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It had been a quiet evening so far. Nothing too out of the ordinary - a stray cat had almost had her shouting out attacks and leaping out fist-first, but she'd kept her cool and the feline had lived to see another day.

Speaking of cats, it occured to Eos that she hadn't seen any Guardian Cats in a long time.

********* had awakened her, and she sort of missed the manx. Whilst she'd gotten the impression that she hadn't been what the feline was looking for, it would still be nice to see her again. Or any guardian cat - she'd heard of many, but never actually met any other than *********. Was it Abel, that Pyxis had talked about sometimes? Eos needed to make an effort to meet more cats, or just more people in general. As a senshi, she no longer had any connections. The Basterds were gone, and whilst Europa was acting as her mentor she had her own court to worry about. Eos needed to link up, gain some allies.

She jumped across from the roof she was on to another, glancing over the surrounding area briefly before dashing across that roof and onto the next. It wasn't too cold tonight - just chilled enough that she wasn't getting too hot from the exercise. The park was to her left and she frowned when she spotted something in the shadows, halting her stride to squint and try to take a closer look.

Eos hadn't been concentrating on the surrounding area, and as such it had taken her a few moments to notice the power signatures. One was definitely youma, but one was different to what she was used to. It was order-aligned, but the feel of it wasn't quite senshi. Familiar, but still...different.

The sound of shouting only quickened her pace as she quickly skimmed across the roof of two buildings, gazing down into the shadows of the park. A large avian-like youma was going mad trying to thrust its beak into a tree, and there was a small glowing light coming from the tree. Sort of like a phone...

"Hello?" Eos called out, vaguely seeing a white shirt through the leaves. "Hold on!" She jumped down from the building and crossed the street, building up momentum as she ran and pooling it into her legs and she thrust one up to strike the preoccupied youma. She managed to hit it somewhere around where its shoulders should have been, causing it to stumble backwards and screech in pain. "Eos Flash!" She was quick to follow up with her attack, allowing magical energy to rush from her palms and engulf the youma.

"Are you okay?" she called, only getting a brief glance into the tree as she kept a wary eye on the youma, watching it turn and focus on her with sinister beady eyes.

(will lose sight next post, yay!)

The senshi hopped down, and Eos was initially surprised at how small he seemed. But then all become clearer as he approached - it was a kid. He had to be ten, eleven tops. What the hell was a kid doing out here this late?

And then what was with the order power signature that was radiating off of him? It was almost...purer than she was used to, more precious.

Oberon, Senshi of Adventure. Eos's mouth remained open for a few moments the sheer shock of the situation stopped her from adopting a more attractive expression, before she finally composed herself and started the task of answering his questions. Palms came up to try and indicate to him to slow down as she struggled to keep up, "Sailor Eos, Senshi of Senses, yes...wait no. No, I won't te-- look out!"

She'd forgotten momentarily about the youma until it gave an angry shriek, unimpressed at suddenly finding itself blind. The noise they'd been making gave it more than enough direction however, as it swooped towards them with it's claws outstretched and ready to tear at flesh. Eos's arms slipped under the young boy's armpits, yanking him from the ground in a way that probably wasn't all that comfortable and lunging to the side to avoid the razor-sharp talons. Her own arms groaned at the effort - he was heavier than he looked! - and she herself stumbled a little, landing awkwardly on her ankle to ensure that he wasn't injured and landed safely on his two feet. "Are you okay?"

Quickly realizing that any questioning or chitchat would have to wait until after, she put her finger to her lip in the universal sign for silence. "Sssh, it can't see it," she whispered, her point made clearer when the youma smashed into a tree it hadn't anticipated meeting. Hopefully this would be quick. Her ankle throbbed somewhat painfully but she pushed that to the back of her mind as she descended on the confused and recovering youma, delivering two quick strikes to the back of it's skull.

Perhaps she was being a bit patronizing, but then again this was a young child running out and about late at night in a silly costume that made him look like a senshi. Was he playing make-believe or something? But then again, there was that freaking massive power signature radiating off of him. Eos let out a soft groan - she was so confused.

