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Mag Mell was on his way, but it was with a different being in tow than the one Arachne was expecting. Attempting to think ahead, and recalling the jumbled bits surrounding the night of his own purification, Mag Mell had come baring a Guardian Cat who would be able to shield their presence from anyone who might try to interfere if -- when-- the Lady Cosmos appeared.

The Knight of Cosmos took a deep breath as he reached up, lightly scratching Sumi behind the ear as he felt the kitten's head butt against him. The Mauvian had gotten rather good at picking up on his nerves, especially when Arsinoe wasn't around to do it for him. The knight had confidence in so many things, and yet here he was worrying that he was somehow going to let Arachne down.

You won't. She's the Lady you serve. She'll answer your call.

"I can feel two signatures up ahead-- Pretty sure that's the meeting place, right?" Mag Mell still hadn't completed the upgrades to his signet ring in order to send messages to anyone other than another knight while powered, so he was relying entirely on pre-determined meeting places and Sumi's guidance. "The Order aura keeps moving. That's got to be Arachne pacing. Guess we should hurry, hm?"

Arachne looked up when he heard Almandine's voice, stopping in his pacing and finally realizing that it might have been making the other senshi nervous. "Sorry...." Pushing his hair out of his face he started walking over to where almandine was before he noticed what had actually caught Almandine's attention.

Two power signatures coming toward them.

"That's Mag Mell." He held a hand out to Almandine, soft smile on his lips. "And one of the cats. Probably Sumi but I'm not sure." He hadn't been around Eta an Sumi enough to be able to tell them apart. "Nothing to worry about."

Knowing Mag Mell wasn't far off at least made him feel a bit less nervous. With the Knight on his way it meant they were that much closer to getting Almandine purified and on the way to recovery.

He'd met Mag Mell before, of course; it wasn't that Almandine disliked him at all, he was more just...uncertain of him. It was hard to read a man that had once been with Arachne, or at least, hard to understand the connection that they had once had. It was a lifetime that Almandine had not been a part of.

He stretched out his fingers and accepted Arachne's hand, pulling himself to his feet. Fingers curled instinctively together, threading warmly, securely with Arachne's as Mag Mell appeared, a cat on his shoulders that Almandine didn't recognize, brow furrowing.

"What would we need him for?" he asked, with a glance at Arachne, before he added, a little belatedly, "Hello, Mag Mell."

"Guardian Cats also have a unique ability to mask energy signatures." Which might come in handy, all things considered. He didn't know just how on the edge the Negaverse was about things anymore and he wouldn't put it past an officer to investigate the feel of a corrupt senshi surrounded by two higher-ranked Order-aligned auras.

There was also whatever aura the Lady Cosmos might bring with her...

Celsus had explained a bit about how things had worked the night he'd brought Emrys home from the Negaverse; how he'd reached out to Cosmos, he'd simply called her name and within moments she had arrived. Even knowing that he was anxious. What if Cosmos, the lady whose symbol he bore on his uniform, did not come to his call?

Mag Mell reached up to gently grasp the star pendant of the necklace he wore; the most prominent of the symbols of Cosmos he wore. He focused his thoughts on the pendant, using that as a grounding tool before channeling everything into words directed to the stars themselves. "Lady Cosmos, we beseech you. We ask for your aide in bringing one of our own out of Chaos.. You helped a friend of mine once, Celsus... He said that we could call on you."

Like all interactions with Cosmos, for a long moment there was no sign to indicate if she was coming, or if she had even heard. The stars sparkled as they always did, and everything seemed to be moving at its own pace—until, in the distance, a pale white light appeared to brighten. There was no energy signature, no tell—not from this far away.

Just a beautiful shooting star that lit up the night.

And then, that landed in front of them.

Cosmos stood tall and glanced around, eyes settling on each face there before she addressed Mag Mell.

“You called,” she said, as if just to confirm that she had heard. The starseed, she could hear. Words, not so much.

While she assumed her purpose, eyes turning to Almandine, she asked gently, “How may I be of assistance?”