Eris (AST)

Eris is an Ascended Senshi and the former lover of Terra the former incarnation of Mamoru Chiba. She was also the one to direct the solar system Kinmoku is in.

## Appearance

Eris wears nothing at all to cover herself, save a strange metallic mask covering her eyes. Under the mask Eris looks almost exactly like Usagi, eyes are a different color, hair different shade, obviously a bit older, but all so close as to be downright creepy. The coincidence is such that Eris would believe that she Cosmos deliberately changed her appearance to attract Terra if it wasn’t utterly pointless given the nature of the Ascended. She mainly wears the mask to avoid the odd looks, with the added benefit of hiding her eyes, which couldn't hide her true feelings.

## Personality

Legend considers her a rampant mischief maker who always appeared to know just the right threads to pull to unravel a situation. Though most often the legends depicted her simply revealing trouble that was already brewing under the surface. Eris’ planet's aspect is generally considered to be discord. It seems the way it manifests is by her being compelled to drag out the ugly truth in any situation, no matter how troublesome. After all, what is more likely to cause discord, a falsehood easily discovered, or the unfortunate truth that we all run from?

## Information

Eris is almost 30,000 years old and was the one who taught the senshi of Kinmoku to use their powers. Eris is almost 30,000 years old and was the one who taught the senshi of Kinmoku to use their powers. She and Terra were together for nearly 30 thousand years, before Cosmos took an interest in him. And they still would have been if he hadn’t chosen to reborn as Prince Endymion to aid her. Eris waited for millennia for the chance for them to be together.

Feeling the reawakening of Cosmos the ascended senshi returned to earth to greet her. Eris was on the planet for a few days when she sensed Mamoru presence while he was on his way back to America. She was met with shock and confusion when she addressed him as Terra. While saddened at the fact that he didn’t seem to remember her, she saw it as the perfect opportunity to refresh his memory. Wrapping her arms around him Eris gave him a kiss and when she releaded it her name instantly came to him.

Sadly before she could celebrate him remerging her name her actions were discovered. As Tuxedo Kamen tried to figure out what was going on Orcus demanding to know what Eris was doing. Eris used the excuse that the rules were made before Usagi woke up so no longer apply, but Orcus didn’t buy it. Eris stopped her before she could deal with Kamen, telling her that she’d set every thing right. Upset Orcus agreed and left. Kissing Mamoru again Eris told him they’d talk later and left returning everything back to normal.

Later after possessing a girl named Venessa who had a crush on Mamoru she left him a note telling him to meet her at the park. Eris explained that she and he were former lovers, not of Prince Endymion, but many incarnations before him. Getting the same feeling he had from Chaos he realized that she and Orcus were senshi, they called themselves Ascended Senshi. She told him that Usagi had reawakened her nature as Cosmos and out of respect for their previous relationship, warned Mamoru that there was a possibility that it might turn out badly for her, despite knowing that he would stand with her even knowing he would be facing nearly a dozen ascended by doing so. Her suspicions were confirmed.

All of this was just the worse case scenario, but either was she promised to help him. For her final warning she told him that he couldn’t tell the others, they weren’t allowed to interfere and even what she was doing was risky. Once again getting a final kiss both for her and the girl she was possessing Eris left before she was noticed. Sensing Ixion’s presence she found him spying on Seiya. He was quick to call her out on her hypocrisy when she told him he wasn’t supposed to be there.

The next thing Eris did was go to Seiya to convince her to try and pursue her relationship with Usagi. Naturally someone stronger then Sailor Galaxia and who was supposed to be nothing more then a legend suddenly appearing before her freaked Seiya out, though that was quickly forgotten as Eris started taunting her for being a coward. Before she left Eris told Seiya to ask Usagi about the dream she had and to look into past relationships between Senshi.

The Ascended Senshi were planning on taking Usagi after Seiya went back to Kinmoku. However Eris setting the two up to meet threw a wrench in their works, giving them no choice but to intervene while she was still present. It took Eris about a week to escape the cage she was placed in as punishment for her actions. She arrived to find Seiya trying to think up a way to escape. Seiya attacked Eris in an explosion of pent up frustration and demanded that she tell her what was going on.

Ignoring her Eris called Rhadamanthus out for not explaining things. However it turns out that Usagi was so powerful that it took all of her concentration to contain her. With Eris there she was Rhadamanthus could finally move and didn’t waste any time in calling her out for her actions. She explained to Seiya that Usagi was fine merely being contained then after stressing that there was no escape. She put the barrier back up which Eris’s presence allowed her to expand.

Eris was left to go into the full details. While, uncertain whether to trust Eris or not, Seiya was at least happy that Usagi was alright. Only to become horrified when told that despite appearing to be unconscious she was fully aware of everything that was going on outside of the barrier she was placed in.

Seeing how Seiya had noticeably paled Eris correctly guest that she had spilled her guts when she thought Usagi was asleep. Seiya’s anger returned thinking that Eris had manipulated this to happen. Eris had expected Seiya to be imprisoned like Usagi, so this was justa lucky accident. She explained that she wanted Terra who Seiya knew as Mamoru back.

Seiya was the perfect wedge to be put between them, while they weren’t as developed as her love for Mamoru Usagi dream showed that she did have feelings for Seiya. Eris started talking directly to Usagi asking her if it was actually her or Serenity who loved Mamoru. Seiya dragged her away from Usagi and she let the matter drop. The two went for a walk as Eris explained what was going on.

