Answering questions with questions, that seemed to be the forté of at least one of the Council Heads. And while those questions put her no closer to a clear decision, the Watcher known as Panoptos did enlighten her as to the possible rewards. She had known of this realm before, of the Council, but that they would be allowed to make use of all its faculties should they decide to become the henchmen of the Council, as well as an improved Devil Trigger...

She watched the various other people either deny or accept the demands, even going so far as to smile in grim amusement at the one man who saw fit to insult the Council, and was branded on body and soul as a result. Merciful indeed, she had fully expected the Council to simply erase him from existence for his affront. 

She let herself hover slightly higher in the air, giving herself a better outlook of the surrounding landscape, especially the massive citadel in the distance. [i]The World Tree, access to all realms, and undoubtedly far more than just that.[/i] The Council had been close, and yet very far in their assumptions of her. While she derived much enjoyment from humans as playthings, it was so much more than just that. Evidently they weren't as perfect as they liked to believe. That brought another thought to the forefront of her mind. She lowered herself to just a scant few centimetres off the ground, turning around to face the Watchers. 

Her eyes fell once again upon Panoptos, narrowing as an impish smile found its way to her lips. She studied the leading Watcher with a discerning look, thinking, wondering... [i]Could it be?[/i] He had said that their services would be available to them should they take accept. And "services" were never performed for anyone of lower rank. A chef could not make demands of his Lord, after all. She did not finish the thought, however, figuring that pointing out her suspicions would earn her nothing but scorn from the Watchers, regardless of whether it was true or not. 

The promise of extra power was both welcome and unimportant. She would grow more powerful in time regardless, but if it allowed her to put down the one seeking to destroy the Seals... It was worth it, she thought. But then there were the matters of the implications of what exactly the Watchers had said. They had given no set amount of time for their servitude: No number of years until they were released. There was a very good chance that those who swore allegiance to the Council would serve them until the time of their deaths, and likely even beyond that.

Serve the Council and be given access to places, knowledge, and power that few beings had even laid eyes upon, or deny them and risk an untimely death due to pride. To say it was a difficult choice for someone as independent as Lily would have been an understatement. Rewards of yet unknowable proportions, or risk annihilation due to pride. 

She sighed, closing her eyes... and smiled. [i]A good thing I always associated more with avarice than anything else.[/i]

She looked up, pools of liquid fire gazing unafraid at the large stone figures that were the Council. 

"I accept."