Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"But they don't think you are the bad guy."

 

"They do. They saw my group as the 'bad guys', so I tried to at least improve my image to try and better my reputation with them," I say, sighing, "I-I'm gonna go see Artemis now."

I step through the portal.

 

"Human things, Mantis thoughts."
I sum up.

 

Xlentia sighs.
"Well, according to Ali, you missed a thank you special at the cafe."

"Speak and I'll be the judge of you talkin' to him."

 

"Noted." I say from the portal as it closes.

 

Nothing else interrupts your happy (comparatively speaking) time with Artemis.

 

Meanwhile...

Katie nervously enters the library in the void palace, scanning the bookshelves and looking lost.

 

"In short, the Inhibitor, a device that keeps the gas away from the humans, runs on royal souls. The humans are quickly running thin on energy from it, and will need a new soul soon. The Mantis Matriarch has thought of capturing the royalty, thus forcing the humans into a strategical corner against those of you that are not humans. Need I go on?"

 

Constantine orders the cheapest but the most filling food he can get.

 

Nobody questions her presence, though Emerald does eventually come to her.
"Other than the torture, you okay?"

That would be a bagel, coffee, and some kind of thicker-than-usual yogurt. So cheap, that someone else seems to have already paid for it.

They pause.
"That... makes more sense than I thought it would. Yeah, I'll go get chief. You come deeper in our territory and we'll talk."

 

I nod, walking forward.

 

The raptors run off without you, a significantly larger pack returning afterwards.
One of the raptors wears some sort of bramble crown.
"You said something about getting leverage over the humans?" The raptor (who you presume to be Akli'il) asks.

 

"Yes, I did. You're Akli'il?"
I ask, stopping.

 

"That would be my inherited name, yes. Now, speak while you have my interest."

 

"Have the raptors caught you up on what I've started with?"

 

"Leverage over humans via capture. I'm interested."

 

"It was something that the Mantis Matriarch suggested. I'm here to make sure that you guys understand that the tribes are willing to work together. Are you in?"

 

"Work with Aral'hrah and the Mantis? How do I know they won't just keep the royalty to themselves, leave us to get steamrolled by the humans?"

 

I shrug.
"Trust starts somewhere. It's an offer for a chance. And you lot are farther away from the humans anyways."

 

I eat the yogurt first.