Oh this would be a joy to think about, going to a strange floating place in the sky? At least she thought to herself about it while she was went on her normal way. For now seemingly on her own. But alas there was a thing that needed climbing and she was curious enough to do, whatever the reasons this things was here and the meaning of a letter over all, since she kind of quickly read it, had most of it leaving her mind. But it would be interesting to see in the end.

But the construct was interesting that was for sure."Whatever it is, seems rather interesting doesn't it?"It was a casual question so far just aloud to herself while she was walking casually about this strange thing, She would look around as she checks to see if there was some one around, who might know something or in general.She was not too far away but she was sure taking her sweet that, As there seemed to be no sign or reason to rush towards any part of this strange thing here. It was interesting to look at for now, maybe it was time to wait until things started showing what they where.

Up and down, her fingers played with the ends on her glasses by motioning them off and on. Her eyes looked straight with a piercing gaze. Behind her were two little children, hiding among her shadow as she instructed them. She wasn't going anywhere without them as a non-threatening atmosphere was almost the point of this community that her and Kon were going to create with the others. Who were these others that Kon spoke of? Karisa didn't bother looking through her calendar as that will spoil the surprise.

"Mother, are we almost there?", Charon questioned. "We are...", she simply spoke as Rhea stood close by them both. Her pink hair shined even in the darkest hour while her dark eyes gazed innocently towards their direction. "Can't wait to see our new home,~" she happily smiled as Charon has his normal grumpy look. She pointed towards the tower that was rather dramatically large. "That is where we will be staying," she told them both with a motherly smile before going back to her serious look. They were both excited, she knew, but she wanted to see how this meet-up will go first before giving the two children too much hope.

"Hello, Kon," she nodded as her arms crossed against her chest. She ignored the other person as she didn't want more information rattling in her own skull for the moment.

As Vaxias enters the city he almost immediately looks up at the Floating structure meandering over the cityscape the first thought that crossed his mind was how novel it was to have a guild that floated overhead, but after Pondering for a few moments he didn't hate the idea. It did afford his research some advantages and maybe sending a small bit of time Studying how the structure floated would help his research in some small way. Vaxias had never been one for Guild simply because most guilds had some idiotic ideology about making the world perfect or senseless chaos to overthrow the government which is something that Vaxias had zero interest in.

There was one that did intrigue more than all the newfound resources that would be at his disposal and that was Actually having colleagues he had been doing his own "Research" for so long by himself he was actually looking forward to picking the brain of other with "unique" perspective. A grind slowly crawled across his face "This so be a very interesting experience."

After wandering around the city for a few hours he started to get a bit discouraged about the date the letter said the meeting would occur. That was until he heard someone greet a "Kon" he recognized that name from the letter Kon was the so-called Guild master. It seems that some of the others who received letters had Prior experience dealing with the Guild Master that didn't bother Vaxias much its only logical to Invite people you have a prior acquaintance with. Vaxias thought figured this to be a good idea to get some data on what could be his new colleagues. He Open his Research and began Jotting down notes and measurements of everyone who looked to be a mage. Having these on hand would be very useful if they were to ever become relevant to his research.

It was strange. Not just the floating land in the middle of Myras, but the gathering held by Konyo in its entirety. They were both leaving Infinity Wolves for this. Whatever 'this' was.

It was supposed to be something new, something different from what they'd been part of before. Most importantly, it was something that would promise Atani the freedom she never got while being with the other guilds. Simply knowing that was enough to get her on board and respond to Kon's letter, at least to see what it was all about. Upon arriving to the floating building, however, she was surprised to see a host of new faces. The elf quietly stood off to the side and waited for Kon to begin. Just what sort people was he gathering?

After a long and harrowing journey without her sisters, Ikanbi had arrived finally in South Fiore. After some sightseeing and information gathering from the locals, she met up with another Hunting Party and caught up with the ley of the land. She spent some time working with them and establishing a bit of a foothold in their community, then went along her merry way.

She set out for Myras, with only vague ideas of what she was about to get herself into. Her mind raced with thoughts of opportunity, she had heard their were many artifacts in the south that were highly sought after. Still, she had followed Kon's instruction and slowly but surely, she too came upon the massive floating structure. "It is good to see you again, Kon." She  said politely, and greeted and introduced herself to the others she had yet to meet. "It is nice to meet the lot of you." She said as she otherwise ignored them and eyed the structure before the lot of them, taking in its full view.

