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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Sept 10, 2015 2:15:15 GMT
Soren sat at his desk, thinking over all he had just learned as he glanced at the map on his desk. Conversing with the leader of the rebels- Excalibur- was not one of his favorite things to do. In fact, he quite despised the necessity. However, this time the information had been worth it. Elin told him of a battle that was to take place soon in the future and invited him to join his forces with hers against Ryluth. This was exactly what he wanted! An opportunity to attack the forsaken dragon race, and that battle would be the perfect place to reveal his secret weapon. His anticipation for the event grew each time he thought of it.
"Guards," he called disinterestedly, knowing they would appear immediately. As expected, both guards outside his door pushed through eagerly, waiting for his command. He continued to stare at the map in front of him, but he instructed them immediately. "I require an audience with Commander Morgana as soon as it can be arranged. Please inform her of this." He commented, knowing that she would come once she had the opportunity. The guards fumbled out of the room, clumsy in their desire to please him.
That was one of the things he appreciated about his favorite commander. Morgana was dependable. She hated dragons as much as he did, which he knew from their conversations during the many years. In fact, Morgana was the one person that Soren felt close to. Out of all his Knights, she was the one he considered family, though he did not give her preferential treatment because of this fact. He did not tell her his secrets. He did not let her know him more than others. He merely considered her family in his mind. Her opinion meant the most to him, out of all his leaders and advisers. That was why he wanted to talk with her about the situation before he mentioned it to the rest. He moved his position once his guards had left, resting his elbows on the table and massaging his temples gently with his fingers. He needed to clear his mind before Morgana came.
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Post by MORGANA on Sept 10, 2015 22:05:41 GMT
Morgana had just arrived home. She had spent most of the day outside at the lake talking to Ryker. The conversation had been.....interesting to say the least. She was exhausted and really just needed a hot bath and some sleep. She went down to the bath house and washed up. When she returned to her house she found two guards outside. They both straightened up as they saw her coming. "Captain Morgana!" they shouted as they saluted her. "We bring a message on behalf of the Grand Prior, he requests an audience with you as soon as can be arranged". The Grand Prior? Why did he want to see her, she had nothing to report in fact things had been pretty quite for her recently. "Tell him I will come at once, you are dismissed" They saluted one more time as they ran off. Morgana quickly changed back into her uniform and headed to meet the Grand Prior.
As she approached the door to the Soren's office she couldn't help but feel nervous. She had no clue as to what this meeting could be about. She knocked and entered the room then announced herself "Captain Morgana reporting as instructed."
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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Sept 12, 2015 22:09:53 GMT
Soren was bored. He was not a patient man and even though he knew he sent the guards away mere minutes ago to find Morgana, he was done waiting. He looked around his room, searching for something that could entertain him as he waited. As he gazed across the room, he saw the small chest resting on one of his shelves. He looked at it in excitement, a purely anticipatory smile covering his face. It didn't matter; there was no reason to hide his smile right now. He was alone.
He strode across the room purposefully. He opened the small chest on his shelf and pulled a hidden lever under the lip on the left side and turned around to see his hidden door opening. Years ago on a particularly nasty day, Soren had punched the wall of his office repeatedly, punching a hole in the wall and discovering that there was a small cavern on the other side. Since that time, he has worked consistently- on his own- to open up the cavern, to create his own private sanctuary hidden from the rest of the world. His secret chamber is not larger than his office and full of his own private and personal things. Needing a distraction, he walked inside and looked around the cavern. What did he want to do? He could start searching books again or see how his cauldron was doing. It depended on his mood.
Before making his decision, he glanced into his corner that was full of technology. Soren wasn't a particular fan of technology, but there were some instances in which it was extremely useful. One of those was cameras that he planted throughout the city, and the alarms that informed him if someone was approaching his office. This helped him keep his secret chamber private. All his plans were here and he did not grant access to anyone. He created it, and filled it all himself. He walked over to his shelf and took down one of the most important books he owned.
