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"Iustitia is right . . . we can't afford to fight one another." Endellion confirm, barely biting back the added retort to Cael's emotional outbreak 'We also need to keep our heads.' While she respected Cael for his diligence in his work, his inability to take other Scions' considerations to heart when jumping to conclusions made her impatient with him often.

Turning at the apology, Endellion considered Leith. He seemed nervous and upset, weak even. Sighing once, she gave up her irritation. There was no point in staying mad- doing so could only hurt Leith through his empathy, and his skill was needed much. Surely the others' emotions were bad enough without her irritance. She held out a hand to him. "It's not a problem, Leith . . . My work is my passion, so you must understand if I give myself to it completely. I know you only worry for me, but it is something to be discussed later."

"Good morning to you as well." Endellion greeted the Aries calmly, blinking in his direction, head tilted slightly at the use of the mortal phrase. She visited the mortals on occasion, but she was not as fond of them as many of the others, and didn't know the phrase well enough to correct him. "Don't listen to Leith, Alistair . . . tensions are simply high. All parties are at fault, but it's been resolved. There are more important things ahead. . . perhaps you have insight on that already." She told him, as matter of fact as always, ending with the hanging statement that she hoped would invite any knowledge he had gleaned- Aries's gift of foresight was difficult to use practically, but when nothing was certain, he was sure bet for something to go on. It wouldn't do for Leith to keep blaming himself . . . one day he would have to accept that he could not fix everything by himself. It would spare the sensitive Scion much pain.

Endellion's back went rigid for a moment once more when Alephonze spoke out, but she turned politely to listen. He was forceful, as he could be at times, but she had learned to expect that he present a purpose for his sometimes over-reaching actions. And better yet, he had information. Immediately, she discarded her reaction, storing this knowledge for later use.

She nodded to his thanks, giving a slight bow. "No less than my duty, Alephonze, to those of you who work so hard toward our safety." She told him quietly, meeting the powerful man's eyes a moment with her own golden brown gaze. "Alephonze is right . . . I have not finished my work, but soon, I must share it, so that it can be used by all of us. I will do my best to see that we do not face the unknown when faced with battle."

At the Taurus's last comment, her eyes shot to Alistair, who did seem tense. She watched his face silently awaiting an answer. Her lips pressed together at his reply . . . no one dead, thank the stars, but fighting, and after one of the meetings . . . that was sure to be messy, particularly if caused by a misplaced comment.

Endellion recrossed her arms, thinking hard. "Cael, might you not consider bringing Insomnia? His abilities make him both a powerful and subtle presence, and his careful planning may help to better use what knowledge Leith's empathy gains us, towards negotiating the peace. . . perhaps allowing him access to the Shengxiao will allow him to better build a strategy to defeat them. Whether or not that is feasible, we need to find him soon . . . we cannot prepare our defenses with certainty of their effectiveness until we consult Insomnia. Of course, Alephonze, there is no reason you can't start your work . . . I only wish to be sure there is no oversight in the design of our protections. I know that what you set out to protect stays safe, but I would have you safe as well . . . well all know the fighting power of the Shengxiao . . . I would not willingly send even you, one of the strongest of our fighters, to fight them on pure strength and will alone." She finished, her voice slightly quieter. Alephonze, with Cael, was at the heart of the Zodiac's fighting strength, but even he had been gravely wounded in the past war. She knew unquestioningly that he would stand between all of them and danger at any risk, with no knowledge, if that was what was required. His loyalty earned him her deep respect, but she could not allow him to protect them that way . . . she needed to give him the information to protect not only his fellow Scions, but himself. 'Practical, Alephonze . . . . please be practical and do not risk yourself until there is no option.' She thought, hoping dearly that he would do so . . . that was her job, to insure that unneeded risks were not taken. She couldn't stand it if Alephonze, or even Cael was hurt because she did not prevent needless risks . . . she had to get back to work soon, to make sure she found all the information available, so that they could be safe.

"I may have the stubborn attitude of a bull..."
"..but I have the strength to match..."

Alephonze The Protector Kaido

Alephonze thought over what Alistar had said someone at a meeting had said something wrong and agitated a war. Without warning Alephonze turned away from the group and leaned against a column, his left hand outstretched, his bodyweight leaned against it, his head down almost depressed looking as he muttered to himself.

