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They currently are on the Moon Siren it has a problem where as it does not stay in "sync" with normal space-time.
When Ranma became Sailor Siren and went to the earth her connection to the moon, and her connection to Sailor Moon strengthened. I know its tricky explanation but here is how it works, picture a ship (Siren Moon) that has a mooring cable floating in the water tied to a stick, this stick represents Sailor Siren, There is a rope linking Sailor Siren to Sailor Moon, and Sailor Moon has a rope connecting her to the pier (The "White" Moon). Its a bit strange but the way it was setup was so that Sailor Siren and Sailor Moon's connection would effectively pull Siren into close proximity to normal space time. Further there is two connections to the Moon keeping it near by in case something happens to that connection, One keeps it near Earth so it could be found again, and a second links it to Venus (as a secondary backup, which would be very bad for the populace right now).
The problem is that the Kimera are "jamming" the time gates. This does not block Sailor Pluto from using them persay, but in this fic it is treated as a door, you open it and look out, only now it is stuck showing the wrong images. Basically the jamming is causing an input/output failure where as the jaming places an illusion that everything is fine and no monster is attacking, when in reality there is a monster there killing people. If she were to jump through it at that time the portal could appear in a crashed car, not being a god thing.
She can still teleport normally, but the gate is useless. I am also adding the idea that since the gate is a "door to the future" then the senshi can only use their higher powers when the silver crystal in the future tells the gate to tell its past self that it is necessary. but with the gate blocked like that it can't. Worse is that if they could reach their higher powered states then the connection to their planets would be strong enough to tear through the jamming easily. and the jaming is limited to the earth. but since Siren is linked to the earth then their powers need to be drawn to the earth first.
Its a lot I know, this is a convoluted plot device. Ironically if the senshi went to say The Moon (White Moon) the jamming does not exist that far, but the senshi don't know that.
This causes two side effects that affected the plot, first was that the farther out of time that Siren is the harder it is for Pluto to "lock on" with the gates (Lock on as in make a time portal on Siren). The second effect is below as it es explained in this scene.
Now the way I intend to get rid of this jamming. Basically the time/space change is a sudden barrier, it has no real width, so as the senshi's powers reach the barrier they cannot pass unless they change "frequency" to match the time change properly. eventually the frequency will change to the extent that the jamming will not affect them any more when on Siren. This affects the gates as once the frequency is passing the jamming the gates can "see Siren properly" and The senshi can power up and blow past the jamming. The final side effect of the Jamming is that since Sailor Moon's link to the "White Moon" is hit by the jamming twice (once going to the earth, and once going to the moon, her connection to the moon is lessened, rather then how it was when both Siren and Moon were on the Earth, and jamming was causing a lessened connection by both, but both were strong enough to have properly stable links.
now finally for the scene, please tell me if it makes any sense, this is a pivotal scene in the fic and I really need the C&C on how to ensure that this is all explained and logical.
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It was three days since the second team was sent and they had yet to check in. It was troubling but they were not out of time yet. If it were any longer then an invasion force would be sent, no more risks could be taken. Sailor Siren was no less worried about the problems the scout teams were having, unfortunately things were worse then she had expected as larger trouble had appeared.
Sailor Moon was looking at Sailor Mercury expectantly waiting for her verdict, the remaining Senshi were also in the room, but unlike normal Dekiko was elsewhere. After a few more key presses and a sigh Mercury looked up, “No matter how many times I do the math involving the time change, the answer is the same. Sailor Pluto is over a day late. She should have been here yesterday.”
Saturn frowned and spoke quietly almost going unheard, “Pluto-mama would never be late if she could help it. Something must be wrong. She only seems to arrive late to Senshi meetings because she likes making an entrance.”
Siren looked at the door and locked eyes with a guard who went stiff under the gaze, “Bring me the regent,” she looked to the others as the guard quickly took off, “there is something I gotta know.”
They didn’t have to wait long as the regent came into the room at a brisk but hurried pace, “Princess?”
Sailor Mercury guessing what Sailor Siren needed to know decided to ask for her, after all better to have it worded correctly, “When was the last time someone went to the Earth?”
The Regent looked confused, “Not since the banquet, once we found about possible traitors we locked down. Is there a problem?”
Sailor Siren nodded, “Pluto is late, a day late. She was suppose to give us an update on what was happening back home.”
Sailor Mercury spoke up again, “would you be able to send a team over to check what is occurring in Tokyo and check for the current time delay?”
Yobrin nodded then went to leave before Siren spoke up again, “Could you also have them check up on my family,” pausing as the other Senshi looked at her, “our families?”
Nodding again the regent left. For the next hour the various girls just waited, and did what they could to prepare, as such they were startled when the door opened and the regent returned around an hour after she left. The Regent looked worried and spoke up, “We sent a few teams to Earth but from what we can tell the time lag has worsened... badly. It is about one day on earth is a twelve here.”
