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Kallichore had felt a strange and sudden flare of energy, like a white light running across her vision. It was like watching a shooting star up close. The eternal could almost feel the pulsing heat and light on her cheeks and the bridge of her nose but... where was it coming from?

Once the light had died down to a simmer, Kallichore had felt it was someone new. It had to be. That sort of signature was strong and energetic but did not flare as it does when it is first born. Or so she thought. This was the first time she'd been nearby when something like this happened. The eternal assumed it was an awakening. She could feel a youma and a cat for a moment but now they were both gone. The senshi signal remained. Did they need help?

Against her usual judgment, Kallichore decided to investigate. She dropped down quickly from atop the office building on which she was perched and hit the ground running like a white rocket. She quickly closed the distance between herself and the signal and slowed to a walk when she felt she was above whoever they were. Instead of dropping down like she normally would, Kallichore was slowly becoming more aware of how... scary that could be and, coupled with her disheveled appearance, how traumatizing that experience might be to a newbie.

We couldn't have that.

Instead, Kallichore jumped down to street level using a side alley and walked slowly out into the other person's view. "Are you alright?" she asked, trying to keep her voice even and calming. Whoever they were, they seemed incredibly distressed. "I felt some energy and came over to see if you needed help?" The girl, she realized, was a blonde in a very flattering fuku. She was shaking. "Are you alright?" repeated the gray haired eternal.

Christa was never known for opening up and being particularly warm to people. The only people she felt safe with emotionally were Melinda and her brother Zach. She was slowly warming up to Pasiphae, Ganymede and Tsui, and to some lesser extent, Valhalla. They were, after all, a team. They worked in unison and they deserved her trust. They deserved more than what she was able to provide at that time. It was a sharp knife of guilt she felt in her heart when this girl couldn't even form the words to explain how overwhelmed and upset she was.

Kallichore swallowed an almost insurmountable measure of guilt and downright dread. Could she do this? Could she even try to comfort someone she didn't even know when she had such a hard time comforting those she was close to?

Stepping closer to the poor new senshi, who seemed to be awakened and then thrown to the wolves, Kallichore opened her arms. Her sleeves almost made her look like a disheveled bat or perhaps a white dove, but she hoped she didn't appear too frightening. The eternal lowered her voice as much as she could. "It's alright. I won't let anything happen to you." I'm sorry you were abandoned but I'll pick up where the cat left off. If there's anything you deserve, it's support. It's a network of people to help you. This isn't easy. You didn't ask for this...

Kallichore looked her over. "Are you hurt? Do you want to sit down?" Before she could go further, the gray haired senshi kicked herself mentally. How can she try to help this girl by being a total stranger? "I'm Sailor Kallichore. Do you know your name?"

Kallichore let out a sigh of relief and wrapped her sleeved arms around the senshi. She wasn't sure how to comfort someone without drawing upon her own experiences of being comforted. What would Melinda do? Reaching up one gloved hand, the eternal carefully petted the girl's hair in a gesture she hoped wasn't creepy. "It's nice to meet you, Varuna." Rhiannon. I don't know that name but she'll get used to her new one in time.

Pulling back, brown eyes met plum in genuine concern.

"I know this is a great deal to take in and I wish the cat hadn't abandoned you, but I will not." explained the eternal, stern in features and in voice. This is precisely why I made the primer but it does little when the senshi is so new that she doesn't even know she has a cellphone... "Take a moment and rest. This is all very overwhelming, I know. No one will blame you for being scared."

Kallichore looked out around them and then at the ground, performing a quick mental scan. No Chaos signals in the immediate area. They were safe. "There's no one else around, not even the monsters. But even if there were, you're strong enough to defend yourself. You should be proud. Not everyone can defeat a youma when they first awaken..." The eternal paused. Start from the beginning. "The youma... that is what we call the monsters. We have the power to fight them."

