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It had been an unexpected incident.

Castor had been expecting nothing but agents of Metallia. Negaverse, those solely responsible for countless kidnappings and atrocities. That was what he'd been told. Not Dark Mirror. Not of for Remarque's, of Leto's.
He hadn't thought his fellow senshi and knights so stupid, but apparently, they were. Chaos a dark mirror might be, but to risk alienating them, to having them as a unified front was problematic at best, terrifying at worst.

Castor had done the best he could with Mintaka, and while he doubted they had heard him, he also doubted it would matter.

The problem now was mostly with getting to Leto and Remarque before others did. If things were to benefit them, it would serve them better to hear of Castor's proposal.

Going to the last place he'd encountered the royal dark mirror he looked around, taking his own royal form.
"Just once, I wish I knew how to get someone's attention-"
A deep breath-
"HEY DARK MIRROR DICKWADS"

Good enough right?

He wasn't sure to laugh, cry, or just that Cosmos that his call had been heard and answered- by the one he'd hope to talk to none the less.

"I hope you are in the mood for jokes because you see something rather funny happened recently that I think you're like to hear about before you're dragged into a mess."

Armed crossed Castor's expression went from slightly flippant to a slow and growing seriousness.
"You know how sometimes a bunch of senshi and knights will go and do something stupid, ******** things up for the rest of us? Well, they recently managed to find a way to take some negaverse agents captive to pay back some torture they'd dished in recent months. Now, this would be all well and dandy if you know, they weren't complete ******** idiots."

With a flat stare he broke the news.
"They went and took a Dark Mirror senshi captive as well."

He figured this would be where Remarque either flipped out or, he'd be rational. It was always hard to know with Chaos folks.

To the dark prince's credit, he hadn't attacked, so Castor felt just a tad bit of respect rise for the man.
"Mintaka." He felt it would be fair to elaborate on what had occurred.
"How they got her, Who got her, I can't say since I was not apart of that. I was only brought on later. All I know is this; When I found her, no one else had gotten to her until that point." He left it unsaid. No one had tortured her until him. She'd been safe until Castor. Even as he might try to tip toe around it, they would need the blunt and bare facts- hell, Remarque would need them directly from Castor if he ever hoped to affirm the rocky truce they had and to forge a true alliance. An alliance was not an alliance if they thought the other was waiting to kill them at a drop of a hat.

"Understand" he implored, "before you try and kill me- Either I outed myself as having an alliance with Leto and to the depth of it, outed our...truce, risking all I've worked for in our shared cause, or I do what most order senshi expected a senshi royal to do."

"I don't like torture. That isn't want Castor was built upon. Yet I will do whatever it takes to keep appearances. To create and further progress and give opportunity for advance." He let out a long breath.
"Mintaka wasn't part of my plan. But this will give us an edge. It will you an advantage."

The tense atmosphere only grew more heavy and think with each passing second, yet still they hadn't reported to violence. Perhaps a small victory for them both.
"The negaverse will retaliate for this affront. They did so after the events of the blood moon, and they will do so again. There will be a clamor for blood- senshi blood. And it's no secret that many of them hate all senshi, even those inf-" he stoppped himself, "-with chaos fueling them. They will demand revenge. You and your's would no doubt be targeted for that revenge by some."

Castor licked his lower lip, feeling the dryness as he spoke. This was not a conversation he'd expected to have-ever.
"Mintaka was taken by order senshi, and tortured by a prince. She has no love of Leto and thinks far to.. grandly of your... stances with the negaverse. She is your shield to these attacks and defamation. You can cite what happened to her as why you are not an order senshi. Her own hate of us will aid you in that. It is a 'proof' that you and yours are not like us." The word hinted to the truth that he did not speak.

They shared a common threat in the negaverse, and Castor was all to aware that they both had something to lose.

"I may be of order, but I don't aim to see senshi dead. Sometimes we have to do unfortunate things for the sake of progress or protection, but I'm not about to let or leave your kind to suffer for what a few idiots among order chose to do."

He took a second to change his stance. He moved so his body was slightly turned from Remarque. A stance of defending, or keeping escape as an option.

"What she went though will help them to trust your words, your... distaste of us. The closer one gets to their enemy, the safer one is in a way."

"You make it sound like I could have protected her from it." It was Castor's turn to bristle.
"Would you prefer I let someone maim her? To violate her? To kill her? Fear and wounds that will heal in time. I did what I had to, and if I hadn't, someone else with perhaps a lack of forethought might have done worse. Evils all the same-You deserve to have your people kept safe- even if it from those who do not understand what their misguided revenge will bring." He rubbed his temple, trying hard to ignore the nagging his his mind.

"Point- The actions I took were the lesser of two evils to be committed. I could have stepped aside and let her be harmed without any limits, or I could do it myself. Faced with my options at hand I did what I could. Including look for you." A shake of his head, this would be the hard part.

"I'm afraid you can't take you to her-not now at any rate. Where they're keeping her is hidden and a barrier keeps any chaos forces from passing though. Once inside, they can't escape. Outside, they cant sense those trapped, let alone get to them. I cant disable it unfortunately. They trust me as much as they trust each other- but if I'm right, soon enough a weaker senshi or knight will do so for us." It was not a thing he enjoyed telling the other royal and it was fairly easy to see.
"There have been talks to kill the prisoners should the barrier fall or if chaos agents arrived, and if that were to happen? My hands would be tied, no matter how much I would not enjoy the outcome. I can show you the general area, but beyond that the risk is too great, even with good intentions."

His head shook and Castor gave a disappointed shrug.
"That's the problem. They don't think. They rush to do this that will get people hurt- more than they realize."

He stared at the gestures and movements, leaning back just a hair. Caution was to be shown, not fear.
"I didn't expect less than a death threat honestly. I'll do what I can and that's the meat of it. You're wrong on that she's not like them."

Castor looked like he regret.
"She is like them- she will become more like them and it would not surprise me if she truly thinks that your kind and the negaverse might one day be complete allies and at peace. This event will sour her, greatly and not without merit, but I ask you temper the situation as best you can so she doesn't end up in over her head. Recklessness will get her killed."

Castor could empathize with the other prince. The situation was out of his control, and the actions of idiots would only cause the worsening of an already bad situation. Being helpless was never enjoyable.

"Augh." Castor couldn't help but make at face at the term white moon. "Insinuate I have any relation to that dead princess again and I don't think we'd have any accord." The bane of the senshi was that they were independent. White moon, dark moon- those were two beings that existed on their own.
"I'm tired of the idea of a dead princess seen fit to lead. She failed her people and incited genocide."

"I'd rather not see us make the same mistake of our lessers. That said, I'll do all I can. When the time is right? Hopefully there won't be any bodies to recover, for any one side."