The Ascended believed that Usagi was the current incarnation of Cosmos and were worried that when she finally fully awoke she wouldn’t be able to control her powers. At Quaoar's request the senshi had been invited to speak on her behalf, though the final decision was up to the Ascended. Eris’ transgressions were ignored since there was little to dispute and it had nothing to do with the senshi. Ultimately the Ascendant weren’t willing to risk the danger Usagi possessed. Eventually Eris spoke up and called them out for being motivated solely by fear.

The discussion ended and those without a voice were told to wait in the courtyard. They unanimously agreed to let Usagi live. They decreed that they will continue their pact of noninterference. Usagi must be allowed to discover her powers on her own. Them interfering could simply slow that process down, and potentially lead her astray. However, since the senshi were now aware of them, the block on contact was removed. All Ascended Senshi will be allowed to converse with them normally. They may not, however, use their powers to knowingly help or hinder any Senshi within this star system, save in their own self defense.

Because of Eris actions Rhadamanthus also effectively blocked their power while they were in this star system. She allowed Quaoar and Eris to temporarily use their powers to return the senshi home. Other then that she managed to escape any serious punishment, and staying on Earth. Much to her annoyance Quaoar was the one who returned Mamoru to his university while she took the senshi back to Nerima. Usagi thanked her for speaking up for her, only to be rebuffed with Eris making sure she knew she only did it for Terra. Usagi, Minako, Makoto and Ami were rescued from having to explain where they’d been all night to the dorm supervisor, by Eris disguising herself as a police officer.

Later Eris returned after Ixion killed the dark kingdom youma who was apart of a group of monster hunters to tease him about breaking the rules.  Ixion remained defiant knowing that wasn’t the case, however she did stress that he did work against the spirit of it. He didn’t have answer for that, but Eris let it go as it wasn’t like she was a stickler for the rules. Ixion was about to leave, but Eris stopped his asking, why he didn’t enspell the youma. He answered in this instance death was more than justified.

After he left she explained to the others how blade worked. She also revealed that they still hadn’t come into their full power. Advising them to take this encounter to heart and consider ascending. Eris warned them that Usagi’s power is so blinding that few have taken notice, but it won’t take that long until new enemies come seeking it out. She also told Usagi that she start working on learning to control her powers, but she didn’t even know where to begin. Eris conceded that Usagi’s situation was rather unique, and wondered if the part of her that is Cosmos is still hiding.

Eris returned to Mamoru’s apartment to check up on him only for Usagi to answer the door. Usagi had just woken up so forgot she was naked when she opened the door. Eris jokingly accused her of staking her territory Usagi was desperately claiming otherwise when Mamoru returned having gone out to get breakfast. Mamoru was so stunned he could do little more than give way and watch as the ascended senshi departed. Saying she’d see him later Eris closed the door heavily behind her, leaving Mamoru and Usagi alone together.

She returned shortly after Usagi was teleported back to Japan, causing him to ask her why it was sometimes she’d fly in, and other times she’d just pop in. A limitation of teleportation was that you have to know where you're going and coming from pretty well, and she had just now gotten a better feel for the area. While Mamoru couldn’t control Eris’ actions he could tell her to stay out of  Usagi's love life. She agreed although with a clear reluctance. Eris decided to go to Setsuna’s house to mope and this is how Seiya found her lying on her bed. While a strong temptation to send the woman away briefly flashing through Seiya’s mind, she dismissed it quickly realizing that Eris hasn’t actually done anything wrong.

Seiya agreed to talk only to be told that due to promising not to interfere in Usagi's love life Eris couldn’t really talk to her. A frustrated Seiya asked Eris what did she want to talk about only to be told she didn’t know. So they ended up talking about Seiya’s problems. She couldn’t go back to her old life as that would lead to loads of questions from the press especially with the other starlights not here. Eris suggested one of the parties she did reveal her identity to could help her get a job. This caused Seiya to think she was trying to manipulate her into getting into contact with Usagi, but the thought never crossed her mind even if she did admit that it would be a nice side benefit.

Seiya called Eris out for her constant scheming only to be told she hates lies, self-serving lies, lies of omission, white lies... it doesn't matter. I hate when people aren't honest. Seeing Seiya’s confused look she challenged her to think of a time she had lied. While Seiya conceded her point she pointed out that the mask Eris wears could be considered a form of deception. Eris conceded as well and removed it shocking Seiya by revealing that she looks just like Usagi.

This led to a discussion about the the nature of the ascended causing Seiya to ask when she’ll know it is happening to her. Eris first that she will here voices that slowly become more and more coherent before merging into one voice. Eris told Seiya about her own experience of this happening, until she got so frustrated that she told it to shut up. This led to the revelation that it was the planet speaking to her, urging in its own way to embrace the truth about herself. After she grasped that, the power started coming quickly as she threw aside any vestige of the untrue self. She advised Seiya not to put much stock in that element though she could have a more physical aspect then Eris.

Seiya then asked about Orcus and why she hated Usagi only to be told that she didn’t, in fact she worships Cosmos. The seeming hatred was just her aspect coming through. Eris was about to leave only for Seiya to decide it was her turn to talk. She suggested that Eris consider a compromise in her attempt at being with Terra. In response Eris’ eyes grew cold she put her mask back and vanished after saying that neither she or Cosmos would compromise.