Oh My Goddess! - Valkyrie's Eternity

Volume III

Act VI

It was a dark and stormy 'night'.

(None of which was natural.)

The scene was of one, looking from a camcorder (Spaffa orb actually,) one held, as it beheld a face alit of akin to an infrared display, befit of the dark atmosphere that the holder of the orb, was shaking dearly from. And the storms of the area apparent, were less of the weather vein, and rather of 'much' more focused aspects.

": I'm... I'm so scarred... so... scarred... :"

Not the tone the viewership expected to hear, but probably more than understandable as the situation of darkness unnatural progressed. As did the occasional animal(?) sound, that punctured the otherwise silent darkness, at rather inopportune moments.

": They... they haunt me. They... are everywhere... everything... I... I thin... :" ...*discordant screech, 'ever' so light* ": ...k... *gulp* :"

For the part of the galactic viewership, it was indeed uneasy unto senses, given the camera orb being held TIGHTLY! (The strain to the advanced surface composite, more than audible. The complaints from Spaffa agency ownership, not a part 'here'.) More possible the same, of the fact that the uneasy part to sight, was that the infrared 'sight' to afar eyes, was supposed to be in natural color. This as optical technology of the Alliance, could turn pitch dark airless world surfaces, into perfect color clarity of at least decent dusk sunlight, with 'detail' to match. In other words, the image being displayed here, was deliberately taking the all but organic ability of the orb image presented, and sucking the color and detail out it all, into a displayed image that was fit for a early 1990's camcorder model.

For a viewership that expected more, they were seeing in this case, too much.

Nevermind further, for the poor sod of immortal, that held the shaking image.

After a deep silence... ": They haunt me... they... *blink... ahem* ...okay, I'm going Sméagol here, and... :"

": *Screeching wail APPROACHING unto...* ...Hello Commander Tyr! :"

The following proto-god sponsored scream, rushing off in doppler, forced a reset of orb sonic processors. Nevermind the image the orb projects, is one of it being tossed away in mania, before it's lightly caught, and the image of a Valkyrian love goddess, is seen. Of such, that the orb is then turned of its image sight, to a far too clear color-image sight of Karra, her glowing long hot-pink mane just giving off all like an eternal blush to her goddess skin, one that has seen many battles. The goddess just looks into the camera orb image, and spouts into it... ": Hey, you good folks elected him, after all.

Ooohh! You Assat males 'are' cute! :" ...this as Karra clearly can see every last soul, watching through the nigh ultimate reality show feed, from a galaxy far FAR away.

And then of that far far away viewership, about 26.73% of the Assat viewing, male as indicated, having seen already what their elected Excellency had endured, then BOLT from their holoscreens! A few of them in starships of their own, that more than a few Alliance crews and pods, outright complained of!

Adding in turn, Karra sees all of this, and feels to her sudden retort back of... ": That's it! You're 'all' going on my eternal naughty list! A 'very' naughty list, indeed. :"

No josh there, The Heartwarder Host 'always' came to collect on their lists. And given how 'close' one Realm was becometh unto another, such made another 2.6% of the Assat 'noted', BOLT...

The list got longer.

It was however interrupted by the sudden proto-god retort of... ": BLAZES Soliana! Cease this! :"

Only a laugh is serenaded back, through the dark echoes hardly lethal. The return grunt seemed much less this, as light afar was glinting into the camera-orb again. Karra heard this, and then giggled, as she juggled the camera orb. The image then changes to a far more 'enlightened' scene. One within 'actual' daylight natural, one (and only one now) mortal just looks on in disbelief.

Keiichi just stood as the said mortal, with a twittering eye.

"Gimme a break." ...as he stood on one end, of daylight of about 1:06 PM, before the terminator line of 12:00 PM midnight, about an inch from his own Vakil boots. He then bemused weirdly, to poke his right foot of toe, towards the shadows. One that cutely retreated from him, as Keiichi dynamically played with the shadow, never able to protrude his foot into the darkness.

Keiichi realizes... "Well, at least the gal has good command of her powers bit."

"Tain't she a peach." ...as suddenly, Keiichi meekly sees Imladris (Tyr?) try to emerge from said shadows. As he does so, with a rather annoyed tone, the shadow then suddenly stops being all encompassing to the part of the forest Imladris retreated from, and then promptly instead 'follows' him, in a tight circle, all around the proto-god. In fact, as Keiichi notes weirdly more, the shadow 'circle' is more of a shadowy ellipsis 'surrounding' Imladris's format being. And the follow bit continues as such, more than long enough for Imladris to then stop and STAMP of both foot and yell of. "Commander Soliana!"

"I see what you mean there, gold dude." ...K1 quips, this as a good echoing laugh of an unseen goddess, just distracts long enough, for Imladris-Tyr to finally escape back into sunlight! He does this right past Belldandy, as she brings a warm drink of cocoa in a sealed canister, for Keiichi. Belldandy smiles. "Enjoying yourself Cousin?" ...with an annoyed... "Yeah, yeah." ...as Imladris stamps on by. Belldandy giggles, and then comes up to a hair rubbing K1.

"This is only the start huh." ...as Belldandy leans in close onto Keiichi's left shoulder, handing the container over. "Endearingly so dear."

"More than simply just that." ...comes added, as Keiichi feels, and then looks to see... "Uhboy." ...as Karra leans on his right shoulder. The weight of anxiety was far more to him, than the same of physical, on his shoulder. He tried to refrain 'any' further thoughts, as Karra looked on at a proto-god throw a fit again. Bell and K1 then hear, as Karra giggles out, juggling the same Spaffa orb, in her right hand. "A rare in rare chance all this is."

Keiichi gulps, as Belldandy blinks, all the while a light breeze flaps about Valkyrie/Vakil jumpsuit lengths about them each. Keiichi just smirks next, and then starts to lift his cup to take a knowing drink.

And then he notes a suddenly spell glow effect, stopping his draw at the cup, and a look over, as Karra pulls away her orb held right hand, the pinky finger the offending 'tool' here.

"Of many things." Karra adds, with a dangerous wink. Keiichi gulps, and wordlessly now puts the cup he is holding, in the same category as the kind Peorth once beheld unto him. History of all such things, took care of the rest, in his mind.

As well as the 'light' retort of... "Commander Karra." ...which made for a contest of who's nerves were more jittery. (More Keiichi's really.) Belldandy's 'Lind' hinted tone, along with more than enough of her own, made as of Belldandy's only objection to Karra's imposition. Karra then smirks, as Keiichi's obviously 'spell' induced beverage, is handed back to Belldandy, where a counter spell nary uttered, 'restores' the drink to 'safe' levels.

Too early in the day for 'that' stuff, left unsaid. Karra however a moment after, just eyes Belldandy back. "First Class Silver Wings." ...which stops Keiichi from another attempt at his cup, when two sets of goddess eyes 'level' at each other, with smiles that looked 'all' too Valkyrian for Keiichi's comfort.

The drink didn't get much more attention, when... *BOOM!* ...all eyes then look at a crispy/sizzling proto-gody, all nice and blasted. Eyes blink, as Imladris just 'notes' his nanites complain again.

As well as twin sets of... "COMMANDER! / MILORD!" ...as in turn, Soliana appears above Imladris's position, as eyes then see Hlad and Herjin, on opposite sides of Imladris, dropping their arms, strange spell energies fading from them! Hlad just complains further... "You begot in the way of our spell test!"

Keiichi for one watching, waves his free hand from the smell of... "Eww... what smells like sulfur? Or that stuff after fireworks go off?"

Karra is doing likewise, as Belldandy explains... "Commander Hlad has a spell penchant of flaming sulfur spells, while Commander Herjin has an affinity for flame spells that have ignition catalyst properties. I smell cordite in her version."

Keiichi blinks, and begets a response of. "So, the two are real firecrackers around each other. Sounds like sisters, and all." ...which causes Karra to bust a gut. "Harharharhar! So... so spot on mortal! Whahaha!" ...to whit two mentioned sisters just eye the mortal descriptor. "Aye, isn't it that." ...which Keiichi just holds his laden cup hand up defensively.

A quick sooty cough from the 'one' caught in between, before Imlade quips. "Takes one to know two, and... ACK!" ...which is interrupted suddenly by... "Commander Tsuyana!" ...Hlad/Herjin both suddenly snap, as the teal mane Valkyrie suddenly is enveloped upon an unwitting proto-gody, with (fake) fear upon her brow! "BY GODDESS! TRAUMA ALERT STAT!"

"STOP TALKING LIKE YE ARE IN MEDICAL SECTION ALREADY!" ...a Valkyrie's mane looks so purty, when blown back by the biting wind of a Command Voice.

"Gold dude's got lungs again." Keiichi wrings at his ears, Belldandy blinking blankly, as Tsuyana just snaps out! "He's delusional! He'll need mouth to mouth!"

"Nay!" ...a girly screech retorts back, before he DOUBLES this, when he feels his Angel yanked out from his backside, into the open, against his will! "H... HEY!"

"(x3): We'll check his Angel as well!"

"Leave Evolution ALONE, you three! And... QUIT IT COMMANDER!" ...with a metal bending sound like, of trying to wrench away from Tsuyana's advance! Worse on top of, Hlad and Herjin both just suddenly stomp up to either side of Tyr(?) and start waylaying into the bloke for the earlier mishap(?)!

Keiichi renews his eye twitter... "He's... so loved?" ...which Belldandy cocks her head cutely.

Karra just wedges in, with tentacles again, with a... "Ye BET he is!" ...and flat out lunges to join in! Imladris(?) manages to see this somehow, and YELPS! "Winds of the Rubicon and Sapphire, Light to Dark les trespass!" ...which a sudden (and strange looking) Ruby-Sapphire mass, suddenly whips away from eight Valkyries, whom all suddenly grasp at themselves, with weird looks of amazed pain! Tsuyana of direct note... "Eeeeeeek! Was that hot or cold there?"

"Oooch! N... not sure..." Karra admits to her lacking, as Belldandy blinks, as much as Keiichi GAFFS, at the sight of a reforming proto-gody, whom notes what he did on coalescence.

"Wow... that's a new one." ...as said author pats himself over. Belldandy eyes keenly to her discourse. "It seems your trans-dimensional matrix format is becoming more malleable to spell program energy, Cousin. You'll be able to access a Program gateway soon."

Keiichi looks over at the close in close (to him) face of his love. "You mean how you gals go through mirrors and windows and such?" ...this in turn Belldandy nods her sweet, blush inducing smile back with. "Yes dear."

Keiichi of course... "I swear Urd is causing the TV bill to go up when she does that." ...which Belldandy giggles in turn. (And a goddess in 'knowing' of link, gets laughed at.)

Imladris just sighs off his old mortal penchant, in response. "Great, what else is next then. I... ERGH!" ...as a turn of his head to the right, has a floating upside down goddess, of the Spec Ops Host, 'checking him over', with an Alliance style holo-tablet device of rather large size, the same for the long midnight black-purple hint tipped hair, some of which drapes over Imlade's right shoulder. This with a Spec Ops minded tone to go along with. "The Lord Knight Commander of the Strategy Seat, has demonstrated one of his apparent nascent powers. Spec Ops Host is keen to ensure all the powers are as catalogued, as shown in historical archives."

"They who WHAT now?" ...Imlade yelps and stabs a look over, at the tablet. He then sees... "Ohhh! Trans-planar gating! Let's try..."

"Ahhhh! Ah... Cousin!" ...Belldandy actually decries suddenly, as Keiichi gulps, reading Belldandy's perfect mind perfectly! (No joke!) "Ah! Might want to wait till you evolve a lil further there gold... er... god dude! It might get messy!" ...the hands waving madly, ones somehow not spilling a drink laden, seemed to give credence to this. Imladris just rolls his eyes. "Fine. Have what may." ...as he all but gallops away from a smirking upside down Olruni. The other Valkyries (Gold Wing) just shake their heads. Sepith-Glinor-Glaud just spout in tone, arms folded exactingly. "(x3): So much for imparts of evolution, unto preservation."

Imladris just rolls his eyes, and then chills his encoding blood, from the longing sigh he hears all around him next. In retort... "Time to check on the encampment!" ...and STOMPS off to a gaggle of giggles behind him. "I hope Apprentice is begetting similar treatment, for her part. Hazing... OYAH!"

*Passing Sol-Pluto orbital gravity node line. Approaching the Kuiper Belt zone.*

"Master's having a time of it."

