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In a burst of light and a strange falling sensation, the group materialized inside a strange, foreign room.

They were no longer under the starry sky in Destiny City Park; instead, they were in a room constructed with shiny white marble that seemed to shimmer with gentle pastels. It was dusty and dirtied with age but the room didn't seem like it was in such a state of disrepair that it was discouraging. There were intricate carvings and elegant pillars lining the room; whoever had created it had clearly invested a great amount of time and effort. Light filtered through stained glass windows that lined the walls; the colorful scenes all had some sort of ethereal shimmer about them. Glass mosaics constructed with the same intense level of detail spread across some of the walls.

There were a few carved statues decorating the room. The most visible was the one in a center; it featured the bust of a beautiful woman with flowing hair. Her arm was outstretched and she held a gorgeous instrument; it looked like a half staff and had an ornate topper. A small, clear orb dangled off of one of the spiral

The room smelled peaceful--old, but fragrant, like dried flowers. It had a uniquely cool and refreshing air . Several chairs were in the room and seemed to have been made with such detail that in their current positions, they looked as though they might have been pieces of artwork themselves. There were bookshelves lining a few walls, filled with dusty and worn text that appeared well preserved.

In the distance, one wall had a peculiar archway over what looked to be a door, though it didn't seem to have a doorknob or a keyhole.

Along the walls, a slab of marble seemed to jut out. Closer examination would reveal a hollowed bed. In the hollowed bed that ran like a track, there were five strange, withered bulbs. They looked most like lotus flowers, but were a pale white and seemed cold and hard to the touch. There was a grate in the wall, just to the left of the archway, and if anyone peered in close enough they would just barely able to see that there was something on the other side of the wall. Near the grating, but below the slab, was a tiny little knob with a glistening gemstone embedded in it. It was hidden in the shadows, but it was clear that it was important; every now and then a bead of water would drip from it and disappear into a small drain hidden in the tiles.

Adria blinked and glanced around uncertainly; he was in a circle with the girls, eyes narrowed with confusion and skepticism before he slowly began to look around. The place was unfamiliar to his eyes, but he didn't feel uncomfortable or alarmed; it felt like stepping into a friend's house.

He felt like he was home.

"Ah...Lysithea?" he asked after a second of observation. His eyes had landed on a unicorn bust protruding from the wall. "...Where are we?"

Elpis blinked as they teleportd, startled as they reappeared, and her first impulse was to look around with a sense of caution, looking around before sighed. She didn't sense danger, but it DID make her recall the invasion, and the senshi grimaced momentarily, before settling back into her more calm demeanor, looking around silently.

"Almost reminds me of the time I got shot to the moon." A pause, and she snickered dryly. "Moonshot!"

OK, it wasn't that funny, but enough for her twisted sense of humor to kick in and she half-smiled.

"Think Cosmos is up to something?" She hadn't missed Lysithia murmuring, and the senshi looked over, head tilting.

Subra looked around at the new surroundings with wide blue eyes. Especially the stained glass and mosaics. Those especially had her attention as the craft-loving, art-loving person she was. She kept her ear open for what the others were saying, though, as she ran a hand along part of the floor.

"This place...is ours...?" A place for them...for their new little group. To figure out how to turn youma back into people. To be safe. She took a breathe, and ended up coughing when some of the dust they'd dislodged found her airways.

"If it's ours, I think we have a lot of cleaning to do..."

Lysithea moved over to the bust of the unicorn and placed a hand on it, finally smiling again. “This place is ours…I can just feel it.” She blinked and let out an uncertain laugh. “I mean…wow that sounds kind of stupid and kind of ominous, but I don’t know…being here with all of you…it just feels…right. This all feels right. We…together…we…made this? We found this.”

She turned back to the group, her friends, her allies and grinned. “We should clean it up. Make it a place that we can come…if we ever need a place to come to…Adria...” She looked at the senshi with some concern. “You want to leave…? I mean…I’m…and again, this is guessing…but I’m thinking we’d be able to leave just like on our homeworlds, maybe we have to say sailor teleport again or something but…”

Letting her attention drift again, she made her way towards the arch, running her fingers lightly along anything she could touch as she went. “I mean…if we look, I’m sure we can find a door out of here, I’m not too worried.”

She heard the soft drip of water and reached out, turning the knob to the left. Lefty tighty…right? Or was it Leftly loosey…? Oh well.

