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 Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:36 pm
Beringia grumpily stood at the meeting location, his sister, dressed in less clothing then he ever expected, stood next to him, doing small twirls and dances. Whenever Nadia was dressed as her sailor Methone, his sister never ceased to stop moving.
It was pretty in a sense, being the senshi of Aurora Borealis, but distracting and Beringia was intent on getting this wonder business over with. Her crossed his arms, staring in the distance, waiting for the third member of their little excursion.
"Is Late. Alvays make us vait!" He was masking his nerves under the grumpy, but also legit irked that Okolnir was taking his time.
"Why don't you calm down brother." Methone twirled again, "You're wonder isn't going anywhere. He'll be here, when he gets here."
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:11 pm
If it had been anyone else making this plan with him, he would have called complete and utter bullshit. A day trip into space? As simple as a sneeze? A children's imagination. Except it was his best friend, and his best friend's sister, neck deep in all this magical nonsense, and he was supposed to be staying out of it. Curiosity was such a terrible thing, though. Utterly terrible. Even though he was pretty sure he was put on this Earth (or in space?) to be a thorn in Sergei Vetrov's side, the man was his best friend, and whatever the man asked of him, it would be done. That's just how it worked. Okolnir strolled into sight and up to the senshi and knight, his gloved hands tucked into pockets and the ever present small smile on his face. "Beringia. Methone." He greeted, approaching the senshi. One hand reached to take one of her own easily gliding one of her twirls towards him, where he then kissed her gloved knuckles. "You don't fail to deliver when I said I wanted to see more of you." He stood, still holding onto Methone's hand, and took a moment to make a show of looking around. He then looked at Beringia. "We're not waiting for anyone else, are we?" His smile widened just a tad.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:32 pm
Beringia grunted as Okolnir showed up and then started to get like...ready for the trip.
By started to get ready, he was looking at his sister who actually been to space and waiting for her to tell him what to do. His sister who was currently being mooched on by his best friend. Disgusting.
"I try not to be a disappointment Handsome." She smiled lazily at him, twirling right into his grasp. Reaching on tiptoes, she placed a small kiss on his lips before moving over to her brother, gesturing the other man. "We need to be touching him. Once he calls the wonders power, we'll be travelling the stars."
Beringia made a scrunched up face and shook his head. "No one else. Small group. Recon mission." He nodded, "Vanted small team could trust." In smaller words, "Would only bring Methone but insisted that Polaris knights need each other." He said that only because his heckles were all up and he wasn't sure about his. "Come come. Now tell me what else do?" Once Okolnir had his hand somewhere on Brr, and Methone laced arm through her brothers, the man imagined his wonder and the call of power.
One minute they were on a plain snowy field of earth, the next they were in a large metal castle, not frigid but a bit chillier then anyone had expected. The castle was run down, filled with ice capped walls, and snow but habitable it seemed, by the small hardy plants where ice did not coat the ground.
"We are here." Methone pulled away, looking around. This was the second wonder she had been entreated too, and unlike Saturn, it was much different. There was no evidence of death and decay, if anything Polaris's planet was large and oddly warming. She shivered only a bit drawing her sash close to her.
"Is ice." was the most helpful thing that Brr said in the moment because he had SPACE TRAVELLED. AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. Not like the call of Olympus.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:55 pm
"You never are." He murmured back to Methone, and took his position when prompted. A gloved hand was placed on Beringia's shoulder as a means of transportation, and next thing he knew they were no longer where they were. That simple? They were in a different part of space now, just like that? NASA would be so pissed if they knew. Upon arriving, Okolnir took to surveying the new surroundings with rapt fascination. Truly, they were in another place. One that was eerily still. Dead, yet, not, at the same time...and to think it belonged to his friend. He swept his gaze back to his companions, noted Methone's shiver, and wasted no time in reaching to pull the half jacket of his uniform off. The man pulled it over his hand, and then presented it to the senshi with a flourish. "Since I still have a layer underneath." He told her, now sporting the long sleeved white shirt underneath his uniform top. He then looked to Beringia, gauging the man's reaction to all of this. "If you're so on edge Brr, why did you even want to come in the first place?" Because Sergei had been rather adamant about limiting his contact with anything magical related at all, too.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:19 pm
Methone was hopping from one place to another and before her brother could offer his own jacket, Oakey had taken his and offered it to the young woman. She eyed it before greedily taking it. "That's some brownie points there handsome." She winked at him, "Make sure you cash them in, when we get home." She slid the bigger jacket on and looked around.
"It is a bit eerie here." She added, noting her brother's tenseness. Her hand came out and eased the man, causing Brr to relax a bit more. "My planet is like a paradise Island, I would've never expected Polaris to be so cold."
As such though, Beringia looked around. "We are here for ring." He looked at the page and smirked, "Is rite of knighthood. Very useful if have to keep dealing with powered life." A ring in this large castle? He didn't know if it could be done. He beckoned the two to follow after him, taking in the large hallways and bridge like structures of the castle. If he had to guess, this castle was one small part of a much larger one.