"For a cat lubber."

Sigrun just smirks, and eyes over to her ancient friend, quite glad to do so, nevermind why so done. "Still on that wittle furry problem of yours?"

Chrono, clad in her jumpsuit, gleaming like a white star, astride her friend, within rather lavish Norn goddess attire of celestial note, just spat back! "'Still' doesn't fully cut it!" Which Sigrun makes a good impression of a Belldandy giggle, full of the same genuine inflection. Chrono notes this, as Sigrun just notes, as the cosmos abound, seems to frame them both. "Aye, old problems never seem to do ever go away, do they."

"Only the 'good' ones, eh? Eh?" Chrono elbows deliberately back, as Sigrun just fakes a pout in turn, trying to allude to her goth nature, one all but nonexistent now. Sigrun just yelps back defensively. "So I... think... I got someone now. What about you? Huh?"

Chrono just sighs, Sigrun looking a bit reserved, worried she said too much again. Chrono however just quips over. "I think I need to worry about a new problem instead. I mean being assigned to be mentored to General Lind and all. Nevermind I guess I'll never see my old friends again. I wonder what will happen to Ex and Ere now."

Not noticing their amazing speed of progress, passes them by more dwarf planets, than the scientists of Earth had yet discovered to future amazement, the discourse focuses on Sigrun saying the right words, at the right time. Even the deep of vacuum space, not a deterrent to these advanced beings.

"I suspect, you may see them sooner than you think."

Chrono looks weirdly at Sigrun. "How the heavens can you know that?"

Sigrun just sighs in annoyed tone. "Mother got cursed onto my mind, I can feel it." ...which Chrono wisely says little unto of. This as the view of the Kuiper belt, begins to show detail, in the deep waning light of Sol afar. The kind that starts to show weird interstellar colorations and pigments, that only two human made probes had ever 'witnessed'. Afar, lay something no Terran probe was meant to behold. As Sigrun already can 'see' the growing detail, of the Sol-MWCG outpost.

Sigrun just gulps, before then feeling... "Eh? HEY! Stop elbowing me Chrono!"

"But you're blushing!"

Chrono regrets that with... "Oh? Maybe I shouldn't be alone then, my friend."

Chrono just eyes back. "You wouldn't dare."

*Earth. A temple unlike any other.*

A motherly giggle, just made retort of... "You 'are' dangerous, for mortals." ...this an 'eleven' year old 'mother' of Norns, just eyes back at her 'equal' aged number. "Need you ask why, my love?"

Almighty just chuckles, and turns back to his 'work' in progress. Frigurina just eyes the sight of a changing Residence. "Are you certain our incumbent relation unto Belldandy-chan, will approve of this?"

"It is high time for this upgrade." ...as a reverberant SNAP of wood, echoes off the Temple walls. The same of a spell chime that seems to sing off the expanding grass, the 'natural' walkway along with. This as indeed, an upgrade was taking place. But not just only of a home improvement measure.

"Scusa mi." ...a jittered sounding Eihwa approaches with, from the untouched Temple area itself. About the only area that wasn't seeing a mighty touch. Such that Eihwa looks over, and whistles her impressed approval, out of more than healthy amounts of praise. "Three stories, magnifico Dio I'Onnipotente."

"Phht..." Almighty just quips back. "...a palace this needed to be more, befitting what is to come, to progeny whom. I take it then, that it is ready, Councilor?"

Eihwa gulped, getting the idea of how Imladris felt, when called by title openly, as she nods. "Si, the Node is all but ready now, mi Dio."

Almighty stops what he is doing, which makes for a mixed sound of wood planks all CRACK-SQUEAK-CRINK-SNAPPING all to a stop suddenly, which is both comical and unnerving. Frigurina just giggles, as Almighty just pouts back. "Oh come now. You all know how much backlog of datawork you each of the high have piled up? Now, chop chop to it, as my coming son in eternal law would say."

Eihwa just makes a light whine unto, which makes retort afar, when Peorth's sweet... "GET YOUR MUG IN HERE SECUR! The datalog is piling up in here!" ...er... voice, announces. And then Urd's sultry... "WHAT YOUR SISTER SAID, YA BUM!" ...ya know.

And yes, 'attached' ears, were hurt, in all of that. Sentaro was one complainer by all rights, heard afar. The sound of Rei giggling from it all, makes for the same from Frigurina. Eihwa just quick bows to Almighty, and then promptly (wordlessly) stomps back to whence she came. Frigurina for her part, then smiles at her Love. "The portable Yggdrasil Administrator Node, is one of your better ideas Belove."

"Why thank ye." ...which gets a loving peck, on a mighty brow. This before a MAJOR crack sound, stabs both their heads back at the suddenly leaning Residence! "ACK! Belove!"

"I got it! I got it!" ...Almighty makes quick pull with his powers, (which begets many questions,) as Frigurina assists suddenly, to save the family farm. (All but literally.) This as a Residence that already had seen much of magic, now sees... "The love, is all in the details." ...a Mighty voice to amend further. Frigurina smirks, as there was more than just expansion of the Residence, in mind here. Indeed in the details.

Of another such, that Frig then makes giggle of, off of plied echoes of the Network. "Oh dear. Poor Nephew ala old friend."

Almighty just chuckles, before they then hear... "YAY! Go you glowing beings of light! YAY!" ...as they both see and smile as Rei has joined them, to literally cheerlead for them openly! Even has the glowing details 'of' a cheerleader. One fit for an American college football game. Frigurina just calls out, semi-dryly. "Thanks for the assist Urd. We mean that."

"(Yeah yeah. *Raspberry*)" ...ala Urdy.

"Indeed." Almighty smirks, and then makes a (really) needless grunt, to put more celestial muscle into his current Working.

All truly in the details. But not just here.

"KA'NO!"

Bryna just folded her arms. "Your elvish is as punctuated as ever. As is your penchant for lung induced panic." ...as Phosus and Demesus helped with the finishing details for the campfire circle, looking in bemusement.

"For good reason!" ...Imladris just BARKS at the Commander and Sergeant-at-Arms of the group. (Imladris still saw her as such, honor trait there to be sure.) Afar eyes just watched, of more than just goddess formats, as Imladris just heard. "You said to set up encampment, correct Knight-Commander?"

"Aye? But... but... where are ALL the tents?"

"What a whiner." Phosus rolls her eyes at.

Eye laden to detail, the circumference of a fifty meter circle of cleared natural area, of all trees (magically transplanted safely,) lent to a carpet of short green grass, with a small bare earth patch in the center for a campfire, with various camping equipment and provisions all about, all begotten off Imladris's command to the Illistrum, making all said gear rather advanced in format, all for the already obvious. Also obvious, the sight of what was lacking instead, as there are apparently only two tents, situated opposite of each other, around the campfire circle. Both were domed shaped, with igloo style openings, silvery gray in color, the material of polystreen-tranium-polynal-silkshall, with trintrannium bracing support, and holographic displays sewn 'into' the fabric, with holo-fiber silkstrand fibers set 'into' the silkshall portion of the fabric, as well as atmosphere support fibers, allowing atmosphere and climate needs, on a whim. The stuff was meant for camping in 'extreme' environs. Imagination warranted here. (And this was the basic equipment for Alliance needs and wants.

Speaking of imagination not warranted, yet despite, was the size of the domes. One was small enough for four, though it was obvious how many were meant to occupy.

The other tent, on the outside anyway, the size beget 'many' could fill within.

The inference was too obvious. As was the look Imladris gave Bryna, whom tried to look innocent. "Um, the look isn't working milady goddess, you always were as serious as me."

Imladris shivered at the caress Bryna gave to his chin. "Not all things, remain the same. Some things, 'do' change, Knight-Commander." ...which he hears of a few giggles around.

"And some things don't." Imladris immediately replied with, and made about-face in movement. "Such as my penchant for sleeping outdoors, I... H... HEY! PDA-space already owned Sergeant!"

"That's Commander as well!" Bryna suddenly adds with her arms YANKING at Imlade-Tyr's own left! "Come and see the spells we put within for comfort!"

"Nay! Non! Nyet! Nein!"

He's losing his scramble for space, as Bryna demonstrates her unyielding strength. (All those hundreds Axe-Diamonds in her uber-bound Repunzel length-colored glowing hair, were at 'full' weight. Both right 'there' at that moment, but ever since she took on that sworn duty, in the days after Imladris's original Command, of these same Valkyries. This in great part, due to her impressive strength, one set 'as' the strongest of Valkyries, in all of the Order.

It both helped in the success of the same Command, of its tasks, so long ago. And it defeated the escape of the said Commander, as he's dragged to be 'shown' the inside of the tent. Worse when Phosus, Demesus, Karra and Olruni join in, and the scene becomes one of a horizontal jack-in-the-box, as Imladris's scrambling for all heck format, keeps popping in and out of the tubular shaped tent entrance. About once every three to five seconds.

Keiichi stays 'well' away from the fracas, as he sips at his drink. Belldandy as close as ever, more of the protective vein, given the lack of such for her Cousin. It's moreso like this, as Keiichi notes... "Huh. Was this what you all meant for gold dude? Seems excessive."

"I sense more intent, than even I am not a part." Belldandy admits, fingering her own hair locks. Keiichi sees this, of detail that Belldandy isn't actually aware, as she espouses. "A kinship that only made from bonds, forged in crucibles that I myself find no true wish to fully partake. But here, the joy of that bond, I more than well wish their mutual happiness for."

Keiichi smiles, knowing the intent well enough of those words. The sight however, as Angels appear of respective bidden, literal feathers flying from the tent opening, the jack in the box fracas 'aided' as Sepith-Glinor-Glaud crash jump on in, making it all that much more chaotic, made Keiichi quip. "I'm surprised that..."

"Liiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnddddd!"

"...that." Keiichi accents (and smiles,) from a panic attack tone from the obvious. Belldandy smiles and looks to her left hand of general sight. "She's with Commander's Jora and Thurd. They are... oh my."

"What?" Keiichi asks back, but Belldandy just remarks back, relying on trust of the Network fully aware for Keiichi, to explain for her 'there'. She aids that with... "I sense worship most rare."

Keiichi just 'looks', with more than one mode.

Yes, Imlade was being ignored, sorta...

"Your lifelong friend is nosy one." Jora quips cutely.

"He has a right to be Sister, as we honor his presence amongst us." ...a General reminds back to a Sister.

"If only he was available to you, so rare is he."

That begot Thurd, for her possessive tone, one that would usually befit a Valkyrie well, a startling stare from Lind, one that caused Jora one of her rare in rare pauses of breath. And not 'much' made either Valkyrie Commander make of such a pause. Why came of determined retort of...

"Lord Keiichi, my friend, belongs to only one goddess here. Belldandy, my other lifelong friend, hath already seen what lengths will be begotten, to keep in essence, all that we of the Order fight for. And that, is a core fact. Nevermind 'they' both remind 'us' of the honor of their actions, for all to behold."

"Agreed then." Lind heard next, to her left, as Jora looks with a stiff nod. Thurd looked between the two, as Lind nodded back. Jora just then comments. "Now if we can get you to finish a similar deal, with our thick headed Commander of Knight Lords."

"That I leave in his grace..." Lind's tone turns more uneasy. "...for whatever worth it is, at present."

Thurd just steps around to face the General, such that she was mindful of her act, with the following words of. "Pardon milady General of our Order, but should not you just heed my earlier words, and just take him, regardless of his feelings? Such is a Valkyrie prerogative, that none in Heaven, would mind in your act of."

"Actually..." Jora eggs in, to a Lindful bale in glance back... "...I agree. Just hogtie the sucker and drag him back to have what with thee, I for one sayeth."

"Both your advisements are taken, under full due consideration." Lind simply responds back, which begets a good giggle from the two Commanders. However in turn, Lind then offers back, giving insight to her mindset... "Do be mindful, in all growing technicality, as well as advisement of cultural sensitivity, attached to the history of the life-friend that aforementioned, shown of his full heart, that I await similar from my Beloved, in full knowing of what is to come."

The next retort back from the Commanders, was full of discord. "Oh please goddess." Jora just spouts, a gloved right hand upon same of forehead. "That's too complicated for a Valkyrie to endure."

"No kidding." Thurd dryly added. Lind all too well knew better as well. However, in austere tone... "Agreed. However what I have planned, will be worth what is to come."

Thurd cocked an eye, as Jora leaned over and accused. "So, such is what one will call of Family Favor for, one I have as yet, been told details of, unlike our Father and Mother."

