True to the soldier's word, three days passed and there was no sign of the supposed other visitor. The entire time was spent quietly, though it was not as dead silent as it had been before the soldier had arrived and told them that Nyu was still alive.
That had been just what Kohta had needed to lift him from his depression, and while Nana knew she wouldn't be able to see her adoptive father again, the thought of being able to see the older Diclonius was uplifting.
She hoped Lucy hadn't slipped all the way back to what she had once been. She liked Nyu much more than she liked Lucy, who wouldn't think twice about killing for no reason in particular.
Everyone eagerly awaited the arrival of the mysterious person who was apparently so high up the hierarchy she was entrusted with the secrets of the DRI, but none actually expected her to arrive. It was foolish to assume she would, if the soldier's words were anything to go by.
However, their expectations proved to be unfounded, and the doorbell rang, three times in a row, as if the visitor was impatient to be let in.
Like she really had the right to be answered early, with the amount of delay it took. But nobody there was that mean to ignore her, and they were all excited to see what she had to say anyway, even if she worked for the institute keeping Nyu captured.
"I'll get it!" Mayu called, before running to the door to open it.
She smiled softly at the visitor, who looked as much like one of the soldiers as Kohta looked like Nyu.
Silver hair, so long that it almost reached her knees. Odd cyan eyes that seemed to glow as she glanced at the child in front of her. She was short, but not overly so, though Mayu was too small to accurately guess her height. She wore an odd dress-like outfit, deep red in coloration and apparently made of some kind of leather, tight-fitting and connected through two straps on the front.
"What are you staring at?" she asked, then grinned. "Invite me in!"
Mayu was taken aback by this reaction. All the other Institute people always seemed to be serious and somber about everything they did. It was a sudden change of pace for this oddly happy-go-lucky girl to show up.
"Uhh, right, come on in…" she said, turning to call inside. "The other person is here!" she called.
Within moments, everyone was back at the table they'd sat at with the soldier, and there were sweatdrops all around at how...outgoing the girl was.
She'd accepted a bowl of ramen Yuka had offered, and was currently digging in, a comically large grin on her face as she did so.
It seemed like only a few moments and the bowl was empty, the girl, who definitely didn't even look old enough to vote, much less work for the DRI, smiling and patting her stomach.
"Much better, I haven't eaten in three days!" she said. "Whoever made that, kudos to you!"
She flashed another grin before scooting forward to the table. "Right, right, right. I should probably introduce myself, though I bet you're more interested about Lucy-chan."
Chan…? Everyone thought simultaneously. What is up with this girl?
"Yeah…" Kohta said, and the girl nodded rapidly.
"Right. Well, my name's Argenteus Lunae, though just call me Luna. You Japanese never pronounce things correctly, so just Luna's good enough. Anyway, I'm a mercenary currently employed by the DRI, though I'm not technically working there. But I'm fine with that, I like this new Director far better than the guy before, though the new one kind of scares me...But that's beside the point. He said to tell you that Lucy-chan is doing fine, though she's still not at full capacity and may never be, poor thing, but that's what you get when you have your own horns shot off…"
Yuka raised a hand to stop the excited girl from talking. "Please slow down, I can barely keep up with what you're saying. What about this new Director? Who is he anyway?"
Luna tilted her head, before nodding. "Sorry, I get ahead of myself a lot. There's not many who can keep up with me usually it seems. The new Director's not somebody you'd know, but I bet you know him, Nana-chan!"
Nana blinked. "I...do?" she asked, and Luna nodded.
"But anyway, moving on! He offered to let you all come to the island to meet Lucy! Of course, you can't take her back, but that's better than nothing, right?"