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Mirrorspace was responsible for many strange things, but some things were just to be expected. A crack, split from the ceiling to the floor, in the common room was not among such expected things. Any Dark Mirror Senshi that might have paused mid-step to linger in Mirrorspace might have noticed it—and the Dark Mirror Senshi are gathering to investigate. In the days leading up to this, the crack was little more than a small, hairline fracture—a blemish on the white wall.

Now, almost overnight, it seems to have become a problem. The area around the walls seems to have crumbled a bit and, while it might be a tight squeeze, it looks like there’s enough room to move through the hole. It is difficult to see what might be behind the wall; it seems dark and eerie white mist seems to flow weakly from the hole. While it might not be clear what’s behind the wall, it’s clear that something is—and that’s all that matters.

The Common Room was already starting to fill up with Dark Mirror Senshi as the rendezvous time neared.

Being that he worked with, and for, Remarque meant they were close and that they talked. They talked during breaks and they talked while working, provided no people were around to hear what they were talking about. Thus it really should be no surprise that Kiuchi knew about what was happening in mirror space. He hadn't just heard about it though, the shock of hearing about it had him asking to go with Remarque, so he'd seen it before now. But the crack was bigger than when he'd seen it the other day.

Standing there the senshi of gorgon's was looking it over, keeping his distance from the white mist that drifted out from the crack. He didn't trust it, and with good reason as far as he was concerned. This didn't seem normal, from what he could gather, and magic. Magic was the answer, he was learning, to many things. Magic destroyed, or at least bent, scientific rules and changed all kinds of things as magic seemed to not have a limit. If it did have a limit he was sure no one really knew it, most of all him.

From where he stood he glanced over to the prince and tilted his head a bit. "Are we going to investigate?" He already had a feeling he knew the answer to his question - they were going to investigate. Shouldn't they have flashlights or maybe rope...or something? Some way to get back out of the crack, to find their way back, and a light to see? Incase if was too dark, as he wasn't sure what would be found beyond the crack...maybe there would be light.

He had, on the way to meet Remarque, left a message on Caleb's cell phone letting him know he had a small emergency and would be busy - he didn't know for how long. he'd call as soon as he could. He didn't like doing that but he had really no other choice. He hadn't a clue what was going to happen but he knew he was getting into something, and he couldn't tell the other. This was a secret that had to remain between them.

Sitting on the floor he glanced around looking to see if anyone else he knew was here, or maybe catch sight of them arriving.

Remarque shrugged; his lips were pursed and he huffed at the woman next to him. “I’m not losing my mind,” he grumbled—but sometimes, he wondered. His eyes were burning from staring at the white for so long. “…Honestly, I have no idea what it means. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this—and not here, at least.”

He kept his voice soft so as not to alarm the other Senshi nearby but when he spoke again, it was with an easy, nonchalant tone. “I’m sure it’s fine. It’s Mirrorspace. It’s probably as safe as anywhere else.”

He shrugged, as if to dismiss concerns, but he seemed tense and was staying close to Lesath in case something went wrong.

“But in any case,” he nodded to Kiuchi. “Anyone who wants to investigate is free too. I think it’d be a wasted opportunity not to.”

Mirrorspace didn’t often show them glimpses of anything other than the mundane and he was so desperate for answers that he was willing to jump at anything. “I don’t know how dangerous it might be, but there’s safety in numbers. Might be a good learning exercise.”

Or it might get them all killed, but Remarque was feeling pretty confident already.

Acubens had seen the crack the day before and actually ended up staring at it for the better part of an hour. Where had it come from? What did it mean?
It made Acubens' heart plummet into her stomach, thinking about what it might mean. It figured that at the same time that Acubens finally began to figure out what it meant to be a Dark Mirror Senshi, this kind of s**t would happen. So it was with a solemn heart that she slipped through the mirror into the common room with her newest project, Sailor Chione close in toe, speaking as soon as she left the veil of her portal.

"Oh good, people are already here," she sighed, planting a soft kiss on the side of Kiuchi's head and Lesaths' cheek in turn. There wasn't really time for real greetings, she lamented, nor was there time to introduce herself to the senshi that she did not recognize. Instead she offered the woman a warm smile and gracious wave as she ushered Chione forward. She would introduce her to the rest of her family later. Now was the time for answers, she figured.

"How much longer do we have to give," she asked, answering Laverna's question with another question. She crossed her arms over her chest as she considered the crack c** gap in the wall. "And that's only the most benign question at play here, I think. The various elephants in the room being who or what caused this, who or what waits inside of this crack, and of course... can we fix this?" A mention from Lesath from so long ago about some kind of... vision of a future stirred in the back of Acubens' mind. Had she imagined this conversation? Was it a dream that she had had? Or was that a conversation that they had, and this was a precursor to that vision coming true?

Well, she had never been one to just stand around himming and hawing. She clapped once, rubbed her hands together, and chirped, "Well, it ain't getting any broke-er. Shall we head in?"

