[color=lightblue]"The only thing I'm going to respect is that idiot's face under my heel."[/color] Savayna snarled at Emiri, turning around as Shion had demanded absolute silence as she told them Michel had something to tell them.

The latter coughed, giving Shion a nod. He then looked at everyone as he had their undivided attention - even Jaakuna who, despite his condition, was paying attention. Once Michel saw that he would begin speaking. [color=00746b]"While you all have been dealing with the treaty business here, I was tracking one of Venat's Spawns. He calls himself Igeyorhm, the Martyr. As some of you know, from the legends of the Scions, this specific one is the opposite of my Esper, Shemhazai, the Whisperer."[/color] Michel stated, coughing as he continued. [color=00746b]"He went to Rozarria as he was tracking someone of his own. He was well aware of my presence, which was why he lost my tail somewhere in the Sandsea. So, I lost about an hour I had on him, which allowed him to set up a plan to find who he was after."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"And who was he looking for?"[/color] Jaakuna asked.

[color=00746b]"Well, after a failed attempt to subdue him, Wesley and Grant - mostly Wesley - decided to appeal to his not-so-intelligent mind and passively state that Venat would kill him."[/color] Michel laughed at the thought of that. [color=00746b]"Wesley's quite evil when he wants to be. Some of the things he implied really made me feel bad for Igeyorhm,"[/color] he shook his head as he returned to his thought. [color=00746b]"With Wesley's confusing rhetoric and GRant's quick mind, he figured out that it was neither of them that he was after. In fact, it was a woman the Martyr was sent to retrieve."[/color]

[color=lightblue]"A woman huh? So, Venat wants me dead, huh?"[/color] Savayna didn't seem surprised.

[color=00746b]"Actually, it was not you who he was sent to kill."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"Then who? Emiri?"[/color] Jaakuna automatically looked to his beloved, worried.

[color=00746b]"Again, that's not who."[/color] Michel shook his head to both Jaakuna and Savayna, though he drifted his eyes to someone else. "It was you, my mistress," Michel said to Shion. [color=00746b]"Igeyorhm comes for you--"[/color]

[i]BOOM[/I]

Suddenly, almost as if out of nowhere, an explosion not far off from where the Emporer's Tower was location could be heard, causing citizens in the area to scream. [color=ed1c24]"What was that?"[/color] Jaakuna asked, rushing to the balcony. He saw a tower of smoke coming from the Market District. 

[color=00746b]"He comes."[/color]