Samsara returned her gaze on the woman with the scarred mouth. But her memory had failed her, she didn't know who this woman was. [b]"If you're going to speak, sister, make it quick please. I have things that I need to do, and not a whole lot of time to do them."[/b]

Her focus on the woman broke as she overheard some other tenno talking among each other. She looked at them and watched as the group of Excaliburs headed toward the bar. She heard mention of Tetsu and Aeris, what about, she wasn't sure. But she needed to speak to them, and had a hunch that Kuro's minions would lead her to them. She looked back to Eclipse, [b]"Find me another time, sister. I can't talk right now."[/b]

With that, she stepped past the trinity and followed the group of tenno. Much to her surprise (a big one at that), she had followed them to the dojo's bar. She shook her head, thinking that Tetsu wouldn't be in there, he rarely removed his armor, she never understood how he drank to begin with. But that thought was shrugged off as the question rose, why were Kuro's honor guard talking about them? Had Tetsu and Aeris done something? She wanted to find out, and when she stepped in, she got her answer. Right at the perfect moment.

[i]"One day, I'm gunna to get you out of that armor."[/i] Samsara heard Aeris say.

Samsara blinked and shrugged, none of her business there. She stepped to the corner of the bar, darkened because of the broken, and poorly maintained, light above it. They were drunk, so that caught her off guard even more. She usually saw the non-tenno, the acolytes, at the bar. She simply crossed her arms and watched as Tetsu roused one of Kuro's honor guard. Say what you will about the clan's Excaliburs, they weren't picked to be honor guard simply because they shared the same warframe class as Kuro. They were very capable of handling themselves.

Then when Satsuriku stepped into the bar, she raised a brow. What drew so many respectable tenno to the bar tonight? Had she forgotten about some sort of annual celebration? Oh well, less work to track down the tenno she needed to speak with. Suddenly the head of the group, Kuro's right hand man and declared successor, stepped up and looked both Tetsu and Aeris over. [i]"We wouldn't want to interrupt your date. But since you both seem so desperate to be around us..."[/i] the rest of the honor guard stood and called upon their warframes.

Samsara watched enough. She may have entered the bar like an unheard whisper, but she definitely didn't go unheard when she interrupted their conflict. Her warframe was equipped, her glaive was in her hand. [b]"Mako."[/b] she said loudly to announce her presence, stepping in between the honor guard and the two drunk tenno.

Mako, the successor, stopped and looked at Samsara. He called off his honor guard. [i]"Lady Samsara."[/i] he said with fake enthusiasm.

Samsara hated Mako, the tenno of Clan Prowler that were around during the Orokin era knew that she was rightfully next in line to be master after Kuro. Mako knew this as well, and he knew how furious Samsara was when Kuro announced it to her, that he was Kuro's successor. He took Samsara's punch when she returned, even though he wore his warframe when she hit him, that punch still hurt like hell. He knew he walked a very fine line between earning Samsara's respect or her wrath. The Ash gripped her glaive tightly, [b]"What would Kuro say if he found out his honor guard were drinking at the bar and not patrolling the council chamber? How dishonored would you be if an assassin killed every councilor and the clan master because you deserted your posts?"[/b]

Mako stepped back, the rest of the honor guard did too. [i]"My lady, I apologize. We will return to the council chamber without incident."[/i]

Samsara grinned, [b]"Good. I'm glad to see that Kuro's lap dog doesn't disrespect his senior brothers and sisters like he does."[/b] her warframe retreated back into her bracelet and watched as the honor guard left. She turned to face Tetsu, Aeris and Satsuriku, [b]"Drinking?"[/b] she said to the former two in a serious tone, [b]"Well, if you've done your meditations today, then carry on."[/b] Samsara eased off and smiled to them.

She stepped up to the bar and looked at the bartender, ordering herself a drink as well. "I can't believe how split this clan has become during my absence..." she sighed and took a long sip. [b]"Hopefully not for much longer. I have a proposal for you three, feel free to decline. The council has declared that I am to take part in a conclave with Clan Tempest, I need champions to fight alongside me during the challenge. Kuro demanded that it will be a fight to the death. I know and trust you three, so I'm asking you first and foremost with confidence that you'll be my allies in the conclave."[/b]