"Don't worry about it... Yoona? That's correct, right?" Naphtali replied, shrugging it off. As a Humachyi, her exoskeleton was actually woven into her skin, making it harder than average, as well as more flexible. The mention of where to look made her squint, trying to see if there were any triggers or something to activate some grizzly defense. There shouldn't have been, but you never could tell with something like that.

Looking back to the others at the sound of a new voice, Naphtali felt the fine hair all over her body tingle when she recognized Gemini as a Demon. It wasn't that she hated Demons personally, but they were often quite cruel, and therefore her, and all Aradrians', sensitivity to danger made them quite antagonistic. Hopefully she would be able to keep from making hostilities. Sending up a prayer to Anansi, the god of life, fire, and compassion, for strength, she handed the tablet to Gemini, trying to quell her revulsion to the danger.

Performing the same gesture to Raven as she had to Ruslayern, she said, "I assume you are the Lord of Terra? I must say that I've never seen you before, though I'm new myself. I'm christened Naphtali. Might I inquire as to your name?" He seemed a bit wound up for some reason, though who wasn't? Chuckling to her own joke before she realized what she was doing and blushed, she continued, "The tablet will tell you what's going on, but suffice to say that the Creators are missing right now."

Reading the tablet that had bern handed to her, Geminis face became increasingly agitated.when she was done- dwarfish was a difficult language for her- she frowned and sighed."I see.so we are to assume that the creators have simply gone?" She asked.she shook her head."it is a strange thing that has happened." She then handed the tablet to the newcomer."you are...new, yes? Welcome to the ranks of the lords and ladies of the realms.I am Gemini, lady of ardrimar." She greeted him, placing both hands over her eyes and bowing.this was a customary greeting in her realm, a sign of trust that the other would do no harm, and a promise to do none themselves.when she stood straight again, she made an effort to smile at the young new lady in their midst.the girl was clearly uncomfortable around her- no surprise, as most of her kind were wary of demons- and she wished to keep a peaceful status with the others.war was not on her list of things to deal with.

Raven frowned at the news that the Creators were missing. Inside that shook him, realizing the task his brother had left him was even more momentous than he had thought. He took the tablet, quickly reading it over as he said, "I'm not whom you were expecting. My elder brother, Griffin, was supposed to come but he has been...detained. And he probably will remain so for a while. So I have risen to take his place, for my ailing mother cannot. Oh pardon me I haven't introduced myself. I'm Raven Limont of Rielliad, Lord of Terra as it would seem. It is very nice to meet you all"

>>srry bout short post need slrrp<<<

Ruslareyn snapped out of is daze and finally looked up. When he noticed the newer lords and ladies he hopped to his feet. "Hello Lady Gemini of Ardrimar. Hello Lord Raven of Terra. And I suppose I should Hello to you Lady Yoona of Mithrigal and to you Lady Annais of Lunada," he said bowing to each ruler respectively. He felt uneased by the fact that he was with two of his rivals and his allies were both relativly new. He would feel better once the Lady of Shaefra arrived because he knew Lunada was allied with Mithrigal.

"Lord Raven was it? Welcome to our ranks. If you ever need anything just ask me or, if we are on different realms, come over and visit. I will teach you as mush as possible and help you as an ally should." he said gruffly and bowed again. He turned back to the others and and asked "Should we wait here for the others or move on to the meeting chamber?"

Annais hummed softly and other her breath, staring into the darkness that shrouded the hallways. Of course, she could see through it- her eyes were much better equipped to the dark then to the night. "Anyone else seem to notice the lack of armed traps," she quipped, pointing out what was surely obvious to the others. She didn't pay much attention to the arrival of the Lady of Adrimar; she was too busy peering into the shadows, trying to find any sort of clue in the dark, dusty hallway.