"It's my fault....That's gotta be me...No one else could be the one to do that...Taurus caused the war...That's how they'll write it. That's how Endellion will study it..."

This often happened to Alephonze, if he thought about anything in particular too deeply he had the habit of getting caught in a tangent and going off in his own little Taurus world, where most often things took a turn for the worse. In this particular situation the war could only of course be caused by him. Someone saying something to launch the world into war, it could only be him in his rage in the event one of the Shengxiao said something out of place Alephonze would be the one to ruin everything. This launched him into his mini depression. His glance suddenly shot over to Endellion as she spoke.

"I can't go!"

He yelled to her suddenly, as she offered up the idea of someone going with Leith. Realizing that he would seem sort of...out of it by suddenly yelling that out at her comment he put his right hand to his mouth closed it into a fist and cleared his throat into it.

"I mean...it's a wonderful idea, I just do believe one more diplomatic than myself should go. Someone that would compliment Leith's personality more so than I'd be able to...And I am perfectly capable of holding my tongue by the way!"

He finished finally coming out of his tangent and back to reality.

"...So watch it"

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The Aries couldn't help but smirk in the slightest as the Capricorn greeted him back using terms the mortals would use. Alistair had spent a lot of time in the world of the mortals, and to him, it was an enchanting place... so different from what he was used to seeing on an everyday basis. Unlike his brethren, who made occasional visits every other decade or so, he went whenever he was not needed in the realm of the Scions. The people he met, the languages, the animals, the traditions and festivals... just... everything was so pleasing to him. That world really did make his inner child come out.

As the others discussed further into the situation, he noticed how uncomfortable the mentioning of his vision made everyone, especially Alephonze and Leith. He knew what was going through both of their thoughts, for he was afraid of the same thing. The two Scions feared that they were the main subjects of his vision, the cause of the war, yet in reality, he couldn't tell who the voice had come from... He could only see the reactions of the Shēngxiào.

While the two were both speaking their minds, and sharing the uncomfortable feelings with the rest of the party, Alistairs stared calmly at the floor, arms crossed inside his yukata, deep in thought. After Leith had finished, he looked up and said something he regretted, yet knew had to be said.

"Alephonze... I think it'll be best if you come along with Leith... I-I'll volunteer to go along... as well. I'm sure if anything goes wrong... I'll see it coming and stop it before things have a chance to get out of control. Though I know Leith and I can handle ourselves, I would feel more comfortable if you accompanied us, it's not a bad idea to bring a bodyguard, just in case." He stated, smirking at the Taurus as he finished.

It was true though, if something had the possibility of going wrong, there was a chance he would see it before it even happened, and he could prevent it from occurring at all costs. He turned to Iustitia once more. He felt uncomfortable around the girl sometimes, but she was a marvelous ally, and if anyone could detect a lie, it was her.

"I would also like to ask if you, Iustitia could come along with us. You talent for detecting the truth would be a great addition, and we would be able to know if everything they're saying is true or not." He said to her, smiling softly.

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...Always set in stone"xxxx

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Ophelia had gone to the deepest part of her domain. This was where all water originated from. Here, the water was clear and in a completely pure state. It was like looking through glass so Ophelia was able to see the sandy bottom where a few crystals laid. She reached into the clear pool where the water opened, creating a small tunnel so she was not actually touching the water. It created a dry tube, all the way to one of the crystals which she picked up. Once she had removed the crystal from the pool, the water filled in the space, becoming full once again. The crystal was ice cold since it was ice. Frost began to form on the palm of Ophelia's hand and it became thicker the longer she held the crystal. Ophelia left the pool and exited her domain, with the ice crystal. Aquarius joined the others once more where she heard the talk of the first meeting with the Shengxiao. As she approached, Ophelia shattered the crystal into eleven pieces. Ophelia let them drop but before any of them hit the floor, they disappeared going to each of the Scions.
"Those crystals will heal most injuries. You only need to ingest them for it to work. However, they will not be able to heal any major injuries such as damage done to your internal organs... I wish we could avoid it, but it seems that war with the Shengxiao is unavoidable..." Ophelia said sadly.


♒ "No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight, In the shadow of your heart..." ♒

"Where is that damned Gemini at? You would think that it wouldn't be all that difficult to find someone so movement oriented, but of course I would be the one to have the problem."

