[H1] The Aion Gathering[/h1]

The door to Mirrors room swung open and a icy mist evaporated in the air as it crawled along the floor a few feet from the entrance of the room. Mirror approached with a mist escaping his body as he walked, his ice form seeming a bit unstable. As one would suspect of a Seraphim his wings were angled on his back to not be a burden. He made it to the door where Velai, Lila, and the dragon stood. Lila seemed to be talking with Velai which he found to be a bit odd. His arms crossed as he watched for them before interrupting them.

[color=#ACE5EE]”Lila. Come with me.” [/color]He looked at Virias and rolled his eyes. [color=#ACE5EE]“You too.” [/color]

Lila was lost in her own thoughts as she caressed Virias. Her thirst for blood was already satiated, thanks to Velai’s blood, but her memories still flooded her mind. Paon… Ziton… A fight and a stolen key, which was very important for Velai… Although she had never heard those names before, Velai’s memories were strong and vivid. Lila herself didn’t know exactly why, but she wanted to keep that in secret. Lila found it very… difficult to understand what was in Velai’s memories after drinking her blood. So many emotions... Velai’s blood had a distinct taste when she drank it. But before she could think more about Ziton and Paon, Lila heard Mirror getting out from his room. She could feel the cold mist coming from his direction, it was quite obvious that he was still a bit irritated with what happened.

[color=C6DEFF]“Y-yes, Mirror.”[/color] Lila replied after hearing his voice. She was a bit surprised that he wanted Virias to come with them, but orders were orders.

[color=C6DEFF]“Come, Virias. Mirror is calling us.”[/color] Lila whispered to the dragon, getting up after a discreet bow to Velai.

Virias gave a happy chirp towards Lila as she called him to join her and as she walked off so too did he as he followed her. On his way out he turn his neck around to look at Velai and for a brief moment he looked at her before letting out another happy chirp in goodbye.

Velai nodded to Lila and the others as they walked to Mirrors room. It was cold inside and the lights were off so it was dark save for the sunlight coming in. It was the only warmth also. The air one breathed in was frosty. Like even as a sterile mist permeated the room. Mirror had the center of the room cleared. Tables, shelves, and other random room furnishings were piled haphazardly around the room. Mirror placed a hand on the floor and a circle appeared made in the shape of a snowflake. Mirror looked over to Lila and Virias. [color=#ACE5EE]”Into the circle, come.”[/color]

Virias continued after Lila and Mirror and kept his attention on his new friend. He still didn’t really like the other guy all that much, but that wasn’t a bad thing. He just didn’t know him so well, and of course there is that whole, ‘picking him up’ thing… but all in all he was ok with him, kinda.

Lila was already used to that kind of spell, as Mirror often used it to send her to many places, but for Virias, it would be the first time. She didn’t know how the young dragon would react to that, so she tried her best to calm him down, by maintaining physical contact. She knew that Virias might not trust Mirror the same way she did. Nodding quietly, Lila entered the circle and stood still, waiting for Mirror to activate the enchantment.

Virias entered the circle with Lila and while it was all really, really weird to him he was ok with it if Lila was. So as she kept him close and gave his head a few pats every so often he wasn’t focused so much on the magic in the room.

Once they were all three in the circle standing Mirror activated the enchantment. It flashed with a blurr of cold wind and light before calming around them. Their eyes would quickly dissolve away the blurring layer of cold around their bodies as they would breathe in new, warmer, damper, air. They stood within a room of what seemed like a sizable basement floor. There stood several people, most in servant rags but a few were seraphim with armor and weapons on their person or nearby.

As Virias felt the effects of the spell and found himself in another place he shook his head like a wet dog to try and gather his senses again. Though there wasn’t much of a draw on him, he wasn’t sure if things were going to get worse so he started to shake his grogginess off while he could. But as he started to focus back in he looked around to find both Mirror and Lila. The later of which he noticed was right next to him and in turn he nuzzled her midriff to remind her that he was still here.

“Welcome Mirror. Finally made it, and you brought Lila with her... pet?” A woman asked as she stood, with no armor but her blade was sheathed in her hand and was dazzled with jewels and other designs of high class. She was a seraphim.

