"Exact look, floating, inside the Corrupted Caves, able to fling people into walls without touching them. Knew exactly where and what to take and how to get into a sealed room even we had not opened. At the very least, a powerful e-member of the Evil Council. Which is more likely? That he has b...

"We were moving in and restoring, keeping to ourselves. I was walking to check on my second-in-command, the amusing and ineffectual hamster. At some point before I arrived, your boss broke in, stole our supplies and most everything valuable we had, killed my second-in-command, and, when I arriv...

With a flourish of her hand, the magician took her pipe out and transformed it into a card that was tucked into a deck in her robes as she pulled her hat down. She walked in and down, into the conference room and knocked on the door despite having already stepped in.

The Magician finally made her way to the temple, smoking her pipe with a calm face on. "Yes? I was wanted?"

"Good. Then, with that, I'll take my leave." She spun around and walked right out, muttering incantations under her breath as she walked off to a place only she knew why she was there.

"...Fine. I'm going to make a...pit stop first. I need to converse with someone, and will meet everyone there." She stood up tall and stretched. "Am I needed here or may I go to handle that?"

"What a pain...Very well, but I do not want to go there. He knows of me, and that I know of him. Going to a place of his control is likely bad."

"Getting attention should be rather simple. Yara, if you don't mind, I'll use you to assist in this attempt. Attempted violence should pull a response." She walked to her and threw a right hook at her face.

"Are they going to ally against him? This will determine how many options we have." She took a long drag from her pipe and blew a ring out. "Unfortunately, he knows I know about him." She paused, thinking. "Tell me, Collector, is it possible we could get those two, the other...

"So, my guess is correct. Lovely...And he clearly has no loyalty to you either."

She took a long drag on her pipe.

"Well then, we need to get things started. The longer he gets what he wants, the less we can easily stop him."

"Glowing Red. Why?"

"Then they may have nothing to do with it. If he IS evil, he may be acting without them. Of course, I may be wrong, but it is a possibility."

"Ah, now I see your stake in it. I would focus on him. Still, we need a solution he isn't going to just melt."

"Wonderful. Now, do we have any planned counter? Any weaknesses? Anything of the sort?"

"Organize people, pass information along, and generally be an unexpected wildcard. He killed my second in command, slammed me into a wall, and stole things we needed. While Fluffy might have been a pain, he was my pain. If need be, I can work my craft, with time. A magician can solve most anyth...