Sanctuary

[Star]

Cut nodded as the Epopt Spoke. As Asp rejoined them, he made the circular motion again, and an eating gesture with the querying eyebrow raise. Avis hadn't responded, but that didn't mean anything. Like passing notes in class, with the teacher there. Mandy's intro was good. Shift the focus, like a stage act. Throw in a name. Ariadne didn't react -- did she know this Eclipse? Were they famous? Should he know them?

"Yeah, cool place," he nodded. Gotta show you're paying attention.

Bunks? Ewwww. Bunks were for summer camp. Of course he'd slept on worse, just... the connotation. Unless, dear god, it was an Arrow thing. If there was going to be someone beating a trashcan at 5 am to wake everyone up he was definitely out. He hadn't felt anything when he'd first arrived, so there were even odds the place was just walls and a roof. Yeah, really big walls and roof, but still. He'd have to look harder if the defenses were hidden, but it was counter-intuitive: why bother?

He bobbed his head again, looking expectantly at Ariadne. Lead the way, boss lady.

[Zodiac]

Smiling warmly to the woman, Mandy nodded lightly. Getting to see the location would be good. "I have a place for the moment, personally, but I suppose knowing the area would be helpful." And it wasn't as though she could keep staying where she was for too terribly much longer - if her plans required that she stay longer, this might have to be the place she did so. It made very little difference to her whether she greeted the Arrow further at that point, though she cast a look of acknowledgement in Asp's direction once the woman had returned.

Talking with the remainder of the Visus in private was generally advisable by her books, anyway.

[Avis]

Avis gave Cut a strange look, but eventually comprehension dawned on her features. She nodded and smiled a bit, trying to show she appreciated the invitation.

[Ariadne]

Blue eyes dart to Cut's moving finger before following the rest of the motion and his gaze. Ariadne ignores it after a moment of thought.

"This way then. I probably should have cleaned in there recently but there has not been many of us around town." Or let Pixel loose with a duster tied to her tail but that would only end with more haired up suits.. Ariadne walks over to the entrance to the Guardian portion of the Circle and keys in the sequence to open the door.

[Star]

He watched the eyes watching his hands. Any distrust? Any objection? Nope. So Principal Ari didn't mind classes mingling at lunch time. Good sign. Never a good thing to have friction at the top level. Content to let Mandy lead the conversation, he simply nodded and followed.

Wait.

"So how many is not many?"

...

"Ma'am."

Respect your elders, yo.

[Zodiac]

Cut got to the question before she could, leaving her to simply echo the question with a glance to Ariadne. Was there a particular deficit of Visus in the city...? That was problematic. Unfortunate. But would also explain some of the lack of information being provided from Eclipse's part. Interesting.

[Avis]

"Um. Same," Avis said, deciding the groceries could wait. She wasn't the most social person in the world but she'd had her share of isolation for now. Besides, she couldn't hide in the Circle forever. Eventually she'd have to start meeting the rest of the Consilium. Might as well be tonight.

Avis heads upstairs, leaving the scene as well!

[Ariadne]

With only Guardians remaining Ariadne stops and looks at Cut.

"Two. You'll meet Bishop soon I hope."

"There were a few more but they've left town. Now with you two and another as well, we're up to five." She says over her shoulder as she opens the door and motions for the two mages to follow.

[Star]

A smile, nod, and thumbs up are aimed at each Arrow as the two... take flight.

two?

He was about to ask if that included her or not, but eventually got his answer. So why the one name drop but not the other? Was the fifth A Secret? He was fine with Secrets. They were expected. But revealing a secret existed was pretty much an invitation to find out a Secret.

Unless there was no Secret, and it was just an omission.

Or maybe Principal Ari had someone in detention.

"Five? Out of how many total? D... Pentacles, I mean."

Next question? How many Bad Guys were there? Even with the amazing male-female ratio that seemed to be the norm here, he was totally not cool if there was a similar Good Guy-Bad Guy ratio.