♄ // 02 silences

[wieldstheglaive]

[Video or Agrabah Action if you want to save her]

[Hotaru removed the bow she had been wearing around her neck and she ran her hand over the spot. The bite mark was almost entirely gone now but she still felt like hiding the place it had been from everyone.
Why had that happened? What did it mean? Everything was still so confusing even weeks later.
Maybe that was why the heartless had been able to get so close to her without her realizing it. The creature slithered over the ground creeping ever nearer to the bed the young girl was sitting on. This wonderful sadness was something the heartless wanted for itself! ]

I don’t think I will be going out today.

[No, staying here in this dark room surrounded by the pale light of a single lamp fit her mood a little better. ]

There really is no point to it anyway.

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[Action] Is it okay if I jump in, too? <3 I'll delete, if not!

[burningstorm]

[Mars hadn't even wasted time when she saw Hotaru in trouble. Venus was trying to talk her down-- she just needed to get there as quickly as possible. She catches the tail end of the conversation as she arrives, relieved at first to see Hotaru had transformed, seemingly snapped out of it, but... What's wrong with Mercury?]

Staying here would destroy this room-- or worse. What are you saying?

[She looks over to Venus and Saturn, standing prepared but confused.]

We should work together to bait it outside!

[Action] Delete it and I will frown at you. :P

[wieldstheglaive]

[Hotaru wasn't entirely over it. The memory of Kaname and the confusion his attention had thrown her into was just something she was trying to ignore for the sake of the things that were important to her. ]

But, Mercury this is your house?

[Trash the place? Saturn really didn't want to do anything like that. It would hurt a friend, wouldn't it?
Mars's plan of trying to get the heartless outside sounded like a much better idea and... ]

Since I was the target maybe I can get it to follow me!

[She made for the door allowing those dark tempting thoughts to be remembered only when she was safely outside. A lure for the heartless.
Once the heartless sensed the confusion in her heart it followed after her just as she thought it might. ]

[Action] All the frowns

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Venus had started to worry slightly about what exactly Mercury was saying, she wanted to destroy the room? She didn't seem to care at all. She was worried something big must be on her mind. Looking over to Mars, who seemed like her usual self and then to Saturn who had just ran outside to make the creatures follow her, which thankfully they did, Venus herself got her chain ready, hoping to round them up into one giant pile.]

Right, we just need to get them all close together. might as well make the target easier that way.

no leaving ever! <3

[geniustheveil]

Then, let's go.

[At least Mercury didn't seem too set on the idea; when the others made their plan, she seemed willing to follow it instead, even going as far as to head outside shortly after Saturn; catching the heartless between them might make it an easier battle.]

/LOVEPILINGS FOREVER

[burningstorm]

[With a nod and a resolve to confront Mercury later, Mars focused on the issues at hand. They had to make sure Saturn was safe! She followed shortly behind Venus, her flame arrow materializing in her hand as she ran. She also caught on to Mercury and Venus's attempts to circle the heartless and sandwich them. She made for the only unguarded side and tried to help round them up.

Only when she saw an opportunity did she go on the offensive and try to eliminate some of the creatures.]

Mars Flame Sniper!

[wieldstheglaive]

[Kaname...

The heartless crouched and leapt at Saturn just as Mar's flame sniper attack slammed into the creature from its unprotected flank. The creature dissolved in a poof of multicolored balls but for some reason the creature's disappearance caused several other heartless to slide out of the shadows around the senshi.]

There's more!

[Saturn warned right before she had to raise her glaive and shout out her silent wall attack in order to prevent a few of the newly arrived heartless from getting too close. ]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Venus did not like the way things were going and what's worse, there were more of them appearing faster than they could possibly destroy them. This was not good, this was not good at all. Using her chain she whip it up, to hopefully gather a good amount of them as possible. She didn't understand just what was going on, but she knew she had to sort this out now before anyone she cared about got hurt.]

[geniustheveil]

Mercury Aqua Mirage!

[The explosive globes of water shoot towards their targets, locked on almost as if guided by Mercury's will the whole way. In the process, the hallway was quickly become soaked, and then iced, as the attack broke over its victim heartless and froze them, shattering them a moment later.]

[wieldstheglaive]

Good job! It looks like they are beginning to weaken.

[Saturn leapt back and gave one of the unfriendly little beasts a whack on the head. ]

Just a few more and they will be gone!

[burningstorm]

[Mars nods in response to Saturn's announcement and focuses her attention on the remaining heartless. With the combined strengths of the senshi, they should be able to do some damage on the heartless. She makes more of an attempt to coordinate her attacks with the other girls.

She lets loose a steady stream of flame upon the heartless.]

[geniustheveil]

[Mercury carefully keeps her own attacks separate from Mars', to avoid allowing the fire and water to cancel each other out. It's easier to face the situation by focusing on the practical. Once it's over, she can turn, walk away, and leave.

In her current frame of mind, it still feels... good to let loose and let her powers go on some enemy, or more truthfully, it feels good in a way that battle doesn't normally bring out in her.]

[wieldstheglaive]

[The heartless shivered and burst into nothingness. The combined attack of the senshi was just too much for them.

Sailor Saturn blinked and looked around the scene but that seemed to be the end of them. Suddenly she felt so much better like a heavy weight had just been pulled off of her chest. She was still confused about what had happened but it felt like there was a chance to make everything better again.]

Thank you senshi. I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't been there.