Chapter 1 (Rebirth of Brilliance)

Everyone

Lord Faerran's eyes widen, his mouth closes, and he raises his hands showing that he's unarmed, despite the fact that Samira's weapon had been her voice. Immediately, he sits down on the floor with a plop.

General Vala folds his arms, an impatient expression on his face. He would like nothing more than to take complete control of this situation in the most direct and physical way. But he will not allow his impatience to rob him of the opportunity to gain intel on the people involved. So, he waits.

The hate-filled woman on her knees grits her teeth, but stays put.

Lady Tenebris waves dismissively. "You have the floor, Samira. Say what you will."

Ailera keeps her focus on the angry woman in front of her. She reaches into one of her many pockets and pulls out a set of manacles to lock onto the wrists of her foe. "Don't make the mistake of misinterpreting my lack of deadly intent for weakness. Cross me and you'll be meeting your ancestors in person."

Timely

"Manacles on your person at a party. Do you have someone like me too?" Putting off any concern about the recent attempted feeding on the remarkably sane Lord, Timely finally slips over to investigate the other players at the party.

Creation in a way, was vastly more interesting than the infinite void. All that could be recalled about that place was the transience of everything and the siren call of Creation. It called through the blackness like a beacon and as soon as Timely was, she was there. Inside the solid realm.

So even an item as mundane as a manacle was something that teemed with glorious permanence. Especially when held by the radiant being that stood before her. Timely couldn't help but want to be near her, basking in it.

"I can make more chains for you if you wanted, brilliant chains to match your appearance. If you want"

Ailera smiles at the complement from the other woman. "Thank you. I have a wide variety of interesting items in my pockets; you never know what might be needed in an emergency. If I were not already with someone special, perhaps I would take you up on the option of seeing what you and I could do with those brilliant chains. Until then, let us focus on making sure that Lady Tenebris is no loner in any danger from this one."

Surveying the faces around her, Samira locks eyes with each in turn, before she starts to speak, after giving a nod of thanks to Lady Tenebris.

"What happened here is not just unfortunate, but it is disgusting. It is not the way of civilized folk. And before this party is over, we need to get to the bottom of it. You." And at that point she turns to the hate-filled woman Ailera is chaining. "What was the reason for your actions, and why this time and place?"

"Lady Tenebris." Kvau said, stepping forward. "Depending on what you would wish done to them for their transgressions, I would like to ask that you place them in my care instead." He said.

"Healthy test subjects for experiments are quite hard to come by, and these two are fit enough that they would make fine research material." Kvau said.