Valdis lost her evil smile and it was replace with a look of slight surprise, she blinked as Kail walked over to Kenny and slapped him on the back of the head….she had yet despite all her attempts at trying seen Kail lose his temper like that. He was pretty self controlled when it came to that stuff. Though ….she was curious to see how a one upping Nazo contest would go….was it bad she kinda wanted to see that? Her train of thought was cut when a very large dog and in her opinion adorable, pounced on Kenny. She let out a small squeal as two more were sent to sit by her. Immediately she was hugging one and snuggling her face to it.

”Its sooo cute…Nazo can I have one??”

Valdis looked over at Little Mouse when she corrected them..two out of character moments today…was something funny put into their water? But the comment against Nazo got her a little defensive.

”He only sent them at the butt obsessed knight, these two were sent as cuddle buddies. Nazo knows me so well”

She giggle completely content to hang off the massive dog. She then looked up at the dog with a large grin.

”Can I ride you like a horse?”

Val was completely in doggy bliss, coupled by the fact that Sophia’s love powers were only increasing her attachment to the beasts. Although the family comment pulled her out of her daze.

”Little Mouse, families are dysfunctional at the best of times, and siblings fight….also I’m your favorite obviously so can’t be all the same.”

She giggled and waved to Ama when she arrived. The lack of sleep was now past the passing out stage and was in full blown slap happy mode.

”Don’t worry the guilt goes away the more you do it; I could give you a few pointers if you ever need it. I’ve been come very skilled in sneaking out, although Nazo here has made the process SO much easier. Nothing beats travel by imploding”

She looked around they were still missing one more of their lovely group before things got underway.

”Is lucky charms coming? She should be here as well”

“It’s alright. I am just glad that you made it,” Sophia smiles at Amarissa. “Kenny’s been around since Friday or so.” Sophia could understand Amarissa’s façade of composure, but she would have preferred if she was the only one to bear that burden.

“Ummm… we could try to meet at someplace else or a more reasonable time. Unfortunately, this evening, I had some long talks with my own parents. And there were a few things that I wanted to get done.” Truthfully, a lot of time was spent preparing for being the bearer of terrible news and mental preparation for the rest of the evening. “When Keitha gets here, we should probably organize a more regular time and place for us all. Hopefully, she'll be here soon.”

She looks at Valdis, confused, “And favorites?” Her smile comes back, “That assumes I can love you guys more than I do already, which I’m not sure I am capable of that.” She sometimes wondered if everyone else had strong connections to their elements and emotions to the same extent. Whether, they could feel it driving them. However, she can't make out whether that was due to planetary alignments choosing them or if it is simply the reason that they did.

She walks over to Kenny to give him a hand, "Admittedly, these guys are cute, but I can't say approve of us taking jabs at each other, literally or figuratively."

She pets one of the hellhounds, at least they were friendly. “I just want you all to feel like you can all trust everyone else. That even in the worst of times, we shouldn’t lash out each other. I consider this as one of those times."

Luna hops out of the basket when Amarissa arrived and began to search for her partner. Meanwhile, Artemis, having spent the recent night watching Sophia and consoling her when needed, was exhausted and asleep the entire time until Luna ends up approaching him. A deadpan expression manifests on her face as she begins to paw at him.

"Get up, there's going to be work ahead of us." the black mau says, while the white continues to slumber, blissfully unaware of what was going on around him. It could be said that Artemis had narcolepsy at times, leaving the black mau often frustrated. The black cat begins to claw at Artemis, which only compels him to roll over in spite much to Luna's dismay.

Keitha had had to sneak out to be able to be out this late. Her father didn't approve of leaving the house after six, especially on a school night. So about an hour before she had to leave she said she was going to be early on the account of being so exhausted she couldn't stand and patiently waited for her dad to go take a shower. After he did this she did the old pillows under the covers trick and slipped out of the house and rode her new (well not new but new to her) bike to the farm house she had been informed to go. As she arrived she parked the bike breathing in relief that she was not too terribly late this time.

"Oi." She said but then remembering she didn't have her earrings in and had to fish them out of her pockets and slide them into their usual spot. "I try not ta wear em when I don ave to, believe it or not they weigh down me ears in a strange way I'm not quite used to yet." She said in clear Japanese as she tilted her head and smiled in greeting to everyone. She then caught sight of the hell hounds, "What in tha bloody ell is that?" She asked in curiosity and amazement.

