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Yunomi Stadler     THIRIX -- THE GUEST ROOMS

    WHACK!

    That is the sound of a coffee cart, throwing open a set of doors to a room with a bunch of dangerous looking individuals with dangerous looking equipment.

    The Kodama are largely used to it though; they saw many of the same back when they were just... pancakes instead of being woodnalnd themed sprites. The little plant people go about systematically setting up the cart -- several pots of strong coffee in caraffes, danishes, bagels (of course Bagels. it's not Yunomi without bagels), and are generally pleasent types.
Richard Stadler Every man and woman in the room turn toward the coffee cart entering, hands griping sidearms or the hilts of knives at the sudden interupption. Black BDUs and gear adorn all of them, including the man peering through square specticles at the end of the table, a map of the Nexus rolled out over it. There's a nod, a slight one, from him, as they set up. "Catering service. Leave it to my daughter to indirectly help out even in times like these. Staff Sergeant, can you grab me a cup? And one of the lemon danishes. I think we can break here for a moment. 10 minutes."

Soldiers break to get at the coffee eagerly enough, a few small smiles directed to the spirits as they set up the cart itself.
Rhapsody     Coffee? COFFEE?! COFFEE!!! Leave it to hearing there's Coffee somewhere in Thirix to cause at least two of the three Mizzet Siblings to show in up, oh, under a minute. For some reason, the brew just wasn't very commonly taken in by Ryxine OR Rhapsody, so when the chance presents itself, there they are, one white, one red, and all thirsty. "Good evening, Rick! I -" Pause. Peer. "You have a map of the Nexus? How did you- " Another pause. "No, nevermind, it's fine. I don't wanna know. NOPE. It is OOOKAY." that being said, she helps herself to a cup as soon as she can. Leave it to a dragon to chug a cup down really fast when it's still steaming hot. "Oh," she glances back toward Richard again, "Thianel sends his regards."

    Ryxinel is currently chugging down his own cup. Black. He just wants the delicious caffeene for his exhausted state of mind and body.
Yunomi Stadler     "Hey! Stewart! Glad to see you got another stripe there, great job! -- hi there, Quartermaster! How's the vintage plushie collection coming? Estanooooooooooo!" Yu, the incredibly cheery, pink-haired little sprite says, greeting people she knew before she moved to Ravnica and lost her status as 'second pancake' and gained 'oh ey I have fingers and eyes and opposable thumbs and hair!' -- doesn't even cross her mind that it might be the first time that any of them have seen her as a kodama and not a pancake. Nope. She's cheery all the same. HEr sister, Mi, blue haired and a little reserved, is helping out by handing everyone cups -- the cups are as big as she is.

    And in it all, a nose pokes over the side of a box. It snuffles. And then Reximus Prowl, Leader of the Autodogs (or that basset hound Yunomi brought home in her backpack from school that one time), waddles forth from the box, and eagerly goes to sit at Stadler's feet, giving a 'wuuff!'
Richard Stadler Rick gives Rhapsody a bit of a look. "You need to learn not to ask questions you don't want Congress to know the answer to. Or the other Guilds, for that matter. But I will say, on a completely unrelatedly note, that some of our RQ-4s recently went missing. Strange, that." A bit of a smile as she mentions the mechanical dragon. "Let him know I'm glad that he's better. I wish he had more information for us, beyond the fact she didn't go for the kill... but you can't get everything you want-

"Rhapsody is suddenly tackled on the side by a black BDU'd female with a large smile on her face and an excessive amount of knives. "HIIIII, RHAPSODY!" Fleece cheers, before almost bouncing off of her and conducting the same glomp to Ryxinel. "And you too, Ryxinel!" A frown. "I'm sorry we couldn't be here under better circumstances," BACK TO SMILE, "But I'm sure things will turn out all right- OH!"

She's bouncing off again to hug a Yu, as Estano simple smiles, and gives a little waves to the two sprites, before looking over to the box. "Ahh... Boss? Stowaway."

Stadler looks down for a moment, then leans down to the basset hound, putting a nomexed gloved hand on his head and russling it excessively. "Reximus, how'd you get in here?" He says, softly, before picking him up and placing him on the table. "I really should get you back to the condo. Probably safer there- Thank you Staff Sergeant." He says, taking the cup of coffee and gulping it down like a man who received mana from the Gods.
Rhapsody     Oh no! FLEECE GLOMPINGS. Rhapsody and Ryxinel get theirs, in turn, and each just laughs about it, remembering when the woman had seen them when they were MUCH SMALLER THAN THEY ARE NOW. "Ah, hello! It's wonderful to see you!" the guildmaster manages to save her coffee. Ryxinel, about to get his second when he's glomped on, just returns the hug to the woman, as happy to see her as his sister. Sidonia? Still missing. "Seems like everyone is here. I'm sure Thianel would come but he probably wouldn't be able to get into the door so well. I did give you a humanoid barracks, after all."
Yunomi Stadler     Wagwagwag. Earflapflapflappity as Reximus's head shakes, and he just lovingly sits on Stadler's foot. Good dog.

