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"You know, it'd be better if you could cry out a little more convincingly? Like, scream it out!" Serandite said helpfully, but her thoughts were parallel to Tisiphone's.

Damn, those senshi were late.

"I could have helped you shopping you know. I think I would have been able to come up with a slight more .. convincing.. senshi outfit." She was rather put-out that Tisiphone had been shopping without her, always looking for chances to dress the gorgeous blond. (Not that Tisiphone ever let her, sadly.) Serandite was one to talk-- her ridiculously giant ribbon made her look like a senshi to some newbie scouts. Serandite wasn't quite sure to be happy to be looking like one-- even if it came in handy sometimes. But in this position, she was distinctly a negaverse agent.

She had no doubt that Tisiphone could handle two senshi-- Hell, Tisiphone was a magic tank. Never had Serandite been in full display of her powers but she hoped to be now. The two were standing in the alleyway, Serandite's hand looked as if it would steal the senshi's starseed from her chest.

Bellatrix was paroling the city just out of ear shot. She could, however, feel dark vibes looming about. Whether it was from Serandite or someone..onething else or not she couldn't quite put her finger on. Still, tonight was rather quiet. She expected with the coming of spring for activity to pick up. She sure knew she was enjoying the slightly warmer nights. Still, the lack of finding anything or running in to anything was rather discerning. She really felt like she wasn't doing her job if she didn't do something.

With a heavy sigh, Bell walked down several more blocks, surprisingly used to the workout by now. It was then her ears picked up 'Negaverse agent'. Though to her ears the words didn't sound too alarmed. Her mind reeled when she though of the possibility of coming up on one. After her first encounter with one - Obsidian, she though it was - Bellatrix was in no hurry to meet another. Though circumstance would see to it that she did...and more.

Bellatrix carefully peeked around the corner and saw what at first glance - and this was a very VERY quick partial glance - to be two senshi. Of COURSE she would be one of the 'tards to confuse Serandite with a senshi! This was Bell we were talking about. Her expertise was in Youma extermination, not fighting the Negaverse.

Tisiphone arched a brow, but when confronted with a new situation, she did the same thing she always did: gave a bland, neutral stare that revealed no emotion. Dark eyes glanced behind her towards the alley way, her senses gingerly feeling the edges of the newcomer's energy. Finally. The other senshi was behind the corner already, but her presence still there.

"I think that if all senshi but us were gone, then the Negaverse would already roam the streets like there was no tomorrow." She said with what she hoped was a hint of sorrow. Giving the new senshi a cautious glance, she called out, "Who goes there?" Her voice carried, "Your energy is not that of a normal human.. if you are one of the Negaverse, know that your are not welcome. But if other.. Please, friends have no need to hide."

"Intrude? Not at all! Me and Tisi are really glad that someone like you popped up. It would have looked pretty silly if you were a policeman and came out to catch us." Serandite rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, taking a step back to perch herself on a trashcan to Bellatrix's side.

"Sailor Serandite. What are you known as?" Serandite asked the senshi, feeling almost pity for her gullible nature-- too bad she wouldn't have a "next time" to improve it. She fingered her long hair, allowing Tisiphone to introduce herself. After all, she may have been the other's caretaker but she certainly wasn't her speaker or anything of the sort.

(She did want to be Tisiphone's outfit-attire-coordinator.)

She hoped Tisi would put their plan in motion fast-- if luck turned to the senshi as it usually did, someone might appear and contradict their facades-- and Serandite wasn't sure how long it might take for this scout to realize that the energy they gave off was more negative than positive.

Her subconscious was all but beating her across the head the closer she got. She even took a moment to scoot away from Serandite slightly when she sat on the trashcan beside Bellatrix. Though that funny feeling just didn’t make since to her – her eyes told her senshi but her subconscious was blaring evil. Perhaps is she had met more Negaverse agents than just the one when she was still new to the senshi thing, she’d have known what this feeling was – would have known that her nega-senses were tingling – but poor girl…would she ever be able to trust anyone again if she made it out of this alive? What new nightmares would plague her sleep?
“Sailor Bellatrix,” She introduced herself, smile growing uneasy, and her countenance visibly nervous.

"Sailor Serandite, how rude to ask for her power without listing off yours." Tisiphone admonished, "She is the senshi of.." a quick look at the other girl, then, "Bunnies. Seems that power sources come in all sorts of strange forms. She can hop pretty well."

She held up a hand and a small black orb formed there. It was harder to create a void with the bracelet on that kept her power in check, but at least the negaverse energy was also harder to detect, "This is my ability. Obviously only a senshi skill." Sure she didn't explain what that little black ball did, but hey, it was obviously magical, right?

Sailor Tisiphone clasped her hands together, her smile a little larger now, "It's so nice to meet others, it really is." Stepping forward, she wrapped her arms around Bellatrix and enclosed her with a hug, as if in greeting a long lost friend.

"I am the senshi of voids." She whispered by the other girl's ear, one hand sliding forward as if about to pull away from the hug in slow motion, "And I would like your starseed now."

At that, her hand sank in to Sailor Bellatrix's chest, fingers dancing along the flow of power. Tisiphone breathed in that power, the star seed fundamentally that of a human's, and yet so much more. She fell into a sense of euphoria, grinning blindly as her fingers touched the core of the other girl's being, grasping it and gingerly pulling it out as if afraid to break it. The resistance it put up against her was on a whole new level, but she wasn't aiming to corrupt as she had been, for she didn't even know how to do such, and thus she pulled a little harder. Completely ignorant of the pain it was bringing the other senshi.

"Didn't you know? There are senshi who have joined the Negaverse. Who can you trust, knowing that? How many spies are in your midst?" Tisiphone leaned back slightly, "Just some comforting thoughts, before you lose consciousness."

Sailor Europa had been following the trickle of something dark for half an hour now. It felt like a heady mass at the back of her throat, a combination of bile and ozone, and it prickled more the closer she got. She'd never had an asthma attack, but she supposed that, if she were to have one, it might feel a bit like this.

She crossed a roof, picking up speed. The sense of dark surged. Whatever was happening, it was- Someone was screaming. Someone close.

Coming to the edge of the roof, she spied three dim figures in the alley. Two in dark dresses - Negaverse agents? And one in the white leotard and neckerchief of a senshi. One of the girls in black was forearm-deep in the senshi's chest - this wasn't good at all. How should she deal with this? She didn't have time, or strength to fight them head on - stun them and holler for backup?

Europa dropped down, landing quietly behind the two supposed lieutenants, and exclaimed, "Europa deep ocean pressure!"

Seizing the opportunity left by their momentary inability to move, she wrapped a hand around the blonde's wrist.

"Let her go," she hissed, as menacingly as she could manage. It was not laughable, but it wasn't particularly terrifying, either.