[b][H2][Center][color=steelblue]Henry Pearl Avaritia The 2nd[/color][/center][/H2][/b] [Center][@Lucius Cypher][@TheWindel][/center] The door slammed open at mach speed, not startling Henry but giving a clue to him as to the rulers mood. Bad, but not bad enough to try and throw something at him reflexively. Which meant she would be logical at the very least. Henry sheathed his sword and walked into the throne room, immediately feeling the tension in the air. Francisca totally ignored this and asked how the battle went like a complete retard, wow Henry really wanted to bisect her right now. But now was not the time for that. And so his report began. He went over his infiltration of the factory, the attempts to kill the Meido sisters who were unfortunately wearing an experimental Machina armor, judging by the similarities it was likely a set of either 2 or 3. He also brought up how the Machina now had technology to inhibit portals for brief periods of time, which caused trouble when he was attacked by a Heaven harpie. Henry glanced at Francisca when he mentioned her joining the fight. And then they got to the not so fun part, where the Machina leader herself was there. [Color=steelblue]"I will be frank here. She destroyed Mephilius and I. I put up my strongest defense and she wiped it out like it wasn't even there..."[/color] With this being said Henry flinched and rubbed his head as he failed to grasp at a memory. His head hurt now. [Color=steelblue]"She did something else. I don't know what, but that bitch Eos did something else that I can't remember."[/color] He groaned as he felt his anger spiking once again. [Color=steelblue]"We were outclassed from the very start. I don't know why I even showed up, I had no chance of beating the leader of the Machina. Nobody did..."[/color] There it was again, a flicker of something. Something just out of his reach that waa bugging the living shit out of him. Henry shook his head and groaned. [Color=steelblue]"She threatened to wipe us out of existence so Mephilius and I exfiltrated via one of his portals. It was humiliating but we weren't gonna take the chance that she could back up her claims."[/color]