As they moved though, he couldn't help feeling a prickling sensation at the back of his neck. "Feels like someone is here." He said mostly to keep them aware, and ready. "Feels like someone is near here...." It was almost like he could feel something tugging at him.
"You're probably not wrong." Methone muttered, "It could be our ancestor, guarding over this place." Her hand snuck into Oakey and Beringia's, one united front as they moved into a large dias room where the Polaris symbol graced the floor and a small orb like object hung in the middle.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:30 pm
"I'll do my best to rack up as many as I can now for the big pay off later." He winked back at her, and then took to looking around again as well. He looked over at Brr as the man smirked, and he just smirked back. He'd let get Beringia build up a few smug pegs on him. That little tower would come crashing down with a few select words from the Page, which he was holding in reserve for the time being. "I didn't think you were interested in continuing to deal with powered life, friend~" He replied airily, and followed after the others. Always on the look out, he noted the concern Brr seemed to have, but at the moment, couldn't exactly...feel anyone. As Methone held onto his hand, he easily held onto it in return, a brow rising at the comment. "There's someone still here?" He asked, a splash of surprised coloring his tone.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:10 pm
"Vill stop flirting. Is gross." Beringia scrunched his nose up, "Serious mission." He stared at both of them longer but as they got to the middle of the room around the bright orb, he looked around. The presence of someone here was even stronger. "Vas not, but....vell, vould not hurt to have all resources available."
Methone made a small noise before pulling Oakey back and letting her brother touch the orb. "Stay with me Handsome." She squeezed his hand and in a shimmer of light and snow, the form started to appear.
"Of course there is someone here." The voice was female, but deeper then most, almost similar to Methone's husky tone. The form was full and curvy and filled in all the right spots. The deep v of the top dipped down and there was no mistaking the blues of polaris.
Even worst, there was no mistaking the woman as an exact replica of Beringia if he was a girl. Her arms were crossed, a familiar 'no' face was placed on her features and she was looking over the little ragband group with disapproval. "Welcome to Beringia, wonder of bridges of polaris. City open to all others." She waved her hand, "What are you doing on my wonder?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:26 pm
"No." Okolnir replied simply with a smile, and was honestly more than content to let the expert (Methone) take the lead for him to follow on this one. He stayed with her, his hand bringing her's up to rest on his arm, and he rested a gloved hand over her's. This was all done with a mindless ease, as his attention was focused on the form that appeared. The page let out a low impressed whistle. "It's a wonder I haven't bridged the gap between myself and her." He commented to no one in particular, and then spoke louder, this time direct to Beringia. "If you looked just like that, Brr, I'd do you!" But to think there was someone here... It was still rather eerie.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:56 pm
Shiva's gaze wandered over the group again, settling first on the page. She recognized the colors and hair of her friend Lana....but not quite the attitude. "You're a drop short of adequete compared to Lana." She ignored his comments and then moved Methone, taking her chin and lifting it to look at.
"You have my genes." She smiled, albeit more of a smirk. "You share a similar look to my cousin, who was sent to the planet Methone and met someone there."
and lastly she circled her doppleganger knight, taking his chin too in her hands. "It's no doubt you are a dead ringer for me." The knight stepped back. "If you are here, it means that my time protecting this place is to come to an end." She leaned back on the dias.
"That is until I pass all the information on to you." Her gaze lingered from Brr. to Methone. She practically ignored Oakey though.
In response to Oakey though, Methone elbowed him. "That's like our great grandma times a million." She rose a brow at him, "You wanna get it on with a dead ghost girl version of Sergei?" Besides, hello.
Brr though on the other hand scrunched his nose. "I came for the signet ring."
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:12 pm
That freezer burn though. That apparently ran in the family as well. Okolnir made no comment about whoever he was being compared to, because quite honestly, he didn't want to dig any deeper than he currently was (stubbornly). Instead, he just focused on the past knight's interactions with the others. A definitely fondness for Methone, and honestly, who wouldn't have that? The way she was sizing up Beringia---well, the current Beringia, that was something else. He was jostled by the elbow, and looked down at his lovely companion. "There's enough generations between the two of them to make it perfectly acceptable." He replied to her, joking of course. He leaned down to whisper teasingly into her ear. "You're not jealous, are you?" He straighten back up, patting her hand, and returned his attention to the matter at hand. She may have been ignoring him, that never deterred Okolnir in the slightest. He made friends with Sergei, after all. "What may we call you? Because if it's Beringia as well, this is going to get confusing very fast."
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:20 pm
Shiva's arms rubbed her chin. "I don't have it." She looked at the other knight before making a face, "I really don't. It's hidden somewhere on the wonder, and I forgot where. Memories are a bit fuzzy seeing as I am..." She gestured down to herself, "Just a memory myself."