"Greetings, Lord Ruslareyn of Forgus," Annais said, tearing her attention away from the corridor for a moment to execute a graceful curtsy in acknowledgement to Ruslareyn's greeting. "It's good to see you again." She knew that things between their realms weren't the best- he was the enemy of her ally, as it were- but that did not mean she would be rude. She was about to suggest that they split up when someone else walked into the hall- the human lord. As he introduced himself as Raven, she couldn't help but stare. It took her a moment to regain her senses, and as soon as she did she abruptly spun around, pretending to peer back into the darkness as she tried to wrestle her fangs back into submission.

"Does anyone know where the others are," she asked, trying to distract herself (But oh, she could smell him, and it was absolute torture because she hadn't fed like she needed to and she was an idiot-) "I believe the Faerie lord and his advisor are still missing, as well as the Lady of Shaefra and the Lord of Sydraea, no?" She inhaled shallowly and turned to face the others. "It would probably be best to proceed to the meeting hall, I'm sure the others will think to meet us there." The meeting hall was huge- very huge- and thus, big enough for the scent of the human lord to be watered down enough for her to get a grip. And as soon as we dismiss for the day, I need to feed, she reminded herself, feeling dizzy.

"Welcome, Raven." Yoona gave a little wave to the new Lord of Terra. "You look a lot like your mother..." She mused, then gave greetings to everyone else. The whole commotion had thrown the meeting a bit off track.

She turned to face Annais and raised an eyebrow. Yoona could just sense that her need for blood was appearing, since there was a human in the room. "Anyways. There seem to be an awful lot of tardiness today." Yoona looked around the room. "Tsk, tsk. Just like Legacy Booth to be late. And where is that advisor of mine..." The Mithrigalians had never quite gotten along with the Espherians. Whenever there was a meeting in Aescardia, Yoona and Legacy -- the Lord of Espheria -- would bicker constantly, slowing down the progress of the meetings.

"Well, we haven't started properly yet because of this startling discovery, so I agree with Annais, we should make our way to the meeting room...then decide what to do."

{{Edit: Sorry about that, RebelFey, I changed it! ^_^;}}

>>Quarter_Queen you haven't seen Raven's brother, he has never been to a meeting-so maybe change that to your mother(in my mind Raven looks more like his mom)<<<
Raven responded to the Lord of Forgus's invitation,"Thank you, I appreciate the offer" He noticed the lady vampire looking hungrily at him, and he reminded himself never to be caught alone with her. After a breif comment from Yoona he agreed that they should, indeed, proceed with the meeting. After all it's all the more urgent with this new information.

Gemini nodded at the others."I agree that we should move on.the absence of traps or guards does worry me, though.perhaps as we make our way, those with better night vision should lead so we will be alerted to anything coming our way." She suggested.her own connection to the shadows would come in quite handy in this case.

Tirta arrived to the Greeting Hall looking only slightly disheveled. He was unhappy with himself for his tardiness, but hopefully the Creators as well as the other Lords and Ladies would not mind too much. Strange, unexplained events were happening in his realm, the latest being an underwater earthquake. It hit many homes unexpectedly, including his own. Usually if such a thing were to happen it could be detected quite early, enabling his people to leave the vicinity and protect what they had. However it just seemed to have happen out of no where, and all were at a lost to explain it. He had to stay longer to make sure his people and family were alright, and that plans to rebuild everything as best as they could be done. He almost was willing to stay and let his father go instead, but said father disagreed; since the title of Lord was now his, it was his duty to go.

So here he was, walking into the Hall as best as he could without tripping (he had done that the last time he came; it was his first time being on two legs instead of a tail for so long that he promptly tripped over them on his way in) that he almost did not notice the lack of guards around. He did notice however the group of Lords and Ladies in front of him, making their way to the Meeting Hall, looking rather worried.

“My Lords, my Ladies,” he called out, bowing to each of them, “Please forgive me for my tardiness……has, something happened?” he asked, tentatively. There were a few new faces among them, one being the Lady of Aradia, but even she looked concerned. Was someone missing??

"Ah. Hello, Tirta." Yoona stopped walking to face the newcomer and bowed 45 degrees to the Lord of Sydraea. This type of bow was respectful in Mithrigalian culture, mostly used with people of the same status. "Don't worry about tardiness, there is still someone who has yet to appear."

