Savagery (Open)

For some reason, and going against the common vibe of the guild hall, Harrigans office was actually almost devoid of the darkness that roamed in the rest of the guild. Mostly because the large arch like window, that overlooked the guilds courtyard as well, allowed the light of day to shine down and into the room. Clearly revealing the exquisite taste Harrigan had for grand and large rooms. A perfect reflection of his personality. What emphasized more on this fact was the general style of furniture. Which were all classy and expensive Victorian styled. From the drapes, to even the knob on the door.

Along side the room was a curving staircase, carved out of mahogany wood, that lead to an overhanging balcony. Which in comparison to the room was small, yet gave access to the large book cases all imbedded into the wall. Surely functioning as a personal library.

It was more then clear, that the currents guild masters tastes were a bit more, extravagant. Then the former one, who's office was significantly smaller which usually was cluttered with scrolls, scribbles and ancient books and was only illuminated by the soft light of candles along side the wall.

Harrigan himself, was seated directly in front of the large window. Sitting in a large chair that faced directly to the door. With in front of it, a large wooden desk. The chair itself had a backrest that even towered above Harrigan. While the desk had nothing else in particular, except the carvings of some strange creature. There wasn't even a single book or scroll laying on it. Which someone would mostly expect when walking into a guild masters office.

The reason for that was off course the power Harrigan possessed, besides having a vast arsenal of offensive magic. He also possessed a magic that was quite rare and had more utility purposes then it could do harm. A magic that let him to have four wide screens, floating just several inches above his desk. Screens that were transparent that they would reveal what he was reading from the other side. Only then in opposite off course. This was called Archive, a magic that could be the best described as some sort of advanced database. And with its layout it almost had something futuristic, so much even that if Harrigan would want to separate an image or a text from what he was reading, he just had to think about it and use his hand to slide over it and direct it somewhere else. Which would automatically result in a new screen with that very content on it.

There was a knock at Harrigan's door and this knock was the knock of Sinali. For some reason, without even intending to, her standard knock sounded like a funeral march. It was quite creepy. She had come to see the guild master to speak with him about the future of the guild. So far they had been training the members and getting them to be more powerful, but she wasn't clear what Harrigan's goals were anymore. The two of them had quite a strange relationship anyway.

Not only was Sinali responsible for the almost death of the previous guild master she was also, much more importantly, also responsible for the death of Harrigan's grandfather Harland. That had been a while ago and  Sinali was now a lot more powerful than then. Of course, she had her reasons for killing Harland. It had been one of the orders she had received and she hated the magic council anyway. They were in charge of the rune knights who were her most hated enemy.

Strangely, this had not put a strain on their relationship. It was likely that she creeped out the guild master, but she was certain he saw her as a valuable asset. Why else would she be one of the two mages that he had called in to deal with her ex-wife. Why else would she be in charge of one branch of the guild? Even though she was only a child. Oh yes, did I mention she was an eight year old girl? Well, she was. An eight year old undead zombie child. One of the eleven sinners, a pillar leader of the guild and just a general power house.

"Mr. H can I come in?" she asked politely.

Thorn laughed softly as she walked up to Sinali from behind "Sinali my dear you have the most depressing knock i know! It suits you though!" She stated a smirk on her lips her head tilted as she looked up at the door Sinali was at and noticed where they where and Sighed softly "why are you here are you feed up with me already you want me out of your Piller boss?" thorn asked lightly she had always wondered what the Guild master actually looked like and what he was like even though Thorn had been with the guild for a while she had never meet the Guild Master this was normal as she new he had been bizzy but know standing there infrount of the door Thorn wanted to go in with Sinali "mind if i join?" she asked softly to Sinali tilting her head.

Auorra walked behind Thorn.She saw the friendly exchange,and her heart tugged at the exchange.She dearly missed her friends but it was for their own good she knew.The council will probably track her to them and they'll pay the price.She loved the chaos she's causing the chaos for the magic council .They deserved it for executing her darling father.At this thought her dark green eyes narrowed in hidden anger.

Quickly waving his hands over the screens on top of his desk, they immediately would shut themselves off. Not that they had any current contents showing of such importance that secrecy was a must, but because it was only proper to engage with ones own members with your full attention. 
Following that motion with an answers to Sinali's request, Harrigan would allow the undead yet young looking girl to enter the premises of his office. Along with everyone who would follow her in. Which appeared to be one of her Pillar members, and what seemed to be an unknown girl, someone Harrigan didn't knew.

