104 Luna

{NYX POV}

Sitting once more alone in the vast expanse of Astra's planetarium, Nyx paid no mind to the ever growing pains that her Champion was experiencing in favor of trying to think of a better hint to share to her Champion. Not that she thought that her earlier hint wasn't good enough. In fact, she really thought she did a good job making things as obvious as possible, but apparently, that wasn't enough for her arrogant Champion.

No. Instead, he even dared to challenge her... And won...

"The things I do for you..." she sighed as she casually floated around her big brother's relaxing Realm. "You'd think that he's the god in the relationship..."

Closing her eyes, the Goddess of Chaos grumbled to herself as she took a look at what her Champion was doing. Him and Shizu were currently inside a barrier at the moment, clearly trying to catch their breath while the latter's power kept them safe from Astra's cute little galaxies. She didn't know why her big brother made those things in the first place, but she supposed that they were cute enough with how much they moved that it didn't really matter. They livened the place anyway, making things more interesting instead of only having to just stare at static galaxies in the first place...

Ughh... What was she even thinking? She should be focused on making a proper hint instead of thinking about random stuff.

Turning her attention inwards, Nyx thought about what exactly entailed Astra's office. Other than the fact that it was in the-

"Nyx?"

The youngest goddess opened her eyes to a start, the sudden intrusion taking her out of her musings as she turned to look at the newly arrived goddess that came to visit her.

"Ah, Big Sister Luna," Nyx curtly replied, giving her elder sibling a nod. "What brings you here?"

"I'm here with my Champion," the Goddess of Death blandly replied, her ever present coldness still apparent as she stood in front of her Champion. "I'm assuming that you're here as well for that same reason?"

"Obviously," Nyx chuckled, not wanting to sound too sarcastic. "I'm just letting my Champion do his thing at the moment."

"I see..."

Nyx nodded back as she regarded Luna with more respect than she'd give to some of her other siblings. While the older goddess did sometimes partake in bullying or making fun of her at times, she could tell that she was only doing it out of an effort to fit in. Moreso perhaps to just look like she was doing something. Seriously, Luna didn't even look like she was enjoying something despite her constantly doing them out of habit.

"Ah, would you like to meet my Champion?" Luna offered.

"I wouldn't mind," Nyx nodded.

Nodding back, Luna made way for her Champion to move forward. Unsurprisingly, the Champion that stepped forward looked just as cold and aloof as her patron deity. Sporting what looked to be a nurse's uniform, the name Moira quickly rushed into Nyx's head, the Champion's power and history coming to her as Luna shared the information.

"A pleasure to meet you, Goddess of Chaos," Moira bowed with impeccable courtesy. "I'm Moira, the Champion of Death."

"Likewise, Moria," Nyx hummed back.

For a brief second, Nyx gave the Champion a keen eye, her competence as a goddess rushing through her as she observed the nurse's stance. Not that she even needed to do so having already know the woman's history, but it was still something else to see a serial killer look both deadly and depressed at the same time.

"Still have a taste for irony, I see," Nyx remarked to her sibling. "I didn't think you'd actually care to join the game beyond being a token participant, to be honest."

"I could say the same for you, Little Nyx," Luna replied with the faintest of smiles. "But no, Solis is joining, so I have to join out of principle."

"Oh, that explains it then."

Nyx shrugged upon hearing that explanation. It was well known that Solis and Luna hated one another despite being twins. She supposed that being on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of Aspects really ruined their relationship. Not that she ever knew a time when the two were as thick as thieves, but she still saw glimpses of the affection the two had for one another whenever they thought nobody was looking.

Wait... Actually, maybe they buried the hatchet some eons ago?

"Anyway, I'll be off with my Champion now," Luna curtly told her as she walked off with the nurse. "I will try to avoid encountering your Champion out there, little Nyx, but I won't make any promises."

"Of course," Nyx scoffed. "Though I'm sure my Champion will survive even if it ever happens."

"We'll see," Luna flashed her another faint smile. A rarity, really. "I wish you good luck with this Game then."

And with that, the goddess and Champion duo disappeared into Astra's planetarium, leaving Nyx alone once more as she lazily floated on by. For a second, she couldn't help but smile at having a positive interaction with one of her siblings for once. Actually, it almost felt like she was having more of those lately...

"Anyway... what was I thinking about just now?"

For a few seconds, she thought about her supposed task before deciding to just give up and take a nap. She was sure her Champion was capable of taking care of himself anyway.

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{LUNA POV}

"Was talking to the enemy really necessary, Lady Luna?"

Moira's cold tone almost equaled hers as Luna simply gave her Champion a curt nod. There were no words necessary here, and she trusted that her Champion knew what she was doing.

"Alright," Moira weakly nodded back. "Also, do you really want me us to avoid Nyx's Champion then? Wouldn't that not be smart?"

Luna gave her Champion a knowing look. "It's the elder sister's job to make sure that her younger siblings at least enjoy themselves," she replied, repeating a statement her big sister Kali just told her. "Little Nyx is no threat to us anyway. It wouldn't do for us to ruin her fun so early in the game."

Indeed, that was exactly what was happening. Kali was gathering support for little Nyx, and that wasn't to mention other things that her other siblings were getting up to. Even her and Solis had plans to claim the Game as theirs once all of the pieces were in play, and Big Brother Shiva was starting to nag her about her nonparticipation in his faction.

Well, she didn't really care. She was going to do what was needed of her, and that was all she cared about.