Methone didn't huff, but her eyes did roll slightly. "I would tap that, too." She completely agreed that her great grandmother was gorgeous, but she wasn't gonna play the family game. She was interested in who Lana was though, probably the past life of Okolnir which meant these two generations of polaris knights had known each other a long time. His whisper made her shudder, before she leaned up, brushing her mouth over his. "I'd be jealous if there was something to be jealous for, Handsome." She left it at that.
"You can call me Shiva." She looked back at the other Polaris knight, and the smaller Methone before shaking her head. "You really are a spitting image of the past Methone. She had a dancers touch, smaller form though. Like a small fairy."
Beringia hated to interrupt since the woman was so keen on talking-"Do you have any clue-"
"Do you know a senshi named Sedna?" Shiva interrupted, looking at Beringia now. "Have you met them?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:44 pm
Just a memory herself? There was something melancholy about that. Still here to pass on the knowledge to the next knight...for how long? What if Sergei had never bothered to come? Would she have been stuck up here forever? The page's smile deepened briefly at Methone's reply (and that brush of lips didn't hurt either), as he nodded his head in acknowledgement of the knight's name. He didn't hate to admit it, but he thoroughly enjoyed seeing Beringia get over run by another dominating force. The question Shiva had cut him off with though, made the page start a bit, and his face went blank momentarily. It was like Christmas had come all over again. He looked dead at Beringia.  "Oh, he does." Okolnir piped up for him, glee touching his tone. "She's his patrol partner...or had been." While he still hadn't met the senshi who somehow single handedly managed to make Beringina's life suffering, he heard so much about her from the squire griping he felt as if he practically knew her. So he was also aware that the senshi hadn't been seen or heard from in quite a few weeks.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:08 pm
"Oh no." Was all Methone said, especially at Oakey's look of satisfaction. A giggle escaped and she buried her face in his shoulder, because if Shiva knew Sedna, it meant....It meant....
Beringia's face was a steely gaze. A iceberg gaze. So chilly that even Shiva cringed.
"I see." Sedna was alive...Shiva's heart ached a little but gauging the look on her grandsons face...."She was also my partner in the past."
However she walked back to the dias that contained her memories and shrugged. "If you want your ring, you have to find it. Alone." She looked at the other two, "Not that I am opposed to you two being here..." Her gaze actually fell on Okolnir, "You are really a lot like Lana. If you are her reincarnation. If not...you should visit your wonder." She beckoned Methone over. "Your markings are odd for a senshi, is this something that knighthood can achieve?"
Methone nodded, looking at her brother. "It means you have accepted your wonder and responsibilities. I am bound to the planet of Methone now...If Beringia was to do the same...."
"I would disappear forever then? My time has long passed regardless." She looked at the knight. "There is trials for you to face here. You may wear the name of Beringia but you are no knight until you pass them."
Methone moved back, cuddling closer in Okolnir's jacket. "It seems we can't do anything more here."
Beringia growled in frustration.
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:16 am
Methone. Tsk tsk. Didn't she know she only encourage him when she giggled? The page was immune to that iceberg gaze, and just continued to smile as he mulled over the tid-bits of information. Emphasis on partner, hm? Well, well, well. This whole magical business was way more convoluted than he originally thought if people from one thousand years ago could overlap with the present day. He focused on Shiva when she actually addressed him. He only smiled, and in all honesty is was rather non-committal. No thank you, Shiva. No thank you. As Methone moved closer, the man instead reached out to wrap an arm around her waist, and pull her to him. There. Much better. Still, though his attention was focused on Shiva and Beringia. "Oh, come on, Beringia~" Okolnir called out to him. "You really didn't think it'd be as simple as one visit, did you? You're always going on about hard work and dedication. You can't be a hypocrite now." Actually he had a thought, too, but he'd wait until they were out of ear shot of Shiva.
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:37 am
Methone fully turned as she was pressed against Oakey and let laughter stifle in his chest. Sedna and Shiva, Lesbians. SEDNA AND BERINGIA, LESBIAN PARTNERS. It couldn't...It was....She had to wipe a small tear because...
"Oh lord." Methone couldn't breathe. Shiva wasn't sure what was wrong with the pair but it didn't matter.
"I'll come back around when you have less guest. For now, you may explore the castle." It blew to life with electricity at the wave of her hands. Between her, the guardian and the new knight, the wonder was brought back to life. Castle walls lit with bright lamps in the corners.
Ice, that had been there for 1000s of years melted at the sudden warmth of the wonder. "There is books in the library of our knighthood, and Polaris castle would probably prove beneficial." She crossed her arms, "If you'll excuse me." and then popped away.
Beringia turned on his heel, looking at the pair now that his doppleganger was gone and glared at them.
"Stop cuddling, you idiots." he growled, clearly upset. "I did not vant to be here long. Did not vant to come back." AUGH. MORE MAGIC WORK.
Sedna was the reason for this. That stupid senshi.
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