But yes... of course, to people who have seen stranger, I'm sure none of this really comes off as special in any way; I mean, even I've just come to accept that that's how she was years after we met. But to the me back then that only knew Elysia at face value...

[To the Raiden Mei that only knew Elysia as that mischievous Pink Elf, in particular...]

This was more than its fair share of twists. This same girl that 'strove for elegance, beauty, and cuteness', and treated it as her duty as second leader, was also the one that brought a disparate, unique group of twelve others together and got them to coexist for a common goal.

She was more than met the eye from the start, and I recognized as much. But I underestimated just how far it really went.