While Kyanna wasn't wrong, given that MAI would not hesitate to go ahead and help the witch if anything bad had ever happened, that didn't mean the whole scenario was any less concerning. The Magia would have preferred it much more that her friend exchanged corruption for a different mastery to avoid the potential situation where she would require aid entirely. But it seemed that this was not in the stars, so the mechanical girl could only let out a faint sigh and nod.
Somewhat ironically, that very power was about to send the two girls on quite the adventure. With Kyanna deciding to try things out and pull some clues out of the book, the dissonance would react. As soon as the witch's hand made contact with the cover, dissonant energy would consume the entire room. Or perhaps the two girls were merely sucked in? All that mattered was that the walls, the ceiling, and the floor that contained them before were suddenly gone, replaced by a whirling energy of dark, bleak colors.
They weren't just falling, either. It was disorienting, almost as if they were rapidly spinning in circles even as their bodies remained still. Thankfully, this state did not last all that long. The portal would spit them out, and the two girls would enter a true free fall, high above the ground, surrounded by white clouds. As soon as MAI's sensors returned to normal functionality after that turmoil, she started frantically searching for Kyanna, who wasn't too far away from her.
"Cyberangel protocol!"
The girl's frantic command was accompanied by a tearing sound as two holes suddenly appeared in the clothing she was wearing, right around her scapulas. Countless blue plates flew out through the shredded holes to form
two large glowing wings. With how fast they were falling, MAI was worried about what negative effects any changes to gravity could have on the both of them, so she instead spread the wings to gradually slow their fall until they were too close to the ground.
Flapping the wings forward, she instead wrapped them around Kyanna to form a shield before they made contact. It was not the most comfortable of cushions, but they were slowed down enough to receive only a few bruises here and there upon landing. Although the damage to the wings themselves was a bit more substantial. Thankfully that was something MAI could fix easily later on. But, perhaps the bigger question was where in the world they were at the moment.
Desert of Rememberance
Dissonant Tales
"Query - Is Kyanna alright..?"
MAI's first words were those of concern as she tried to get up, quickly examining the girl lying below her. But as soon as the immediate worry was chased away, she couldn't help but look around them. The environment was... considerably different from the fancy and cozy store they were in just mere moments ago. Instead, a seemingly infinite desert stretched around them in every direction. Perhaps they were lucky, then, that they appeared to have landed right next to an oasis.
A beautiful body of water with a small amount of vegetation around it. But that was not the only marvel visible, either. Right next to it, half buried in the orange sand was a modern plane. One that a person could see in the physical world, but definitely not inside of Terrasphere. No amount of magitech could produce such a machine, even if the caster had the necessary knowledge. It might have been the sudden heat from a scorching sun, but MAI stumbled around as if she was beyond bewildered.
"S-statement... This unit... thinks we might have been transported into the story of The Little Prince."
@Kyanna Wynne
