She smiled happily with a cute curled smile, happy that he understood (finally) without any sort of conflict between them. Normally, this resulted in Khrona and Misery having some sort of spat or altercation, but something about that 'Despair' being in there brought out something in 'Mispair' that 'Misery' alone did not have. That was probably why he needed both of them as his partners to balance himself out, and now that he was, they were, too, as one being. Thus, all of their old issues as Two Halves should have been cleared up as One Whole.
"Of course I can~!" she said with a smile, grabbing his hand and pressing her face up to his as a sign of affection equivalent to the one he'd just demonstrated to her, "Just try to pay more attention next time~!" She understood that he was just trying to get business accomplished for the sake of their happiness and best interest, but it didn't mean to neglect her and make her feel bad or disrespect her by not paying attention. As long as he got that concept, things would be fine. She wasn't nearly as belligerently fiery as Misery alone, which was a very good thing, considering how much trouble they got in when she burned things down that were important.
"Now, go have fun with the Family Throne, dear. Keep it warm for us while we're on our honeymoon~!!"
It was time to rock out in the Party City. Things were about to go down around there.
"Ryoukai desu..." she said with the fluttering bat of her lashes, twinkling as brightly as her glittering eyes, "... Now, allow me to escort you to the Delta..." an Ice Seal would appear under them, shattering and sucking the two poltergeists into it, before sealing itself up. She was all too quick to get rid of them.
Once they were gone, her smile grew just slightly as the signature light chuckle of the family, "Hmhmhm..." slipped from between her pearly white teeth. "All according to my Absolute Perfect Plan." She turned her attention to her Living Shadow; "Blue!" and merely sipped her tea.
In a blue blur beside of Shiniere After the Shift would be her trusty Living Shadow, concentrating her physically projected light form within the structural design of the Black Ice. "Already on it..." The Shadow of Shiniere lifted from her Back and placed herself, in a blur of black and blue, upon the Pirate King's Throne. For the time being, Blue was the one holding down the Fort.
"Platform Secured..." she muttered, already getting prepared to begin the next phase of the Phant-Ops.
"Good work, as expected," she'd say, hovering over to the Kairo Kaizoku Throne that was secured by the Living Shadow, "... Now. Whilst I prepare for Major Operations, I will be needing you to go inspect the Dawn. Be a dear and secure the perimeter, will you~?" She took another sip of her tea, smiling with a shy and quaint, yet glamorous glow, almost as if practiced... Though, it seemed to simply come naturally to her. "By the time you do that, the Phantoms should be ready." She already knew what her father was planning and needed to play her own part perfectly. She really loved things being absolutely perfect, and now understood why he did, too~. Just like her father. "... If you would be so kind," she basically insisted with words to escort her operative out.
"Ryoukai desu." Blue was never one for many words, and that held fast even to this day. She was a top notch assassin, and those types didn't need anything except eyes and minds as cold as their blades and hearts. She would, in another black and blue blur, disappear without a trace, leaving only wisping blue flares fizzling out in her wake, off to check out the Dawn and secure it for the next part of the Major Operations.
-- Minor Timeskip --
After being given instruction by Shiniere to inspect the Dawn, it seemed as though Blue came across something important, and of noteworthy interest.
--From the Shadows--
"... Suspicious activity..."
Rather enjoying keeping an eye out of her father's throne (of which she would pretend was her own for as long as necessary), she elegantly kicked up a leg over the other, crossing it daintily under her flowing crystal gown. Kicking her leg slightly and taking a soft sip of tea, she'd enjoy the quiet of the undersea... She was, more or less, in her element, considering Water and Ice were her natural affinity. "Mmm... Something about the deep sea is... Soothing..." She closed her eyes and moaned contently. It was nice to be able to relax.
It wasn't until she was contacted by her agent, Blue, that her lids lightly opened and her teacup was placed down on the Ice Seal table beside her. "Suspicious activity?" she repeated curiously, "... Hm. Where at? I want a live feed, s'il vous plait~!"