"Such can be corrected here." Lind simply offered. Jora smirked, but then made of negotiating ploy of... "Only, if you clarify one simple detail, for me."

Lind cocked an eye. Jora asks, in a wanting tone. "Please... please describe what it was like, to fight Caceroth, at the side of the Lord Knight unto Tyr?"

Thurd felt her own encoded heart skip more than a few beats, as Lind gulps, then looks within. Memories like what she be held in person, were of such detail to her. She 'could' relive all such in her own mind, as if it was all really happening again. Such was the gift and curse, of a tenth dimensional mind, that could encode such things, at a whim. Magic even, was pale, against such things.

And for once, thinking of him, did she smile. Two Commanders saw, and were jealous.

But then compared to the Family Favor... "Perhaps, an unfair bet. Of whom will beget more out of this negotiation. However..." ...a General quips, and two Commanders gulp.

And then Lind told.

A lot...

*Heaven*

Suddenly the last place he wanted to be.

": By the Gods, what have I done? :"

All he could do, in that short span of a moment, as he felt Her approach, was panic. He grabbed his Hammer, and his prized ducky (jewel encrusted,) and BOLT for it, like his Lightning spells, were an utter part of his retreat! And only 'one' thing, could cause a War God, to run for his immortal life!

Gate looked over her glowing (literally) docket of the day, of her daily discourse and employment eternal. At least the sugar cubes had been 'paid' in advance, like the lass of the doorway, was like the Ferryman, of the Styx, in heavenly terms. And sometimes given Gate's demeanor, the account between two such differing beings, was not so different.

Thankfully for the day, Gate just shrugged unto her docket. "Guess it makes sense, though you two will just make it all the more crowded down there, you know."

"Orders are orders."

Gate looks up, at the long raven haired lass, of curly lengths, and smirks back... "And chaos is chaos, as things are down there. A difference of many things, for you both, Ere, Ex."

Ere, the prior responder, just smiles, if uneasily. The silver haired goddess next to her, says nothing, her mind too much on what is to possibly come. Nevermind whom 'else' was down there to see at last. Ere looks over and sees the rather lost look on Ex's facade, and elbows over. "As we are about to discover as Mentored on below. Or is that below of high. Hmm?"

Ex just blinks over... "Wha... what?"

Gate sees this as well and rolls her eyes. "She was more coherent as an Operator. That General down there might not appreciate all of that."

Both former Operators, with newly minted Second class Licenses of Earth and Fire each, details further to be molded by their respective mentors each, just gulp at the inference. Ex actually made note of that, with a jittery. "I'll keep that in mind."

"Uhuh."

Just then, a warning warble pings across their ears. Sharp enough that Gate blinks in wary experience. "Oh curd, what now?"

"- Pardon, Ah... uh... Gate right? -"

Gate cocks an eye, as Ere notes. "Operator Gee, isn't it?"

A less than experienced tone of one of the replacement Operators, taking the Triad's place, one of spiky brown hair, pops her holo image in-between the goddesses, one with a noticeable teardrop upon her brow. Ex gulps, knowing the look well from experience. "This isn't about utility code questions, is it."

Just then, a DEFINITE aura of presence, begins to approach at panicked speed! Gate just sighs dryly. "I'll be docking his tab for this, you know." ...as Ex blinks. "We have tabs?"

"You all should!" Gate snaps back, right before Gee, all jittery, informs simply. "Ah... Thor knows that she's back."

Further word of this halted outright, as the Aura was so prevalent, it could have shorn Gate's demi-plane nexus, shorn asunder!

Gate just shakes her head and begins her encoding procedure. "I bet I know who's he's running to. You know. What a switch at that. You don't mind a sorta piggy back ride of a Gate, yes?"

Ere just teardrops. "Ah..." Though Ex, in genuine fear, nevermind a fawning 'sense' flooding her encoded pore, blanches out. "Is that even fair?"

"Who cares!" Gate cutely retorts, as Thor arrives!

One Gate, set in record time. (It's become habit for her, these Eras.)

*It was dusk now, on wee lil Earth*

"Not so much work!" The sound of a Norn of the Past decries, arms waving in angst, as next to her, as they 'all' sat before the Node, more harp induced encoding work could be heard, chiming the air of the Mortal Plane. The sounds of massive spell energies, and the resounding construction sounds that went with, (even some weird sawing at one point,) all had halted now, for the sake of more than just ears around. (Some real spatial fabric warping, and all that.) This left a bunch of high Licensed goddesses, to their work. Loved ones nearby, despite many of the best of themselves, had fallen asleep, to the usual spell of Bureaucracy, that Urd was once again complaining of.

And once again... "Can it Sis, we're all still behind here."

"Oui, so ennuyeux." Peorth retorted as well, as she and Eihwa both sported glazed over eyes of the overworked. This as they all sit around a sight, that the lay eye both of prior to commencement of this act, and of higher on that blanched at the same, was of one that held 'no' equal, below Heaven.

Isa, sitting around as nearby, Ishara and Frode both were working as well, noted the sight of the miniature, of the Intracel Datacore, the staff 'tree' shape of the three winding trunks of the Tree itself, surrounded by glowing curve, rounded triangle 'walls' of blue and gold detailing, upon glowing white surfaces. A set of gold ring bands surrounded the device, set in a hovering triad, that then shone of all the might of Heaven was on display. This represented a projector of sorts, for the displays that hovered all akin to the ones in Intracel's Hub, hover screens of pink and purple hues, with language upon it, only Intracel Administrators could decipher. The device also was a router, of the penultimate kind, for which akin harp control units were relaying data and command files, at blazing speed. And given Admins, Councilors, and one annoyed as heaven Debugger, were utilizing it, the bandwidth was astounding as well.

And Secure, given the device was 'of' Almighty's own auspice, to put all of such 'simply'. Hild didn't even bother to try hacking, even with the Treaty in place. The power source of the device, however, was of a source that would make a Knight balk of such a notion. Beyond such, as such was the reason for Urd's stuttered drawls of annoyance, from time to time. "Man, I didn't think I was behind on my work, after this long. No wonder we didn't get to go with the Valks, on their trip."

"Nevermind the obvious." Frode quipped, as the Network was more than alluding to details that the Spaffa Orbs had missed, for them all, on the whim of 'noting'. Eihwa just sighed. "Mi for one, am starting to remember why I preferred such company. It's like un destino peggiore della morte, doing all of this."

"A fate worse than death, is what I live with, everyday, Secur." Peorth barbs back. That in turn, gets a barb of a sharp tipped Lilly, thrown into the back of her head! Peorth's eyes boggle of pain, as Isa just remands... "Work, daughter dearest."

"Don't we get breaks from all this?" Urd says, which gets her eyes from every waking being in the Temple area. Said goddess just warbles back out. "Sorry, dumb question." ...this before she sighs, and then looks behind her, as Troubadour is seen sleeping behind her, with an Acorn formatted Rei, sleeping in his hands, all cuddly like. Urd just grunts lightly. "Lucky stiff."

Skuld chuckles, as she looks down to her left, as the standard looking Kotsu table, beheld the Device Node, as well as the sleeping form of Sentaro, who despite all efforts, fell victim to the mortal demands of sleep. Skuld smiles. "Real lucky."

Isa for one, hears this, and smiles. She knew well enough of the Norn Loved bit. Frigurina was a such a gab. (Not to mention 'busy' at that moment, with a Mighty love. Even at 8:31 PM Nekomi Time. Wait... that early? Ouch. Or... ya know.) All such then alluded thought to another Norn Love.

One, more stable than the other. Of the latter...

...before the former felt otherwise soon enough.

*At the edge of Sol dreams, of more than one kind.*

The Station was the size of a twelve story Alliance structure complex, with three elongated spans with rounded docking hubs for cargo ships, of which two large cargo vessels were docked, and with a modest crew of two hundred and fifty-six personnel all around, all volunteers from those that served at the Battle of Illuminara. All of whom were 'more' than honored to serve upon a station, at the cusp of the haloed ground, of their Sovereign. It was defended by 'the' advanced technologies and defenses, that the Alliance could cull into service. In additional physical presence, two Alliance crewed cruisers, the Endeared, and the Grandsend, as well as the Synthetic Hybrid-cruiser Unsen, all held rather bored looking station keeping, around Sol-MWCG Outpost. (The final official name, they kept waiting for Excellency Imladris to name, whit none seemed so readily forthcoming. A tic of a royal rebellion there, it was seen.)

The technologies here, included defense tractor screens, that could 'pull' in the nearby inert planetoids of the Sol System Oort Cloud Belt, to literally shove at offending vessels, if they dared approach with hostile intent. (And certain nearby monitoring vessels of the local galactic variety, were made well aware of this, from the onset. Another diplomatic situation, that had not been addressed yet, as the Excellency was clearly concerned with far more 'pressing' matters, of Her make. All in due time, it was agreed, via tersely encoded messages, once local translation dialects were confirmed.)

As such, here, the optimum of Alliance defenses, supplemented by the fact that Diamond Fleet, and any other number of Alliance Fleet assets, were on immediate call, seemed to assure that nothing would go awry. (The entire Alliance Fleet at once, given the mania to protect their Reagent, of all such.

The arrival of two goddesses however, impugned otherwise, outright. This as Sigrun and Chrono walk along gingerly, as they are eyed by the replete alien representatives, of another Galaxy.

"Please don't worship." Chrono even remarked at one point, as she could read the mind, of a Silveren Tech, all too well. (Which surprised the former Operator, to no end.)

Sigrun however stops at one point, as they stand within a glowing, polished interior of the Station, and looks around at the holo-tech replete interior, the eyesight above, interspersed with eye level ones, of vast viewports of space beyond, and the cruiser Endeared along with, as she assumes a 'Master's' tone, and commands. "I request the presence of the station Commander, or currently installed representative, on call please."

Two techs bolt off on foot, a Griffional reaching for holo-comm panel, just makes Chrono lean over. "What was that?" I can feel the tension in this place!"

"What?" Sigrun quips back. "Master said for me to inspect this station." ...though she blinks. "Not that they need it."

As if on cue to this allusion, the quick in knowing/rushing sight of Eros then appears, from down a glowing hallway, as he skids to a stop, about thirty meters away! (Pretty large Station, and all.) This also accompanies Sigrun's heart encoded, to 'skid' a beat, or sixteen. Chrono blinks and 'sees' what Sigrun sees. Eros does and gulps.

A crew around sense and conduct Net-speak, as voice is saved for the particulars. Such starts with Chrono then elbowing over. "Inspection indeed huh?"

Sigrun's over emotional drenched (fangy) yell of... "Cut it out!" ...sends a 'few' Techs and crew scattering! Sigrun realizes, lunges a blushed look back, and gulps. "(Not my best moment.)"

Eros however senses this, (after recovering his hearing,) and then makes a commanding step forward, one Sigrun is fully thankful of. Chrono just smirks, as Eros comes up, dressed in dress uniform black, with gold and white trim all abound, of the coming uniform standard for the Alliance. One of several choices being debated on, back home of Alliance note.

Eros, to his definite credit, then stops and chest salutes right arm, hand cupped of light fist, over Silveren heart, with a bow that makes a goddess blush, worse so.

"Welcome back to Sol Station, Goddess Second Class of Fate, Sigrun."

"Jealous." ...Chrono couldn't help but eke out, as Sigrun goes off of well practiced formality. "And I to you, bid thee in turn, Commander of Station, Eros. My Master requests an inspection, as per his demands."

Eros pulls up straight, and nods once stiffly. "With no delay then."

"Very well." Sigrun nods back. (And manages not to melt inside.) And as such, she then offers of respect. "And this is my friend, and Second Class Mentored, to the General Lind, whom you are all reverent." ...which makes Chrono gulps. Sigrun finishes. "Please conduct auspice unto her, as if General Lind was of presence the same. This of which, she 'is' for all intents."

"Without fail." Eros nods to Chrono, whom only can manage out a weak wave, and a meeker... "Hello."

Off this, Eros then imparts. "Let's begin with Central Deck, and proceed from there."

Sigrun nods, and the duo starts off, Chrono in stumbling concert. Chrono however just 'whispers' over to Sigrun, unrealizing... "(Sure, try not to 'enjoy' yourself here, huh?)" ...which makes for sudden chuckles and giggles all around, as well as a couple of blushes galore! Sigrun corrects upon this with a stiff... "Remember that Network bit General Lind warned you of?" ...which Chrono gleeps, and Eros's breath pulls shallower.

