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ALMADEL
The Mysterious Merchant

MOOD: Pleasant/Chatty
ACTION: Talking to Mlinzi

Almadel smiled politely as he watched Surtur leave, and offered a little wave as he and Ymir stepped away.

Mlinzi was entertaining and delightful and Almadel had to work very hard not to laugh at his cheesy appearance. “Oh, you were hungry, weren’t you? You poor thing, if they aren’t feeding you enough on Earth, maybe you can come back with me.”

He didn’t seem to mind the mess, and was ready to fill another plate for the Mauvian.

“You’re rather brave if you’re willing to eat food that you know is going to fight you. Too much work for me, I like my food to go down easy. You’ll have to ask humans why they name things the way they do. There are certainly prettier languages in the universe, but I don’t know. There’s just something charming about humans, don’t you think? Ah,” he sighed pleasantly. “I assumed that’s part of why you’ve all gathered there. But you probably haven’t had the chance to meet many people from faraway. I can’t imagine many come by. Good news for me, though. I get Earth all to myself, for the most part.”

Fae-Fae
Vanguard Corporal

MOOD: Blissful
ACTION: Thoroughly enjoying being gay

The bright-clad Corporal was over the moon with delight, a fizzy sweetness dancing across her skin, and she stood there, love-dazed and slack-jawed, for a moment after the kiss broke. The aggressive Knight's magic had worn off by this point and she couldn't tell the difference. A little bubble of bliss would likely surround her emotionally for hours, even though the situation they were in was so serious and strange.

After being introduced to Caelyna by Velyria, Fae-Fae had discovered a crush that only grew as they spent more time together in the Vanguard, and -- oh! Did this mean they were Together now? With half of the Earth detachment as witnesses?

When the polite little droid approached with offerings of a commemorative beverages, she exploded into a fit of giggles, blushing brightly and covering her face. She knew she really should be focusing on the very real emergency they were facing, but her mind kept floating on the high of newly-discovered love.

Ny
Vanguardian Cadet

MOOD: Wistful
ACTION: Letting Fysarius drag her off

There were so many of them here together again-!

Or rather: oof. There were so many of them here together again.

Ny wasn't thrilled about how enthusiastic she felt to see so many of her comrades, given the situation, but she did undeniably feel a weird sense of... pride? To see them grouping up together to figure out what the heck was going on here. Her initial beaming smile at seeing her friends and allies quickly tapered off at the realization that meant they were all stuck here in this uncertainty. And in all fairness, none of the Vanguard looked particularly enthralled by the scene change. It looked like there was even the potential for a scuffle to break out among them and some White Moon randos Ny couldn't place.

That was where she and Fysarius should be also. In a group with the rest of the Vanguard. Solidarity. Safety in numbers. If anyone could figure out how to get back to Earth, it probably wasn't going to be the squabbling humans who seemed generally useless. The Vanguard had training for this kind of mission, in this kind of terrain.

They should stand as a unit when faced with unfamiliar circumstances… Ny didn’t care how well (or not) that precedent was set before. She stepped toward her friends, some dozen paces away.

-But Fysarius was trying to pull her in another direction, voice harsh and unrelenting, and she knew full well that he was growing quite a temper toward those who’d been his ally for centuries. Mostly unfounded, she thought, but she didn't blame him. A lot was new and different and overwhelming, and he'd always been prone to letting his emotions exist outside of himself. Ny’s expression pursed, brows pinching and lips jutting out in a pout as she adamantly held her ground against his weight, fingers locked over his arm just as his were over hers.

Sometimes he was wrong, and it fell to her to set him back on track. He was wrong here, in trying to… Go where? To do what? If they separated, they could be in even more danger. They shouldn’t set off away from the group at large!

…But it probably wouldn’t do either of them any good if she forced him toward the rest of the Vanguard, the 'party,' the humans, the robots… And he caused some scuffle about it. It seemed like a distinct possibility that wouldn’t get either of them anywhere, and it could frankly be as dangerous as not. Perhaps if she gave him time, and they spared just a few moments to coordinate between just the two of them, it would work out better? Give him a moment to settle... So against her own wishes, she allowed herself to be tugged after him. Ny couldn’t help but look on toward the others, but…

Next time, maybe. After the initial shock of arrival had died down.

If it ever did.

The precedent for that wasn’t great, either.

But they weren't the only ones distancing themselves from the group- they seemed to be the only Vanguard stepping away from the party, but others were already looking to explore, so they weren't really 'alone,' in that regard. Ny let Fysarius guide her away, toward dimly-lit shadowed pathways.

Hylonome
Corrupt Senshi of Edelweiss

MOOD: Resigned
ACTION: Finding a place to "relax" and yeah.

Even as Mizuki seemingly ended up getting bored and wandering off on her own did Hylonome make a few more observations before finding her own direction to go in. There didn't seem to be able to explore further and so with a noise of resignation did she take to merely ambling about. Her tablet was taken out and she used the time to try and least make some records about this strange place.

That only killed a few minutes of time and it was with a growing sense of boredom that Mizuki had been complaining of feeling that Hylonome wandered away herself. Maybe she'd find a place that she could at least close her eyes for a bit of rest.


[[ Hylonome exit ]]