6th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Action (Fourth Wall Event)

[flamesofanger]

[Like many, Ikki isn't really a happy camper right now. The sudden influx of people was obvious for him from the very start, mostly because of his habit of reaching out with his Cosmo everyday upon waking up. It's basically just a reflex, a way to know if anything important is happening or if someone he knows has gone missing... Or even if someone

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[deadellaguerra]

[A flash white light had met her eyes as the ship the carried the Saints and herself into the Lost Canvas. She had felt the stirring cold-warm winds in the clouds they had sailed through. And suddenly, it was as if the ship had stopped -- and disappeared.

Instead of the aged wood of the prow, she felt cold sand beneath her feet; instead of gales was the icy sting of snowflakes. Gradually, the sea-salt scent registered in her senses.

Her Cosmo had been initially at full charge, until the ensuing confusion bade her to lower it. She sensed the presence of people -- ones gentle as would civilians, and ones with certain potency. There was one, however, that felt oddly familiar -- something close to home, as opposed to the stranger ones present. Almost subconsciously, she zeroed in on that one Cosmo, and might just decide to trace it.

... Now if only it wasn't so difficult to move in a white gown while holding her staff...]

[flamesofanger]

[It's easy to spot it, Athena's Cosmo will always be pretty unique, or at least it was until now. He feels her Cosmo, being clearly Athena, but at the same time he can see that it's not Saori's Cosmo, and that confuses him. It almost feels as if it's another person despite being Athena. Just like Hades' Cosmo had felt when he was possessing Shun, different from when they faced him directly. Had Athena got a new human host? Why? Had something happened to Saori while he was gone?

The Cosmo lowers its strength, forcing Ikki to burn his own more, reaching out further, zeroing in that Cosmo, telling Athena that he's there. He doesn't just sit and wait though, he can notice it, she's far from the village, beyond the mountains, where the desert was supposed to be. He starts moving towards where he feels her, she's alone and that's no good even in Luceti.]

[deadellaguerra]

[Despite the mental turmoil, she focused. Her own heart called, gentle, searching, Where are you? As his Cosmo burned --]

Could it be...?

[-- she found that it stood out strongly amongst the others, the distinct core of a Saint. But it was so far...

She paused in her steps, gripping her staff and summoned her power to send it within the other Cosmo's vicinity. She had chosen to take this gamble. Shortly, the Saint might sense the Cosmo of Athena within his vicinity -- somewhere amongst the trees perhaps -- as the glowing golden staff struck the Earth, waiting for its owner...]

[flamesofanger]

[He feels her call, gentle as only Athena's call could be. He answers it with his Cosmo, readying himself to go where she is, he really has no patience or time to waste by going there by foot. He doesn't get far though, feeling her Cosmo suddenly nearby. Did she teleport herself instead of wait for him?

It's a worrying though, that she wouldn't wait, but he won't complain. It makes things easier after all and the last he knows of her was that she didn't have time to waste either. And if she has had to find another host... If something happened to Saori while he was gone... He's not expecting good news at all.

What about Shun? He left him with her, he left her in his care. Nothing could have happened to Saori without it going through Shun first. Honestly, the idea clutches his heart heavily upon wondering about his little brother. But he has to focus on his priorities. He moves through the forest, directing his steps to where he feels Athena's Cosmo.]