Re: A War of Blood Soaked Golden Wings (Kala;Blu)
Undine nodded. "
I'll send my message through the waters and get representatives to come forth. You won't go alone, I will be with you in your confidence." she promised, losing her shape and submerging herself into the water and becoming one with it. Seemingly nothing happened at first, before Kala heard sounds of splashing in the distance. Eager splashing. Undine soon reemerged before Kala, her water powered doors creaking open as from far off, members of different races all over came forth, mostly swimming from the upwards springs of water to submerge in the pools of water that ran from all directions of the temple like a dozen rivers. Each stream all joining together to the final destination of either the bodies of water to either side of Kala, or Kala's very own birthplace as a mamono in the center of the very end of the temple. It was from the sides that the representatives emerged, and each were given a name from Undine.
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Kala, I will introduce the speakers who will debate the actions we should take for the sake of our future." Undine began. "
They are the most respected and have done the most for this temple, earning the right to speak for it's welfare." She informed Kala that she wasn't just speaking to riff raff, she was speaking to those with privilege and a history.
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Francis, the Merrow, who will be speaking on behalf of mermaid kind. She is here today due to her negotiations with Atlantis that have kept us at peace with them." A pink haired merrow, with a sly and excited grin was indicated. Her eyes were mostly closed as if 90% of her mind was lost in thought, and the last 10% was paying absolute attention to everything, looking Kala up and down and smirking with intent.
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Zerahylie and Guru, the sahuagin and charybdis respectively. They keep our lives peaceful by warding off our potential enemies and lesser mamono from causing chaos." Undine indicated to a sahuagin with a Chrybdis on her back seemingly to act as a speaker for the mute creature.
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Quara, the Kappa. She and her kin brave the waters outside our territory, making sure the water runs pure and rescues victimized mamono fleeing from Order soldiers from time to time. She is much like a scout to us and has saved many lives." Undine indicated to a rather loose looking Kappa woman, who was casually leaning over the edge of water she emerged from.
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Karkinos, representing the cancer beach population. She keeps the beaches clean and brings in ship wreck survivors, acting as protectors on land where sahuagins cannot. She is much like Zerahylie, among this temple's guardians." Undine indicated towards the crab woman emerging from the largest body of water in the heart of the temple, likely unable to fit in anywhere else.
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Tenno, the kraken and leader of scylla. She keeps the ocean areas of my temple safe by attacking hostile Order ships ruining coral reefs and prevents the kidnapping of innocent mermaids." Undine pointed to the purple skinned woman content to stay in the large body of water that the crab emerged from, leaning back against the steps leading out and facing towards Kala. She looked not unlike a queen with the way she carried herself.
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Alora, the Nereid, who has been giving us all too valuable information that our enemies and even our allies would prefer to hide from us." Undine indicated a blue skinned fish woman with webbed hands and fins for feet. Her facial expression wasn't that different from Francis. Both women seemed rather sly, and perhaps untrustworthy given their nature.
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And finally... Pirupi. The sea slime, and but one member of a hive mind that make up the bulk of our forces. Their minds are all linked together, so I just brought one in." Undine said, as if she herself found Pirupi's species odd. Kala already knew plenty about the sea slime, and she Kala as the sea slime waved at Kala. "
Hi-hi!" she greeted the diamond slime.
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And, everyone... This is Kala, the former Magi and human turned slime. She converted the Magi into our allies single-handedly, defeating Cleska and enslaving her in addition to fighting with the abomination Baphomet and surviving to tell the tale. She is here to present to you her thoughts on the matters at hand." Undine declared, finally introducing Kala herself and giving Kala a slight bow of respect to show that she now had the floor.
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Of course the favorite gets the most grand intro." Tenno, the kraken, groaned in the back. "
Nothing you've done, Kala, gives you the right to tell us what's best for our home." She criticized Kala immediately.
Francis the merrow waved her hand in dismissal. "
Certainly, you've already made up your minds. But I want to hear what this Kala has to say about this prejudice towards humans." the merrow said eagerly.
Zerahylie clicked her bladestaff against the stone floor, while Guru meekly addressed what the sahuagin wanted to say. "
It's not prejudice when we caught the offenders red handed! They were humans!" she declared, and Zerahylie nodded.
Alora the neried shrugged, resting one cheek in her webbed hand while supporting her elbow on the ground. "
We already decided to cast out the demons after the humans confessed that their alliance was with the demons. Oppressing the humans so they cannot do this again, and ridding any opportunity for Jezebel or Pandora to move in our territory is a done deal. I don't see any other way." she said, half directing that at Kala as if most in the room knew what Kala wished to discuss.
Karkinos snapped her claws. "
Just look at the evidence! By all rights we should kill the demons up there, we let them stay too close! Slay them all!" she declared with war-like zeal. "
Humans used magic to explode the Peace Hall! Ulala was in there, ironically discussing how to make peace with Pandamonium, and she died because of those bastards! There must be an answer! There must be blood! Not even the supposed neutral demons are innocent!" she demanded.
Francis snapped a look in the crab's direction. "
That's jumping to conclusions. There is no evidence that Pandora was responsible. Don't forget that they lost someone to that explosion too." Francis reminded everyone.
Tenno, the kraken, raised a tentacle to grab attention. "
Shut up for a moment, all of you. Take a moment to fill Kala in before you immediately fight over the issue." she encouraged them, before filling Kala in herself. "
I'm sure you've figured out that there was an attack on our Peace Hall. A single human was caught, and two other humans found as helpers some time later after an investigation. After interrogations, they gave up names of demons living in the Temple grounds, leading us to conclude that it was the demons who attacked us, not the Order as we had initially suspected." Kala may indeed have initially heard that the Order was suspected before this scene. "
With angels, demons, and humans as well all seemingly gunning for us, there is one decision we have all agreed upon, which I'm sure you're here to debate." Tenno declared, and the others all nodded, mind Francis and Pirupi.
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We need to abandon Undine's Temple. There is no hope of saving it, and even if there was, the losses would be too great." Tenno announced.
Francis shook her head. "
That's basically asking Undine to sacrifice herself. She cannot leave."
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Better one die than all of us!" Tenno snapped back harshly. "
Do you want to fight a war? How many need to die? Besides, this war isn't even our problem. It's all because of this Kala bringing the Magi into contact. When it comes to the angels, isn't it just the Magi they're after? Kala is the one truly in the wrong. She caused this to happen. She turned the Magi to 'our side' and in doing so made the worst possible enemy! Clean up your own problem, Kala!" Tenno snapped at the diamond slime ferociously.
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Shut up!" Pirupi snapped back at Tenno. "
Kala only helped us! The angels were gonna come kill us one day anyway!"
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Bullshit!" Karkinos swore. "
They have bigger fish to fry with the demons! Tenno is right! This is all 'your' fault!" she pointed her claw at Kala, accusing her. At that, Pirupi looked ready to start a fight with the crab, her face twisted in anger as dozens of similar voices outside in the temple rang out, as if countless pirupi's were all complaining about a stupid crab bitch. Hive mind indeed.