"Where do you suppose it came from?" She had asked, and walked closer to inspect it herself, pulling out a diary and a pen as she began to take notes. She scribbled down details on the structure from her first impressions, then also silently began writing down her observations of the others that had gathered here today. "Why are we here, Kon?" She asked finally, turning a page in her journal and beginning to draw a quick sketch of this side of the structure. In time, she would likely create a map and blueprint of the entire building, if she were allowed to get inside.

So much had happened recently, so many events that had unfolded which had left Esperia with a lot to ponder about, and that was not speaking about the fact that she had once more been given the companionship of another being to inhabit her body. However, unlike the previous event this one was a volunteering effort.

The young woman had made her way toward Myras, idly wondering what type of reason Kon might have had for calling her out alongside others. "You think it might have something to do with the floating structure we saw from afar?" Osbornes mused softly, the slime queen's words making Esperia ponder if that had been truly the cause for Konyo to call them out here.

It was true that the world gave her a lot of knowledge, and that ancient ruins and civilizations had always been a point of interest to her, but was that truly everything there was to it? She doubted it... Nonetheless, she saw little reason to decline the invitation, especially since her wife deemed it fine to attend as well.

Yet the absence of her usual traveling methods did pull a number onto her, that much was evident in the fact that as she arrived at the crowd that had gathered near the building it was not a female human that greet the crowd, but a small blob of slime that bounced into view.

"I really miss my good old wyvern, or dimensional traveling, those boots aren't made for extended traveling..." The slime mused softly as she hopped around till she reached the crowd, and spotting Priscilla she happily bounced into the air toward her, transforming back into her human form to happily embrace her lover.

"Darling~ You could have at least waited for me~"

A playful peck on the werewolf's cheek was given after which she turned around to face the crowd. "Hey everyone~" a simple greeting, not particularly specific to ensure she didn't exclude anyone after which her gaze drifted upwards to the structure in the air.

"hmm~ I guess that building up in the air is part of the reason behind your invitation Kon?"

As she spoke Esperia pulled a small bottle of water from her pocket, opening it and taking a soft sip from it as she felt herself getting reenergized already after all the traveling.

"hmm, doesn't seem to be of any modern civilization's make, even 'that' one wouldn't likely be able to construct something of this nature, is it afloat by magical or technological methods?"

Idly musing about the structure up above she turned her gaze back toward the crowd as she heard Osbornes' chuckle in her mind, seems the slime queen was quite amused by her interest in ancient civilizations. "I do seem to notice a lack of quantity in terms of mana, a place like that would have required a massive generator of sorts to keep the building afloat, unless a barrier is masking it..."

He had somewhat been taken aback about the audience that he had managed to receive both newcomers to his current guild of Infinity Wolves, as well as old friends whom he had only contacted on the off chance that they might be interested. And yet here they were for the most part confused as to why he had summoned them in the first place. A light chuckle left Kon’s lips as he looked both at them and then at the construct. “I’ve called you all here today to form an organization, not a guild no, an organization to be able to foster the future of humanity and this is the structure that will house it.” Turning back to the group around him. “This is something I’ve already discussed with Karisa, over there before and I have a feeling that you all want to see something unrestrained by the politics that tie up any normal guild.”

Everyone here was called here? interesting she assumed everyone was just amassed by chance, but stupid jokes where not really needed here at this time anyway.  Since it seemed there was a group of people after all, but with a reason, So that was pretty cool so far. Even if Esperia was unhappy with her trailing off on her own slightly it seemed Esperia might need to either keep up better, Or get in a bit better shape over all."Not all of us can manage to carried around by a big wyvren,Just their own two feet."she mentioned in return to her wife. She could have just said oops and her bad but she kind of wanted to see what this hold thing was about, But the kiss was nice.

But it was an idea that she liked. One maybe she could get behind for the most part."I mean free from politics is a good thing, At least in my books."But Esperia's musing on how the building work was a good thing so she would just get curious enough to simply just wait until they got in since it seemed to lead to that."Or Espy my dear, we could just wait and see what happens when we get inside."Which she would mention that."If we do anyway."She merely chuckled about it, So far Kon's idea seemed to interest her."After all, This all sounds interesting in theory to me."she then kind of just put one of her arms around Esperia and waited.