'Sinali, miss Thorn. I see you brought me someone new? Care to elaborate?'


Harrigan wasn't very fond of surprises, well that is not entirely true. It was more the fact that there was a new member in the guild, who managed to elude his attention. So you could say, Harrigan was more displeased because of the lack of information he had on whoever this girl could be and why she could be in the company of two of his most loyal members.

Auorra made her face look aboustely emotionless considering she's a good actress. She looked up at Harrigan and said softly," My name is Auorra Le Fay and I just followed Miss Thorn to here because well I was a curios as a cat ".She's not going to a tell him that she is exploring.That might ruin her game mind you.Harrigan probably didn't notice her because she's very good at keeping her head down until she wants to pick up her head showing everyone what she can do.

Anyway she waited for Harrigan to notice her surname as her parents had been allies to the dark guilds.And since they were nobility they thought that no one's going to consider them as traitors to the council.Well in the end her father got killed.

"And we all know what happened to that curious cat." came out a voice from the shadows, as Za'cha stepped forward, eyeing the new girl. There was nothing about her physically that even resembled something akin to a threat, least in his view of things. Her magical abilities however... there was a confused vagueness about it that he couldn't pin down.

"A quick tip. I'd change the surname if you don't feel like having the Council breathing down your neck every time you step past these doors. Least whilst your doing anything for this guild." he said, keeping an eye on her, briefly nodding in respect and greetings towards Harrigan and the others.

Auorra snorted as she looked at Za'acha.She then said while trying hard not to smirk,"The council didn't think I was involved with what my parents were doing.After all the council hasn't torn down my manor.They're mostly neutral about me since they believed that I wasn't a threat.After all the witnesses AKA the servants told them that my parents didn't spend a lot of time with me.And I looked mostly innocent in their eyes but I couldn't exactly forgive them for mudering my kin.That's the reason I joined this guild."She was so angry at the new guy mostly because he DARED to suggest that she change her surname.A Le Fay is everything she is,without that surname she's basically nothing.Besides her aunt mostly raised her after her parents were executed.And her aunt mostly known in Fiore for being neutral not siding with the light or dark guilds.That helped her case too.

She was also glad about her Lineage as being related to Morgan Le Fay gave her the ability to be a Progency of Nyx,though it had skipped a lot of generation in family and she's the first one in a long time to have it.Not that anyone knew about.Heck,her own mother didn't know about only her and her father took that secret with him to the grave.She was aboustely livid at the new guy but managed to calm herself down before she did something she'll regret.Like kicking the guy where the sun doesn't shine.

Sinali's head rotated the full 180 degrees without her body moving as she heard Aurora speak behind her. She tilted her head and turned it back. "As she said Mr.H she came by herself. I have no idea who she is. Shall I break her?" Sinali asked with a tone of innocent to her voice. Berry had followed her in which was fine. She had no issue with her pillar members following her. Zazu had also arrived. She quite liked him as a person. He was interesting.

"Mr.H. I thought it might be time to discuss our latest games." Sinali said with a smile. "Afterall, we have been quiet recently. We don't want to be forgotten"

Thorn chucked softly as she sore Sinali bring her head around without turning her body to someone that had not witnessed Sinali do this would find it creepy. nodding her head to Harrigon out of silent respect she smiled softly "she recently joined I have been on a job with her however she seems very up herself and has no respect for the people a both her!" she stated lightly not caring if this girl would take offence to what she said and grinned widely "I would not objection to Sinali braking her!" Thorn stated a dark laugh flowed through her lips.

Thorn tilted her head lightly she was not around the last time there was games Savage Skull was involved with this intrigued her and wondered what type of games there would be.

Auorra was immediately on alert but did nothing but smirk.And if she's going down she'll do it fighting no matter the odds.At least she hoped so.Then an idea to get herself out of this situation came quickly to her.She sighs dramatically and said,Now Now let's not jump to the gun.Thorn I'm sure you guys have important issues so if can stop wasting time....".I could make myself look wiser than those idiots perhaps Harrigan will be thankful to me.She knew she had a long way to get a high position in savage skull but it's best to start now than never.

