[center][h2]Arcadia[/h2]
[sub]Survey Initiative HQ[/sub][/center]
[@tex][@blue Demon]
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     Sulfrax returned Sydney's gaze, and his shoulders moved slightly, a half-assed shrug. While a bout with Sydney might be entertaining, he also wasn't certain he could beat the other arch mage. Or maybe he could. It didn't matter, he didn't really feel like fighting someone, or leveling the HQ. Casually injuring someone, maybe, but not an outright fight. Besides, he probably had better things to do, although that wouldn't explain why he was out here in the first place. [color=lightcoral]I was on my way back to Hyznia and thought I'd step in to make sure the council made the right decision. Seems adequate to me, with all of these [i]scientists[/i] and [i]Divers.[/i] And I wasn't striking fear into this sorry excuse of a replacement, I was just greeting him. No fault of mine that he's scared of me.[/color] Sulfrax rolled his neck once, giving one last look around the room, before suddenly turning his back on Syndey and beginning to walk away.

     [color=lightcoral]"Nothing else to see here I suppose. It'll be a shame to hear about the project failing. Or satisfying to know it succeeded. Who knows? I'm not in the mood to argue. Goodbye, Sydney, replacement. Don't screw this up. I'll see myself out."[/color] It would have probably infuriated Sydney more if he sounded any less matter-of-fact about it, but there wasn't any hint of a threat or spite in his tone. Hell, he almost sounded friendly with his goodbye.