Felix cleared his throat a bit before answering Travis.
"It isn't as simple as a blanket statement that, 'I am looking for Paragons.' Being one of the leaders in Paragon research, I know full well what these damned things can be capable of. By themselves they hold powers beyond what simple mana-based artifacts are capable of. They are like a wellspring of almost never ending mana energy. Tapping into that energy is a bit tricky, but if it is inlayed in a object that has runic formulae inscribed upon them, it is possible to harness a near limitless supply of Paragon energy. However, their power by themselves pales in comparison to the power that can be harnessed if all of them are brought together. Even I don't know what would happen in that event. I speculated a few scenario. Just bringing them all within proximity of each other can release what I hypothesized to be a mana singularity event, that, unconfined could bring about an explosion greater than two thousand nuclear bombs. Inlaying them all into one runic matrix could rip apart space and time itself. It's a veritable Pandora's Box bringing them together. I know this." Felix shook his head but and looked downcast, but continued, "The problem is, much different and more pertinent than me just wanting to bring these objects together. About two months ago during a summit, a fellow Arch-Magi named Thadeus brought forth a motion gather all the Paragons together. The Papal-Magi at the time had denied the motion, and I had thought that would have been the end of it. But about three weeks ago the Papal-Magi died, and was replaced by Thadeus's brother, Cornelius. In a summit three days ago Thadeus brought forth the same motion he brought forth in the last summit. This time, the new Papal-Magi not only accepted the motion, but put it as the top priority for the Catholic Church. Normally, I would have just voiced my complaints and washed my hands of the matter... But that night, I had an awful dream. A terrible nightmare that could have only been described as a vision. In that vision I was spectator to all the awful endings this world could be brought to should any group get their hands on the Paragons. There was a voice in that vision that pleaded with me to bring together a group of guardians to seek the Paragons in order to keep them out of the clutches of evil. Once I awoke, I found myself not in my bed, but sitting upright at my writing desk, with pen in hand and parchment under pen. On the parchment were a list of names and locations written in my handwriting. I can't explain it, but this list has never been wrong. It's like whatever gave me that dream not only knew where the people would be, but know when I would go visit them..." Felix sighed and scratched his head. He reached into his pocket and procured the aforementioned parchment, handing it over to Travis.
"I know this is all a bit farfetched, but I think we are destined to save the world. Now I also know it sound a bit redundant. If we bring together the Paragons isn't that the same thing as any other group? Well I have thought of that, and have been brainstorming a bunch of different equations that could be used in containing the Paragon's power individually. I haven't quite figured it out, because I would need a Paragon to actually run tests on, but I could use someone with your skill set for that. I think you would be an excellent addition to the team. So what do you say? Will you join us?" Felix finished, with a hand out extended for a business handshake.
@CottonmouthRaiya sat in the VIP skyloft, overlooking the club, with a glass of whiskey in hand. The loud music was not enough by itself to drown out Raiya's thoughts. Ater the stress with Felix appearing before her, she had to really numb her senses with alcohol, so she came to this club she had built with her ill-gotten gains. Raikyo, a place where a person could get a drink, do an armsdeal, and gamble away their profits all in the same night. Had Raiya been sober, she might have felt the mana-waves of her bouncer dissipate, or the monstrous hungry mana-waves of The Devourer enter her club. But as it was, she was too far gone to analyze those fine details. Raiya downed the rest of the whiskey that was in her cup. The fights in the fight ring down below here were all boring to her, and she began to get annoyed with the lack of amusement.
"F-fetch mee another drink," Raiya slurred to her right hand Tsukiki. The girl with the half shaven head sighed. Tsuhiki was not her real name. Her real name was Ambella, but was assigned the name Tsuhiki after she left the Arcanogracy with Raiya. The other right hand that left the Arcanocracy with them four years ago was also assigned a Japanese name, Akane, but she wasn't here this evening.
"Do ya really want anotha one? Yer already three sheets to the wind, darlin." Tsuhiki's southern accent was the furthest thing from Japanese, but she didn't seem to mind her boss's Japanophile quirk, so she never complained about the name assigned to her.
"I decide when I havvve had enough~" Raiya demanded. Tsuhiki sighed and just grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels from the shelf behind them, and handed it to Raiya.
"Now theres a good girl." Raiya opened the bottle and began to sip straight from it.
