[h2]Arcadia[/h2]
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[color=aba000]"It's true."[/color], Karida remarked, sitting down as she finally started to utter complete sentences since coming to the HQ. [color=aba000]"It's true that Sulfrax would be little more than a nuisance-- both to the project and whenever his hells has gone loose. But we're not even sure how powerful he is now. If, say, he'd lost some, that wouldn't be too much of a problem. If he gained some, that's a bit of a problem, and we'll have some losses on our side. But either way, that doesn't matter. He's still little match to all of Arcadia's finest mages and archmages.

Now, why did you call me here?"[/color] Karida lent her ears to Yvette. As she was listening intently, a weary expression shifting to a solemn one, Karida sipped a little out of the copper bottle the woman hurled at her, tasting nothing but the nothingness of water. As Yvette finished speaking and Karida finished scanning the entire room, she made her turn to speak, in a slightly stern, but mostly assuring tone. 

[color=aba000]"I believe everyone is aware of my unwavering allegiances to the CMAS, but apparently I'm mistaken. So I'll say it again for you:  The Council is the authority-- an authority my sense of duty and my ambitions compel me to follow. If you still have any doubts, then I won't force you, but we have to have some degree of confidence between ourselves for this to succeed."[/color]