Enoria is preparing for war with Irithara, and the team sans Kaleth are doing the best they can to put a stop to it before it progresses even further.
Their plan? Find Mereria, get her help with killing Relioth, and save Kaleth in the process. They...
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Nef had been expecting a lot of things to happen at that moment, but Mereria walking over to Rayni and hugging her with a look of amazement and disbelief on her face wasn't one of them. It was such an abrupt mood shift it left Nef really confused, and looking at the others, he wasn't the only one feeling this way.
And naturally, the most puzzled of them all was Rayni, who seemed to barely manage to return the hug, patting Mereria awkwardly on the back while trying to escape her embrace. She wasn't very successful, though, because Mereria kept holding her as if her life depended on it.
"I can't believe you're here," Nef heard Mereria whisper with such relief that Nef was starting to get that feeling he always did when a couple in his line of sight engaged in PDA.
"Okay, this is really awkward," Rayni said, finally managing to separate herself from Mereria, "but I don't remember you, or anything really, so...."
While Rayni made a series of vague gestures, clearly having no idea what else to say, Mereria went from relieved to devastated to furious to the same cold, guarded expression she'd been wearing when they'd arrived.
"Tharos made you forget me?" Mereria asked emotionlessly, however there was pain and anger just beneath the surface.
"Tharos made me forget everything," Rayni corrected the other Eternal, who had sat down in the meantime, probably in need of a moment to take the new information in.
"I see," Mereria said in a completely neutral tone that somehow conveyed exactly just how angry she was. Nef wondered how she did it. Kaleth could do this as well to some extent, but he was nowhere near as good at it as Mereria, in Nef's opinion. Was that just something bitter people in charge knew how to do?
"Uh, why don't you wait outside for a bit?" his mother said softly to all of them. While Nef didn't want to listen to her, he also didn't want to get killed by Mereria, so he didn't protest and just followed the others outside into the hallway.
No one said anything until the door clicked shut.
"What the hell just happened?" Nef asked, trying to keep his voice down. He looked at Rayni, who just shrugged helplessly.
"Not a clue," she replied. "I sure as hell didn't like it, though."
"Maybe Eternals don't understand social cues," Nef suggested, looking over at Rayni and Mel. "I mean, look at you two."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? Just because I sometimes choose to ignore the atmosphere in the room doesn't mean I can't read it." Rayni tried to sound scoffing, but her voice shook ever so slightly. The fact that she was missing something huge here must have been freaking her out.
Mel lowered his head. "I don't even know what social cues are," he muttered shamefully.
"It doesn't matter," Alor said, probably trying to steer the conversation elsewhere. "There are more important things to deal with. Like, are we really gonna ignore that Mereria possessed Kaleth's half-sister?"
