More Meteor Showers Bring Even Stranger Powers. (O/A)

[BeaMichelle]

Nova Blancke

Taking a deep breath she continued. It wasn't long before she found Ravan. Her heart ached when she found her. It was painful to watch this skin over bones, frightened and withdrawn child. Even more when she thought that Ravan might actual be from an alternate version of herself.

"Hey Ravan....there you are...why are you all alone?"

Ravan's head shot up with a gasp. She spun on her hands and feet then scrambled backward and up the corner she had huddled herself into. Once she was tucked between walls and ceiling she locked eyes with Crystalion while she breathed rapidly. Her eyes were wild and bloodshot. Her skin tone lacked the natural olive hue and was a more sickly alabaster. Her finger and toenails were almost none existent from years of clawing, scraping, digging, and tearing. There were a few strange semicircular marks on her arms and legs that didn't look like they came from any animal or monster.

"Now! Bad! Bad! Kirroo! gway!" she squeaked in a panic.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Nova Blancke

Legio listened to her explanation. He would have responded but it felt rude to interrupt her.

"You may."

Fenris blinked softly a few times and requested, "My memories, the ones in your head that you copied yesterday...can you erase them?"

She turned to face him and continued, "Whether I like it or not we have a connection now. I don't know if that's why I feel compelled to talk to you, but it makes it hard to hold a conversation when you already know everything about me. No one, not even Trinity or my own mother, knows everything. Just, everything I haven't told you directly or before we met yesterday, I'd like it to be gone from your mind."

She paused for a moment and scratched behind her left ear with the claws of her first and second fingers. "I mean, obviously you have no obligation to do so...and for the time being I'm not in any position to force you. I can't imagine how little you think of me right now. s**t, I don't know why it suddenly matters to me. Everything's just gone wrong."

Fenris sighed, gave him the same direct look she did back in the hallways of Valhalla, and whispered. "Please?"  

[Nova Blancke]

It was not something he expected but it made sense when he thought about it.

"You wish to be your own person and cannot be one if I am also....you. I understand. I will retain the information about your culture, your people, the lands your people held, it's history. If that is gone then they would truly be gone. Only a few know of them now. It is the only way for them to live on. Everything about you and your combined history I shall erase." Legio calmly stated.

"Do we have a deal?"

Was this how she was feeling right now? Alone and scared of the world?
Crystalion didn't come closer to her but kneeled down where she was. She noticed the marks. Her own experience with Daedelus told her what those were.

"I'm not here to hurt you sweetie."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Heather melted into the combined embrace and continued to huff and cry until she heard Liv's question. A quick gasp escaped her throat. She slid back from the group hug while she kept her arms around Liv. She studied the blonde for a moment and came to a sickening realization.

Liv didn't know what happened. She didn't know that she had died.

There was a heavy and awkward silence that permeated the room. Gidget and Ako fidgeted nervously. Deora rubbed the back of her neck and looked away from the hugging trio. Alec's lips tightened as he tried to find the easiest way to break it to Liv before the princess-

"Oh! I get it now. She-AHP!"

Deora reacted quickly and commanded her bottle of water to launch itself directly at Rydia's thoughtless forehead. "Cállate!" she hissed.

Heather bit her bottom lip and asked the people in charge, "Can you guys fill me in on the rest of what Princess fat mouth was talking about later? I'm gonna let Liv know what's been going on for the last few hours."

Rydia rubbed her forehead and pouted. She didn't know what it was Deora said to her after the bottle made contact, but she figured it was not a request by the tone.

Gidget nodded and mubbled into Ako's ear.

Ako nodded and relayed, "She says that's fine. The sooner the better. Just shoot her a text and she'll send a transcript."

Heather turned to Deora and motioned with her head to follow them out. Deora opened her eyes slightly wider and did a quick and short shake of her head. The dragoness craned her neck with a wide eyed response of insistence. The nervous Latina took a deep breath and nodded.

Satisfied, Heather looked back to Liv and said, "C'mon. Let's talk outside for a bit."

She took Liv by the hand and led her out of the lab and a little further down the hall with Deora following not too far behind. Once they were out of earshot from the group in the lab she looked both of Liv's and hand asked gently, "Liv...what's the last thing you remember before popping up just now?"  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Nova Blancke

It was not something he expected but it made sense when he thought about it.

"You wish to be your own person and cannot be one if I am also....you. I understand. I will retain the information about your culture, your people, the lands your people held, it's history. If that is gone then they would truly be gone. Only a few know of them now. It is the only way for them to live on. Everything about you and your combined history I shall erase." Legio calmly stated.

"Do we have a deal?"

Fenris' head and ears lifted as her eyes widened. "You..." she breathed before trailing off.

