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Lysithea and Adria arrived at the park at the same time as Monoceros, and honestly? Lysithea took that as a big win. She wanted to make sure they all got up to Lysithea without Airi getting scared and trying to flee, or without someone from the Negaverse coming to investigate just what was going on.

She watched as Lupu tightened his hold on the youma, and then made sure that everyone was hanging on to someone who was hanging on to her, and pressed the button on her phone, concentrating fiercely on simply getting them up there.

The rest of the details could be worked out later, but she was so happy that Adria was an Eternal senshi now, and that Monoceros had become a Super...it would make things easier if…

Well. That wasn’t. That wasn’t the way to think about this.

When the six of them were safely up on Lysithea, the senshi let out a breath and sank to the ground, giving a little, extremely tired grin. “Okay. What a welcome, yeah? Ah...let me start with introductions, this is Monoceros, he’s new to the court...ah. So new I haven’t even had time to...well.”

She waved a hand and gave a sheepish smile.

What a lame excuse. Always the same lame excuse. She had to be better. “Anyway! Monoceros, this is Adria and Lupu. And this is Airi. The one we’re here to help today...he um. Was a friend of Evan’s...way back when…” Lysithea gave Evan a look and sighed. “..If um. Anyone’s hungry, I brought some snacks.”

Drawing the bag from subspace, Lysithea took out a bag of juice for herself and laid the bag on the ground beside her, drinking for a moment before giving a sigh.

“Welcome to Lysithea!”

Airi shifted nervously in between Evan and Lupu, his own agitation growing as more senshi showed up. A nagging thought in the back of his head told him to bolt. To flee to the nearest shadow and get out of dodge. But the hands in his fur were a reassuring anchor. The youma couldn't help but whine quietly.

But then they teleported.

Airi felt every hair on his body stand on end, and if he actually had a stomach, he was sure it would have been flipping. Nope Nu-uh. No. No thanks. Airi dropped to lay at Evan and Lupu's ankles almost immediately after everything stopped shifting. "I'm.. ngh... I'm not a fan of that feeling." Airi muttered, making a face. "Though that might just be because..... for obvious reasons." His ears twitched at the new name and turned just in time to see Evan shift into someone else.

He sighed, ears flattening as he threw Evan a sarcastic look. "I want to say I'm surprised but... I kinda had a feeling. Though if it makes you feel better..." Airi rolled over, as best he could between the two and threw a paw over his muzzle. "Fine! I'm surrounded. You win. Do with me as you will." His mock at playing dead was ruined by the slight wagging of his tail.

Airi turned when Lysithea spoke. He glanced between the two other senshi, Monoceros and Adria and had to resist the urge to once again shurk and hide behind Lupu and Ev- er, Malus. Instead, he tried to focus on the girl in front of them. "You look like s**t." He mumbled. "....Are you okay?" Airi had little interest in the food. He wouldn't be able to keep it down right now anyway.

Monoceros smiled awkwardly as he was introduced and internally cringed for Lysithea as she failed a bit with his intro. It wasn't her fault, really, he'd been busy recently himself with his civillian-side stuff.

He waved a bit at Evan when he explained he was Malus (putting names to the other faces was always nice) and mostly hung around quietly. Meeting a whole bunch of new people during something so serious tended to cause him to both clam up and spout jokes at inopportune times.

He really hoped he could stop himself from doing something stupid if it came down to it.

"Nice to meet you," he said, nodding at Airi and Adria. "I'm glad to be a part of helping you out."

Malus was torn between fussing over Airi and just trying to stay out of the way, but when Lysithea offered the wand, he froze.

He looked at it uncertainly, and then he hesitantly reached out to take it. “Are you sure?” he asked, and swallowed--because it was a big responsibility. It was hers, really, and for her to share it…

He swallowed and then nodded. “I can do it,” he promised, and then looked to Airi.

“I can do it,” he said again, this time to him. “I won’t mess up. I won’t let you down. I promise. And when we’re done, we can talk--and I’ll tell you everything. I promise. No more secrets,” he said, and swallowed before he looked back to Lysithea. He knew he didn’t have to question her; she would push herself as hard as she could. He just hoped her giving him the wand was because she meant what she said, not because she was too exhausted. He gave her a worried look and promised himself he’d pamper her extra when they got home--her, and Airi. And what he couldn’t do himself, Tobias and Zac could help, and Soleiyu.

