}o{ My Liege... There is... News. }o{
Dasteron bowed low before the throne upon which Shining One sat, his face averted, he was trying frantically to work out how to phrase what he had to say in the way that would be least impactful, but to be short, there was none. He stared at the slabs of marble that made up the floor.
)O( Speak Dasteron, do not fear me. )O(
}o{ My Liege... The first fleet, Is destroyed... }o{
Shining One stood, his eyes flaring green, contrasting with the crimson metal of his armour, he strides down the stairs and pulls Dasteron up by the filigree metalwork on his shoulder armour.
)O( WHAT? DESTROYED? )O(
}o{ L-lord shining one I only relay the mes-}o{
)O( Completely? Is even Gravios gone? )O(
Dasteron Flinched, He was not one of the Children as Shining One was, and therefore knew that his mortality was only too real, Shining One could squash him without effort.
}o{ Y-yes my l-lord, the whole fleet w-was destroyed...}o{
Shining one dropped him, Dasteron grunting in pain as his head hit the side of his helm, it was unusual for an unmetalled to hold such a high position within the Beyond Children, and he had up until this point considered himself lucky, but now...
)O( How? )O(
Dasteron whimpered, he wished he could be anywhere else at this minute, he looked up at Shining One
)O( HOW! )O(
}o{ The- The Mad One my Lord... He has followed us... }o{
Shining One's eyes dim again.
)O( Start the evacuation, we traverse at dawn. )O(
}o{ M-my lor-. }o{
)O( DO IT DASTERON!)O(
}o{ y- yes...}o{
)O( I must contact my brother, you are my right hand dasteron, I would not like to sever it.)O(
Shining One glides out of the chamber, and Dasteron struggles up, regaining his balance and uncurling his tail he made his way toward the palace transporter booths...
A glittering purple tear in reality heralded the arrival of the fleet of worlds, planets encased in glittering golden stasis fields rolling out of the rent in bizarre formation, behind them the ships, rank upon rank of glittering reds and greens, long range imaging, if anyone is watching this particular area of space shows four crescent shaped ships meeting with the emerging behemoths, and behind the whole unnatural flotilla comes the... thing...
]I[ WELCOME! BROTHER! ]I[
Pieron strode toward Shining one with his arms open in a gesture of greeting, the serpentine form of Dasteron cowering behind his lord, Pieron grasps Shining one's left hand in his, and grins.
]I[ I was overjoyed when I heard that thee still lived, and the Nagi too! We thought thee had perished at the hand of the Great Mad One! ]I[
)O( It is of he that I must speak with you Brother, and with grave urgency... )O(
***]I[ Hold, I will activate our enforcer, such things must not be known by oth-
To any watching, it is as if the area is covered suddenly in a dense fog, into which nothing can penetrate...