Pit finishes up organizing the third Familia on their Leviathan which had no name. This Lelouch guy was taking to his role as leader like a fish to water. Completely at home in his element. The same could not be said for the red head, Pyrrha. She had difficulty coming to terms with her death. Pit could tell she had regrets. A love she left behind. But Pit couldn't get a word in to comfort her before an egyptian woman in a black silk dress addressed her first.
"Darling. What good is it to dwell on something as trivial as a man? Learn to smile a bit more and who knows...you might actually remember what it's like to be happy."
The nefarious temptress gave a smile worthy of a magazine cover, but it did little more than just annoy Pyrrha.
"Thanks for the thought, Eliza. But Jean is not just ANY guy."
Eliza snickers.
"Well, I'm sure he seemed nice. But every 'Perfect Man' is only skin deep. You wear your emotions on your sleeve, Darling. It makes you far too easy to read...AND makes you an easy target for a 'nice guy' to advantage of you."
Pyrrha gets very defensive.
"You're wrong! Jean isn't like that!"
Eliza raises an eyebrow as she seems to enjoy pushing Pyrrha's buttons.
"Don't you mean WASN'T like that? He's probably dead too. I mean...if he REALLY loved you; he'd be the Romeo to your Juliet, wouldn't he?"
Pyrrha had no response to that. But the mere thought of her love taking his own life to be with her chilled her to the bone.
"...And speaking of bone..."
Everyone looks toward the skeleton with the blue hoodie, wondering what he's talking about.
"...Name's Sans by the way. Sans the skeleton. You're probably wondering how a skeleton died in the first place and let me tell ya...it was a total Genocide."
Lelouch takes over the conversation.
"Well, we certainly have an interesting group here. What about you? We didn't get your name."
Lelouch gestures to the man in the orange and blue gi and obscenely wild black hair.
"Oh, sorry. My name's Goku. I'm a Saiyan from Earth."
Eliza slides up next to him.
"You don't seem too concerned with our predicament as the little lady over here. Can I assume that means...you have experience. I do appreciate a man with...experience."
Pyrrha wanted to call her out on that blatant harassment, but knew that's exactly what she wanted. Unphased by her implication; Goku responded casually.
"Ooooh yeah. I've died a BUNCH of times. Never been here before. And this kid doesn't look like any angel I've ever seen."
Pit looks somewhat offended, figuring he was referring to his small wings.
"Gozetmek promised to give me bigger wings when I finished my task!"
He looks to be on the verge of tears as Pyrrha awkwardly pats his head in an attempt to comfort him.
"Uh...there there. I'm sure you'll finish soon. I mean...what do you have left to do?"
He wipes his tears and blows his nose in his wings, much to the disgust of everyone else.
"Just one more Familia. Just five people to go. A flower girl, the strongest sword master, a horrific nightmare, an ultimate king and a lost soul."
Lelouch wiggles between Pyrrha and Pit to ask him a question.
"So, that means the other 2 Familias are already fully established and on their journey? Isn't that a little unfair to give them a head start?"
Pit pushes Lelouch away and goes back to hugging Pyrrha as she just rolls with it. Eliza offers answer of sorts to him instead.
"What's wrong, boy? I thought you played chess? Someone has to have the first move. But I'm sure with your...brilliant strategies, we can catch up in no time."
Her voice brimming with sarcasm, but also a touch of irritation. Lelouch picking up on the fact that she doesn't like complaining. Goku then raises his hand for a question.
"Hey...um...what's our team's name? Universe 7 or..."
Pit points at their tattoos before responding.
"Raven Black."
Meanwhile in Etherion space nearby a floating mountain, the Royal Blue team boarded Talon as they meet the Pure White team face to face. Sora is the first to greet them.
"Hi there! Nice to meet you. I'm Sora."
Ori makes his way to the front of his group just to wave at Sora.
"H-hello."
Sora kneels down to the miniscule Ori and gently shakes his hand. Mercy and Echo smile at each other. Nico tries to shake Lisa's hand, but she just ignores him. Esdeath and Zero trade death glares. Kamina steps up to Asura and gets right in his face, but neither of them make a move as they stand with their arms crossed.
"So, who talks first?"
Esdeath pinches Kamina's lips closed.
"Bite your tongue. The grown ups are talking."
Sora nervously tries to sound professional.
"Uh...So, your Leviathan...is"
Zero impatiently interrupts.
"He's your ship's son, right? However the hell that works."
Lisa speaks up for once.
"What? You wanna take custody?"
Nico nods excitedly. Relieved that she can in fact speak.
"That's right! You guys can come with us. We can work together to reach Nirvana."
