*DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS FROM KINGDOM HEARTS OR AZUR LANE.
After stepping out and introducing himself, Sora spent what felt like an eternity but in reality, it was about a minute just staring at all the girls surrounding Enterprise who had all gone silent with their mouths agape staring at Sora with disbelief. Not knowing what to do, Sora thought of stepping back into the ship and staying there for who knows how long until the girls could come back to their senses. However, one girl managed to break out of her disbelief and address Sora albeit her voice was shaky and held a sense of uncertainty at what she saw with her own eyes.
Said girl managed to finally speak up, "Wha...what...wait... are...are you a boy? Like an...act...actual boy?" Sora jolted at the sudden voice filling the once empty pin dropping dock and turned to look at the girl who spoke up. The girl's appearance was that of golden blonde hair, blue socks with white stars and some red lines, along with a white cap of sorts draped around her neck.
If Sora had anything to say it would be that her attire depicted her as a bit of a carefree yet energetic girl with whom he hoped to get along. Moreover, Sora decided to respond to her disbelief and show that he meant no harm, "Hey there. My name is Sora and ... yep, I am a boy. I don't want to cause any trouble. Enterprise is the one who found me out in the ocean".
Hearing that Enterprise was the one to find this boy who appeared to be named Sora, the golden blonde girl started to calm down and looked over at Enterprise wanting to ask her some questions, "Wait, Enterprise where did you find...er... Sora out at sea? And what was he even doing out there in the first place?" Once the questions started coming in, the other girls began to overcome their frozen stasis and started throwing questions left and right at Enterprise. Some girls even ran up to Sora and began overwhelming him with questions about where he came from and how he woke up in the middle of nowhere.
Realizing that this wouldn't get Sora anywhere, he called out to Enterprise asking for help to which she became somewhat flustered and began to call out to someone," Wales! Prince of Wales! I need your help!" Now, Enterprise never really interacted with anyone outside of the assigned groups she deployed with when being sent out on an order. So, to hear Enterprise call out to someone who never really had much interaction to begin with other than rarely reporting in for a sortie was quite astonishing.
Furthermore, the girl who identified as Prince of Wales heard her name being called out by Enterprise and hurriedly made her way over to her. In addition, Prince of Wales managed to address everyone and ask them to calm down, "Everyone! Please Settle down. We still don't know the situation at hand. There are many questions that need to be addressed. However, now is not the time nor place to hound Enterprise's guest".
Managing to get all the girls surrounding Sora to stop and take a step back really surprised Sora. He would need to thank Prince of Wales for giving him some breathing space. Taking a moment to calm himself down, Sora then made his way towards Enterprise who was next to another girl who he figured must have been Prince of Wales. Moreover, given that she was addressed as a prince confused Sora for a moment but ignored that thought and focused on the realization that she was of royalty. However, once Sora started to get a better look at the girl, he had to calm himself down since he had a massive blush on his face. Prince of Wales had a high class yet friendly posture that Sora managed to take notice of immediately since he had experience meeting high-class people.
However, what got to Sora was Prince of Wales beauty. Her blonde hair seemed to fit just right with her red ruby eyes. The white and black skirt that could be considered short along with the red jacket that hugged her figure quite nicely. Her white thigh-high boots seemed to add to her already outstanding beauty. And to top it all off, Prince of Wales had a sword attached to her hip which intrigued Sora since he began to wonder what sword fighting style she was taught. Nevertheless, all these noticeable features seemed to get Sora's mind thinking and paint his face flushed.
Realizing that Sora had other things to worry about, he reached both Enterprise and Prince of Wales while most of the other girls stood to the side and quietly observed the interaction. Sora being the friendly go around guy he spoke up first, "Hey there, uh...thanks for getting everyone to take a step back. That was a bit much all at once. Anyways, I'm Sora. It's nice to meet you your highness, Prince of Wales". Once Sora finished his introduction, he gave a little bow directed at Prince of Wales given that was normally what Sora was used to when meeting royalty.
Feeling surprised at what the boy had done to address Prince of Wales, she began to become flustered and began waving her hands in the air given that no one had ever really shown that much respect towards her even with her title. Not to mention, the bow that Sora had given threw her guard off leaving her cheeks as red as her eyes. Coughing into her fist, Prince of Wales recovered quickly and responded to Sora's greeting, "Hello, it's...it is a pleasure to meet you Sora. I apologize if the girls were a bit... drastic with your sudden appearance. You must understand, we here on Azur Lane have never really had much interaction with a male presence. Furthermore, my name is Prince of Wales, but I prefer to go by Wales. It is easier to say than my full name".
Hearing Wales' friendly voice didn't help Sora's fading blush. Shaking his head, Sora was about to speak up, but another girl appeared to jump and make her way into the conversation. Said girl who jumped into the conversation had blue and white star socks and a short skirt with a white jacket around her shoulders. "Hey now! I wanna introduce myself to Sora as well. *Looks at Sora* Hi there! My name is Cleveland, nice to meet you Sora, and welcome to Azur Lane!". Seeing another really friendly face calmed Sora's nerves down somewhat realizing he didn't have to be so stiff when talking with these girls. "Hey, it's nice to meet you, Cleveland, I hope we can get along". Hearing Sora's friendly response Cleaveland replied with an enthusiastic "Yea!".
