Gate of Memoirs/Across the Portal-Sea

Bonnie certainly wasn't expecting to see any of her old acquaintances again, much less across a sea of metaphysical reality.
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Music: "Sky Fort"	Music: "Sky Fort"
 	
*The portal jitters, then momentarily shuts off, its surface returning to a glossy mirror-like finish.
 	
*Lleva: Whew... Buck, status?
 	
*Buck: No casualties I can see. Injuries, minimal.
*Buck: Not too sure what's up with the portal, but maybe somebunny here knows...
 	
*Buck: Speaking of which, I haven't seen you since the day you stomped out of the Academy, Bonnie.
 	
*Bonnie: ...Buck? Lleva, too. What are you doing here?
 	
*Lleva: We could say the same about you... Mind explaining what's going on here?
 	
*Lleva: ... ...
*Lleva: If I wasn't right here with the rest of you I'd have struggled to believe this was real.
 	
*Lleva: This is Grand Gaia, you say? An entirely different world...
*Lleva: Seems like there are a few ways we can get here. Not that ours was any pleasant.
 	
*Carrol: Once you get used to it, it's not so bad!
 	
*Carrol: But, hmm... You look kind of similar to Cotton. What part of Paskua are you from?
 	
*Lleva: Cotton?
 	
*Lleva: Wh—It's YOU! The one that got away!
 	
*Lleva: Hands—paws where I can see them! Don't try anything funny!
 	
*Cotton: Error! Unfamiliar entity! Does not compute!
 	
*Carrol: Don't fight!
 	
*Buck: The lass is right. We're all in the same tight spot. We've got to figure out what the deal is with this portal.
 	
*Cotton: The energy contained within these rainbow eggs can used to reactivate this portal.
*Cotton: My directives called for me to engage transdimensional travel once I have collected enough.
 	
*Lleva: ...And why is that? What use does your diabolical creator have for these eggs?
 	
*Cotton: Error. No proper response available.
 	
*Buck: That's enough, Lleva. Stand down.
*Buck: The best thing we can do now is to stand guard and make sure nothing gets out of our sight.
*Buck: We're not equipped to deal with cross-world invasions, so let's just try and stop them from doing that in the first place.
 	
*Lleva: Agreed...
 	
*Carrol: I don't really know what's going on, but I get the feeling you're going to need more of these eggs, right?
*Carrol: Why not leave it to Bianco and I? We're sure to turn up enough to help.
 	
*Buck: Sounds logical. My thanks, citizen.
 	
*Carrol: Err... Just Carrol will do.
 	
*Bonnie: In that case, I'll set up defenses around the perimeter. 
*Bonnie: You never know when you'll need an extra line of firepower, considering the mechanical nature of our foes.
*Bonnie: This facility runs wide and deep, so we should be on guard.
 	
*Lleva: I'll go with you.
 	
*Bonnie: ...Sure.
 	
*Buck: Then it's just you and me. Cotton, was it?
*Buck: Let's see if we can't figure out how this thing works.
 	
*Cotton: It would be my pleasure.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Scrap Stardust"	Music: "Scrap Stardust"
 	
*—Perimeter of the Facility
*An awkward silence passes between the two as Lleva and Bonnie each busy themselves with their tasks.
*Fed up with the tension, Lleva breaks the ice.
 	
*Lleva: It's weird that of all the places we'd meet again, it had to be an entirely different world.
 	
*Bonnie: It's been a while, yeah. 
*Bonnie: Look at you now. A Volper. Not that it wasn't expected.
 	
*Lleva: Why did you leave, anyway? I don't think a few stuffy instructors was enough to get you so worked up.
 	
*Bonnie: Hah. How do people put it? "It's a long story?"
*Bonnie: Do you remember when I stormed out of the lecture?
 	
*Lleva: Hard to forget... I think that still goes down as one of the Academy's most dramatic exits.
 	
*Bonnie: Well, I still feel that way. I'm sick of people telling me what I can or cannot do.
 	
*Bonnie: Everywhere I go, people want me to prove my worth. Why?
*Bonnie: Because I'm just a pretty face? Because I'm not cut out for the rigors of war?
*Bonnie: I even faced the same prejudice here. Until I was able to put my skills to the test.
*Bonnie: That's all it really is in life, isn't it? Making yourself useful.
 	
*Lleva: Bonnie...
Music: "Roaring Soul" 	Music: "Roaring Soul"
 	
*A loud crash interrupts their conversation, and Lleva immediately draws her blade.
 	
*Bonnie: Go back to the portal room. I'll man the cannons.
 	
*Lleva: Got it.
 	
*Mechanical Servitor: [Target found.]
 	
*Bonnie: All right, come get some.
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*—Facility Hallway
 	
*Carrol: I should've known this would happen!
*Carrol: Bianco, quick, before they snip your tail off!
 	
*Cotton: My calculations did not take this variable into account...
*Cotton: It appears they are capable of awakening far faster than expected...
 	
*Carrol: Let's just try and shake them off!
*Carrol: Look, there! I see Bonnie's cannons!