    Yu gives a smile, the tiny sprite gently (hopefully) hugged by Fleece, and Mi just gives a little smile, helping herself to a thimble of coffee.

    Even the thimble's pretty big for her.

    She sits at the edge of the cart, glancing around the room with a little smile.
Richard Stadler Fleece takes time to gently glomp a spirit, before pausing again with a look of suprise on her face, and dashing back to the dragons. "Oh, WAIT! Look how /BIG/ you two have gotten!" She says, bringing up her own gloved hands to test her height aganist first Rhapsody, then Ryxinel. "You were smaller than me last time, but now you're all so /tall/!" She says, in the tone of a gushing aunt who is simply so excited to see people growing up. And she nods. "I can see Thianel later! We're just here for a few more hours, and Boss says we've got Liberty after that!"

Stadler smiles as Fleece deals with the dragons, a hand on the dog's head, petting it because he's a Good Dog. He looks around the room, and sees something of a happy scene. Soldiers enjoying themselves over coffee. Dragons doing it to, and Yunomi's dog looking happy. It was... well. A better time than he had in a while.

He takes another sip of the coffee, and lets them continue on, sipping and looking over the map. They were here for him, after all, not some mission for the republic and Constitution. And he was here for Yunomi.

His hand moves around the map, making a few more marks. Snipers, there. Response team, here...
Yunomi Stadler     There's a smell of rich tobacco smoke, and another dimunitive figure puffs away on the side of the map, a sharpened darning needle serving as a short sword as he examines the Nexus map. Chuugi-Yo, cheif among Yunomi's kodama, inspects Stadler's work.

    "It would be good to have a few men towards the bottom of the spiral, here, as well. There is an access point down there that is not shown on most maps." he states, taking his pipe from his mouth, and tapping his chin with the tip a moment.

    "Oh. And here, next to the generators. In case someone tries to trap them inside again."
Richard Stadler Most of the soldiers in the room wringle their noses at the smell of Tobacco, but otherwise have no comment. Stadler, however, simply stares at Chuugi-yo, before sighing. "Well, if someone else is smoking- Oh, don't give me that goddamn look, Estano." He says, leaning down to his boot, unblousing a BDU pants, reaching under the sock, and pulling out a half-used pack of cigerretes. They're stale, but Richard doesn't seem to be concerned about taste. The leg is rebloused, a lighter is taken from an equipment pouch, a cigerrete is grabbed from the pack with his teeth, and the lighter clinks open to light it. "If there was a time for nicotine, this is it. Yunomi's not going to be happy... but she can read me the riot act after she gets back."

He doesn't say 'If', as he leans over the map. "Manpower is limited; I only have two squads of 8, and fireteams of 2 are as low as I go. I may have to call in an Infantry platoon for most coverage, keep the Z-Team in reserve. "Access point and generators. Understood... I would hope no one get's trapped inside. Don't even know what that would be like.
Yang Xiao Long     "Zwei! Settle down! I know it's new and you wanna explore, but you can't go running off!" comes a familiar voice to most from the radio, and in person.

    Yang Xiao Long comes wandering by, practically juggling a small brown and cream blur as it tries to escape from her grasp. "Zwei-- Ooof!" and then it gets away, zooming over to weave between various peoples legs like a very aggressive tuberat, before finally CLONKing into a tableleg and coming to an abrupt halt. "See, serves you right."
Rhapsody     Dog! The dog, manuvering between Rhapsody's limbs, sets her stumbling a moment, and jus when she was about to respond to Fleece. "Aughah, wha?!" Confused? A fair bit, but now there were TWO dogs. Oh dear. Ryinxel, by now, has another cup of coffee to nurse, and is looking over the map as Chuugi-Yu speaks, offering a nod, and considering what he saw while he was inside the Nexus, wondering if such knowledge would be needed.

    Realizing it was another dog rushing in, Rhapsody relaxes a bit and finds a patch of wall to prop up with her back. "Ah well, its been more than a year, Fleece. And well, if you want to gauge size I'd probably need to slip out of the room and shift into it, you know?"
Yunomi Stadler     Yes... but do Kodama have lungs?

