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On occasion the Order of the Onyx would gain new novices outside of the regular cycle. These members were of varying ages and skills levels based on who they had been and what sort of life they were living before being recruited into the Order. Adrastea was one such novice and Akilae had been assigned to give his new fellow Fang a proper tour of the compound.

He had not yet met the young woman whom he had been told was also an adept. He knew only her name and that he was to meet her outside of her newly assigned living quarters after breakfast this morning. Curious about this new recruit and eager to make a good impression, Akilae lengthened his strong and hurried towards the address within the compound he had been given.

She was quite pretty, this Adrastea, Akilae noted as he approached her. Her hair was a rich red colour ,a shade of scarlett or crimson. To be able to see in colour at this age allowed him to better appreciate things like that he felt. Red hair suited her, although personally he felt she could look better if it was longer and more swishy.

There was a scar across one of her eyes but it did not, in his mind, detract from her overall beauty. She was tall and thin but strong looking, not some willowy civilian with a lovely body and no idea how to wield it as a weapon. Yes, overall Akilae found Adrastea to be quite pretty


Naturally as he was silently complimenting her the girl had to open her mouth and be rude. It was not the best start to the day and Akilae had a feeling Adrastea was going to be difficult to work with. He was not used to those who kept their distance from him either, at least not inside the compound's walls. In a population as big as the Order of the Onyx there were those he disagreed with and those who were non too pleased with his mixed blood but they were few in number and inconsequential to his status and progress. The young man would prefer not to have to add Adrastea to that number

Perhaps her views from the outside could be changed. After all they were both here for the same reason, to see the Oblivionites win the war and rule the other races in Soudana's name. They also both favoured the bow and the role of assassin within the fangs. Akilae would do his best to see Adrastea see reason, that the things they held in common were more important than that his blood lacked the purity of her own.

"I was informed of your name earlier, whomever told you to wait for me today should have done the same," Akilae replied coolly. He would try and win this girl over but he would not be taking any s**t from her in the process. He regarded her highly as a pureblood and another member of the order but there was a limit to what he would and had to tolerate. "I'm Akilae or occasionally Aki." Adra didn't seem like the type to use short forms, though. At this rate he wouldn't be surprised if they never spoke after today if she had her way.

Swiftly he made his way to the unhappy female's side. "The tour should only take about an hour, all the essential buildings are clustered together and everything else is either only for people with special privileges or land used for farming in some capacity." Aki would be more than happy to find her someone else to take over tour duty if she walked to traipse through acres of beast dung ridden fields just to get a better feel for the scope of the size of the compound. He had no intention of getting filthy if he wasn't absolutely required to.

Akilae shrugged at the question "I'm not sure I can tell you anything the your recruiter didn't. The order of the onyx exists to make sure the oblivionites win the war, even if we don't play by the rules all the time." War was complicated and messy with all sorts of precepts that determined how it could and could not be waged. The Order of the onyx has it;s own way of going about things as they answered only to themselves these days.

" We seek to use our single lifetimes to ensure that one day the firstborn rule over magesc." He was regurgitating fairly well known knowledge but Andra has asked and it would take a few minute to get out of the housing district and see something interesting. " The council doesn't feel it necessary that the other races be wiped out just made to serve us. There will be changes in how the world is run and everyone will have their place." he continued, a small smile upon his face and a dangerous gleam in his dark green eyes. Akilae truly lived for the people he had been raised by.

"There will be a new hierarchy amongst the races and our people, one that will benefit everyone and even often some redemption for others when all is said and done."

He lifted a scaled hand and pointed to where a group of mothers were escorting their children off down a sidestreet. "We're still normal people though, there's families here and people go to school, work , make friends and fall in love just like anywhere else." He turned his head to look seriously at Adrastea. "I guess the best way to describe the order is as a very dedicated community, one which you became part of after careful selection and vetting." Again he offered a friendly smile. See, they were part of the same group of very special people.