A fine start for the inspection. One well enjoyed as things progress.

*BIG FAT FRACAS FIGHT-O-RAMA!*

*Valkyrie Encampment, ya'll know...*

"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" ...such as even Keiichi was into, as they all look to the left of their relative position, as save for a Knight-Commander, and two Valkyries, the rest of the encampment sit around a nice roaring campfire, with wood sticks, marshmellons atop them. (Ye read right. Marshmallow types, in 1,072 flavors. This one was kiwi melon. Ah, gene-splicing.)

The focus however, was on the literal fist flying fracas (apt descriptor here,) as in said area to the left, as even Lind was in on the chant, seeing Imlade literally flying his fists (actually hands open cuffed,) against both Phosus and Demesus, at the same time, as both try to hit him as hard as they can. The fact Imladris isn't paste on the ground, is a testament to more than a few things.

"That unsealing is the high code, isn't it." Hlad quips, blowing on her Mallow, before eating it. Keiichi really is blowing on his flaming bit, as Belldandy opinionates. "I admit, due mainly to lack of knowledge of Cousin's unlocked abilities, that we may only be seeing the tip of the celestial essence, with what we are witnessing here."

"Only if he stops holding himself back."

The rest around the campfire, glance a good look at Lind, whom just bites into her own Mallow calmly. Keiichi just cocks his admittedly slow eye. "He is?" ...looking over with the same, at a scene that should be breaking the sound barrier, if not for the fact that that was comprised already of war intense grunts and smacks of appendages.

One of them came with a rather snarling retort of a grunt, along with a finishing SMACK of a fist on Imladris's own right! Demesus giggles as Phosus just SNARLS out... "You were supposed to be hitting back you dolt, Knight-Commander!"

Imladris, his Vakil jumpsuit gloves all torn up, yet 'healing' akin like his bio-format skin quickly after, just eyes up with... "I 'told' you I am still uncertain of my full abilities, as of yet. You act as if I should... OW! My Shnozz!"

Demesus just rolls her eyes as Phosus just spins around and stomps away. "Plain insulting!" ...this as the flame haired warrior plops down next to Tsuyana, of the circle, while Demesus amends with her own version... "I think what Commander Phosus means, is that you are not trusting us, to ensure our own protection, against your full powers."

Imladris already got the sense of this from Phosus prior, the glance over at Lind confirming an austere further, before the Lord Knight-(other titles abstained for brevity) then simply quips. "Not of you." ...and raises his right hand, side long, aiming at a random tree to his right, hand held flat palm open. He then 'barely' exerts his empowerment, without any spell words attached.

The tree flat out disintegrates, in a shower of rubicon and sapphire energy! Imladris suddenly jerks his hand back, feeling the spell energy about to cascade! Demesus, for one, eyes cutely in wonderment.

Belldandy for another. "Cousin! Put that tree back where you found it!" ...which begets weirded out glances from the other Valkyries (and one honor named Vakil,) already semi unnerved by the display. Imladris just blinks WIDE-EYED, and flings his hand back up to reverse the process, which he accidentally amplifies off of his multiple commands of different energies and formats, including time itself, which has become a different kind of energy to him.

The reaction of overdrive, starts with his... "Sorry! Sorry I will... there we... ACK!" ...as the reversal of the wordless spell program, cascades off the amplification of emotional waves, cascade applied, and in all short of it, the tree reformats as prior... before it BLOSSOMS to three times its original format!

"ACK! Wait! Stopstopstopstop!" ...the others look in further amazement, as Imladris formally has to fight to regain control over the regeneration spell gone wild, stopping the process on the split spot of the moment! A moment after halting it all, Imladris just looks at the tree, one that looks everything as it's blossomed thirty extra years, and has patchwork formatting of all four Seasons upon it. There's even frosted branch and leaf spots, next to full spring and summer leaves and blossoms, interspersed with fall leaf pigments. Looks pretty, if... "Weird." ...ala Thurd.

Imladris just looks back at Belldandy, whom just shakes her cute melon cutely. "Sorry. I guess I... hey! Not my arm again Demesus!" ...as the said goddess halts the impromptu chastise spiel, by dragging the bloke over to plop him next to Lind, in the circle, before Demesus light flip snip-jumps, and lands, sitting the same next to Phosus. Imladris doesn't find Lind's presence comforting, as he finishes. "I keep telling ya all, this power is still Provisional. Trusting myself is not a perfect certainty, right now."

"More excuses." Lind just plainly quips in turn, which makes Imladris can't help, but eye her back.

"More marshmallows instead?" Keiichi quickly says to defuse things with, a full laden pack of the sweet stuff. Keiichi then realizes the pack he's holding, and quips. "Though it's more like these things are puffy vitamin pills."

Imladris uses the 'escape vector', and remarks. "You think that's healthy, the version of Twinkies in the Alliance, 'will' let you live forever!"

"An even longer wait, apparently." Lind snips, and then zip levitates a Mallow to her right hand, form the bag Keiichi is holding. Imladris just wilts away from being eyed down by the other Valkyries, of which Belldandy took in cute part. Imlade just balks back over at Keiichi. "More saving my arse perhaps here?"

"Not my bit there." Keiichi quips back simply, and plucks out another Mallow for himself, before handing the bag over to a gesturing Soliana. Bryna then decided to become inquisitive, with a glance at... "So Belldandy, I understand you fought Thrymr down in Nidhog." ...which quickly garnered stares between the two particulars, as Bryna leaned in. Imladris for one found the particulars here interesting, as the Valkyrie asked 'most' interested. "What was she 'like', to fight? Besides from the reports the Generals allowed released."

"Hirund?" Imlade blinks over to a looking Lind. Belldandy just obligingly replies back, with Keiichi a bit pensive at the memory inherit. "She was a very tough and strong opponent However she was quite honorable, despite her nature of wishing a challenge to satisfy her goal." ...quipped with the flickering flame light, cascading off them all gently.

"She sure can hit hard though." Keiichi begets giggles from, as he has a form of 'memory pain', from where Thrymr hit him, which actually 'saved' him from aftereffects of the 'tactic' used to get 'past' the same Demon. Keiichi however despite. "Sheesh, lactic acid. It all though was all just plain 'too' delaying, for how all of that ended with Hagall."

"Could you show me?" ...was the next question from Bryna, that stabbed a look from Keiichi. Only K1 as it turned out, as Imladris remarked over. "Ever the one as the strongest Valkyrie in the Order, to know the same from our dark foe version?"

Bryna looks over, as knowing smirks ply the others of Gold Wing. "Is that not what your final report to the War Master, indicated?"

"That and the one hundred ton diamond you helped with, same mission." Imlade quipped back, popping a Mallow into his mouth. Jora just eggs Lind in kind with... "Maybe if he got that same diamond, you'll both tie the knot!"

Jora always enjoyed the glares she got from Lind. Imladris's annoyance and giggles around, are interceded by Bryna then asking, rather insistently at that, of Belldandy. "Could you spar with me, of that same memory imprint, so that I may learn?"

"Oh course Commander Bryna." Belldandy responds beamingly simple. Keiichi however gaffs at the notion, garnering looks from the others. "Is... is that actually a good thing here?"

The protective worry was more than inflected, with the smiles from all around. Belldandy alleviated along this line, with a explanation of... "It will not be an actual spar, as I will simply 'reinitialize' my program memory encodings, from that past memory, of the fight I endured with Thrymr at the time."

Keiichi blinks. "Sounds like some form of a playback, from old video tapes, or that data transfer from computers."

"Quite apt at that." Bryna winks back to Keiichi. Belldandy then actually warned prior... "Be sure that you are prepared Commander, Thrymr was truly not one to hold back. My recording imprint will impose the same."

"Oh really?" Bryna glinted back with, as per any Valkyrie seeking mighty challenges. Belldandy only smiles back. And then she promptly goes 'off' that recording, and RIGHT AT Bryna, whom dynamically spin flips away, as Belldandy actually attacks with no reservation, entering into what all looks like, a full blown spar! Keiichi is flabbergasted at the sight, his face a mixture of aghast horror, abject shock, and a heavy blush of amazement, at this sight of sights! The others around, including Lind and Imlade, all just cheer-chant... "Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" ...as Bryna indeed finds the wanting worth the pain to her blocking limbs, one's being ABUSED by the imprint Belldandy indeed imposes upon her!

"GLORIOUS!" Bryna says, about fourteen seconds into this, as Belldandy serenely 'grunts' out. "Rare in rare indeed."

This all lasts another minute, before Keiichi whispers out... "Now I remember why I said I'd go with her." ...as eyes glance over, Belldandy stopping, Bryna as well, the latter feeling a burn unto her arms, as Belldandy looks at Keiichi and smiles.

"Thrymr hasn't changed much, in 'that' long?" ...the next voice remarks out, which garners renewed looks, at a proto-god, that has an eye of the tactical, at Belldandy. Belldandy realizes. "Indeed, you reported once that you fought Thrymr as well."

Lind blinks and as much as any of the other Valkyries, also quickly remember. And more than just because of a memory lapse, once Enforced. This leaves Keiichi the one to blurt in ignorance. "You did gold dude?"

Imladris just chuckles, and shakes his head. "Not my best one either." ...as he yank levitates a Mallow to his own hand, fondling it, as Lind looks on with a bit of remorse, as Imladris relents. "Thrymr once stole my Master's prized Hammer, Mjolnir, from his graces. How I was never told, and knowing my Master, he won't 'tell'. However, it was I that was sent to retrieve it, when it was known a goddess attempting the same, even of a Valkyrie, would have garnered results likely ill to the Doublet Code. Plus, it 'was' a yardstick to see how well my training progressed. I thought I was ready for the challenge.

Not even close." ...Imladris sighs out. The others hear to a tale not expected of the kind. "The Generals and Master Thor, when they wanted to 'remind' me of my place, of my ego, did what you saw once Keiichi my friend, what General Hirund, did unto me, prior to Hero's Ball."

Keiichi gulped.

Imladris... "Oh I got the Hammer back. In fact, the whole thing was a trap. A quick charge into Nidheg's special archives, nary a guard waiting even. I knew it was a trap. Once I begot Mjolnir back, and was porting back via a special Access Port Mandala, Thrymr arrived. Why just her, I dunno of specifics."

"Uhh..." Keiichi gulped out. The other Valkyries winced some, as Imladris admitted... "Only because of all that training, some... what... forty years or so into the deal, after my Wish, that I lasted through it all. I got my arse kicked from Tartaris and back that few days. Not even a 'shred' of remorse, which at 'least' Thor would hold back enough to keep my body intact to heal from. Thrymr wasn't so kind. The battle lasted three days, mainly because I kept retreating the entire time, as she attacked without end, the entire time. I only got out of there, due to sheer will of my boneheaded ways. But I was 'not' the challenge she ended up wanting, simply because I wasn't strong enough at the time."

Lind just sighs, the rest far more reserved. Imladris then demonstrates for Keiichi, by 'drawing' his left finger, across his right side, from shoulder, across his ribs, the pelvis, down to the knee. "I lost my right arm, all the way, on the second day. The rest were quite torn up, at various times, of that battle... or... humiliation. I learned my place alright, by the time I escaped close enough to Pandemonium Fortress."

"Oh Light, I remember now." Phosus 'suddenly' remembers, the details of that scene, 'just' unlocked unto her memory, once again. Keiichi blinks, looks over at the Commander. "Remember?"

"Protection Program." Lind suddenly says, the rest getting it, right there and then, as previously archived memories, are allowed to surface again, especially as Phosus fights her own composure. "You were such a bloody mess, when we rescued you."

Imladris, rather than look glum at this, just looks up, and smirks. A good blush comes across the lot, as Imladris also recalls. "I also remember certain Valkyries, here, that counterattacked her so badly, Thrymr was forced to retreat, not realizing she too was spent. I thank ye for that." ...this as particular blushes from Phosus, Demesus, Tsuyana, and Hlad, were noticeable. As was the one on a Beloved General's facade. Keiichi looked around, and was getting a good sense of the camaraderie that engendered of this particular group. Imladris continued. "Despite all that, and a week of healing in Medical, where my appropriate areas were completely regrown, I suspect the nanites were upgraded as well, the Hammer was back where it belonged.