"As for what has happened..." The necromancer sighed and motioned for Tirta to follow the rest of the group; who by now were all already in the large meeting room. "...we've received some quite startling news, and were just deciding on how to deal with it."

Yoona sat down at her place at the large meeting table at the direct center of the grand room. "You can see for yourself what's happened, Tirta." She motioned to the tablet which was placed on the center of the table. Yoona gave a small flick of her wrist and a wine glass that held clear, sparkling water appeared in her hand. Yoona took a little sip, then swished the liquid around. "Though this is quite distressing, it might help explain these odd little things happening in my realm lately."

Gemini sat gracefully in her usual seat and pondered the recent odd events."it does seem likely that their disappearance has caused the trouble in the realms.my own realm has experienced some rather strange goings on.the creators are- or, were- the ones keeping things balanced, so it is only natural that their absence would cause an imbalance." She said, thinking aloud.

Dew gave an annoyed look at Evelyn. “Your late! Lord Booth said for your tardiness you can wait here. He went to Aescardica alone.” Lord booth didnt go alone Dew was with him but had to come back to put the Lords findings away. Information she was to share with no one.

"Yoona your leadership can explain the odd little things in Mithrigal." Booth said with a smile twords Yoona as he was looking down at the group of lord and ladies that have arrived late. This happened every time a meeting was to occur he would show up on time and end up waiting. He was happy to be early this time, since the creators were gone a free pass was given to them all to search the grounds. A few hours in this place and you learn and find a lot. Before the others arrived in the meeting hall he sent his Pixie home with his findings.

Booth stretched and jumped down from the top floor, slowing down in mid air right before his feet landed down with grace on the floor. He gave some nods to the other leaders in the room ignoring all advisors as he walked to a window. “Shall we get started with this meeting?” Before waiting for an answer from anyone he sat on the window seal and continued to talk “As you all should know the creators have vanished. I do not know what became of them but while i was waiting for you all i had a look around.” Booth paused making sure everyone was on the same page.
“I looked high and low threw this place and that thing on the table is our only clue.”

"Oh, there you were." Yoona glanced at Booth, who had all of a sudden appeared out of nowhere. The Lord of Espheria's little comment on her leadership made her scowl. "Same to you, Booth."

Unbeknownst to the other leaders, Booth had arrived before all the other and therefore he apparently thought he was the best leader. Yoona gave a smile to Booth that looked as if the two were best friends, which they were certainly not. They couldn't be more opposite than light and dark. She looked away and mumbled under her breath. "...that sly old fox..."

Yoona took another sip of water and scoffed at Booth. "With you searching, of course you wouldn't be able to find anything else."

The Creators were missing?? Tirta eyes widen, noticing that it was indeed true. Where could they have gone? Obviously it was not a normal occurrence as he looked around the room. It would explain the strangeness, or “imbalance” as Lady Gemini put it, in his own realm. The tablet however, he did not get, so he indeed went over to it and examined it. He did not like what was written. So they really were missing; this would not end well. The Creators had always guided their realms and, for a lack of a better phrase, kept them all in check despite the realm’s…preferences over another realm. Without them then…

He noticed Lord Booth entering the room, walking the nearby window, beginning the meeting with what he discovered, or did not discovered; he could not find any trace of the creators anywhere. Of course, Lady Yoona scoffed, thinking it would be obvious if the tablet had said so. The young Lord could see what both sides were implying but kept himself quiet as he took his seat. He anted to hear what the others wanted to do before speaking his mind.

Annais scurried into the chamber hall, having lingered behind to focus herself. She nodded her head and gave Tirta a smile in greeting as she went past him, to the seat that was as familiar to her as her right hand.

