And then the elevator reached the top floor - the Skylight Diner.
The Diner floor was almost as big length and width-wise as the building itself, save for the necessary kitchen and staff area. Every single table of the many in the Diner could sit ten at the minimum, some of the larger ones looking as though they could possibly fit fourty people. The walls were more like one huge window, as a beautiful view of Adela Village down below could be had from anywhere on the floor of the Diner.
"This way," guided Virtue as she stepped off of the elevator-
"Thank you, Virtue," said Alexiannastraziel, dressed in all-white, billowy attire, as she walked up to the three. "You have done excellent work thus far. I would like the honor of introducing Norriden to the others."
Virtue held her right hand to her heart and bowed slightly, replying, "As you wish."
Alexian turned her attention then to Norriden and Rosa and smiled. "I thought it obligatory to attend this meeting myself...as best I could." She stretched out one of her arms and looked at it, explaining, "This is only an Avatar of myself, but it is the next best option to being present in flesh for High Seraphim."
She looked back up at them, greeting the new person at that moment, "A pleasure to meet you, Rosa Buki, and welcome. In good fortune, we may all gain from this alliance."
And with that done, Alexian turned gracefully and prompted, "Follow me, if you will."
After weaving through the numerous other tables and people in the Diner (and through certain individuals in the party receiving the same odd looks of all flavors for their appearance), Alexian, with Virtue close in tow, finally neared their table, which was close to the window-wall on the east side of the restaurant.
Sitting at that table were some...familiar faces.
--Neseraph wore a sleek, black longcoat, dark pants, and a gray tunic tucked into the pants. He had shoulder-length, thick white hair and his eyes were an uncomfortable shade of blue...the kind of blue that hid something.
--Insera wore a white dress shirt, light khaki trousers with the matching suitcoat, a dark red tie, and black leather dress shoes. Her hair was also shoulder-length and was sandy in hue, her eyes a metallic bronze.--
--Tangent was almost like a new Outcast. Now cleaner than ever before, but still with long, dark hair and yellow eyes and the myriad scars throughout his body. Instead of his usual extremely worn and ragged scraps, the Outcast now sported a big, brown trenchcoat.--
"Norriden, Rosa," started Alexian, beaming as if this were a great occasion, "I would like you to meet Neseraph, Insera, and Tangent."
...
The faces of Neseraph and Insera, less so Tangent, were absolutely priceless.
And a small moment of silence...
"Well...Alexian did have good taste in allies," commented Neseraph nonchalantly after the initial shock subsided.
Tangent was the quiet one, though he still kept his gaze on the newcomers.
Insera, eyeing Norriden like a serial killer and with her hand already inside her suitcoat, growled angrily, "This-is-preposterous!"