Karisa listened to everyone quietly. One by one, or even two they were arriving. Her eyes meet with someone, she'll know who they are as her brain and magic's sweet whispers were working together. Her manipulation of time and space, the calendar of someone's life was in her grasps, their information in other words. She hated it sometimes as there was never a moment of silence as long as someone was around her. The one person her eyes met that she didn't think she'd meet was Pricilla's. A woman who knew long ago as another life who was willing to kill her at Crocus's Garden. The sweet smell of flowers were strong as her dead body rested on the flowerbed.

Karisa wondered how the guards and the people felt when they saw the famous woman dead with a peaceful face, nonetheless. It was more of a gift that she died like that as her illness was taking over. A motherly smirk escaped her lips as her gaze then moved to the others. She knew Esperia from Blue Pegasus, it has been awhile for sure. Once her eyes saw Atani, she wondered if it was the same from Lamia Scale. How funny that she sees an old comrade from many years ago. Although, she will only know her from another name, not Karisa, not within this body. Still, Karisa silently was there as she was in their lifetime schedule.

Vaxias paid little attention to those collecting around him. He had become too engrossed In his data collection of potential "allies". Jogging down estimations of height, weight, and the healthiness of skin Anything that could Be useful to him in future experiments. That was until he heard A term that brought a smile to his face " unrestrained by the politics that tie up any normal guild." The stagnation of petty beliefs that one can control the world had poisoned all the other guilds that he knew, even ones that claimed to be working for a free world Was nothing more children desperately trying to control their environment and snuff out anything that didn't fit into their "perfect world".

This prompted Vaxias to want to speak up he had been promised such things before but every time the personal wants and desires of others always seem to poison the group. I would actually like to speak up on the matter of an Organization free of children desperately trying to create a perfect world. I have been promised that stains in the past And they all seem to fall victim to the same stagnated ideology that they are trying to create a "better world". I'm not here to create a "better world" I'm here to to bestow upon the husks of the world the greatest gift one can hope for knowledge. Whether that knowledge saves one life or dooms billions is not my goal, my only goal is to make sure the well of knowledge never runs dry. Before we go any further I would like to know how many of you all can say your goal aligns with this?"

When Kon voiced his intentions to create an organization free from the political intrigue that frequently haunted the various guilds across Fiore Esperia had remained silent, waiting to observe the reactions of others. To her and Priscilla it might had sounded like an ideal organization, one were they could freely raise their family without the concern of the political intrigue affecting their loved ones. In that regard she could understand Kurisa's desire to remain uninvolved in the matters that had once been discussed at the guild alliance. Conflict could easily stretch to those dear to oneself, and at some point an individual could have truly fought so much there was no fight left to fight.

However, it was when the newcomer, Vaxias spoke up that the slime girl's gaze sharpened for a moment. "I'm afraid my pursuit for knowledge will never align with that." She shook her head firmly as she continued. "Do not get me wrong, the pursuit for knowledge and wisdom is as exciting as it is worthwhile, but just like power brings a responsibility, so does knowledge. We already have some people in Fiore who seek to destroy all of Earthland for their own desires, and you wish to multiply their numbers by blindly granting them knowledge?"

Yet Esperia couldn't help but feel somewhat offended at the notion the other guilds were called children. "Although their methods might leave a lot to be desired, at least they are attempting to improve things in their own way. To call back to the matter of responsibility, to possess all this knowledge, but being unwilling to take responsibility for it? It reminds me an awful lot of those beings religion worships as 'Gods', and in that regard... I'd rather be a naïve child than a coward."

She sighed audibly, leaning sideways against Priscilla as she mused softly. "Then again, I would be surprised if you didn't expect such a response Kon~"

She turned her gaze toward the powerful mage and chimed softly. "Although I admire your desire to create an organization free from the political games and intrigues that plague the other guilds, and the desire of those within it to remain uninvolved in the affairs of others. It doesn't change the fact that I'm no longer the same woman from the days I spend alongside you in the syndicate. I am not naïve enough to think I can create an utopia, but I have a family to take care of now. If I at least, don't try to prevent disasters like Odin Morningstar from destroying the peaceful existence my loved ones can experience now... I'd be a sad excuse of a wife~"

She chuckled briefly and mused out loud. "As much as my pursuit of knowledge is for my own satisfaction, it is also meant to serve as advice for those willing to listen. But in that regard, I guess you could say that I'm a 'child' trying to advice people on how to create a better world~"

A true flurry of dialogue was held amongst those he had invited along with those that simply were there to see the spectacle of a giant floating rock in the shape of a cube. For the most part Kon held his tongue particular with one individual finding their tone and callus nature to be less than appealing. Of the group to which he was attempting to assemble two remained all but silent, Kurisa and Ikanbi. Perhaps they were no longer interested in the prospect or just simply they were already content with their decision to form the guild alongside him and had nothing to add. Only time would tell what they wanted to do, Esperia meanwhile was definitely the more vocal to basically everyone within rag tag assembly that had positioned themselves under the eerie building. He had truly little else to say until Esperia raised a particular sore point for Kon at least unintentionally. His mood had somewhat soured ever since his foolheaded attack upon the Eternal Nightmare and their leader, Odin and mentioning his name did little more then draw a scowl upon his face and bile to form within his mouth.

