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Things had been tense with her brother for a long time, Aloysius had been neglecting his weekly lessons with the choir she was a member of. He was supposed to be their accompanist as well as her guide through the city. Again he had abandoned her to walk home alone, probably getting drunk at a bar somewhere like their father used to do. He was gone so often at night these days she really wondered what he was getting up to. Even though she was in no place to nag him given she was the much younger sibling and they really hadn't lived together most of their lives.

This night seemed a little more spooky than the others before, not as many people were out and she was nervous without groups of people to call out to if anything happened. Destiny City was still new to her and even though she went to college and did all that, she was still easily lost in the great expanse of alleyways and streets that made up the city's infrastructure. Unfortunately, this was how things would end up going as she turned down a street she did not recognize that had nobody out and about to ask for directions from.

Melody turned as she heard a hissing, she saw a small cat and walked up to approach it. "Oh hello there, are you alright?" She knew it probably couldn't understand her but hopefully, they wouldn't scratch her. Unlike humans, cats were easy to trust. They rarely had ulterior motives besides being fed or pet and she could understand that. Before making her way all the way to the cat, she heard a crash and saw something shadowy approaching. Grabbing her heavy bag with one hand she prepared to throw it at whatever was coming. If it was someone coming to mug her there would be one hell of a fight.

As she prepared to throw her bag, trashbags tore revealing a shadowy-looking wolf thing. "What...." That was not something she had ever seen in the city. "Why is there a wolf in the city?! Come on kitty let's go!" She ran forward and picked up the cat before throwing her school bag at the thing and running back the other way down the alley to put some distance between them. Running was something she had been good at in private school so she was at least keeping some distance while trying to hold the cat so it didn't claw her.

Melody had put at least one alleyway worth of distance between them when the cat spoke. "Wait you can speak?" Her running had come to a stop almost as if she had run into a wall from the shock of it all. Things seemed to run together as the cat explained about power and contacting someone. This was all very new to her and the shock from the initial fact of a talking cat was still not something she had gotten used to yet.

"I... I guess I can maybe trust you this is very weird though..." Putting the cat down on top of one of the closed trash cans, she wanted to be able to pick them up and run again if needed. Keeping a lookout for the thing that was following them, she also tried to make a backup plan to get back to her place if she could.

General King Lepidolite did not often venture into Destiny City while powered up, but tonight was a nice night, and he had more paperwork than he cared to look at. Axinite was usually the one hovering over the communications, paranoid about something going wrong, but Lepidolite wanted this mission.

‘Quickly’ sounded like there could have been trouble, and he’d take anything over the stack of papers looming on his desk.

He arrived less than a minute after the message came out. He was a tall man, and his presence alone commanded significant respect even without being able to read his energy signature.

“Soyala,” he greeted, and smiled at the would-be Senshi. She’d join their ranks soon enough. “Are you getting into trouble out here? A night like this is too good to waste. Hello, there.” He didn’t know her name, but if Soyala was asking for help, he could guarantee the girl with him was a Senshi ready to come into the fold. He extended a hand to shake.

“Nice to meet you, it’s a pleasure. I’m General King Lepidolite. I hope I didn’t keep you two ladies waiting for long.”

Lepidolite didn’t have a care in the world, and there wasn’t a doubt in his heart that he could protect them from any potential threats. He didn’t feel the need to teleport them to his office–although, this scene wasn’t exactly the brightest start to a new future. At least his office was welcoming. And not surrounded with trash cans.

"Only a little bit of trouble," Soyala said, sounding utterly unrepentant. "This poor young lady was being chased by a youma, and I realized--there's a Senshi soul there, sir. I wasn't sure, at first, like some of the others--but it called out to me in the end."

Because they always did. Because Senshi starseeds sang, even if the song was sometimes a little muffled. Perhaps she ought ot spend some time figuring that out, discover exactly what was happening that made some Senshi harder to identify.

"Don't worry, darling," she told the girl, "you're not in trouble. We're just going to show you your destiny."

Perhaps that was a bit cheesy. Soyala didn't care. Finding a new Senshi always made her feel delightfully smug.