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It was dark and cold outside this night as Caliban waited for the knight, who had responded to his apb, to arrive. Caliban had suggested nightime only so that the knight would have an easier time adjusting to the darkness that was Caliban's planet. Caliban grimaced at the thought of his planet, but knew this was something that he had to do. The last time he had gone there, something that was clearly sealed in the main courtyard of the castle was practically billowing out. Not a good sign, and definitely a sign that whatever was holding it in currently wouldn't be holding it much longer.

So he knew that he had needed help, but hadn't been quite sure who to turn to that would be willing to risk possibly getting killed if the thing escaped while they were there, but also helping him gather whatever materials and writings they could find about whatever the heck this was.

He had to admit, that when he had first visited his planet, he wasn't expecting... nothing. Well, there was something in the form of whatever was trapped in the courtyard, but there was no life whatsoever. Not even a bug. And lately he had been realizing that he wasn't getting all of the information that he needed about being a senshi and it was making him angry. Why should he have to do all of this when the "Guardian" cats couldn't even explain the basics let alone what was actually going on or what had gone on.

Without realizing it, he had been biting his lip quite hard. Letting go had taken him out of his musings as he tried to get rid of the blood. He knew this wasn't good, and was only glad he didn't have to deal with a stressful job or classes since he had been awakened. After this visit, he would be going and getting answers, however possible.

And possibly taking some meditation classes.

Caliban felt the knight approaching, and was quite impressed with what he saw when Scholomance appeared on his horse. Caliban felt a bit jealous, he knew knights had summon, but that was pretty awesome. His appreciation for the summons was kept to himself however as he took in the appearance of the knight. Caliban had never seen such a striking outfit on a knight, it definitely screamed 'danger', at least to him. And the fact that Scholomance was missing his right arm, it told of the dangers of being in such a position, though Caliban could only assume. There was no way he was going to ask Scholomance about his past, it would be rude to do so at least.

But Caliban thought the look suited Scholomance, though he was sure the other would have liked to have their arm back.

He nodded at the other. "You are correct. It's nice to meet you Scholomance." He was a bit embarrassed at the bow, though perhaps the knight did that to everyone. He tried to compose himself a bit better. "Thank you for coming. I know I said why I needed someone in the APB I sent out, but I really need help with this. And mostly it's researching something that's sealed on my planet in a place a lot like this courtyard." He said, gesturing about. "My planet is continually dark, though I'm sure mine isn't the only one like that, which is why I thought it would be better to meet at night so the light adjustment wouldn't be as bad." He could feel himself getting nervous, and it was starting to show itself in his speech too. He shook his head.

"We need to get started. Here." Caliban put his hand on Scholos shoulder that was closest and pressed the app that would allow them to be transported to Caliban's planet.

After what seemed like too long for him, though it was just a second, they were both standing in the courtyard that was the central part of the Castle Cathedral on Caliban's planet. He opened his eyes to look around. It was still too dark for his liking, with barely any light showing, only the lighted patterns of blue, like his uniform, on the buildings that had somehow stayed on after his first visit. He still wasn't sure what made them glow. He supposed it was some kind of magic.

Caliban wanted to leave already, but knew he had to stay and learn about this... thing. He pointed to the middle of the courtyard, where a crude statue could be sitting in the middle, what seemed to be dark waves coming from it. "Look, that's what we're here to research. As much as I hate to admit it, it keeps making me sick to my stomach every time I'm near it. I believe it somehow connects to my past, but I'm not sure how."

Caliban felt shivers down his spine, though it wasn't necessarily from the darkness. This place gave him the creeps at the least, and a run response at the most. He did not want to be here. He took a deep breath and steeled himself a bit, trying to make it so that he could be as calm as possible and be as helpful as he could to Scholomance. He felt a bit jealous of the knight, he only wished that he had that sort of... courage? He wasn't sure, but maybe he would feel better once this was all done and over with.

He felt a small smile on his lips as Scholomance dryly described their target. Caliban took another breath. You can do this. It's not doing anything... yet. Caliban repeated to himself. "First time I spotted it? The first time I came here. Though I had that uneasy feeling the whole time. I was just doing some exploring and it lead me... here." He felt as though if he named it, it would suddenly make it a lot more real than he already thought it was.