"Ryoukai desu," Blue relayed promptly, "The En Gulf; at the shore. Relatively close, though much farther above sea level than necessary to worry about." As it stood, Shiniere was deep down under the Ocean of Purity, of which the En Gulf was directly connected, but was so far undersea, the distance in area didn't matter as much as distance in depth did.
Eventually, a gleaming sapphire almost like hot, yet cold coal would sear itself into the atmosphere, burning away at the space before Shiniere and allowing a view of the people in question as well as a feed on their speech. With this, Shiniere would be able to monitor them directly at all times from the undersea HQ.
"Orders?"
Shiniere casually assessed the situation in a manner of calculation fitting of a master strategist and tactician, glazing her eyes over the land presented to her and critically assessing the two apparently suspicious characters perusing the shores of the En Gulf. She didn't seem worried at all; not from the look of the rather nonchalant slightly curled small smile on her face. She batted her already barely open eyes as they continued collecting what she needed, whilst also listening in on their conversation after Blue had them wired.
"Hmmm..." She inspected the male figure more closely, finding something eerily familiar about him. Yet, she didn't take that into account yet; she needed to assess his initial surface, first. "A wave of regalia," she noted, from the way he motioned for the woman beside him, as well as how she followed the order of simply the wave of his hand. "Must be some sort of royalty? Hmmm. Odd..." She took her cup in her hand again, sipping tea as she continued.
The mention of the radiating aura was intriguing to Shiniere, in which she'd respond, "Be mindful of their auras, Blue. Apparently, they may have some special abilities." She took another sip. "Be sure to thoroughly inspect their capabilities. See how much of a threat they are, if at all." She placed her cup down again, having finished her tea, "But do your best not to be exposed." Apparently, from the wave of his hand and the note of the winds passing with it, he had some sort of command of the elements, or something of the sort. "Now, what about that woman...?" It was time to inspect her more thoroughly...
Shiniere quirked a brow, "Glowing green eyes?" Noting that she was also radiating some sort of aura, it had to mean that she had some power associated with the eyes. "Careful. Ocular abilities generally are very powerful if you are in their line of sight..." Then again, this was Blue she was speaking to. Even so, it was always good to handle these situations with caution. "From the manner of her speech and her body language, it seems like she's his... Servant? Hm." Then again, her attire also does scream 'I'm just a side-character.' Shiniere's smile grew to a haughty smirk, "And she may have... Feelings for him~? Ooo, how quaint~!" She almost wanted to get into the details of this little relationship here. There may be more to it that was interesting. "Orders; Continue to trail them. Do not allow yourself to be seen or detected, if possible. And be sure to assess them to see if they are a threat or not." The Ice Seal beside her broke, dropping the teacup into the Ice Portal and swiftly plopping up a new one, filled already with some Iced Tea.
*siiiip*
"Wakarimashita," the ambiguous voice from the shadows responded.
Shiniere continued to casually sip her tea, taking note of the events taking place at the surface upon the shore of the En Gulf.
"Hmhmhm," she giggled in that signature 'Tensei' way, "... Seems like the pampered prince is pissed...~?" She seemed much more interested in this, now.
She giggled again, taking another sip. "Pompous, at that. Must be rather sheltered~..." It could be inferred from how his mannerisms were as royalty. She, being a royal, herself, knew what it was like for a prince who just exited his kingdom to carry himself. Spoiled, conceited and entitled. She shook her head and sighed heavily, batting her sparkling lids over her equally shimmering eyes. "Seems as though he has control of Heat and/or Light..." she noted, "Fortunately for Blue, it doesn't serve as a weakness, as she'd been trained with Signis all this time..." She had faith that Blue knew what to do, being not only one of the highest ranking assassins in the demon world (when it was one, that is), but also as an Overlord (or, ruler of an entire realm) when she was a 'separate' being from Triere... Back when she was still only Priere and before she knew Blue's real, royal name.
"Oh?" she cooed precariously, placing her teacup back down and leaning in a bit closer, "Is that a... Soul Wavelength?" He was versed in powers of the Soul, it seemed. Fortunately, Blue was an Instrument... And had an innate ability to consume souls and things associated with it to grow more powerful. "Blue. Full analysis on this soul and wavelength. Stat." Just by being exposed to it, she could draw in all the info she needed and relay it back to Shiniere immediately once it was analyzed.