    Chuugi's thin little ring of smoke encircles, and he glances up. "Yes, but you are currently in a meeting with the head of the Izzet. Now is not the time to be secretive. Your daughter is doing quite enough of that as of late. Perhaps a cooperative operation is what... the..." Chuugi falters a moment, drawing up to his full six inches in height and giving a soft harrumph at the latest interruption.

    Yu and Mi look at one another, and draw down their Kodama-sized goggles, and hide behind a coffee carrafe. You never know about strange dogs! They eat things!

    Meanwhile, Reximus Prowl, Red-Blooded American Basset Hound, senses the other dog in the room, and he hops to his own stubby feet, his ears waggling a moment, and then cautiously approaches the strange, alien dog from another world.
Richard Stadler It's very suprising how fast those people in that room can go from drinking coffee and chatting to assuming combat pairs and gripping sidearms once again at the latest interruption. Of course, the spells is broken when Fleece, one hand gripping Rhapsody's shoulder, the other holding a Makarov PMM in a tactical stance, gives a squeal of "PUPPY!" When it walks in. Stadler quickly follows up with. "She's one of ours here. At ease." And hands come away from guns, as people go back to the coffee.

Fleece, meanwhile, looks over to Rhapsody, and you can see her eyes get wider and wider as she seems to puff. up. "Hoooooohohh BIG DRAGONS!" She says again, before Stadler has to interject. "Fleece! I just need you here for a few more hours!" Fleece looks crest fallen, but can't be easily suppressed. and instead jumps and nods. "Yes, later!"

And Stadler nods again. "You have a point. Secretive is my nature, and it's hard to trust people other than those I've trained. But we all need to pull together if we're going to pull it off. It shouldn't /be/ this hard, with all of us, but that Ijiwaru is crafty. Sergeant!" He calls over to another troop. "Watch those dogs and make sure there's no trouble!"
Yang Xiao Long     Yang follows after Zwei, and rubs the back of her neck. "Sorry, did he hurt anyone? Dad's got a big field trip with some third years at Signal and he asked me to look after Zwei for a few days. He's just... really excited to be somewhere new." she explains.

    Zwei, meanwhile, does a quick little yappy circle to chase away the circling nevermores, then comes snoot to snoot with Reximus. He hops back, ducks low in a defensive posture... before popping back upp and yapyapping happily, before wigglewalking close to the basset hound and sniffing at him curiously.
Rhapsody A laugh from Rhapsody, "Right right, later," she offers before looking toward Richard and Chuugi, "So um.." she tryies to move a little closer to the table. "What are you planning, exactly? I mean, it's just a hand off, right?"

        Everyone's going to stare at her for asking, aren't they?
Yunomi Stadler     The droopy-eyed, droopy-earred dog pads around in a circle, watching the exciteable corgi. as it yapyapyapping.

    "Wuuuff. Wuff.. Rrrr...uuf... AWWOOoOooOO!" comes the bay from the stubby little hound, snuffing at Swei, and deciding that it's not anything to get concerned about.

    "Think they're going to fight?" Mi asks, trepedatiously as she peers around the coffee pot.

    "It'd be a ruff battle!" Yu giggles.

    Chuugi pauses, and he glances up to Rhapsody.

    "Yunomi is in his possession for a full twenty-four hours. Ijiwaru, as last of the true magic eaters and the only one who gained his powers through the consumation of flesh, is not likely to leave her without some.. mark." Chuugi frowns.

    "We must prepare for any condition she may be in upon return."
Richard Stadler Fleece, freed from wanting to see larger dragons immediatly, does take it upon herself to ensure that the dogs play nicely after snuffling an identification to each other. Stadler waves over to Yang. "That's fine. You want to help with this operation, or just to learn about it, stay. We need all the help we can get."

