Yua was staring at the ceiling while lying down in her bed, Fiammetta was sitting in the chair cleaning her weapons. Both of them were waiting for Mostima to return from wherever she went. The white-haired lung was still trying to process everything that the blue-haired sankta had told her, "I still can't believe Father is an alien, and that I'm part alien. Why didn't Kal'tsit tell me? Did she ever tell Mother? Or did Mother know and never wanted me to find out? If so, why? I had a right to know, the doctor is my father. Was I never told because of my originium arts? Did Kal'tsit and mother think that I would deliberately contract oripathy just so I can use them? Maybe they were scared, or more precisely, mother was scared. She probably didn't want me to end up infected as she was." Yua was trying to think about why she was never told about her heritage from her fathers side.
The white-haired lung felt somewhat angry and betrayed that the people who were closest to her kept such vital information a secret from her. When Mostima returned, Yua promised that she would question the blue-haired sankta about why she was never told all of what she was just told earlier in life.
Fiammetta looked towards Yua, who was currently staring at the ceiling, and decided to speak to the white-haired lung, "You know Yua, I can't understand what is so important about you. For some time now, we have been trying to track you down. Mostima kept telling me that finding you was incredibly important, that we needed to find you at all costs. When we finally found you, I expected some mythical being that was all powerful. Instead, we find a lung that just happens to look like a sarkaz." Fiammetta told Yua exactly how she felt about her. The liberi didn't hold back either.
This brought the lung out of her thoughts, "Excuse me? What is your problem with me, Fiammetta? Have I done something to offend you?" Yua asked as the white-haired lung didn't like the tone of voice that the liberi spoke to her with. Fiammetta spoke again, "No, you haven't offended me. It's just from where I'm looking you don't look all that special, other than looking a bit like a sarkaz. I just don't understand why Mostima and me have spent all this time looking for you. Well, at the end of the day, we found you, and you're here now. Just try not to disappoint me, Yua. I wish all this time we have spent trying to find you doesn't show that it has all been a waste." Fiammetta stated to Yua. Clearly, she wasn't impressed with the lung.
Yua could understand what the liberi was thinking. If they had spent quite some time looking for someone or something, then whoever or whatever it is they found should be incredible. Yua knew from the future that Fiammetta wasn't someone who was easily impressed. She vowed to show the liberi what she was capable of and earn her respect. Both the liberi and the lung then settled back into silence after their talk. All the pair could do was wait until Mostima returned from where she was. Unknown to either of them, however, a certain draco was soon to be arriving at their current location...
Talulah had been very careful to avoid the main roads of Yan and the big towns and cities. She didn't want the Yanese authorities to know she was here. The might of the entire Yanese army would be brought down on her head if they caught wind she was here. Talulah, however, needed shelter soon. She hadn't eaten much and hardly slept for these past few days in her pursuit of Nine. The draco knew she needed to rest, or else when she found the pythia and the rest of Reunion, she wouldn't be able to hold her own against them. As the draco was walking along, she soon caught sight of a lone building in the woods, "Good, finally some shelter. Hopefully, it isn't occupied by anyone else. I can rest here until tomorrow, and then I can begin looking for Nine again." The draco thought as she decided on what to do.
Walking up to the building, the draco was satisfied that this place would do for the night. When she got to the building, Talulah opened the door, she expected the place to be empty. However, what the draco saw was a red-haired liberi sitting in a chair and a very familiar lung lying down in a bed, "Yua! What on Terra is she doing here?! Why is she here?!" the draco thought, she was in complete shock seeing her time travelling niece here.
Yua was also in shock upon seeing her aunt. When the door opened, she expected Mostima had returned. The last thing the white-haired lung ever expected was her aunt to show up. Fiammetta took a second to look at the guest that had shown up. She also expected Mostima had returned. However, upon realising who had just appeared, Fiammetta grabbed her weapon and immediately pointed it at the draco, "Talulah! The former leader of Reunion! Why is she here?! Never mind, she is going to pay for everything she has done!" Fiammetta had her weapon loaded and was ready to fire.
