As Cale and Nydia left the dinner area, the two guards took the moment to leave the spot which they had taken up beside the door, watching as the mages passed and assured that their partners would take them out in due time. As the doors closed behind the pair of mechanical soldiers, they noted the people still in the dining hall. There were four, which meant they would be able to handle this mission with ease, and hopefully their brethren could handle themselves as well.
As Aden rose from where he had been sitting and enjoying the meal in silence, he noted the two guards who had entered. More mechanical men, but these....something was wrong with them. The cloaks they wore seemed quite familiar, and when the guards both raised their arms at him, Aden quickly realized that they had been betrayed, or his personal assassins had returned. Before he could even attempt to leap, bolts flew from the arms of the assailants, slamming into Aden's chest and knocking him on his back from the force of the blows. This left Phebe, Raven, and Jacob to tangle with the now approaching soldiers who meant to kill them.
After taking out the most immediate of threats, the two cloaked soldiers turned their attention to the remaining three who remained in the room, and instead of waiting for the second bolt to load into their small automated crossbows, drew their blades and quickly began to advance towards the mages.
Meanwhile, in the halls, Cale and Nydia passed by yet another pair of guards who were overlooking the city together for the moment, seemingly on their shift. They turned, noting the leaving of the mages, and not noting for a moment their conversation. Instead waiting patiently for the pair to head down the hallway they already knew they would head towards, and wait for them to enter their rooms.
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Seth flinched slightly as Gabriel mentioned the spirit, and the conversations they had. Seth had been hoping that such an event would have gone unnoticed, and he was particularly relieved when he had gone so long without anyone taking note nor caring with all the changes going on. Apparently, Gabriel HAD noted, and was now curious.
"Er....Hah. Well, I didn't think it was all that....I mean, it was mostly nothing. Ya know, I just didn't feel like announcing....things and...yeah." Seth rambled slightly, wishing he had planned for something like this.
Gods burn me...What do I say? That I came out on this journey to do a killing? To get away from the Academy, and perhaps change the world, perhaps not for the better at all? I imagine that he went for something like world peace or mage peace or something...And I tell him that I'm wandering around because I'm tired of the world sitting on the edge, and don't care which direction its pushed? Dammit.
As the two stood in the hallway, they could hear the sound of footsteps echoing, slowly getting louder as it seemed more were coming to join them as they stood and chatted in the halls.