"I know I'm not interested in leaving just yet," Forte said, moving over to the bed that ran around the room and peering down at the queer bulbs sitting inside it. "I mean... knowing we can leave is important, I guess?" Nice as this place was, as good as it felt, nobody could stay in an empty room forever. But... she didn't want to leave yet. "But I kinda want to explore a little? Never been in a secret clubhouse kind of thing before, but I bet there's all kinds of stuff hidden here."

Speaking of which, everyone else looked just as confused as she was, or close to it. And since she was the newbie here that... that was kind of concerning.

"So.... uh. Does this kind of thing happen often? Ending up poofed to weird, abandoned places?"

If so...

Boy did she have a lot to get used to.

"Oh," Adria shifted positions. "No, no...I didn't mean leave yet, just..." he twiddled his thumbs some and tried to dispel the brief anxiety of being trapped. They were right--they could probably teleport out. This wasn't like being trapped in a locker or something so he breathed in a little sigh and relaxed.

It was easy to do here; this whole place had a gentle, peaceful aura.

Lysithea's fiddling didn't seem to have any effect for a few seconds, but there the room then filled with a low metallic hum and a faint rumbling. Suddenly, water began trickling out from behind the grating, filling to hollowed out bed in the marble. Its purpose suddenly became clear: it was a fountain. The flow of water filled the bed and lifted the bulbs from the bottom. They floated with the water, following each wall in the room. The flow of the fountain seemed carefully designed; it even managed to travel at an incline above the door behind them. The marble then dipped to it normal height--and the water traveled through the wall. The bulbs were the perfect size to easily pass through the grating. A moment later, they appeared back through the grating near Lysithea, merrily bobbing along.

Though they couldn't see it, it was clear that fountain followed some course they couldn't see beyond this wall.

Which begged the question of what lay behind the doors with no handles.

Adria's eyes had followed the flowers; when they'd disappeared his eyes had found a mosaic in the colors of his uniform, with the symbol on his brooch.

...They belonged there.

He didn't know why, or how, but it made sense.

Elpis remained examining the sculpture a bit longer, fingers tracing the flower sculpture a bit longer before she watched the water, and the bulbs, brows raising. Her fingrs abandoned exploring, ignoring things as she moved to study the fountain in curiousity. It dipped and moved and drew her focus around the room, almost like a focal point, and the process led Elpis to see each and every feature. It was a calming hodgepodge of organized chaos and yet entirely order and -- okay, so maybe trying to define it wasn't quite eas for a scientific brain, and she sighed. Mmmmagic. It was all mmmmagic.

By now that was her catch-all for everything powered, realy, and she hummed. The age -- and as Lysithia mentioned, cleaning - would be a job and the senshi decided to assess the room first, circling and examining it as a whole. Perhaps they'd clean the stone, add plants; and figure out how to get things clean and tidy with a good sweeping and mopping. Likely, something to keep algae from the water, and...

And her mind was visibly clicking away several moments as she thought, tapping her chin as she moved to Adria and Lysithia, humming idly a moment before dipping her head to indicae the room.

"Sounds fair to me. Might brainstorm ways to maintain this place too. I have a few ideas there -- nothing concrete mind. But we definately might want to clean up. Maybe find out more doing so?"

It was an idea anyhow -- and really an idea was better than the general worry she was ea third wheel.... Although the room was doing a good job of relieving THAT worry, really, but reassurance still helped!, even just from trying to contribute.

The sudden flow of water that went through the bed surprised Subra, the chibi senshi watching as the bulbs floated along. “Maybe they’re like water lilies, or lotuses!” Those both had really pretty flowers...and it made her hope that whatever flowers lay inside the bulbs, waiting to someday sprout again, were just as pretty. Or even prettier! “I wonder if they need more than just water, though. Especially since they look like they went dormant…” She couldn’t help but wonder how long it had been since someone was there last…

She moved from where she had been observing to over by Lysithea, nodding. “That sounds like a good idea! There’s definitely a lot to do, and when there’s a lot of cleaning, it’s best to make a plan of action!” That was how her mother had taught her! Because cleaning was just like any other project, after all, with different steps and parts! “I can look into water plants, too! See if there’s maybe something we can do to help make sure whatever those bulbs are grow nice and strong again!” Because there certainly was a chance for them. Bulbs were hearty little things, after all!

“I’m ready when you guys are!” She gave a big grin to the whole group, looking far more cheerful than the animal of her sphere. “And when we come back, we’re gonna make this place look amazing! Maybe even better than however it used to look!” Because with so much dust, it had to have been a place people once came to, and with it being so pretty even with the dust...well, it had to have looked AMAZING once upon a time...