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Polaris had never been that much into astronomy, not any more then the vaguely curious person, so up until her journey to the moon... she'd never really bothered to track it's cycles. Instead simply being surprised and pleased when she noticed the extreme fullness or tininess of the celestial object. Their trip to the moon on that fateful day however had changed that greatly. Already Aurora had went through her calender and day planner, finding and circling the three day date that she should be allowed to travel to the moon within.

The wait for the first full moon had been thankfully short for the curious senshi, and as the day arrived Polaris had sent off a flurry of messages to see if anyone else was as curious as she was.

Okay.. so maybe they should be using the moon for better things.. for meetings and planning and stuff. But they had JUST had a meeting.. both the Shepherds and the senshi as a whole. But a little exploration and getting acclimated with their new meeting headquarters couldn't hurt right? There was so much to see up there that they hadn't gotten a chance to see last time given the circumstances.

And it wasn't like they'd be hurting anything or messing things up. Her friends and teammates were the respectful sort. And on the ultra slim chance that someone did act up? Well... Polaris would just have to put them in 'time out'.

She'd waited for a few of her friends, specifically the knights, to show up before focusing on the phone and the small glowing pearl charm. It was just like going to her own star, but when she opened her eyes it was the moon's landscape that stretched out in front of her. Glancing around she took in the sight of the ancient castle as she waited to see if more of her friends would show up.

Team building exercise, working together, information gathering. Yeah.. if anyone asked she could write it off as that. It totally wasn't just a bunch of really curious senshi and knights checking out THE MOON.

Athene had received Polaris’ message in the late afternoon. Although not one for astronomy, the dark-haired senshi was also curious about the moon.

Back on that first (brief) trip, Athene had caught up to the ghostly princess in time for her to mention that her family’s bedroom wing was off limits. She’d gone on to say more before he’d found himself suddenly back in his room, but the words that the dark-haired senshi remembered most had been that this was a place that darkness couldn’t follow.

Taking advantage of his cousin’s trip away that had fortuitously coincided with the period of the full moon, Athene had sent a message back to Polaris that he would be happy to come along before powering back down. The dark-haired teen had found himself spending the rest of the afternoon at the library and ended up flipping through some more Greek mythology books looking for information on Athene, although with the dearth of success he’d had so far he was starting to suspect that he would have to actually take a trip to Athene to find out more information.

The library had been a good way to pass time though enough so that both Polaris and Niflhel were both at the meet up point for the Moon trip, by the time Athene reached it and he greeted them both quietly.

The dark-haired senshi had summoned his own phone when Polaris had taken hers in her hand and focused all his attention as hard as he could on the shimmering pearl that now hung from his jade green and bronze swirled phone. Although he couldn’t help but stare a little wide eyed when he opened his eyes to find that his surroundings had changed to the large courtyard that he’d seen once before in the aftermath of the ‘gate-crashed’ senshi meeting.

Nysa, not being the Senshi-sort, was unable to travel to the Moon on his own. He had met up with Polaris and the varying other knights. Niflhel seemed to be well, and the Polarian knight seemed a bit on edge.

The teal-haired fellow kept himself standing proper, surveying the new, yet familiar territory. He had only been here once, and due to the confusion of the battle that had broke out prior, he suspected he was not paying full attention the first time to all of the details.

The Knight of Saturn's observation received a polite chuckle in reply before he agreed. "I concur, even as a place of ruin, it is still absolutely superb! I can only imagine how beautiful it must have looked in its full glory."

The lad rounded towards the seemingly new Page's side. She seemed absolutely attached to Miss Polaris, which was not necessarily a compliment in this case. With a small, kind smile, he mentioned "Miss, I am quite certain that this territory is quite safe." The ghostly Moon queen had assured them on the first visit that no chaos would invade such a pure sanctuary as the ruined Moon Kingdom.

Athene had politely said his good evenings to the group, curious about the unfamiliar Page next to Polaris. Like him the Page also had things woven in her braided hair, but they were crystals instead of beads.

When Polaris introduced her as Sutai and a Page of Polaris, he was still curious – the dark-haired senshi hadn’t realised that Polaris had pages of her own and he quietly wondered if it was a Princess thing – although it didn’t stop him from giving Sutai a friendly smile and a quiet “It’s nice to meet you.”

