Xavier received the return message from the wizard, Krieos, with pursed lips. It was exactly like Krieos to postpone the fate of the world for a date. At least Odric was busy with important matters.
Xavier sighed, and sank into one of the thick leather chairs, and began preparing his tea. This was going to be a long and tedious wait, he knew. As he sipped his tea, he pondered.
His mind kept going back to his experience with the reishi lotus tea. He had seen things that had awakened something in him. He had seen things he thought were impossible, but that he had known to be true. The Demiurge Luci was in control of his fate. But they had other plans as well, that he would soon have to reckon with. Darker plans, even for his own mind, twisted by the arcane and the psionic.
These crystal hollows on earth were only the beginning. More were coming, and Xzavior feared the forces of Earth would not be enough to overcome what was coming to them. The first wave would be the weakest, he knew. And even if the second or third wave were repelled, not even Xzavior knew who was behind all of this, on this side of reality.
It would take a powerful magician to work raw jokaishou into the form of a hollow. And someone with access to that much jokaishou material, which was a rarity, even in the spiritual realms.
None of this boded well. For anyone. This would evolve from a threat to Earth to a threat to Everywhere. Earth. Soul Society. Hueco Mundo. Even Northweald.
The Order had been assembled to work against such threats to the multiverse. To be a guardian of the multiverse outside of the struggles of their world. Shinigami, Humans, Blanks, and Even hollows working together to protect the multiverse from outside threats.
But, in this case, Xavier feared, they would need help. nonmagical help. If there was a threat to all of the realms, all of the realms needed to be prepared to work together to meet it, and deserved the opportunity to defend themselves. In any case, a more… physical approach to this threat would certainly make things easier for The Order. They couldn’t handle everything at once, after all. They couldn’t be in two places at once. Unless.... No that was silly.
Again, Xzavior sighed, sipping his tea as he waited. He was never one for patience.
As he waited, he gazed into the fire, the light reflecting in his crimson eyes.
His mind now went to his Nation, to Northweald. Would The Imperial Fleet need to be mustered? It was yet incomplete. Could The Alexander be of use here? Was it worth endangering the citizens of Alexandria in such a battle? Such thoughts rushed through The Psion’s mind. It wasn’t always easy being a King.
Would the blank swarms be of any use? They could, if organized, make for a formidable army. But blanks were by nature opposed to organization, and prone to wandering off. They were not soldiers, by any means.
Xzavior sipped his tea, the thoughts rushing through his advanced mind.
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Xzavior casually flipped through one of the many spell books, more out of boredom than earnest study, as he waited for his guests to arrive. In the back of his mind, he kept tabs on the events on earth as they unfolded. Healso kept tabs on the events in Soul Society. He knew that two of the hollows on earth were already down, and one was nearing death. In Soul Society, he knew that the shinigami had gained some semblance of control over Sanada Manor, but also that the Hollows had chosen that moment to begin an invasion. His companions, it seemed, were much busier than he was.
He knew that it would be some time before Krieos could join then. But as the third crystal hollow fell, he knew that odric would soon be on his way.
His suspicions were confirmed when Odric stepped through the door and into the basement.
”Welcome, welcome! Please, have a seat!”! He exclaimed, though he saw that Odric had already taken it upon himself to make himself comfortable. Xzavior smiled.
”It seems that our dear friend Krieos will be a little late to the prty. There seems to be a bit of a Menos Invasion happening in the Rukongai at the moment. I imagine it should be handled soon enough. In the mean time… tea?” Xzavior gestured to a floating platter that had appeared seemingly from ut of nowhere. It held three cups, a steaming pot of fine chinese tea, and a tidy stack of cookies.
”I fear I bring grave tidings in an already troubled time. When our friend arrives, we’ll get into all the gritty details.”
Despite the seriousness of the words, Xzavior’s smile never faded.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:11 pm
Odric Kaylen Eldeghast
Reiatsu 304 | Speed 50 | Strength 20 | Defense 30 | Stamina 20 | Intelligence 40 | Spiritual Power 174 Odric takes a cup of tea from the platter and sips on it as he waits. “Menos in the Rukongai? Appears the Shinigami are still too wrapped up in their politics and such rather than focus on their job of protecting earth and eliminating hollows. In fact, with the current hollow attacks on Earth, I only saw one Soul Society Shinigami at the beach, though I did see another rogue Shinigami.” He takes another sip of the tea. This type of lack of focus was the reason he had left Soul Society and gone rogue. That and the fact that the use of the power of Vizards was considered illegal, while being a legitimate form of increasing your power against hollows and such. “Seems a lot is going down recently, but for something to lead you to call the Order together, it must be quite serious.”
Health 375/375 | Spirit Energy 180/180 | Clarity 35 | Movement Speed 50
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