Unlike most of the books on his shelf, this one was not labeled. It was a book of his achievements and dealings. All his plans, plots, and deeds were written meticulously in this book. Of course, being the paranoid man Soren was, he had another copy that he kept up to date. However, this was the one he looked at most of the time. He sat down on a chair he had next to the table, in the middle of the room and began searching through this book. This book had brought inspiration to his mind on many occasions and hopefully it wouldn't fail him again this time.
After a short while a soft, shrill whistle sounded. Soren looked up to his monitors and saw Morgana walking down the hallway. Good, she was here. He left his secret chamber and closed the door, moving swiftly to his desk, lifting a random book off of the top of it and opening it, pretending to be extremely involved in his study of it.
He heard Morgana's knock- more of a courtesy really- and continued "reading" after she entered the room. She greeted him formally, and he pretended to finish his sentence before looking up. As Grand Prior, things went according to his schedule, not anyone else's. As he looked up, he gave a pleased smile. "Welcome, Commander Morgana. I hope you're doing well? he asked courteously, though he did not wait for a response before he continued. "I have some urgent matters that I wanted to discuss with one of my most trusted commanders before bringing it to the attention of the Knights of Purity." Soren informed her, watching closely for her response to this information. Her response could determine what he was willing to tell her, and he was quite adept at reading people. Particularly people under his command.
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Post by MORGANA on Sept 20, 2015 22:26:24 GMT
Morgana waited for him to finish speaking. "I am at your command, what matter would you like to discuss." She moved to the corner and pulled up the chair to the front of the desk as she had done many times before. She often met with Soren to discuss tactics for the ongoing war against dragons. Though as of late they had not met in a while and Morgana was worried something was going on. She had been relieved to receive the summons Morgana knew something was up and now she would find out what. At least she hoped she would.
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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Sept 20, 2015 22:58:07 GMT
Soren watched as Morgana pulled a chair forward so she could sit with him. He knew he wanted to talk to her first about this, but he didn't know exactly how to word it. Rhythmically tapping his fingers together, he contemplated. It didn't matter if Morgana had to wait for a few minutes. She would be patient. She didn't really have a choice.
Finally, he knew what he wanted to say. "Morgana, I had a conversation with Elin Dragon-Rider today. Apparently there is a battle on the horizon. A large battle with the Queen of the Dragons. Elin wants us to team up with Excalibur for the battle. I told her to plan on it, but I am unsure about her motives. I doubt we can trust her, so I wanted to ask your thoughts and see what you think we should do. What are your thoughts?"
Soren watched Morgana closely. He didn't know how much he could trust her with, so he'd just see how she responded to this before he told her of his other plans ... if he decided he should tell her of them at all. Oh well.
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Post by MORGANA on Nov 9, 2015 4:32:12 GMT
Morgana thought on this for a moment, "Well teaming up with the rebels could be fun but also dangerous, Elin drragon-rider is not trustworthy but this would draw them out of there hiding places and that could be worth teaming up over, wouldn't you say?" Morgana gave a devilish grin, didn't actually want to hurt the rebels anymore but this would bring them out into the open and maybe she could learn more about them. But in order to do that she would need to know what Soren was planning and Soren wouldn't tell her anything if he thought that she had gone soft.