"It hasn't moved no. But the amount of waves coming out has increased a bit. Not greatly. It just used to be a lot less before, and now you see a lot more of it. Still not... much." Not that he could tell what "much" was in this context. He looked a bit startled when Scholomance asked Caliban if the senshi was willing to watch the knight's back. Caliban wondered just what kind of life this knight led. A very dangerous one. He thought as he looked at where Scholo's arm should be. Claiban took another deep breath. "I am willing to watch your back. How effective I'll be is another story unfortunately though. I'm not sure how close I could get to it myself before I fled, and took you with me. I know I have a huge fear of... whatever is in that. But in short yes, I'll watch your back."

Caliban wasn't sure if Scholomance was brave or underestimating the danger here. Perhaps that came with being a knight and the experience the other had gotten through his obvious challenges. Caliban couldn't imagine it. Compared to the knight, he still felt like a child, who had no idea what he was doing and had insisted that he really could do everything like the adults.

It wasn't a pleasant reality to face, but that's what it was.

He frowned at Scholo's question. "Memories? I've had bits and pieces come to me... what I do know is that I was the one to seal that monster inside of that statue." It was starting to come back. He had tried to ignore it, but the questions were bringing it out. "It was too much I suppose. It was successfully done but... I didn't make it." He had died shortly thereafter he knew. It was probably from the stress of sealing it, but clearly it had been too much. Which is perhaps why he was so afraid of it now. He could seal it back up, but that he would most likely die doing so, and nothing would be accomplished other than keeping the creature at bay for a few more centuries.

It had to be finished. If there was one goal in life that Caliban now had, it was to destroy this thing entirely. Not just to seal it, but to make sure that it wouldn't ravage any other worlds like it had his. There would be no 'next time' and if he was killed in the process and was unsuccessful? Who knew if he would even be reincarnated again.

However, once Caliban was done, his eyes widened as Scholo actually started toward the statue. Caliban wanted to call out, tell him to come back, it wasn't worth the risk! But he was petrified, and could only stare as the knight took cautious steps towards the statue. The darkness made it look all the more terrifying. Caliban wondered sometimes if this place had ever had any natural light from any stars. From the darkness it seemed as though there would be no way for it to do so.

But his memories told him otherwise. It had been a place of great construction and amazing architecture. Since the people had to be so skilled in creating works to trap creatures/people/etc. in, they often had borne architects of great skill, and seemed to show it off.

However, he was taken back when Scholomance decided that touching the statue wouldn't be worth it and went back to Caliban. Caliban for his part breathed a sigh of relief. If that monster had broken out once Sholo had touched the statue, they would both be dead, he was sure of it.

He gave the other a weak smile. "I agree. Though I know a place we might be able to get some answers. It's what looks like a large library. It has what seems to be a lot of books in it. It's not here though. We have to get out of here and outside into the outer rim of the... city." Could it really be called that anymore? There were only structures now, no living beings. Perhaps a better word would have been 'ruins'.

Luckily he knew where it was, though he hadn't explored the place recently. It seemed that latent memories were telling him where to go. "If you could please follow me." He wasn't sure how to address Scholo. Caliban felt as though the knight were superior to him. And in terms of power it was, but he didn't know if Scholo wished to be addressed a certain way or not.

((rough architecture ref, like that with the buildings and such overall. Just not as much light, and more lights built into the walls itself))

For some reason, Caliban felt as though the knight was irritated. Caliban wouldn't be surprised at least, this seemed like something that really didn't need any look into it. And that's what Caliban would have done, had he not sensed it... "Those waves that are coming out, I don't believe they should be. And they've become bigger in the times that I've visited this place. So either it's just going through a cycle or the seal is weakening, meaning that at some point, I would assume soon, it will finally be broken, revealing the beast." Or at least, that's how it felt. He didn't have all of his past life memories, and at some points he had wished that his past-self had kept a diary or something that he could find. But then again, that was one of the reasons they were here.

Caliban had been too intimidated to explore the place himself. He didn't know what even half of these buildings were for, and had kept to the outskirts of the ruins, trying to stay as far away from the statue as possible.

