Consilium Meeting

"You know you're right when you're right. Rule number one is important. It's why it's number one."

Ollie motions to a waiter, ordering a Crown and Coke. He's heard the song that's playing before, probably on some commercial somewhere. Catchy old tune.

That didn't really answer his question but he wasn't going to push it. He had been a little bit of jerk but he wasn't about to withhold opinions simply because they weren't what someone wanted to hear. He had done enough of that while Asleep. But if Tyria still stood by the Consilium's descion then that was her choice to make and he respected her for it. He could debate a judgement but it wasn't his place to demand it be overturned and he knew that.
When Tyria leaves he keeps talking to Starling. "This is the first I've heard of legacies. What are they?"

Apotheosis leaned forward intently. Here was something he didn't know, and he intended to fix that. "So I'm quessing it's permanent, correct? How is it accomplished, the soul crafting? What sort of Legacies are there? What effects does the crafting have exactly?" his voice has a tinge of excitement and he listens with rapt attention to any answer given.

Animus follows him. "I could use some food myself."

Once they're away from the Arrow table, Animus continues. "Fiddler and I were talking about forming a cabal. Would you like to join us?"

Kai looks up at West dancing with Tyria.
Interesting "Well, I was going to introduce you to Tyria, but it looks like West is the man about town right now." he says, pointing Tyria out. "Most of the others I don't know. Even though we've been here a little while, we haven't spent much time chatting. It's mostly been doing what we do best."

Vex

Vex smiles at Ruby. "Why don't you see if you can use your charms and talk him into it. I have to go and have a word with one of our new Heralds." Vex politely excuses herself and walks over to Gwen.
"May I have a word with you away from your table?"

Animus shrugs. "So far just the two of us. He must have heard us discussing, but then he slipped off without saying anything, so I don't know where he stands."

"Uh, sure." Kai says as he allows Ekko to lead him to the dance floor. "I usually have...uh...a bit of prep time before dancing. This is a little unexpected."

Shit. Would be a slow dance. Now I have to try to dance and find interesting conversation...

Animus looks around the room. "We should probably find Fiddler and work out a name, then."

Hoping she hasn't gotten herself into trouble, Gwen gets up to walk with Vex. "Yes Vex?"



Phrymides is a little bit overwhelmed by Theo's rapid questions. "I really don't know much more than that. I mean, the best way to learn is to meet somebody who's done it already. The only ones I know a little about... require a lot of dedication. You have to give up... uh... certain things about yourself." Clearly uncomfortable with where the conversation is going, Phrym turns again to chat with Porter.



Ruby sighs. She wasn't sure if the woman was being cruelly sarcastic, or politely dismissive. At least she gave the airs of politeness, and she carries herself well. The room is getting too chaotic to make sense of things, everyone's running around and Tyria dancing with a Magister. Knowing Tyria, that's scandalous enough in its own right. Seeing Fiddler and his friends off away from the crowd, Ruby heads over.
"Hello Fiddler, Animus, Joshua. Good to see you again. It's getting so rowdy in here it's hard to think isn't it?"

Theo was a little disappointed. He had hoped in depth answers, or at least a couple specifics. With normal mages he would have assumed they were just trying to be mysterious and mystical (or that they didn't know) and so would have kept asking till he had answers to his previous line of inquiry.
With the Mysterium, it generally meant they didn't think you were ready or worthy of such information. So he decided to follow Starlings lead.
"How do you gain that foundation of understanding?"

"Do you have any personal recommendation on mediation techniques or sources of information on the topic?" Theo asked. He knew a couple breathing exercises but not much beyond that. Truth be known he had tried a couple times with little success. But then, he hadn't considered it too important beyond a relaxation method.

"Why Starling, I would be most delighted." Phrymides smiles generously and gives an overly theatrical curtsy, but it hides her relief from getting away from the table for a moment. She lets him lead, and they sweep out onto the dance floor.

