Ambitions

A creaking sound filled the room as one of the entrance's doors to the Council Chambers, was slowly being opened. A scraping noise that cleaved through the silence as a knife could through butter. Ripping it a apart as easy as a piece of paper.
Yet the person standing in that room seemed unhindered by it, her statue like silhouette stood firmly and didn't even bat an eye for the new person that had entered.

'When you imagine yourself up there, how do you look?' inquired person at the woman, whom had noticed that she had been staring at the Chairman's seat. 'Does the chair fit? Do all the lords and knights simper and fulfill your every command? Does the world prosper under your influence?'

The person inquiring the woman was no one else then Isaac Douglass Grand, a fifty-three year old man that was as cunning as he was ruthless. The exact embodiment of someone who would do anything in order to get what he wanted. He was the type of person that people would classify as the 'get the job done at all cost' kind of guy. And it was because of that attitude that helped Isaac to climb the political ladder, high enough so that he was now sitting in the upper echelon of the Magic Society of Fiore.

It had taken sometime, but after the incident at Era two years back it went rather quick. But that wasn't so surprising, after the devastation that was being brought upon by Tartarus and the black dragon Acnologia, there weren't so many commanding officers left. Even the council was thinned out and reduced to a mer two members. For Isaac though, this was a chance of a life time. A moment to rise and sit somewhere high.

'Or is the power that seat behold that keeps you laying awake at night, miss Sewelle'

Mel stood there looking at the chairman's seat. Soon... It seems that the champion will fill this seat, very soon now. Then she felt the aura of the old man come into the room. She stood there and gazed at the seat. "Mr. Grand..." Mel said out loud. She worked under this man before. When she got the fourth chair, she was ecstatic it didn't go to Isaac.

Her body began to tremble. This man was definitely gunning for the chairman's seat. Mel was going to need to provide all the security to the new chairman coming in. "Hmm... I do not imagine myself. I imagine our new chairman. Speaking of our new chairman, he has been in Bosco for the past few months trying to find a contractor for our intelligence department." She turned to Isaac. "I'm surprised you have been promoted above me so late in the game." She said with a grin looking over at Isaac. "Then again, with your paranoia of losing that seat... You would probably do as much research on me as you can. I'm certain you won't find anything wrong or 'funny' in my record." She turned and walked over to her seat and sighed. She situated her hat and then looked over at Isaac again. "I personally wish that this room was pink... If you want to know the thought that goes through my head when I stair at the chairs in this room."

It was off course of no surprise that Isaac's investigation into miss Sewelle, didn't go unnoticed. In fact he expected as much. Mel Sewelle was a smart woman, and not much would get passed her. However when she mentioned Isaac's already ongoing interest in her, she'd confirmed exactly what Isaac already knew. That whatever she was hiding wasn't going to show up in her personal records, and that finding the truth behind that woman would be a difficult if not a near impossible task.

'If that truly were the case, you wouldn't be standing here with me right now' he replied with a smile that was equal to the grin on Mel's face. Faces, that were masks when surrounded by other, but when among each other showing their true intentions.

'Pink huh?' Isaac eventually said while he took place on the seat, opposite of Mel. 'I always felt more for a darker color in here, like crimson red... Anyway shall we end the little game of words and move on to business. We are after all here to govern.'

Ending their game hidden in their conversation, Isaac and Mel were now actually ready to discuss the magical world of Fiore. At first it was nothing but the mundane and rather uninteresting topics. Like the increasing numbers of the Rune Knights and their funding, guild member registration and even public transportation. Until Isaac opened a report that actually was of interest.

'So with the increased funding for the Knights we can start to recruit more... and even invest in a better equipped task force for apprehending mages who betray the law'
The report that Isaac had opened up showed the recent destruction of the Arena, a place were mages could come together and duel each other, may it be for money, fame or personal satisfaction. Yet considering that the arena was massive in scope it was actually quite worrisome that it got destroyed during a single fight.
'Which seem to occur more and more lately... destruction of entire arena. By two key members from Fairy Tail none the less. Sure they are rowdy, but this.'