He cheered for her as she fell upon the youma, and she couldn't deny the slight swell of her heart in pride. It hadn't been that long ago that she wouldn't ever have considered using such violence, but times changed and she needed to get with the programme. This was how you survived against the Negaverse - it was kill or be killed. But still, this was for her, a completely independent teenage girl. Not for a little boy. She was surprised when he followed her example, eyes growing wide as she attempted to should to stop. The youma caught the edge of his boot with a lucky shot, causing him to tumble off into the grass (at least it was grass and not concrete).

Torn momentarily between checking whether he was okay or finishing the youma, Eos opted for the latter and descended on the beast again, dealing a roundhouse kick to the face followed by several strikes to the eye-area. The youma gave a great scream, thrashing around before finally dissolving in front of their eyes, seeming to disappear into dust.

Breathing heavily, limping slightly on her injured ankle, Eos made her way over to her fallen comrade. "Hey, are you alright?"

His chirpiness grated on Eos slightly - how was he so awake? It was late, and she herself was exhausted. Then again, she had just dusted a youma.

She nodded as he asked her name again, still catching her breath. Whilst Selena was usually a maternal person and quite enjoyed entertaining children with games of hide and seek or tag, right now Eos quite wanted to limp her way back home and into bed. Some beacon of maternal instinct was retained in the blonde, however - she couldn't just leave a child alone, certainly not this late. Even if he did appear to be a senshi.

And she had to admit, being stared at with wide-eyed awe was a nice little ego-boost. Maybe he wasn't so bad.

"I'm fine," she assured him, mustering the best smile she could manage. "So you're a senshi? You seem quite...young." She hadn't been informed of the younger chibi senshi that were beginning to populate Destiny City, but she still approached the subject with an edge of caution. Small children were easily offended, especially if you suggested they weren't able to carry out a task due to their tender age. "Adventure's a pretty cool sphere though." She added in the compliment, coupled with a more genuine smile, to try and keep him content.

Well, at least he was a senshi, and it wasn't just her power signature radar going completely off course. He seemed a bit wary when she started talking about his sphere, and Eos mentally cursed herself - clearly she'd been too obvious. In all fairness, he did seem pretty mature for his age, and she certainly hadn't been great at fighting youma when she'd first started out. "Have you been a senshi for long?" If he'd only just started then this made a lot more sense - perhaps he just looked young for his age?

School? Her eyes widened a little when he started asking if she should be in bed, and blood rose into her cheeks to create a furious red blush. Should she be in bed!? She wasn't some fifteen year old child! Trying to keep her cool, but clearly flustered, Eos cleared her throat before responding. "No, I don't." Then came the offer for a piggy back ride, and the red colour in her cheeks only became more and more tomato-like.

"I think you'll find I was the one that just saved you from becoming youma-chow," she pointed out, not wanting to sound rude but wanting to remind him of what had just happened. She wasn't some damsel in distress, especially not for a child! Maybe if he'd been ten years older and a little more 'chiseled'...

But he wasn't.

"Which direction are you going?" If he was walking the same way as her then yes, it'd be nice to have company. But she didn't want him going out of his way, and she certainly didn't want him to feel like he had to.

Pretty awesome? Well, that made her feel better - she had been pretty awesome, after all. Smiling, she looked off in the direction he pointed - towards the suburbs, where all the rich kids tended to live. Eos wasn't one to judge, but she felt a slight pang of jealous as she imagined a nice cosy warm bed and a mug of hot coco. She was going back to her sofabed in the only apartment her and Leon had been able to afford. "I'm going this way." She pointed back towards the centre of the city, shrugging and smiling apologetically. Ah well, guess they were going their separate ways here.

When he pulled out his phone she frowned at first, before remembering the functions it had to record numbers and photos and all sorts of nifty things. "Of course!" She fetched her own phone, smiling for her picture before holding her own up and snapping his. The named 'Chibi Sailor Oberon' flashed up and she smiled, flipping her phone shut again and nodding. "It was nice to meet you, Oberon."

Deciding against ruffling his hair, she merely inclined her head and offered a warm smile before turning and scaling a building, darting across the roof and into the night.