[b][i]Palace of the Blachrenae, Renovation[/i][/b]

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The Palace of the Blachernae, now equipped with an airfield for the small Gummi Ships, was a beacon of architectural beauty, surrounded by gardens filled with butterflies and exotic birds. But despite this, the two dozen guards in green special forces gear who awaited them at the bottom of the airfield showed that the inhabitants of the area were not soft in any way. Said guards in green were led by two eighteen-year-olds, one wearing green and brown custom special forces gear and carrying a round shield as his only weapon, and the other wearing a blue silk robe and carrying a Wizard's staff and wand.

"My name is Giorgios Kyros, Sergeant of the Imperial Guard," said the first eighteen-year-old; one further noticed that his round shield was engraved with a double-headed eagle. "And my friend here is Damianos Sardis; he's a Wizard. We're here to escort you to the Emperor and Empress."

It was Damianos' turn to interrupt as he saw that Hirutilla was still in prison garb. With a wave of his hand, the Sardinian was once again in chainmail and padded cloth, a resplendent warrior much like he was in his prime. He was clean, too. The Wizard then said, "All right, [i]now[/i] we can go." 

And the group then walked off to the interior of the Palace.

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Felix Vulpes was in the interior, accompanying a line of men in black special forces armor who were guarding the throne room. As Giorgios and Damianos led the various Keybladers into the chamber and its gold and silk tapestries, fine vases and mosaics, Tocsax would tap Felix's shoulder, saying, "I know you get easily bored at long speeches, so I'll summarize things for you once the Emperor and Empress had said their piece."

It was an offer made in good faith, knowing Felix's tendency to prefer mischief and pranks over long exposition. Either way, Tocsax then directed the Guardsman-Mage to look at where the Emperor and Empress were getting up to introduce themselves.

"Greetings," the Emperor spoke first, his Imperial Crown glittering in the sunlight. "This is the World of Renovation, and I am the ruler of one of its Kingdoms, [i]Basileus ton Basileon[/i] - Emperor of Emperors - Michael XIII Sideros." 

His silver hair glinted in the sun as his wife, the Empress, rose up to introduce herself.

"Keybladers, future saviors of the Multiverse, my name is Maria d' Italia, daughter of the King of Italy, which was formed by Naples in this timeline, and this is the War Council, where you will all learn the true history not just of your individual worlds..." A glance at Georgia, "But of this entire collection of Universes."

Damianos went to stand at Maria's left, then took out his wand, before projecting a holographic projection of multiple spheres, each showing scenes from the group's worlds, as well as universes/timelines that had not yet been explored. He then followed up with more exposition, "Basically, we all live in the Multiverse, a collection of parallel worlds sprang off from the One Earth. There used to be One Earth, One Timeline, One Humanity and One History, but something happened to split it all up. Now, however, someone wants to reshape the Multiverse to his own image, and has unleashed the Heartless on most worlds as part of said plan for reshaping."

"And as the Basilissa said," the Wizard/Scholar continued, "The Keyblade is a special weapon that can destroy Heartless permanently instead of temporarily. And it is central for our plans to end the Heartless threat and the threat beyond said threat, the threat of Leo, the Second Mathematician."

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