Lila didn’t know why they were there or why Mirror had requested, or allowed, Virias’ presence there as well, but she would not question. The room she was in was quite big. There were quite a few people there with them. Some were seraphim, wearing armor, but the majority didn’t wear any armor or other type of protective gear.. 
Before she could think about anything else, a female seraphim came to greet them, interrupting Lila’s thoughts. She appeared to already know both Mirror and Lila herself. Although she wasn’t wearing any armor, Lila could hear the distinct sound of metal coming from her sheathed weapon.

Without saying a word, Lila greeted the seraphim woman with a discreet bow, and immediately after she turned her face to Mirror in a quick glance, with a very familiar expression on her face.
[color=C6DEFF][i]”Your orders, Mirror.[/i][/color] Lila thought to herself, shortly before going back to her usual stance, looking to the ground, but still ready to do anything that Mirror asked her.

While the events of the courtroom unfolded before Virias’ eyes he realized just how out of his element he was and before long he was just focused back in on Lila waiting to see how she’d react to this audience and he’d merely follow suit. Learning about how these fancy places worked along the way.

There were a few Seraphim sitting and standing around the room. The more they looked the more clear it became they were sitting in a storage room. Barrels and cobwebs scattered the edges of the room. Mirror looked displeased by the room. He looked at the[url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/57/0f/42/570f42457fb06717b812b604751b3d06--angelic-warriors-female-warriors.jpg] armored seraphim woman.[/url] 
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“Couldn't have chosen a more inconspicuous place myself. Don't worry about Lila's pet. It will prove useful later, trust me I saw what it could do.”[/color] Mirror spoke to her with a confident smile across his lips.

“Oooh.. and here I thought you were being nice to her. Letting her have something to care for… for once.” The woman spoke with a sarcastic tone in her voice. Mirror rolled his eyes. [color=#ACE5EE]“Stop it Joan. Are the preparations ready?”[/color] Mirror said. She nodded. “Yes. We are waiting on your go.” Mirror raised his hands up in a stretch. [color=#ACE5EE]“Good. Wake me up when you locate where the vile is..  Lila go have fun.“[/color]  Mirror strolled over to a corner and with a wave of his hand a pile of snow rained down from a portal. He laid on top of this pile and visibly relaxed.

Joan sighed. “Well I suppose our operative can sneak Lila up there. As for her pet I'm not sure.” As she spoke a Nayu servant strolled over in his sleek elegant attire of black. “Young woman. You may come with me.” His eyes were covered with a black cloth. He was clearly blind. 

[color=C6DEFF][i]”That’s right… For Mirror and the others, Virias is nothing more than just another tool… Just as me…”[/i][/color] Lila thought to herself as she heard the woman.
The reason why she was there was still a mystery to her. Obviously it was some type of mission Mirror wanted her to do, but no information or order was given to her until now.
The only words Mirror had said to her only left her even more confused. What did he mean by ‘go have fun’? 

She was indeed worried about what would happen with Virias, especially after what Joan said. But still, she was just a tool, she followed orders, not questioned or objected to them.
A blind Nayu servant called her shortly after.

Before going with him, Lila looked to Virias. She hoped he would be ok. He should know by now that he had to obey Mirror’s orders. Her expression remained immutable as she walked away, but deep within her eyes, a single message could easily be perceived by Virias.

[color=C6DEFF]”Please, be safe…”[/color] Lila whispered to Virias, before turning her head and following the Nayu servant.

Virias looked up to Lila as she reacted to the situation clearly getting just a tad miffed by it all and that in turn riled him up a tad. He became partially unsettled and started to pace and wiggle a bit as he watched her interact. Though when she started to walk off he paced after her, casually keeping pace until he was told to be safe and the implication was made known. He was to stay behind and let her go do her thing. It sucked majorly, but he couldn’t have stuck to her side like glue for the entire ride. So instead in response to her words he called out, [color=silver]”Mrarawawara!”[/color] A long and droned tone that signalled him missing her.

However, as she was taken away to do her business he started to think more and more and the longer he did the more he thought this was stupid. He could help! So after a few moments without Lila in sight he stood up from his sitting position and started to trot after her with a bit of giddy-up in his step.

[@13org]
[@Deos Morran]