Talulah could see the weapon pointed at her and quickly drew her sword and had her originium arts ready in her other hand. If this liberi decided to shoot her, Talulah would be more than happy to return fire. Seeing the situation unfolding in front of her quickly deteriorate, Yua decided to intervene before someone got killed, "Both of you please stop! There's no need to kill each other! Put your weapons down and try to talk instead! Nobody has to die!" Yua shouted in an attempt to calm the situation down.
Fiammetta however, wasn't in the mood to talk to the draco in front of her, "No chance of that happening, Yua! Do you know who this person is?! She's the former leader of Reunion! So many people have died because of her! And you want us to talk?! Forget it, Yua!" Fiammetta responded to Yua's plea.
Talulah also wasn't in the mood for talking, "Sorry my dear niece, but I don't appreciate people pointing their weapons at me! If this liberi doesn't lower her weapon soon, then she won't be talking ever again!" The draco replied to Yua. Hearing Talulah call Yua, her niece caused the liberi to nearly lose it, "Excuse me, Yua! Did I just hear this monster call you her niece?! This has to be a sick joke, right?! Tell me you aren't related to this person!" Fiammetta wanted the white-haired lung to tell her the truth.
She didn't want Yua to be related to Talulah and hoped it was a joke. "No Fiammetta, you heard right. Talulah is my aunt, Ch'en Hui-Chieh is my mother. Both of them are sisters." Yua honestly replied to the liberi. Fiammetta couldn't believe what she had just heard, "Yua is Ch'en's daughter? And Ch'en is Talulah's sister? By the gods Mostima! What else haven't you told me?! A little heads up that the person who we have been searching for is related to both of them would have been nice!" Fiammetta thought to herself. The liberi definitely wanted words with the blue-haired sankta when she returned.
The standoff between the liberi and draco carried on, neither was willing to lower their weapon in case the other decided to attack. The white-haired lung could only watch on and hope they didn't kill each other. The situation was tense. So tense that Yua thought if she could use her sword, she would be able to cut right through it. A sound of a vehicle parking up then caught the attention of all three individuals inside the room. They then heard the door open, and all of them could see a blue-haired sankta, Mostima had returned.
When the sankta caught sight of the situation she had just walked in on, Mostima didn't know what to say, "Well, this is awkward. I didn't expect Talulah of all people to show up here. I'm surprised Fiammetta and Talulah haven't killed each other. It's best I intervene before someone dies." Mostima thought to herself, knowing that the situation would get worse if she didn't stop it right now.
"Both of you, calm down! This doesn't need to resort to violence! Lower your weapons, and we can talk about all of this! I imagine you both have questions, well, so do I! If you kill each other nobody will find out what we want to know!" Mostima shouted at the pair. Fiammetta and Talulah did both have questions regarding all of this. Seeing that if they fought, neither would find out what they wanted, both reluctantly lowered their weapons. This brought a sigh of relief from both Mostima and Yua.
Fiammetta was the first to ask what she wanted to find out, "Mostima! Why didn't you tell me the person we were looking for was related to the former leader of Reunion?! And that she is related to Ch'en Hui-Chieh! Don't you think you should have told me that?!" The liberi screeched at Mostima. The sankta simply chuckled and scratched the back of her head before replying, "Sorry about that, Fiammetta. I was so focused on trying to track her down that I simply forgot to mention it. Yua is very important, you see. My apologies." Mostima genuinely apologised to the liberi for forgetting to mention that information.
Talulah was the next to speak up, "Speaking of Yua, why is she like this? Why does she look like she has been hurt? Who is responsible for this? And why are you all in Yan? Have you come looking for me?" Talulah wanted to know why her niece was injured and who hurt her. She also wanted to know why these operators from Rhodes Island were here. The draco could see the Rhodes Island logo on the sankta's jacket. "About why and who injured Yua, you will need to speak to Yua about that. It's best you hear it from her. And no Talulah, we haven't come to Yan looking for you. This was the best place to come too after we found Yua, again it is best to speak to her. Now I have a question. Why are you in Yan? Hopefully, you aren't up to something sinister." Mostima replied, then asked her own question. The blue-haired sankta wanted to know why the former leader of Reunion was here in Yan and why she found them.
