On the steps leading up to the shrine, Sophia waits for the others to show up. She had some kind of idea how to make this work. Removing Peter’s taint wouldn’t be worthwhile unless she could make sure that his soul wasn’t horrifically ravaged in the process. He did express a worry that he may have less control after purification, which, whether it was true or not, still needed to be addressed. Ultimately, this would be a longer process than what they normally did, and highly experimental. This was made more difficult by the fact that she didn’t think she could get Peter to go through it willing, no matter how bad he needed it or wanted it in the past. Hell, she wasn’t sure how much she would be deleting by the end of it. No part of this plan actually felt good, so much as it was something that she felt that she needed to do. Really, very rarely did the actions that she was forced to take sit well with her. The high road was always blocked off. However, it was one of the few ideas that she could think of that might be somewhat successful. And she would require some aid from other people. Ama for the purification and her level-headedness. In addition, it was her knight, so she had some stake in it. Kail was good for some brute force, and had always been dependable. In addition, he was one of the few she knew who placed saving people as the highest priority. And if Rei was available, they could ask her for suggestions. The message sent to Ama and Kail was short: “Meet me at Hikawa. We need to talk about the Moon Knight.”




Tags: Amarissa Hiroshi, Killian Lancaster

Kail gets the message and wonders what it could be and makes a slight detor to the shrine. He had wondered what she wanted to do with the Moon Knight. The redhead thought the man was a arrogant one just from his demeanor that he had. None the less though, he was with the group and that would not change things. Kail claimbs up the stairs and looks around until he found Sophia. As he did though, saw that she was fidgeting a lot and was really nervious. "So....what cha need to talk about that loon for" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Since he had been a bit flaky the last few meetings and was trying to get his act back together before he crumbled again.

“Loon… that’s such a mean nickname. Val’s rubbing off on you,” Sophia says, jokingly. At least, Little Mouse wasn’t too bad in comparison. Looking back toward the shrine, she adds, “I can’t say much to who he is. He asked that I wouldn’t reveal that, and I will respect that wish. Really he isn’t normally like how he was on Sunday. At least, he was a lot different when we met. Something changed, and I am unsure why it happened. I do wonder if I inadvertently caused it. However, he was unstable prior to Sunday. Just in a different way. And prior to Sunday, he wanted to be purified. I worry about him. Well, I worried before, but now I worry more.”

Her head turns back towards Kail but she doesn’t quite meeting his eyes. “Honestly, I want to purify him, but not in the normal way. It wouldn’t be sufficient. Those are just my thoughts. It is not my soul in question, he isn't even my knight, and I’m unsure whether it would be the right decision. My plans would alter him in a very large way if they worked. Erm… what do you think of him? Your first impressions?”

Amarissa got Sophia's message and sighed. She had been on her way home from school, of course, and now had to make an unplanned detour. She couldn't say she hadn't seen this coming though, after the meeting and everything. The Moon Knight seemed unstable to her and that had the potential to be very dangerous. He had chastised them for associating with Valdis because she was a youma, but was he really any better as a Chaos Agent? These thoughts troubled her and showed on her face upon her arrival to the shrine.

"Sophia, Killian," she greeted them with a brief nod, absently tieing her long hair back. She was still in her school uniform, which was a little awkward, differing only in her long black trench coat for a bit of added warmth. She had arrived in time just to hear Sophia's last remarks and she pondered the questions.

"For my part, I am also unsure. He seems unstable, almost unable to control himself, and yet he is very controlling. A hypocrite unto himself,perhaps. There's no telling how being purified will affect him, especially if he's been this way for a long time, and it sounds as though he has. I really cannot guarantee that the taint hasn't somewhat merged with his own soul, so that purifying him would be painful at least and dangerous to his well being, at most." Amarissa explained, her tone troubled as she leaned against one of the supporting beams and crossed her arms over her chest.

Kail gave a nod to Amarissa as she greeted them and his thoughts turns to the Moon Knight. He was just as insane as Valdis, but this man was not the playful type. The red head had already labled the man as someone to watch out for. "The man is a grade A Narsasistic Socisiopath just from the discriptions you two gave. In my opinion, he should be watched carefuly. On the hand of purification......I am leaning towards with Amarissa on this. If he has had this taint for a very long time its become apart of him. IT might serverly hurt this man that it might kill him" he said and took a similar position as Amarissa on leaning against a pole to the shrine.