He was a little surprised at the next question. Caliban wasn't sure how he knew this, though he had read a couple of books that he had found. "Whatever monster is there, it travels from planet to planet, at least from one of the books I've read. It didn't used to always be here. And while I know that everything except Earth is pretty dead at this point, if it were able to make it's way from planet to planet, it might get to someone else's or even to Earth itself." Considering that 'Caliban' was a moon of Uranus, it was very likely that it could hope to Uranus next, and then to the other planets of the system. In terms of the universe, it wasn't that long of a distance.

"I wouldn't even come here anymore if for certain I knew that it would just be stuck there forever." He shook his head, sighing. "That seal isn't meant to last forever though. If what I read is correct, none of the seals here lasted forever. They were more like temporary restraining devices. The one sealing that monster is just the most powerful one." Prisoners, uncontrollable magic, creatures of all sorts, items, etc. They were usually temporarily sealed until they were released by whomever had requested the seal. It was easier to transport things and others when one needed it. After all, there wasn't much chance of escaping if a prisoner was sealed during the duration of their transportation to some dungeon or prison.

He continued to walk, and although he didn't really seem to want to be here, Scholo still followed him. He was slightly grateful for it. Even if the man was rough, it was still better than being alone on this planet.

Soon enough though they reached the outside of the Cathedral, which lead to the outside of the town. Caliban took a left, going for a building that looked like it was mostly still in-tact compared to the others. It seemed that knowledge and education was highly regarded on the planet, considering how broken down some of the other buildings were. It was possible that the monster had destroyed some before it had been sealed.

Eventually, the reached the library, though there was no door to open. One could just walk inside and head to where they wanted. "It's on the second floor on the right." He said, starting to lead Scholo to where he had found the books.

Scholomance's words were a bit reassuring, and Caliban relaxed for a moment, shoulders lowering into a more natural position. However, the hair on the back of his neck still prickled. As long as that thing was still here, then he would continue to feel the unease that came along with being here. He sighed. "Yes... You are right. I should be able to rely a bit more on my fellow senshi and the knights since we're all stuck on one planet now. I suppose I just feel like it's entirely up to me because it's my planet and my problem. A sense of responsibility I guess." Scholomance was the only other person he had been able to take to the planet, and the knight had a good point. Caliban had been worry about this, as though it was limited to just himself. "It might be that my past self is seeping a bit into my present self. In the past it was up to myself. It's like it's telling me that I'm the only one that can do it, even if logically, I know that's not true and I should just be able to ask for help."

The stress of the situation had been getting to him apparently, and it was good for someone else to point out what he was doing and that it was probably a bit crazy. He hadn't ever been in a situation such as this before. His life had been fairly mundane and easy before all of this, so to be thrown into all of this, well he had solved all of his other problems in life by himself, he supposed it was natural that he thought he would have to do this one alone too.

He shook his head at Scholomance's question about the lighting. "From what I've seen, no. From what I've been able to tell and spending time on here so far, I'm sure it's supposed to have some sunlight. If I'm guessing correctly, then there's probably some sort of curse or something that's causing it to be in continual darkness. It just came as usual and then never left." He had only seen some pictures in books relating to that fact, that the night had come after sealing the great monster.

Caliban quickly moved over to a stack of books that looked like they had been used recently. "These are all of the ones I've found so far. Some of them are journals, some of them are books about the life on this planet, and some are about the actual problem. The babel problem is here and alive as well though. Barely any of these texts are legible. Some of them I've thought about bringing back or something and trying to find someone who can translate it for me. I doubt it though. They seem to be in some ancient language. If there was only some sort of Rosetta stone for these it would make everything a lot easier." A universal language would have been amazingly helpful. And considering that the celestial objects within the universe seemed to have no problem traveling to one another, why hadn't they come up with something universal?

He supposed that it was just too hard for some to change their ways. Funny how the more things changed and the farther they got in the future, the more things stayed the same. "Do you know any of these languages? I've been trying to put them in stacks of the same language when I recognize it, but none of them are from Earth. I'm just putting them in the order from what I can tell of the symbols, but I can't read any of it."