CelticSol
kawaii in the streets, senpai in the sheets
(NEXT ARC BEGINNING)
In a dark realm, nestled halfway between the realm of mortals and the realm of immortal deities, a masked woman in black crossed an immense throne room, hands clasped behind her back around a neat file folder. Some people huddled around the room whispered feverishly as she came to a stop before the steps leading to an elaborate, obsidian throne, her back needle-straight, shoulder back in perfect posture. Unlike many, who bowed to him upon coming to the base of that throne, she did not. She simply stood, her masked face lifting to look at him. “How does she stay calm?” Some whispered. “How is she not afraid?” Others commented on her mask, on her the red shawl shading her already covered face. They commented on the ease in her limbs, even before a man who had, without thought or remorse, slaughtered people not for any particular reason except for the simple fact that he could.
Said man, draped over the throne in the ultimate pose of self indulgent nonchalance - his legs over on armrest of the chair, his head resting on the other - shifted as she approached; the simple action hushed the observers, their whispers quieting further then dying as violet eyes looked from whatever interested him in the ceiling above to the tall, slender woman at the base of the steps. Where most would have flinched at the piercing gaze, or cringe at the unhinged wildness held within his eyes, she did not. She seemed as unphased as ever, her impassive mask and poised body language giving nothing away.
His voice echoed through the cavernous room, reverberating against the walls and making more than a few people flinch. “Give me your report,” At his word, she brought the file out in a move so smooth it bordered on mechanical. She paused a moment, looking up to the man. Not hesitant, not afraid, but asking permission. He granted it with a nod of his head, gesturing with to two fingers to come to him.
As she climbed up the six steps leading to his elevated throne, he shifted in his seat to sit straight and properly face her, spurring a few whispers.They quieted as she handed the folder to his awaiting hands, and spoke as he skimmed through it’s contents, “The Sins failed in their endeavour, Sovereign.”
The man, Sovereign, hummed, his eyes raising to look at her “All dead?”
Her head tilted to the side ever so slightly, reminding Sovereign of a bird, retort sharp and curt, “Does it matter?”
“I suppose not,” He mused, eyes back on the folder and flipping through another page, “A shame; I was curious to see where they were going with that plan of theirs…” He sighed, “Who thwarted them?”
“A guild.”
This startled a laugh from him. “A guild? You’re kidding.”
She nodded, remaining completely monotonous, “I’m not. They call themselves Dragon’s Roar. Most are magically inclined, or containing some form of inhuman abilities. The dossiers of information I’ve gleaned on the members are in there. Don’t take them by their dossiers, however; I’ve dug into the personal history of some members, and they are… formidable. What they lack in raw power, the members make up for in ingenuity.”
Sovereign raised an eyebrow at her; half for the thinly veiled praise, the other half for the fact that she had spoken significantly more than she ever bothered to in order to do so. “‘Formidable’? High praise from you, Krii.” ‘Krii’ faltered slightly, her confidently straight posture failing as she shifted her weight ever so slightly, her head dipping down. He returned to the papers with a small smile; catching his unflappable bodyguard off guard was always fun, and finding a hole in her nigh constant composure was a prize in of itself.
After skimming the papers one final time, he snapped the folder closed and handed it to an attendant at his side, “Put that with the other reports,” The attendant vanished with a nod of their head as Sovereign stood, Krii following behind by exactly 5 paces as they departed the throne room. He looked over his shoulder to his bodyguard, his crooked smile visible from the cut out of his mask, “Since the ‘children’ are done playing, I figured it’s time we put our own plan to motion, don’t you think? It’s about time we show them how it’s really done.”
Krii did not respond, but from behind that damnably calm mask, Sovereign felt like she was smiling.
A mortal realm hour after the meeting, halfway across the planet from the Dragon's Roar guild hall, the United Nations Headquarters in New York City exploded.
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