As Velika got on the Sky Skiff, Velika closed the door to the laboratory with a hiss. "Better not let a bird make its nest in there, it would most likely ruin quite a bit of circuitry."
With that, the Sky Skiff detached its metal grasp from the planetoid, and began to descend back to the ground proper.
Arriving back in the desert, Velika looked around for a moment, before pulling out a small circular disk, tapping and moving his metal talons on it like a decoder ring, before a purple light with a greenish tint began to emit from the disk.
"Eridani, where are you? What happened?"
Eri's voice responded from the disk, "The others left the desert to go towards the forest. I stayed hidden, just in case, of course."
"I see. I suppose the whole thing about restoring the ocean kingdom in the Sunken Sea is not their concern. I'll leave the stealth to you, in that case."
With that, Velika deactivates the disk before storing back into his robes. "Seems like everyone else is still disorganized. At the very least we are on the ground once more."