“A gift from Nazo,” Sophia replies to Keitha. She is starting to wonder how long they would stick around. She is pretty sure she couldn’t take home a hellhound…

“I’m glad you all have made it, and the rest of you are safe,” Sophia smiles at her team, but it fades after a few moments. “I’m not sure how fast news spreads… some of you know of the events of last night. Others don’t.”

She takes a deep breath. She had rehearsed this enough that it took away some of its effect. And she needed to hold it together when everyone else was watching. “At Ackademi last night, Amarissa, Kishin, and I were fighting a girl who suddenly became a youma within a matter of seconds. However, it turned out Scorpio, one of the Covenant’s upper ranks, was also in attendance. Soon after this discovery, Venus Knight was awakened and joined the fight. Amarissa managed to successfully purify the girl who I believe is alright to my knowledge. And it looked like Venus Knight had taken care of Scorpio. However, he returned in a more heavily armored form. Kishin got seriously injured. There is a blooming tree not far from the school, and that is what Kishin is now, as far as I can tell. The Venus Knight is alive, but has yet to regain consciousness. In addition, Scorpio also took a sword from Venus Knight.” She is visibly a little shaky after the recap of events, but continues speaking.

“It’s important that we remain cohesive group, now more than before, having lost two valuable members of the group as well as friends. And it is important that we aim to protect each other, so that those sacrifices meant something. I will see it to that something is done for Kishin’s tree, and Amarissa will be organizing a picnic around the tree. You all never meant Venus Knight, but I will update you on his condition should it seem to change.”

“After walking away from everything, all I could think about is how underprepared I was to deal with anything that powerful. If it weren’t for Kishin or Venus Knight, I don’t think I would be here. And unfortunately, we will need to continue without them.”

“There was a secondary reason as to why I called everyone. We need to get used to fighting with each other as a group and improving whatever powers that we have. I don’t want to lose the rest of you, and I don’t think the world can afford either. We should know each other’s strengths and weakness. We should know who can do what and when. Some kind of course of action that we can rely on in most situations. Nazo has agreed to help train us for our future battles.”

“And as we rely on each other in battle, we should be able to rely on each other during more mundane parts of our life. As I said earlier, we are all in this together. This is a tough time for quite a few of us, and we should support each other through it.”

Yuki nodded when Sophia introduced her to Kenny. Her face flushed slightly when he kissed the back of her hand, not expecting such a gesture; however her embarrassment quickly turned to anger as soon as Kenny opened his mouth. Without hesitation, Yuki swiftly elbowed Kenny in the back of the head.

”I will do you no such honor, and you should watch how you speak to others,” she scolded, her cheeks still a bit red. She was about ready to ask where Sophia had managed to find this one when demonic wolves suddenly appeared out of nowhere. According to Sophia, they were apparently a gift from Nazo. All of the sudden craziness and Sophia’s reaction to it all made Yuki burst out in laughter.

”Looks like you’re a lot better at going with the flow now aren’t you Sophie-chan? I can’t even keep up.” It was clear that Yuki appeared to be enjoying herself at the moment. However the following news made everything much more serious and Yuki crossed her arms as she listened intently. The fact that they already lost a knight she hadn’t even met yet was a bit unfortunate and the fact about Kishin becoming a tree was even more troubling. More than that, it concerned Yuki how poor, sweet Sophia was taking this all in seeing as she was actually there when it all happened.

With a grin, she wrapped her arm supportively around Sohpia.

”I couldn’t agree more. I’ve even been training with the legendary Makoto Kino so we’ll totally be even stronger!” she demonstrated by giving a solid punch at the air.

”As for outside of battle you can always rely on me,” Yuki gave a smile and winked at Sophia. Although the news Sophia had told them was sad, Yuki didn’t want them, especially Sophia, to dwell on these troubles and get depressed. If Kishin wasn’t around anymore, she needed to be the morale of the group and put up a strong front. Yuki could sort out her own feelings later away from everyone else.

It surprised Kail a bit that Yuki decided to elbow smash Kenny which put a slight smile on his face. Although the unexpected appearance raised an eyebrow for him "Nazo are you schrodinger's cat" he said refrancing the cat that seems to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. But his attention to Sophia as she chews him out along with some sort of odd feeling that he just shook off "Whatever" he said and saw that Valdis was sqweeeing over the hell hounds. The redhead just rolled his eyes at this and just waited for the others to show up for the meeting. Amarissa showed up as well as Keitha and then the Sophia started to talk about what happened at the battle. Kail held his fists really tight as the amount of fury he was feeling. One thing was that yes they were still learning to control there powers and fight. All of them would have put up a fight. But not like this, they were pushed aside merely like children or flies. Kail agreed that they all had to be stronger then they were before and act as a team. But there was on trickle of fear going through his mind. Both the Earth Knight and the fresh Venus knight were extreamly strong and Scorpio went after them first. Would he be the next target to be taken out?