"The council feels Soundana's will is being misrepresented by the current leadership," Akilae pointed out as he continued to walk forward. "Even if they are wrong there is always room for a change of plans that better benefits the people." After all when the other races were enslaved then no oblivionite would be forced to do a menial task they did not care to. They shouldn't lose the ability to do such tasks but they could focus on other pursuits and elevate themselves higher than ever before. Surely Soudana would approve of such initiative being taken by the people she had created.

"I do hope you grow to like it here, leaving the Order of the Onyx is usually done as vial of dust," he warned. She would already know this but it never hurt to reinforce things.

Akilae slowed for a second and pointed towards a large round building that seemed to have a pulsating glow about it. " That's the sigil's facility, they have classrooms in there for sigil specific stuff, work rooms and a bunch of other stuff. Or that's what Sarga has told me anyways, I've never been inside." He had no business in there and no real inclination to investigate. " Sometimes things explode, or the building appears to disappear, don't worry though no one has ever died."

At least not in his memory anyways. While most sigils did practice more mundane and practical magical things the older and more privileged of them did tend to experiment and while said experiments often produced useful new magic is also came at the cost of some destruction or weird sights on the behalf of passers by.

" We'll head to the Fang's training facility and I'll show you around in there before we cover the stuff that lies a bit further out." Akilae replied, dropping the focus on Draco veranno for now. It was hard for him, who had never met the man, to explain how he needed to be replaced for the betterment of everyone. Plus Adrastea came from the outside where Draco seemed fairly beloved by those who did not know better. Aki would prefer not to fight with her again so soon.

They soon walked past a rather nondescript building which he noted was the headquarters of the Onyx eyes. It was enterable only by there members and even then your rank and specialty skills determined where exactly withing the building you could go according to Aurigan. Of course when pressed for further details or information of what he was allowed acess to Akilae's friend only laughed and changed the subject. This left Aki with little he could really tell Adra about the eyes although they seemed to like it that way. He did note that his father was one but that he was equally secretive about his work.

Eventually the pair came across the Fang's facility. It was a large octagonal building with a fair bit of open land surrounding it, upon which was all sorts of equipment for climbing, knife throwing, strength training and even a small track. " We do have a gymnasium inside" Akilae assured Adra; " but they often like us to train in all sorts of weather and the inside stuff tends to be more close quarters combat drills and stuff like that."

"Now I'll show you around inside our headquarters quickly, there's only a few rooms you'll probably be using at first but it's good to know what's where for when you get sent on errands." The higher ranked fangs didn't tend to force the novices to do menial things but sometimes they needed to deliver messages to multiple people at once or someone injured coming in from a patrol needed you to deliver something while they were cared for.

"It won't take very long though, there's the gym, the classrooms, a bunch of meeting rooms and then some private offices." Aki's time was spent mainly in the gym and the classrooms. Even as he aged and gained rank there would be new things to learn and discuss. Plus one's training was never really complete.

Akilae resisted the urge to hit Adra, instead he glared at her, the bright green soulspark in his eyes flaring brighter for a moment. " We are done, I imagine you are capable of figuring out where the archery range, stables, rookery and other outdoor facilities are by yourself. If not you can surely charm someone else into showing you." As he spoke the young man gestured towards a nearby doorway leading out of the building.

Aki worked hard to make good impressions on people and he could be stubborn as a dragon about winning the friends he wanted. This girl , his new fellow fang would not be won easily though and his patience this day was running out. Let her her be rude, he thought, he would show her day by day his prowess as fang and a member of the order and she would learn to respect him. Perhaps he'd even bestow kindness on her on occasion until she was swayed into the fold of those whom he counted as friends and true allies.

Yes, it was best to accept defeat today and not lose his temper than risk making an enemy of this newcomer who might yet prove useful to the order and himself.

(adra is precious, aki is a stubborn sneaky bugger)