Kazimierz waited. Tapping one foot repeatedly, the soles of his boots clicking loudly against the marble floors, reverberating against the walls of the basilica chamber and fading away. Several neat stacks of paperwork lay at his desk, all had been given his signature, or have been given the seal of Orzhova. Such tedious things they were. And yet always so many of them.
His patience was infinite, as it happened, but Kazimierz had been waiting for months now. When did the other walker plan to make his move? If he had understood good business, he would've known that to wait was to give opportunity. A very imprudent move.
He threw off his cloak, which disappeared into mist after leaving his hand. He proceeded to pace the room, phasing through the furniture as he saw fit, simply because he could.
[i\]Let no obstacle stand in my way[/i]
What? Something... strange.
He had felt a slithering in his mind, or at least the pathos of his soul.
[i\]You have made a move?[/i]
Finally. His cloak materialized onto his shoulders. Raising a hand, mist poured from his fingertips, to form a black, violet, contorted gate, with sigils and symbols of Orzhova and the Obzedat etching and erasing through it's shape. A spirit was violently thrown out of it, to Kazimierz feet.
Quickly bowing, onto his knees, and groveling praise, he spoke. "What is the Obzedat's bidding, oh great lord?"
[i\]Carry this message to the Ghost Council and the Patriarchs of Orzhov: They are to devote all resources to my cause, without question, and without any reason but to my own. Those who disobey shall be fired, fined, and shall serve a sentence of eight-thousand years of hard labor.[/i]
The spirit looked up, his expression equal parts fascination, terror, and confusion. He thought of questioning.... and decided his sentence was already long enough.
"Yes, my lord, I exist now only to serve."
[i\]Good.[/i]
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Kazimierz winked into existence from a much greater gate and into the realm he had felt in his mind. A gate massive as the greatest tower in Ravnica, wide as the longest road.
Glancing around, taking the in new surroundings, he was reminded once more of the cost for his power, he could feel nothing. Looking to the sun, he experienced no burning in his eyes, no warmth.
He took a breath, deep, longing, but useless. He did not require it.
[i\]Recall your own punishment.[/i]
And with a thought, thousands of screaming spirits winked into existence. Forcefully ripped from one existence to another.
[i\]Spread yourselves across this plane. I will need you.[/i]
Turning to one of them, he called a quiet, hoarse order.
[i\]Go! Return to the Great Basilica of Orzhova, inform the Obzedat that they will follow, or they will be denied their precious sustenance.[/i]
He could see the battle in the distance...
[i\]More than the two? He said nothing of others.[/i]
Feeling insubstantial for a moment, Kazimierz doused one of the spirits with that black mist from his fingers. Winking it out of existence.
[i\]I shall be most displeased if he has held this information from me purposefully.[/i]
Gliding forward, he winked the gate behind him away as well.