Trying his best to overlook his personal interests, Kon went onto elaborate his intentions to somewhat restrict those that would seek to truly impact Earthland knowingly for the worst. “I may have misspoke when I mentioned remaining entirely apolitical, there are definitely figures within the community that I would not seek to benefit from whatever we have to offer.” Rubbing the back of his neck, Kon continued on as he looked with an intense gaze upon the building turning away from the group. “People like Odin and those he associates with whether it’s the Eternal Nightmare or any other, I do not wish to gain influence or power through our leniency as an organization, if that’s something you disagree with you can leave now.”

His ultimatum was definitive but he felt was done with good reason, they had proven to be against the wellbeing of society on a greater scale with their leader not once but many times siding against “the greater good.” Kon himself had not been a saint years prior to what he was proposing to do today, but his morals still held restraints he may have enslaved a large portion of the North as the Sentinel Syndicate Guild Master, but never done with intended malice nor to achieve lofty or villainous achievements or ends. For now though he had to consider just how they would bring the floating island down or get up there whichever was easiest. “Now if we’re done with ironing out these affairs for the time being, I’d like to discuss just how we were going to get into that.” Pointing at the building itself as he finished.

She had been silent, truly, but not without reason. Ikanbi sat from her position and continued to scribble notes in her journal, and finished out a rough sketch of this particular side of the building. Then she jotted down a few other quick observations. For starters, the structure appeared to be magical in nature, but what exactly allowed it to stay afloat she had yet to ascertain. She wondered if it was wind magic, or some type of space and time enchantment, either way though it was truly marvelous that it could just...be, and exist, and maintain its presence in the air in such a capacity. "How do we know the enchantment keeping it afloat isn't finite?" She asked after some consideration. She was practical, in a way, and her experience with insane artifacts dictated she be precautious of entering into a flying fortress.

Finally, she stepped closer to the rest of them, this mass meeting of minds that would bring into fruition a rather wonderous change in the world. "Guild politics have never particularly been something I've cared much for. Guilds have too many rules and have to follow them to precisely for them to be an attractive sort of measure for a free spirit like me....I need a guild where I can have free reign to do my studies and experiments and not give a damn so much about whom will be rubbed the wrong way by the ethics of said studies." She paused and stared back to the structure. "It's beautiful, really... Yes, I think an organization of sorts might be a metter outfit for someone like me, that much at least I can get behind. I mean, it's not like I'm maliciously going out of my way to cause harm or anything, because I'm certainly not, but, someone like me has no place in say, Fairy Tail." She added, clicking her tongue.

"Ah, yes, forgive me though, I am Ikanbi, Ikanbi Liivuduntiz of Desierto." She said, more formally introducing herself to the rest of the gathering. "And your names?" She inquired, beginning to write in her journal again as the others conversed a bit. She took notes on each of them, and paid no mind to what they thought of it. It wasn't malicious, it's just who she was. "What do you intend to do with this...structure, Konyo? Have you been inside of it before? What's it like inside? I have a hobby of exploring ruins as it is, I'd very much like to peek inside at our earliest convenience." It was true, Ikanbi so loved to explore and learn about civilizations lost to the world. The longer she stared at the building, the more she wondered just where it came from, whom might have built it, whom might have enchanted it, and what purpose it had originally been meant to serve. "For all we know...it could be filled with monsters and traps designed to keep us out."

If there was anything that seemed to lack her entire interest at this time was just talking about the various minor details, it was just a bit more time spent on things that could be maybe just be dealt with when they needed too. Then again maybe it was just how she worked and how Esperia just managed to nail out such things that made it understandable between herself and her wife. But then again maybe it was because her interest lied in something else at this time. Talking was always a later thing.

