Uriel Tyrae
Entwined Into Chaos
With the Magic Council declaring that they would be assisting the Ishgar Symposium with its security needs, the world was now turning all eyes to the mission that was about to unfold before their very eyes. This was, by no stretch of the imagination, a huge undertaking; giving Bellum and Pergrande third-party support in their negotiations to end this massive conflict was certainly nothing less than a declaration of support for the cessation of hostilities. If that was not an efficient way to get one’s support across, nobody else knew. Most of the guilds had decided to respond favourably to the request for assistance, of course. It fell within the purview of the vast majority of Fiore’s guilds to help out with maintaining the peace of all lands, foreign and domestic, as giving peace to the world was a kindness that simply could not be overlooked.
To that end, Morgana had been deployed as part of the multi-unit team representing Meliora Vitae’s Relocation and Dispatch division. While this was outside of their normal monster-taming duties, this was certainly within the bounds of the guild’s overarching requirement to vie for peace wherever humanly possible. A number of guild members had been deployed to Felidae City in order to ensure that the local populace did not come to harm - this was their primary mandate in maintaining the balance of the world and thus they would fight to help those in need. The one downside was that with Felidae being so expansive and so many people cheering in the streets to celebrate the historic moment that would change the balance of the world, the defence of the city was having to be stretched considerably. Some of the strike teams had been left to their own devices, though given communications tools. So too had they been deployed alongside members of other guilds - and, fortunately, that meant that there was ample opportunity for guilds from all walks of life to cooperate. It was absolutely the perfect cover for Uriel to tag along with his partner, which meant that they would be able to face the exigence of this operation together. Sabertooth, similarly, had sent a sufficient number of its members to the area as independent operators, so that they could support the more large-scale and dedicated deployments, such as the Rune Knights’ barrier teams, or the medical teams that seemed to comprise a multi-guild operation.
In this particular case, Morgana and Uriel were now holed up on the ground floor of a building in the middle of the city, where a number of people from different guilds were spending some downtime. They themselves were working, however. This command post was in the far west of the city, where there was considerable foot traffic to monitor as the people went about their daily business. Many of the city’s revelers were currently congregating just out the front, where they were screaming, cheering and celebrating the momentous peace treaty that was to be imminently signed; the fact that there were so many out the front made it hard for the guild personnel to enter and exit the building in a hurry, but that was fine. So far, all things were quiet on the western front.
And I feel terrible just for writing that.
At this point, Uriel and Morgana were seated at a table, listening to the people come to and fro within the building. Plenty of allied guild members were coming in, whether they were Fairy Tail mercenaries, Rune Knights guardians, or even other Meliora Vitae operatives waiting for someone to come along - most of them had stories, a few words to share, or some insights into the layout of the city and the lay of the land as it currently stood - some people had some great ideas as to how to move around the crowds. Uriel considered it wise to be listening to the counsel, even if he was currently seated at a table with his beloved, cradling a takeaway cup of tea in his hands. Everything here was able to be disposed of in moments just in case the worst was to come to pass.
In their ears were earpieces, linked to the Vitae net; while Uriel was with Sabertooth, Morgana had managed to secure him one for reasons, which meant that he was now sitting there and able to hear what the scouting teams were saying. The idle voices every few minutes were a good indication as to the activity levels of the city anyway.
”I think this is all rather exciting anyway,” commented the noble. ”Our first time serving in a large-scale operation, away from home… it’s actually rather quite nice to be able to do something to help.”
Uriel was thrilled, if truth be told. The fact that he could make himself useful on their first outing, where the guilds were willing to take on the assistance of all of its members, was a refreshing change of pace. The Ca-Elian military would never have allowed something like this to transpire and the noble knight was glad of the change. Being out in the world, seeing new places, being able to give his experience to them - that was precisely the thing he had left his homeland to do in the first place. This was certainly the way he wished his life to be. Part of him wished for some excitement, of course, but peace was a far better option for the day’s events no matter how they turned out.
MEL @ WW