, let's separate them," she called to Labyrinthite, crouching like a coiled spring. With a powerful shove of her feet, she was airborn again, hefting herself up to the darkened scaffolding. It took being out of the chaos below for her to realize how much better she could breathe, and she took a moment to shake the sawdust from her coat as her eyes scanned her new surroundings, adjusting to the light. She caught sight of Avior, bloody and battered on one corner of the warehouse, but closer to her was the scared and confused Canopus, who was a much tastier target. Zircon had the advantage of wandering the rafters for hours before the battle, and so she had fairly good footing on how to navigate its twists and turns, and in the blink of an eye she had positioned herself between the two mirror lovebirds, staring down at the girl.

"It's rude to leave without excusing yourself," she chided, leaning over the senshi with an arm outstretched. One push is all it would take to send her back to the battlegrounds below, where she was sure to get consumed by the crossfire.

Well that was. He spoke funny, but she really didn't want to comment on that. She watched the transformation and tilted her head to the side. She took note of the cat, but also didn't comment on it.

"Are you going to continue to hurt the colorful dude?" she asked him, hands on her hips. If he was going to then she wasn't going to move. If he wasn't she still wasn't going to do to make sure, but he didn't need to know that.

Acubens hadn't been out to kill the girl, as evidently Chariklo had been. She'd only ever wanted to take the fight out of her. Or her out of the fight. She cooed into her bright hair, "there there. You fought so well, maybe next time it'll be for the right side." She really did hope that was true. But for right now it was time to get her out of the fray. Somewhere she wouldn't get stepped on and beaten up worse than she already was. A small alcove somewhere to the side fit the bill. Carefully, she tucked the senshi away, making sure all of her limbs were safely folded before returning to the fray. Her new friend had taken on an eternal -- however knew he might have been -- and she was about to wipe the floor with her own face if she didn't get some back up.

And back up came with a flourish.

Acubens slung her arm across the Page's shoulder and smiled brightly at the garden senshi.

"I saw you were trying to choke out my big brother. Now we have a problem because you see, he's the better fighter but me. I'm crazy." She pulled her lips back over her teeth and drummed her fingers on the Page's shoulders. "So how are we going to fix this, Flower Power?"

Since he was in the midst of a lunge with Avior constructed his wall, Labyrinthite slammed into it full force and was quickly a pile of limbs and clothing with Zircon. He was grateful, in the moment, that everyone else was preoccupied with their own battles to pay attention to the pair's embarrassing folly. Still, he was on his feet as quick as he could manage and mimicked Zircon by pressing his hand against the invisible wall and tilting his head to look up.

He squinted, eyes irritated by all the sawdust in the air, before he spotted the two figures above them. His scowl returned quickly as he looked back to his lieutenant as she spoke. He nodded in agreement because that was his exact train of thought. He let her go first, though be backed up to get a good running start and darted forward before launching himself into the air.

He had lots of practice at that.

He had a fondness for heights.

His hands caught the rafter's edge with a practiced ease and he swung his body until he had enough momentum to let go and still land on another rafter. He moved from his rafter to the one that Canopus and Zircon were on effectively sandwiching the senshi between them. "Didn't your mother ever teach you manners?" He said. "Really, you're being quite rude." He mocked, slowly making his was closer.

Ida sighed as she tucked her hair back into her hood, trying to shrug off the harsh tone of Tantalus's voice. Truthfully, she probably wouldn't have run away either, despite knowing that her advice was the most logical and safest route to take. Leaving others behind, possibly to their deaths? It probably wasn't even fair to ask him to do so, though she had had to make the effort.

"I'm sorry... I know how you feel." She said softly as she turned to view the chaos below them, feeling a pang of sadness for all the order senshi and knights down there.

"It would be a waste of my efforts if you went and got yourself killed after I saved you, so... I guess I'll be sticking with you for now, just to make sure you get out of this in one piece. Hopefully with the boyfriend." The eternal senshi said with a ghost of a smile at the brunette, shaking her wrists to settle her bracelets into place. "You're going to have to lead the way though... I have no idea who we're looking for."