"Everyday... Everyday I think we can strive for a new future." Lucy said over a live broadcast through out the city in chains. "I'm sure you are scared. I'm sure you are angry. I'm sure you are probably wanting to rip me apart right now. But, I will make sure my citizens are safe. And I will find us a new home. One were everyone may live in peace and harmony. Until then. I ask that you remain calm and civil. Please. I cannot currently rule at the moment, so I am appointing... Mother's name, I can't believe I am saying this. But until I am back, Anubiz Clienta is in charge. That is all. Goodbye."
Lucy placed the keychain back in one of her pockets as she turned to meet the dragon who saved them, Kiola. "So, listen boss lady. I've got a question. Since I saved your lives, I get to be part of your crew, right?" Kiola asked with a giddy look on her face.
Lucy thought it over but decided to hold off for now. Since they were currently travelling through a void, with Ami and Penumbra being the navigator, they would be travelling for awhile.
It had been a few days since The Iris was destroyed, and no one knew what to do. Avis and Vinea were distracting themselves by talking with Kiola's crew, making plans for when they reached the new world.
Parfait had been keeping herself away from negative thoughts, but was on the cusp of breaking down at any moment. Senshi had managed to convince Lucy to let Arachne out of the city and the two had been locked up in a private quarter for a good quarter of their journey.
And Lucy had been trying to keep the citizens of Pandora's Tears from falling apart in fear. Everyone had to try and make adjustments to their lives... At least that was until Arachne burst out of her room, yelling for everyone to gather around excitedly.
"What?" Lucy asked flatly, 3 of her eyes trained on the former spider idol and the rest on everyone else as they gathered around.
Avis and Vinea looked curious now, with the harpy speaking up. "Did you two finally figure out how to bang?" She snickered along with Vinea, but the two were quickly silenced by Arachne and Senshi proudly yelling; "We're getting married!"
Everyone froze up, even some of Kiola's crew looked stunned. "After we lost everything and are currently drifting through the void... You want to get married?" Lucy asked with a stunned look, rubbing her eyes in dismay, but Parfait looked overjoyed to hear something fun was happening.
She began using her magic to create a wedding venue out of thin air, not even bothering to ask.
As the goddess went on with her decorations, Avis and Vinea began to question what made them even want to get married at this point. "W-W-Well, we thought w-w-we were g-going t-to die... A-And since I-I wanted t-to get married a-and since Arachne still loves m-me a-and we love each other... We just w-wanted to."
"Plus Bug Sex." Arachne stuck out a slimy tongue, making the two shudder. "T-They d-didn't n-need to hear that part..." Senshi awkwardly laughed, motioning for them to leave quickly.
Avis and Vinea leant against the railings of the ship, watching as they passed by hundreds of worlds in the blink of an eye. "I kinda wish I got someone." She mused before getting a nudge in the arm. "You have me?"
"You're a kid, kid. I meant like, romantical."
"Eh, romance is overrated."
"Aww, is the vine Kid Aromantic?"
"Aro/ace..."
"I'd say you're more a joker." Avis said with finger guns, snickering to herself at the awful pun. But it made him laugh.
"Do... Do you think we were the bad guys during this whole thing?" Vinea asked with a sigh as he stared out to the open stars. Avis pondered the question before letting out a reassuring chirp.
"You remember what Rat and Mollia said? They had died so many times... And you remember how we saw our weapons in their, right? That means, at least once, we fought against Mollia and lost. We never really stood a chance. This was always gonna be the outcome."
"But... What if we didn't let it?"
"Rat would have tried again and again until she won. I get we're the ones responsible this time... But, we didn't wanna be? We were pawns. Simple. So how about this? We become super duper awesomer in this new world, right? Then, we become Twin Domain leaders and make our own domain!"
Vinea looked at Avis with a stunned look. "That is... The best plan I have heard in awhile! Let's do it! We'll be the next Rabbit's Foot Mercs!"
"Oh, and Vex... Ami said that Vex, Nvr and Grey should be somewhere on this new world. So who knows? Maybe we could look for em as our own little quest!" Avis cheered, accidentally knocking a blue kobold over as it made its way over to Kiola with a scowl.
"Kiola, Kiola, Kiola!" The feminine blue scaled kobold grumbled as it tugged at its master's leg. Kiola let out a loud groan, mist leaving her scaled lips as she squatted down to the kobold's level. "What, Shorty?"
