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The subspace was something she used to not show fear towards. It was the place the was.. 'reborn' of sorts. The youma that would sometimes crawl the halls would look at her with interest, but for the most part leave her alone.

She used to find them creepy, scary, nasty... but now she only felt pity for them. She knew they were now just beasts, but the idea that they were once human and were degraded into such things being her own kinds fault... ate the senshi alive. They passed none as they walked, her brother guiding her... but she expected they were all inside the rift at the moment. They were in the old halls, not inside the huge doors of the newly awakened area.

Still, she felt comfort that she was not alone.

"Zink who are we visiting exactly?" He had never told her, only that he knew someone that could help. Someone whom could find the hidden powers behind the crystal. She did not know what she had picked up that day, being more of a raccoon and picking up something shiny than being knowledgeable in what she discovered. Only when it touched her finger tips did she feel it was different.

One hand reached inside her bow, and pulled out the red object to examine it as they walked. He was guiding her... so she didn't need to have total attention on the Halls.

A small twitch at the corner of his eye at the name "Zachary"... oh how very much he was growing to prefer Zink or Zinkenite, being in uniform vs being in civilian clothing, but again, one most likely did not correct a General Queen, the name was less important than the purpose after all... right?

"I hope we aren't interrupting." He said with a tone to mirror her own amicable one if slightly more reserved and edged with a 'miss manners' politeness' that seemed to be ground into the fabric of his uniform at times.

"Ammolite... formerly...Sailor Lyra..." he said indicating his half sibling with a small bow. "Has discovered something I think will be of profound interest to us all. You were the first person to come to mind... for obvious reasons."

He glanced to Lyra with a small nod. "It's more than safe to show her..." He said quietly. He half wondered if the General Queen didn't already know about it, it simply seemed... likely, if only because it -was- her area of expertise. Still, he brokered in scraps of information, and saw little reason why others might not as well.

"Even if you were... I trust you wouldn't interrupt unless it were with something important," Laurelite responded. "You've shown that you're smart enough, and experienced enough, to know better."

Their voices were like breezes rushing through the cold air of the hall, stirring the silence just enough to be jarring. The sound of footsteps was even more so, clacking over the reflective floor with a volume that made them out to be much larger than they actually were -- she was taking a couple of steps toward them, intrigued by both the corrupted senshi and the discovery she had made.

Lyra's hand slowly made its way upward, and even more slowly did it open: one could almost hear the clockwork whirring in her fingers as they unflexed themselves to reveal the treasure waiting inside. Another Crystal. It glowed softly from within, not unlike a star seed.

Laurelite was captivated.

"You've done well to recover this for us... Sailor Lyra. I take that it's already formed a bond with you..." A subtle, unusual change in her tone of voice accompanied that observation, though it could have been anything from disappointment to intrigue. "And you want to try and unlock its magic..."

Her eyes broke away from the hypnotic glow of the Crystal, meeting the gazes of Zinkenite and Ammolite in turn. "Yes... we can use this opportunity, I think. If you'll just follow me, I believe we can discover just how powerful these Crystals really are."

Sailor Lyra.... the senshi had to bite the corner of her lip. Must everyone insist on calling her that? She got it was her true name, sure. But she did not like it... she chose to stay silent though. This was her leader, she had to listen to this woman.

She was at least glad to have even the minor praise, though the corrupted senshi still had NO clue what the hell she exactly found.

"I dont know really what i found but... i am glad you both think it will be beneficial to the dark kingdom." She said to them both, saying what she was thinking just a moment before.

Reaching up out of instinct, she squeezed her brothers hand once, before she left his embrace and walked forward. She loved her brother and felt the same burning curiousity that he had. So, like the wound up doll, she moved forward. Balling her fist around the object once more, she put it back in to the sash of her hip bow for safe keeping as the senshi followed the general queen top wherever they may go.

Zink glanced at Lyra and then hurried to match his pace and stride to the General Queen, he wondered at their destination, their purpose. The door was still ominous enough that it sent chills crawling down his spine for all its terrible glory and its terrible past. Hard to imagine that... well, he pushed thoughts of Elision out of his mind. There were far more important things to worry about in the hear and now.

For example... what was the General Queen hoping to test? She surely...wouldn't feed Lyra to those shadowy figures that crawled and scratched at the walls of their eternal prison.... would she?

The door lurched over them with all the menace of a hungry dragon. The mystery behind its appearance had since been solved, but it only made it all the more intimidating to know what was behind it. "Tanzanite was generous enough to give me a report on the city she discovered behind this door... the Rift..."

She was still leading them towards it. Her intention was pretty clear. "I haven't had the chance to see it for myself, yet," she continued. "So, this will accomplish a few things at once."

Marthozite had always been a fan of killing two birds with one stone.

"Stay close behind me, Lyra..." The Hall of Shadows came into view very suddenly, very chillingly, once they were past the mouth of the door -- hollow faces watched them hungrily behind the barrier, their agitation throwing them against it as they walked past. "And guard her rear, General." Her voice, for once, was stern and carried with it the authority she possessed: the journey through the hall was proving to be a stressful one. Previously Zinkenite had passed through with a large crowd of Negaversers, which made the ordeal feel more like an eerie sort of field trip. It was a wholly different story going through it mostly alone.

She would let the general and the general queen speak... she would keep silent.

For now, she would use her concentration on making sure her lunch stayed down. She felt her stomach churning as they walked. Sure she felt the collective energies of the general queen before her, and the general behind her, but it also took a lot of willpower not to reach out and grab the back of the womans uniform out of fear. Instead she crossed her arms over her chest and walked silently.

They knew, they knew she knew. All the same the slight tingling of her own senshi aura would be enough to keep their hungry, soulless eyes on her. Her red hair being the beacon they were attracted to, a warm light in the sea of blues greens and blacks.... And boy, did it not help her mood.

She knew to keep silent, her voice probably would have chattered anyway had she tried. Lyra was a eternal rank senshi... but around this killing edge, she felt more like a rabbit running from a pack of lions.