Four other figures behind the floral humanoid would appear before descending towards the ground like meteors, coated in coloured energy. They were a bit hard to discern, but they were most likely celestial beings as well.
The celestial being that Saki and the no-longer-crazed girl were on began to gradually descend, following the four celestial presences, as did the sea serpent.
From the perspectives of both
Saki and the
no-longer-crazed girl, their humanoid ride would become veiled in a radius of petals and leaves that materialised from nothingness...
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"You're not thinking hard enough," Pecorine responds to Luna and Nicola as she looks at the group's fallen monster enemies, as well as Amira biting one,
"the shrooms and giant bugs they've slain can serve as a good meal if you know how to prepare 'em! I think she has the right idea. But I guess it's their hunt, not ours... ahahaha..."
"Pecorine," Kyaru adds,
"I really don't think the tension's right for that talk right now."
The shrooms were delectable indeed in Amira's mouth even if they were still moving, but that was stacked on by... other matters that played out before everyone's eyes.
"Doppelgengar!?" the newly-arrived Lyria exclaims as she turns her head to the other Lyria, then approaches her.
"Woah woah! I think she's an exact match!"
"Not an inch taller or shorter, skin tone matches, and her hair ain't a shade darker or lighter!" the winged lizard exclaims,
"if this is a fake, it's a really good one!"
"Well Ladiva," the boy that Ladiva recognised says,
"let me recall the events from the past days... ah! So basically, at the start of the day, the Grandcypher was continuing the journey away from the old Erste Capital Mephorash that it started three days ago, no grounded stops, only levitating stops, headed for Zinkenstill for a long-needed break from all our things. A lot of golems and desert monsters to fight back there, hard to forget the Desert Penguin. Anyways, back to the matter at hand. During our journey here, Cagliostro noticed you were gone," he says, facing Ladiva directly,
"we suspected that we might have accidentally left you on the desert island even though you never actually left the ship as far as we could tell."
"Cagliostro was pretty mad when you suggested that," the blonde adds with a light smirk.
"I... uh... prefer not to remember that," the boy evidenced fear in his face for the briefest moment.
"Ultimately, Cagliostro was able to find evidence that you were on board two days ago, and not a single piece of evidence that you were on board after that, which narrowed our search down to the confines of the Grandcypher. Lyria was definitely there to help search, so that's Lyria accounted for. Sandalphon aided as well, so that's Sandalphon accounted for, plus he was hanging around the ship's main hall before we left the ship earlier... I think that's all the important things we have to cover."
the blonde girl then turns to Nicholas,
"last time we saw each other, you flew into the sky, back to the lab to continue working with Dr Rashomon, and that was waaaaay before the stuff with Ladiva. It's been quite a while, Nicholas."
"Yeah, Mecha-Nick. I just wish this was the best of times for a reunion," the lizard comments, mildly saddened by the tension.
And onto Nicholas' question. It was not any of the newly-arrived crew that answered it, but rather, Kokkoro.
"I might have an idea of what is going on, Nicholas-sama," Kokkoro proposes,
"the two Lyrias are both real, but they're different Lyrias, be it different times or split realities."
"This is a bit hard to swallow with you just saying it so bluntly," the boy adds,
"plus I'm only able to feel a connection to one Lyria."
"Two of something one-of-a-kind, both being the real deal? Ain't that an interesting story?"
"Yeah, it's like one of Soos' American Comics," the blonde one wearing pink continues,
"they throw in this 'I'm you from another universe' stuff from time to time. They even have story events dedicated to it, where hundreds of the same guy band together to fight the big bad."
"Hundreds of Lyrias?" the flying lizard exclaims, finding the possibility most prepostrous,
"that's madness!"
"Enter the Lyriaverse. Ahaha..."
"I believe Djeeta-sama has the right idea of what is going on," Kokkoro continues,
"I am proposing the possibility of traversing timespace, but it is not the only one. If that possibility is true for Lyria-sama, then there is no reason to doubt that it applies to most of the group."
"We're really doing this again, aren't we?" the eyepatched girl sighs.
"But I just finished therapy..." the nervous one follows,
"Morikubo is not going back..."