Chione wasn’t sure why she had let Acubens talk her into coming here. It was a strange place, and one she didn’t understand one little bit, and the fact that they were just…there…

It was kind of unsettling.

Not to mention that, but Acubens was going around kissing people and pushing her towards all of the people but she didn’t know any of them and…

Well, that wasn’t true. She vaguely remembered the one blonde senshi, it had been years though, and she figured he wouldn’t remember her at all but, what did she expect. She wasn’t about this life, and she still wasn’t sure why she had agreed to come and see what was going on. “Head in? Into…a broken wall? Why would anyone think that was a good idea? It seems dangerous to me.” This whole place seemed dangerous…why couldn’t she have stood her ground and convinced Acubens to just…go to the movies with her or something.

It would have been a lot more…normal.

Crocus had only been into Mirrorspace one other time, thanks to the help of Acubens during his awakening. Since then though, he had made it a point to meet other Dark Mirror senshi in his own court. In one of his nightly adventures he had bumped into Tantalus. It had been...entertaining was the least he could say about it. When he had heard about the strange things going on there recently, he had asked for some help to get back there so he could see it for himself. He didn't really know what strange or not was in Mirror space too much himself, it was safe to assume a crack in the wall with white mist spewing from it was well...off behavior.

He followed after Tantalus and popped into the common room and definitely noticed something that wasn't there before, different from his one visit there previously. 'So, that's not a common thing here at all?" Of course he knew that, or they wouldn't all be gathered here in the first place. But, Crocus wouldn't be Crocus, if he didn't like stating the obvious. It definitely peeked his curiosity. He knew there was a lot none of them really knew about how exactly Mirrorspace worked. Had something gone wrong? His first thought was that maybe someone had messed with that Crystal in the throne room. After all, he'd been warned not to touch it. What if someone had? Could it cause this? Eh, more than likely they;d just lose control of their mirrorwraithes.

Shortly after entering he thought he heard his name, and he looked around to spot Acubens and Kuichi, of course there were also a number of other Senshi that he had or had not met recently. "Hey! I'm over here." He waved before approaching the group, getting a bit closer to the crack in their mirrorspace as they did so. "You didn't think I'd ditch you all while he unpuzzled this, did you?" He joked a bit, always the one trying to lighten the mood a bit. No one knew what was on the other side of this thing, it could very well be the end of them all.

"I thought nothing of the sort, my love," Acubens purred as she planted a kiss on Crocus' cheek in greeting as well. "Crocus, this is Chione," she said, motioning to the senshi of blizzards beside her. "Chione, my other student, Crocus. I awakened him myself actually," she stated, swelling with pride at the statement. "He and Kiuchi are immense sources of pride for me with how well they are both doing. Flourishing I'd say, actually." So it is possible, she held off from saying, to be happy with this family. With my family.

The addition of new faces brought new vigor to Acubens' smile.

"Hey there, boys," she chirped over her shoulder. "Welcome to the party. The name's Acubens." She moved to side side, making room for the two men who had joined them to take their place beside everyone else. "Don't be shy, my loves. Come on over and unravel this with us," and with that she pulled the beaten composition notebook from the messenger bag at her side that looked like it had seen much better days. Carefully, she sketched out the crack in the wall and began describing it and the current events surrounding her. Maybe this was nothing, but she didn't want to have to recall details later. Best to get everything down right now.

Watching as Acubens handled what seemed to be her newest charge the senshi of gorgon's kept his dark gaze wandering around, waiting to see Crocus. He was wondering if the other knew...if he'd turn up. Tugging, and fiddling, with the bottom of his uniform he nodded once as Acubens took to introducing him to her newest charge. As the introductions continued he waited till they were over before speaking.

"I-it's nice to meet you. Like Acubens said...Kiuchi. I'm senshi of gorgon's." And there was Crocus! LIghting up as he heard the other, before he saw him, the dark haired senshi of gorgon's reached out a hand towards the other, in the hopes of being seen, and made a grabby hand at him. His right hand soon reaching out also as he made grabby hands like a child towards his fellow dark mirror senshi.

"It looks scary....but we might learn a lot from it." Nodding his head as he continued making grabby hands towards the other teen. He honestly didn't want to get up from his place on the floor but he also wanted the others attention, he'd missed him. He was one of the first dark mirror senshi he'd met and they were close in age as well. He lived with Acubens, so saw her all the time. He didn't see the other much at all, hadn't in awhile.

For a moment his dark eyes moved away from Crocus as they landed on another familiar person, someone small and dark haired. As the senshi of clovers waved to him he moved to wave, with his left hand, towards her. It wasn't anything like the grabby hand aimed for Crocus, but he was happy to see the petite senshi of clovers. "Sadalsuud." It was nice to know a few people here, even though there were more here whom he didn't know. He knew a few people and that was comforting.