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There was a stillness in the air.

Storms had been on and off for over a month now, and the people of Destiny City had become accustomed to this new, strange ‘normal’. The storms were mostly harmless, so it was a minor inconvenience for the most part. Everyone went on with their lives like the world wasn’t about to end.

Tonight was different.

There was a smothering weight, an uncomfortable tension, like waiting for the knife to drop.

It started at sundown, when the last lines of daylight slipped below the horizon and darkness started to settle in. The sun was even visible, briefly.

And then the clouds rolled in.

There were no bubbling, churning skies. There was a sheet of clouds that looked like a block in the sky, as smooth as stone and as unbreakable. The lights of the city had almost no effect on it, and the unending darkness seemed to swallow up every ounce of illumination.

And then the lightning started.

No longer did they strike the Earth’s surface like whips from the sky; a thousand orbs began to illuminate from beyond the wall of darkness. The light dripped slowly, passing through the clouds and spreading like paint bleeding down a page. The tendrils spread out, growing like roots through the sky. Sometimes it flickered but it never faded. Lightning burned through the sky, seared through it.

Destiny City was still, like the whole planet had drawn in a breath and held it. There was a rumble beneath their feet. The steady, frantic heartbeat of a world in fear.

But, there was a message.

A summons.

It arrived indiscriminately–on Senshi Phones, on a scroll that appeared before each Knight, on Negaverse Tablets, on Vanguardian ComTech, on Dark Mirror Compacts, on Mauvian communication devices.

It sent to everyone, and it was all the same:

Coordinates, and a time: 11 PM.

You know where you need to be, and when.

Sailor Fang, Eternal Senshi of Chrysocyon

Todd felt it in the air. Something was different. His heart hammered in his chest as he looked up to the sky. He didn't have to be powered up to know, suddenly, that this was it. With a small amount of reluctance, because he wasn't sure if he'd be back to finish it, he set down his latest crochet plushie on his bed and stood. He took a deep breath and headed downstairs, out the door, and powered up in a small cluster of trees.

Fang stepped forward. His phone buzzed immediately and he glanced at it, snorting. Obviously something was happening. He wasn't sure who had sent the message, because he didn't care to scrutinize the message. Tail bristling behind him, ears pinned to his head, he sprinted. He probably should have saved some of his energy, but he needed to get there. He had to get there and witness this entire thing, start to finish. He wouldn't let Earth fall.

Miraculously, he wasn't even out of breath as he arrived, finding Kerberos already there and coming over to greet him.

"Kerb," he said simply, looking up. "Time for big scary." He couldn't help a tiny little smile, despite the seriousness of the situation. "Big scary" was putting it lightly, even for Fang, who rarely used larger words.

Commodore Lyndin

Commodore Lyndin towered above the majority of the group, but even if he hadn’t been over seven feet tall, he would have had presence enough to demand attention. There was a confident stoicism about him and whether it was performative or authentic, it was effective.

The Vanguard was not obligated to participate in this. They had the opportunity to evacuate if they saw fit.

Lyndin could have left, too.

And yet, here he was.

His eyes were not on the crowd, but the sky, and he watched in silence. He was here as a guest. Whether or not any of them had reason to accept his presence was irrelevant; they were better off with him than without.

Commander Aliez

Aliez shifted nervously in place. He could see the sky, could see the light dripping down like paint from a dark blanket of clouds. His heart was racing. He wanted to be home, on Velencya. With all of his friends and family. With the rest of the Vanguard. Even with Caedus.

He anxiously fiddled with his bracer, making sure the shield was calibrated correctly. He didn’t want to lose a chance to defend himself or others.

But Lyndin was there. Vyn was there. His other friends and fellow Vanguard were there, and he had a fierce desire to keep them safe.

“Have you ever seen anything like this before, Commodore?” he asked quietly, standing near enough Lyndin to make sure he could hear him, and vice versa, but also give him enough space if he needed to move quickly.

Andronicus Knight of Uranus

On the edge of the hill, sliding her hood off her head as she approached, Andronicus frowned at the purple sky above her. It was always something in Destiny City, it always had been something in Destiny City. It was a very weird nexus of power. There was no reason for it to be centered here of all places, not with the Surrounding or Olympus or The Moon, even. And yet, this was the place all these souls kept being reborn to.

The brush of not one, not two, but four General Kings had her summoning her staff subconsciously. She planted the pommel into the dirt and held it as though it would bring her some sort of comfort or support. She pulled her gaze from the heavens to those that were gathering. Her eyes landed on Lyndin for a moment, eyebrows raising a little. After that whole... debaucle with Caedus some years ago, she'd thought the Commandore was very anti-Earth. Yet here he was, too.

The ground rumbled under her feet and she looked back at the sky. The storms themselves had been odd, had been concerning, but when she'd started looking through the database of information on the phenomenon... That a world eater was coming? No matter how jaded, no matter how frustrated with the state of the war and the world she was, she couldn't not come to defend her home. Even if it cost her knighthood. Even if it cost her life.

Now all she could do was wait.

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A wild Andronicus appears after several years of retirement! She is open for interaction!

Lacaille super senshi of books

Lacaille had been waiting for this after going to the moon and helping to figure out how to talk to the queen she was waiting for them to have a chance to find a way to save their world. She looked around shocked at the senshi, knights and every of other faction called to this. Then again she supposed this effect them all if there was no world there was nothing for anyone. So it made sense that they all were invested in this. She looked for senshi and knights she might know. She didn't know many or at least she didn't think she did. She was with Coco since Coco lived with her and they had a connection as senhi and guardian cat.

Corporal Caelyna

Caelyna's scythe sat heavy in her hand. She had yet to need to use it in truly serious combat; she had trained and practiced, certainly, but this was...different. This was a threat to a world that she had come to have a surprising amount of affection for, even given all that it had shown her of its darkness. Even though it was the place where Velyria had died.

She stood with her fellows, by Lyndin and Vyn and Aliez, and though she kept silent for the moment, her eyes were on the skies.

The enemy approached. They had to be ready.

Commander Andreiya

Andreiya sulked to the clearing. He didn’t want to be there.

Commodore Lyndin had offered them an escape. He said they could leave. He wouldn’t trap them here.

They could go home.

For a while, Andreiya had humored the thought. He dreamed of home, of his family, of normalcy.

And then he’d tucked those dreams away because there was work to do. He had his plants. Dylas. Steve. He had friends–sort of, they were humans so he wasn’t entirely sure how that worked out. There were places he liked here. Things.

Caedus was still here.

Commodore Lyndnin wasn’t leaving.

Andreiya, obviously, was staying.

And–thankfully, there were other members of the Vanguard already in attendance.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he spotted them, and beelined for the cluster by Commodore Lyndin.