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Youma dusting had become almost commonplace since Kallichore became an eternal. It was almost... too easy. But she could never forget the struggle to claw her way to where she was that night.

Taking to the roofs, the eternal simply followed signals of Chaotic energy in a patrol route that snaked through the city. She had no rhyme or reason, just a magical sixth sense and three attacks to rely on to destroy whatever she found. While she was without a target currently she kept up her pace, scanning once she landed on a building. But the scan didn't reveal what she was thinking it might.

Stopping on the building across from a school, the eternal spied someone she'd never seen before. She looked busy but in her quest to educate other senshi, Kallichore found this to be a very important opportunity. With a quick leap she landed on the next building but kept a polite distance. "Good evening." she breathed, hands curled behind her back.

Whoever she was, she wasn't someone Kallichore recognized and that made things more interesting. The eternal backed up a few steps but knew full well that such a short distance wouldn't make a damned bit of difference to anyone scanning nearby. This senshi was somewhere between super and eternal and that intrigued Kallichore quite a bit.

Hands on her hips, the eternal cocked her head slightly. "No cat, but what about me makes you think I would be here to cause trouble? Were you present at the ambush?" Or do you just distrust other senshi for some reason? There had to have been a cause but Kallichore wasn't about to go prying. She couldn't tell who this woman was or what faction she belonged to. Her energy was that of a senshi, but nebulous - the soldier in red couldn't place it.

"I'm Kallichore. Might I ask who you are? And what information you might be looking for? I'm always looking for information myself. Perhaps we could share?"

It was her version of a gesture of goodwill. The whole 'being extroverted and bubbly and nice to people' thing wasn't something Kallichore was sure she could pull off believably, so she did the next best thing - soften her demeanor as best she could. Be less... ghoulish.

Kallichore's eyes narrowed a bit in confusion. "Nothing but trouble are brough by senshi and yet... aren't you one? Your signal is similar but..." And then came her introduction as Aquarius, somehow connected to Chronos, one Kallichore knew only peripherally. Zodiac Guard. The eternal tucked this away for later. Others may have known about the Zodiac Guard but Kallichore was not one of those privileged people.

The barrage of questions, coupled with the notepad, made Kallichore start to chuckle.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say we were sisters, if not twins." She covered her mouth with the back of her gloved hand until the laughter subsided. Indeed, Kallichore had carried a notepad and pen with her for many months while she was training, scouting and increasing in power. She'd written so much down which all culminated into the primer. When she had calmed her breathing, the eternal knitted her fingers together behind her back.

With a nod, she tried answering Aquarius' question as best she could. "Spring of 2011, almost two years now." came the first, and easiest, answer. The second part to the Zodiac's question was more difficult to pinpoint. "I know of what was once the Blood Moon and I know of the Dark Mirrors - I was there for their birth and survived. I was there for the ambush during the recent meeting that the Moon Queen saved us from. I know cats can help us transmit mass messages and information across the senshi cell phone network. I know of those things."

She tilted her head at Aquarius, wondering if this was satisfactory. "What do you know?"

Kallichore turned her head to the side and regarded Aquarius warily from the corner of her eye. "You... dislike being a senshi?" she asked, finding the idea somewhat bizarre. In her experience, she thought being enlightened to the war raging in Destiny City and being blessed with the powers to fight within it was a far superior position to being ignorant and mundane. Kallichore disliked her civilian life on top of that. Being a senshi was like a ray of light in a rather gloomy metaphorical place.

She let it go, dismissing that train of thought with a wave of her hand. "The Blood Moon was a group of senshi bent on using Negaverse tactics against the Negaverse. I came in after the kidnapping and torture of high-ranking Negaverse agents. All that succeeded in doing was inciting even more violence as far as I can tell. Ares led them at that time. She was a parallel senshi, she said she was trapped here on the other side of the mirror when her and her court came to our world. They died, she set up the Blood Moon. Then disappeared. She came back some time later, gave in to Chaos and then started taking people to make her own court, which she now calls the Dark Mirrors." Kallichore explained, starting to pace back and forth across the rooftops. "Some went willingly and others did not. All I know is that I wish I could..." The eternal growled. "...do terrible things to Ares. But that's for another time."

