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Kallichore was a very studious senshi. At her best, she would be knee deep in Negas with a pen and a journal, jotting down as much data and she could delve from the depths of the living and the corpses of the dead. She was a scientist, a critic and a strategist (or so she perceived herself to be). Currently, she was sitting crossed-legged on the roof of a jewelry store overlooking the central shopping district. She was powered up, giving off a signature that indicated her current power level, keeping vigil on anyone or anything that may approach. Deep in thought, she was surveying the movement of the citizens below. It was a Saturday, prime shopping time for the residents of Destiny City. Somehow, no matter what was going on, shopping and commerce did not slow down in any appreciable fashion.

Ah, capitalism.

The grey haired senshi shook her head, keeping out of plain sight by sitting in the blind spot of the lights above the jewelry store's prominent and gaudy sign. No one could see her unless they were level with her on the roof. Such was the tactic of hiding in plain sight. So far, nothing of note was happening, though one couple spent an exorbitant amount of money on an engagement ring. Kallichore didn't bother to take that down.

Kallichore didn't look up, sensing the girl from a block or so away. She was in the middle of a very important entry. Main shopping district seems to be a hotspot for possible Nega activity. Large amount of civilian foot traffic. Great potential for $100k+ in property damage. Kidnappings likely. After penning that last bit, the gray haired senshi looked up and tilted her head. "I'm investigating. What are you doing on the roof?"

Her question held no malice, but upon closer inspection, this girl in a lovely shade of beige (or maybe it was ecru, she wasn't sure) was probably new. Kallichore didn't recognize her either. Still, she had a nicer and more useful fuku than Gaymede which gave the girl quite a few more points in Kalli's book, in addition to being quite polite. Straightforward. The super senshi liked that in a person. Standing up, Kallichore brushed herself off and walked towards the center of the roof so she wouldn't be so visible to the people below. "I've never met you before. I'm Kallichore. It's a pleasure."

Tucking her notes beneath her arm, Kalli kept a half-vigil on the civilians milling around below them. If a Negaverse agent were to attack, both of the senshi would have an advantage both in numbers and in vantage point.

Pasiphae... Pasiphae... where have I heard that name before? Tapping her chin with a naked hand, Kallichore was lost in thought for a moment. She shook her head when her mental block became too much to conquer and she turned back to the much more put together senshi in front of her. "Sorry, I need to work on my socializing." she said flatly, furrowing her brow. Somehow, she had the distinct feeling she should know who Pasiphae was, or at least the moon/star/what have you that she was connected to. And where she got those lovely tights.

Kallichore dropped the notebook neatly on the ground. It was bad manners to leave such a steely impression on new senshi. "It's alright - you weren't interrupting. I have a tendency to become... absorbed in what I'm doing." She gestured to the crowd below, who were oblivious to the senshi above them. Sometimes she missed being an ignorant civilian, but those times were becoming increasingly less frequent. "I'm conducting surveillance. I thought I felt some Negaverse agents nearby, but when I got up here, everyone was gone. So I decided to watch the traffic patterns through here. You can never be too careful."

The super senshi sighed. "You'll have to forgive me. I didn't mean to be rude." Placing her hands on her hips, Kallichore rocked back and forth. Usually she wasn't self-conscious about her fuku, but Pasiphae's was so elegant. "It's a good idea to always check. I'm sure you could tell my energy wasn't dark by a scan, so I definitely commend your straightforwardness. That's admirable. What are you the senshi of, if you don't mind me asking?" She was truly curious. The best thing Kallichore could come up with was poise or elegance or even lace, but none of that seemed quite right.

"Diligence is something I find many senshi lack. It's unfortunate that many of them I've seen or met don't like what they've become. Not that everyone will, but you've been tasked with powers and a mission hardly anyone else has. Wouldn't you be proud of that? I know I am, but that's my opinion." Kallichore explained with a shrug. She truly wished other senshi would be happy with their position and be more proactive. Too many were wandering aimlessly for her tastes. She shook her head and regarded Pasiphae curiously.

Shame? The Senshi of Shame. Kallichore wondered how her powers worked and what connection her fuku had to her sphere. The elegance and ladylike visage the girl gave off was nothing to be ashamed of. "Well, it sounds very effective. And you have a very nice fuku to match. I rather like the burgandy... is it burgandy? ...accents." It was odd to complement someone else on their fuku, and if Kallichore didn't know any better, she'd find herself jealous of Pasiphae. Thankfully she wasn't the senshi of jealousy, or the super soldier would be screwed six ways from Sunday. "Or maybe it's raspberry?"

Lifting her arms, tendrils of white fabric played in the wind. "I'm the Senshi of Madness. I'm sure you could tell by my fuku. It wasn't always like this."

Kallichore nodded intently as Pasiphae explained that she too had the same idea behind the responsibility of being a senshi. That was an excellent way to earn brownie points with the senshi of madness - love what you do, or at least accept it to some extent. She could tell the other senshi was only trying to be polite, but she was right; her fuku matched her sphere, perhaps a little too well. Before her upgrade, she could be mistaken for just about any other sphere since her fuku was never too specific. In fact, it blended in with the rest of the masses as a standard uniform, mine her boots. Sometimes she longed for her old fuku if only for the element of surprise. She missed being able to fire off her attack with a look of complete shock on the recipient's face.

Oh well, things change. She shrugged inwardly. Pasiphae's next question needed answering. "Yes indeed, we... ah... upgrade, I suppose it could be called, as time goes by. How it happens or what triggers it is still a mystery to me. It happened to me several weeks ago - a cat I had never seen before came up to me, told me it was time and ran off. Before I knew what happened, my fuku had changed and I became more powerful. That's all I know." She wished she had more information to give to the other senshi, but that was the extent of what she had to offer. More research would be necessary.

