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[ram_of_gold]

[Shion and Mu appear on the Plane together, although something is very clearly wrong. Shion has his hand around the throat of the semi-conscious and much battered Mu, holding him half off the ground as his grip tightens and black blood drips to the Plane floor.]Is this really your last act, Aries? I am disappointed. I had thought a Gold Saint

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[humandivinity]

[She'd sensed the darkness and came with a plead that another of her saints hadn't fallen to the shadows. But at the sight of Shion she opens herself to her cloth, letting it cover her body. Mu would need the healing she could give and Shion...]

Shion! Stop this! Just what has happened to that noble heart of yours?!

[saddenedsaint]

[Saga appears in his Gemini Cloth in front of the Goddess and the Aries Saint, using his own body as a shield to them. He looks at Shion with a deadly gaze, still his Cosmo was unsettled.] If you insist on hurting my Goddess and my brother, you leave me no choice but to fight you... Spectre.

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[endsorrow]

[My, my. What exactly did Braska stumble upon this time?]

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[endsorrow]

[Ahem, er -- Anyway.

Braska helps up the man he healed. Quietly, in hopes he won't attract the attention of the one with the whip:] How are you feeling?

[Life can be... disorienting, especially on those who haven't had the spell cast on them before, and more so when it's Full-Life. Being jerked back to consciousness does that, after all. In addition, Braska doesn't know if the spell fully worked. The Plane, he has gathered, is a strange place, and it's clear these people have their own magics, and so maybe Spiran magic doesn't work quite the same on them. If he isn't fully healed, then Braska will have to cast the Cure spells. He wishes he had potions on him, but, well. You know what they say, "you can't take it with you"...]

[lamb_of_gold]

Better than I did a moment ago...Was that your doing?

[His voice is a bit hoarse still, from having had his windpipe compressed, and he leans on Braska a bit more than he'd like - and he aches...

But the arrival of Saga terminates that train of thought. Even moreso his words. He looks back to Braska, as the weight of Saga being there really hits him.]

It's best if you and I go now...this may become violent before long.

[endsorrow]

Yes, it was. I am highly trained in the healing magic of my world.

[Braska remains where he is, and as such he can see the others that Mu turns to look towards. Seeing all four of them like this... It is clear they are from the same world just from that alone, even without the other's words speaking of my Goddess and my brother. Braska isn't sure if he should get any more involved than he already has. Ronso take care of Ronso problems, after all, but... The situation certainly seems dire. Surely, his magic could still be of use.]

If it does, I am more than capable of holding my own. [Here, Braska smiles, but it's different from the other smiles Mu has seen on his face. This one is wry, and perhaps there is more age on his face, more battle-born hardiness.] I cannot say I know what is going on, but I am absolutely certain that I can still be of help.

[humandivinity]

Saga, remember this is still Shion. There has to be something wrong for this to happen. Hades is banished, and the war is over. [Sasha states as she steps slightly to the side, staff lowered like a declaration of war. The massive power of a Goddess rises off her as she leaves her humanity behind to operate solely as the deity she is.]

I'm not inside your mind, I'm speaking of the true you that lies within your heart!

[Again she looks back to the other two, shifting so she can still keep an eye on Shion.]

Thank you for your help, on behalf of myself and my saints I'm glad you're here.

[ram_of_gold]

[Shion is not happy to see Saga. He doesn't care what Mu's doing...the Aries Saint hadn't even raised a hand to defend himself. But this Saint, this is one he knows will not go down as quietly.] Move, Gemini! I do not have time to deal with you! Reincarnation! [He isn't sure if that attack will hit, although if it does Saga will be trapped in a vision that makes him relive every sin he believes he has committed. It will only last a few moments in real time, but Shion hopes it will give him pause at least.]

My heart Athena? Why do you know about my heart? And how do you know so much about what is in my mind? [There's a desperate edge to his voice now.]

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[saddenedsaint]

[saddenedsaint]

[And he did. Saga covers himself with both arms, but instead his own mind gets immersed into a fog of visions: about his late childhood, when he used to be selfish and strict to his twin brother Kanon, about his own hidden greed to become the Holy Father on his teens, his envy towards Aioros...

Saga slightly groans at those visions, his eyes narrowing and starting to lose balance on his stance... fighting against it.]

[lamb_of_gold]

[To Braska first:] I don't know what Shion is capable of right now, or if his power has grown any. If you choose to stay, be cautious.

[Saga's reactions catch his attention then, and Mu lets a small tendril of his Cosmo reach for the Gemini, brushing against Saga's Cosmo like a pinch to the back of his hand, to refocus him on the here and now. He doesn't know what Shion is doing, but given Saga's actions, it seems an illusory trick.]

[From there he lumbers forward a step, meaning to assist in taking Shion down...but he can't. Oh he steps well enough, but his Cosmos refuse to fire against the Saint-come-Spectre. This is why he'd been beaten so easily - even in self defence, there was no way he could ever raise his hand against Shion, possessed or not. It's as difficult to contemplate as attacking Athena. He simply cannot.]

[This is going to be a problem. For now, Mu waits. If he has to, he has enough energy to get Braska and Athena far away, but it's best not to rush...]

[humandivinity]

[She sends some of her cosmos at Saga to aid him in breaking free while facing Shion.] Because you are one of my saints! You and Dohko, fought so hard in this war. You lost friends, allies, and comrades to it! Yet you continued on and journeyed even into the Lost Canvas.

I know you're a just and honorable man. This. Isn't you! [And like the sea rising up, she turns the burning light of her cosmos on him, staff pointed at his chest.]