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Kallichore felt her almost instantly.

With a simple and flexible movement, the eternal found herself on the roof of her house, seeking out the signal she felt nearby. Who was it? Whoever they were, they were senshi. And super at that. Was it Tsui? Was it someone else she knew? Brows furrowing, Kallichore darted across the roof to leap and land near the source of the signal. Her eyes widened when they landed on her cousin.

"Serpentarius!"

Without any further words, the eternal ran and embraced her cousin with warm and open arms. It had been too long since they saw each other. Too long since the fall of the Blood Moon and the corruption of Ares. "I knew you were safe. I just knew it and... look at you. Look at you, Melinda. You're more powerful now. I... I'm so proud. And I'm so happy to see you again... How have you been?" It's been too long. Far too long. The war has torn us apart and we should be closer than ever now.

"Honestly? Much better knowing you're alive and well. And super!"

Whoever was messing with Serpentarius' head would have to pay, but Kallichore would ask about that later. All that mattered now was that her cousin was safe and sound. "You just do what you have to do, Serpe. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Here, let's go sit down at the park or something and catch up. I don't want to risk Zach hearing us chatting down here."

As they started their journey to a safer and quieter location, Kallichore looked to her cousin. "What are you studying at DCU? I'm in literature now but... I have no idea what I want to do with it aside from be a writer-turned-hermit." The eternal chuckled. She would be a very happy hermit, she thought, living alone and working at all hours just as she pleased. "Maybe I'll find a publishing house and just go from there, you know?"

"When this war is over, Serpentarius, you can open a bakery or something. You were always good at that. Zach is still asking me to hound you for your blueberry pie recipe." Kallichore chuckled and shook her head. Maybe one day Zach would learn about his sister and cousin's superhero secret identities.

But for now, it was a secret well kept.

"I know that if I do become a hermit," she started, raising one hand to call down her cellphone from subspace. "I'll get a series of nasty text messages with snakes on them telling me to stop being such a party pooper." Serpentarius, well rather, Melinda, was very good at bringing Christa out of her antisocial moods when Zach was being too obnoxious to help. Their side of the family always seemed so extroverted while she still had problems being grumpy to people. Oh well.

Brown eyes locked on her cousin. "Serpentarius, is something wrong?"

Kallichore knew something was up but couldn't quite put her finger on it. All she could do is offer her shoulder and support and hope Serpentarius would take it if she felt she needed it. If it was school then the eternal would believe her now-super counterpart. "Don't get in over your head and work too hard, Serpentarius. Your health and sanity is more important than a GPA."

She shifted her weight and crossed her arms. "...you could say that, yes. Ever since Ares snatched up Leto and Requiem... I just couldn't go back. I firmly believe in Birhan and the others but I haven't heard from anyone else from the Blood Moon since then. I've seen Albali. Very briefly. She doesn't seem like talking much anymore and it worries me. I'm afraid Ares is going to go after you and the remaining of the court." Kallichore looked away for a moment, anger flashing across her face. "...she doesn't deserve you."

The eternal sighed. "Anyway, after Ares decided to emo her way into royalty, a bunch of us got together and formed the Jovians. There's quite a few of us now and I'm of the idea that this is the best place for me. What about you? How is the Blood Moon? Or are you not allowed to tell me?"

Quiet was better than dead and Kallichore was certain her cousin would say something if they lost any others to the depths of darkness like they did Ares, Requiem and Leto.

Serpentarius' next question shook her to the core, her heart filling with ice. "Serpe... Melinda..." The eternal grabbed the girl's shoulders and locked eyes with her, searching into the sea of the snake senshi's eyes for the meaning behind all this. Why ask such a thing? "...of course I would look for you. You're my friend, you're my cousin. You're practically my sister. I'd search the ends of the Earth for you. And if someone did something to you... I'd find them too." And end them. Severely. Or at the very least haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Kallichore had no qualms about seeking retribution for something that happened to family. With Bradley's death, their mother's disappearance and the whole host of other things that had happened since awakening, the senshi of madness clung to everyone and did her best to protect them.

Kallichore shook her head, a loose smile hanging on her lips.

"I don't know if we're closer to the end of the war that where we were before. It's hard to say." She lifted a hand to tap the edges of her jaw lightly. "I would assume that, if we ever reach the end of the war, it would be something everyone would know about. Or at least I would think so." Sighing, she shook her head. "Either way, I have no idea. We had a meeting recently about possibly purifying willing Chaos agents but I haven't seen it done."

Calling forth her cellphone from the depths of subspace, Kallichore flicked it open with her wrist. "With some help from a few cats and a chibi, I've managed to upload that primer I was working on for the Blood Moon. I finished it and turned it into something all senshi could use. Like a intro class, if you will." Kallichore looked up at Serpentarius again. Being a Blood Moon member still, Kallichore felt it necessary to elaborate. "Don't worry - I took everything out that was sacred information to the Blood Moon. I may not be a member any longer but that doesn't mean I don't respect their boundaries."

The phone clicked shut. "They were good to me; as good as they could be, I suppose. Still, once Ares descended into madness and took those close to her down with her... it just seemed... irreconcilable. I won't lie - I want her dead. Dead, or purified, if such a thing could be done. She's already taken Europa's cousin from her. Europa's so torn up about it and I haven't seen her in a long time..."

The eternal fell silent.

A quick change of subject was something Kallichore was very thankful for.

She nodded in return. "Yes, we can head into space. Europa taught me that. Our cellphones allow us to tune in to the song of our planet, so to speak, and teleport us there instantly. Same with the moon except it seems to be restricted to only when the moon is full. It's nothing but a ruin but seems to be a safe place we can all meet. Were you around for the ambush, Serpentarius?"

Kallichore was almost relieved not to have seen her cousin there. Space was by far a safer subject. "Have you been to your... star, I assume, Serpentarius? I've been to my own moon. It's quite breathtaking. If you haven't been, I highly recommend you go at least once."