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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 19, 2007 22:04:23 GMT -5
Adrian nodded as he made his way through the city streets. Finding it not long till the coven house loomed into view. Upon entering the side red steel door Adrian looked about nervously.
“ Hello? Anyone here!” He cried to them. Wondering if Claud or anyone else had gotten there yet.
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Post by x_p a n d a on Dec 19, 2007 22:17:39 GMT -5
"I'm glad you decided to be on time," came Nouikketsu's typical cold voice. Shinzo shuddered at the shinigami's voice and cringed against Adrian, huggling him tight. Nou's brows rose at the sight and tightened his folded arms. "Claud'll want to see you. He's in the other room." The snake jerked his head to the left.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 19, 2007 22:24:40 GMT -5
“ No need to find me. I’m right here.” Claudius spoke up as he was straightening out his cuffs. Teal eyes looked to Adrian’s blue through the tint of his glasses. A slight raised eyebrow as to why Adrian was coddling a changeling in his arms.
“The meeting shall start in the side chambers as soon as everyone is here. May I ask though, have you found out anything?” Claudius asked the white haired man.
“ No…. no, but someone tried to kill Shinzo earlier.” Adrian interjected as Claudius sighed a bit at this.
“ Yes, I have heard… do you two think it is related to the witches?” He asked the both of them. Adrian only able at this to feebly look to Shin as he pressed against his frame. He held him a bit closer, protective in a way at that moment. Which Claud found slightly strange. Not knowing yet of the relationship between the two men of course.
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Post by x_p a n d a on Dec 19, 2007 22:32:14 GMT -5
Shinzo whined and held Adrian back, opening his eyes to gaze upon Nou and Claud with orangey orbs. The wolverine bared his fangs in a small smile before snuggling back up against the Guardian of Light.
Nou's eyebrows rose and he rested his hand on the pommel of Aurindhir. "Would it be because of Shinzo's affiliation with us? Trying to root out members?" the man frowned. He hadn't heard about an assassination attempt in Delano's meeting. He'd have to ask about that.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 19, 2007 22:44:12 GMT -5
Adrian snuggled Shin close about his neck at this. Wondering a bit on his reaction to Nou but did not question at that time.
“ I don’t know… though it makes me wonder. “ Adrian spoke softly as his eyes looked up to Claud that was eyeing him suspiciously. This caused Adrian to shrink back a bit like a wounded animal. A bit of his slave personality showing through for the moment.
“Though maybe we all need to keep our guard up… just in case.” He sighed to himself at this.
“ I’ll have to see who I can send out on spying missions.” Claud sighed a bit at this. Things becoming quickly complex.
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Post by Varian on Dec 19, 2007 23:50:24 GMT -5
Orvasrin entered the room, giving the men already gathered a single glance over before moving off to the side to lean against a wall. He crossed his arms and let his gaze fall to the floor in general disinterest until the proceedings actually began proper. Once he knew what this group needed of him he could factor in the time he needed for his own goals. Finishing the preparations for his body and then dealing with the pair of thorns that had cropped up in the city.
"How many are we expecting to turn up to this little meeting?" He asked, not moving his gaze yet.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 20, 2007 0:11:05 GMT -5
“ I invited well over a dozen, though I doubt all would show up…. Well see who actually arrives in a few moments… “ Claudius spoke as his teal orbs raised to the master of Ryusei’s. Wondering where the female had gotten to.
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Post by Aerynn on Dec 22, 2007 12:02:48 GMT -5
Koru had grown bored of trying to follow his brother around, all they'd been doing was shopping after all. He'd left Dark and his new master to their own devices and wandered off in the direction of the tower. He stepped into the meeting room still holding his bottle of whiskey in it's brown paper and dressed in his battered travel clothes.
He glanced around the room and smiled at Nou and Claud before sliding into a chair and continuing to sip from the whiskey. He didn't really have much to contribute at the moment, so he thought it best to keep his mouth shut.
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The Trickster strolled into the meeting in the guise of a strange female carny it'd met a few years back. It had a pointed face and bright green hair all spiked and swept back like it had been caught in a wind tunnel. She wore a shimmering emerald suit fitted so well it looked as if it must have been stitched onto her body and strangely, no shoes on small pale feet. She opened her mouth and spoke in a slightly creepy sing song voice.
"Have I missed the beginning or am I early for the end?"
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 22, 2007 19:32:50 GMT -5
Claudius nodded as two more strolled in. Moving over to the meeting hall and taking a seat at a large chair amongst the circled table he smiled.
