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The advisor looks on as a plethora of angelic items coming flooding out of the portal. He's quite surprised at all the items the ex-demon collected. Karizawa didn't specify on how many things Henry was going to retrieve, unless it was as much as he could. If anything, Constophiles thought it would be a small stack of books and maybe a weapon or two, but never imagined such a stack like this. How was Henry able to get them from the battlefield in one go? Not that it matters really. The pale man approaches the giant stack briefly as he picks up a random book left out from the pile. He looks at the cover briefly, then at the pile, ask the grunts with a gesture to pick everything up, and then looks at Henry.
"My my," he breathes with a sigh, "I didn't expect you'd bring all of this. You've exceeded all expectations, Henry. My expectations, at least. This information will prove to be incredibly valuable for us. You ought to receive something in return..."
Avaritia however seemed to dispute this entire operation, stating that TEP is simply wasting his time. He believes that Unit-T will be incapable of besting the Vassal and claims that he has seen Titanica in action. Ad between the two of them, the organic vassal is most certainly going to win. Constophiles looks back at him with a queried look, before his face began to frown disappointingly, as Henry continued while walking past him.
"You seem lack the faith and vision of this operation Henry." he replies around the same calm tone he's been using, "We know exactly who we're dealing with. And we know all the necessary precautions that we must undertake to get to her. If we hadn't found all that information deep within the Machina archives, none of us would be here even conversing about her."
He begins inspecting the book in his hands.
"While I admit that Unit-T is still not ready to be launched against her organic counterpart just yet," Constophiles continues while flipping a page, "It's already nearing the final phase of completion. These materials that you brought here today will help unlock that stage. It will only be a matter of time before she's finally finished. And only then, once everything is in place, will she be ready to face off against Titanica herself."
The ex-demon didn't seem to care that TEP is wasting his time, as he continues to dig through the treasure with interest. He proceeds to snap an ancient ornate sword in half with his strength alone, tossing aside the broken metal as his hands already began to heal while also mentioning that he and/or Karizawa are basically insane. Constophiles' frown continued to lightly show through his near-emotionless face, expecting the ex-demon to walk away and forget everything. He didn't take any of his opinions to heart, after all he only assists the Director in the project. Many people had considered fighting a Vassal an near impossibility outside from the likes of Eos, or literally any of the faction leaders. Many also told Karizawa the same exact words, only with more vulgaric tones. He expects Henry to lash out at him, or at best leave in a fit...
But what he receives instead is a pleasant smile.
"Now then. Bring her out. I want to see the fruits of my labor."
Constophiles momentarily had a perplexed response regarding his decision to show Unit-T. Unless he somehow knew about Tina's existence... but that seems highly unlikely. Regardless, the advisor smiles lightly back at the ex-demon. He was about to invite him to the hangar bay where the mech was stored, until a certain android pops out of seemingly nowhere via holograph...
"Henry, take back your items or I will have to confiscate them," Eos said, addressing Henry directly.
The advisor's face seemed to already mourn just by looking at the Queen alone. This couldn't have happened at any other worse time then now. Yet he remains externally calm over the matter as he begins trying to converse with the Machina leader.
"My Queen." he greets towards Eos to defuse the situation, "There is no need to worry. For we~"
But she isn't going to have any of it.
"All of you should know by now that the use of artifacts, spells, technology, and any other source of power from non-sanctioned origins is forbidden." Eos announces as she bypasses Constophiles' attempted explanation completely, "I cannot overlook the dangers that the Angels and the Demons pose to my Children. I may have given the benefit of doubt both to you and to TEP as a whole, but both are still on probation. I believe I told you that before, did I not?"
"Yes, my Queen." Constophiles replies with a nod of acknowledgement.
All Eos then was warn them for a second time before the hologram disappears. The pale man sighs defeatedly as he rubs between his ear and temple. There seemed like no other way then to discard the information. If Henry decides to throw them out himself, the advisor simply raises a hand towards him.
