(1109) Qadesh and Gathered Mages

[Ixidor]

Ixidor had entered the room still wiping the coffee off of his lips, but wears a wryly confident grin nonetheless. Having taken a bench in the front, he rests his drink wielding hand in between his knees and the other on the back of the seat.

Qadesh's imparted information gets a steady stream of casually thoughtful nods from Ix, accented by the slight wave of his black mane. He isn't surprised to hear that the speaker is a fellow Thιarch. That he took it upon himself to gather them all here and make sure they were informed practically screamed Silver Ladder.

That's an awesome thing about belonging to that Order. Your representatives are never hard to find.

"How do the Ladders fit into the scheme, here?" the Theurgist asks with a lift of his chin after Qadesh opens for questions. "Are we coordinating, or are the Arrows running the show?

"...I just don't wanna be useless."

[Miach]

While the young man was speaking with obvious ease and practice, Miach moved through the ranks to stand in front of him, keeping Qadesh at his right. Now, those were news, plain and simple, yet crucially important for any newcomer, and he was glad to have them stated.

He didn't like one bit what he heard, though. A war zone in all his life had been more than enough to fill all his bloodlust, and he wanted nothing to do with it anymore.

I hope whoever runs the show *slight nod to the rock-star he used to listen to* does the job quickly. It's all I ask, really. Now you mentioned the places of safety, but what else is done to protect us ? Is there an Awakened 911 at our disposal ? And who are the heads of the Orders here, if we're not respected thearchs, please ? I want insurances !

While usually relax and confident, the tall red-haired man was now agitated by the news. His hands were removing perspiration from his forehead, and he straightened at once when someone knocked, shifting a nervous glance toward the door.

[Yog-Sothoth]

Aurum followed everyone in and stood nearby listening calmly and quietly as Qadesh spoke and addressed those present. She wasn't sure if she had seen this mage around before and when he introduced himself as a Ladder then the figured that was likely why. She stood with an emotionless and unreadable expression and considered his words.

At least he is trying to be helpful, she thought to herself.

When he had finished speaking she walked over to stand right next to Qadesh and looked over at him and then without saying a word upended her Italian soda over the man's shirt.

"Now that I have your attention," Aurum said smiling sweetly spitting the words back in Qadesh's face. "That was a fucking stupid increadibly rude thing to do. It was careless to casually use your nimbus in public for a frivolous thing like getting people's attention. It is nice that you are taking the initiative to let people know the local scene though."

"Oh," she said after a short pause realizing she hadn't introduced herself. "Name's Aurum with the Mysterium bud."

[Penguin]

Demise enters the room half way through Qadesh's little speech, just in time to hear his name and order. Hmm... a silver ladder huh? she thinks to herself as she watches and listens. She admired the odd assortment of mages that occupied the room. She was just about to voice her opinion when Aurum spoke up quite aggressively.

Part of her wanted to intervene but she really did want to get a fellow Mysterium member upset with her so early in her stay in the city so she simply waited for her to finish. She casually approached Qadesh hoping his mood is not too foul at this point.

"Nice to meet you Qadesh, I'm Demise of the Mysterium. Thank you for your hospitality. I was the Mysteriums Representative be around here?" She was trying to be a little too nice but then again after Arum's display she figured too nice wouldn't hurt anything.

[QuicksilverFox85]

Alister had found a spot on the wall near the back of the room, allowing him to get a good look at the magi that filed in. Banishers, eh? Somehow I doubt that's the only issue this place has if the Guardians are being called in...

He smirks at Aurum's biting commentary and the sudden dousing she gave Qadesh. He was one who believed in using the nimbus to its full effect, but only in certain circumstances. That particular display was a bit much, but understandable; he was a ladder, after all.

"Alister, Guardian." He gives the gathered magi a little salute, nodding to Anubis.

[Ixidor]

"Oh, right. Ixidor." His coffee is raised as both a salute and a friendly enough 'that's me'. He'd already used the terms Ladders and we in the same thought, so he figured adding that would be overstating things a bit. Then again, they all seemed too-ready to start adding each other to their Facebooks... Except the spunky little goth, maybe.

The raised coffee waggles slightly in offer to Qadesh, Ixidor with a half-cocked grin. "Want me to douse you, too? It'll warm you right back up. Promise."

Qadesh been a bit too accommodating to Aurum, in Ixidor's mind. A bit too quick to smooth things over, but maybe he just wanted to get the gears moving, get everybody on the same page, whatever. Not that Ix expected a Duel to break out, suddenly, or anything...