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[center][h3]Excalibur Hotel, Paradise[/h3]
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[quote]"One can only wonder what it would be like if knowledge was something they didn't care for, without knowledge what would the world be like today."[/quote]

Silence. Ashurbanipal didn't say anything. Rather, he was chillingly silent. As if the very concept of such a thing was an insult. None the less... He shelved the Epic of Gilgamesh, and forced a smile. [color=f7941d]"Why, if that was the case... I'd have to kill everybody on this planet, wouldn't I?"[/color] He said it as if that was the most obvious solution. [color=f7941d]"After all, what would be the point of humanity if we had abandoned our most important core. It is the role of the enlightened to subjugate those who refuse to accept the role of civilization in their lives. I'd sooner make a beast into a rug, than converse with one."[/color]

He turned his attention briefly to the door he had constructed, and the limo driver currently walking through it. The room he entered was empty, and yet, before it closed, Valentina could see it was already starting to change. A golden room, with panels shifting, and the floor already starting to shift and slide. A liquid dribbling from the ceiling... And then the door slammed shut. 
[color=f7941d]"Oh by the way, please remove your control of his body, it's no fun if they don't fight. Though the psychological pain must be delicious."[/color] He pulled a tablet from the wall, a blank one, and began to quickly carve that down onto the clay. [color=f7941d]"If used in small doses of course. If it reaches a point of true helplessness, then the torture becomes meaningless."[/color] He was a collector of knowledge after all.

[color=f7941d]"Summoner, you and I shall be going for a ride today."[/color] Ashurbanipal said. It was simple enough to be honest. He wasn't about to let her stay in their base all war, where she could be hurt in the crossfire if he wasn't around to protect her. But, he also had to collect his resources, and thus would have to leave the house to gather his materials. A conundrum if there ever was. It reminded him of a puzzle one of his mentors had given him. Though the puzzle's solution was rather easy, and in this case it was simple. The Emperor would merely have to play a chauffeur. 

[color=f7941d]"Though, we shall have to be careful."[/color] He added. Already, he could feel other servants starting to gather along the Vegas Strip. Perhaps setting up in the center of the war had been a poor idea. But, it was also the greatest collection of bodies, and if they avoided attention, they could very well see every pair pass through. It also made any but the most brazen of masters and servants turn away, as some might be less inclined to risk attention in the most busy location. Though, he could only make assumptions right now about the brazen man who had just shot an arrow at the eiffel tower... How tacky. [color=f7941d]"I suspect there might be somebody out there attempting to draw other other servants. I am not ready yet, or at least not ready to entertain the insects."[/color]

He was already moving towards the elevator, making sure to lock the door in the process. [color=f7941d]"We shall move to the basement, where the limo is kept, and we shall make our way to one of these locations."[/color] He said, holding up a map of the local jurisdictions. A red X on several spots, as he had been keeping track of some very specific locations while on the morning drive.