"This does give me an opportunity though." Reala said as she try to concentrate her energy in her and try to communicate with Meira's energy so she could use what she was told to by Siia. She wasn't sure if she could trust Siia's words since Siia herself said that a misfortune was going to befall Meira one that could only be corrected if they retrieved her Memoria Matrix data before it was going to happen. When she was about to activate the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix she was interrupted by a voice that spoke to her in her mind that sounded like Siia. Siia's voice said to Reala as she was successfully able to connect with her conscious with some help from her inner compatriot Stellvia. "Reala, can you hear me?" The voice questioned clearly in her mind as it awaited a response from her patiently.

Reala was relieved it was Siia. Reala knew there was little she could do being tied up like Meira so all she could do is try to give Siia an idea of where she was. The goons had blindfolded and gagged her earlier to prevent her from calling for help and knowing where they were taking her. She knew it was somewhere inside the castle since right at the room they were holding Meira captive they removed both her gag and blindfold then pushed her into the room. "Since I was wearing a blindfold all I can tell you is we are somewhere on one of the higher levels of the castle. I'm guessing we are in the guest room area, but since that area is very large I can't give you a good idea where. I wasn't able to see what was on the door since it was opened before my blindfold was removed and the goon stood right in front of the door to prevent me from seeing what was on the door. But Meira is being held captive on the higher floor and that dirtbag Padraig tricked her luring her into this trap I fell into as well."

Siia sighed to herself knowing it wasn't much to go on, but it certainly was a start. The higher level had tons of guest rooms and it would take time to go through each one and see where they were holding her. Since Reala was blindfolded, she knew asking her what floor she was on was pointless though if Reala paid attention to how many times there was a ring on the elevator she would have been able to tell what floor they were on without seeing. It's something she knew that she would have to teach Reala later. For now they needed to gather information on what was going on. "Can you talk with Meira?" Siia questioned toward Reala who was adjusting her position so she could get ready to activate what she was on Meira.

"Negative, they have us separated so I'd have to yell which would draw suspicion among those who are around us. I also cannot communicate her telepathically until the download of her Memoria Matrix is finished." Reala said as she allowed Siia a chance to say what she wanted say afterward trying to find a way to get comfortable since she felt most uncomfortable in the position she was in right now. 

"If what Stellvia's precognition said was true then we need to be ready for when this person tries to take over Meira's body. We cannot prevent him from taking her over, but we can use a countermeasure where we'll use her original Memoria Matrix data once we find the Cosmosphere Restoration neural rune magic. Melianth has a few ideas though she is reluctant to enact them when that time comes. Just make sure you properly download her data. Do it before she comes into contact with a certain person. I'm counting on you, Reala. Melianth also wants you to use your Chaos Rune: Copy on Meleitling and extract the Chaos Rune: Sword from it. We need to limit as much damage to the future as we can even if we cannot prevent the inevitable, we can take steps toward reversing it." Siia informed her as she tried to look like she was talking to Miia to prevent people from getting suspicious about her actions.

"Very well, Lady Siia. I won't disappoint you." Reala answered as she closed the connection then began the activation of the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix preparing to download Meira's original cosmosphere data before the time it was to be breached. She whispered to herself as she glanced over toward Meira who was facing away from her, "Memoria Matrix begin downloading process. Extract cosmosphere information from eternal sphere subject 15078-1459039AFC25AB00FAC07 of Universal index." Reala said as her rune shined lightly on her body as a voice said to her quietly "Affirmative, download process in progress. This may take several minutes to complete so please be patient." toward her as she had begun Phase 1 of Siia's plan. Now she needed to enact Phase 2 which was to retrieve Chaos Rune: Sword from Meleitling, but that would have to wait since she was tied up at the moment with Meira.

"Huh?" Meira said as she felt a tickle on her body from a temporary tingling sensation that dissipated in second after it had manifested. She didn't know what cause that sensation but she thought it was strange. After that a voice started laughing to her in her mind. "Look what your feeble mind got you into. Your feeble weak little mind, little girl is going to be the end of you one day. Luckily your friends are willing to save you from yourself." The words of the voice that spoke to her alarmed her. Not only were its words very disturbing, who the hell was this thing that was talking to her in her mind. She spoke to it in her mind asking who it was. Unfortunately for her, it did not answer her ignoring her words completely. She didn't know if she was hearing things or if that voice was genuine.
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While the Duke returned to his seat, Siia was busy trying to stay in contact with Reala. To her demise, Reala's reckless carefree attitude got her captured, but at least that help her determine the fact that Padraig took Meira captive inside the castle. She couldn't just boldly approach him demanding the truth from him since it would start a scene in the throne room and the guards that suddenly appeared barring people from leaving the throne room looked very suspicious. Also the fact that Duke Padraig returned with a cheerful smile on his face was quite out of place and unusual. She knew that he kidnapped Meira and his goons managed to capture Reala, but since Reala was blindfolded she only had what Reala could tell her to go on.