There weren't many occasions that would make either Freya or Okami speechless, but Legio's reply certainly had Fenris flabbergasted. She was expecting another lecture or a requirement to debate him on why it mattered at all. Yet he agreed with the only caveat being that he retain the knowledge of an nearly extinct race that was whittled down to two half bloods and two pure bloods. She was at a loss because words could not possibly express the gratitude she felt toward the, what she could only describe as, kindness he showed in offering to keep her people's history alive.

She nodded and stammered, "T-that would...actually, be incredible. I don't know what to say."

She felt that stupid heat build up in her face, and she had to consciously fight to keep her tail from swaying happily. She turned her head and gaze away from Legio and looked forward at nothing in particular. She rubbed the back of her neck with her right hand and then scratched at her jaw.

"Y'know...you really are a smug sonovabitch. But, maybe, you aren't as big an a*****e as I thought." she muttered.  

[BeaMichelle]

Nova Blancke

Was this how she was feeling right now? Alone and scared of the world?
Crystalion didn't come closer to her but kneeled down where she was. She noticed the marks. Her own experience with Daedelus told her what those were.

"I'm not here to hurt you sweetie."

Ravan responded with something between a screech and a hiss; something she hadn't done since Theonis first found her. He eyes darted around wildly for a way out, but she didn't know if the new person would be faster than her.

"Now awch! Gway! Kirroo!"

From seemingly nowhere a rather plain looking young adult woman with raven hair and olive hued skin strode up beside Crystalion and watched Ravan with Crystalion. She spoke with a soft tone that had a hint of middle eastern accent.

"You wouldn't know, but she just got away from a group of cannibals. She wont come to you anytime soon." she stated.

She turned on her heels to face Liv and asked, "You're here to help, yes? Good. Despite how she appears she is crying for help, or else I wouldn't be here. I am her trust."

Kerana

Kerana pointed to herself as she offered. When Theresa nodded, Kerana smiled accepted the piece and bowed her head and said “thank you”. She wanted to ensure Theresa knew it was a good thing to share. She nibbled in the piece while listening to Rydia.

Theresa's eyes lit up in response to Kerana's gratitude. In spite of herself, she couldn't help but smile. It was a feeling that was both familiar and foreign. She wondered if she'd ever get used to being one with the others. At that moment it didn't really matter. She watched Kerana nibble on the candy bar for a moment and then did the same with her own piece in a manner that mimicked Kerana.

She did her best to try and listen to Rydia, but it was very hard for her to follow along. From what she could tell there were a lot of people from a long time ago that failed their missions. She definitely understood that they needed to kill Eclipse. That she could get behind.

When Kerana got up to go join Heather and Liv, Theresa felt a pang of envy, though once again she didn't know what it was called. She watched how they held one another. It reminded her of the pictures Leonard had shown her of siblings...specifically sisters. What was in front of her was how it was supposed to be, she thought. She just gazed at them silently and waited for Kerana to be through so they could go back to being in close proximity to one another. Maybe Kerana would mind being my big sister, Theresa mused to herself.  

[Nova Blancke]

Legio just nodded at Fenris's response.

"So I've been told."

He closed his eyes, gathered the memories that belonged to Freya/Okami. Filtering out the personal history from actual history and culture. It took a bit longer since he had a hundred copies of it. A side effect of Freya's own training. When he felt like he was done, he destroyed those memories with a sudden twitch of his head.

Exhaling he opened his eyes and look at Fenris. He extended his hand to her.
"I don't think we've met. My name is Legio. What is yours?"

It wasn't hard to feel the sudden mood in the room. Theo had no idea what happened to her. But he could easily put the clues together. The blood on her neck, the small bits of....hair and flesh stuck to her. Liv died today. But it seemed it only.....slowed her down. That's....quite the feat. But from what he gathered, she had no idea that happened. She most likely wasn't even aware of it. Nobody was going to say it out loud. Until Rydia's lack of filter got the better of her and almost spilled the beans. But Deora quickly corrected her.

He didn't blame Heather for taken her out of that situation. Not sure why Deora had to come along. Maybe she had seen something? Not long after they left he spoke up.

"Well that kinda ruined the mood huh? Kinda glad it did. Pulled me back to reality."

Right after she asked her question the mood froze in the room.

"What? What did I-?" She asked before being taken out of the room." Uhh...okay?" Liv said hesitantly. This was all getting a bit weird. Then came Heather's question.

"You're kinda freaking me out here babe. I...uhh remember Valhalla lifting up and saying I was coming home before asking you....something...about....making us...offi....Official? I...think." Liv paused a bit afte realizing the hole in her memory.
"II woke up in the Light Realm after that. A few creatures floating around me. The ones that live there ...and....then I came here."