"Let's not use the medium of the graphic novel as a basis for our debate," the boy adds,
"say both Lyrias are real and none are fake, how do we prove it?"
"Well," the winged lizard suggests,
"the real Lyria does have certain tastes in her meals that others don't."
"My tastes are perfectly normal!"
"If that's the case," the boy says, reaching into his pockets,
"both of you should try this perfectly normal- wait, where'd it go?"
"Om nom nom. Mmmm~!"
If all turned to the source of the consumption, they would see Pecorine, cleaning her mouth with a hankerchief.
"Correction - most others," the lizard adds, sighing.
"Fresh fish with grape jam is absolutely sweet and savoury! Why didn't I think of that before?"
"Pecorine, we were going to use that to prove that Lyria was Lyria and you just ate it," the boy responds in a manner most dull.
"Oh, there were two Lyrias?" Pecorine laughs.
"Sorry sorry, it's just that I haven't seen two Grans or two Djeetas or two Vyrns around to see it immediately, ahahaha... are there such people?"
"I believe there are such people, they're just not here, Pecorine-sama," Kokkoro adds.
"Then where are they?"
"I believe that Lyria-sama herself wishes to know herself, as does Sandalphon-sama."
"Well, there's still other factors, like Lyria's Journal, the things we say to her..."
"Gran-sama, I would not reccommend that," Kokkoro adds,
"both Lyrias evidently have a different set of memories. For instance, the one you're with has met our guild, and the one with Sandalphon-sama has not. Plus, this Lyria-sama over here does not recognise Djeeta-sama, another small difference to note that might result in some big differences."
Just then,
both Lyrias would be able to feel six Primal Beasts descending!
"... I believe such matters are not as immediate."
The first of the batch materialised from pure gusts of wind concentrating into an area, and out came what both Lyrias would recognise.
"Tiamat..."
The titan looked mostly human with difference in ears, and had a size comparable to a galleon. Draconic heads peered from her back as she hovered. Among all those who stood, only the two Lyrias and Sandalphon would truly understand her divine tongue. It seems that two of the newly-arrived crew would get the gist to some extent, the same way a pet owner would understand a pet. Aside from that,
all everyone else would hear were the mixing of the elemental forces emerging from their mouths, and have no comprehension of the sway of their tongues.
"Whroooo... (Greetings, my friends. I see that I am seeing double with you, Lyria. Unfortunately, that is the least of our worries. What you are experiencing is a small speck in the greater scheme of things, or so the other five and I suspect.)"
"Look!" the eyepatched one says,
"she brought friends!"
Beside the titan, two more materialised.
Leaves and petals swiftly gathered in place, before dispersing to reveal a titanic woman adorned in fashion of greenery and flora, and a pillar of water rose and dispersed into rain, revealing a great sea serpent that hovered alongside its fellow titans.
The floral woman lowers her feet towards the ground, and places her palm towards the partially-charred grass, allowing
Saki to finally reunite with all. The no-longer-
crazed girl sat on her shoulder, and improvising the great sea serpent as a slide, she descended upon the ground, reuniting with her two friends as she ran for them with an embrace.
"Mirei! Nono!"
"Shouko!"
All three of them bowed corteously to the floral woman after the group hug.
"Thank you," the eyepatched one speaks, "thank you for bringing our friend back."
"♫~(You are welcome, girls~)" the floral lady responds with a sweet smile.
"Fuhihi..." the no-longer-crazed girl snickers,
"I wonder what she's saying..."
"Probably telling you to be careful next time."
"Oh look, there's two of that girl. Maybe I ate a gold cap... fuhihi..."
"Yeeeaaah, you're late to the scene, Shouko. We're all seeing two of her."
The floral maiden then turns to Sandalphon, armed with her usual smile.
"♫! (Oh! It's the new Supreme Primarch, Sandalphon! You look just a bit different, though. Tried a new brand of coffee lately?)"
The newly-arrived four, looking upon the 'Ian' who introduced himself, realised something.
"Oh right! We forgot to introduce ourselves! I'm Gran!"
"Name's Djeeta."
"I think some of you already know that I'm Lyria... ahahaha..."
"Call me Vyrn! And before you ask, I ain't no lizard!"
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