Now this was rather unexpected. Banha declined the groundbreaking proposal, and the Ethereal's feedback made it clear that it was Nova's orders to neglect such a deal. Eto wasn't please, at all. This information was likely worth more than any of their lives, and yet this supposed God just declined it. Eto's rather laid back glance turned into a glare directed right at Banha, his attempts to be respectful only added fuel to the ghoul's impatience. However, a rather unexpected surprise would come from the pre-teen diplomat who was already at the brink of total breakdown despite what she tried to display.
The little bugger had some fight in her alright. What Cyano did wasn't very recommendable, heck the Ethereal was not amused in her taunts. But this opened up new opportunities, and Eto praised the sociopath of a scientist for taking such a sublime initiative. The half-ghoul grinned maliciously at the little Esper, who happened to be about 10 cm taller than the outliner, before commenting.
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Ooooooh! I like her, a lot. What's your name again sweety?"
She pointed at Ruiko who had just entered in a competitive stance, ready to engage with Cyano. The blue haired woman didn't waste time either as she charged right in with no after thought of holding back. At about this time, Muffet opened the demanded portal, prompting a wink from the leader ghoul. As Cyano got in proximity of Ruiko, and thus both Banha and herself, the lady would receive an unanticipated kick from her superior. A powerful, well delivered side kick whilst keeping a calm and stereotypical shaolin monk stance. The kick would be strong enough to send the nanomite charged woman darting through the portal and crash in the dining hall's red carpet.
Lowering her shoe-less foot, Eto would crack her toes against the floor as it seemed that hitting Cyano so hard broke a couple of bones down there, but nothing some ghoul powers couldn't fix. Keeping a disconcerting gaze at Ruiko, the ghoul bit her lower lip at the many unholy thoughts flowing through her mind at this very moment. The Ethereal was right, she'd make a much more interesting specimen than that atrocious failure that was Seidou Takizawa. She'd then bring her glance back at Banha.
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I'm going to repeat myself in a more direct way, because it appears even your God King couldn't process the implications of my words."
Eto grinned, now knowing that Ruiko's blood was boiling and Banha didn't seem all that happy to leave behind such a proposition, she could play with the cold reality of things.
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The side that we least appreciate will be the first to fall in the imminent war between The Conquerors and The Imperium. If I recall correctly, I've invited you to an exclusive Banquet. Have I not? And not only that, I even offered little goodies to go."
The ghoul slowly approached the large, black portal that had been opened and that would lead to the pocket dimension within Arcadia-1, though if one were to focus on its coordinates, it would come off as an error considering it would just lead them in the middle of the ocean if they tried to simulate it. Stopping just a foot away, she'd chuckle.
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I've been buddies with those morons prior to all of this. I can say that we've got them pretty high on our naughty list. But, insulting me and my efforts to offer you quality conditions to discuss such matters ... I'm afraid such a grudge triumphs the insanity of my old friends."
With that, she expected a more appropriate response. She didn't take out the card of them having access to the lost Imperium members in Arcadia-2, but that could be quite the useful trump card too to keep them from being cocky with propositions.
With Ruiko's reaction and another ridiculous fight ready to unfold, the Ethereal would simply float into its own portal before closing it immediately after. Once inside it would notice a big robot in the room, Starscream, who was set on a rather honorable position at the end of the table. It made sense, considering the content of the information that would be released and his current position. There'd also be R-by who had returned alongside this Nathaniel guy. Before it would even consider saying anything, the alien would find its seat, not too far from the vacant one at the other end of the table and sat right oppositely to R-by. He could likely feel the Ethereal's eyeless sockets behind the mask just pierce through his soul as it just stayed there, motionless. Well almost, it did set its thin, grey hands on the table in the most polite way possible.
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It appears you've chosen to trust this ... Magician, Hybrid One. Hopefully Eto will not consider devouring us for making such a generous proposal to this outlier."
It said out loud with its echoing, raspy voice with no shame whatsoever as to what Nathaniel may think. And suddenly, Cyano would pop out of nowhere and crash on the carpet next to the table like she had just lost a fight. The overlord simply turned its head before mask-palming itself. It could only deduce that Eto had gotten mad or just wanted this thing to end already. In either way, it somewhat defeated the purpose of praising Cyano's performances and welcoming her to the club. Well, at least she was made aware of what kind of social baskets she was to deal with.
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Another attempt to affirm your dominance, Conablum? That would be the second one so far, and as they would say in most human cultures, third time's the charm. Perhaps employing such an approach on our enemy's for the third attempt would be beneficial to all of us."
The snark was just flooding the room and the Ethereal was the leaking, no, pissing pipe. For a monotonous, unfeeling being it did convey a gargantuan amount of sarcasm and ridicule. Well it was indeed a prideful being despite considering itself a failure. Transcending, or attempting to, was indeed a bitch to one's attitude after all.
Excluding all these distractions, the alien continuously contemplated the possibility of the Imperium representatives simply leaving and most likely changing the envisioned outcome of the upcoming war. The Conquerors were most likely aware of Nova's return among the living, and they'd prepare adequately in response. They could finish him once, therefore they wouldn't have any stress in the execution of their second attempt in silencing him. If they wouldn't establish communication with the Outliners, it would come down to which one is the biggest threat and the determined one would be the loser of the war.
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