01-05-2015, 12:13 PM
Life was again back to normal after the holidays. The pomp and cheer always grated on Father Stone. But with the holidays gone, now the real work would start again. His charges had grown in numbers thanks to that girl Aria. He despised her accuracy and incessant need to always be doing something. Her reports had started coming in again.
And he had one report sitting on his desk stating that she'd been following a particular notable charge of his. He thought he had buried it deeply in the files. Thought he'd hidden it. The girl was ruthless in her research for godlings. Her research to take down the Ascendancy, or so she claimed, an order from the Regus himself. How a girl like her could get such a meeting was beyond him.
But she seemed to have had more than one encounter with the man. He sighed at the thought of the power the misfit held. How she'd lived was beyond him. How she managed anything.
A man arrived at his door, with a summons to the Regus. His current train of thought had been unnerving, and to have the Regus himself summon him as he was thinking of that girl made all the venom he held rise into his throat. He spat a committal "I'll be there in a moment."
Father Stone knew better than to keep the Regus waiting, but he had to collect his demeanor before he strode into the man's office. With a deep breath, Father Stone stood. He smoothed out his clothes, adjusted his collar and walked out of the room confident. He strode through the underground vault that held some of the most precious things in the world and unfathomable knowledge.
He knocked on the door and was greeted with a Come. Father Stone took a deep breath and opened the door and walked into the plush office. An office he had never stepped foot in. He was proud, he stood there as regal as he could muster, he was about to receive his first praise from the man himself, and Father Stone knew he was worthy of it.
And he had one report sitting on his desk stating that she'd been following a particular notable charge of his. He thought he had buried it deeply in the files. Thought he'd hidden it. The girl was ruthless in her research for godlings. Her research to take down the Ascendancy, or so she claimed, an order from the Regus himself. How a girl like her could get such a meeting was beyond him.
But she seemed to have had more than one encounter with the man. He sighed at the thought of the power the misfit held. How she'd lived was beyond him. How she managed anything.
A man arrived at his door, with a summons to the Regus. His current train of thought had been unnerving, and to have the Regus himself summon him as he was thinking of that girl made all the venom he held rise into his throat. He spat a committal "I'll be there in a moment."
Father Stone knew better than to keep the Regus waiting, but he had to collect his demeanor before he strode into the man's office. With a deep breath, Father Stone stood. He smoothed out his clothes, adjusted his collar and walked out of the room confident. He strode through the underground vault that held some of the most precious things in the world and unfathomable knowledge.
He knocked on the door and was greeted with a Come. Father Stone took a deep breath and opened the door and walked into the plush office. An office he had never stepped foot in. He was proud, he stood there as regal as he could muster, he was about to receive his first praise from the man himself, and Father Stone knew he was worthy of it.