"Agreed.....I wish to turn this from a tragedy to our resolve. And on the part of our strengths.....I am a melee fighter that can charge into the enemy. Plus for a limited amount of time I can turn into a heavily armored form and can take a massive amount of punishment. I have read a lot of books on strategy and other things dealing with fighting due to research that I do when making stories. Although my downsides are that I can't really fight at long range. Plus my swordarm has become a bit rusty that and I am not trained to fight unarmed" Kail said speaking after Sophia finished speaking. Since now he was going to speak his mind a bit since he had the chance to do so. "I am not the best person in the world but I have good intentions. But if you all need my help in some way ask. I just feel at times I don't fit in well with everyone, Since I am older then most of you by a few years" he said knowing that he had stomped on a few toes with everyone.

"Back to the point.....if we should be fighting as a team shouldn't we have some kind of communication devices to get in touch with people" he said since this was not brought up by anyone so far.

Amarissa's eyes touch briefly Kietha as she arrived and she gave the Irish girl a smile. A sad look crossed her face as Sophia finally revealed the events at the art exhibit. Surprise quickly replaced it, however, at Yuki's response. It was followed by irritation. Her behavior seemed downright disrespectful to the Moon senshi and the look on the silver haired beauty's face said as much. Shaking her head, she said nothing instead turning her focus to Kail as he began to speak. She dug a notepad out of her bag and jotted down some notes about the two Mars sailors, labeling her page 'Fighting Info' and separating everything into two columns: 'weakness' and 'strength'. She wrote down her own under that before addressing the group.

"I am well trained in ranged combat. By that I mean, I am a master archer and, yes, can operate a gun if need be. I also have a purification power. Though I know little about strategy or melee combat, I can remain calm and level headed in any situation," she offered. A thoughtful look crossed her face before she added, "And yes, I am organizing a picnic at the base of Kishin's tree. As such, I have a list of what's needed and I want everyone to bring something. I would also like for all of us to exchange contact information in case something like what happened at art exhibit comes up again, we can call each other for help." Her voice settled out into the night as she flipped pages in her notebook.

I nodded "Apples it is then" I tilted my head at Valdis odd response to being groped ....who was Nazo? Suddenly two sharp pains hit me in the back of my head knocking me over onto Val. I let out a small laugh as I rubbed the back of my head. I looked up at the red head who was currently giving me a lecture. "I apologize, the ladies are my greatest weakness and temptation, with beauties like these its hard to help myself." I winked over at Sophia, though was suddenly slammed onto my back with a large dog on top of me. My eyes went wide as saucers, my body froze......and I think I just wet myself....I looked over panicked to see more....which Valdis was cuddling..."Someone....help....I think I may have wet myself....." There was a blush on my cheeks, and my voice came out in a high pitched crack, and just like that I was out for the count, Passed out due to extreme fear of flaming hell hounds

At once, the hellhounds all raised their heads and looked in the same direction. They disengage from whatever they may have been doing and begin to file out of the farmhouse, going along a trail of snow towards the field in the distance. The hounds were a source of light and heat, as the snow melted and revealed ground beneath for the others to follow. When the other senshi and knights inevitably make their way in the direction of the hounds, they will see the canines sitting in a line looking out. Of all things, they will see Nazo wearing a large sombrero over his head and cloak, playing a small guitar to a mediocre played Mexican theme.

Nazo's weirdness aside, the team would find a very large wide open field cleared. Fiery braziers were set along the edges in corners, while there were glowing symbol along the ground in a symbol system nobody present would be familiar with. Periodically a shimmering line of magical energy can be seen between the symbols, rising up and forming a dome of sorts overhead. The weird masked man would continue to play his theme until somebody bothered to talk to him.

Sophia smiles back at Yuki. She was so hopeful right now… she wonders if it is still a good idea to tell Yuki about Kousuke. However, Yuki would notice the absence. “Thank you. I’m alright now though.”

