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[color=seagreen][h3]Location: Decorum[/h3][/color][/center]
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[color=seagreen]"On this glorious night, we celebrate! Another year free from the oppression that we sorcerers endured for centuries! Free from under the thumb of those without magic! Another year of freedom!"[/color] Cheers echoed throughout the banquet hall of the palace as the Empress stepped down from her podium and retook her place at her table, red [url=http://g03.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1oXm_IFXXXXaWaXXXq6xXFXXXQ/Romantic-Red-Ball-Gown-Wedding-Dresses-2015-Sweetheart-Sleeveless-Pleat-robe-de-mariage-VESTIDO-DE-NOIVA.jpg]gown[/url] trailing behind her.

As she took her seat the compliments flooded in. Her guests came up to her and spoke of how beautiful her speech was, how lovely her gown was, how nicely her hair was done. She just smiled and waved them away. One couldn't fault them for trying to keep their lives. It was once these compliments had ceased, when everyone was eating their dinner, that a man, facial features hidden by a hood, approached and whispered in her ear.

Her smile fell to a scowl and she excused herself from the table. Lucille followed the man, the head of the palace guard, out of the banquet hall and to one of the many rooms in the palace. She sighed as her eyes fell upon a man, dirty looking and angry, kneeling on the floor. His eyes were gazing at the floor and his face was twisted into a scowl. When she stepped in front of him, he looked up and spit. The saliva was deflected, but the insult still hung in the air. [color=seagreen]"So, were you sent here to kill me as well? Because if so, spit won't do the trick."[/color] She grinned as she circled the man on the floor, like a shark. [color=seagreen]"Leave us,"[/color] she commanded of the guards who'd been left with her and the prisoner, waving her hand towards the door.

The minute they were gone, their magic stopped holding the rebel to the ground, and he leapt forward at her, snarling but he was caught in midair. Lucille grinned. [color=seagreen]"I do love it when they fight back."[/color] With a wave of her hand the man, now terrified, was sent careening across the room and into a wall. He groaned, as she walked up to him and kicked him in the chest with the toe of her stilettos. His teeth clenched, but he refused to grant her the satisfaction of hearing him scream. [color=seagreen]"So, Jackson, why are you here? From what I can tell via your oh so tiny mind, you've been in contact with the Griffin's for a year or so, but never met them. What do you owe them?"[/color] she asked, head cocked to the side. He shook is head in rebellion and the Empress shrugged. [color=seagreen]"Suit yourself,[/color] she said, walking out of the room, but not before waving her hand and casting a spell. [color=seagreen]"You're probably going to hear some screaming, ignore it. In about ten minutes, it should st-"[/color] Lucille's instructions to the guards were cut off by the screams of the man inside the room, guttural and animal like. [color=seagreen]"Oh there they are. Once they've stopped, you can go in there and clean up. Until then, kindly make sure no one comes down here. Now I have a party to get back to.[/color] With that, Lucille sauntered off. [i][color=seagreen]You'll have to do much better than that Jessica.[/color][/i]

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[color=darkred][h3]Location: Griffin's Keep ~ Council Chambers[/h3][/color][/center]
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[color=pink]"He was your spy Alison! How did you not know that this was his plan!"[/color] Jessica Lancaster screamed across the council table, her face twisted into a scowl. On the other side of the table, Alison Stoneworth sat quietly, eyes closed and hands folded on her lap. [color=darkred]"Are you done Jessica?[/color] the woman asked. When her friend gave no reply, Alison continued. [color=darkred]"Yes, Jackson was my spy, but what he did was of his own volition. He gave no indication of his plans to try and assassinate Lucille."[/color] Jessica glared at her friend, stalking back and forth across the room. [color=pink]"What did he know Alison? What was in his fucking head?[/color]

Alison looked down at the table. She shook her head before replying. [color=darkred]"He knew the other spies in Decorum, as well as most of their locations. I've already told them to get out of the city, but I haven't heard back."[/color] Jessica clenched her fists at the news, before sighing and taking a seat at the table. [color=pink]"We need to rearrange our plans. We can't rely on getting our intel directly from Decorum any more.[/color][color=darkred]"What are you suggesting Jessica?[/color] Alison asked, drumming her fingers on the table. [color=pink]"One of Lucille's advisers will be in New Seattle this week, speaking at some sort of conference. I propose that we send a team in to get him. He'll know Lucille's plans, at least some of them.[/color] Alison sighed, and pinched the bridge of her nose. [color=darkred]"We'll need to get a message to Alexander and Lucas, but I'm sure they'll agree with it. You already have a team in mind I'm sure?[/color] Jessica grinned. [color=pink]"Of course I do."[/color]