Suddenly, Kamina goes flying backwards in a heap as he collides with the wall behind him; leaving an imprint. Everyone's attention is now on Asura, who only flicked Kamina away with his thumb like a coin. His red aura manifests for the first time since he got here and it's intense enough to make even Esdeath cautious.
"NO. We have our own mission. Nirvana is of no concern to us. I am….WE ARE going to kill Gozetmek."
Everyone on Royal Blue is shocked by this statement, but Nico suddenly has a horrible feeling in his gut. A feeling he only felt once; when he dreamt that he destroyed the sun and with it...the world. Esdeath gets that psychotic look on her face that Sora hates.
"Ooo. I like this guy. He's ambitious. He thinks BIG!"
Kamina pulls himself up.
"Hey! What about me?!"
Her smile fades as she dismisses Kamina.
"You don't think AT ALL."
Sora groans as he returns his attention to Pure White.
"So, that's your answer?"
Zero and Lisa nod affirmatively as Echo just accepts it, but Ori doesn't even make eye contact. Obviously this decision was the hardest for him to come to. Mercy carries Kamina over her shoulder back to Moya as he is still dizzy from being knocked around like a ragdoll. Ori tries to offer some kind of middle ground.
"How about...if we need you, we'll call for you. And vice versa."
Sora will take what he can get at this point.
"...Sure. Well...good luck on your mission to….kill a god."
Zero and Asura speak in synch.
"I don't need luck."
Before Sora, Esdeath, and Nico leave; Echo stops Sora.
"Lord Sora?"
Sora bashfully plays off the compliment.
"Lord? Who? Me?"
Echo offers a respectful bow.
"I thank you for being so understanding. I've had a bad streak of people not tolerating my decisions and… well..."
She pulls off one of her feathers and gives it a kiss as she hands it to Sora.
"...I'm glad you didn't blow us up."
She gives him a genuinely warm smile; which combined with the token of appreciation, caught him off guard. He didn't know what to do, so he just played it safe and respectful and bowed back before going back to Moya. Not turning his back to her; he continued to walk backwards as they both waved and smiled at each other until they were out of sight. But just as Sora turned around, he bumped into Esdeath; almost landing face first into her chest, but thankfully caught himself before that became an issue.
He looked up to her face to see her quite peeved. That menacing aura of murderous intent was back and it made Sora feel like he was shrinking.
"Esdeath? Um...what's up?"
Her expression remains cold and stoic as her tone remains calm, but Sora can feel the anger in her voice.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. I was just thinking...what do you think is colder? The Etherion space? ...Or my WRATH?"
Toward the end of that sentence her pupils dilated and she grinded her teeth together. Sora tried desperately to find a way to defuse the tension before she really lost her temper.
"Uh...you know...if you wanna play a game or something-"
He couldn't finish his suggestion before she put her finger over his mouth.
"Shhhh. No squirming your way out of this one. You keep giving all these women more consideration and respect than me. And you promised you would TRY. No game or words will be enough. I'm going to need something MORE."
Sora looked around him for an escape as he responded to her.
"...A hug?"
She doesn't answer as she looms over him and slowly walks toward him until his back is against a wall. But before she can make any further advances; Sora is saved by Mercy walking over.
"MERCY! Hi! How's it going?! Do you need me for something?! PLEASE tell me you need me for something!"
Mercy narrows her gaze and puts her hand on Esdeath's shoulder; who struggles not to lose it right on the spot.
"What were you two-"
Esdeath interrupts aggressively.
"None of your business! Did you need something or not?"
Mercy is now exceedingly suspicious of the worst, but has nothing to go on; so she decides not to press the issue anymore than she has to.
"...Sora is needed on deck. Moya specifically wanted to talk to you."
*BOOM*
Esdeath snaps and pulls out her sword as she starts stabbing and kicking the walls.
"OF COURSE! Now I have to compete with a goddamn spaceship!"
Sora takes advantage of the opportunity and grabs Mercy's hand as they sprint off.
"Run."
Esdeath's tantrum causes Moya immense pain as the DRDs come to subdue her rage before she causes serious damage.
"Oh, what?! You want some too?! You little mother fu-OW!"
They begin tazing her one after another. As Sora and Mercy run through the halls, Sora looks to Mercy and gives her a somewhat crazy looking smile while laughing.
"Haha! Ya know...I think I'm starting to get through to her!"
Mercy has a look of dread overcoming her face.
"...Oh no."
*It looks like Sora is being affected by Esdeath more than he thought. {Sans:} "Yeah. She really needs to CHILL out." Sans! Stop breaking the forth wall! They're are expensive. ...Also, that was awful. {Sans:} "Guess I gotta FRIGID reception. I'll make sure my jokes are much nICEr next time." ...Looks like the one having a Bad Time is me...and Sora, I guess.*