[@BurningCold][@PuRe DaRkNeSs][@Kurai Assassin][@The Grey Dust]
Gabriel smirked as Bedivere continued in his usual way. Nothing else was to be expected. "Oh, I have no intention of ruling this world, unlike your own mistress. I've been there, done that. Got the Tshirt. And quite frankly, ruling the world becomes rather boring after the first hundred or so years. But I'm sure some dashing young vampire will be around to pick up the pieces once I'm done rampaging." He gives a meaningful look, although neither Bedivere nor Adam could tell which of them it was directed at. "Regardless, you make an excellent point regarding your limitations. I assumed that as the water had been retrieved from the Earth you would still be able to move through it, but I seem to have overestimated your capabilities."

"Of course, your doubts are entirely valid. Why, I'm far from the perfect leader. I know as much myself. In fact I have little time nor patience to be herding you schoolkids about, but you prove a necessity. HIVE use automated security systems, which would identify and eliminate me before I managed to enter their main centre of operations. As such, I will have to put up with your incessant squabbling, and you will have to put up with me." Gabriel gives Bedivere a quick smile, before moving on. He was well aware that he was best suited for the job. Bedivere lacked the support of the other vampires, even the Pale Lady could not have rallied the support of the other Oldbloods as he had.

"HIVE is a formidable opponent, but I knew them when they were but a man and his dog. They were not always this mighty, and this would not be the first time they have been defeated. Having exhausted the easy options, it seems we'll need to just murder the shit out of them, in the old-fashioned way." He sent an image into the heads of those present, a schematic for a hand-powered drill. It was fairly simple, but very finely made. Easy to move around and mass produce. For Mithias' benefit, a servant held up a picture. Nobody else could see the servant or picture, of course. "We will be forced to burrow into their base. It's impossible to triumph against them if we use the one method of entrance provided to us. It would lead to our near instant defeat. Those vampire with transportation abilities will find their own ways in, and attack from unexpected angles. We will spread their defences thing. I will eliminate their human defences, but we will still need to deal with their mechanical ones."