Realizing that Sora was friendly, the majority of the girls began to introduce themselves to Sora, who had a hard time trying to memorize names but didn't want to let the girls down by not being able to remember all their names. So, Sora just played it off with a friendly smile while replying to the girls. Enterprise watching Sora interact with most of the girls and answering their random questions put a small smile on her face.
Spending a good several minutes familiarizing himself amongst a large gathering of girls, Wales realized that they hadn't even asked Sora how he appeared out in the middle of the ocean or who he was associated with. Deciding to take the initiative, Wales called out to everyone "Everyone please, we may all ask Sora questions and introduce ourselves later. For now, we need to discuss with Sora how he was found by Enterprise out at sea. Let us reconvene with the others at the conference hall".
Once Wales had spoken up about the current circumstances, the majority of the girls decided to disperse and go about their day. Leaving Sora, Cleveland, Enterprise, and Wales to themselves which left Sora stumped on how all those girls surrounding him seemed to just disappear and go about their day. Sora rubbed his head feeling a headache coming and decided to face Wales who seemed to take the lead and walk them towards the conference hall. Wales spoke up while walking ahead, "If you would please, follow me to the conference hall Sora ''.
Following Wales's lead, Sora began the trek towards the conference hall which was further inland which was beneficial for Sora since he would get a bit of a tour of the island. While walking, Sora noticed the island functioning as a regular island with all the girls going about their day running back and forth or hanging out and talking with other girls. Sora even noticed that many more buildings were starting to come into view.
At this point, Cleveland would poke at Sora to grab his attention and point towards a specific building and talk about what goes on there. "Look! Over here that's the Merchant shop where we can buy things from new clothes to cute little plushies. And over there that's where we have Tactical Classes and learn cool new tricks that help us when fighting. Oh! *Pointing to her left* That building has the best food. The cooks really know how to make a delicious meal".
Sora having to scramble his brain to remember all the places Cleveland was pointing out proved to be stressful, but he still wanted to remember for her sake and his since he wasn't sure what was going to happen after the meeting at the conference hall. Enterprise and Wales simply smiled at the sight of poor Sora being dragged left and right to memorize specific buildings.
However, Cleveland pointed to a building a good distance away but immediately quieted down which worried Sora as she had been in high spirits for the majority of the walk to the conference hall. Cleaveland then spoke up in a flustered state, "An...and over there is the bathhouse. It's...uh...it's where we go to relax and wash up...". Hearing her, Sora became flustered and wide-eyed. Once Wales and Enterprise heard this, the two of them had their faces tinged with a bright red blush and looked bashful while Enterprise covered her eyes by tilting her hat down and Wales staring at the ground watching her feet while walking.
Fearing for his life, Sora quickly waved his hands in the air shouting, "Ah! Good to know. I mean not good. I mean I'll go there. No! I mean not go there. I'll stay away from there, so you don't have to worry. Not that you should worry. I mean...ok". Realizing that he could have made the situation worse, Sora quickly changed the conversation to what was going to happen at the conference hall "Er...So, what's going to happen exactly at the conference hall? Should I be worried... more worried I mean instead of the bathhouse...crap". Sora sighed to himself realizing that he didn't have to deal with this type of trouble in all his adventures and that this was a first for him.
Meanwhile, the trio of girls had grown quite quiet when Sora began his rambling about the bathhouse. It didn't help that Enterprise had removed her hat and covered her entire face so that no one could see her face. Wales had begun to walk with a stiff posture while her face was redder than her jacket, and she was staring straight ahead trying to focus intently on the path to the conference hall. As for Cleveland, her eyes were filled with swirls going round and round with her face having a pink tint. Her legs were wobbly trying to keep her from falling over and hitting the ground.
Realizing Sora was trying to change the subject, Wales shook her head and calmed herself before answering Sora's concern. "No, nothing to worry about Sora. Once the situation is cleared up by everyone then we will begin to evaluate what it is that needs to be done to answer your questions". Hearing Wales' words of comfort, Sora released a sigh of relief.
Coincidently, Sora realized that his entire time in this world he never even considered asking any of the girls just what the sirens were or how they were able to summon weaponry and even ships to their side. Wanting to make conversation, Sora brought up his questions to the trio, "Hey Wales, Cleveland, Enterprise...what are the sirens? I encountered the heartless but after thinking about it for a minute. No one has addressed the sirens as heartless, and what exactly is a wisdom cube?"
Taking note of Sora's questions, Wales and Cleveland became serious and looked at each other while having a confused face hearing about these heartless for the first time. Enterprise looked deep in thought before looking ahead and noticing the conference hall. Deciding now would be the ideal time to drop a bomb onto Wales and Cleaveland. Enterprise spoke up, "Wales. Cleaveland. Sora is not from this world. He also does not entirely know about the sirens and has no clue as to what a wisdom cube is". Enterprise also stared at Sora who was wide-eyed at the monumental bomb of information dropped onto the girls. It didn't help that Enterprise said more, "Also, we're here".
Wales and Cleveland were stunned and for a loss of words at what Enterprise had just said. It didn't help that Enterprise mentioned that they arrived at the conference hall which was true since the two had become tunnel-visioned and did not notice their surroundings.
Sora had been processing what Enterprise had said and how everyone else was going to process the information worried Sora. Hence, his surprise when he found himself staring at the doors of a building which Enterprise had commented on, meaning that he was at the conference hall. Set on preparing himself, Sora took a deep breath and managed to close his eyes, taking a moment, and then open them. He walked up to the doors and pushed them open.
Ready to find his answers as to why he appeared in this world. And what in the world was a wisdom cube.