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Asmodeus had been Order for plural years, and yet she hadn't taken what was probably the most important step in an Order senshi's....journey, or whatever. That was, she'd never bothered to go to space.

There had just....been so many Earthly concerns. Setting up a new life. Figuring out what, and who, she wanted to be, now that Faith Mackenna was gone and Hope Mayfair had to take her place. Figuring things out with Hati and Skoll. Spending time with Hati and Skoll...

Just a very long list of s**t to do.

But it was patrol night with her partners, and when she arrived, she pulled her Senshi phone out of subspace and turned it over in her hands.

"So, uh," she said, "I was thinking maybe instead of patrolling the city tonight....would you guys like to come with me to see my planet? I've never been, so. I thought it might be neat to go together."

Asmo wasn't the only one who'd never visited their place in space. Hati had yet to visit his own planet as well, and... he wasn't sure he was ready yet. Not like Skoll. She was so much more resilient and forward-pushing than he was. Too slow, too cautious. Everything had to be carefully considered, seen from all angles, and going to space was too many unknowns for him. Made him too nervous.

Asmodeus finally going to her own planet stirred feelings inside him that he tamped down, reaching out to squeeze Asmo's hand. He had to be here for her, not wrestling with his own s**t.

"I'd love to go with you," he said in a soft, rumbling voice.

Skoll nodded and grabbed Asmo's hand with a reassuring squeeze. She knew the whole homeworld travel thing, even if she hadn't strictly taken anyone to hers yet. She felt the familiar drop of her stomach as they crossed the universe and reappeared on cobblestone streets. Skoll opened her eyes to stare at the glittering brass and bronze buildings around them.

Asmodeus' world was so different from her own. Where Skoll had towering pines and rolling hills that ended in cliffsides, Asmodeus had bronze and brick scrapping the sky, and stone beneath their feet.

"It's gorgeous Asmodeus," she said with a grin, just beaming at the other senshi.

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Asmodeus slid her hands out of Hati and Skoll's only reluctantly, and only because she wanted to explore a little without hauling both of them with her. She wandered, slowly, over to the fountain, and sat down on its rim, taking in the vista around her with eyes wide with childlike wonder.

She might as well have been twelve years old, playing Dungeons and Dragons for the first time--except this was so much better. So much bigger. and it was all hers, to explore.

Her eyes finally moved ot the vegetation in the fountain--and she frowned.

It looked mostly overgrown, yes, but something was wrong.

"What," she said, softly, and she reached out, brushing her fingers over one of the weeds--already alien in shape, but strange and gray against the colors of the other plants.

It crumbled to dust under her fingers, and she jolted, withdrawing her hand instantly.

"Come here, look at this, it....it doesn't seem right," she said, frowning. "Have either of you heard of something like this? Plants on homeworlds that just...crumble to dust, like that?"

It sat ill with her. Felt wrong. Yes, the world was dead and empty, no one had lived here for a thousand years, but that seemed...beyond normal decay.

Hati frowned, not wanting to reach forward and make the plants crumble himself. It was obvious what would happen, and they probably didn't need to make more dust. Who knew, it might be bad if they inhaled it. Stirring up more didn't do them any favors.

"I haven't been to my world yet, but this does feel... wrong. Even to me," he said softly, reaching to squeeze Asmo's shoulder.