"What,,,what happened Heather?"  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Fenris' ears shot up in response to Legio's introduction. She looked at him with a tilt of her head and asked, "Legio? What kind of pretentious...wait."

She studied his expression for a moment before remembering that he was one of the most difficult "people" to read. "You're just ******** with me, right?" she inquired crudely with a chuckle. "There's no way you're dumb enough to erase everything."

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She really didn't know. Make it official? That's what her last mental message was about? Oh damn...

Heather looked over her shoulder to Deora who in turn was looking back at her. After a second of mental deliberation, Deora nodded with certainty in her eyes.

Heather turned back toward Liv and looked down hallways for somewhere the blonde could potentially catch herself should she become faint. She saw the familiar glow of the ladies room sign and thought that'd be as good a place as any.

"Quick, this way." she directed. She led Liv by the hand to the restroom and spotted exactly what she needed. Every public ladies room in Valhalla had a couch for some reason Heather never bothered to look into. She made sure to keep Liv's back to the mirror and urged the woman to sit down with her. Deora was close behind and stood beside one of the stalls at the ready to hold a door open just in case.

Heather took a deep breath and started with a heavy sigh, "Ahh...so...when you offered to make...us, official...I suddenly lost my connection with you. Deora took us up to the roof where you were stationed, and...oh."

Her face and eyes became sullen from the memory of what she saw and felt. She took one more shaky breath and finally said, "We went to where you were, but...you weren't there. All that was left was...proof that you'd been very, very badly hurt."

Deora gently added, "We...thought you'd died, Liv. But now..."

Heather brushed one sid of Liv's cheek with her fingertips and gestured with her eyes toward the mirror. She and Deora braced themselves for what would come next.

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Rydia rubbed her forehead and waited until Deora, Heather, and Liv cleared out. She huffed and put her hand back down on her lap. "Now, before I was so abruptly cut off, I was going to observe that we are still here, and thus surmise that our victory is assured. However, I don't believe it's that simple. Miss Morris, would you be so kind as to hypothesize why that is?"

Gidget finally pulled her head from Ako's neck and asked, "Me?! I'm a gearhead, I don't know anything about spacetime."

Ako nudged her and scoffed, "You serious? It's because you've literally got the highest IQ in the room. Powers or no, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your planning and ingenuity. The princess has known you for less than a day and she's figured that out. Don't sell yourself short."

Gidget frowned playfully and dug her elbow into his rib for the obvious joke at the expense of her short stature. She then sat up and thought about everything Rydia had just said.

"I...maybe it works like a circuit. He hasn't remade everything because he needs to succeed in every instance." she offered.

Rydia thought on that and nodded. "I'm inclined to agree, and your boyfriend is correct. If we're going to reach the moon, and correct the mistakes of the infinite pasts, we'll need your mind and the power of the eight."

Ako held a hand up and asked, "Hold on. When you say you'll need her mind do you mean to plan things out like today, or are you suggesting she goes to the moon with the eight?"

Gidget hadn't even thought about that. Her power works best when she's up close and personal with the McGuffin in question. But there was a little something that would bar her from space travel...or even participating in anything potentially dangerous that she could avoid.

"Would that be a problem? She seemed comfortable enough to lead a simultaneous assault and defense today."

Gidget swallowed hard and looked to Ako, who also looked to her with the same air of hesitation and concern. They both knew that there would no longer be an opportune time to tell everyone the good news.

Gidget stood up and looked to everyone in the room, particularly Trinity and Kerana. They were the two that she felt would be the happiest to hear the news seeing as Trinity was practically her sister and Kerana loved kids. She took a deep breath and spoke solemnly, but with just a hint of joy in her words.

"Um...I'm gonna have to find another way to help everyone. I was hoping to have a reveal that didn't interject in matters of cosmic importance, but I'm not going to be in any condition to fly to the moon."

"I'm pregnant...surprise." she cheered quietly with a small presentation of jazz hands in front of her.  

[PixelMuse]

Trinity noticed that Gidget’s hesitation seemed unlike her. Her eyes narrowed in suspicion that she was sick.Then she revealed to everyone why. Her eyebrows raised Well that didn’t take long she briefly wondered why she didn’t tell her sooner but there wasn’t time with saving the world and all. How could she have missed this? She was caught up in her own drama to see. After a moment of shock she breathed out and said, “Congratulations.” she smiled warmly. She couldn’t believe it her little sister is going to be a mom.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Alec was surprised. Not so much by the news, but by Kerana's sudden outburst. He'd been witness to it many times, but every time she just started jumping and shouting it made him want to shout and jump right out of his skin. It wasn't a bad sensation, just one that caught him way off guard even with his foresight.