"You have done enough for today." he says politely to the ex-demon, "Thank you for the help. Your reward will still be payed in full soon. In the mean time, we will deal in destroying the artifacts here."
His personal guards begin to light up a hot blue plasma from their hands as they aim towards the pile of now seemingly worthless objects.
"You are dismissed... Henry Avaritia."
Titanica was puzzled by what Hoho's voice explained to her about 'misunderstanding' something. She dreaded the fact in doing more fetching work for the alchemist. She already faced a fellow Vassal, or at least something apart of her, talked down a demon working for Roma for the goat leather (and won), managed to collect a feather from a Roc, and utterly eliminated a giant squid. She just wants the answers and to move on, that's it. She growls at that statement before replying, only holding back her wrath by the threads of her flesh.
"What do you mean I misunder~?"
But before she continues, the saurian vassal is teleported into a bedroom, landing on a soft pile of cushions. Her perplexed face appeared briefly as she rapidly looks around her. She was laying next to a warm fireplace, it's glow warming the entire room with cozy-feeling heat, and the bed was incredibly soft. Rarely has she ever planted her head on these pieces of sleeping furniture and neither did any feel this good. It almost made her fall back into her deep slumber just simply by sitting on the bedsheets.
Then Titanica notices another bed on the opposite side of the room, this one being slightly larger than the one she's on. Emerging from the sea of covers popped out Hohenheim, already in pajamas as she threw a sideways look at the Vassal. The scaly-clothed vassal prepared to be bombarded with her egoism... but her yawn seemed that it may not be the case this time.
"I guess that I cannot fault you forgetting it when I said that you should come here. You had more... important things in your head, right?"
For once the alchemist actually said something rather sincere towards her. Her raising anger immediately began to decrease rapidly as her breathing returned to a calm state. The friendly atmosphere here also helps to melt the hostile feeling away.
"Hmph..." Titanica exhales softly as she closes her eyes for a few seconds as she calmly plants her knees on the bed. Even her tail begins to curl up to make itself comfortable on the incredibly soft bed.
Hohenheim then proceeds to give out a lazy hand towards the vassal
"Anyway, give me those materials and let's get done with this once and for all." she asks calmly, "Once I'm certain that you won't try to stab me in the back, I can give you the information that you seek,"
The larger vassal says nothing as she calmly hands over the contract materials towards the small blonde. As she slowly walks to her desk to sign it, Titanica glances at the window above the desk, revealing the vast roiling chaos of the Nexus' boundaries, with the threads of the cosmos holding it together. Any distaste for the alchemist was, for the moment, pushed to the side as she takes a long minute to observe the Nexus in its entirety. It was indeed an impressive sight to behold. The calm room with the warm fire continued to sooth away all of her stresses in a way unlike anything she has felt... something rather different compared to her lair back in Hell. It was something she welcomed... and perhaps something she unknowingly needs.
Titanica continues to stay silent as she continues looking outside while her mind distantly waited for Hoho to finish... but she wouldn't mind if it took longer than expected, so as long as she remains in this environment.
"Do you fear the reality of your jokes being fuckin' terrible?"
A cold blunt voice can be heard from down the hall as the sound of boots clunking gets closer to the group. Ghelgath isn't particularly the kind of person to get involved with these types of situations, but god is this psycho person starting to tick him off. He has only rarely seen Thomas around here, but when he does he always hears him cracking a bad joke or pun, or perhaps trying to annoy someone just for his amusement. He hadn't approached the lich king yet, and good thing he didn't, but now the circumstances had turned. And it was only because he was simply walking by here. He stops just several meters from the group, noticing Apia, Tholman, and Victorie for only for a brief moment, as he gives an annoyed glare at Insania.
"Like seriously..." he continues as his cold eyes focus on his chillingly, "Can ya just shut up for one damn moment or somethin'? Nobody's laughin' here, other than your crazy ass. Go fetch yourself some talent or don't fuckin' bother with us, ya brainless loon."
The group can also see a certain scarf thats wrapped around his neck. While two will barely take notice of it, one may recognize it all too well.