"Cyel..." She grumbled, but tried her best to remain calm. "Why did we save these people? I thought you wanted to steal their stuff?"
"I did... Then I got one glance at that demoness's power over that city... And I knew in that moment, she could finally be the one!" Kiola pointed over to Lucy, who was idly staring at her keychain.
"But... She's neither pretty or short enough."
"Short enough?"
"Well, you said that f-for a suitable partner, they had to be this height and bend to your will... Right?" Cyel put her hand on her head to motion her height. Kiola seemed to be stifling a snicker, accidentally coughing out some dragon's mist. "Y-Yeah, shorty. T-Those are the requirements." It was obvious to the rest of the crew that Kiola was trying her best not to laugh in Cyel's face, but the little kobold never questioned Kiola, so took it as fact, quickly scampering off.
"Fuckin' dumbass." Kiola mumbled as she stretched her wings, motioning to Iyu for another drink. Iyu had become the ships collector, always having what was needed at the right time, despite only being there for only a few days.
She handed over a can of ice cold water, letting the dragon crack it open with a tooth before she downed it. Kiola gave her a nod in thanks before hearing the wringing of bells in the air.
"Wedding time!" Parfait yelled out in aggressive joy as the goddess motioned for everyone to take a seat down the many isles on the deck. Everyone began taking seats as Arachne, now adorned in one of her old Idol outfits that Senshi had tailored to fit her more demonic bug/human figure.
As Panila sat down in, Avis and Vinea sat next to her. Awkwardness filled the air as they didn't have a clue on what to say. But Avis had a question on her mind that she wanted to ask; "So if you have the sub-minds... Couldn't you make Arachne... Eido again? Like, make her less... Creepy and big for Senshi?"
"I could... But I want to see that Centipede work up the nerve to ask me." She smirked, before Parfait dragged Lucy from her seat. "What do you think you're doing? You're going to play for them!"
"B-But Auntie... I can't. I don't know how to play anything." She tried to motion with her eyes to say she didn't want to play in front of people, but Parfait was surprisingly insistent and forceful when push came to shove. Granted Senshi remembers how scary Parfait could be.
Lucy was soon forced to be both pastor and musician as she begrudgingly began playing the harp. Parfait had even forced the prideful demon lord to wear little angelic wings. Senshi, carried by Vinea, walked down the isle, wearing a hastily stitched together doll's dressed that was a bit to small on her, but that only seemed to make Arachne more excited.
Once at the Alter, Vinea had to awkwardly hold Senshi up as the two exchanged vows. Arachne went first, letting out a playful giggle and said in her best cutesy tone; "Ever since we met, I thought you were cute. If you hadn't turned me into a spider, I probably would have accidentally crushed you... But at this point, no matter the body or size, I still love you!"
Senshi let out an awkward insect like chattering and spoke in a nervous tone; "T-To Eido... I'm s-s-sorry f-for that whole... S-Spider thing. I-I was c-crazy f-for you... And to Arachne, I-I love you s-so much t-that I-I don't wanna s-see you die! Uhm... Was that good?" Senshi awkwardly looked to Avis in the crowd, who gave a thumbs up.
"By the power of me and my auntie, I now pronounce you bug and human bug-" Lucy was interrupted by Arachne whispering in her ear, making Senshi panic, thinking she was about to be left at the alter.
Lucy motioned to Iyu, who in turn, quickly appeared on stage with Diminutive's sub-mind and a small bit of Kiola's dragon mist. With a quick cover of Lucy's chains and a puff of mist appearing, she lowered the chains to reveal, in her hands, a spider sized Arachne, back to how she looked before. 4 back arms with a signature cute dress and all.
Lucy got back in position to finish; "By the power of me and my auntie, I now pronounce you wife and... Wife. You can now kiss the other." She gave a dismissive wave and left as Senshi, awe struck at seeing Arachne the same as she used to again, passionately lifted her onto Vinea's vine and began to kiss.
Avis took a photo of the happy couple and the guy who had to awkwardly hold the two of them. He soon let out a yelp as they began getting rather handsy. "Avis? Avis help. Avis!" He didn't know what to do with them, quickly tossing them in their room.
No one bothered them for the rest of the trip, mainly because it was a bit awkward.
Avis and Vinea sat together, drinking some whisky they stole from Kiola as they stared at the ever shifting beauty of void of stars.
"Everyday. Everyday I think life has these indescribable moments of beauty. That's the thing to live for, huh?"