"Overall.....I don't know how to proceed with this guy. I need more time to give a better opinion on the matter. But I don't trust him fully....his knowlage might be legit. At the same time, he has a viper's tounge" he said and overall, Kail would stay with his opinion until he got to know the man better.

Sophia waves her hands defensively as her two friends condenm another. “Hold on! He isn’t that bad. He’s still capable of caring about other people. At least, he seems to regard me like his own. We’re capable of being friends for one. I’ve seen into his heart and seen what is there. Unstable, yes. However, there is still plenty good in him. It’s just kind of twisted and jumbled. Love tainted by obsesssion. And hatred and rage that run deep. Still, there are definite things and people that he cares about. And ideals that he still holds important. I think the twisted bits might have been there before he got tainted though. I am unsure. I looked into his heart as he explained his life story to me. I felt everything he feels. He sincerely believes what he says. So either he is crazy or comes from a messed up future, but he is not a liar.”

Sophia frowns, “I promised I would try to help him. When we spoke prior to Sunday, he seemed like he was waiting for somewhat to offer to remove the taint from his soul for a very long time. He spoke of many senshi in the future who couldn’t or wouldn’t for whatever reason. And I hope it isn’t too late for him. The darkness burdens him quite a bit. I really wish there was a more clear cut solution.” Poor Peter, she really hadn’t a clue as to how best to deal with him. If she were to guess, the other senshi he met didn’t either. However, they all seemed so cruel to her, casting him far away, not knowing where he would land or what might happen to him. No wonder he fell so far...

Looking up at the sky, she runs a hand through her hair. “Admittedly, I am hesitant to do the kind of purification that we normally do. Honestly, if severe injury was the most that we had to deal with, then we would be in a better situation. He said something about having less control. Control isn’t something he has a lot of as is. I won’t lie and tell you he isn’t a dangerous person as is. It's like he's constantly battling with himself. So letting loose a knight like that upon the world doesn’t seem much like a good idea either. That being said, I have a plan if you are willing to hear it. He has a place which he calls a sanctuary. I think we can probably get him to come there and attempt to purify him if he isn’t there already. I think he will fight it, so be prepared for that. I can probably deal with any injuries that ensue. From there, we can bring him to Venus. There is a clinic there of sorts which can fix damaged souls. I’m not entirely sure what will happen, but we can possibly fix the remainder of any other damage there. Repairing the broken bits. Removing what purification couldn’t. After that, I don’t know. And it’s possible we’d rewrite part of who he is as a person. That idea doesn’t sit right with me. I’m not sure what else we can do though. I suppose we can ask Rei for other suggestions while we are here. I’d like to have some kind of precaution in case this goes completely to hell. It should be mentioned that I was warned about the sanctuary. The binder that he gave me said, ‘An open warning to anyone who decides it is a good idea to drop in unannounced. I have set up every manner of humiliating and loud detriment to stop people from doing just that. I even invented some, just for you. Have fun.’ So… he has something that he put there to trap me if I got nosy or decided do something crazy like this, I guess. Not sure of any other location where we wouldn’t risk being seen or he would be willing to go to without already being on guard.”

Amarissa listens to Killian's opinion and nods in agreement but still understands where Sophia is coming from when she explains her feelings on the issue. "That doesn't surprise me to hear what you found, based on his demeanor and what we've seen so far. I didn't say, though, that I was giving up and I'm not trying to be cruel. You asked for what I thought of him and that is my observation. As cruel as you think we're being, I have a feeling he's much more so and has probably done many things that go against our values as guardians of this planet and its people," she paused, her face softening in sympathy before she continued. "Does that make him not worth saving though? No, I don't think so. Even if we kill him, we save him from a fate worse than death. If I had thought that this wasn't worth it, or possible even, I would not have come at all," she said, turning to look at Sophia.

