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**Released:** July 21, 2021

**Length:** 9:49

EARTH:

Over lunch, Lunar tells the rest of the main 6 her plan to help the Otherworld. They agree to help, and she will call the last 4 in the evening so that they can get started on their part of the plan.

OTHERWORLD:

There is a time skip to day in the Otherworld (night on Earth). Rome and Deimos are arguing about what to make for breakfast when Lunar calls Rome to tell him the plan. Pluto and Deimos wait in the living room as he takes the call, and when Rome walks in, he asks Pluto if he's seen Remus before he explains the plan. Pluto tells them that he went, despite him telling him not to. The three sit in silence for a bit, before Rome painfully decides that he's on his own now and that running after him would destroy the purpose of him going. They resolve to just join in on Lunar's plan, so Rome asks the other two if they can think of any good leaders. Deimos suggests the guard who helped them during the Invasion, and the others agree that she would be a good candidate. On the way to her house (it can be assumed that they exchanged information some point after the Invasion), Rome explains the plan to them. It seems to entail forming a separate group and exposing the others in the process. They find her and her wife in their house on their farm, and the five introduce themselves to each other. The now ex-guard's name is Crystal, and her wife's name is **Solar**. Upon her asking what they need, Rome explains the plan to her and asks how she would feel about being their candidate for leader. She is unsure about the size of the commitment, but agrees to consider it and gives them her number so that she can call with her decision.

EARTH:

There is a time skip to morning on Earth (night in the Otherworld), and Lunar is up bright and early, and bored. Suddenly, she hears knocking, and opens the door to find Nova. She is momentarily shocked that Nova got up this early, and that she changed her hairstyle and color. Nova asks her to explain the plan again, because she didn't really get it the first time, so the two go on a walk. The plan goes as follows: When she stayed overnight at his house, Remus gave her a potentially illegal book that contained information about the current candidates for leader, and she realized that they were all bad people. In that conversation, he also apologized to her for how he had acted during the Invasion, and told her very limited information about his sexuality and his dad's reaction to it. Regardless, that was why she told the last 4 to go find a good leader, and that they should be calling in in the night. There is also the need to expose them so that people will stop supporting them, which is why Libra is going to use her power of convincing to get into the candidates' inner circles, and Deimos will do something similar with their power of hypnotizing. Nova questions how much this plan will work outside of movies, but Lunar assures her that it should be fine because magic actually exists. In order to prevent support being garnered while Libra and Deimos are at work, Nova guesses that Castor is going to mess up as many rallies as he can, and she is correct. Finally, to spread the news to other people, Dusk is going to write about the group and Nova is going to draw posters. At this, Nova freaks out, nervous about showing her drawings to other people. Lunar calms her down by telling her that she can definitely do this, and she will do her best to draw too. Nova agrees, and asks Lunar if there's anything she's going to be doing on her own, in addition to helping the others. She tells her that she and Remus will be doing something secret, and then celebrates the fact that all the last-minute freakouts are over. Nova is surprised she wasn't the only one, and Lunar informs her that everyone but Castor had a freakout. Her friend says it's because he would jump off a cliff if she told him to, and that she should really confess to him because it's clear he likes her a lot. Lunar cryptically says that the time to confess is coming, and Nova gives up on the topic, saying that they should go get some breakfast. Lunar agrees, and the two walk off.

OTHERWORLD:

Pluto is lying on the sofa, clearly stressed about something. He denies that anything is wrong the first time Deimos asks, but upon being pressed on the issue, he tells them a long list of things he's really concerned over which ends with a certain R name. Deimos puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, and when he slightly turns toward them to see what she has to say, he assures him that Remus will not die or have his spirit broken that easily. Pluto sighs, agreeing but still worried. He momentarily considers telling Deimos about what happened right before Remus left, but decides it's better to pretend that never happened. Rome walks in, asking if they want to go check on Venus, and although none of the three really want to see her, they feel like they should because of the level of injury she suffered. In the hospital room, only Rome makes conversation with Venus, just asking her if she's healing up fine. When she says the days feel long, he remembers he has to call Lunar back and runs off to do so. Pluto, Deimos, and Venus stand awkwardly in the room. Deimos nudges him to make small talk, but he glares back at them, no interest in even looking at her. Just then, she asks where Remus is, and overhears from Rome's conversation with Lunar that he went and got himself potentially kidnapped.

EARTH:

Lunar is upset, as the part of the plan she had for her and Remus is now messed up.