Sophia shakes her head when Kail speaks about yourself, “You’re too critical of yourself. You’re one of our better fighters. And you’re decided to become a part of this group… that makes you a pretty damn good person. Don’t worry about not being good at a range. We lost two people who were good at fighting up close. We need you.”

“Exchanging information would be best. My number and email is… My address is… in case any of you forgot. However, we should be careful on what we say or do on any communication device. Unless someone has a way of guaranteeing a secure form of communication, we should discuss most things in person,” Sophia says, piggybacking off Kail. “Honestly, we’ve already committed a few crimes. At the very least, I’ve done some major ones in that last 24 hours, so I guess we should minimize the evidence against us. But we can talk about what I learnt from classified military documents later.” She looks at Valdis, "We need a quicker way to get in touch with you. Will you consent to a pager?"

As Amarissa lists her strengths and weaknesses, Sophia realizes that she is probably the least skilled in combat out of this group. There was a high possibility that she was probably physically weakest. When it comes time for her to speak, she looks a sheepish, “All I really have is my senshi abilities, I am afraid. So that’s the magical bow and healing. And to be perfectly honest, healing is a little exhausting and draining. I can heal some pretty major injuries, though. Ummm… and my control over the emotion of love is… a little… off… Things don’t seem to go as planned with that one.” She thinks back at the basketball game, which definitely didn’t pan out as she wanted. If only someone warned her 4 years ago that she would become a magical warrior to protect the world, she definitely wouldn’t have taken all those theatre classes. “Admittedly, I got a lot to work on, but I’m motivated to do so.”

"And for the picnic, I can bring water, juice, soda, and cups. What do people prefer so I don't just things I like?" Sophia says, changing the subject back to something a little more fun.

When the dogs run off and the music begins, she is confused. If the hellhounds weren’t strange enough, now someone was playing guitar in the middle of what she thought was a secluded area. “We should probably check that out…” She looks over to Kenny who was still out cold. That would be a problem if they needed to leave. She sits down beside him and attempts to shake him awake a little. She’d need to recap for him, but that could be done later.

Valdis looked over at Sophia with a serious expression, a quirk of the eyebrow sent out a silent question on whether she finished the tasked Valdis had asked her to. But it would seem that she did do some snooping which was good. Although a small laugh escaped her lips in response to her little favorites speal...

"Perhaps your nick name should be mom instead..."

Valdis looked over as Lucky charms arrived and waived, luckily this time she didn't pass out right after. Valdis listened patiently as Sophia recapped her story, her face was expressionless but she did keep a close eye on the girls condition. She seemed to be handling it better then the previous night, which was a plus. Her eyes glanced over at Ama as well, she hadn't had a chance to check up on the girls condition yet. Just not enough time in the day. When she finished Val decided to add something else that may make the girl feel a bit better.

"Sophia...due to ....some new knowledge that has come to my attention, I have decided that a portion of my profits from Siren will be going to the family's effected by that of the covenant. I've been made aware that my music has been ...adding to the covenants strength. While I can not undue the damage that has been done by it I hope to start to make amends by helping those that it has hurt. I will make sure a chunk of that goes to your knight."

It was obvious she was less then pleased that her music had been used in such a manner. Her attention turned to Yuki, glad that the pushy cat was giving Little Mouse hers support.

"Yuki, how much does your new trainer know? Would she be willing to take on other students? The more combat you all have a chance to face the more reacting will be come second nature...Nazo can only train you guys so much...that and if you have a secondary trainer the changes you will all likely go through will be less suspicious for those not in the loop."

Valdis looked at Kail when he went on his strengths, it was good that he had some strategy knowledge but she wondered how well he could communicate it while being on the front lines. Especially in that armor of his...Valdis looked over at Ama with a calm expression as she went over her weaknesses and strengths, since they were all stating she might as well share hers as well.

"I'm not like any of you guys, but I do have a knowledge on how the covenant operatea along with a better understanding of Chaotic energy they possess...seeing how I can use it in a couple of forms....I also have a talent for exploiting weaknesses. While I cannot be on the front lines with you I do offer you my full support."

She still didn't share the fact she had visions and didn't see much of the point in sharing. It wasn't like she could turn the visions on or off. Her attention was pulled over to Sophia when she asked if she would consent to a pager.

"Despite my....aversions to cell phones I have found they are a necessary evil in this case. I have connected to pick one of the cursed things up...."

A look of disgust crossed her face...as she pulled out a small hand held coffin wrapped in rosary beads and ofuda. Then she handed the thing to Sophia.