I begot no thanks for it, because I 'got' more of a reward, than I ever expected, and despite 'all' attempts Master Thor would attempt the same at times. Throughout 'all' of my training in Heaven, I always had a sense, that no matter what, I was never truly in any danger of dying, within that majestic place."

Imladris fumbled the Mallow in his right hand, further... "And never once, in all of my missions, did I ever truly worry of dying, for my duty for Heaven, while I was conducting the Commandments of the Almighty. Not until Thrymr, did I have reason to believe otherwise. 'That' battle, changed all that. And from then on, I forgot the meaning of fear, with my training, and instead understood, what my Wish was really all meant for. And until the battles with Voluspa, did I know such a fear again. But not for moi."

"For us." Keiichi quickly added. Imladris nodded amicably. The Valks all blush at the all too well instilled inference. A Knight then takes a different tact, and looks at the Valkyries. "By the by, so you all know, I am utterly proud of what you each of my old Training Command, have becometh." ...this really applying the blushes all around. Keiichi felt this off the Network, and smiled. Imladris bobs his head in continual nodding. "That lack of fear I peeled off of, I also found better akin, to the pride, of what the Order stood for. I apply that to my standard, each day, in my prayers. And also, know that the heights you each all here have achieved, honors far more than just Order, in the conduct of each day further, that we live for. That, being the true goal, I keep in mind, for why I fight. And why 'you' all, exceed yourselves, so magnificently.

That is the first Pride, I reapply the Word of my old seat, unto, here and now."

"(x3): No fair." ...three bonded Valkyrie Sisters squeak out. The mindset was mutual from more, than just the immediate circle present. Imladris smirks, but then is grabbed by Lind, and started to pull in 'close'... "Why are you making me wai... OW!" ...as suddenly, a bit of that 'same' old luck problem, strikes them both in the head, when Imlade is yanked of head forward too far, into a painful looking head collision! Everyone else blinks once in simult, off kilter, at the sight.

"Owieeowieeowiee..." ...ala dizzy eyed Tyr-boyo...

"Ergh! Why is your head so divine THICK, Beloved!" ...Lind spatting back venomously, as she holds at her own head!

A bit of this, and then a lot of releasing laughter, fills the camp area. Jora just quips in between gut busts of josh... "You... you both are just... perfect for each other. Haha... hardheaded as any... hehe... ever could be!"

"Yeah yeah..." Lind 'and' Imlade manage out, before their own chuckles ply the atmosphere of humor. This lasts for a good while, long enough for minds to ply for another hankering. This becomes of such, in the form of... "How about a camp fire song everyone?"

Keiichi's tryst of cute want, begets a lot of... "Yeah! Alright! Sounds Great!" ...from all around. Lind then formally suggests. "Perhaps the same number, from our last scene of this presence?" ...this Imlade smirks at, as Belldandy and Bryna resume places within the circle, as Tsuyana then magically hovers a gilded guitar from the shadows of the remainder of the camp provisions, magically handing it over to... "Here Silver Wings Belldandy, since you more than well outdo us all in one majestic department." ...as such Belldandy takes hold of a guitar that Keiichi swears... "Was that thing, made in Heaven?"

The smiling First Class goddess of his life, responds to that, with a beaming smile, a light ply of strings that seem a mix of tones from a harp, as much as a guitar, and a vocal apply of... "I asked for one of my instruments from my Room in Heaven, as I planned for you to enjoy this very event with us, Dear." ...such just making Keiichi's face, look volcanic.

"You sure all you can sing, right?" Imlade just suddenly spikes in, to a knowing josh, the same of the GLARES he begets from the Gold Wings, worse of one from a General! Imlade just quips in further to egg. "I mean you all have to keep up with my Cousin, what with the last time you all..."

"AH, SHUT YOUR YAP!" ...comes back from all save two souls present, as is a few dozen Mallows bonked off his head. As well as one from Lind, that had still been on molten inducing sugar fire, that is promptly plopped onto Imlade's forehead.

The screeching pain is ignored, as Belldandy tunes her personal Guitar, one of white in white glowing wood, gilded in literal gold, from trim, to silken strings, to the sound that comes from her ply of preparation. Belldandy finishes, just as Imlade reappears, his head wet, with a good... "Nice shiner gold dude." ...same from Keiichi, of Imlade's forehead. Imlade just makes a kooky thumbs up back to him.

"Same song then. Off the top." Olruni remarks, which Keiichi gets off of a strange mental ping, for nary the asking. "Eh? That song is done, even in Heaven?"

The others look, as Jora educated. "Indeed Blue Wings, since the song has exists for 'quite' some time, even before the coming of this bozo. 'Row Row, Row Your Boat' is a fine song at that."

"Indeed." Imladris plies out, far more reverently, which begets blushes akin once more, as Imladris offers to a breath holding mortal. "One does not know the melody of such a song, until it is heard from the sonnets of goddesses. And since I more than presume vocals are well in matching tune, with martial prowess, I expect we both, you and I, my friend, will need these." ...as Imladris hands over a napkin for Keiichi. So taken with a light gulp to a mortal gullet.

Keiichi then looks over at the jumpsuited lot, mainly at the goddess of his life, her white in blue trim suit, beheld of the glow of the campfire, and the guitar, the mane of serenity that just adds endless detail of beauty, that Keiichi remarks openly. "Thank you for letting me come." ...to a good set of smiles all around.

"Shall we?" Belldandy announces her readiness, as she then flicks a sparkle of light from her right hand still laden, one that randomly circles about the gathering, before randomly then hovering over... "You're first Demesus."

"Woot!" ...from the emerald haired, fist in air pumping lass, whom gets an elbow from Phosus. And then Belldandy begins, with a ply of expert fingers, longingly over her strings, setting the familiar tune, before Belldandy 'sets' voice first, with... "Row row, row your boat, gently down the stream..."

Demesus... "Row row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Belldandy: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.)"

Phosus... "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Demesus: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Belldandy: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream...)"

Glaud/Sepith/Glinor... "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Phosus: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Demesus: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Belldandy: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream...)"

Lind... "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Phosus: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Demesus: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Belldandy: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream...)"

Imladris: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Lind: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Phosus: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.. Demesus: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Belldandy/Keiichi: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream...)"

Hlad/Herjin: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Imlade/Lind: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Phosus/Demesus: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is ever a dream...)"

Belldandy/Keiichi: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream."

Thurd/Tsuyana/Bryna: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Hlad/Herjin: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is never a dream... Imlade/Lind: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: ...merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is ever a dream... Phosus/Demesus: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Belldandy/Keiichi: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.)"

Jora/Lind: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... (Thurd/Tsuyana/Bryna/Olruni: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is never a dream... Hlad/Herjin: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Imlade: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is never a dream... Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Phosus/Demesus: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Belldandy/Keiichi: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream...)"

All: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream."

Soliana/Karra: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream..." (Jora/-Dragged in Voice in Imlade-/Lind: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is never a dream... Thurd/Tsuyana/Bryna/Olruni: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Hlad/Herjin: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is never a dream... Glaud/Sepith/Glinor: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Phosus: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream... Demesus: Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream... Belldandy/-semi uncertain of place Keiichi: Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.)"

Keiichi/Imladris: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream..."

Goddesses: "Merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream."

Keiichi found that Imladris was right about that napkin.

Endlessly at that, for all those watching, from eternity, and beyond.

Such enjoyed, for 'quite' awhile at that.

"- I, of I, do not understand. -"

A thoughtful sip of sake, all of which mindful, of what was occurring, for all minds to experience. Those capable of such. "Understand, not so much, as enjoy. Rare I've heard such, since my wife passed on."

": - My Condolences. - :" ...a third voice joined, the mortal elder hosting for two holographics, in a home that hardly ever expected to 'see' such a meeting, of its kind, simply nods back. "Accepted Lady Kaia." ...this as the elder Yamano looks at the crystalline holographic vision, of the Silveren Councilor. One where other than of the small hovering holo-projector that projects well out of sight, the sight is all but like one that could be right there in the same room, with them. One sitting upon a comforter conventionally, all the while Kaia is 'actually' sitting on a similar seat, back on the Silveren Homeworld.

Phones be ding donged, Yamano smirk-thought. Kaia notes this with... "- One will begot used to this. Presuming your mindset allows it. -" ...a sip of her own wine, a vintage older than the human civilization had passed from its own Dark Age. Yamano chuckled at the Net lent thought pattern, and quipped back. "I am still presumed to allow that gift, for my more than open minded daughter, and son-in-law, whom are more willing than I. still I make impart here." ...said with a poke at his own body.

A rather terse grunt, from the 'other' Being in presence, turned both heads of conventional, back to one that was 'not' so.

"- You still speak of... -word access- ...limited evolution. Of... -word access- ...death. -"

The sight of the teardrop shaped holographic of the Being format, still makes Yamano uncomfortable. The feeling was mutual, in ways that was the very reason for this gathering. One that Kaia started, after a discussion between herself and 'Being', as the name was becoming of comfort here, to apply, lent to a most unusual knock at the door (literally) for the elder Yamano to accept.

Apparently now, the point of it all, was being all but refereed by Kaia. Such where two completely sects of thought, were clashing. Such that Yamano stared back at Being with.

"I speak of, what I was expecting all along, after my wife died. It was not such before. Nor of what was imprinted upon me, without consent. If it takes that to the conclusion you both are not prepared to accept, then I cannot convince you otherwise."

"- Of being limited in... -word access- ...scope? -"

Kaia had to smile (one heck of a poker face,) as Yamano eyed the 'eye' of Being, and stuck back, even despite the 'song' still in both their minds. "Why limited? Why not simply what I was 'supposed' to be, all along?"

"- Such as I seeked to... -word access- ...remove of myself? -"

Yamano leaned in, as did the holo-display of Being. (Kaia just teardropped looking on.) "You mean of an act that even I found detestable?"

"- Given relatable history... -word access- ...incumbent. One such of your species should be... -word access- ...mindful. -"

"Now you are generalizing. Speaking of those of my 'people', for acts I have no hand in. Your years are all a blur to you apparently."

"- And yours, you sit and stand, to limit yourself by. Whom needs... -word access- ...lessons here. -"

A good 'refereeing' clap of hands, makes both 'elders' look suddenly, as Kaia just offers out. ": - Watch your emotions, before you ply words in a tone 'not' meant for either of your hearts. - :"

Being just retorts back... "- I electrometric functions are not requiring organic functionaries, such as... -word access- ...organs. I be not bioform, as such dictates. -"

Kaia just rolls her holo projected eyes. "- : Whatever. Literal logic formats. : -" ...which gets her eyed rather sharply. Kaia takes up 'that' wordless challenge with her holo stemmed glass leveled towards the format Being. ": - To learn outside one's lines, out of the box, as I have heard a coined phrase of our Sovereign's homeworld, the same you reside on, young one. - :" ...eyed in turn towards Yamano of elder. The said mortal found the term unsettling to him. Yamano just eyes Kaia strictly.

"Again with alluding to 'that' one person. Tell me, why should heed 'any' attached to one person that is lauded too much?"

Kaia just cocked her head. She took another sip of her vintage, before remarking. ": - I've sat with, many a time, this same soul that 'did' save our galaxy. Saved so much. And yet said words all but exactly as depreciating, as yours just spoken are. His words to me, I speak to you.

Don't heed 'my' words. Heed only your true heart. Bedevil and bedivine any further than this simple thing. - :"

"- Commanding Bioform, finds only the Present... -word access- ...redeeming? -" ...Being finds uneasy to contemplate. Yamano finds the words more amicable. "Just live for what is in front of you. Every day.

-thick sigh- ...like hearing my wife's words again."

Kaia gulped a bit, not knowing of such prior. She does however impose... "- : And for one, such as I, that lives to expect so 'many' such days to come, instead of the ones that could be lacking, prevented 'by' the same author of those words, I find affinity to learn more from those, that do not need to live, what I myself have witnessed, worse of many of our kin. What I, and my kin of the Alliance, have gained as the gift, to 'know' those words, and heed them, for ourselves.