With a sigh, the eternal turned back to Aquarius. "...you can't start a sentence like that." she said, utterly eager to pick the Zodiac's brain. "I would love to know what you know even if it's terrible. Knowing is better than being ignorant. Always."

Kallichore shrugged at Aquarius' surprise. "I don't like my civilian life much, truth be told." she murmured. Sure, things were getting a little better but being able to make a difference and actively seeing that difference did quite a bit to bolster Kallichore's otherwise failing self-confidence. She was too hard on herself, blamed herself for things beyond her control. She couldn't be held responsible for what Ares did, or what Chaos did, because she didn't have the power to hold a candle to them alone. She shook her head.

"Yes, as far as I know. Zirconia is still alive and uncorrupted and Ares... and there was another woman. Dark hair, short. She never spoke much but I remember her being there with Ares. She must've been a parallel too. Funny, I almost forgot about her. But to answer your question, Zirconia says they're all dead or corrupted. Only she remains." The eternal crossed her arms. "All the senshi Ares brings into the fold bow to her."

All knowledge has its cost, and sometimes the price is higher than its actual worth.

Kallichore chuckled and smiled to herself. Aquarius was singing words she loved to hear, really. "I like to think I can wrap my mind around forbidden knowledge well enough, considering my sphere and civilian interests. And perhaps," she offered with a shrug, "it will help ease your burden? If someone else knows, someone outside the Zodiacs, maybe you won't feel so alone?" If alone you feel at all, I suppose.

The color drained out of Kallichore's face and she took a few steps forward of her own accord, silent as she listened. This was a story she never knew about and it was never hinted at even once. She'd known about the Zodiacs peripherally, known Chronos only as a princess present at the purification meeting but that was the extent of her knowledge on the subject. The Zodiacs didn't come up often in conversation. Many didn't even know of their existence at all. The eternal bowed her head in silence in honor of those fallen, revived and then fallen again.

But... weren't the Zodiacs still around? Or was Aquarius a different Aquarius that the senshi who had died previously? It was all very confusing.

"So much death and rebirth... I can see how being a senshi would be more pain than anything else if that were the case with me. But..." She squinted as if looking into a bright light. "Would it not be a blessing? Or perhaps a testament to how strong one can be if this Charonite cannot kill the Zodiacs permanently? Surely it is a great loss, one I cannot put words to, to lose a prince. I had no idea such a thing could happen. Royalty is a relatively new subject as far as I am concerned..."

She turned away for a moment, nodding. "...no, I cannot fathom what that would be like. To die and be reborn, only to die again. But..." And then she turned back again.

"You are here again, right? Or is a different Zodiac born each time? ...or rather, does it matter? Maybe I shouldn't ask. My apologies, Aquarius."

Kallichore stood by in silence for a while, taking in what she could from Aquarius' story. Of course it would not be as terrifying to her because she didn't live and die through it. She didn't know what it was like to be a Zodiac, to become a youma and then be human again. When words found her, the eternal raised her head. "Thank you for your story." she began, keeping her voice low and even. "...it truly is better to know than not and even though your story is terrible, I am appreciative to know it."

She sighed. "I wonder if we can use your experience to help us defeat Chaos? Brute force doesn't seem to work, we can't seem to unite under one banner. Even the royals have no idea what to do. But you Zodiacs, you stuck together no matter what, didn't you? Even if some of you were gone..." You wouldn't come back unless there was some greater power there, right?

Or am I overthinking this?

Kallichore shook her head to rid herself of confusing thoughts. "My apologies. It was painful for you to explain the story. I'm afraid I don't have much to compensate you, but I'll tell you everything I know about the Dark Mirrors if it would be useful to you."