(I've taken out the parts of the Phoenix arc that say Lucilius' name since they don't know it's him, and I made a scene beforehand which reveals his name and the characters are supposed to be shocked to learn it's him.)
Vanessa looked at the feathers she had, a white one, a blue one, a red one, a green one, an orange one, and a purple one. She didn't know what to do with them. She put her head on the table and looked at each one to see if they did anything when they were close to one another. Celica approached her and told that it was a good idea to take a break instead of going straight into another problem; the others were outside taking in the free time they had, so it would be best for her to do the same.
The rest of group were outside eating. While some wanted to plan out what to do next, others took the time off to sleep in the sun. Vanessa stopped and giggled at the boys, most who were asleep as Edna threw flowers on them. Arthur got up when a flower hit his head and threw a flower back at Edna.
"How are you doing Vanessa?" Arthur asked.
"I'm fine," she responded. "Just trying to figure out what to do with the feathers I have."
"Why don't ask the guy who gave you the white one?" Edna suggested. "He wanted you get these didn't he?"
"How did you figure that out?" Arthur looked at her.
"He made the Phoenix goes crazy, so he should be the one to talk to."
Velvet sighed, her expression going from disgusted to stoic in the same minute. She didn't like the presence that man had. And from how calm he was when talking about the earth pulses, he didn't seem concerned at all that the world was in danger. That either meant he knew the party would handle the situation, or he was hoping they'd fail.
The next part was tricky, they had to find the man. The first time they met him, he found them, and they hadn't seen him before. That was Vanessa pulled out the white feather the man gave her. It was glowing brighter than before, like a blinding sun. It raised itself in the air as the quill pointed in the direction of the old temple where the party found Rokurou.
They all sighed then accepted if that was where the man was, that was where they needed to go. In the way, was a river that wasn't there before. It flowed heavily and didn't look like it was going to give up. Vanessa approached it then flinched when a fish jumped up and smacked her in the face. Edna was laughing silently then Celica hit the seraphim in the back.
Both Mikleo and Arthur created a bridge of ice to get across, one that broke instantly due to the strength of the current. They had no ideas beyond that. Sorey tapped Vanessa on the shoulder and pointed at her bag, there was a blue glow inside of it. She pulled out the blue feather and it released an energy around the party to calm down the water.
The party went across with an ice bridge and headed for the temple. Inside were obstacles instead of monsters, three to exact, one for each feather that Vanessa had, except for the purple and the white one.
"I have to commend you all, you're more determined than I initially took you for." The man said.
"Who are you?" Vanessa asked with her halberd in her hand.
"Please, call me Lucilius."
"The angel from the Requiem!" Celica yelled out.
"So you're the one who's been bringing us to this time?" Velvet assumed.
"Correct therion." Lucilius clapped.
"What are you gaining from this?" Arthur went for his sword and Lucilius stopped him with one arte.
"Everything will be answered in time. For now, I hope you enjoy your last moments on this world."
"What does that mean?" Vanessa asked.
"The mana here enough for my plans."
"If you drain the mana from this world, then all living things will die!" Velvet summoned her claw and went after Lucilius.
"I suppose that is true." He grabbed onto her arm and pushed her aside. He then kicked her to the ground. "You'll find fighting me is going to harder than you think."