“ We have yet to start. As soon as all twelve seats are filled. We shall begin the official meeting. May I ask who are you my dear miss? I am sorry if I fail to know but I had invited quite a few whom retain various forms. “ Claudius spoke up. Actually inquiring seriously then simply being put off by a persons look like Delano. Claudius knew when and how to ask his questions, and how to extract the truth without having to threaten with blood shed to retain it. This was why the man had made such a great coven leader in this city. That was till racism and Godly thoughts of what a leader was clouded the covens mind. Now he was looked upon as filth beneath their feet though the man still held himself with that pride and pose of a nobleman all the same.
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Post by x_p a n d a on Dec 22, 2007 19:54:38 GMT -5
Heavy thumping came as a 12-foot-long dragon came storming downstairs, carrying a squealing girl on his back. He folded his maize wings and composed himself, blinking his vermillion eyes at the sight of the company. Maverick lifted his head and snorted, steam unfurling from his nose. His plated tail flickered side to side like a lariat, frowning at the woman who had just arrived. Freya dismounted, becoming considerably shorter in the process. Maverick stayed by her side as she padded to Claud's side, clinging to his pantleg. The dragon growled quietly at both Nou and the woman, as both had been at the meeting where he had been violated. "Maverick's here," Freya said in a squeaky voice, petting the blue dragon.
"I, too, am here," came a melodic voice that could have only belonged to one person. Ryusei shuffled gracefully into the room, wearing the beautiful black and dark-purple phoenix robe. Askilar was on her shoulders, his mother's brillant silver hair cascading around his legs like moonlit water. She stood by Orvasrin's side, her ochre eyes twinkling at the company. She dipped her head politely; Askilar beamed at everyone as if he had just been told the greatest joke. The toddler dragon child waved his hands at everyone. "Hi, Master 'Ketsie, Master Crawdad, Master 'Dri, and Freya," he called out, waving to each person. Though he was intelligent beyond the years of any human child his age, Askilar, and all dragons, come to think of it, were not fond of pronouncing names right. Thus, 'Ketsie was Master Nou; Crawdad was Master Claud; 'Dri was Master Adrian; and Freya was self-explanitory, as Freya. His father, however, was given an alongside hug and kiss on the cheek.
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Post by Aerynn on Dec 23, 2007 10:22:09 GMT -5
The Trickster pulled a pack of playing cards out of her pocket, selected a card and with a languid flick of the wrist sent it buzzing across the wide table to land just in front of Claud. Wierdly it landed on its edge and remained there, letting Claud and anyone near him clearly see the clown face symbol that the Trickster used as its calling card.
"If that doesn't tell you who I am I'm sure Ryusei or Orvasrin here could tell you."
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Koru leaned forward in his chair when Ryusei came into the room, so as to get a better view of her new son. He grinned when the child spoke, well aware of the rapidity with which dragons gained full adult sentience.
"Ye've got a lovely little boy there Ryusei. Ye should be proud. You have an iniation rite or something and I'll come and give me blessing."
Koru, being made of magma most of his time had never had any children. But he did find the wierd little creatures fascinating.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 23, 2007 19:29:11 GMT -5
Adrian waved a little to the child of Ryusei with a smile upon his tender face, while the man known as Claud nodded to the child like a man of noble lineage.
Upon the clown faced card being sent the leaders way Claudius smirked at this.
“ The Trickster then I would presume, I wasn’t sure if my invite would of truly made it to you. I guess this meeting must be blessed since you have shown yourself.” Claud nodded to the woman before the table at this. As the dragon spoke of Ryusei Claudius nodded once more.
“ As will I, my friend.” He smiled to her behind the tint of his glasses.
“ I suppose we should be getting this meeting started..... the others will catch up as soon as they are able to I hope.” Claudius spoke up with a nodd of his head. His eye trailing over to Nou with a slight mysterious smile.
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Post by Varian on Dec 24, 2007 8:44:24 GMT -5
Orvasrin stood up away from the wall when Ryusei entered with their son. He brushed a hand lightly down the dragoness's back, moving it to ruffle Askilar's hair playfully when the boy leaned in for the hug.
"I'm glad to see you are both here." He told them with a brief smile before turning to the Trickster. He hand moved back to Ryusei's shoulder, hoping she wouldn't decide to pound on the demon, at least not until the meeting was done with.
"The sooner we organise the sooner we can act." He said simply, wishing to have the meeting started if that's what they were going to do. Blessings could wait until afterwards, as strangely comforting as it was to see so much support for Aski', the threat of the opposing coven was somewhat more pressing.
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Post by x_p a n d a on Dec 24, 2007 9:43:30 GMT -5
Askilar giggled at the attentions and messed up Orvasrin's hair just to be mischievous. The dragon boy grinned impishly, clinging to Ryusei's head as she looked up at him. "Behave, young man," she said softly. "Yes, Mommy," he said sheepishly, laying his head atop hers. Ryusei lowered her eyes to the Trickster, making no comment.