Za'cha sighed as he pinched his nose. "That is precisely why you should change your name whilst doing jobs for us. Unless you want the Council to become aware that you were in fact in league with your parents and don't want all your precious assets frozen and torn down, at best. At worse, you could wind up joining your parents." the Dark Exquip mage explained to the rather short-sighted girl.

"Get the point now? You maintain your little noble existence as far as the world is concerned as Le Fay, but go about doing jobs and tasks for Savage Skull as another identity, that way the two aren't connected. Try using that thing between your ears, assuming you can even contemplate strategy and tactics." he said, gauging the mood of the room. He wondered how the Guild Master would handle this little upstart... given that Sinali offered to break the girl, he wouldn't be surprised if that was precisely what Harrigan did.

Auorra looked deep in thought.She didn't want to change her surname but the guy had a good point.Why hadn't she thought of it?She then said,"You may have a point".She then twirls her necklace which had been a family heirloom.It had been Morgan Le Fay who weared it when she was Lady Le Fay so it had great meaning to her.The symbolic meaning was the Le Fay lasted for a long time even before Morgan Le Fay.

And it was her duty to make sure they survive further.And one day she would do what Morgan Le Fay had never been able to.She would take Fiore by force.After all it was the Le Fay's birth right as Morgan's descadent.Well that's what she thought anyway.She cleared her throat softly and said,"How about the surname of Moon,that's a common name for dark mages ".That's true as it was a common name for dark, and neutral mages.

Harrigan couldn't actually believe what was unfolding in front of him, it was as if he was staring at some marketplace were merchants and peddlers would bicker with customers over the price of one of their wares. Yet instead of a market place it was actually his own office, and instead of merchants and customers it were his own mages that somehow perceived the illusion that the privacy of his own room, was actually some common townsfolk square. Where one could bicker with each other over the mundanity of what is called life and it's daily perils.

In the meantime that his mages had found the time to threaten and offend each other, Harrigan's hand had found his way to a pencil. Which he would twirl between his fingers, until his patience had run out. Which resulted in the loud snapping of the small writing object. 
Normally the sound of a pencil snapping in two wouldn't be loud enough to silence anyone. But considering that the magical presence of Harrigan started to rise. It's sounds was supposedly equal of that of a gunshot.

'Tell me...' said Harrigan, whose normally eternal smug smile had vanished. Only to be replaced with a mouth whose lips looked anything but happy. 'Since when do we feel the need to turn my office into a common drinking establishment. Were one could freely bicker with each other?... You are talking about wasting time. But right now, all of you are currently wasting that of mine... and since I actually belief the fact that some of you have something that would be called intelligence. You can only imagine how precious my time is...'

If Harrigan was not a powerful dark Mage Auorra would have slapped him in the face.But since he is a powerful dark Mage she didn't.Hey she has self preservation thank you very much.She instead made her voice appear very meek to Harrigan and said,"Of course you're right master.I'm sorry for my behavior".Well she's not really sorry but she needs to make Harrigan think she is actually sorry.She also bowed her head to Harrigan.

She looked around the others and bit back a smirk and tried her best to make herself look meek and innocent in Harrigan's eyes.Hey trying sometimes never hurt anyone as far as Auorra was considered.

"Apologies sir... the need to educate over-rode my faculties somewhat." the Dark Exquip mage said with a perfunctuary bow of his head. "However... I do have a purpose in disturbing your office sir. It pertains to the Rune Knights and certain relics." he said, tapping the pendant around his neck that was shaped like a scythe.

"They hold Conquest and War within their ranks... to what degree of proficiency I cannot determine exactly, since the only occasion I've had to witness them in action was against that Dragon thing in Clover Town a while back. The only one not yet accounted for is Famine... Although I think it can be assumed that the Council is trying to collect the Four Weapons." reported Za'cha. "I am currently attempting to devise a method of counter-acting the ones we know the Council to possess, utilising the knowledge garnered from the one I possess... although I'm afraid progress is... glaciarly slow." he admitted.

"They exist on a level of power that defies conventional measurements... and yet at the same time are limited by their wielders magical power. So whilst the Rune Knights may not yet be capable of unleashing their full potential... conversely there is very little that can actually stop them regardless at this moment, aside from something of similar power, i.e. another Weapon." he said before giving a smirk.