"Lord Booth, Lady Yoona," she said, her voice sharper then she meant for it to be. She cleared her throat slightly as she turned to face them, tilting her chin up to look at them. "With no one to keep watch over us, we must keep council over ourselves." The message was clear- it was up to them, and if they wanted to fix anything they must behave. She inhaled slowly, trying to decide how best to handle this matter. If Yoona and Booth were anything to go by, there was no way they could all just work together; many of the rulers were new, young. Annais herself had only held her position for 20 years. But there were no older hands to guide them, no one to ease them into the process of making decisions.

"Lord Booth, you said you scoped the castle," she said after a moment, turning forest green eyes to him. "What's the status on the defenses of the castle? Are the up?" She agreed with Gemini- the traps would be a problem if they were still up. "I think Gemini is right- if the defenses are still up, those who can see in the dark should proceed into darker areas first. We'll also have to find ways to disarm them."

"Did you see Burgin around?" Ruslareyn asked Booth with deep concern. "If only he were here right now... he would know what to do." Ruslareyn took a seat at the table and looked around. At the moment they were only missing one person. His werewolf ally should arrive at any time. He then pondered if anything strange had happened recently in his realm.
"Strange," he thought out loud, "I can't think of anything weird happening in my realm." he had noticed it was slightly chillier and windier but that always happened around this time.

Yoona huffed, and let the wine glass in her hand disintegrate slowly. She watched with interest, noticing how the particles clung onto each other for dear life."Yes, Annais is right." She looked at the other Lords and Ladies. "I'm sorry about that; I'm sure it will not happen again." She sent Booth her please-don't-aggravate-me-any-further-,-thank-you-very-much look.

"As for the defenses, they are not up. Not a single one." Yoona blinked. "I checked a little while after entering. And if there are any still up, they are well hidden."

"And the things that are happening..." The necromancer drew a sharp intake of breath. "Are pretty messed up."

Booth blew a kiss at Yoona as he pointed to his ears. "Im a great listener" Its not like they were against each other or anything it just seemed normal to push eachothers buttons. Booth shook the look she gave him as he turned to Annais.

"Nope shes right no traps. It seems like the power to this place is off." A smile came on his face. "Maybe they didnt pay the bill before they left." His smile turned into a chuckle.

After he caught his breath he got up. "Ive been threw this place a few times. I did find one thing." He looked around the room looking at everyones responses. By the looks of it sending Dew away with it was the right choice. Booth rose to his feet with his hand on his hilt. "Now before you guys get ahead of yourself’s hear me out." At this time he had a good grip on his weapon. Without his Pixie he wouldnt be a match for half of them.

"I found my bow i forgot last time." Booth pointed to his back were it hung. The look on his face must of been priceless because some of them laughed while others knew he was playing it off. The seat was still warm when he sat back down. "Well i had my fun. I found a book but i only read a little of it since i sent it to a safe place. At this time i dont know who to trust."Now his face was stone cold. No emotion at all. It was as cold as the blade in his hand was.

Tirta couldn't help but snicker a bit at his expression; Lord Booth could be such a kidder and was very good at relieving the tension in the room. However upon hearing about a book he found the tension came back tenfold. It was obvious everyone wanted to know what was in it, but the Lord brought up a good point; with the Creators gone it was hard to trust anyone here. For all anyone knew, one of them could have done something. Although Tirta was not willing to allow himself to come to such a conclusion...yet.

"Then you must trust yourself Lord Booth," he said quietly, but firmly. "Although we would all benefit greatly from what knowledge you gathered, if you feel it would be unwise to speak it, then so be it." Tirta had always been one to follow his gut when he was unsure himself; for him his gut was rarely wrong. "Though I must admit, I am curious to learn what you have learnt." he added honestly.

Elise finally arrived--a few hours behind the Lord Raven that she was appointed to advise. His Mother's word's still echoing in her head, I know he probably won't like this, but I'm certain the adding help will suit him. Take care of my Son.She climbed down from her horse--tying it to a nearby tree, then grabbing her satchel she headed into the large building. Taking her time to get herself to the meeting chamber due to the aches in her lower back from the long ride there. When she arrived to the room she headed in quietly finding Raven among the crowd of beings.

