Putting out a hand imploringly toward Sarada she shakes her head, "Not now Sarada, I'm pretty sure that's not what she meant...but getting our feathers ruffled will accomplish nothing." She looks from Elyana to Venetia, "We are not each others enemy. We are not here to take anyone's measure but our own. Please....please don't fight. Let's just work together to make things better for everyone and I'm sure in time, all our individual goals will be realized. Okay?" She asks, looking at each woman to see if the hostilities could be diffused at least long enough to accomplish their goals. She was sure that neither woman intended to insult the other, but it was a rough way to start things out to be sure.
Venetia leans back in her chair with a smirk, putting a hand on the cane next to her seat. She makes a dismissive gesture with the other hand before glancing at Mairwen. "Can we get started? The sooner we finish, the sooner we don't have to bear each other's company."
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At Mairwen’s insistence she puts her hand down before looking back at Venetia. ”... you mean you don’t want to hang out afterwards?”
She sighs as she looks at Venetia, "You know, if you would give other people half a chance, you might find that having a friend or two is not such a bad thing." Looking over at the other woman she says, "And staring down people isn't exactly a way to inspire trust or confidence. Just my own personal thoughts there though, take them or leave them." Sitting back down she rubs her temples for a moment, "Maybe we should start with trying to decide how to make up the teams, though...at this point I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better for all of us to just stick together....though smaller numbers when it comes to dealing with other people draws less attention. So, apparently you two have personalities that will not go well together because you both seem to think that you have something to prove, so...who do you two think you would be better with? I really have no preference, it just depends on what we're dealing with. I don't know...I just don't like it when people argue and fight, even though I know that's a part of life when people from different backgrounds end up working together." She lets out another small sigh before looking at Venetia again, "So, let me ask if you have any suggestions then."
"Maybe we should start by introducing ourselves," Venetia remarks. "We don't even know each others' names."
”That’s Martella.” Sarada says as her tail points at Martella.
Venetia rolls her eyes. "I am Venetia Castlemaigne. There's not much else to say beyond that."
She slaps her hand to her forehead, "Oh my....okay, well...I'm Mairwen and my past isn't important, it's our futures that I'm concerned with. I try to keep things on the light side, life is full of enough drama without adding to it. I like things that are sweet, and I don't like fighting with people. I much rather find a solution than be part of the problem. Does that make sense?" She says while looking around.
Deciding she'd proven her point Elyana decided no further confrontation was needed at this time. The stupid girl couldn't tell when she'd lost and it wasn't worth the hastle of showing her. Elyana's gaze turned to the other two and she said, "No, I can't raise a ghost, but give me time to learn and I could create any number of naty undead abominations." With a slight shake of her head Elyana said, "I would prefer to avoid that, such creatures are dangerous to control and maintain. I'm far more interested in learning to turn the power of necromancy against the undead."
Elyana considered as they changed over to introduction, "I'm Elyana Montresori, and before my father died so I could flee Geb alive he started my training as a Twilight Sage."
She could tell that they were going to have a difficult time of accomplishing anything with the two young women already going at it. It appeared to her that time for levity was at an end and that she would have to find a way for them to all work together peacefully if they wanted to accomplish anything at all. While it seemed that Elyana was fairly skilled at a good number of things, human interaction wasn't one of them. At least not in a way that was conducive to their plans since they had to get along to work together. And Venetia seemed to have a chip on her shoulder already. No one here was better than anyone else, but it would take time for some of these younger ones to learn that. She wasn't that much older than them, but she was pretty sure that the role of "adult" was about to fall on her shoulders if they wanted to keep things moving along in the right direction.
She just shakes her head at the antics and then gets a curious look on her face as Elyana introduces herself, "What's that?"
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”Am I allowed to introduce myself?” Sarada nonchalantly asked Martella.
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She looks over at the luminescent one, "Of course....it's kind of important to the job that we know each others names and stuff. I've been thinking about it, and I think that for now Elyana and I should pair up, and you and Venetia should pair up. Does that sound okay to everyone? Also, we'll need to know which of these missions you were referring to Venetia so that Elyana and I can take care of it, as well as one of the other ones. Was there a specific mission that stood out to you Elyana that you'd like to tackle?" She asks as she tries to get a better idea of what they would be doing and with whom they'd be doing it. She could work with just about anyone, her personality was adaptable and it made it easier to deal with people. She also thought they should have at least one straight human in both groups to diffuse certain....situations that might arise.
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”Well of course you have to have something to know me by, but knowing Marmar I figured I’d ask first.” Sarada says with a shrug.
”I’d be perfectly happy working with the sullen and cute one.”
She tries very hard not to smirk, "Okay, hopefully this arrangement is okay with everyone. Elyana...is that okay with you?" She asks, not wanting to assume anything. She just looks at Venetia and arches an eyebrow in question. She really didn't see any other way of dividing them up.
"As long as I'm not hugged, massaged or touched in any way," Venetia mutters.
Looking at Venetia she sighs again, "If you wish not to be touched, then I'm sure you won't be. This is an official mission that requires some degree of diplomacy and dignity. Please do not let your personal feelings get in the way of getting things done. So, who is it exactly that you're trying to avoid?"
