[Area] The Lethean Dream

Meanwhile, Niki is just sorta somewhere in the middle-front, half-listening to the rude banter from the higher ranks. It seems almost as if nobody even noticed her huge freaking attack earlier. Maybe they just dislike her that much. It gets awfully lonely when surrounded by what essentially amounts to a ton of strangers. She doesn't really know seth (or even the darker variants that the hideout crew had clashed against in the past), she's always mostly been on the sidelines.

Her lighty senses pick something up though. A light player getting closer. A familiar one.
Micha?
Niki tries to make her way backwards through the crowd to find her, letting her senses guide her. They don't seem to move for her very easily. Quite a bit of pushing and shoving involved.
After a minute or so, she reaches the general area in the crowd where Micha probably is.
"Hello?"

The garden is filled with all sorts of flowers, all organized by type and colour and have small, cute little mini-fences. The biggest group are definitely the roses, all also organized pretty well.
They have a variety of colours, even those that aren't quite naturally possible. All except one colour.
A small distance off is a pair of houses, right next to each other. One is a tiny, two story house that looks cozy. Rosevines cover it's walls. The second is a lot more larger, three times as tall and wide.
It looks incredibly regal, but somehow still has that cozy feeling to it.

Rien has probably calmed down at this point. But her face sours once she hears something.
Important? What was so important about her? She never remembered doing anything nice...or worth noting....
All she's remembered is all the trouble she's caused during her first few 'days' being stranded in a rock floating in the vast sea of nothing.
Well there was that time she sent a gigantic bag of candy to someone for their birthday...Even if it was a little late, she guesses that was a nice gesture.
But not really one worth writing home about. Wait, who did she send that to again...?

Otherwise, she simply stays put, not wanting to make things more awkward than it already is.

Ahead of the group, Noelle, Shade, and the girl in pajamas seem to be conversing with another ghost.
This one in particular is looking particularly grumpy from a glance.

"So...Antheia is safe?"
"Pretty much. As long as those idiots up top trying to break the forcefield stay out we're pretty much safe. As long as me and the crew take their proper shifts, this thing will definitely last until they get bored. Our little traitor up there may cause a bit of trouble, but even she can't deal with it. Our walls are pretty tough."
"Sweeet...Lucky you managed to catch wind of the news, eh?"
"That's fucking fantastic. But did any of you guys see Ciel? Bitch ran off in a hurry without backup and we're pretty sure she's gonna be in deep shit eventually."
"Can't say that I have...The others didn't report anything either. What's with the fucking army over here, though? Antheia and her guest predicted that some new guys were gonna come in but I didn't expect a fucking mob of Seths. Or any Seths in general. Okay that was a lie, they may have expected like...A handful."
"They're helping us take down Zwei."
"Oh shit, they are? That's great. We probably need that many, then. But...uhhh...Despite the fact that Antheia requested to meet with you guys, she probably won't be able to handle this large of an audience...So...Uh...I gotta pick out like...3-5 people at the most. Maybe six if someone really, really wants to come. The rest can go chill in the guesthouse, probably. As long as they don't trample over the flowers. Antheia is scary when you do that..."
"I'm going to suggest that it should just be the ones that are new here."
"Yeah sure...uhh..."

The girl in the hat looks around at the sea of people, squinting.
"I'd say the ones I know off the bat that are obviously notable are those two girls and the 'Tall, Dark, and Probably Needs a Shower' dude that's walking this way, parting the seas. Wait, is that a fucking piano? What the fuck!?" She leans forward in an attempt to see it more clearly.

Niki smiles upon seeing Micha. Finally somebody friendly to talk to. From what it looks like, Micha doesn't seem very thrilled to be here. Niki decides to change the subject a little.
"Did you see that awesome corn attack I pulled off earlier? I think I pulled out the entire pantry on that one!"
She nudges her way a little closer, and then notices the clay doll in Micha's hands.
"Just wondering, where'd you find that?"

Niki studies the clay figure curiously.
By the time the lady in red had appeared, she was already out of range with the rest of the army.
The doll seems fairly recognizable. Loli Chronos, a figure Raine had drawn on occasions to channel her fear of the real deal into a cuter package. Shiny had mentioned at some point that Kat from her side of the Reset had prototyped a clay loli Chronos figurine to create Elsey, the very same that had threatened the pawns if they did not find Raine in time. Niki wonders if this is relevant to that.

"Micha, do you think maybe, maybe we've already failed at saving her? Raine I mean."

"Well, all we can really do is keep going, I guess?" Niki seems doubtful, but admires Micha's determination.

The Kat in the hat grins. Some things never change.

But then she notices something odd. Who is that girl next to them? She doesn't look like someone familiar.
Maybe she's recent...The girl in the hat yells out, "Who's the girl with you? Is she new??"
Rien jumps at the mention. She tries to speak, but ends up with just a jumble of unfinished words. She stops and just simply waves.

Noelle greets Thoren, "I'm glad to see you and the other girl made it safe. Though it seems that Balmung won't be joining us, though...She'll probably get back to us eventually. She's survived an attack from the Red Witch before so I'm not exactly too worried."

Shade waves.
"You got an audience with Antheia, though you might wanna bring those two girls with you since they're not from around here either."
He points to Micha and Niki, then shifts his limb towards Rien.
"Probably should bring her, too. Since...Well, She's probably gonna need this. Us and the rest of the army are just gonna stay here and chill, probably beat up whatever specter that might slip by defenses."

His head shifts down a little.
"Though...With Ophelia up there...I'm kinda scared about what we should do if she manages to slip past. Your army better not double-kill her somehow."

The group of Kats look at Micha.

When she puts down the clay figure, they are completely taken aback by it. Tense looks all around.

"W...W-where did you get this....?"
"N-nobody should have that...! What the hell...Where'd you find it!?"

Shade keeps silent.