She curtsied in front of him letting her presence be known, "Greetings, Lord Raven, I am to be your Adviser--appointed by your Mother--she wishes you well."

Following behind the others to the meeting hall, Naphtali kept an eye out for anything strange, aware that her eyes would pick up the ultraviolet coloration before the others. Booth, like all Espherians, made her scoff. Their antics and carefree attitude could really tick her off, though she kept her animosity to herself, unlike Yoona. His arrogance didn't help matters either.

Seeing something stand out against the darkness sharply, Naphtali stopped, ignoring the rest of the rulers in front of her. As the newest ruler, Raven didn't count because he had been trained, she didn't have much say in matters anyway. The object was darkly colored in the spectrum of visible light, but that didn't mean anything about how it would look in ultraviolet. It was a cylinder with a radius of three decimeters, and a length of one meter. It felt cool, like metal, but was a dark black in visible light, a bright teal in uv.

Hefting it, she was surprised to feel resistance, though her superhuman strength solved that problem. She was about two thousand times stronger than a regular human. Spider DNA and everything. As if sensing her presence, the cylinder pulsed, shrinking to the size of her sword before morphing shape to match. Puzzled, she waved it around, surprised to see what appeared to be black glitter floating through the air from the point. Shrugging, she slipped it in her belt opposite her regular sword, deciding to take it with her.

The hilt was oddly shaped though, being shaped with two teeth like a key. Her hand still fit perfect between the two of them. As she touched it though, it felt like it glued to her hand for a moment before releasing, leaving her even more confused than before. She shook her head to help ignore it, running to catch up to the others as they discussed a book Booth had found.

((I was thinking that the object would be sort of like a skeleton key forged by those of the Void disarm the defenses before being carelessly left behind. If you want anymore information, just ask. :D))

Gemini sat and listened quietly for a while, wanting to know what the others thought.at the mention of a book, a look of interest entered her face for the first time since she had arrived.it was gone quickly, but it was enough to signal her curiosity."personally I think we should all get a look at this book.if it concerns the disappearance of the creators and the survival of our realms, then we're just going to have to put everything else aside and trust eachother." She said.it was a shock to everyone, Gemini was not known as the type to suggest cooperation, but she thought she had a point.

Yoona rolled her eyes at Booth's expression and crossed her legs as Booth mentioned a book. A book, how peculiar. There was a large library in the realm of Aescardia, but finding a random book inside the meeting hall was rather...odd. The creators were painstakingly orderly and a book out of its place on the shelves were rare. "It is your decision to show us the book."

An amused expression appeared on her face as Gemini suggested cooperating with each other. However, she did have somewhat of a point. "But then again, if it involves the safety of the realms and its inhabitants, it wouldn't hurt to let us have a little peek, would it, Booth?"

"My my... What a lovely little couple we have here," Ruslareyn remarked sarcasticly. "Ya know Yoona, you and Booth would make a great couple." He then turned to Booth and said, "I must agree with Yoona here in the fact that this book does concern all of us now and we must protect the realms from utter destruction." He then glanced towards Naphtali as she entered the room. He noticed the new sword on her and inquired "Oh Nephtali. Did you have that sword when you came in? It looks rather new." He was slightly displeased that he wasn't finding anything but also happy because he never knew what kinds of properties the Creators' objects had and if they could harm him.

Hearing the arguments against Booth keeping the book's contents to himself, Naphtali nodded, though she didn't speak up. It would help matters unless there was a vote, and she didn't have much influence anyway, being a junior and whatnot. Seriously, what had the Spiders been thinking? His hand on his hilt was a bit disconcerting, but she chose to ignore it, instead answering Ruslayern's question.

"Yeah, it's new. I found it out there," she explained, briefly as always. She had always been quite taciturn after all. "It actually morphed shape to be this sword. It was a cylinder." Trailing off, she blushed slightly, her pupil-less eyes flicking down to her feet suddenly. She really did suck at social interactions like that.