[color=a187be][center][h1]Gammaton[/h1][/center][/color][hr]

[@Dealdric] [@Rune_Alchemist]

Gammaton balked at Dirka's immolation of the contract. He had, after all, exposed himself to her willingly in good faith, only to have the gesture thrown back in his face. As she left the room, he read her contract, then re-read it. Poorly written, the terms were unclear. Furious, he made to crumple it, but held himself back, deciding instead to roll it up and tuck it beneath his shell; after all, contracts were sacred and not to be mistreated. At a loss for words and fuming, Gammaton behaved uncharacteristically. He flipped the massive table in anger and cast a spell, "Speaker of the House", which allowed his voice to carry throughout the building, or at least insofar as Iva'Krorh would allow such an innocuous spell to travel in his realm.

[color=a187be]"DIRKA! SISTER!"[/color] Gammaton called out, dropping formality and making an...emotional plea, [color=a187be]"Why do you hate me so? What have I done to earn your ire? If it's the flies, then I apologize! Neither Iva'Krorh nor I have control of their movements. They go where they will to survive, and I use them only to check the goings on of the mortals. Make as many countermeasures as you want against them! I can share their vision with you if Iva agrees and if that is your desire!

Or is it my very nature that you despise? I have always respected you sister, for does not magic have its contracts? Does not magic follow its own laws? We are like two sides of the same coin, but I am the lesser for magic is divine and belongs to the realm of gods, but law is mundane and belongs to the realm of the mortals.

Do you think me like Brother Hyperion?  No, but Brother Hyperion is blinded by his own light. Do you think I seek order? I seek balance, for is law not the contractual balance between the few (order) and the many (chaos)? There is chaos in order and there is order in chaos. I believed that such contradictions would be pleasing to you.

Or perhaps it is my grasping for power? Yes, I admit that I am trying to acquire power, but power is but a means. All of us gods have desires, especially the desire to protect, whether that be our creations or the mortals we choose to favor, and we need power to protect. But my goal is nothing more than the protection of us gods from forces we do not understand that threaten our very existence! Please, sister! At least hear me out! At least let me explain to you that which threatens us before you snub me!"[/color]

Gammaton stood among the newly exacerbated mess, his abdomen pulsed very quickly, a sign of his heavy breathing. If he had hair on his head it would be disheveled. He listened numbly as Iva began to shoo him out of the Library.

[color=a187be]"A-apologies, Honorable Iva'Krorh,"[/color] Gammaton said, calming slightly, [color=a187be]"I will...vacate the premises."[/color] Gammaton made to leave, but handed Iva a summons scroll and a spine from his back.[color=a187be]"Please sign it in your own time. You have nothing to lose from attending."[/color]