Magnius groaned and rolled over in his bed. It was still warm enough to "make outside the covers seem freezing. He sighed then wrapped the cover around him, sitting up. It was almost three am, but an alarm was going off. He checked the clock to make sure it was the alarm on the clock, rather than the alarm saying someone had escaped the ranch. Yeah, it was the alarm clock. There must have been a meeting with the other cardinals today, he thought. Slowly, Magnius dragged himself out of the bed and left his room, still wrapped in the covers. It took him a few steps to get his balance after just waking up, but only a few.
" You're up early today, Lord Magnius." A voice said from a little down the hall. It was overly cheerful this early in the morning, Magnius thought. He stopped to look at whoever said that. It was his second in command, Kiso, who even though was human, was a good commander.
" Meeting with the other Cardinals this morning. Lord Yggdrasill wants to be difficult and make it so early…" Magnius said, yawning and stretching his arms. The cover fell down slightly from around his shoulders, but he caught it before it fell off completely.
"Do…you want me to put your over up, sir?" Kiso offered, holding his hand out.
"Nah, I'm bringing it with me." Magnius said, turning and continuing down the hall. Kiso stopped and looked at Magnius, blinking a few times, confused.

Magnius arrived early to the meeting, very early. He made sure to get there a few hours early this time because Yggdrasill was getting irritated and him always being late. Not today, nope. Today he would be on time no matter what. Magnius smiled at the thought of it and lied his head down on the table, soon falling back asleep.

"Should we wake him up?" a female voice asked, prodding the sleeping Magnius.
" Just let him sleep" a young male voice said with a sigh.
" Yeah, Yggdrasill might not be as angered if he's here but just asleep." An older male voice said as he poked Magnius as well. Magnius groaned and swatted them away.
"I'm awake, I'm awake!" he said, opening one eye to look at the ones poking him. It was the other Cardinals. Pronyma and Kvar were the ones that had been poking him. Pronyma, bored with poking him, turned and sat down in her seat. Across the table from here was the younger male voice, Forcystus. He was already seated. Then there was Rodyle, who had never gotten involved in the conversation. Rodyle was just sitting back in his seat, reading some book. Magnius looked at them all, then sat up in his chair, stretching.

Soon, Yggdrasill walked in, Kratos and Yuan following close behind. They had been talking about something on their way here, obviously, but it was impossible to tell what on Sylverant they were talking about.
"Well, of course, but it would be logical to do it that way." Lord Yggdrasill said, looking towards Yuan.
"Sure, but Kratos does it every other time anyway, and it takes long enough for a new one to arise." Yuan said quickly, obviously trying to get out of doing something. " I would just rather Kratos do it again this time."
Yggdrasill sighed, and then turned back to Kratos. "Fine, if you agree to it, of course, Kratos." He said as he sat down in his seat.
" If he does not want to go on doing it this time, I would be fine doing it. Just he has to do it the next two times." Kratos said, sitting down in his chair as well. Yuan frowned to that, but nodded his head to agree.
"Alright then, that is settled." Yggdrasill nodded as well, then turned to the rest of them. He was just about to say something, when.
"Why do we have to get up so early! Some of us need sleep!" Magnius demanded before laying his head back on the table, covering it with his cover. It was silent for a minute or two before Kvar spoke.
"Because some of us have things to do during the day." He said in a rather matter a fact way.
"Four AM?"
" Yes! There are things that I need to do! Do not forestall this meeting just because you're lazy and won't get up so early in the morning!" Kvar hissed, turning away.
"Indeed. Lets get this started." Yggdrasill said, putting an end to their 'debate.' "Kvar, I understand that you are again trying to find the exphere to your Angelus project, correct?"
Kratos looked up with wide eyes, turning to Kvar.
"…You are?" He asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Kvar said, smugly.
"…Oh. Well, good luck then. Though, do you not think it is a little late to be looking for it…?
" No, I believe I know where it is, actually." The blond-haired man said smirking slightly. Kratos sent a glare towards Kvar, thinking what he was going to say over before saying it.
"I really doubt you can relocate on exphere. I don't think you actually know where it is, Kvar."
"Oh, really? I think you might know where it is, Lord Kratos."
Magnius looked up at them, watching their conversation. You could tell that they were some how arguing with one another. There was a hatred that ran down deep between them. It wasn't terribly hard to tell.
Yggdrasill turned to Kratos, seeming Surprised and confused. It was obvious he was still that little boy inside.
"Do you, Kratos?"
When Kratos turned to speak to Yggdrasill, you could see that his expression softened. He was either surprised or worried at his friend's doubt.
" What? No. How would I?" He spoke hesitantly, then realizing that he worded it in a bad way. Kratos looked to Kvar, who grinned at his last question.
"Well, you—" Kvar started, but was soon interrupted.
Magnius yawned loudly, taking his cover and pulling it over his head again. It was quiet for a few moments, but you could hear Kvar shift around and look at Magnius. He probably wasn't too happy.
"…Could have heard something." Kvar finished, deciding to take Magnius' hint and end their conflict there. He then sent and irritated look at Magnius, though he thought since he was still covered up and did not see it. He did see it however. Magnius pulled the cover from over his head and stuck his tongue out mockingly. Kvar growled, looking like he was ready to strangle the red-haired man, and he probably was. Their hatred for each other ran deep as well, though theirs was made more obvious by the constant mocking and insult that were passed back and forth during meetings and such. It probably started when Magnius first joined the Desians, when he worked at Kvar's ranch.

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A young Desian sat down against a wall. He had night shift, unfortunately. The lights were out for the humans to sleep, and it wasn't exactly warm, either. The desian sighed and put his helmet on, figuring since no one else was in there with him, he could get a good bit of sleep while he was there. Making sure that the helmet overshadowed his face, the desian fell asleep.

For a few hours, he did get some rest. Though, it was only a few. Soon, he was awoken to the sound of an alarm and from being slammed against the wall. Despite this, he was still rather groggy, and didn't wake up right away. The helmet that had been covering his face was gone; they must have taken it off when they found he was asleep. What had been hidden under that was the face of a young half-elf. He couldn't have been more than fifteen years old, which was young in both human and elvish years. His read hair was carelessly tied back, leaving loose locks of hair draped over his extended ears. A pair of dark emerald eyes shifted back and forth, struggling to focus the figure that was in front of him. Across these eyes lay two scars, though. One vertically across his left eye, the other vertical, but just under his right eye.
When the half elf's eyes went into focus, you could see a hint of both fear and surprise to what he saw. The figure that was standing in front of him had him by the callor of his shirt, pushed against the wall. The figure had been half elf too, a small, scrawny, blond haired man. His expression was of disgust and anger, most likely towards whom he was holding. He was one of the Five Grand Cardinals, and the leader of the Asgard ranch, the ranch they were in.
"…Umm…" the red-haired half elf spoke hesitantly. "… You see...Lord Kvar, I uh…" he stuttered, trying to think of an excuse. The look on Kvar's face however, told him he should just stop talking. He knew he had done something horribly wrong, or else Kvar wouldn't be there. He would have just sent one of the higher in commands to deal with this sort of thing; for them to deal with lazy officers. Unfortunately for the young Desian, Kvar was there to handle it.
"Please, save me from your excuses and just shut up." Kvar hissed, letting go of the half elf. He turned away to look towards some of the sleeping humans. The half elf could hear him mumble something before turning back to him.
"Tell me, Magnius. " Kvar spoke calmly. " You have no idea what you have done, have you?"
"...Umm..." Magnius, the half elf, paused then looked around slightly, fidgeting. 'Damn...this is bad…' he thought, watching Kvar.