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Uvarovite looked up from where he was feeding the feral youma he had set aside for experiments when he heard the knock on his door. He had been expected and thankfully, unlike some of the others, was always on time and that was useful. "Good, we are taking a trip down into the rift. I do hope you're prepared."

He looked over at the lieutenant as he set aside the empty food bowl and dusted off his hands. "I need an aquatic feral and they are rather hard to catch single handily."

The aquatic ones were rather slippery, in more ways than one, and after catching his first he knew they would be easier to catch with at least two people. More would be better but he didn't need a big one.

"I've already collected a couple of nets and a pike from the armory." The weapons he'd taken were basic, nothing that would be all that useful in a fight but they were rather useful in getting youma. The smaller youma weren't all that hard to catch if you knew what to expect from them. Uvarovite just hadn't been able to collect enough of the aquatic ones to make as many notes on them as he wished.

That was most of the reason for the trip.

He looked down at Cornetite's boots for a moment before looking back up at the Lieutenant. "Your boots should be water resistant enough. Most of our uniforms are created for utility in all situations."

"Tourmaline would be quite displeased with me if I let anything happen to any of you." He smirked slightly as he lead Cornetite through the Hall of Shadows and out into the Rift. He knew their lieutenants were important, everyone turned to their cause was in some way, but some were better than others. Despite Nitratine and Cornetite's issues both of them had potential and he didn't want to risk either of them and wasn't going to put either of them in any actual danger.

Once they were out in the RIft his Pet slithered up along side them, eying Cornetite for a moment before settling in beside it's master. Uvarovite knew having the youma around would at least give them a bit more safety while they traveled. Cornetite would be less likely to run into trouble with the large youma keeping the smaller ones away just by it's presence alone.

"If you start to feel strange let me know, extra presence of Chaos aside." Taking the lieutenants down was always a risk but one he was willing to take. Even so he wouldn't want to keep them down there long enough for anything to happen. At least to the ones he wanted to keep around.

Uvarovite did have to wonder for a bit of Cornetite appreciated coming down into the Rift with him or if he would prefer to be with Tourmaline training or working on keeping an eye on their foes. He had never bothered to ask, not actually concerned with the Lieutenants opinion, but was still mildly curious.The blue haired Lieutenant kept most of his thoughts to himself when he could.

Cornetite was prone to showing his emotions when in the heat of battle or when Nitratine was involved but otherwise the officer managed to keep things to himself.

"He will keep them away from us and will keep far enough away once we reach the water as to not scare the ones we want away." He could have enlisted his Pets help in capturing one of the smaller youma but they tended to thrash enough trying to get away from the larger youma that they ended up hurting themselves too much to be useful. "As for the water, I would not suggest drinking it but so far I have not noticed any ill effects."

"Like most of the youma they tend to look different, though I have not been able to capture many." Uvarovite took a turn away from the Castle, down a small hill toward where he knew there was a small inlet of water they could find the creatures in. "The database has very little information on them I am assuming due to their specialized nature." Having one of the creatures as a companion or using them would not be the best course in Destiny City. There were a few specimens noted in the Database from across the world but not enough.

He didn't like that no one bothered to research them more but he could understand given how hard some of them could be to capture and use.

"Information. What else?" He turned his head to look at Cornetite for a moment before returning his attention where he was walking. "Despite what some would tell you the Youma are incredibly useful creatures and the fact that we do not have proper information on them is atrocious."

"Things can be quite a bit more simple than some would lead you to believe. Information is one of our best tools. The more we know about the Senshi and the Knights the easier they are to defeat. The more we know about the youma the easier we can deploy them in situations." The way Uvarovite saw things there was no reason not to use the youma as extra troops. The right youma in the right place could cause far more havoc and deal with far more of the idiotic senshi.

One of the problems was that they tended to not be used to their full potential.

"Tools and cannon fodder, i've heard those terms used to refer to youma as well as the Corrupt Senshi." He smirked slightly as he paused at the edge of the inlet. "You've seen yourself how useful our Senshi can be when they are properly trained. Tourmaline and I can see the value in things others would throw away." Something that the others would come to regret eventually.

He left the last bit unsaid for the moment as he watched a ripple move across the surface of the water. "If you want the answer to that last bit ... I would suggest taking some time to look into the Database. Now pay attention, something has noticed us."

Uvarovite had expected to find the water occupied by ferals but the feeling of the creature that was coming in their direction was far from that. He spit out a quiet curse as he summoned his weapon and took a step back from the edge of the water. The Pet was till hovering and he had a feeling they might need the youma's help depending on whatever was going to appear.

This was why he wanted more information. He did not like not knowing what to expect.

There was a quiet but highpitched noise before a slim sharklike Youma erupted from the water and crawled up the shore toward them. There was something dripping from it's jaws that he did not like the look of.