They’d all be okay.

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Adria watched the exchange quietly; he didn’t speak of it, and truthfully, he was here to help. That’s all that mattered. He knew one person here well, one in passing, and one so barely that it didn’t count. Airi and Monoceros were complete strangers.

The other members of the Court weren’t here. He didn't know what happened to them, or where they were, or if they’d just been busy and that’s why he’d been called in.

He smiled politely at Monoceros, and spoke quietly so he didn’t interrupt any of the others, just to say, “It’s nice to meet you, too. Have you helped a purification before?”

He shifted a bit, like he was just a little worried he was being annoying or distracting, but he tried to keep a friendly smile on his face at least, and not stick out like a sore thumb.

Monoceros shook his head, bun bobbing with the movement. "No, this is my first one," he said quietly. "I'm just as clueless as Aria about the specifics of what's gonna happen here, honestly. But I'm excited, all the same."

Lysithea gave a little nod, smiling fondly at Evan, and then at Airi himself. This. Was fine.

She was already feeling better and got to her feet, though swayed slightly and reached out, leaning some of her weight against Adria. “...Hope you don’t mind. Seriously though. Your new fuku is so utterly beautiful, Adria...I’m so proud of you.” The words were soft, meant only for his ears, and then she drew in a breath and closed her eyes, trying to open her heart and call Cosmos to them. She was pretty used to it by now, having done it…

More than she could really think of right now but…

There was a smile on the senshi’s face as she did so. Cosmos would help to make this right. Airi would be saved and the Negaverse would be down a rather frightening creature...and hopefully...he would be a human...and Evan could put this last bit of the past fully behind him.

The future would be that much brighter after tonight.

Cosmos was no guarantee, though she listened, and came, as often as she could. She could hear a starseed calling for help from a universe away, and while she couldn’t be everywhere at once, she tried.

There was no indication that she had heard Lysithea’s call, or that she could hear Airi’s starseed begging to be freed of the Chaos.

Not at first.

On Lysithea, all the stars in the sky were bright and unfiltered by city lights, and there was plenty to see in the deep of space, if only one looked for long enough.

They didn’t have to, though.

She was a shooting star on the cosmic breeze, and a rainbow trail followed her in the sky; she flickered out of existence--and then, she was there.

She arrived before the group, quiet and attentive. She took in all the faces she knew, and all the ones that she didn’t--and settled on Airi.

“...You have called for aid,” she said aloud, as if to confirm their intention. “...To chase away the Chaos?”

There were enough of them that she couldn't imagine they would have been asking for help to dust the youma, and they looked too friendly for this to be any sort of attack.

Monoceros smiled at Adria, feeling, still, just a bit out of place, as Lysithea, his technical leader now?? Not that he was really sure of just about anything regarding the court, except that they helped heal youma, like they were doing now. He really needed to try and make time to talk to everyone else here, more, somehow. How the hell was he already so advanced with his powers, yet so out of touch with the people meant to be his closest allies? That was a rather scary thought to have all of a sudden, and he filed that away to panic about later. If it even would be a genuine worry, to think about him possibly getting swayed to the dark side, because he didn't have a strong enough connection with the good people around him.

Right, right, worry later, purify now. He needed to understand this ritual, for sure.

He startled slightly when Cosmos appeared, gut twisting in his abdomen. His mouth felt suddenly dry with nerves. Oh, Lordy. He suppressed a shiver—of excitement? Of fear? He couldn't tell, just that adrenaline rushed through his veins, making him more alert and nervous. He wanted to say something, but she spoke to Airi, and he stayed silent. It probably wasn't his place to try and talk to someone so very important to the cause, anyway.

But it was exhilarating to be allowed in her presence, nonetheless. Yes, exhilerating, that was the correct word. Even if it was a bit scary, considering who she was, he was mostly just in awe at the fact that he got to be so close to her, to help in this endeavor to help a youma.

Something he'd dreamed of doing since before he even became a Senshi, after that fateful encounter with the dino and Camelot. He smiled reassuringly at Airi, in case Airi happened to look at him. He wanted to do some good. That's why he was here. It was all he ever had wanted to do, and he could finally do it.