Sailor siren, who was sitting on the throne stood up in shock, “I though me being near Sailor Moon was fixing it? When I first came here it was no where close to this bad, it was only one day was four on earth!”
She was ready to start screaming more when Pluto ran into the room. This had the Senshi gawking, she never ran, she always teleported if it was important. Pluto started speaking as soon as she was in the room and stopped talking, “Sorry for not coming sooner, but the gates can barely read Siren right now. If my guess is right then within half a day Siren time The Moon will phase completely beyond its range. And as such I’m unable to teleport around here.”
Seeing the worried looks she decided to put the obvious questions aside with quick answers, “The Jusenkyo Kimera Demons surged briefly a few attacks but they were contained. The damage they have done since you left is minimal. However, they are building their forces and preparing an attack soon. I estimate that they will continue to do so for a month, Earth time.”
Sailor Moon looked thoughtful for a short time, when she finally spoke everyone recognized it as her serenity persona, even Ranma, “Can you slow them down?” After seeing Pluto think for a moment then nod she continued, “Given the situation and how unstable the lag between Earth and Siren is we can’t leave now. But we shouldn’t leave earth either, especially with the Kimera building forces. We will need to split up and take this as a two sided attack. Any ideas?”
Mercury replied first, “We only really need a few of us here right now, Sailor Moon, Siren, Saturn and myself are the obvious choices. The others should head back and run a ‘gorilla war’ against the Kimera to keep them off balance until things here get resolved.”
Venus asked the one question that plagued everyone, “Why don’t we all just go to the earth then come back? I mean the time delay is bad right? So why not use it to our advantage? After all when life gives you lemons, get outta dodge!” Everyone in the room groaned, Venus feigned ignorance, but Jupiter was sure that even she realized the goof. Her friend wasn’t that bad, of that she was sure.
Mercury answered her question after she recomposed herself, “Venus, the time lag is the other way, if we went to the earth for two hours now, it will have been a full day when we return.”
Sailor Venus winced at that oversight but did have a follow up, “Then why don’t we bring everyone here and deal with the problem here first, then deal with the problem on Earth?”
The blue headed warrior thought for a moment then spoke, “The problem is the differential between Earth and Siren, even after Sailor Siren returned to the Earth and started working with us it took time for the time difference to reverse. This is due to the link Sailor Moon and the rest of us share. Once Sailor Siren was building up this link near moon this link acted like a bridge between the White Moon and Siren to pull Siren into phase with the Earth. It was slow to effect because the barrier separating Siren from the rest of the universe was reducing this power. Right now this is apparently affecting the Silver Moon Crystal.”
Dekiko interjected quickly, “Would that not mean you should all go back until it evens out?”
Sailor Mercury shook her head, “It’s not that simple. If we do go back at this time, it will take about a month Siren time for the time to come close to sync again. Honestly I am surprised at how fast we are being pulled apart even now. Before Sailor Moon came here two days ago the sync was still strong and close, only about an hour or two off by my estimation. This means that what ever is doing the jamming of the gates is also operating on the same frequency between Sailor Moon and the White Moon.”
The blue skirted book work took a breath and continued, “I think the best plan is to ride this out, or to find the source of the jamming. The source would have to be on the Earth.”
The gate guardian looked confused then realization appeared on her face, “Of course, if the jamming is blocking the gate, it would have to be there because that is where we were, and when we were on Siren the time differential caused the same problem by naturally compounding the problem. When on Siren we pull our powers from the Earth.”
Sailor Siren suddenly interjected, “Jusenkyo!” The other Senshi looked at her sharply, “Where else would a device be able to hide from magic scanners and be a good place for our enemy to hide it.”
Dekiko added, “Of course, a place where you could build a magical army of artificial demons undetected would be ideal.”
Jupiter had to enquire, “But why does that mean staying here, instead of just assaulting Jusenkyo?”
Mercury thought for a moment of the best way to put it, “Ironically its simpler then it sounds. Even magic follows certain physical laws, even if it’s in its own ways. Magical power works on wavelengths just like all other types of energy. Further our links to our planets are two ways. If we stay here until we hit that critical threshold then the magical barrier will not matter when we call for power. The gate will be able to get a clear lock since the barrier will not matter, and, in theory once we power up to super mode after that point, the barrier should not matter. “
Dekiko decided to add something she read, “According to the records if something happens to Siren to cut its connection to the Earth, it will link to Venus instead. It was a backup plan incase the earth was destroyed due to the number of Venus colonists present.”
Everyone looked around at each other, although most did not know what any of that meant, it was decided that the plan was the best one.
Yobrin-mao finally found something to ask, “So, exactly what is the plan? And how will this affect the civil war that is starting up here?”