Stadler looks over the map again, as Rhapsody asks. "If you're certain you want to know, Guildmistress. What I do may not mesh with what the guilds want, but I'm concerned about my daughter..." He looks to Chuugi, and says, in a bit more of a quiet tone. "I'm concerned about what he did to her. How he could hurt her before she arrives in our custody. I need to be prepared for every eventuality. If he wants to kill her in front of us, stage an attack. If Yunomi decides that she'd rather be a martyr for some... unfathomable reason, we have to be ready."
Rhapsody     The guildmaster pales a bit when Chuugi-Yo speaks, "Ah.. hah.. eat.. er.." she had heard it come up but SOME PART of her brain actually believed he wouldn't actually do such a barbaric act in the 'modern' state of Namamura. Welp. That was a quick fact check in reality. Not because he probably, and actually did it, but something else. "A .. mark.. um.. he did mention one time how he would render her h-harmless..." she doesn't want to say it out loud. nope. not a bit. DENYDENYDENY.
Yang Xiao Long     Yang blinks at the content of the conversation. Her face goes from confused, to an odd mix of determined and angry as Ijiwaru is mentioned. She keeps her comments to herself, though. Anyone that knows the blonde would likely know what she'd say though.

    Zwei yapyaps at the Basset hound again, then boundhops around him, before peering up at Fleece, and lifting up onto his hind legs, sniffsnuffling at her as well.
Yunomi Stadler     Chuugi glances around, and motions to Yang.

    "THe best bet for the Izzet may be powered opponents who can enact in magical effects without calling on magic themselves. It is unlikely Ijiwaru can absorb their power. They should be the front guard. The magic-eaters are superhuman in strength, and if they have been watching Yunomi enough to know about Redfern... it is likely they watched your men as well, Richard." the dimunitive sprite puts his darning needle of a weapon into the map, and leans forward. "Which means any acknowledgement of you or your more well-known associates may put you all in danger."

    The basset hound gives a snuff... then as Zwei goes to Fleece, he goes to Yang. The droopy-eyed, long-eared dog pauses, going to wander around Yang on his stubby little legs... and then flops his butt down on Yang's boot, tongue out, content just to be around someone.
Richard Stadler Fleece leans down, and picks up the Corgi. "Ooohhoowhosacwuteseywootsy-" She's not really saying words, more making incoherent cooing sounds at the adorable dog, brushing her nose aganist the Corgi's.

Stadler looks over to Yang, still inviting her to the table. "That is not a punishment I can condone. Leaving such a mark on her, and stripping someone so integral to her. If he does... I've said what I'll do." He says, simply, before cocking his head. "What... exactly did you hear, Rhapsody?" To Chuugi, "Unless she's completely unharmed, I'm going to get my pound of flesh. You can count on it. I understand he's prepared for us. He's been to Frederick before, which is another reason I wouldn't mind putting two in his skull. But knowing my tactices and strategy isn't the same as being able to counter them. I have a few tricks up my sleeve."
Rhapsody     The question gets Rhapsody to slump, and slide, right down the wall until she's sitting down, "He .. um.." sigh. "He said he'd.. turn her into a human. All her abilities would be gone.."
Yang Xiao Long     "I'll cave the bastards face in for every single hair he's touched on Yunomi's head." states Yang firmly, voice dripping with venom and a very visible flicker of flames around her fists and in her hair. She then closes her eyes as they start to bleed red into the lilac, putting a cap on her anger before it can boil over fully. The flames abate, vanish, then the blonde crouches down to gently pet and scritch at the Basset Hound's head, distracting herself, but still listening.

    Zwei, meanwhile seems to take an instant liking to Fleece. She reminds him of Ruby, and so when she rubs her nose against his, she gets a very friendly tonguebath, stubby little tail, and whole body for that matter, wagging back and forth.
Yunomi Stadler     Yes, yes, tall human, pet the basset hound. He will make hurt go away.

    He flops over onto his back, showing his belly and wagging that heavy tail.

    "That is within his power, potentially. Yunomi is... a special case. Her mother was human, once, then a servant of the Sun before returning to human form for the sake of love, and her father was the last of the Odanuki." Chuugi considers a moment. "... if she has a plan going into this, it is beyond anything I could reason."
Rhapsody Wait. -WHAT-? "Wait.. wait.. O-Ashai was a human.. I had no idea..."
Richard Stadler Fleece herself seems to be in stark contract to the slowly darkening mood of the room, an island of unbrided joy at the simplier things as she giggles with the dog licking her face, hugging and rubbing the fur aganist her cheek

Stadler pauses. For a long moment, before nodding. "I beleive he mentioned that once. There was a time, a long time ago, when I wanted a normal life for Yunomi. Normal school, normal friends... but I accept that's not what she wants. My daughter is a tanuki. Her powers, her form... it is her heritage, and I will not see it robbed from her. Not without conseqences." He says.

He looks back to the map. "So, maybe she doesn't have a plan. Maybe she just had an objective, a sudden one, and everything from that point was winging it. So be it. We will do what we can. I will do what I can."

Staring at the map again, with it's marks. "And pray that it will be enough."