Feeling a bit like her head was swimming with the multiple conversations that were going on at once and all the things going through her head at one time she rubs her head again before looking back at the almost serpentine looking woman, "I'm sure Martella is fine with it, she knows that it's an essential part of the job function. Besides, the rest of us already introduced ourselves. So, what do you go by?" She asks while giving Elyana time to think about what she said as far as them pairing up was concerned.
"Maxillar Pythareus," Venetia states.
She seems to think for a moment, "Okay....well, I don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable or anything. I need to know what the rest of you think and how we can best go about dealing with all of these issues, either all of us together and tackling them one at a time, or if splitting up into two smaller groups is better. I'm not sure at this point, I just want to make sure these things get taken care of, I don't really care how or by whom. My concern is for the safety of all involved....as far as the four of us go anyways. Some of us are better at some things than others, and some of us just need to be kept on track....it's easy to become distracted when there is so much going on around us. This isn't a decision that I can make by myself though, so I really need to know what everyone else's thoughts are."
”Do not fret, I shan’t touch you without your explicit permission. So there’s bad blood between you and Max?” Sarada says to Venetia.
”Well my first name is Sarada.” she offers to Mairwen.
She seems to think for a moment, "Okay....well, I don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable or anything. I need to know what the rest of you think and how we can best go about dealing with all of these issues, either all of us together and tackling them one at a time, or if splitting up into two smaller groups is better. I'm not sure at this point, I just want to make sure these things get taken care of, I don't really care how or by whom. My concern is for the safety of all involved....as far as the four of us go anyways. Some of us are better at some things than others, and some of us just need to be kept on track....it's easy to become distracted when there is so much going on around us. This isn't a decision that I can make by myself though, so I really need to know what everyone else's thoughts are."
”I’m fine working in twos or all together, Mairy.”
”Hmmm, how about... we all stay together for the first outing so we can gauge our strengths, then group for the rest if need be?” Sarada offers.
She nods while pondering the suggestion, That actually doesn't seem like a bad idea, that way we would know which tasks we're better suited to handle. So...let me ask all of you this. Which of these tasks shall we take on together?"
”Hmm, Max is off the table for the moment so aside from Okerra who else do we need to ‘sway’ or ‘chastise’?”
"Maybe we could work on disparaging someone's reputation?" She thinks for a moment, "We need to figure out who's reputation we need to ruin first though and then someone needs to be good at forgery."
Sarada nods. ”Someone probably has it coming.”
She smiles, "I'm sure they do, we just have to figure out who that is first."
Elyana turned her focus back to "Mairy" and said, "Yes, those pairings are fine with me." She gestured at Mairy and said, "It seems we are partners for now," she looked to the others, "Once we get the initial tasks done we can split from there to try and finish the rest."
Giving a nod of her head she says, "Okay, so first we need to determine where the Duke and Countess stand, and then figure out which one we want to ruin. Like I said before, I'm pretty decent at talking to people and such, but I'm no good at just bold face lying or determining someone's motives. I really think that if we all work together though, that we can get this done. So, what should we do first? I mean...obviously we need to talk to them and get some good gossip going. I'm okay at coming up with initial planning and such, it's the execution of said plans that I have the hard time with. Figuring out where to start is always the hardest part for me."
She looks around the room to try and see what the others think, or if they have any thoughts on where they should start their investigation.
"The matter between myself and Pythareus is of a sensitive nature, so let's not talk about it for the time being," Venetia says to Sarada. She falls silent, content to let the others sort their tasks out.
After Mairwen lays out the current plan, she speaks up. "I think it'd be best to handle Okerra first. It's the simplest of the tasks and possibly the least dangerous."
"Alright, that seems to be the best one to test our skills against and will give us a good idea of how to work together. I think we should try to stick to the more diplomatic route, rather than intimidate him into submission though. You catch more flies with honey, than you do with vinegar." She says, quoting her mother.
Venetia smirks. "No need to make it harder on ourselves."
"Agreed, so where do we find this guy?" She asks, looking back at Martella.
Though she seems about to interject more than once during your conversation, Martella holds her tongue, curious to see where you four lead yourselves. Finally, she clears her throat once more. "We will all have means of communicating betwixt ourselves when the day arrives."
"As well, I would prefer you not directly approach those individuals I brought to your attention before the day of the events in question."
Tapping finger to her pursed lips, Martella adds, "teams is likely a good idea. I would recommend perhaps Venetia & Sarada, and Elyana & Mairwen. In both cases you should be able to 'cover' each other's 'weak points', as-it-were."
"Then what would you like us to do in the meantime?" Venetia asks.
Mairwen smiles at Martella, "Funny you should suggest those teams, I just said the very same thing. I guess great minds really do think alike."
Martella's motives for being so vague are completely lost on Mairwen who just looks at her curiously, "And just how exactly are we supposed to gauge people's allegiances and sway them all in one day? These kinds of things take time and a certain amount of....what's the word I'm looking for....ahhh yes, delicacy. We can't just bulldoze our way through negotiations and risk rushing someone into the wrong decision. At the very least, let us have some time to get to know our opponents before meeting them headlong in a political battle. This is our future we're talking about Martella, not just ours...but the entire country's as well. Doesn't that deserve more of our time than just a day? Or am I missing some vital bit of information? What exactly is it that you are wanting from us?" She says, as she tries to figure out how they could possibly do everything she was wanting in a day without knowing anything about the people they were supposed to be contacting.
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I have no idea what she’s saying but she’s so cute when she’s being all official like, which is all the time really.