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"Oh. So are these the promised companions? A fine bunch, to be sure!"
A hearty laugh precedes the arrival of a very big man, in ornate golden armor, a great golden crown on his mane of red hair over his fierce green eyes. An ornate spear is in his hand, a long elegant spearhead with a blue standard with the symbol of a stylized sun underneath it. He rides upon a similarly big horse in golden armor with a similar standard hanging down each side, with a glistening white coat towards the rest, slowing down by the dais as he dismounts, revealing himself to stand far taller than most of the group bar Crococite themselves.

His aura is akin to a fierce deity or a magnificent emperor, belied by his hearty, chesty laugh.

"As far as I can tell.....yes."
Her voice skips ever so slightly, but nothing else in her expression or her speech betrays her.

"I-I'm....Ryuko. Nice to meet you all, I-I guess...."
Ryuko backs away from Kumo.

The calm lady turns to the escaping assassin.
"Please, don't run. You won't find anywhere except the village for miles. You're nowhere near home, and you're not likely to find any help without us in an unfamiliar land unknown to you. If you ran, you would have little to turn to."
She then turns towards Florida, shaking her head in the negative.
"No, actually. I am a Champion, like yourselves. I was pulled from my world a few days ago, personally. My name is Ophelia. It is a pleasure to meet you all."

"...y-yes, actually. It's.....a theory where.....each possibility spawns a universe of its own, right? And.....you're saying that.....it's true? We're all from these different possibilities."
And the last horse crosses the finish line. Well done.

So....aliens and a nuclear holocaust. We can't get drugged. Can't even get drunk, for God's sake, which is a shame. So.....that means everyone else here is drugged. Somehow. Too many possibilities, not enough time, too much risk. Can't I kill them all already?
Tatsuki, you promised. No killing not in self-defense. Please, just....can you shut up for a moment? I'm trying to figure out what's going on here.
Ryuko looks around, staring at them all like they're insane. She steps back, reaching into her hoodie pocket for her taser, one of the few things she owned of comfort.
"I-I mean....Japan was ravaged, b-but.....I was there, it wasn't aliens! And the world wasn't....destroyed....."
She takes in some more deep breaths. She shakes her head.
"That can't be right, no. No...."

.....aliens? What kind of.....no, he must be under some kind of drug. I've heard strange things, but aliens?
Okay, deep breaths, deep breaths. It will all be fine, Ryuko. Just.....ignore the weird, superpowered psychopath talking in your head and it'll all be fine. You just need a few moments, that's all.
Indeed, Ryuko does take deep breaths as she takes in what's going on and what she needs to process. She breathes in deeply, looking up at Florida. She seems to be calming down now, judging from her voice and her slowing breathing.
"Okay.....okay. There......there has to be some kind of mistake. Aliens....aliens don't exist."