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The Star Festival was always busy, especially at night, which meant lots of tempting targets for Chaos. But it never felt bad to patrol around the city during these days, because it was also beautiful and joyous. It felt good to be outside and moving through that atmosphere, moving under those stars.

On top of a roof, just outside the town square, Hestia had set up a comfortable little picnic for herself, with a soft blanket holding a tiered tea stand full of baked treats and finger sandwiches. A small tea kettle sat to the side, the hearthflame tea of her homeworld steeping as she settled in to watch the show.

Glancing up at her visitor, Hestia's eyes widened. The other senshi was cute to be sure, but very...unicorn-like. And of course, there was only one, very magnificent and kind unicorn senshi! Who was a whole entire princess! But maybe this was just a...

Hestia's thoughts trailed off into a stutter when she saw the tail. Well! This is certainly different...but not something entirely unheard of, as of late.

"Please," she gestured across from herself. "Take a seat. I'm Sailor Hestia, of Housekeeping, miss...?"

"Purity?" Hestia gave the sphere a thoughtful look. That truly did suit her...extra features.

"You've recently arrived here? On Earth?" So she was one of those senshi from space she'd heard rumor of. Hestia poured a second cup of Assam, chosen for its dark color that nicely reflected the night sky, and handed it to Ersa.

"You'll find plenty of work most nights, at least here, in Destiny City." She talked in a quiet, almost monotone voice, but there was still notable warmth in her tone. "But tonight is rather special, and I think many of Order may see it as a sort of...holiday for ourselves. An event to stop and appreciate the sky beyond, rather than focus on the fight in front of us."

Noting the emotion in the girl's eyes, Hestia felt that the senshi was...young, maybe even as pure as her sphere naturally implied. "A nd have you gotten used to it then, or were you tired of waiting for right time to do something?"

Hestia sipped her own tea, glancing up as the first few bright streaks began raising toward the horizon.

"It's a meteor shower," Hestia replied, placing several tiny sandwiches on a small plate, and placing it by the girl's hand. Gazing up, she nibbled on a cucumber sandwich herself, explaining further. "They're normal occurrence in the sky of many worlds, but this one is...unique. Earth's view of the night sky is not normally as clear as Destiny City during the Star Festival, and none of the other meteor showers through the year have the colors of this one. It's likely a magically influenced phenomena."

Those colors were filling their view now, a brief, brilliant sight, framed by the lit paper lanterns that people were letting rise to meet that flash of rainbow. "We don't know why it happens, but it makes people feel hopeful when they see it. Perhaps it's Cosmos or that Code, waving the flag to continue on."

"I'd enjoy that, Miss Ersa," Hestia answered, soft and solemn. If this was the first time the other senshi had come out like this since she'd arrived, she'd be in need of some guidance. As for Hestia herself...she looked between the brilliance of the sky and girl appreciating is for the first time. Maybe I need the perspective of such a pair of fresh, clear eyes.

"We'll be able to help one another," she assured Ersa with certainty.