"They do however all share one glaring weakness which we could exploit." the Dark Mage said, willing to share this bit of information with all in the room. "When using their Weapon, the wielder must be focused on what the Weapon desires. War desires blood. Conquest desires victory. Famine desires patience. Death... well, it's name is self-explanatory." he said with a shrug. "If the wielder is not focused on granting what the Weapon also desires, for example spilling as much blood as possible with War, then the Weapon itself weakens, and the wielder cannot use its powers effectively." reported Za'cha, letting the unspoken message hang in the air as the light in the room caught the glint of metal from his pendant.

"And before the new girl can suggest it or even consider it, it is impossible to take the Weapons from their wielders and use it for themselves. You'd need to kill the current wielder in order to get the Weapon to bond to you... which with Conquest's wielder amongst the Rune Knights may be an issue, since she's part Celestial Spirit." he said, glancing towards the Le Fay girl. He wasn't about to discount a noble girls lofty ambitions when told about near unstoppable weapons of magical power, figuring it was best to cover his bases. Now he just needed to wait and see if Harrigan had already known all of this already...

Auorra of course had found a way out of that situation that'll work probably.Why can't one of them be the weilder's friend and spy on the weilder and wait for a good chance to attack.Though she's powerful every human being had a fatal flaw that'll ruin them.Be it aggroance,overconfidence,or phreaphs when the weilder's family is in danger the weilder can hand it over.Either Za'cha hadn't thought of it or there's more of it.

She said nothing but waited for Harrigan's reply.It was only wise to wait for his reply.And then she can offer her solution and see if it works.If it has a chance of working she'll at least be known as a good strategist.She just bit her lips and waited for Harrigan's reply.

"I apologise Mr. H. " Sinali replied. She knew Harrigan wouldn't fall for the sweet young girl act. She also know that most of the people in this room knew why people feared her. However, the new girl did not. Still there was no point acting now which was she had spoken so straight forward. She hadn't even seemed to flinch when Sinali mentioned her breaking. A brave person, but unwise. She hadn't even considered her name when joining a guild such as the Savage Skull? However, she was curious as to her past. It sounded like a good story and Sinali loved good stories. "Zazu...the weapons have minds of their own yes? Could we not convince them to break their bond...most of them sound like they would be happier with us." She was actually surprised that any of the rune knights could wield them. Conquest perhaps, but the others...they seemed too dark for them to wield effectively.

"Or perhaps we could capture the wielders and...persuade them to use the weapons for our purposes." she said with a twisted smile revealing the guild emblem on her eye. She looked at Harrigan. "Mr. H what do you think? Or do we have other plans we should be pushing forward? She wanted to help forward the guild's plans. However, if there were none on the tables then she would have to forward her own goals a little sooner than planned. That was no issue though her power had increased greatly quite recently.

Thorn quickly bowed deeply out of respect "I am sorry Sir I shall never do it again!" she stated lightly before looking at Za'Cha lissoning to what he had to say and thought for a moment whilst Sinali spoke Thorn looked at Harrigon she wondered if this was something he would worry himself with.

Looking down at the floor she thought for a moment "maybe a new member could join that guild and convince them whilst there!" she said softly her voice was weak as she was not shore if she could put her two pence into this convocation.

Auorra looked at Sinail and hid a bitter smile from her face.She wasn't scared about physical torture and please no one can break her further.Her mother was alive but in hiding not even contacting Auorra once and now.That did when her mother stopped talking to her she knew her family was dead.Of course Auorra had love for her mother but she covered it up quickly because she was raised in politics.

She supposed her mother not contacting her was for her own good.But no one else knows about that they just assumed her mother committed sucidie.She had all her family torn away.Physcial torture was actually a blessing compared to emotional torture.She actually loves physical torture.She thinks it's unhealthy but what can you do.You're you.

The moment Za'cha would drop the name of his own weapon, his necklace quickly but faintly shimmered for a moment. If it was fate that created that almost unnoticeable moment, or just the sheer coincidence of the outside light falling and reflection on the pendant at the right time. Harrigan didn't know.
But it did caught his eye, and that was more then enough to actually ponder on what those weapons really were. 

'Interesting... but do tell me Za'cha how can it be that you have this rather specific part of information. Can't it be a possibility that the weapons you saw were nothing more then a fluke. Something else entirely?'

