(1910) Quiet Consilium

[Mobius]

"It's no problem," she assures the Hierarch, "But now that you've invited me, you might have a hard time getting me to leave." She beams, all pretense of formality dropped. She pictures herself holed up in a dark corner of the Athenaeum, lit only by candles, pouring over some tome or another. The image is both amusing and exciting to her. She had better be careful, or she might actually end up that way, she thought. Really, it would also be nice to have an opportunity to speak with Campanella on a more personal level, maybe even discuss Mysterium business. Though she found him slightly intimidating.

She listened for awhile to the discussion of security measures, very much beyond her scope of expertise, and to the many opinions on the subject. Might have spaced out a little bit, truth be told, but then snaps to attention at the mention of a Beacon of some sort, and a group effort to secure the cities' magical frontiers. It seemed strange to her, everyone was so eager to jump on board and assist. It was like this at the last meeting too. Where was the insular, selfish, paranoid mages she was used to? The hoarding of resources and information? Not the she was complaining, it was a positive difference. She wanted to make an impact in her own small way.

"Field work definitely isn't my forte.." she hesitated, feeling a little inadequate, "But if there's any way I can assist in your.. our efforts, I'd like to try." She also had some work of her own she wanted to do. Quid pro quo and all that.

[Phoenyx]

It looked like there was some confusion. "It seems I was not clear - I meant to do a sweep of the area the Hierarch offered as a location of interest," the Arrow clarifies. "Although investigating the area for magical sites does have obvious merit."

She nods at Cosmo's mention of the artifact they found. "I mentioned the Disk to the Concillium some time ago, Cosmo. Unfortunately, without anyone proficient in Space we struggled to make any progress. Our only Mastigos, Alastor, left shortly after and no-one that has come to Sacramento since has had any learning in Space."

The Beacon seemed to have aroused a lot of interest. Shodan's enthusiasm, and ego, raise a small smirk, before the Arrow turns serious. "Beacon may not be a good work. It is an artifact, containing potent Prime and Space magics. Alastor attempted to sever the smypathetic connection between the Artifact and the Seer Sanctum. I believe he was successful, but have no way of checking. It is large, and powerful. Obviously they went to great lengths to protect it. Their sanctum was guarded by Seers and with huge automata, fifteen feet tall and very aggressive." Phoenyx rolls hes shoulders. Broken ribs, shattered arms... it was a bad day, and without Aurora would have been much worse. "If anyone wants to know anything else about the Seer Sanctum, I can provide what I can remember."

[Spark]

"I'm in for investigating for magical sites, a military style sweep is a little beyond me. But I'm willing to help where I can."

Spark, if asked, would consider himself slightly above average as far as shooting was concerned. He was by no means an expert and hadn't actually ever shot another person, just targets or when he was a kid cans with an air-soft rifle. He's yet to have to put a bullet in someone yet, he knew it was largely inevitable given his life now but no sane person is eager to actually hurt someone else.

Spark's eyes lit up at the mention of 'Automata', "Are their any of these Automata left? Do we have parts here? Can we look at them?" Spark didn't even try to hide the excitement in his voice or on his face. He looked like a kid who just got that perfect gift on christmas. I mean, magical Robots, who the hell wouldn't want to see that?

[Campanella]

Campanella's eyes light up at the mention of automata. For a brief moment, the Hierarch shares a moment with Spark. A faint smile plays on his lips.

"We are not enough for a general sweep, but perhaps we can target and focus on places or things of interest," he added quietly.

[Winter]

There was a lot on the plate, and enough Libertines to make his life a living hell. The Guardian couldn't policy all of them, he lacked the resources to do so. However he could steer them in the right direction, or at least set the boundaries. Shodan was especially prone to hubris, being so cocksure about his skills and all.
This time he'd have to state the obvious "Do whatever, but be careful about what you share and how you share it"
The rest of the conversation perked up his ears. First there was the talk about occult clubs. Was the Libertine staking them? Did he think of himself as a Guardian in disguise. Had he seen the light? Nah, rightfully or not, the Guardian just deduced that Shodan was trying to spread knowledge among the Sleepers, that was the Libertines' modus operandi after all. He'd have to investigate "Show me those notes, would you?", and just for his enjoyment, "and stop grinning like a maniac, you sound like a washed out hardware store salesman"
Deep inside he knew that Sacramento needed a cultor... badly. If there ever was one, then she had done a good job of staying hidden.
As for the rest, better start from things they knew could yield results. "The disk and the statuette we recovered are a good place to start", this time he threw Phoenyx and Cosmo a bone.

[October]

Wow.

It was like everyone was doing the whole word vomit thing. It was hard to keep up with what was being talked about as things seemed all over the place. Instead she focused on key phrases and things that stood out to her.

Looking to Phoenyx, “I’d like to take a look at the artifact if that would be ok. I don’t know Space or Prime, but nothing wrong with a new set of eyes taking a look.”

Then a nod to Campanella, “My schedule tends to be hectic, being on call and everything. But if you give some starting points, I can take a look.”

[Cosmo]

Cosmo didn't have anything to add. People wanted to do stuff, stuff was available to be done.

"I'm up for whatever whenever. Just give me a call or leave a note in the Ladder's portion of the Circle."

His eyes turned next to Winter as he smirked. From Guardians only to team player in what? A minute? Whatever. Go team.

[Kaze]

"Sure." Kaze nods in agreement. "I am up for helping with sweeps wherever you want." he says with a smile. "And I can ask aroundthe neighborhood in vague terms if you have a description of something you're ever looking for."

He beams a bit at Phoenyx as Winter emphasizes the importance of her previous successful mission.

[Anima]

All these Mages, eager to volunteer to help...

Anima looks like he might say something, a question bubbling under the surface.

But he bites his tongue... Instead he let's his eyes gaze around the room, finally taking a moment to take in the Circle.