"Don't be so hasty, for the Priestess' sake," came Tass' unmistakable voice that seemed to benefit a tavern more so than a holy woman. The femme came in with her rifle strapped to her back and she shuffled in primly. The black and white-garbed Holy Mother sighed and sat at the end of the table, unshouldered her rifle and sitting it on her lap. The eastern were leader acknowledged everyone with a nod before turning her brown eyes to Claud.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 24, 2007 15:47:38 GMT -5
With the mischievous grouping about Claudius he could only shake his head. What a ramshackle bunch they were. Especially with a nun at the table and yet every single one of them had blood forever soaked upon their talons.
“ Well then, lets get started. As you all know I have called you here as trusted members of the paranormal community. The coven has exiled me as a respected coven leader in this city, and one known as Delano has taken the reigns. In his wake he is leaving nothing but death and destruction on both sides and performing worse atrocities then any demon could ever think of all in the name of witching ancestors and peace. I am proposing, -we- the beings of the night, work along side witching blood in keeping humans safe, as well as each other. We should not be working on peace for only one race, but for everyone as a whole. Now I know total peace will never come, at least in our long lifetimes. Though… I strive for something as close to it as I can get, we can only try for this utopian idea. “ He told them all. Smirking a bit behind his glasses that reflected the light of the low lamps and candles strewn about the darkened room.
“In this, I have come up with a idea. A game if you will, almost like chess. To create this new society that will rise from the ashes of the coven, as well as rid us of Delano forever. It will be a timely game, with many checks, and possibly some losses. Though in the end it will be for the greater good. What I propose is we start immediately. Keeping a meager task force, just like the coven did. But for now our main focus will be Delano and infiltrating his scheme. Get all the dirt possible on him. Every crime he commits against the races, note it to it’s fullest.” He started, gaveling a sly look over to Maverick who was of the most recent of Delano’s crimes.
“ Every magic spell he uses out of term. Record it, for I KNOW he has preformed some dark spells that have been forbidden. He was accused and nearly convicted of such things before.” Claudius spoke to the group with urgency.
“ I have sent one of our men out to recruit the list of prisoners. They will be sorted through and those we know are innocent… we will break free. “ Claudius started. Having much more to report on but figured he’d let this all soak into everyone’s head and see what questions they came up for him.
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Post by x_p a n d a on Dec 24, 2007 15:59:02 GMT -5
"What will we call ourselves? Rumors will fly and messages won't get to where they need to be unless we have codenames so people have less chance of finding out our true identities and harming the ones we associate with," Ryusei said, her gentle ivory hand rising to cover Askilar's hand. Askilar started to whimper, empathizing her anxiety. She knew what she was getting into, but carried on anyway for the sake of the future.
"I believe I can answer that," Nouikketsu said softly, coming forward and pulling the Capricorn stone out his pocket and tossing it to Ryusei. Askilar caught it nimbly and held it in front of his mother's face. She examined it and waited for Nouikketsu to explain.
"That is Capricorn. Delano's team is named after that of the Western Zodiac. If we are enemies, it would only be fitting for us to be that of the Eastern Zodiac," Nou said, turning his slitted eyes to Claud. "In which I...am the Year of the Snake." He lifted up his head to the others, seeking their opinion.
"I see no problem with it," Tass shrugged.
"Nor I," Shinzo said, resting his claws on the table from his place on Adrian
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 24, 2007 16:16:59 GMT -5
“ Or I.” Spoke Adrian as he held his lover tenderly still making Claudius wonder about those two…. Since Adrian for once was calm and awful …. Clingy. Though now was not the time to question, that was for later.
“Sounds about right then, If they are the Western Zodiac, then we shall be the stars that make up the constellations and wander cross the velvet sky, unnoticed and mixing in with their designs. We shall be the Wandering Stars, flying our colors under the eastern flag of the constellations. “ He smiled a bit. He closed his eyes for a moment. Knowing the spell all to well that made those stones. He held his hand before his face, teal light starting to encase his mysterious form. Starting from his hand and then swiftly flowing outwards along his body. Licking the air about him like streams of fire. The swirls of energy suddenly flowed about the room. Emitting from the witches own body. They tapped and licked at the area about each member sitting at the table making the room appear completely black accept for the brilliant light. At this Claudius placed his hand back down upon the table. His eyes invisible at times from the reflection of light off his glasses.
“ … I got half the party so far… is their any objections upon this?” He asked casually. Waiting till they all replied for initiating the finale step of the spell.
