She stared at the barrier that surrounded the Bifrost's balcony and blinked. Energy hummed softly under her skin, tracing along the lines that marked her as Transcendant across her throat and upper chest. She idly scratched at an inch along her collarbone.

There was a barrier around the Bifrost.

There was a barrier around the Bifrost.

"Well... at least I now can see why powering up is difficult but..." she said softly, running a hand across the semi-transparent dome blocking her way. She couldn't remember a time when her wonder had ever done this... nor any of the outposts on the Surrounding. Even when she'd been kidnapped by the Surrounding and chosen as a knight had any of the structures been blocked off like this.

A few outposts were unreachable these days, but that was more related to their senshi than, well, this.

This was...

Something else entirely.

Bifrost walked around the dome, from edge of the Surrounding to the other edge. No openings, no switches, no hidden rings hiding in the edges. It was like the whole wonder had just... locked itself down. Why would her Wonder lock her out though?

"Well now what do I do?" she said with a huff, planting her hands on her hips to keep herself from scratching herself bloody. She'd asked the Code piece on her wonder... except she couldn't get to it!

Heck, she could see the blurry shapes of moths and other little insects fluttering about on the balcony. Okay, so she only could tell that because one of the moths fluttered into the barrier and sort of bounced back, but that was neither here nor there.

The energy under her skin rippled uncomfortably. What... what would happen if she couldn't discharge the built up energy in her skin? It had never really been... a problem before. Even in battle she usually could make use of it, but this...

Bifrost paced back and forth in thought. Nothing came to mind as to this sort of thing happening before. Cosmic entities liked to teleport people around, but never quite just cut you off from your source of power. It didn't strictly feel like Chaos, but she couldn't rule that option out.

Something something energy cannons something something?

Maybe the Velencians had done something and it was messing with wonders? Yet wouldn't they also be affecting the senshi too? The outposts seemed just fine and accessible.

No this was a knight issue.

Oddly enough, this didn't feel like a 'her' specific issue either. Other wonders on the Surrounding had the same weird bubble. Not that there was anything she could do about it. She couldn't reach the damn thing regardless. Kicking the barrier just made her feel silly. None of her magic was much help either, so she stood there tapping her foot in increasing frustration.

Half an hour later, Bifrost returned to the city, energy still humming in her skin and no closer to a solution than when she'd started the week.

[WC: 500]