Her brow quirked with irritation. "Excuse me...?" He sought to conquer HER land without HER permission? And in HER presence, no less? Not to say that he even knew she was watching, but the sheer audacity of this apparently fresh brat newly weaned from the teet of his pearly palace was more than enough to bring her to even the slightest stir. "... Blue..." she muttered, a hint of irritation in her voice, "... Make sure this oaf doesn't defile our beautiful Dawn, oui?" She sighed, releasing most of her frustration and leaned back in the Kairo Kaizoku Throne, taking up her cup and sipping again. "Hmph."
"Wakarimashita," she said nearly mechanically again. With her ability to feed on souls, she could gradually eat away at his wavelength and 'Blueprint' it as it was without feeling the effects, after consumption, that is. He was within her 'Blue Star,' and thus, his Wavelength was able to be picked apart without succumbing to the influence.
"Status Report: Dominance Wavelength"
"The Dominance Wavelength is pretty unique and, in that, is uniquely rare. It has the ability to subjugate anything that is bathed in it for extended periods of time and completely bend those things to the imposing will of the user. At will, when invoked, the wavelength can create a "territory", "domain" or a platform of control. Once it is activated, the trails that the user walks on becomes his territory and whoever is inside the territory is subjugated under the user’s commands. While within the confines of his territory, whether it is a human or an object, it can be freely manipulated, as such so to can even the laws of physics can be defied. With Emperor Eye, the user can see the territory as highlighted in a dark shade, and its form is malleable as it can adjust to any shape, length or width under the user’s jurisdiction."
"That is what we have gathered from minor exposure and consumption," she concluded. "Orders?"
With Blue's rather thorough report on what she'd gleaned from the consumption of a bit of the man's wavelength, Shiniere would take into account the description and begin her own assessment. "Hm... So, a 'Dominance Wavelength,' eh?" She scoffed, rolling her eyes, as she was prone to doing when agitated, "... That's how he intends to conquer MY land? Walking around and flexing some authority that only caters to HIS puny little whim~?" She was nearly encouraged to rise from her temporary seat of power in order to handle him herself and explain to him the rules of the Dawn, but she figured that letting Blue deal with this was a bit more interesting. "Sounds like some of that Lost World foolishness, to me." If one of them somehow breached the Veritas boundaries and thought they were going to act like heathens, as they did on the FIRST planet they, themselves fucked up... Then he was quite sadly mistaken. "Hence, why it is a LOST World," she added, with a haughty "Hmph" at the end. It was remarkable to find someone more pretentious than her father, even if that person was she, herself. But she didn't mind; she liked it.
Shiniere noticed that there was another wavelength intermingling with the silver prince's, and with that, she expected Blue to be already on the case. She sipped her tea, waiting for the report.
"Look at that foolishness," she uttered under the rim of her cup, "Just throwing around power inefficiently just because he can." She shook her head. "Men. It's no wonder they're always wrecking everything. And why so many other realms keep falling into destruction. So typical." Shiniere was about OPTIMAL efficiency, which also included time, space and energy management and control to the utmost precision, just in case she needed reserves for a later date. She wasn't for wasting it unnecessarily to do something that needn't be done just to show off. She left that to her father, or to Tabitha. They just relished in that, though her father was no longer like that, she knew, due to having to set an example for not only she and her sisters and the family as a whole... But also, the new Head. That one had much to learn from her father.
She noted the man's ability to be able to influence that which was within his Dominance Wavelength's jurisdiction with just his words by the fact that Blue's technique was wiped clean just from his speech alone. Though his Area of Influence was still set to where it was, of which she was happy Blue ensured to do (to mark the radius of the target, that is), it couldn't be allowed for him to do anything else. "Blue. Report and Subdue." She wanted to hear what the specs on the girl's soul were, since she had flared hers up in time before the Silver Prince wiped away Blue's influence. Fortuitously, at that.
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