"I haven't a clue what the number is but its in there"

She really didn't respond to the picnic, she assumed she really wasn't included. She was seldom invited to those sort of things. That and she really wasn't that close to Ama or the jumping bean. Valdis yelped a bit when she was suddenly dragged off by the hell hound she was clinging to. She maneuvered herself to where she was on its back, giggling as she got a horsy ride. A peel of laughter broke out as soon as Nazo came into view.

"I approve, and I didn't know you could play the guitar?"

Amarissa didn't even bat an eye at Kenny's antics and a moment later the hellhounds started to walk off. Sophia didn't seem to notice right away and instead proceeded to try to comfort Kail and then listed her contact information, which Amarissa typed into a sleek silver touch screen phone that she pulled from her pocket. Her strengths and weaknesses were next and it became clear to Ama that Sophia was probably the least skilled in the group as far as combat went. It didn't matter much though, since they all would be training. She nodded as the Venus senshi told her what she could bring to the picnic and wrote that down on her list. "Well, my address is....and phone number....I don't bother with email much. As for drinks, I think water would be ok," she says calmly.

She watches as the concerned girl kneels next to the mercury knight, who is still apparently unconscious. Rolling her eyes and grinning, she pulls a water bottle out of her bag. Amarissa walks over and calmly dumps the contents in Kenny's face. "That should do ti," she mutters before turning and following the hellhounds. "By the way, Valdis, you're invited to the picnic too. So what can you bring?" she asks after listening to Valdis. Amarissa had written down the listed strengths and weaknesses of both girls and added Valdis's number to her cell after Sophia.

Upon reaching the field, the surprised senshi stops. Her eyes wide and her mouth open, she stares as what apparently is Nazo dressed as a mexican and playing the guitar. Then looking around at the field, her expression becomes impressed. "Oh this is perfect Nazo! But.... what are you wearing? And why are you playing the guitar? and why is Valdis so happy to see you?" she asks, clearly confused and slightly disturbed.

Luna eventually got tired of Artemis' lazy behavior and then claws him in the head, causing the white mau to fall off his perch in a frantic swirl of movement, leaving him in front of a hell hound. The white mau blinks, looks up at the hound, and a bubble of sweat goes down his head as he realzies one thing: there is a giant, fiery dog above him. His hair jumps on end and he runs behind Sophia, whom seemed unphased by that.

"Yeah...I'll stay and help Venus with Mercury..." the white mau says. Luna meanwhile follows Amarissa to the end where she found an arena set up and the eccentric cloaked figure who had been meddling all along playing a guitar and a giant hat. A bubble of sweat goes down her head, but as she looks around, she then approaches him with an alarmed expression.

"...This containment field. It's like the Moon Kingdom's! How do you know how to use such powerful spells?!" the mau shouts out at the meddler, her fur slightly raised.

"I have to be, The covenant is out to kill this planet and I have to . I do not doubt that I am one of the better fighters Sophia" said Kail as he was trying not to be critical on himself. But wanted to put his strengths in black and white to make them clear for the group. When Amarissa spoke on her strengths and weaknesses, Kail gave a subtle nod of his head. Although he wished that none of them would pick up a weapon like that. Since it was one of the most deadly tools that Kail could think of as a weapon. But something alarmed him first with Sophia on military documents as he looked at her with a very shocked expression. At how the girl had taken military documents and wanted to yell at her. But then he turns to Valdis as she started to speak about that the covenant had been syphoning money from her concerts for there own needs. First he wanted to know how she got that info . Then his face contorted into a scowl on his face as she met that Kaneko guy on her own. Was he that useless to help out Valdis in that area.

"The trainer is very trustworthy Valdis, she gave a similar presence as Keitha here. So I have no doubt that she will help Yuki here for combat. I am going to see a swordsman that she recommended to me on getting my skills up again. Also...on the phone here is my info.....*gives off cell phone number and some other contact info on himself* Valdis later, I am going to need to talk to you" he said and then heard a Mexican beat coming from a guitar. That just made Kail facepalm at Nazo and realized that he was just as insane as Valdis. But none the less he walks to the odd barrier like seal. He then hears Luna getting alarmed at Nazo, which makes Kail think on the background on Nazo. Since the cat did bring up the moon kingdom again. But it was something Kail would ponder on his own at another time.

"Nazo.......What is exactly is this field" Kail asked while trying to make a good theory on it from all of his stories that he had written.