He turned his attention back as Polaris asked if there was anywhere in particular they’d like to explore “I was wondering if there are any books on this place here, maybe in the castle” before adding “I don’t really have any real preference of what to explore first though.”

After the introductions were offered, the Neptunian Page gave a slight bow of the head. "It is a pleasure, Miss Sutai."

And then she went from being latched to Polaris to practically latching herself to poor young Athene. If Nysa were the more crass sort, he might have commented quite quickly on the "inappropriate touch." It was quite intriguing that this bundle of energy was a representative of the princess of Polaris.

It was Polaris' words about paintings that caught his attention. Not that it drew him so much into the conversation as it reminded him about the painting at his Ancestor's outpost. It was destroyed, but one could push the slashed sections into place and make out how beautiful of a painting it was. With a beautiful subject too.

I should ask my Ancestor about that next time I visit Nysa...

Though he was thinking more than speaking, he wasn't completely tuned out, so when Polaris asked about preferences, he was easily able to offer his own opinion quite quickly. "I am quite okay with just tagging along, Miss Polaris. I do not have any preferences and am willing to see whatever else Sailor Athene, Mr. Niflhel, or Miss Sutai would like to see."

And there it was.

Despite knowing how chipper Sutai could be, the quick pop from silent cowering to happy squeaking and groping surprised Polaris, before drawing a broad smile to her face. Poor Athene though! Seeing the other girl more comfortable made her feel more comfortable, though only time would tell if that lasted. She wasn't quite looking when Sutai gave the super senshi a poke in the rump, otherwise she would have piped up in that motherly tone of hers. You shouldn't touch people in places like that unless they say you can!

"Looking for books or if they have a library might be a good option." She nodded thoughtfully to Athene's suggestion as she gazed at the castle, though she found herself nodding again when Niflhel threw in his two cents. It probably was too good to be true hoping for books that they could actually read. But they'd never know if they didn't go and at least look. "You're probably right, but we might as well check. We might find some pictures in the books too."

"Towards the castle sounds like a good plan to me too." She decided based on their suggestions and agreements, shifting a little to look back at the group once more. "We can try to take inventory of the rooms while we search for books and make a mental map of sorts."

Her eyes finally settled on Athene again, smiling apologetically. Sutai meant well enough, that much was obvious, but maybe she wasn't the best with personal space bubbles? It wasn't like she owned her, but it didn't mean she didn't feel slightly responsible for her page and what she did.

"Super senshi Mister Athene!" Sutai parroted, clapped her hands in excitement. "Like Pomona! You're going to be a great senshi, Mister Athene, especially with hair like this. I really like your hair. It suits you!" His glasses were especially charming but Sutai thought now might not be the best time to, you know, hit on somebody. Especially in front of the princess! Sutai had manners as a representative of the princess that...

...oh crap. She was obviously forgetting already.

Oops.

Straightening herself out, the Polaris page tried to make with the seriousness when she approached Niflhel. She couldn't hold it together for long though. "Hi! Why so down in the dumps?" Truth be told, she kind of sounded like Pinky Pie but with less pink and balloons and righteous vigor. Maybe a diet Pinkie Pie. But she wasn't trolling. "C'mon, smile for us! I know the princess would like that very much. Are you hungry? Maybe you just need some food in your belly to lighten your spirits!"

Causal conversation was not Sutai's strong point.

Niflhe watched, Suti; he paused and whispered to Polaris, "Do you think she's always like that?" If she tried to prod him he'd just have to put her in a time out. His arms were crossed as he watched until she bounced over and started bubbling at him.

His mouth dropped for a second before he coughed, and made a more serious face at Suti's asking for a smile. "This is my happy face." He said seriously eyes moving to Polaris, "Ask her."

There was a pause with the mention of food though, he couldn't turn down cooks. Specially if they were Polaris' cooks, "Well we can deal with the cooking later."

There was a pause, "Knight I can live with." He said with a slight nod, thinking. "Hm... did I bring..." He dug through his jacket pockets and finally pulled out a few pieces of paper and offered them to Nysa, "Here you go. I try to keep some on me since we can mail off letters to anyone." He paused, "Just in case."