Varuna seemed slightly less shaky but Kallichore didn't want to move away in case the senshi became upset. "...do you remember if the cat told you anything? Anything about who you are or what we do?"

Kallichore nodded. "Youma, yes. They're monsters, fueled by Chaos to crawl all over the Earth and harm people. They eat energy and starseeds. They're like lions and we're like gazelle, I suppose. Only the powers of good can stop them. We're the gazelles with guns and night vision goggles, as it were. We save lives every night like this. It's how we keep the city safe..."

Varuna then took the eternal's shoulders and wept. Sleeves wrapped around her again. "...I know they don't ask you whether you want to or not, and there's no real way to know what you're getting into until it's too late." came the slow, even reply. Indeed there was no way to know just how deep the war ran beneath the hot pavement of Destiny City. There was no way to understand until one simply experienced these things, but not everyone was ready for such an undertaking even if their starseed said otherwise. "...but not everyone has this power. That is what makes you special, Varuna. And not in the top-of-your-class kind of special, either. Not everyone can boast a starseed with the incredible potential yours has."

The eternal pulled back and, for a moment, expressed a sisterly kind of concern for the blond. Gloves of red started to fix portions of Varuna's hair to keep them from the senshi's eyes. "I know it's terrifying. Believe me, we were all there once. I was ambushed walking home from the library. At the time, the only thing on my mind was an essay I had to write about the literary significance of symbolism. All the stars in the sky couldn't have pulled me from that essay but the universe had other plans."

Kallichore leaned down as if to encourage Varuna to lift her eyes. "...the universe has its own way of telling us we're ready for something big. But you have one thing I didn't when I first awakened - support. You have me and the people I know. We'll protect you, train you, keep you safe." She stopped for a moment, considering a few things. "...that is, if you are willing to keep at this. No one will blame you if you decide not to but destiny has a way of being rather... persistent. It's not meant to scare you; just a bit of advice."

Kallichore rested a hand on Varuna's shoulders. "I know it's a great deal of information and it will take a while to sink in, but allow yourself that time. If you need to, go slowly. There's nothing wrong with that. Not everyone has this sort of power bestowed upon them and there isn't a manual to refer to. However." With a flick of her wrist, the eternal senshi summoned her cellphone from subspace, entering in a picture of Varuna for safekeeping. "When you feel ready, you can access a primer I've had help in developing. It will give you the basics you need, whenever you need them."

Another flick of the wrist and the phone was gone. "Another trick you'll learn - summoning your cellphone. It's how we communicate. But we'll get to that later. One thing at a time." The eternal looked off into the distance, performed a scan, and found them still alone. Looking up at the moon, Kallichore frowned. It was probably all too much for Varuna but it wouldn't hurt to simply ask, right?

Kallichore motioned up to the moon with her head. "Speaking of cellphones..." Summoning hers back out of subspace, Kallichore caressed the pearl charm she'd received after first visiting the moon, after that terrible ambush. "These allow us to travel through space, to our homeworlds and to the moon, right up there. Since it's closer to home, and I know this is probably quite a shock..." The eternal sighed for a moment. "Would you like me to take you?"

The light that showered upon them was silver and beautiful and it felt as though a choir of angels should sing of their ascent. The pillar had the power to lift the two senshi from the ground, freeing them from the restrictions of the Earth and gravity. It was then that they ascended, two angels, to the voided silver surface of the moon. The journey would take them but an instant but would stay with them forever.

Once their feet touched the ground again, a great expanse of ruined kingdom greeted them. It was not a sad sight, but more of a somber, quiet one. It was a placid sea over which they watched from a riverbank, the quiet settling of snow on a winter's night. There was death here once, but there was also a kind of life and vibrancy unique to the Silver Millennium. What little of it Kallichore knew made her wish she was alive then to see it in all its splendor. Toppled pillars and ruined rooftops sat in silence, a faint sound of wind rustling met their ears.

"Varuna, welcome to the Moon."