With his curiosity unsatisfied, Theo would have to look into the matter latter. He got up and wandered the room a bit, listening to the music, and watching the dance. It was always facinating to watch the footwork. The grace that could be seen at times was hypontizing.
He settled against a wall, looking out over the crowd of people, and watched the interactons taking place.

Captain walks up to Zero, and the heavy weight of authority seems to follow him, like labradors with their teeth bared.
"Greetings Zero, I am Captain. You don't respect me, and you shouldn't. I haven't earned it. You don't fear me, and you shouldn't, because we both serve the same cause. I just want to know one thing. If I ever call for help, will you be at my back, ready to fight against the lie?"

[color:6f79=9933aa]Joshua nods to Ruby as she comes over. "For a city with a history of disappearing magi, Sacramento seems rather populous right now," he says.

Captain actually laughs, a deep, doting grandfather laugh "I get that a lot. Yes, I'm a libertine, an open-sourcer if you are curious. You should come by to my place and we can talk politics some time. I'd like to know all of the libertine's views, so that I make sure they are represented in the consilium. But I won't keep you." He hands a card with an address and phone number. "Anytime you aren't busy will be fine for me." He walks out, speaks with his crew, before the lot of them walk home.

Zero watched Captain leave and almost cried. That's who he was supposed to trip with now?

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John Dee paused, with his fork in his mouth as Vex spoke. He looked at her -- she knew he wasn't supposed to do 'personal requests'. Still, it had probably been a long time since anyone had just done her a favor. He knew how that felt.

The Portal sliced it's way into existence, showing an azure ocean cresting on sand that looked liked powdered sugar.

"The dolphins show up around two," John said, mouth still full.

~~

West looked where she motioned and answered, "Probably." He didn't make any move to stop dancing with her, though.

Ruby had been trying to introduce Vex to the Ladder proto-cabal, but she had trouble getting a word in edgewise as they seemed fairly absorbed in their own conversation. Vex turns and leaves before Ruby can say anything, and Ruby sighs.
"What? Oh, yes. It is getting to be a big place these days isn't it? For awhile it was so quiet too. Now we've got a city full of soldiers..." she smiles at Joshua to let him know she means no offense, "I just think it's important that we have some culture in this city too, don't you think?"

Hoping to get ready for the party, Gwenivelle says goodbye to everyone she's met and heads out.

Kai danced to an easy pace
"Relax. Just follow my feet. Listen, I have to go and chat with some 'people' at a club here. I think it would be useful for a Guardian to come along for two reasons. One, it would be nice to have backup in case my proposition isn't well received, and two, to have another set of ears making sure I'm doing my part to protect the Veil. We will be talking to Vampires."

Ah, so THIS was playful flirting. How am I supposed to answer this question?
"My talents are almost always situational" Kai smiles at her. "Its been a while since I've had a nice slow dance though. You aren't doing to bad yourself. Are you enjoying Sacramento so far?"

Kai chuckles. "I don't get sent to boring places. If I get sent somewhere boring, someone has poorly allocated resources." Kai chuckles a little, covering up a very serious undertone.

West watched the flash of light and watched Undrichmann slip away. Looking down at Ankh in his arms, and her amazing red number, he made a decision. The lunch winding down, so he slowed down, and led her over to John Dee.

Hell, he was a Councilor now.

"Paris," he told the other Provost. "I'll call you in the morning."

The slash of light rotated open on a night sky, and the city lit in all of it's glory. 1:00 p.m. in Sacramento was only a footfall away from 10:00 p.m. on the Seine now.

Watching them go through, and the Portal close, Tyria decided it was time for her to leave, as well. Waving to the Mystagogues, she left the ballroom.

As Kai watched the rest of the place wrapping up, and finished up his dance with Ekko.
"Looks like it's winding down." he handed her a card with his info on it. "The place I'm going to is called Avalon. I usually show up around 8, and was hired by a vampire named Davis a couple months back to bounce for the place. If you have any issues getting there or getting in, or just happen to come across a boring moment" Kai gives a sly grin "my number is on that card."

~~Narration~~

As the mid-day turns to afternoon, people leave one by one.