The super senshi suddenly wished she had access to a cellphone with internet capabilities, because something was twinging in the back of her mind and it was driving her crazy. Hah. Whatever star or celestial body Pasiphae was attached to, Kallichore felt the distinct notion that she should know what it was just by the sound of it. She wasn't as elegant as Pasiphae, so she could risk sounding ridiculous by asking what was on her mind. "No, I don't mind at all someone to come join me, especially if you're interested. I do have to ask, though..." A pause with some anxiety. "...Pasiphae, what is your homeworld? That is, is it a moon? A star? Where is it in the sky?"

She knew it. Something seemed fated about this meeting, and Pasiphae confirmed it. With a decisive nod, Kallichore couldn't help but smile. "I was wondering about that... I'm a moon of Jupiter as well. That makes four I know of - you, myself, Europa and Ganymede. It seems like more and more of us are being awakened each day, and I can't help but think there is a reason for it. I hope I didn't alarm you?" Knowing that Pasiphae was part of the moons of Jupiter made things much easier, actually. The Senshi of Madness didn't feel so alone in her crusade anymore, but she kept thinking about the Blood Moon. They seemed to be falling apart, with no meetings since the one she attended. Was the Court finished?

Kallichore shook her head and sighed, walking back to the position she held before and sat down. She patted the ground next to her for Pasiphae. "Fortunately, nothing too outrageous seems to be happening below us," she started, staring down at the shopping moving in and out of the building from behind the safety of the blinding lights, "I wonder if there is a significance beyond ourselves to this meeting."

Taking out her notepad, she scribbled aimlessly as she spoke. "I should go back into space at some point. I haven't been up there in a while, but last time... last time was very... overwhelming." The last part of her statement trailed off into a whisper. What would be awaiting her if she returned to the moon of her origin? Something more painful? The sheer fact that Europa was right - there was indeed a civilization on her moon! She sat in a remnant of a house! - brought her to tears. No memories came to her when she visited, and Kallichore wasn't sure she wanted any to. The memories would no doubt make her even angrier with the Negaverse. "Have you been to your moon yet, Pasiphae?"

Even Kallichore didn't know the full extent of meeting another moon of Jupiter. It was beyond her at the point, and she feverishly wished for insight into the future. Insight into events that may involve Pasiphae, Kallichore and the rest of the Jovian moons. No doubt more and more of them were awakening - there were sixty-some odd in total. There was a high statistical chance that someone, somewhere, was awakening as yet another moon. Perhaps it all meant something greater than the individual parts. At least, Kallichore hoped so. What would Ares think?

It didn't surprise the super senshi that Pasiphae hadn't heard about space travel. Kallichore herself had just about the same reaction when Europa told her about it, explaining that the cellphones all senshi carried could transport them into space, where oxygen was already plentiful. How that worked was still beyond Kallichore, but worth the research. Still, she almost dreaded going back into space, fearing memories she may not have the strength to suppress. What would happen if she found some horrible memory waiting for her up there? Shaking her head, the super senshi returned to simply explaining how the process worked. With a flick of her wrist, a crimson cellphone appeared in Kallichore's hand. It was colored like her fuku, showing that every senshi's phone was just for them specifically.

"I know it sounds utterly suicidal. Believe me, I felt the same way when Europa explained it to me. But I've tried it and I lived to tell the tale. So you can trust me on this." Flicking open the top cover, she pointed to The Button, the one that actually did the space-sending. "This here... if you press this button and concentrate, you'll be on your moon before you know it. I don't know exactly how it works, but it does. I blinked and there it was, massive Jupiter, as big as the sky." The super senshi looked up to the moon, which was absolutely minuscule in comparison. There was nothing like looking up to Jupiter on a tiny moon such as her own. "But there is oxygen there. How that came to be, I don't know. But it's a humbling experience to say the least."

Unpleasant would be one way of putting it. Kallichore sighed. "It was... like I said, overwhelming. I didn't believe for one second that space travel was possible, and before I knew it, I was on the doorstep of a decimated civilization. I was standing in the midst of the ruins of a house. Someone lived there, Pasiphae, and now they were all dust, no thanks to the bloody Negaverse." Turning to face Pasiphae, the senshi balled one hand into a fist. "Don't ever believe for one moment the lies the Negaverse will no doubt tell you. My first encounter? Zinkenite told me that it was the senshi who imploded and destroyed their own moons, stars, what have you. But who in their right mind would level their homeland?" She would have spat had she the energy. "A bunch of filthy lies."

"Someone who just wanted to fight? Sounds like another Nega I know." Closing her eyes, Kallichore touched the spot on her shoulder where a javelin had been several months ago. She didn't even know the Nega's name and she managed to duck away from her as a senshi twice. Even with her power up, Kallichore hadn't managed to find the javelin Nega since. How she longed to launch her attack at a certain corrupted soul. "Let me guess, she had a spear or something? She was one of the few who didn't want to just chat."

She sighed a bit at Pasiphae's touch. It wasn't a sigh of indignity, only peace and gratefulness. "If you do go, and I highly encourage you to do so, just expect the worst. I couldn't travel very far on my moon because of those overwhelming feelings. Just finding out that everything Europa said was true, I mean... it goes against the principles we were taught in school. There's no life anywhere in this system besides on Earth, right? That's simply not the case. And I don't know how senshi civilizations closer to Earth avoided detection from things like satellites and telescopes but... magic explains quite a few things."

The super senshi pulled up her legs and rested her chin on her knees, wrapping her arms around herself in thought. She didn't care how unladylike it was. Pasiphae was much better at it anyway. "It's good not to trust them. I bet that's how corrupted senshi are made."