After he took a few seconds to get his heart rate under control he began to smile a little too. On a day with so much death and destruction, it was nice to have some good news. Good, but inopportune.

Rydia had only known Gidget for the last twenty four hours, the start of which was from the business end of a tranquilizer dart, but she could feel herself feeling the positive vibes and nearly palpable joy from her.

Gidget laughed heartily and happily while under the warm and joyous embrace of Kerana. She could never quite put her finger on it, but the fox girl's hugs were inexplicably effective in either lifting her spirits or elevating them.

"Aheheheha! I knew you'd be stoked, Kerana. Although I have no idea how you knew." she commented as she returned the hug along with a back rub.

She looked to Trinity and saw her smile. Gidget's brows knit and raised as she apologized, "I'm so sorry Trin. I wanted to tell you sooner, but I only just confirmed it the day before yesterday, and I wanted to tell Ako first. Then everything just went nuts."

"But, Ako and I agreed, if it's a girl we're naming her after her badass shadow hopping aunt. So I hope that makes up for it some."

Ako say quietly and just took in the reactions. It felt good for him to see Gidget getting the love she deserves. It was her moment.  

[Nova Blancke]

"Hmmm...." Legio retracted his hand. He almost looked a bit pouty.

"Yes, I would not do that. It seems I need to work on the delivery. Humor is...hard." There was a small pause."Are we done? I need to....increase my biomass."

Theo nodded at Gidgets 'reveal' he already knew and had confirmed it with her.

"Once more...congratulations. Celebrations would be nice but...man...this revelation is a strange one. And I don't want to take the spotlight away from you but.....ah s**t this day man...." Theo said.

"Eclipse....might need to do a perfect run if you know what I mean."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

"Snrk. I guess it would be for a sentient flesh blob with a months life experience." Fenris snickered.

She thought for a moment and replied, "Yeah. I guess we are. I've got some thinking to do, so I'll probably stay here until the Canadian authorities show up to investigate the explosions and lightning."

"By the way...if you're interesting in learning about souls n' s**t you might wanna look for an emo kid named Alec. It's weird, but I vaguely remember him doing something kind for me...well, my soul, after you killed me."

She turned her head away from him and huffed, "Now go on. Get the Hell out of here. Don't need you killing innocent people just because you're hungry."

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Rydia looked at Theos' inquisitively and asked, "What do you mean by 'perfect run?' I thought the only way to the moon would be flight."

"He means that we have no room for error. It's an expression used in tests of skill or games." said Alec.

Rydia's ears perked up as she comprehended what was expressed. "Oh! Yes indeed. We'll only have one shot at both stopping him and breaking the cycle of infinite failures."

She paused for a moment as she considered telling the group what else she saw in Silhouette's memories. She thought it best to let them decide.

"There is...one other thing I saw. It's about Silhouette. I don't know if we can wholly depend on her help in this endeavor, and I'm not sure if it's my place to say why. It's deeply personal to her."  

[PixelMuse]

Rikki Tikki Travi

She looked to Trinity and saw her smile. Gidget's brows knit and raised as she apologized, "I'm so sorry Trin. I wanted to tell you sooner, but I only just confirmed it the day before yesterday, and I wanted to tell Ako first. Then everything just went nuts."

"But, Ako and I agreed, if it's a girl we're naming her after her badass shadow hopping aunt. So I hope that makes up for it some."

Trinity nodded in understanding the situation there wasn't much time to simply chat. This was followed by a slight hue in her cheeks as she mentioned that they may name their child after her. She smirked and said, "I'd be honored. Though she'll have a high bar to live up to." Just as she mentioned that it made her think of all the times she kept wondering if she lived up to the name.

Nova Blancke

Theo nodded at Gidgets 'reveal' he already knew and had confirmed it with her.

"Once more...congratulations. Celebrations would be nice but...man...this revelation is a strange one. And I don't want to take the spotlight away from you but.....ah s**t this day man...." Theo said.

"Eclipse....might need to do a perfect run if you know what I mean."

Her eyes narrowed and glowed a little in jealousy, despite it all Gidget managed to find time to tell him but not her. She took a deep breath and shook her head she decided, let go of that right now. There was something else of greater importance that was bothering her.

Trinity nodded as Rydia pointed out Silhouette’s personal matter. She could only guess it was because Eclipse being her brother may have something to do with it, or the fact he caused her to become unstable or the fact this will go back to where it all began.

“Your majesty, with all due respect, you mentioned we needed 8. To our knowledge we only know of 7. Kerana, Alec, Heather, Deora, Legio, Theo and myself, how do we find the eighth?”