Miia walked over and whispered into Siia's ear trying to arouse much suspicion when doing so, "Reala found Meira, didn't she?" Miia questioned as it seemed even Melianth came over to join the group to hear what they had to say. Melianth earlier had spoke to Chloris, Lenna and Luther who had informed her that something bad was going to happen and that everyone should embrace themselves for that moment when it arrives for now. She wondered if either Miia or Siia had more information on the matter and was also curious to why she hadn't heard from or seen Reala ever since Padraig lead Meira away. What was even more suspicious was the fact he returned without her and she was nowhere to be found. She knew that she hadn't left the castle from what she heard from the three she spoke to earlier since Luther checked in with both Archduke Valerius and the General of Defense Rhadamanthus.

"What is with the looks on your faces?" Melianth questioned when she noticed both Miia and Siia both shared alert looks where they constantly were looking around their surroundings like they were looking for something or someone.

Before Siia could answer a man dressed in mostly black approached the group who Miia and Siia both knew was their impolite brother Ariesu. Though they knew Ariesu was cold at heart he was still a very reserved and civilized person even if he didn't look like he was at first glimpse. "Did you find her?" Ariesu asked boldly toward the group not realizing he had rudely interrupted Melianth.

"If you mean Meira then no. We just have an idea where they are keeping her though we have confirmed through Reala that it was that scumbag Padraig who took her hostage. We do not know his intentions since Reala can't communicate with Meira while using the Chaos Rune: Memoria Matrix. We'll just have to wait for her to finish and then make a connection with Meira so she can find out what is going on. All we know is that Padraig is preventing her from attending the coronation, because he wants to assume control of Windgrace. We know nothing more than that or how he plans to kill all the leaders that are present. Even Stellvia won't tell much about it since she fears interfering with fate is an unwise decision. We are on our own for now." Siia stated toward Ariesu updating him on the situation and debriefing him about what happened to Meira who was with Padraig earlier.

"Then perhaps I should go ask him myself. I can be quite convincing." Ariesu said as he was about to walk off in Padraig's direction only to have Siia grab him, "No Ariesu! You will only cause a commotion that way. We have to approach this problem carefully and we can't just go decide to beat the truth out of people when we are angry. I know how you feel about her, but we need to gather more information first before being hasty." Siia said as she tried to convince Ariesu to reconsider which just gave a hmph and then the words "fine" afterwards in a loud tone. The last thing she wouldn't to do was cause a panic that would alarm the guests. They had to handle this situation delicately with care or else they might cause a major commotion amongst the people who attended the ceremony especially the citizens.
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"Excuse me for a moment." Ranathia dismissed herself from both Pheliana and Mithos presence as she made her way toward a group of three girls and even one that looked a lot like Meira who she wondered who it was. It wasn't Meira she knew since she wore an entirely different dress apart from the one that Meira wore and their were some slightly distinguishing facial features that allowed her to tell the two apart.

"Enjoy yourself, Ranathia." Princess Pheliana answered as she finally decided that she needed to return to her advisers. She looked over toward Mithos before she rejoined her group, "You can go do as you please, Mithos. I'll be fine without your protection. Besides, I fear something else is going to happen which I want you to look into for me if you could. It'll give you a chance to present yourself as a representative of our nation in front of the newly crowned leader." She concluded as she walked back over to rejoin her advisers and talk to them about what they were going to do when they had a chance to speak to the new leader of Windgrace.
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Four men dressed in very fancy high tech looking like uniforms approached the group who were concerned about how they acting. The group leader who has long shiny silver hair that reaches down his backside became quite alerted by the commotion he saw when he read their lips and decided to come see what was going on for himself. "Ahem." The man said as he approached the group from behind where they all faced him. "Might I ask what is going on here?"

"Lord Luhsein, what brings you over here?" Siia asked quite surprised by the sudden approach of the Erewhon Pavilion leader. The only one of the group who probably didn't know Luhsein was Ranathia who was about to join the group. She became quite surprised herself when someone of that stature approached the three ladies and one man that were talking amongst each other.

Ranathia tried to communicate with Nathan using her mind hoping he would listen to what she said, "Nathan, bring all the others to where we are. Something has happened and it is very important that we regroup and find out what exactly is going on." Ranathia answered as she ended her communication link to his mind then focused her attention on what was going on between the people that were present talking. 

"You too Fenrir." She said as she temporarily tried to make a communication link using her mind with Fenrir hoping her heard her. She also remembered seeing the pink haired girl in the group talking to Chloris, Lenna and Luther earlier, but she didn't know what they were talking about since she was so far away from them at the time. To find that same girl over with this group means that something must be going on that everyone needed to know about, but not get too loud as to let the guests hear what they were speaking to each other about.