Just Another Face in the Crowd

[Queen Bright]

"Not on your life." Another french fry was speared as Hikaru rolled her eyes. "If they're under the same leader as before, you don't stand a chance with that plan. You don't go after the leader, you go after the weakest link. And danger? You're thinking too direct." Her food gone, Hikaru pushed the empty plate away and then gave her hand one wave as the glass nearest her was magically filled with a strange golden wine. "Try finding something you have in common, or even offering them something they don't have. With your ideas you're going to get nowhere."

Keeping her voice low, and changed, even if someone had recognized her before so, it was changed to the extent that it would be completely different and unrecognizable. "By the way, I advise you to keep your voice down," Hikaru whispered under her breath to Celso. "Unless you care to meet one of the Anrufe today while they're listening to every one of your plans." She signaled with her eyes ever so slightly enough that Celso and only Celso would be able to pick it up.

[Zero]

Celso would whisper to Hikaru. But he would form wards around the area that would prevent the two of them's words from being heard by anyone else.

"Well there is one project the Anrufe might be interested in...but it has hit a kind of set back. Due to not having the proper DNA samples or information on the DNA samples required the project has been stalled. You are familiar with the race known as the Lorcar correct?"

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

OOC- oh my god hawk... We've already made it abundantly clear OOC that the Anrufe don't want it. Stop trying to use her.

[Queen Bright]

(God dammit Lyoko. OOC topics are for OOC, just because everyones merrily running around and spamming up IC topics with OOC doesn't mean it looks good or it's right!)

Hikaru sighed. Obviously she had gotten one of the rather stupid ones. "Tell me... What are the Anrufe to you? You've dealt with them obviously.  But in what ways...?"Pushing the glass of the golden looking wine forward, Hikaru motioned for Celso to drink it.

[Zero]

Celso would scan the wine for toxins/poisons/harmful enchantments and say to her. "Well, they took Setus right out from under my nose with a most dishonorable tactic. Courtesy of Zere, Delta the AI and Red Zero. So in a way I hate them. But I also envy them, for they have more power than I currently possess. And I know I will not be able to match them, not for a long time. Once a certain project is finished perhaps. " The Project Celso was referring to was that of the perfect super soldier and it was still under development and what not. It was a long ways from even being started actually due to a lot of research having to be done.

[K2]

It was not hard for a sage such as Chaos to detect such a ward, and he knew that they knew who he was, and what he was doing. Without making a scene, he stood up calmly and carefully, reaching into his pocket and pulling his hood over his head. And then, three blocks away, there was screaming. A small explosion. Investigation would end up reporting much later that it was just a gas fire, but for now, people were racing towards the building to see what was going on. Emptying out the cafe and the surrounding area.

As soon as the people were gone, Chaos, silent and without saying a word, began to move ever so slowly towards the two.

[Queen Bright]

"What the...?" Hikaru immediately jumped up and looked towards where the explosion was heard. Wasn't this supposed to be the peaceful planet? She didn't sense any magic signatures... So maybe it had just been a natural cause. Even then, it was highly suspicious timing... "Anyways..." Hikaru glanced down to Celso with such a look of superiority that he may as well have been a fly she was dealing with. "Drink." Hikaru once again motioned to the glass.

"Then impress me if you want that training."

[Zero]

Celso would take one more look at the wine, and after checking to make sure his protective methods worked...took a sip of the wine.

"Very well."

Celso knew full and well now from his signature Chaos had to be the leader of the Anrufe. So disabling the ward to block their voices, Celso would walk over to where Chaos was after getting out of his seat. "Hello Chaos, I would like to join the Anrufe."

[K2]

"Move, kid."

Chaos was not worried about Celso, who he gently shoved out of the way as he walked towards the hooded figure, staring at him.. Or her.. Who was this figure, and how did they...? It didn't make any sense to Chaos, and he needed to know if he was going crazy or not. He could feel himself going insane, and he knew that something wasn't right. He had to know.

"Who are you?" he asked softly.

[Zero]

Tired of being ignored, Celso knew when to bide his time. And now he would not intervene. Later he would join the Anrufe, but for now he would remain silent and wait his time. So when he was shoved, he walked over to one of the tables and pulled out a communicator and whispered into it. "355028402840210. " This was the code to activate the immediate preparation of the new defenses the Neo Narrikian Empire had.

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru glanced to Chaos when he had approached them but kept herself from laughing at his question, "Who I am is none of your concern." She turned to walk away, but maybe if you live long enough you'll get that answer."

Grabbing Celso by the shirt collar, Hikaru whispered something in his ear before quickly disappearing, "The wine I gave you is a telepathic connection. Use it when you have something to impress me with. Until you have such, don't bother contacting or I will positively kill you." With that she was gone.

[Zero]

Celso would nod at Hikaru, speechless of what she had done. The drink she had given him contained something to give him a telepathic connection to her. So Celso would casually walk over to the table and grab the golden colored jug of wine and open a portal after forming barriers around the jug to prevent any of it from being spilled he would send it to some of his scientists to examine. The scientists would try and research the properties of the liquid and in time make their own. But now was the time to deal with his Anrufe problem and so he approached the leader of the Anrufe, Chaos.

"Hello Chaos. "

[K2]

"What. Do. You. Want?" Chaos demanded, angrily.

[Zero]

"Simply put, when I tried to join the Anrufe earlier...certain parties of yours interfered. I believe they were called the DAIS."

"But now, I've decided not to join. "

"However...so as to prevent the DAIS or other similar groups of yours from attacking I've decided to make a deal with you."

Celso would become quiet for a moment, thinking of something. "There are some schematics being worked on, and once they are completed the Anrufe will be sent the final product in exchange for two things. One is that you pull out your listening posts near Setus Prime and the WSA. The other favor I'll tell you about later."

[K2]

"Afraid not," he responded, turning to leave, "We're done here."

[Zero]

"Very well then."

And with that Celso would disappear?into a mist of sorts which would be swallowed by a portal and he would be gone. This was a new form of travel he had just demonstrated, something he had been working on. Mist was something that could be used effectively. 

[K2]

Chaos didn't know why, but here, as he once more lowered the hood off his face, erupted into laughter, first calmly as a smile spread across his face, his knees dropping, bending so that his weight was thrown upon them. He dropped to the ground as his laughter began to steadily increase. This was... The perfect development, the truth of his ambition. The goals of the Anrufe were effective. Fear was spreading throughout the universe, galaxy by galaxy. And Chaos was controlling it all as it unfolded. This, surely, was power.

With a bright flash, he was gone. Off to rule... Everything.