Missions and Misdirections (Eridanus)

[Mirage]

Bell would sniff and wipe the tears from her eyes, fighting the back yet still chocking on sobs as Eridanus did his best to console her. She was simply beyond what she could bear, and really what little girl could handle all that had just occurred. Suddenly the girl would leap forward, wrapping her arms about Eridanus' neck, sobbing freely into his shoulder as she shook with emotion. Yes it was all simply too much for her... If he had been observant Eridanus might have noticed the hedges move and sway the closer he approached the hedges, and now as the girl wept on his shoulder the leaves and branches shifted and parted, opening a clear path that seemed to lead outside the maze. The way seemed clear, and if Eridanus began to make his way along this pass he would find nothing abstracting it, almost as if some power were holding the garden at bay. Now came Eridanus' decisions. What would he do? Take the girls to the Healers? Bring them before Vena for questioning? That was for him to decide. OOCThis is completely open ended. You can take it in any direction you want. No matter how you choose something interesting will happen . Just RP going to either the healers or to Vena and I shall pick up there

[Eridanus]

It was over. It seemed like it was somehow over. Taking several deep breaths to ready his muscles, the agent grunted as he heaved the unconscious girl in his arms while supporting the conscious one with his body as he exited the maze. For some reason or another, the vines ceased to attack them, which he only could attributed to somehow defeating the vine elemental. Or the little shiny thing he pocketed earlier.

With that momentary rest the burning sensation in his muscles seemed to subside somewhat, though the aching from overuse remained.

Just a little more, just a little more.

That was what he told himself as he finally left the domain of the maze. Almost immediately, he spotted the characteristic white building that was Ionu's Mercy before him. It was his luck that he was in Alvadas, for only in the City of Illusions would such convenience exist.

Entering the building quickly, he was immediately attended to by several staff, who wordlessly ushered them into another room where a man with authority sat. Medical instruments were scattered throughout the room, and so Eridanus could only assume that he was a Healer or Doctor. Or both.

"I would like to get these girls examined," He prompted, gesturing to arm of a girl whose flesh had been rend when he pulled her out of the animated vines. "Especially her arm, the blood's a little coagulated already." At a sickly color, was the unspoken word, though he knew the doctor would be able to do more than him.

He would make sure that they were fine and out of danger first before he returned to the Department to report to Vena. Of course, he would not bring them into the department itself for it would breach the confidential nature of the department. Instead, he would contact the Supervisor first while the kids were resting in the hospital and request for his next orders.

[Mirage]

It was over, truly over... The children were a heavy budden to Eri's weary form, yet neither moved nor said a word as they were carried from the garden into Ionu's Mercy. The healer worked quick, sweeping the unconscious girl from Eri's arm and calling for attendants to see to the other girl's wounds. Just before she was escorted to one of the adjoining examination rooms Bell would break free to rush and wrap Eri in a tight hug about his waist. She would squeeze hard, burring her face in Eri's bloody clothes. "Thank you..." she mumbled, her voice trembling with emotion, [color=#FF40FF]"I-I will never forget you mister..." A female healer would then come to usher the child on, though Bell would look back one final time to give him the smallest, most sincere smile she could. The journey back to the Department of Illusions would be uneventful, and when he reached the building the same hustle and bustle was just as he had left it, like nothing had changed at all. The door to Vena's office was open, and the Supervisor sat in her chair looking at Eri in the mirror as he entered. The dress she wore now as a deep ruby red with a slit running up the side of one leg. It fit tight about her thighs and chest, leaving nearly nothing to the imagination. "Welcome back Eridanus. I trust your mission was successful?"She would turn her chair so that she was facing Eridanus. Waving a hand the door would close behind Eridanus, and with the other she would motion to the chair before her desk, "Come now, tell me what you found."

[Eridanus]

"Alluring as always, Supervisor," Eridanus muttered, the fatigue evident in his voice. There was nothing he wished to do more than to slump into bed and to sleep off the physical, mental and spiritual fatigue that had accumulated in him. It seemed that the combined effects were exponential, which made things worse.

Taking a deep breath as he sat himself on a chair opposite his superior, he began to launch into a detailed description of what happened. Not just his physical observations, but his thoughts and analysis as well throughout the entire process. He took out the copper miza he picked earlier, as well as the other copper miza from the vine elemental and presented it for inspection, voicing his doubts and opinions on the matter and the whole thing.

"I will have a report for you... written up tomorrow in greater clarity and detail of course," The systematic subordinate finished, showing his knowledge of typical Department protocol.

With that he stayed silent, unsure of her response or if she was going to explain anything at all. To be honest, he was completely confounded by the events, and the investigator within him was itching to get a proper story out of this. Curious enough, in fact, to momentarily overwhelm the fatigue within his body.

[Mirage]

Vena leaned forward, taking up the two coils and holding them to her eyes. Leaning her chair back she recrossed her legs, the slit in her dress leaving little to the imagination as she eyed the singular pieces of copper. "Tell me, the man that the girl mentioned. Did she by chance give a description of him? Say how he spoke, give any details on him at all?" She would patiently wait for Eridanus' answer before sighing, replacing the coins on the desk and turning to look in the mirror. The look in her eyes... A trouble expression, and secrets that she seemed to debate sharing. For almost a full chime she would not move, would not speak.. and then her eyes would meet Eridanus' in the mirror, "What do you know of the Triad Eridanus?"

[Eridanus]

Eridanus shook his head, an apologetic look on his face.

"I am afraid that I have told you everything I know in its entirety," He professed, indirectly letting his superior know that there was nothing further that could be gleamed from this experience from asking him.

However, she suddenly raised a strange question that seemed a little out of place to the vantha. Nonetheless, the agent answered what little he knew.

"I only know that the are the supreme rulers of Alvadas, the ones that direct the Government, and to whom that our Department reports to. I know of the younger one, Alluvia Lightning, and the more... experienced one, Madam Shylock. Although the word 'triad' suggests a coalition of three, I have not seen nor heard of the third person."

This information he related from his personal experience. He had met Alluvia twice, once during the conflagration of Alvadas when the wish granting mirror went amok, and the second time he met her together with Shylock while he was negotiating terms for his guild. During that meeting the third member was not present. Though he used the word 'experienced' to describe the older member, it was more of an attempt to stay politically correct. The proper words he would use were 'crafty' and 'insidious', but of course he had to stay polite and courteous in formal settings.