[color=bc8dbf]"..."[/color] 

She kept her silence as she let the boy go. [color=bc8dbf][i]"At the very least they know about me being gone," [/i][/color] Mai thought to herself. Part of her still didn't exactly trust him yet, but there was nothing else she could do for now. The moment she grabbed him, she felt the glare and hostile look that almost every armed person in the area were shooting at her. Doing anything more than what she already did would have been very unwise.

Mai gave herself a light slap on the cheek before she cleared her thoughts and focused on what was happening in front of her. Her thoughts went back to the older man who tried to talk to her before she grabbed Tocsax. [color=bc8dbf]"Invitation?"[/color] Her head tilting a bit as she wondered what he meant. She doesn't remember receiving one, unless he was talking about Tocsax himself as the invitation. Which would be strange, to her at least.

As they were walking through the hallway, the young girl shivered a little. The place felt cold, even through her already thick clothing. The coldness didn't feel natural to her, as if something was making the place colder than it actually was. 

Her eyes drifted from mosaic to mosaic in the hallway. Everything was in a different art style than what she knew. [i][color=bc8dbf]"Well, at the very least, I'm sure I'm no longer in Japan."[/color][/i]

Soon, they were brought into a large room. More armed people. [color=bc8dbf][i]"I suppose we are here."[/i][/color] The number of armed men slightly worried her. [color=bc8dbf][i]"Whoever is on that throne must be very important."[/i][/color] Her eyes quickly scanned the person sitting on one of the two thrones in front of them. He didn't seem hostile, but he certainly wasn't harmless. The blade beside him signaled that for her. The other seemed... harmless though. Her sincere smile softened Mai's tension at the very least.

For the moment, Mai decided to listen to what they had to say.

...

[color=bc8dbf][i]"Key...blade?"[/i][/color] Is that what they called the weapon that is beside the emperor? It had a similar look to what she was using against the Heartless and Nobodies, although hers was longer than his due to her weapon preference. [i][color=bc8dbf]"The commander mentioned something about a Keyblade before we left. Does that mean... Tocsax is a Keyblade wielder too?"[/color][/i]

...

After the female named Maria finished her sentence, Mai slowly held up her left hand as if she was asking for permission to speak. [color=bc8dbf]"I- Uh... I only have one question about all of this."[/color] She paused for a moment, but not really waiting for an answer from anyone. [color=bc8dbf]"What is the Multiverse?"[/color] It was the first time she was hearing the term. Did they mean countries? But that seemed like such an outlandish way of calling them.