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Post by Varian on Dec 24, 2007 16:34:15 GMT -5
"I see nothing to object to." Orvasrin stated, letting his hand move from Ryusei's shoulder to Askilar's arm before it joined Ryusei's and the boy's. He'd let that filthy coven get their hands on his love once and he'd be damned if they were going to touch her again or so much as give Askilar an off glance. The sooner the threat was eliminated the better in his opinion, although the politics involved made just slaying Delano unfortunately awkward.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Dec 27, 2007 18:50:55 GMT -5
" Last chance... anyone have thoughts upon my statement?" The ex coven master asked as his teal eyes scanned the faces of his commrades as they sat about the table.
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Post by Aerynn on Jan 3, 2008 5:45:57 GMT -5
Koru leaned back and shrugged his shoulders non-commitedly.
"I got no objections, you could call us the sissy girl squadron and I wouldn't particularly care, just so long as we do some good."
He grinned at the thought of them having such a ridiculous name and took another swig from his bottle. Most of the whiskey was gone now and he was beginning to feel a slight buzz.
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The Trickster nodded slightly, sending a shiver of movement through it's spiked hair.
"You'll hear no dissent from me." She grinned a needle toothed smile and settled herself more comfortably on her seat, idly watching the swirls of energy circling the room.
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Post by Milo on Jan 3, 2008 20:42:35 GMT -5
Dresden and Aerynn arrived at the meeting in good time after leaving the hideout. Dresden pushed open the door to the meeting room and stepped inside, hands hanging loosely at his sides, his long overcoat covering the holsters strapped to his thighs. He'd opted to leave the sword at home this time, however.
"Ok, we're here," He announced, and took another step forward. "What's the situation?".
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Post by x_p a n d a on Jan 3, 2008 22:57:21 GMT -5
Nou's eyes cut to the two like daggers across diamond. "If you had been here on time, you would have heard," the shinigami said coldly. Ryusei's gentle eyes caught Nou's gaze and the snake turned back to Claud with a small hiss before the dragoness turned to Dresden. "Claud has gathered us to lead the battle against Delano. We are to be named after the Eastern Zodiac." She gave Dresden's stone to him with a soft, polite smile.
"Year of the Rabbit? Who in the name of St. Michael picked this?" Tass demanded, feline eyes flickering over to Claud with narrow brows raised.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Jan 4, 2008 19:47:20 GMT -5
“ If there is no objection from you two. I would like to finish my little spell here. It will enable everyone to contact the other mentally when needed, though only if it is willed. So you can’t be playing around in each others mind. Secondly my spell is a little bit better than Delano’s for no one can use these stones to trace back to you should you happen to loose them. Only another of this zodiac can see who it’s master is, and only the owner can use the power of the stone.” Claudius told them all as they sat about the table. His cool eyes smiling to Nou’s for a second, almost as if telling the man to be patient with everyone about the place. For they were all friends, like it or not after the same goal….
The destruction of Delano.
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Post by Aerynn on Jan 4, 2008 20:35:42 GMT -5
Koru picked up his stone and examined the symbol carved into the polished rock. It had been done well but he kind of wanted to adjust the carving slightly, smooth out some of the rough edges. He'd leave it for now though.
"Year of the Boar? Well people have been known to call me a pig before so I spose I can't complain."
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The Trickster reached into her pocket and pulled out the stone that Delano had given her earlier in the day. She looked at it and smiled happily to herself, how ironic he'd given her Gemini and she was already betraying him.
"I don't think I'll need one of your stone things, perfectly capable of contacting any of you on my own and I got one already y'see."
Sheb held up the stone in her hand so that Claud and anyone else interested could see and clearly see the gemini symbol carved in it's side.
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Aerynn stepped quietly up to the table and picked up the stone that had seemed to be calling to him since he entered the room. He glanced at it quickly before moving back away from the table and placing it back in his pocket next to the still warm stone that had led him and Dresden to the meeting in the first place.
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Post by xxHuntressxx on Jan 4, 2008 22:07:22 GMT -5
Claudius let his magic spell enter each of the stones. So that they were all connected. He picked up his own stone. With a bit of a grin, the ox. Well his other form was a horned creature so it was only fitting he thought as he waited for everyone to settle down once more to continue.
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“ The dog? “ Adrian frowned looking to the stone as he looked to Shinzo’s own rock. The tiger, hey he got a cool one!
“ I should of known, always someone’s lap dog.” He sighed at this. Waiting for everyone else to finish, he slide glances about the table. Committing to memory who everyone was for later reference. Only then did he fell the sudden pang at his heart…. Someone…. Was calling him. He held Shin close to his form. As soon as they were dismissed… he would have to go visit Brie to see what this feeling was.
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