The same your kin now will likely accept, for only one reason. : -"

"- *Word access* ...love? -"

That made both look, both still quite mortal of surprised mindsets. A good blush at that, as Being just asks. "- Understand such word, and all... -word access- attached, is beyond I logic matrix. How do I learn, that which is beyond I. -"

"Perhaps I may begin that... well... lesson, from the days of my youth." ...with a glance at a still blushing Kaia, though the elder Yamano did not know why exactly. Kaia just offers with a rather Belldandy-ish smile, though it was clear there was a gift of 'so' many such engendered beings, of so many formats, to give such serenity, in the Existence. Such also clear, Kaia made offer of... ": - I will, if I can tell of my lost husband, whom I gave in part name, to my son. This such can start where love, really has trials and revelations. - :"

"- So be it unto I. -" ...Being gave credence to begin learning. Course that was before even elders knew the game of rock-paper-scissors, used to set Yamano still, as the first to offer.

And so much more, in the days, and years to come.

"I think it was a good idea to go out." ...Otaki spoke, looking down at a head shaking, silent smiling wife. Satoko notes back. "Even if it's been nearly two days now?"

The two, walking along a quite, night drawn and cast walkway, beside the sea, the details of Japanese architecture hinted from streetlamps, had begotten this path, after they found sleep itself a lacking trait, some thirty-seven hours after learning of their 'advanced' incumbency, such to zilch ill effects so far. Such that, all they could do, after trying about everything conventional they could think of to both enjoy, and then relent to attempts to enforce sleep anyway, that they both found the seaside a simple place to just simply enjoy each other. Given the fading 'song' of campfire note, releasing from their minds, all they both could do, these two mortals, (despite nanites) was flat out enjoy each other's presence.

So much so, after noting Satoko's 'echo' with her father, gave a bit too much detail. Otaki just then offers... "I could show you the old campus club again. Beats me where to go from here now."

"There's one thing we haven't gotten to yet."

Satoko's offer, makes Otaki blush. "Ahhh... after what I felt from Tamiya and Chihiro... I..."

Satoko wasn't deterred. "How nice of you, to be such a gentleman. But after this long without..." ...this as she already 'hints' to her, where to start going. Otaki gulps... "But... but my old place is such a pigsty! I don't want you to..."

Satoko wasn't buying any of that. And despite being over two kilometers away from an old pad, the distance didn't span in long of wait.

*A scene beyond earthly eyes...*

"Kinda bland out here." Chrono quips, looking out at the stars, with only semi brown whips of interstellar matter and trace gasses, lit by Sol afar. Too afar to give glimpses of anything more exotic. It took a different kind of senses, to see more of such things. And even so, Chrono wasn't far off.

"It's not the scene of now, that truly matters." ...two goddesses hear, of their handsome escort, one trying to act more serene than he really is. This as Eros finishes, with a hands behind back stance, looking out as well, from an transparasteel outlook dome, one situated slant at a forty-five degree angle, despite its mammoth size, giving its viewers, near unobstructed viewscapes. "It's what it took, to become of such a boring view, that makes it special."

"So we're bland, even in the long run?" Sigrun teases back, which Eros overreacts to, with a... "I didn't say that milady!"

Chrono sure was cocking her eyes, as Sigrun plied hints of her old 'life', in a far more amicable vein. Eros for his part, just turns away, rubbing at his scalp. "S... sorry."

"Yup." Chrono suddenly quips, as she looks across the area of plain flooring (for tritanium plating,) of only one holo console for communications, holo-emitters embedded within the walls, for other consoles on need, all heedless of a friend whom looks back with a rather terse glare. This Sigrun just snaps in kind. "Say 'not' of such iotas 'here' Chrono!" ...this though semi-unrealizingly (realized a moment later,) that Eros could 'sense' the intent of all this.

And to his stutters look around for escape before offending sensibilities, far higher than he... "P... perhaps we should move on to the Synthetic repair ward zone. Aye... yes... yes..." ...he trails off, which Sigrun twists a look back, Eros not seeing the dismay on her face, this before Sigrun 'then' makes sure Chrono sees the look of anger in return.

Chrono just sighs, not going for that. "You both know it's true." ...is all that is said, which softens Sigrun's facade all too quickly. This as Chrono floats by, and lightly adds in. "Maybe we should eat soon. Food for the soul." Chrono offers, which Sigrun passes by, and a Norn just sighs.

"I do hope Master is having a better of it all, than I am of this time." ...this before she turns to follow quickly, to find sight of a growing obvious to her, again.

*2:17 AM... where ever they all are at...*

"Dang it."

Belldandy's head shot up, from a dreamy sleep. "Keiichi?" ...to worry of her betrothed. One with a most uncomfortable face. One also sighing in annoyance. Belldandy blinks, before hearing to realization...

"You know, being the 'only' true mortal here, amongst ya all, means I'm the only one with 'problems' to evacuate."

Belldandy giggles. "I can help with your waste removal, with a spell, if you wish Dear."

Keiichi, barely seeing Belldandy's face in the dark, moonless and all, though knowing about 'every' detail of same said face, just smiles to it, knowing Belldandy 'was' seeing every last detail of his own face, with no aid of light required, none external anyway, just replies cutely, if introverted a tic. "Oh no no. I think I can handle this one solo. Not like that whole stuck hand thang needs reliving 'there'."

Belldandy giggles, and helps Keiichi extract from their blanketed state. Belldandy adds... "At least use this. It 'is' quite dark for your eyes." ...and produced a small light globe, from her finger, that bathes around Keiichi, like soft moonlight. He grows amazed unto this, though 'pains' quickly divert his attention all too quickly. "Ah... yeah... oops... time to do that lumberjack bit, gold dude said about once. Hate to say."

Belldandy's giggle serenaded Keiichi's path, all the way to a proper 'private' area.

*Soon enough...*

"I know it's not right, but... relief is relief." ...Keiichi relents, and is about to quite quickly find his way back to his perfect Heaven, when he sees a strange light catches his eye, off to his right. "What tha..." ...and soon finds himself stumbling towards this light. The sight of glowing spell objects, soon turns to enough detail, on arrival of... "Eh? Gold...

...dude?"

A head, floating within a spatial sea of spell driven constructs, looks over with a face of one caught snacking from the proverbial jar. "Ah... Keiichi my friend."

Keiichi has to look. What he sees is not an exaggeration. "Why... why are you floating in some kind of... well... looks like a gyro..."

Imladris nods simply, as he floats about two meters up in the air, within a triad of broken up, orbiting 'rings' of plate formatted square blocks, one ring primarily of these glowing white square plates, the other two more a ghostly melded set of the same, nearly uniform in connection, with twin blue-red sharp of light, orbiting ring-lines, one set more pronounced of this format, than the other, that has the twin bright lines orbiting, more sharp than what they contain within. A fourth 'line' orbits of the 'equator' of how Imladris sits situated, that has a couple of holo-style formatted panels, displayed unto the proto-god. Everything is encapsulated of light cascaded, light casting more than well around the area where both males situate, with heave undertones, 'and' overtones, of rubicon, sapphire, and opal, of the energies of Tyr, Soth, and Incarnum, all meshing with the Holia that empowers the entire... construct.

One Keiichi garners, with some unintended, but inquisitive insight of the Network, the lil nanite buggers 'ever' that helpful, for all intents. "Um... looking stuff up, or such?"

Imladris bobs a pointed left finger at him, where Imladris sits situated, before his back to Keiichi state, is rotated to face his friend formally. All the while... "Indeed ol smart for Lady Belldandy's tastes. It seems I grew too curious about myself here."

Keiichi comes up, as Imladris watches, before he pokes at one of the 'plates', one of said which, relents to the light poke, like something elastic, before returning to simple orbiting position. Keiichi guesstimates... "I get the feeling, this is a lot more, than just of a bunch of books, with ya."

Imladris chuckles. "Aye. It would seem Tyr... or... I... hath a library lain hidden within myself to access. One that is displayed here, with the help of the Almighty Holocron."

Keiichi looks up. "This about that Sigil stuff, you couldn't finish?" ...which in turn Imladris nods, not realizing he's 'more' than being seen. Even with physical presence lacking. Curiosity tended to make others passive, such that Imladris replies back with a light sigh, and a rub of hair in right hand. "Sort of. Nay, this more was just one of those things, that I started with, when I ended up out here, just thinking. Apparently learning about myself, got the better of me, when I really got curious. Amongst other desires."

Keiichi then leans over and looks at one of the 'open' screens, full of a language... "Dang, hope you are getting more out of this, more than I'll see here. Can't understand any of this."

"Maybe too much. Been... ahem..." ...Imladris suddenly lowers his tone, though Keiichi obliges without really 'thinking' about it. Imlade adding of hushed tones already impugned upon... "...been looking for a way to get the back luck stuff, off of me. What since the spell Lady Irtasus used, is supposed to be lower class, than the Heavenly versions I can now access."

Keiichi however pulls his head back, quipping back. "I get the feeling you got zilch there. Nevermind what 'will' solve all that." ...this Imladris blinks at his friend and fated Charge. "You 'have' been with types of Intracel borne, too long." ...which to Keiichi just chuckles uneasily. K1 then just quips back to Imladris, with a fold of his arms. "How come you don't just take Lind and elope. Or do something that Valkyries do." ..this making Imladris look pensive. Keiichi prodding further... "I get the feeling the way I asked Belldandy, the whole ring bit, isn't what Lind would want. Course it could just be this jumpsuit talking." ...the bloke finishes, with a pull at his rather form fitting jumpsuit, which he silently realizes just there and then.

"The suits tend to fit to the wearer, honor of one's actions, and all that." ...Imladris offers, Keiichi just quipping out, despite himself. "Really still seems weird, maybe silly, that I am wearing this stuff. Maybe Belldandy too, since we both aren't warriors, like you guys are."

"But you both have seen battle, of more than one kind." Imladris remarks back, as he reverts to a more nominal stance, standing, retracting his gilded empowered format. Still glowing somewhat, Keiichi looks at this diffused version of his Protector, as Imladris just puts his hands behind himself, an at ease stance to put words to.

"While 'some' of your battles, are admittedly my fault in format, most prior to our presence, were your battles fought, in ways that did not require the blade alone, to accomplish victory."

Keiichi blinks, and cocks his head, looking thoughtful. "Yeah, a lot of 'that' because of Belldandy, and Urd and Skuld."

"And you." ...Imladris reminds, Keiichi gulping a bit, as Imladris, puts with no reservation of tone... "Bravery, is what is required, to face any foe. None, not even I, look for battle for its own sake, so readily. However, I, as 'much' as you, when conflict is before us, find ourselves of truth, that leads to the results you and Belldandy have achieved. However uncelebrated all such have been. Such all, is a part of what we, my Comrades and I, celebrate now, here, with you both.

Lauding of it, is what your reward of experience here is, even if I seem the focus of it. Assure ye, this is only fraction of said truth here."

Keiichi blinks. "So... Bell and I are here, to see you get hazed to heck, as a part of just being a part of all the fun? All for what we've done together?"

Imladris smiles back. "You'd be surprised how much data there is, about you two."

"Probably can thank Urd for that." Keiichi bemoans, a good chuckle from Imladris, though Keiichi then eyes back. "And how come all of a sudden, the subject changes from me, from you? I got what 'my' heart wanted. I should be back with Bell here, not asking 'you' about your end of what should already be done."

"I think that's why I really ended up out here." Imladris quips back defensively.

": We know! :" ...comes across both mind suddenly. Keiichi then suddenly notes that almost 'all' light vanishes into darkness, as its primary author, is suddenly abducted back to whence he came! Keiichi at least still has the light spot that Belldandy applied unto him earlier, as he blinks at the lack of sight, though hearing comes well enough of direction, off the right.

"DANG IT! STOP KIDNAPPING ME!"

"Aw quiet! You'll wake the spirits!" ...comes Phosus tone back. Keiichi just chuckles. "Guess I'll stumble off that way then." ...and manages to find his way back.

One tent, a comfort of two, the other, all but compacted it seemed, of an interior not much larger than standard, as Valkyries enforced comfort, made for nary a blanket needed.

No choice at that, till dawn. But 'not' with one in close comfort, as per wanted at least.

*Prior to slumbered comfort, broken with the rising dawn.*

A spirit senses his moment has come.

"Let's see how they like this act. Sorry for this miladies." ...a male Spirit protagonist quips, looking from a tree top angle, before zipping off, with an eye for combat. Why so, only to be triggered, off the emotional waves, the Spirit alone, can feel all too well.

All that was needed, was the right trigger. This before another trigger, set the 'real' plot in motion.

*Yup... space...*

"A... and here, we have the central Comptroller Core Processing Node Cache."