"I'm here to stop Reunion once and for all. I know that the remaining remnants are here. I'm putting an end to it for good." Talulah explained her reason. "Why stop the organisation you created? Are you sure that's why you're here? I'm sorry but I find that very difficult to believe." Fiammetta spoke up. The liberi clearly didn't believe Talulah was here to destroy her former organisation. "Believe it or not, it's the truth. I know that Reunion has caused so much pain and suffering, I'm putting a stop to all of that. My former comrade, Nine, is here in Yan. I know she is looking to rebuild her numbers and carry on the destruction Reunion has wrought. I need to stop her. The longer I wait, the more people she will recruit." Talulah said. Fiammetta still wasn't convinced and decided to walk out of the room. She didn't want to hear the draco speak another word.
This left Mostima, Talulah, and Yua all alone in the room. The blue-haired sankta knew that aunt and niece needed to talk, "Yua has a lot to tell you, Talulah. I'll leave you two alone so she can tell you everything. Let me know when you're done, I'll stay outside with Fiammetta and keep watch." Mostima left the room once she finished talking to the draco. Aunt and niece were now all alone, Talulah wanted to find out everything that Yua had to say. The draco sat down in the chair at the foot of Yua's bed, then looked her niece in the eye. Her aunts gaze caused the white-haired lung to feel very intimidated by her. Yua had seen the power of the draco before when they fought together in Ursus. She never wanted that power directed at herself.
"Yua, I want you to tell me everything. Why have you ended up like this? Why are you here and not back at Rhodes Island? What has happened?" The draco asked the white-haired lung. Yua knew that it wouldn't be a smart idea to hide anything from her aunt. Yua took a second to compose herself. Once she was ready, Yua began to tell Talulah everything...
Once Yua had finished explaining the situation to her aunt, the room went quiet. Talulah registered everything her niece had said to her, "I can't believe it, Yua is part alien. And she can't use her originium arts without potentially fatality harming herself, I thought it was strange she didn't use them when we fought together. Now I know why." The draco then remembered what Yua told her about Skadi, this caused a few flames to flicker around her, "This Skadi...how dare she! She killed Ch'en in the future, and wants to kill her again now! And she even tried to kill Yua, too! She's not going to get away with this! I don't care if she is some kind of god! I'll find a way to make her pay for everything she has done!" Talulah vowed revenge against the future aegir. The draco promised to do whatever it took to bring her down. God or not.
Yua could see and feel the rage emanating from her aunt, "Aunt Talulah, please calm down. I know you are angry, but we can't do anything yet. Trust me, I want to stop her as well. But we both know we can't take on a god just yet." Yua tried reasoning with her aunt. She wanted to stop Skadi just as much as Talulah. The lung, however, in a rare moment of restraint, realised it would be too dangerous at this current time to try to fight a god.
Yua knew she was lucky to have survived the previous encounter with the future aegir. Talulah wanted to go after Skadi right now but knew her niece was right. They needed a plan before they could face the seaborn god. Talulah also had to deal with Reunion first. If she didn't they would only become a problem again in the near future. The draco had to strike while Nine was weak.
"Very well, Yua, I understand. I also need to destroy Reunion first. My dear niece, will you help me with this task? When you have recovered from your injury, I want your help. I want the help of someone who I know I can trust." Talulah asked Yua to help in her goal. The lung was more than willing to help, "Of course Aunt Talulah, you don't have to ask." Yua responded. Talulah smiled, then thanked her niece for her support. The draco then got up from the chair she was sitting in and left the room to go and fetch Mostima.
A few minutes later the both of them entered the room. Mostima then looked at the lung and spoke, "Well I see that you want to help your aunt first. I understand Yua, Reunion does need to be dealt with. When you have recovered, we will begin looking for them. Fiammetta understands the situation. She has said that as long as Talulah doesn't try anything funny, she's willing to work with her." Mostima stated everything to the lung. This put the white-haired lung at ease. The last thing she wanted was her allies to potentially try to kill each other. It was the last thing anyone needed, especially with what was at stake.
Yua did want to ask her questions that she had for the sankta but decided to ask another time. She was going to focus on her recovery first. Once that was done, she would turn her attention to Reunion and then towards Skadi. Yua believed that with her aunt here, the tides of fate were starting to turn against the future aegir who destroyed her world. Her downfall would soon be at hand...