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Penelope was constantly looking over her shoulder. There was never anyone there when she looked, but that did not keep her from repeating the motion time and time again.

Ever since the battle with those strange... other selves with Sessrumnir and Melchior, nothing had seemed safe. Somewhere out there was a dark version of herself that had come with the previous night's eclipse. This would be the third night since the initial eclipse. On the first night, there had been flying bunnies. On the second night, that battle with the monochrome version of herself and the two men with her... the ones that seemed to desire their deaths. The memory of it made her swallow and tighten her coat a little against the evening chill.

She shouldn't be out at night. She knew that. If any of her friends knew that she was out here, they would be furious with her. So, why was she on the streets? Perhaps because patrolling had become second nature to her... and just because she was terrified of henshining at the moment did not mean that her duty had changed. So, she walked the streets and clutched the pen in secret in her purse, hoping it wouldn't be necessary to use it.

But she could hear footsteps coming up behind her, two sets - as though someone were running away from someone else. Her grip on the henshin pen tightened when she realized... it was getting closer. Ducking behind a building, she whispered the words of her transformation. "Pasiphae Eternal Make-Up!"

When the chains of beads snapped away, Eternal Sailor Pasiphae was ready to face whatever came. She merely hoped she wouldn't run into herself during the process.

Maroon eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the Corrupted Senshi and only widened further whenever the second one turned up to kick his blond counterpart in the back. Apparently Negaverse Senshi were also being plaged by the doubles...which meant that his life was in danger.

Pasiphae did not hesitate. Yes, she remembered this Corrupted Senshi from Destiny Con as well. She remembered the intensity with which he had attacked, his shrill announcement that he was only following orders. Yet, she still reached down at her would be attacker and pulled him to his feet. She would not, could not, just stand by and let him die. As with all of those taken by Chaos... there was still hope to save him. She had always believed that, had often tried to save people like Carnelian and Euclase only to be taunted and rejected again and again. Maybe this would have a different result? If he could see that they didn't have to be enemies...maybe he would question those orders he lived by.

Or maybe it would go exactly as it always had, with them eventually devolving into fighting. Either way, she could not just leave him to be killed. Her voice was quiet, but the look on her face was serious. "You've got to keep running. If you see one of me... I think it'll ignore you, so just keep running, okay?"

It hurt to be rejected. That was true for Penelope Seneca and for Eternal Sailor Pasiphae. She could not blame the Corrupt Senshi for his distrust, on the one hand. He had obviously been poisoned against her and her allies - as all others had been. She bit her lip, but she stood her ground. If he was not going to run, then neither was she!

Pasiphae gave an oof whenever he pushed her down... but the action gave her hope. He had intervened to keep her out of harm's way. Perhaps she could still convince him to work with her after all. "Fine. We'll fight then. Please... let me help you." How pathetic was it that she had to plead with an enemy to help them? Pretty pathetic, but she had to try!

She dove after the monochrome version of theCorrupt Senshi with a punch aimed at its face.

The Shame Senshi understood his reluctance. The Negaverse could very well harm him if they knew of her involvement, although she had never known them to strike against Carnelian. Maybe it was a new policy, in keeping with their rekindling of large scale attacks such as the one at the Carnival and Destiny Con. They were not on the same side, at least not currently. That didn't mean that they couldn't be in the future, if he chose. Now was not exactly the best time to broach the topic of purification, though, with such a violent Shade.

She took a step back whenever the Corrupt Senshi launched himself at his hair-entangled double. "I won't tell anyone. I promise." Then, she took up a defensive position. She was waiting for an opportunity to jump in and help him further. Both combatants fought vicously, desperately, against each other. The kick sent the double flying and that gave her the time to rush over and throw a kick of her own.

Vespa's mind was not the only one racing, but while his focused on trying to understand her motivres, Pasiphae was trying to decide what to do next in the fight. And once the fight was over. What if he just turned on her the minute after the Shade was defeated? What if she somehow ended up doing more harm than good, both to Vespa and to her reputation? All she could do was her best to try and save him...but what if her best was still not good enough?

Her leg was raised in midkick whenever her companion urged her to dodge, but she lowered it to avoid him running into it. It meant that she was not, in fact, able to dodge. The Corrupt Senshi came tumbling into her and the two of them went rolling, with Vespa ending up on top. She was going to ask if he was alright... but then she heard the call for magic and saw yellow and black energy wasps coming their way!

The last time she had been stung by wasps had been in the Surrounding, when swarms of insects suddenly appeared from nowhere. Ths time, She had no time to call for her shield, and even if she could have... it would not have covered Vespa at all. The Eternal reversed their position, curling around the boy to protect him. Some of the black and yellow wasps popped against her boots and wings, ... but the only ones she cared about were the ones that managed to bypass her fuku. Three or four stung her shoulders and others her face and made her hiss in pain. Was this... what Vespa's magic did? She knew that the Shades could mimic the magic of the original... and she made note of the ability in case she needed to know for later.

Pasiphae endured the pain of the strikes, biting back any cries of her own as she saw the negative emotions rising in the boy's eyes. She forced a warm smile on her face at Vespa's protests. She moved a gloved hand to touch his face and whispered reassurances, "I'll be fine. We're allies now, not enemies. Sometimes allies take hits for each other. No one should stand alone."

She winched whenever she was shoved off, the residual soreness lingering from the strikes. Pasiphae nodded slowly to show she had understood. Why did he want her to put up a shield? Maybe he would launch an attack adn then hide behind it? Either way, she followed his instructions and summoned her most basic shield, "*Pasiphae Shameful Isolation."

*--Shameful Isolation - Defensive
Upon speaking the name of the attack, the beads of Sailor Pasiphae's mask break off and multiply, surrounding her with an energy shield that protects her from attack. The shield can last anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds, depending on the amount and intensity of attacks absorbed. Sailor Pasiphae's movements will be restricted by her shield as long as it lasts.
--Drawbacks -
Only works on Sailor Pasiphae
Only works for a limited amount of time
Reduces Mobility
Can be broken by a powerful enough attack/multiple lesser attacks

Pasiphae noted the touch of blush on the cheeks of her ally and, in return, her own cheeks became dusted with color. They had been put into some compromising positons thus far, due to the frantic and brisk pace of the fighting. She watched in horror as the Shade momentarily took the upper hand and her temporary ally stung the both of them. Her own stings were slowly ceasing to ache, but that did not mean that she could not empathize with the boy still fighting.

The Shame Senshi shook her head immediately at his suggestion, a note of steal entering her normally soft tone. "I won't leave you!" She stood still and waited as yellow and black wasps bounced harmlessly off her own maroon shield. As soon as it fell, she ran to try and seperate the two and drag the real Corrupted Senshi off. "We either go or fight together... if I leave you here, you'll both just keep stinging each other!"

Pasiphae knew from experience, all too recent experience, that those stings hurt like the dickens. The lingering sting from those magical wasps, however, was nothing in comparison to the sting that her ally's words gave her. Perhaps he was right. Maybe she should be able to stand back and allow two enemies to eliminate themselves. It made a cold, calculated sense.

But underneath the finery of a Senshi was a warm heart that did not want to watch anyone get hurt. In the two years of being a part of this war, she had seen others suffer, and had suffered much herself. She had watched people get hurt; she had watched people die. No, no matter how much 'sense' it might make to the logical part of her mind... she could not just let it occur. It was not in her.

So, whenever the Corrupted Senshi pulled her away from another strike, she said quickly, but firmly, "We don't have to be enemies. I wish you would believe me." She did not ressit his efforts to get her to run, but her mind raced for a more permanent solution.