Sigrun looks about, with a decent amount of awe, as Eros continued the inspection, in a father ginger format. This as the trio, Chrono still well in close concert of behind, entered the said area, the holo-data node central processing hub, adjacent to the main Comptroller Core, where it too had its own sights to behold. However here, sight was of holographic based data feed 'blocks', that all hung like crystalline chandeliers, a gilded 'crystal' sight at that, of all colors of the blue spectrum rainbow, here below and near, before one looked up, and spectrum light turned more rubicon in color suites, as data feeds shot off 'at' light spectrum speeds, near akin to those of not unlike the stars themselves.

The sound of data hums and crystal chimes, added to the unexpected majesty, for a chamber with a rather martial purpose. Sigrun looks hauntingly at the scene, as Eros keeps stealing glances over at the beautiful Norn of nigh silver. "This is more, than just for military purposes correct?" Sigrun asks, looking over, which to Eros turns away, with a blush he has a rather hard time hiding. Sigrun feels thus, and looks away with her own. (Behind Chrono eyes a bit dryly, with growing annoyance, of a format.)

Eros manages out... "A... aye milady. The sensor suites are calibrated to study the replete... uh... formats, of the Excellency Sol System of his birth, so we may learn of a system, that has... um... not been affected by technologies, ones such that... um... have been used upon most of the Alliance Systems, back home.

The... ah..."

"Griffionals would be interested, in such 'natural' data." Sigrun puts in, reading the mind Eros offers forth readily, a bit much so, both realize, to which a good longing glance is begotten between the two. But only no further, such as this."

Chrono just eyes dryly. "(I didn't realize kindergarten existed in space romances.)" ...which makes both souls ahead of Chrono, suddenly blink-frazzle-realize-freak, both in various states of sudden discomfort, as Sigrun stabs another look at Chrono. Wordless at that, as Sigrun refrains from further outbursts to frighten Eros by.

Chrono finally is fed up. She makes light excuse of... "I think I need to find one of these food dispensers, my tummy is getting the better of me." ...as the said lass goddess, suddenly spins around, and floats off whence they all came. Eros however blurts out suddenly... "B... but we have a Sustenance Formatter Dispenser, right over here!" ...pointing to a spot, less than ten meters away. Not that it deters Chrono's 'retreat', much to Sigrun's teeth grinding. Sigrun then turns to ask of Eros. "Mind not her, but why name your device so contrived? Food dispenser works too, would it not?" ...a mind of her Master's simplicity coming forth. Eros blinks and realizes the silliness of the prior name. "Indeed, you are correct milady."

"Sigrun." ...said goddess amends, Eros blushing as much as she, the goddess in a failed attempt to be plain sounding and acting. Eros nods, and bows needlessly, a right hand over his chest, in so regally doing. A sign of too much specific mothering, that is actually heeded finally here. Sigrun just shakes her Belldandy-sorta goth like mane of silver cascaded, with a chuckle.

"Sigrun, my lady so... simply."

That make the goddess blush far less constrained, as Eros rises back to normal. The goddess then looks about, and then asks. "Perhaps a look see, at the combat mecha bay next?"

Eros just tilt nudges his head to the right, of where he looks at her enamored. "This way to the Personnel Escalator Tube."

"Lifts." Sigrun 'corrects' there as well, which begets a good chuckle from each, as both proceed on with the tour. Things seem to be running smoothly, all of a sudden.

If only...

"Gag me already." Chrono quips, as she moves past a few onlooking Alliance types, and heads for the obvious food court, of the Station. This as if the elegant, gilded, technological marvel she is within, is no more than an outlandish Mall on Earth. Such that she considers the vein of a Heavenly version at Goddess Mall instead, for a moment prior to reaching a food dispenser, one that was for mass use, by the Station crew. This as the device was over thirty meters long in length, a rather long 'wall' it was set upon, a bar spaced set of three meter 'blocks' where one could reach in for any food stuff desired, from within a well lit alcove that spanned the full length. Above this, was an equally lengthy holo display, that was set in two dimensional wall tablet standard, though the display quality was 'easily' multi-dimensional, depending on the user, some of which, a few present species had differing formats of depth perception, beyond the standard three dimensional.

Chrono had to admit amazement at seeing the blue-white edged, to deep blue background, filled with an orbiting myriad of information displays, all of which were waiting to be 'commanded' of use, in any format desired. The display was obviously meant for more, than just food ordering, though Chrono just went with a desire for... "Um... order please?"

A display inset, of a holo-screen, 'swam' up to her, from within the display, as a holo-chime of a female voice then makes query of... ": How may I assist you, lady goddess :" ...which took Chrono back somewhat. "Eh? You know what I am?"

": I have been uploaded all pertinent data, concerning your physical presence. I can equate your nutritional desires, as a result from allotted archives. :"

Chrono swore something sounded familiar, of that voice, but was more interested in consideration. "Hmm, must have gotten our data link feeds from the cat boyo. Logical I guess, if invasive. Anyway, I'd like a fruit drink to calm my nerves. What since they are annoyed right now, by certain things." ...this as she thinks of her friend being so wishy-washy, at that moment, as she folds her arms in this context.

Such that the display agrees in return. ": Indeed, don't you think Sigrun is being too much like my Sister Belldandy? :"

Chrono starts nodding, but then STABS a look back at the display! "How did you know... what the... you sound like..." ...as the display suddenly flares of familiar goddess magic afoot. (Sure made a lot of nearby mortal eyes, of Alliance mode, stop what they were doing. This as from within the display, a familiar escaping format begins to emerge from a glowing spell portal... "Urd?" ...Chrono yelps on sight, as the brazen Norn of the Past, pops her body halfway through the display, stopping upon hearing Chrono's yelp! "Huh? That's the name. No need to shout."

This of course, on weird in weird sight, makes both, a number of inexperienced Alliance types, and some of the display encodings, from the display Urd is poking out from, to act illogically in manner. (I.e. they FREAK!)

Most however stand ground at such a sight, one of a black and red lined skin suit, well 'filled' to the brim, as Urd just shakes her head. "Mortals." ...seeing the ruckus she created. Chrono meanwhile just stands there gleeping, as Urd suddenly 'hears' someone calling for her, from 'within' the display. Urd in turn freaks and all but shoots out from the display, slapping the gate back shut, like she was slapping a book closed! Chrono blinks, but then realizes of detail... "That was Skuld's voice... wait... what are you doing here?"

Urd just smiles meekly back... "I needed a break from my work." ...which to Chrono huffs with her hands fisted upon her hips. "Urd! You can't keep ditching your datawork! You'll get censured by your father again! Nevermind He's there on this Plane to begin with! I'm surprised you even managed to escape and all!"

Urd could have thought the same thing, but answers back with growing slyness, as she flutters her right hand of bronze skin. (See some of the male Alliance types blushing in the background?) "Daddy was still busy with Keiichi's place. Besides, it's not like my work is going anywhere? And after sixteen hours at it, and only 32.62345% of the work done, I needed to let loose, ya know?"

Chrono just gaffs back. "So you came out here? Don't you have a child to play with instead?"

Urd just goes... "Phht... oh, Rei is taking care of Troubadour already. Besides, I hear we have a child grade romance developing out here, as it is."

The last inflection Chrono heard, she more than readily sensed the Hildish tone of invasiveness, within it. Chrono quickly tried to stamp that down and out with... "DON'T try to mess around with Sigrun! You'll just make everything a mess, like you always do!"

Urd just rolls her eyes, her annoyance, and demonic encoded blood plying forth. "Gee, make it sound like I'll trash this place, why don'tchaknow."

Chrono just BLINKS. "YES! That's EXACTLY what I think could happen!" ...this in turn Urd suddenly leans in, her cleavage alone, killing the space between the two. Chrono teardrops nervously, as Urd plies forth. "Oh come now. Even I can sense way back home, that we have all but a clone of K-boy's and Bell's relationship, prior to them getting hitched. All well and good for them, but boring for me. And yet here all of a sudden, we have that said same clone of a relationship, from a Sister not expected, and a space boy that should be more of a man. Don't you think we've already seen one too many romances around here, move at the pace of a star system forming?"

Chrono just gulps... "Well..."

Urd just flings her hair about, acting haughty and smexy for the glowering crowd she's more than aware of. (Of which more than a few Alliance males are quickly getting harassment earfuls, from female Alliance counterparts around.) "I mean, at this rate, it'll be another million years before we see any action out of Sigrun and that Eros chap. Quite the looker by the way, the two, like a couple of silver candlesticks together, and all.

Don't you think some good old fashioned 'assistance', is what needed here?"

"No." ...Chrono wisely warbles out. Urd however has none of that, and stares in, rather Hildishly.

"I said, don't you think we should 'help'." ...not a question there. Chrono just gulps, as many souls watching, even of Synthetics, wonder what kind of family, their Sovereign is a part of. Chrono just relents for the sake of her sanity, against such a look. (And what had been proven too many times, of the power behind said look.) The Valkyrie Silver Wings reacts with less than proper standing of her station, with a manic wave of her gloved hands, in surrender to the moment! (Not that even Gold Wings would have weathered such a stare easily either.) "Okay! Okay! Just don't kill everyone!"

Urd just makes a weird giggle and flutters her hand again. "Oh don't worry. Like I want Cousin on top of my head, like that. We'll just use an old fashioned trick, that's all."

Chrono just leans back, eying Urd warily. "I should call your mother."

"What was that?" Urd eyes back with only one eye.

"Nothing! Nothing!" ...another defensive spiel back.

*Encampment*

"Another awesome day." ...said while stretching.

Keiichi's pronouncement made for several amicable murmurs from Valkyries all around him. The serene sound just giving the mortal lad, a good chuckle. His eyes quickly look for, and find, a busy Belldandy, one whom is with Jora, both going through the provisions, for sustenance that only one of the Encampment present, actually requires. Keiichi sees Belldandy afar, whom almost on cue of 'sensing' this, looks back up at Keiichi, and smiles back, waving her hand. Jora giggles as Belldandy does this, Keiichi gleep blinking, then waving back cutely, which he stutters a blush from the 'well' directed giggles he begets from Gold Wings all around.

It all distracts the lot from a set of vibes that weren't as serene. Such moreso, that Glaud then calls over for... "Could you come here for a moment please, Blue Wings Keiichi Morisato?" ...which Keiichi does so with nary a though. "Sure. And you three gals 'can' speak separate from each other?"

Glaud just eyes Keiichi stiffly, with opal in opal, set in white pearl eyes. (Same for her linked Sisters.) "What of it naïve?"

"Nothing! Nothing!" Keiichi warbles back defensively! Glaud just bades with her own hand. "Let me inspect your hand for something."

"Uhhh... sure." K1 complies. At the same moment, as the other Valks are either fiddling with camp supplies, or code speak chattering to each other in groups of two or three, Bryna then calls over. "Silver Wings Belldandy? If you would." ...this the said trusting Valkyrie comes over, in simple order. When Belldandy reaches, Bryna just quips. "Can I see your hand to for a spell?"

"Of course Commander Bryna." ...as she offers her own right hand, all too trusting to her nature. When she offers her hand, Belldandy asks... "May I ask what for?" ...much to the sudden glint Belldandy sees in Bryna's eye. Glaud in fact as the 'same' glint in her own eye, one Keiichi blinks and gets a sudden 'hint' off the net.

"Ut oh." ...K1.

"Commander?" ...Bell.

Bryna. "A thank you for your spar last night." ...this Belldandy starts... "Why of course...?" ...before in expert, simultaneous motions, Bryna 'and' Glaud both make marital motions that cause both Keiichi and Belldandy, to be suddenly spun about, then spun 'at' each other, in a manner that both are rather blank in the alien sensations they suddenly experience... "He... HEY!" ...Keiichi manages, before both a flatfooted Valkyrie, and her Vakil, both are spun into each other, intended for their jumpsuit lengths to suddenly bound around each other, effectively tying them both to each other!

"Keiichi?"

"What was... eh? Whaaa... ack!" ...before both spin too much, eventually falling to a landing, with Belldandy atop Keiichi, as he lands on his own back! Hardly to any pain as it turns out, as they fall on the soft in soft grass. All around some Valk style cheers and cat-calls croon, out, as both look around, before K1 and Bell trade heavy blushes with each other.

"Are you okay Keiichi dear?"

"Y... yeah... wha... what was all that for?" ...Keiichi yelps out, before Bryna comes over, Glaud the same, 'and' Karra, (the silent instigator of this Net based plan,) both lean in upon Bryna, whom imparts of strange sounding, if effective wisdom. "One should be wary, of all forms of battle. Especially of the battlefield of love." ...with a wink from Karra behind.