Mel sighed as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes. Fairy Tail was not on her list of guilds to visit. However she still needed to present the thank you plaque to Eclipse Soul. Mel smiled and looked over at Isaac. The tacky woman smiled. "I don't know what to do with those kids sometimes," Mel said with a giggle. "It seems that there is much more to our funds suddenly going up than I don't know about. However, I did look into something. SOMEONE out sourced my intelligence division to a small group." She thought about it. "I met the girl who is in charge of it. She seems to be a bit sharp tongued. She doesn't want the council in on any of her research until after she has completed it." Mel pulled out a set of handcuffs.

"Our handcuffs that we were equipped with before were rather weak and only affected certain magics. Everyone else had to come in willingly." Mel tossed them over to Isaac. "However, the Bureau of Magical Development has streamlined them. Making our cuffs able to disable the energy that gives each mage their skills. The only thing is, that they can't fit on huge wrists like one of my soldiers. Kaido." Mel sighed and looked at Isaac. "And you... what work have you done, other than pick on Fairy Tail, the guild that the people of Fiore love to death."

'Can you blame me really?' respond Isaac 'In fact it surprises me that we haven't apprehended those Fairy Tail mages already, having them unchecked this long has let them to grow in their own fame so much that they don't even bat an eye towards the destruction they are causing. In fact they don't differ so much from any dark guild at all, take Savage Skull for instance. Everywhere they go they'll leave a great deal of destruction, is Fairy Tail that much different from them? Sure they don't pursue some wretched goal or massacre innocents along the way. But their sheer destruction even puts the greatest dark guild at shame. And this doesn't goes for Fairy Tail, every other guild under our administration is in need for a serious reeducation if you ask me. Sabertooth has grown vane under their own banner of righteousness even though they clearly are harboring a war criminal, Eclipse Soul is even more wicked, a dark guild under the guise of a legal one. That guilds harbors so many mages with a checkered past that it is actually admirable that the previous council hasn't arrested them.'

Fancy Mel sighed. His demands about the destruction the guild have been causing are very sound. However she knew that she couldn't defend the beloved guilds of Fiore any longer. She had done her work by covering up their destruction with the funds for the Rune Knights. Now with the new chairman in charge, she knew that she was no longer in charge of where her money goes. She sighed and put a hand on her head. "Don't speak of these guilds like this. First of all out of all the legal guilds you spoke of, Eclipse Soul is the only guild that hasn't done as much destruction and damage to property than any of the others. On top of that this guild has been a sort of rehabilitating center for mages who have had a hard time. I believe our new Chairman... Will be reeducating everyone on their position in Legal Guilds..." She sighed and then situated her hat. "Fiore will not stand to see their guilds defaced and antagonized. We have no control over what they do until our Chairman tells them his thoughts."

'Well then, I guess we have to wait for this so called new chairman huh'

The man was a mystery, for a months now he had heard about this certain enigmatic chairman. Yet he'd never showed his face even once at the council meetings. And every time Isaac inquired about him, or delved into any information he could find regarding that man. The answer always turned out to be the same. Traveling in foreign countries, diplomatic mission. But nothing more then that, even the answers he got were shrouded in mystery through their lack of details.

He hated to admit it, but he was heavily outplayed here. The concealment of this so called chairman would only reveal itself the moment he or she, decided to reveal himself. So for now Isaac could only one thing and that was focussing on other matters. Like one especially, something that he found rather strange as well.

'Moving on then.' he said while he tapped the top of his desk with his pen, creating two separate knocks. A mundane move to most outsiders, but for someone on the council a sign that the upcoming words could be sensitive. And that even in the council chambers they couldn't bluntly speak about it.
'I got a report from one of our natural environment specialists, stating that he saw a strange natural phenomena. Apparently a flock of 'sparrows' was seen migrating north.'