This is a canon AU where the guild got rebuild right after the Tartaros arc, hence the total mess of a governmental system at the current moment. As a rough timeline it's been six months since Tartaros.
"So, how did your last mission go?" Lucy was the first to speak again, her hands closing around her drink as she gazed at him expectedly.
Cobra grunted, "Nothing special, just another dumb ass dark guild that thought they could take us on. This one's whole deal was really petty crimes, so it's not like they were impressive to begin with. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't get busted earlier by the council, or literally any other guild."
"Apparently the council's going through some renovations. I wouldn't be surprised if they lacked in the criminal catching department for a while."
Cobra snorted, "Not like they had the best record for dealing with them in the first place. When we're doing way worse shit than that they didn't even bother to step in until it was almost too late."
Lucy fingers fidgeted around her cup, "I suppose that is true."
Cobra paused, wondering if maybe he shouldn't have mentioned that. Comparing small-time thieves to what he and the other Oracion Seis did was a bit - ok, a lot unfair.
Lucy sighed, "I suppose that's good news for us too, seeing as how we cause way more trouble than those guys ever could." She chuckled darkly. Cobra released an inward breath; that was certainly true. Now he should probably steer the conversation towards a slightly lighter topic.