Helios kneels, hands clasped and eyes closed. He murmurs the quiet words of a prayer but cuts himself off mid-syllable as something suddenly feels changedHis eyes snap open and he stares around himself at wherever he has come to. He gets to his feet quickly. There is moonlight, he notices; nighttime. He is in some open park, not far from
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His hand comes to rest on the hilt of his sword, and he glances around suspiciously, trying to gain his bearings. His eyes fall on the other who looks like he doesn't quite belong. He says nothing yet, but takes a couple of steps closer.
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"Lord Kunzite?" he asks with no little surprise. "But where is the King?" The shitennou, fully revived in his world, still rarely venture far from their liege's side, save when surveying their portions of the Earth for his sake. And this, he thinks, is not Kunzite's realm of the Middle East; rather, it reminds him of Japan where he had hidden inside the maiden's dream.
And yet, the greeting is at least polite and respectful for now. For them to meet is a welcome chance indeed, or would be in Helios' world.
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He turned to face Helios completely. "King?" he echoes then as if just catching it.
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"I am Helios, priest of Elysion, where the king's Golden Kingdom once stood," he introduces himself formally, hoping perhaps to make the other man recall it.
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"Lord Kunzite, why is it you seem not to know this?"
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It was different in his world, anyway. What was it like now?
"Endymion-sama is only a normal human, right now. Small Lady has spoken of her parents the King and Queen in the thirtieth century." There's a calm smile from the silver-haired man, relieved. "I am glad it's the same in your world."
Kunzite seems to realize something, "Is this your first encounter with the nexus?"
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It is, admittedly, confusing. And it probably answers Kunzite's question: No. Helios, new to all of this information, is only the more confused.
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"It is the twenty-first century in my world. Small Lady has traveled back from the thirtieth century in my world, which is why I know of the prince becoming king."
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"Then I am pleased to meet you here and now," Helios says a trifle formally. He does not think to question the other man's story, as he is already familiar with time-travel through Lady Serenity.
"Before, we did not often have opportunity to speak," he admits.
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"You said you are a priest? Tell me of Elysion."
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"I am there, and the maenads, who guard the shrine."
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