The Moon senshi thinks a moment on Sophia's plan to deal with this and then shakes her head. "Taking him to Venus is probably a good idea afterwards, if we can. But trying to break into his 'sanctuary' sounds like a bad idea. We don't know what sort of traps these are that's he set up and he's too unstable for us to take that risk. I think we should try talking to him about this first before we try to ambush him and, yes, perhaps consult Lady Hino. Though that might be better done in our senshi forms, if we're worried about our identities," Amarissa finished.

".......Lass, as I said before about the Moon Knight this is just the one time I met him. Plus you wanted our opinion on then man. But if you see something trough his darkness, then there is a chance for him. Perhaps even give him a chance at redemption from the evil he has done" said Kail as he heard Amarissa speak up as well as Sophia on her plan. It was surprising that he did agree with Amarissa on a very aggressive appoarch on the Moon Knights lair. "Sophia if we did that aggressive plan it would make him less willing. Plus it would make us just as bad as perhaps the evil he has seen. Although if you do want to do this aggressive plan. Then we get David in on this, he would possibly know how to spot the traps. Or if he does not want to help us, I use my fury armor and just set the traps off and take the hits, most of the other knights don't have this kind of durability" he then thinks for a second and then realizes something.

"What if we came to talk to him over tea at his lair. And see if we can be invited in? I mean he would not say no to Amarissa as he is the Moon Knight. Then you since he has made a connection with you. With me though, perhaps the only knight that can be almost on the same level intelligence as him. Mind you this is just a thought from me" he said and just thinks a bit more on the right idea or plan of action.

Sophia sighs, “I have my doubts that we can get him to go to any location. I know his name and what he does for a living. I can probably find out where he works. Maybe a few other details. Speaking to him on the matter would be fruitless. He’s made it clear to me that he wouldn’t let it be done willingly.” Salvation must be force-fed. She grimaces as she remembers that statement. “All that being said, I can probably convince him to have some sort of meeting. I just think it will end in a fight however. As much I would like to take the pacifist route right now, I suspect that door is closed to us. Just don’t fall in a false sense of security. So what should I tell him that we are meeting him about? Should I be honest?”

She gives a slight shrug about identities. “I doubt Lady Hino will give us away. In fact, she may be one of the few people who I think we can trust and rely on. However, if you prefer to do so, that is your choice. I’ll go as myself though. I’m more worried about freaking out unsuspecting visitors.”

She pauses to ponder about adding David to the team. “David… He would be useful should violence break out and spotting traps. As for the soul surgery process, if complications arise, I am apprehensive to involve him. I think he might make things more difficult in that regard. Also, him and the Moon Knight in the same room might prove to be problematic. All that being said, I don’t mind adding him to the team.”

Sophia raises an eyebrow as Kail says the Moon Knight wouldn’t say no to Ama. “Actually, he feels uncomfortable with the idea of being in the same room as her. It’s nothing against you, Ama. He’s just got very bad memories and associations with the Moon senshi from his time. Honestly, Ama is probably in the most danger out of all of us. We should probably focus on protecting her throughout this thing. I’ll survive if things get messed up. He’ll be pissed at me. Call me a very bad wyrmling. But I don’t think he’d kill me. Ama… I don’t know. As for you Kail, I’m not sure his opinions on you. Just assume that he hates all senshi and knights unless he shows otherwise.”

Amarissa listened to Killian and Sophia, and just shook her head. This wasn't going to be easy. "I don't think David would be a good idea. They didn't seem to get along too well at the meeting. The less of us involved in this, the better I think," she added, agreeing a little with Sophia points. She nodded absently at just approaching Lady Hino as they were, acknowledging that that was the least of their present worries.

Shock crossed her face when Sophia mentioned that the Moon Knight was uncomfortable with her and the she possibly would be in the most danger. "That certainly is going to make this simpler," she said, a rare note of sarcasm threading her voice. "As for being honest, that's up to you. He's not likely to go along with it if you are honest but at the same time, he won't be happy when he finds out you weren't either," she added.

Kail was rubbing his forehead in frustration and then remembered something from the meeting. "Sorry, I only sudjested him for dealing with traps. And if we were going with a full aggressive approach. Maybe just be a bit blunt and say you need to talk to him on a important matter. And give him a choice on either he can do it the easy way where he comes willingly or do it the hard way and have to force it on him. Since we do not have a choice and our time is very much limited. I think if we are going to do things the hard way, we will need heavy hitters. So myself and perhaps Kaguya, or anyone else in this category" he said and then just thinks a bit.

