Without any further words, Nimbus moved out from the room, quickly heading up the staircase. Occasionally, he glanced back over his shoulder to make sure one of the strangers hadn't made the sudden malicious decision to ambush him from behind. Each time he found that Ed had been following innocently, falling several steps behind Nimbus. Denith and Nemo were several paces behind Ed; the group of strangers were indeed safe to trust for the moment.
Pushing open the door at the top of the staircase, Nimbus entered an entirely new deck of halls and corners. The walls of the hallways were brightened by the several windows circled into them. Creeping through the dark hall in silence, Nimbus could faintly hear the sound of water trickling and splashing about. A sliver of light could be seen at the end of one of the hallways, seeping from a lit room. That was where the sound of water had been coming from, no doubt, but who was in there? A soldier? A general perhaps?
What Nimbus heard next answered his question; the beautiful voice of a singing girl broke through the silence, flowing into his ears like a haze of melodic hypnosis. There was a girl in the room, most likely one his age, he figured, by the gentleness and innocence in the voice. He walked slowly up to the door, lightly pressing his palms up to it to push it open a bit. The thin strip of light widened, and Nimbus was able to press his face up against it to peek inside...
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Arion and Seeker suspiciously eyed the two newcomers to the scene. The brown-haired man whom this girl identified as the Bringer of the Red Sky appeared familiar to Arion. He could not quite remember his name, though he remembered meeting him at an informal conference between Tsunami and Wrath. The younger black-haired girl, however, did not look familiar at all to either Arion or Seeker. Not only that, but the nickname "The Bringer Of Tunder" did not strike any chord of familiarity with the Tsunami generals either. The two stood facing the Wrath members.
"Ah, yes," Seeker agreed to the request of the lead girl. "We are full aware of the recent alliance formed between Wrath and our very own forces. You may accompany us on our investigation of this land as long as you do not intervene in our affairs."
Arion nodded, quickly adding, "Keep in mind that the AX-07 may not carry enough sleeping facilities for all three of you. Most likely, two of you will be sharing sleeping quarters."
A small period of silence from the two Tsunami soldiers.
"Ah," Seeker began once more, turning to face Din. "I've been meaning to ask you of your recent actions of destroying Daffodon. If you do not mind my inquiry, what were your motives behind the act?"