"Now that introductions are done, we can see what's through this door." Aleph smiled at the group as they stood around the mysterious door Kazuya had found. When Zayin and Takeshi had approached with more people, he hadn't been sure how to feel. They seemed nice enough, but their uniform appearance was almost worrying.

Sure, plenty of Center residents had uniform appearance, but he hadn't seen such a… Gaudy color scheme before. And, of course, what if it turned out to be the uniform of some enemy to Millennium? That wouldn't be good…

But they turned out to be fine enough, apparently all high school students (or, in the case of Akira, previously one), who had been trapped in their school when it was thrown into a place called the Expanse… They had been fighting off demons, trying to get out of the mess for a while…

And now they were in the middle of another mess, poor things. Aleph and Kazuya hadn't been able to try and turn the away. They could all work together, find a way out, and perhaps give these kids some moral support…

It wasn't like they could drink to ignore some of the issues like the rest of them could, after all.

"I agree with Aleph." Yuka nodded a bit as she moved for the door. "If we wait too long, our fear will keep up from going forward."

"Indeed." Beth nodded. "We have strengthened ranks, so now would be a wonderful time to see what lies beyond."

"Then in we go…" Kazuya pushed the door open slowly. "...Go!"

And with that, they began pouring through the entrance, pausing when Kazuya exclaimed in recognition.

"What is it?" Hiroko placed a hand on Aleph's shoulder as she moved forward. "What do you see?"

"Please tell me something good…" Charlie clasped his hands together. "I wanna get home already!"

"It looks like it leads right back to what we were seeing before we came into the building…!" Kazuya called back. "We can go back and regroup from here or the other exit, I think!"

"That's useful, even if we're still trapped here." Louis gave a smile. "Don't you all agree?"

"I guess that is true…" Yuji rubbed his cheek. "If nothing else, we should try and look on the bright side of this situation."

Akira crossed his arms. "So the question now is do we go back and regroup, or just make a note of this and move on?"

"That's a… Good question."

Nanashi wasn't sure how he was feeling about all of this. A Flynn and Isabeau from an alternate reality, some soldiers, and another guy with glowing tattoos… Though from what Naoki said, he wasn't a Godslayer like Nanashi. No, more like a demon.

Dagda had been voicing his displeasure at everything happening as the group went down stairs, farther into the building. That wasn't too shocking, though. The god clearly wasn't big on bonds, so Nanashi having even more opportunities to bond with people? Dagda wasn't a fan.

But, well, Nanashi was fine with it! He liked his friends and maybe, just maybe, more friends would convince Dagda this wasn't all bad. It was probably a stretch, but it didn't mean he couldn't at least try.

"You're really going along with this kid? No matter what I say?" Dagda let out a loud sigh, though Nanashi was pretty sure he was the only one who could hear him right now.

"Dagda, please… Help isn't something I'm gonna turn down right now…" Too much needed to be done to go it with just his friends, even if he would've wanted that.

"I can see that… You'll learn soon enough learn how unneeded it'll be." And with that, Dagda went silent yet again.

Nanashi was just glad there was no one else joining up. That would've made Dagda even angrier…

Kazuya, now that group was moving again, wasn't sure what to do. They went down another couple flight of stairs. Were they getting any closer to getting out of here?

Flynn glanced back at Nanashi with a worried frown. The boy seemed a bit off… He hoped it wouldn't affect his focus now that they were to a door.

Aleph was a man of faith and, well, faith was the only thing keeping him moving right now. Faith he would get home, despite the fact it felt like they had barely gotten anywhere….

Tadano paused the group's movement as he came to a door. This one looked different and his Demonica was picking up on something strong behind it. This could be bad if they barged in unprepared…

Tamaki could tell others were feeling a bit iffy about this all and she couldn't blame them. All they'd really done was go down some floors and meet each other. Hopefully they'd find answers soon.

Naoki was more than a little annoyed when he found the door to be locked and they had no way to unlock it. He turned around with a huff, trying to formulate how the hell to get in there when figures caught his eye.

"Hey, are you guys seeing this too or am I crazy?"

Nobu was just about to throw his hands up in defeat and say 'fuck it'. Things were looking hopeless and, honestly, who knew how far down this place went. No amount of demon recruiting and fusing could tell them that… But now, maybe he was staring at something actually helpful.

"M-more people?!"