"......Sorry if I am flip flopping around. I am just trying to come up with options that don't make us look likes asses, but it looks like all roads now seem to be. That we are going to have to force this on him. The only other option that I can think of and this is a long shot and I do mean long shot. We have Kaguya talk to him...whatever happened at the meeting. It caused him to actively protect and sooth her from that vision we all had. Again I don't know what else to do at this point" he said and just rubbed the bridge of his nose a bit with a single hand.

Sophia nods with Kail. “Kaguya would be a good choice. He seems to like her. I don’t know why Kaguya reminds him of Beryl. However, reminding him of loved ones past is kind of par for the course when it comes to him. And I suppose I’ll try being honest with the Moon Knight though, and I’ll see how it goes.”

Following behind Ama, she says, “I’ll take the blame for everything if you are worried about it. It’s my idea. And if there is anyone he should hate afterward, it should be me.” She did wonder if Peter would hate her for it afterward. The degree to which his emotions and attitudes fluctuated made it difficult to gauge a response sometimes. Honestly, she didn’t care if he did so long as he recovered well.

She pauses for a moment and considers Kaguya, “She would have to tread carefully, and I wouldn’t feel comfortable with her doing this by herself at all. Beryl was the one he wanted most though. However, if she is ok with the idea, so am I.”

Looking at both Ama and Kail, “Do we want to call her over and wait for her?”

Amarissa listened to Killian's suggestion and Sophia's. She shook her head when Sophia suggested taking all the blame. "You can't possibly. Even if you blame yourself and insist to him that it was your fault, we still all took part in this and share the blame in equal measures," she said calmly.

"As for bringing Kaguya in, it is a risk. But this whole thing is a risk and she's not a cream puff. I think she'd want to help, given the opportunity. Killian has a point about what happened at the meeting though. I don't really understand it either, but if we can use it to our advantage to keep this from escalating into a fight, then we should," she finished, actively agreeing with the plan and pulling out her phone. 'Need your help with something concerning the Moon Knight. Details upon arrival. Please meet us at the Shrine. - Ama' She texted quickly and hit the send.

Kaguya heard something coming from her smart phone as she was walking out of a allyway with a slight smirk as she had terrorized a former bully. She reaches into her pocket of her jacket and pulls her phone out. Then reads the message and thinks for a bit on the Moon Knight and the meeting overall from that night. She then takes a look on where she was at before texting a reply back. 

I got the message, I'll be over as quickly as I can give me a bit of time to get there ok.

She then hurried on to the temple as Kaguya had to work with the team to get better or else they were all doomed to fail. As she did not want that to happen at all since she had hope for this world. The Moon Knight for her was just a bit odd for her and could not give a opinion on the man. Just due to his shifting waves of being sane and then insane. Although could see that he was slightly tourtured person in which she could understand in some degree. Due to what happened to herself through most of her life. Although not at the same level as this man went through.

After awhile Kaguya walks up "Ok, sorry for the wait. What exactly do you need my help with the Moon Knight" she asked the people that were gathered there. As it looked like it was the central three. Amarissa, Sophia, and Killian, the three biggist pillars of the group as it seemed that they were the more vetrans of the group. Since it looked like they had worked together for a long time.

"Hopefully, he'll understand, and it won't be an issue," Sophia replies to Ama. She wasn't comfortable with the idea of him hating all three of them.

Sophia nods at Kaguya as she arrives at the shrine. “We intend to purify the Moon Knight’s soul. Afterwards, we want to fix any remaining damaged portion of his soul at the Venus castle. He seems to like you, and you remind him of Beryl. Beryl, Virgo, being one of the large reasons that he joined the side of Chaos in his original timeline. He obsesses over and worships her all at the same time, calling it love. I think he’s conflated the two of you in his mind,” she summarizes.

She meets Kaguya’s gaze with her expression being uncertain. This was a large thing to ask for. “We wanted your help. He’s likely to listen to you and would feel the urge to protect you. If you ask him to be purified, we might actually get somewhere. That being said, this relies on the illusion of you and Beryl being the same. Break that, and I don’t know what happens next. We wouldn’t let you do this alone though.”