Insomnia mumbled to himself before pausing at the end of one of the hallways he was about to pass by. A slight movement caught his attention, and he headed in it's direction without much of a second thought. In his mind, utter chaos reigned...well..at least to someone who didn't know how his thought process worked.'If they were indeed talking about a war, I suppose I would have to go and talk to them about it..I mean...I am their strategist..But I really don't want to deal with them...' he thought to himself for a moment, before another formed somewhere behind it.

'Then again, if I do have to suggest a strategy for the war, then...I would have to say it most likely wouldn't be the best idea to just storm in there on any given day...that perhaps we should await a day that they may actually be at a slight disadvantage...' His thoughts continued on like this for a while, many strategies and ideas developing as he followed behind whoever it was that kept going around the corner just before he could see them. However, his mind kept drifting back to the fact that the Shengxiao were a more...festive kind of people. The scions of their people resided over years, and their years were usually celebrated with parties and other such things like that...both in the celestial realm and on the earthly plane. If they could just catch them at the beginning of their next year...or during one of their festivals for the animal who resided over the year..they could most likely have a much better advantage over them.

The only problem he could really forsee in this idea, was the fact that they would be invading on a sacred time for the others, and that some of the zodiac scions probably would not agree on the idea. Not to mention, the Shengxiao would probably realize this themselves..if they really even expected them to make the first move at all. Insomnia found himself knocked from his thoughts as he finally caught sight of who he had been following...it was in fact, Aratus. Then he came to the realization that the gemini scion was headed straight for the meeting. Sighing, he decided to give up on avoiding everyone and to just deal with their presence. However...that didn't mean he would play nice or tolerate them for long.

As he approached the group, the scion raised a hand slightly in some sort of greeting to the others, and came to a stop, a little distance away from Aratus. However he remained close enough to him to keep him from feeling to uncomfortable at the others presence.

"So everyone's decided to gather here for some sort of meeting about this possible war...am I right? I don't think everyone should be jumping to conclusions...about what may or may not happen. Though I understand the caution..I suppose."

Then he glanced towards Leo and locked his gaze on him.

"As for the mission you sent me on...I can't say that it was a complete success..and I can't say that it was a complete failure either. I honestly still can't see much of a reason behind it....nor what purpose it was meant to serve."

He said with a coldness to his voice, as he tried to keep his frustrations out of it.

"I may have the stubborn attitude of a bull..."
"..but I have the strength to match..."

Alephonze The Protector Kaido

Alephonze looked through as more of the Scion arrived a few in particular he wished had stayed away. Insomnia of course near immediately analyzed the situation and thought to bring up the mission here and now. Insomnia was the strategist, and in so Alephonze was fairly sure that Insomnia was smarter than he. Had this been some sort of ploy to spark conflict between the Scion, or had he simply stated it at his own will, in a rage because he had been attacked.

Alephonze stepped in between the gaze of Insomnia, His blue eyes locked onto Scorpio, the gaze of the Taurus unwavering,be attempted to be as diplomatic as possible in his speech knowing that Insomnia would indeed be choosing his words just carefully enough to where the words themselves didn't come off wrong, it was always the way he said it that would draw a rise out of people, Alephonze was a sucker for being goaded into it and this knew and accepted.

"We have been discussing this possibility and reassuring the other Scion of our intent to pursue peace before making any sort of movement towards a potential war. I assure you our caution is justified and we will proceed as such. You would do well to begin your duty in forming a strategy for defense in the event of an invasion we want to be able to prevent any casualties."

Yang would not break eye contact once during this conversation. He simply moved to where his body as well faced the Scorpio. His posture seemingly more relaxed he slightly extended his arms from his body a slight shrug as he continued,

"As for your mission, if you were sent then the purpose was served and with your specific set of talents I am sure you did your very best. Any mission given to a Scion is with clear intent which should have been disclosed to you at the time of assignment, and a choice on wether on not you deem it a mission you are willing to undertake. I do hope you made sure to fully understand your briefing before you chose to embark."

Endellion would of course take notice to this and her words were more calm than his own but at times, and especially in dealing with Insomnia, Alephonze didn't feel that calmness to be sufficient.

"...So watch it"