Keiichi of less realizing as ever, more of worry... "Couldn't that have hurt Belldandy?" ...this Belldandy, with more tactile contact than Keiichi ever expect of their relationship, just comments back with a cute smile (dead to life, in his face.) "I assure you dear, I have endured the same kinds of training, that the rest of the Order have. Some of which at times, that landed even myself in Medical section. Assure you, this is simply cute play, of their part."

Some unsettling images come across Keiichi's mind, the kind from the Battle of Illuminara, of such kind, before he puts out. "Just don't overdo it, on my account Belldandy?"

A nice soft, face melting peck to his nose, is the response to that. Glaud just quips in on a tic jealous looking... "They'll do well." ...before a rather terse chord makes all heads look. Karra sees, and imparts of a more morbid vein. "Of other's that should be as fortunate." ...this as they all see two souls finally reappear, Lind to the fore, behind, a hefty wood pile carrying Imladris behind. Net based hints make it clear Imladris was carrying a double load, in a weak attempt to be amending for Lind. All other details are sorta lost, as Imladris picks up off of approaching tone with... "...no I 'don't fully understand what you speak of. What happened to our mindlink anyway?"

"Should it not be obvious 'there' as well?" Lind quips plain and level, in a tone that seemed to be regressing her demeanor, to the days whence Keiichi first met the powerful Valkyrie. Imladris just gravity levitates the wood pile off his arms, and plops them down nearby, as he wipes wood splinters off his arms. "Only for things I fear of. Find me unwilling there to face such a possibility."

"More excuses." Lind quips, as she fiddles with a separate splinter, in between her fingers. Keiichi and Belldandy manage to extricate themselves, as Jora just bemoans. "Still not loosening of hearts, are you both." ...which gets another stare from Lind, this one fully challenged back, by her Sister.

"Maybe we should try the same trick to them." Karra then prods out dryly, Lind offering back rather austere. "We've already begotten such treatment once. I'll be more of mind to enjoy such, if I had proper reason to."

Imladris caught a tone from that, that made him react to Lind, uneasily. "I thought memories were simply to be enjoyed, without any attachments required." ...which lent Lind to 'spar' back with. "Only if the inherit soul that engendered them, gives reason to want to keep them in the first place." ...which plies serious worry suddenly, across all brows witnessing, as Lind prods in even further, her own mind about ready to either drop it all, or enforce resolution against the very 'wall' Imladris was maintaining secrecy of. "Maybe enough where promises and crowns, are in question, as is 'more'."

Imladris didn't fully realize, that in keeping his intense, if badly held secret at this point, was making him unstable as a 'god' that was now being applied against the effects of half truths, and even lies, all intended for a moment, that now was in full jeopardy, of never happening!

Keiichi even sensed this, and tried to offer... "Ahh, don't say anything you might..."

"Then it is a question of trust, after all."

"...regret." Keiichi smacks his head in hearing, as Imladris truly couldn't stop himself. The faces ran the gamut of all shades of angst there, worst on a General that suddenly seethed back... "Then we hold a discord with each other." ...with tears.

"With myself." Imladris all too quickly answered, which made Lind blink. Imladris added in... "I'm still too afraid after all."

It got silent, as 'hints' off the Net, alluded too much to the old Sacrifice crud that Imladris himself swore he was ridding of. Keiichi trades a look with Belldandy, the latter 'with' the actual problem Imladris is having encoded now, on her mind to speak of, before Lind then imparts back... "Then it is a question of trust, after all."

Imladris struck one step forward at Lind at that, that made Lind reposition defensively, as a less than Knightly soul reacts in turn... "You still ask to be a part of that unwanted scenario? Ask me not to have ye go through with such a thing? One I'm still uncertain of what is to fully come, no matter 'how' much I try to look for an answer otherwise!"

"And hence the reason for your gaudy display last night." Lind accuses back.

Imladris draws an annoyed face, at all the bobbing nods in presence. He just sighs and rubs at his head. "One that didn't get anywhere. Some of which I told Keiichi was true, the rest... still locked apparently, if such answers even exist."

"Among other things that apparently don't." Lind snips again in austere tone. Imladris admittedly, weakly, defends back... "Only because what I 'did' find, forces me to question everything I 'thought' I was prepared for."

"Then it is a question of trust, after all." ...a second time from Lind, really split Imladris's soul in twain, such was clearly readable to the rest enduring. Imladris finally echoes out, in such a hollow tone. "I'm lost then."

"My turn then, after all!" ...a completely new voice echoes across everyone's hearing. One of a strong male tone that Keiichi for one blinks at. "Who the heck is that?"

"Him!" ...Imladris 'and' Lind say in simult, as from a more than gaudy approach from where the sun is, blinding to only Keiichi, though with nanite aided enhancement, the sight becomes as all clear as heck to him, as... "Eh? Looks like some guy with one big arse sword!

And did I say 'arse'?"

Belldandy smiles back. "It was cute. Plus..." ...with a look back at the quickly approaching sight... "...I think we may have a unique problem at hand."

"No kidding." Jora quips. This as...

"Not yet."

An eternal Wife spats back. "Then 'when'?"

Takano, with Keima in tow with a glass artwork offering to display before shipping, just stands to her left, watching an ancient couple, with nary an anniversary missed, ever, with also mind on the Network aided 'scenery' that is making Skuld ask... "Can I just have one Big Sis? I'll even put up with Keiichi for life."

A glance from a Father still 'younger' than the Daughter, just imparts with... "There's resolution to be had, from all this. Once two stories are resolved. The greater latter, that will resolve all this. The former, I fully expected, all along."

And 'then', they feel what happens, and how out of control it all begot. Such that Almighty then looks over at his twelve year old equal in all but First True Title. "Now, you may intercede."

Takano blinks, as Frigurina vanishes from sight of that fine day. As 'why' is too clear to their Net enhanced 'vision'.

"She better stop it fast then."

Two other souls nearby, attached to the Norn of the Past, heard, and traded a pensive look. And given such was 'not' easy to achieve from Rei, it made Troubadour that much more scared.

*Prior, Sol MWCG-Station*

"You mean Master did 'that' to you?"

Eros looked over, as both walked to the living quarters zone, towards a guest area that Eros was vectoring towards. This as he replies back. "One does not forget the meaning of discipline, when one is lain of hind, to the blade of his wrath. Such was my day of reckoning for my insular attitude of my youth."

Sigrun stops and looks uneasily. "Wow. Remind me not to miff off my Master, as I too hath had a childhood, full of angst."

For a moment, the two stand upon a raised walkway, some five tiers up, one with an overlook that was set apart from the Station viewports here, a vast construct of endless panes of transparasteel viewports, held together with clear-vinyl spidersilk bonds, strengthened further with energy field seals that barely taxed the onboard Hikari Tree pair, that resided upon the Station. Such was a near seamless windowed viewscape that was unobstructed, of all space beyond.

Such that framed them both, thinking of far more inward thoughts.

"We're alike, that is for sure."

Sigrun blushed some, uncertain as how to take that. Eros did, only because of what he kept echoing in his skull, from that Meeting. He starts to move his hand towards her, a motion she somehow misses, only in time to see movement retreat the other way. She blinks, before Eros then gulps out... "Um... ah... your quarters, after a long day milady."

Eros starts off, but Sigrun for a moment, almost infers to ask about Eros's quarters instead, before she simply follows, they both stopping at a generic enough looking hatch. Eros then wipes his hand across the nearby locking security panel, and the door opens.

And both promptly blink, at a... "What the snishh?" ...sight Eros makes unwilling curse of! Sigrun pulls such a face, at the sight of all akin, of a pink in freakin pink, love hotel room, out the wazzu! Eros just looks at the heart shaped bed, for the radiation hazard that it all probably is, and yelps... "What happened to the chamber?"

Sigrun however, with too much memory imprint of 'such' things, from her own Hildish time, as well as sniff of the air, noting the clear use of spell energy incumbent. She just calmly replies... "URD!" ...in kind.

Suddenly, a small 'voice' whispers into Eros's ear! "Common, you know you want to 'be; with her, big boy." ...which Eros has more than enough mind to realize to suddenly swat at his right left ear! "What just talked in my ear!" ...as Sigrun looks over, and sees a mini-Urd suddenly spin backwards, before righting her mini self.

"Hmmph, he's more witting that Keiichi was, to this stuff." ...this mini-Urd rights her mini-nosebleed cloth as well, just before Sigrun nabs her!

"Urd! What's the meaning of this?" ...a peeved goddess of Fate stabs in tone, at her supposed sister of the Past. Eros backs up some, away from the scene, in clear discomfort, as Urd just weakly offers out... "What's it look like? Just trying to help." ...before Sigrun suddenly WAGGLES the mini-Urd in her right hand, in a mania! "It looks like, you want me to do the WRONG thing here Sister!"

"Stop! Stop! Stop the ride please! *Urp* ...gonna hurl here!"

Eros looks on befuddled, as Sigrun stops and holds the mini Urd, like a doll she really wants to pop! "I'll do worse, if you don't immediately apologize! And get out here Chrono! I can sense you as well!"

The said goddess pops out into sight, in mini-format as well, a sight that Eros just flat out isn't used to, hence he's feeling about at that moment, a mindset that Keiichi long was used to. This as Chrono just bades in defense. "I didn't ask for her! She nosed her way in! Someone that has work to get back to!"

"When I'm good and ready, thank you." Mini-Urd just spouts back, as Sigrun just growls that much more angsty. Sigrun just retorts back. "I 'am' a tattletale, so you know."

"But also as reserved as another of our Sisters." Urd accuses back. Sigrun fangs over... "Belldandy is her own person, as I am of myself! Forget thee not of that! My conduct is none of your concern!"

Eros really is blinking, as he finds fear too entrenching for his own good to speak, all this while Urd just shakes her mini melon, and then promptly flips out of Sigrun's grasps, and pops out into 'full' nosebleed format! Urd just eyes a stern Sigrun back with... "Perhaps it should, if you don't go off who you naturally are. Even I can feel all of it, all the way back home."

Sigrun really blows a gasket! "STOP intruding unto things not of your concern! This and 'more' that is not your concern! It's not like I go out of my way to do the same thing to you, sister!"

That suddenly riled Urd's code. She just leans back in, and seethes of an old wound being prodded at. "Oh really. Sister, is it?"

Eros really feels blank fear, as Chrono suddenly pops into full format mode, and waves her hands at the two goddesses suddenly! "Whoa! Whoa guys! Let's not go overboard here!"

"Why not." Sigrun suddenly spouts, Urd eyeing back without yield. Chrono gulps, not sure herself what to do, as Urd just levels in turn. "So much for letting go of the past. I for one, should know."

"Have we?" Sigrun fangs back in turn. Estranged was becoming a near physical format, for a word, as the two stared at each other. Eros was starting to try and want to say something, of which anything would have halted outright, what happened next. Chrono however, was trying the same, with words she flat out didn't realize the trigger value of. "Come on! You two are sisters! So you both have problems. It doesn't mean you have to get angry about it, with each other!"

"You don't understand." ...both Norns grind out, which turns a tone particularly dark, as Sigrun just lays it out. "You didn't get traded for a... being that didn't fully belong in Heaven with us all. I got traded to Hild, for Urd here!"

Urd just snarls back... "Oh I did appreciate it all. Like I ever got a full chance, even from our Father for it all. I'm only sorry, that you got in treatment, what I probably would have gotten back instead, from Hild!"

Sigrun... "Sorry doesn't even cut it! And even after all this time, all the supposed healing, there has been always that jealousy I've had of you, for stealing my life! Even if I know better, I'm still pissed off about it all!"

Urd... "Then you know essentially, how I felt, every time a goddess looked at me, as if I was something to be destroyed, all to save everyone else, a hint of discomfort, just for me even being around!"

"Then you don't understand goddesses very well!"

"And 'you' made for a poor demon!"

Silence... still... even space beyond it seemed, went still, waiting for what was bound to happen next. Eros really would have said the right thing, there and then, if he had forced anything out in turn, of bravery. It was because he couldn't, hardly truly his fault as it stood, that it was Chrono, that said the wrong thing again, without meaning to. "I... I didn't...

...just... just don't start..."

"No..." ...Sigrun... *Spell flare to hands*

Urd... *energy crackle to hers* "...let's."

Chrono... "Help." *Hands pleading.*

(End Act VI)