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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Nov 9, 2015 6:35:08 GMT
Soren laughed, immensely pleased by Morgana's response. "I'm so glad that you think so too. I wondered if I was being paranoid ..." he trailed off. Normally he wouldn't have said something like that to anyone, but he liked Morgana. Trusted her and so when he was with her he allowed some of his normal disposition out. He didn't want to hide everything from everyone he knew. He cleared his throat. "Yes, Dragon-rider is not to be trusted, but I do like the idea of this battle. It has been so long since we've had such a large skirmish and I, for one, am aching to get out there and attack the dragons. I told her we would participate and help her, but I don't think our alliance with the rebel group will last much longer. In fact, I am growing weary of their constant pleas for help. If they want to come to us for every interaction with the dragons, they might as well join us. How do you think we should ... terminate our affiliation with them. Obviously not before this battle, because we do want to participate ... but how? And when?" Soren already had an idea of what he wanted to do- of course he did! But he wanted to see if Morgana was on the same page as him or not. He wanted to turn on Excalibur during the battle. He so wanted to attack them when they weren't expecting it and get them where it hurt. He was even debating about whether he should use his secret weapon or not ... should he tell Morgana about it? He wasn't sure. This was not a secret that he wanted to get out. MORGANA
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Post by MORGANA on Nov 9, 2015 22:26:19 GMT
Morgana spoke "I agree with you the rebels are always seeking for our help and we cannot afford to waste resources on them any longer. They have been a pain in our side for far too long." Morgana saw the annoyance on Soren’s face, she may not hate the rebels as she once did but that didn’t mean they could be trusted during this battle. "I also agree we may need them for this battle but we should keep our camps separate a be very prepared when it is over, that could be the ideal time to strike. Just then another thought crossed her mind " Either that or if the battles is going our way why not take out two enemies in one war? She smiled and knew that Soren would like that idea. He was a devious man and betraying an ally would come easily for him. SOREN KRAUSS
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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Nov 10, 2015 4:32:31 GMT
Soren smiled, taking great care to make sure that his smile didn't show how entirely thrilled he was by her response. He knew he liked Morgana! He knew that she- out of all his leaders and supporters- would understand him and his attitude of distrust towards the rebels. He would confide in her ... well, confide most of it in her. He still wasn't sure if he wanted to tell her about Cabrera's mission. Probably not. It didn't really matter though, she would know everything else. "I like the way your mind works, Morgana," he told her approvingly. "I have a feeling that they need us much more than we need them, and since that is the case, what should stop us from taking them out as well? The only issue would be getting the ones who have bonded with dragons ..." he trailed off, wanting her to think he was lost in thought. In all actuality, he had a rational plan to take care of that particular struggle, one that he was quite confident in. Still, he wanted to see if she had any suggestions. After all, since he wasn't planning on telling her that part of the plan, it would seem suspicious for him to have no idea how to defeat the dragon riders and their mounts. After a few moments, he shook his head as he pretended to bring himself back to the task at hand. "My apologies," he offered politely, "Yet I wonder ... do you have any brilliant suggestions as to how we could deal with the riders? Since you suggested us turning on our allies in the first place," he added with a calm smile. He wasn't testing Morgana, he was sincerely curious as to what she would come up with. She was quite gifted at thinking on her feet and coming up with something good, after all. MORGANA
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Post by MORGANA on Dec 19, 2015 21:28:50 GMT
Morgan was surprised at how much Soren was asking for her opinion. It's not that he had never done that before but not really to this extent, it was like he was expecting something from her. “The Dragons will be our biggest issue, if we knew how many they had we could prepare for that. Honestly though they could present quite a challenge for our troops.” Morgana was genuinely concerned about the dragons she didn’t really want to kill them she wanted to learn, but she knew that Soren would never go for that. She needed to bring the dragons out without getting them all killed. Her troops could handle quite a few dragons at a time but she was pretty sure excalibur had more than a few dragons. “If we can separate the dragons into smaller groups it will make things easier.” Morgana went on and explained the tactical advantages she was planning for the battle. “Do you have any suggestions or things you would like to implement.” She hoped Soren was happy with the battle plans so far and wondered if the old man had anything else up his sleeve.
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Post by SOREN KRAUSS on Dec 30, 2015 3:49:40 GMT
Soren liked the way she thought. That's why he trusted Morgana and her opinion so much. He liked her idea of trying to separate the dragons. That would go perfectly with his secret weapon and it was something he hadn't thought of before. Soren smiled kindly at Morgana, wanting her to know without words that he liked her suggestion even though he was going to say it out loud too. "I like those ideas Commander Morgana. I knew you'd help me figure out a way to do this. We just have to think of a way to separate the dragons from the humans. Maybe send so many humans that they have no choice ..." he thought about that for a second, but he didn't really think it was going to happen. "Or we could turn on them when the dragons are busy fighting that Queen dragon and her hoard. Then we turn on the humans. That might work," he thought out loud, not really sure if it would work, but willing to give it a try, depending on what Morgana thought. "What do you think? That have potential or do we need to come up with something else?" he waited, wanting to know her thoughts. Out of all his supporters, he trusted Morgana the most ... or one of the most anyway. Either way, her opinion mattered to her and he wanted to know what she thought. MORGANA
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