'Or can it be that these weapons are actually entities on their own.' He thought right after he finished speaking. Something that bothered him, upon hearing that the enemy supposedly controlled two of those famed weapons. Weapons that besides lore and legend were so shrouded in mystery that not much was known about them. In fact they could even be considered an anomaly in this world filled with magic. 

'Either way' he continued before giving Za'cha or even someone else the chance to respond 'Whatever they really are, it's not worth to engage the enemy right because of it. Before that we need to know more, like for instance. What are these weapons, what can they do or more importantly how do they influence the user. I mean you probably understand that they didn't get their names for being a common cutthroat dagger. No before I will even consider striking at their owners and having them for myself, we need to see what they can do....'

Auorra striked like a viper,"Master why not put one of the master spies to find out inside information about them.Surely the weilders would be open to a friend or a lover ".She said the last part with a sedeuctive whisper just for dramatics.She really hoped he didn't put her as a spy.She wasn't bad at spying but just preferred not to do it.

She finally waited for Harrigan to respond.She twirled a lock of her pretty black hair.She inherited it from Morgan Le Fay herself if what her father said is true.

Za'cha shook his head at Harrigan's question concerning the authenticity. "Like knows like sir. And I have it on the best authority that the weapons the Rune Knights have are the real deals." he said with a tap to his head. "Oh come on, just let me speak to them... it'd be so much faster." groaned Tessa, the Spirit of Death's Scythe from within his mind. The Exquip magus glanced in the direction that her imaginary form was visible to him in, raising an eyebrow before sighing and shrugging.

"Sir, I'm about to let my source do the talking for a while." he said before his eyes went vacant for a brief moment. The pendant around his neck glimmered for a split of a second before his eyes came back into focus, although there was something cold about them now. "Hello there." he said, his voice now echoing with that of anothers. "The young undead is already familiar with me, albeit my physical form, but for the rest of you an introduction is in order. I am the Spirit of Death's Scythe. And so little girl," she said through Za'chas lips, looking towards Le Fay, "your plan has to not only contend with the Wielders, but also the Weapons as well."

Death's Scythe returned her attention towards Harrigan. "You wish to know the capabilities of my siblings? The clues are in the names after all. What does War thirst for? What does Conquest strive for? And what does Famine desire? I'll gladly tell you their forms though. War is a two handed sword. Conquest is a pair of chain sickles, and Famine is a book." she said before wincing and clutching her hosts head. "Seems this chat is at an end young man. Anything further, take it up with my Wielder. Ta ta."

His eyes went vacant for a moment before they returned to normal and he tried to catch his breath. "Fucking hell..." cursed Za'cha as he leaned against a wall, his chest rising and falling as if he'd just been put through twenty laps around Crocus. "Did... did everybody get that? Cus I am not doing that again... bloody hell that hurt..." he grumbled, shaking his head a little.

Auorra patiently repeated what death said to them to Za'cha.She said this calmly waiting for his reply.She only had one more question and that is when do they strike.Would it be an attack or would they go with her plan?It was time to find out but she didn't say anything just waited for Harrigan to do something.She was a bit spooked by Death but didn't let her mask fade.Poltics was about not letting anyone not your current ally and enemy know your real emotions.It could always be used against you.

Harrigan raised an eyebrow, and the small revelation in his guild. A feat that he'd disliked as he wasn't aware that the conscious in Za'chas mind was aware enough to actually speak up. In fact till now Harrigan always disregarded this so called being as a vague remnant.
Sure he read the reports of Sinali, but it was never pointed out that Za'cha harbored an actual intellectual being from one of the famed weapons of the apocalypse in him.

'Allright' replied Harrigan with a cold voice 'you proved the authenticity of the information Za'cha. And I must say, I am impressed. Annoyed but impressed as well. I mean, not many manage to elude such information from me... but that could also possibly come from the lack of information was provided to me about this matter.'

Harrigan's gaze slightly diverted to Sinali. The young undead girl who was aware, or at least to some extent of Za'cha's extra features. Which was only to blame to her mission reports, that were mostly doodles and drawings of that of a small child. Grim doodles, but doodles all the same.

'Either way, my decision on this is of no concern to most of you. Especially you new one. Taking initiative can be as harmful as it can be fruitful. Especially around here. Do well to remember that.'
Now... Sinali find me the other pillar leaders, and everyone else leave.. except you Za'cha we have something that we must dicuss