But if people were naming each other she would just simple rested her arm on Esperia's head for a moment."I am Valerie Ivalice, I use to go by Priscilla Ivalice for the longest time." She then poked Esperia on the cheek."This is my wife Esperia Ivalice."After that since that part was out of the way she had her own wonder to start dealing with. After all everyone was just standing here and talking, She wanted to know what was in side and they were getting no where at this time.


But she just would say this one thing entirely with the mention of the dull guild politics and what happens between them."Matters between other guilds is only seeming as boringly drool as ever."Then again she was selfish, unless it effected her, her wife or anything related she did not care a single bit at that time."But i am going to observe this structure."With that she stopped using Esperia as an arm rest kissed her forehead and just moved closer to the building that brought them all here, She would still listen but just seemed, not entirely interested in the conversation since there was things to learn here, That was most likely more important here to her.

It was a rather interesting collection of people that had come to heed Konyo's call. The group was composed of faces she did not recognize, which was somewhat unnerving to the usually reclusive elf. Last time there was a meeting of this nature, she had already known who would be standing alongside her. Though the proposition of forming an apolitical alliance was alluring, especially to someone who had grown weary of Fiore's traditional guilds, Atani had to know what sort of mages would be standing alongside her. The best she could do at the moment was listen to each one's thoughts on the matter.

The opinion to come from the young man with violet eyes was... interesting, to say the least. She couldn't say she agreed with his ideology. Though she didn't like to align herself with those who didn't care about the consequences of their actions, she couldn't say she was afraid of this man; despite his words, his aura did not seem to be threatening. The reply by the woman who Atani would later know to be Esperia brought a smile to her lips. A voice of reason. Given her initial impression, the fact that she mentioned the Syndicate was surprising. But again, she claimed to no longer be that same woman from before.

Of all the reasons, Ikanbi's most aligned with her own. "I'm with you," she concurred. "I've been with guilds before... none have really panned out. I've been looking for something more independent like this." She wished to be alongside like-minded individuals without having to adhere to the same rules and regulations imposed by the Fiorian government that light guilds had to follow.

"I'm Atani," she simply said to get introductions out of the way. Now, onto the matter of the giant floating island they were standing upon and the massive building that rested atop. She was surprised to know that Konyo hadn't managed to get inside, but perhaps that was intentional. A sort of test to see how well this new group could work together to get inside a place that so many other mages had failed to so much as approach.

"If it's monsters and traps, I feel a handful of us are more than capable of dealing with them." Herself and Konyo she knew were included in those numbers, and she doubted Kon would just call anyone up to this meeting. "My expertise is in runes, spirits, ancient magics of sorts... But this place looks to have a more modern feel to it. I don't know where it is safest to begin."

While listening to Esperia rebuttal to his declaration, he could do nothing to hide the smile crawling across his face. the Yang to his Yin Presented itself earlier than he would have guessed. Vaxias hates stagnation in all forms even if it is by his own creation if everyone here had just wanted to pour knowledge into the world endlessly he would have gotten bored with this group but having people around to filter ideas and strive for an impossible goal gave this Guild all the more bite. All of the possibilities of having people worry about the "Ethics" of knowledge was intriguing its something he never had. Just the thought of having someone to play devil's advocate to made Vaxias almost giddy.

Vaxias makes his way over to her "Im sorry I was lost in thought while you were introducing yourself " He did his best to stifle his smile and he reached out his hand  "I am Vaxias, And I have a feeling we are going to be fantastic colleagues. Oh,  and I wouldn't call you a child Per see those with the most to lose usually produce the darkest ideas ". Slowly the existence of most of the others in the group melted away, which made him all the more thankful he wrote down their information beforehand he would have had trouble focusing on such details now with his mind racing with all the new possibilities that have just been opened up to him he decided this was enough reason to join this guild over all others. with not much left to do, he thought it best to go rest so we could pour over all the new data he had collected. Before he left he though it best to at least leave his new Colleagues with a good faith gesture. " I'll be taking my leave for now but if you would like transcripts of the data on your Physical usefulness to future projects I would be happy to share them with any of you, Of course, I have the same data transcripts for myself as well. May we all be useful to each other in life and death

She calmly gazed at all of them. She was unsure where this was going to go as she forbid herself from looking into hers and their future. She could care less of how they die as she had her inner plans to put in motion. She had many things to do before she went into her final resting place as Eris had her own goals. Karisa looked at them all as she knew everyone already even without her magic besides Vaxias. They were new in her red thread of life as the strings now intertwine with hers for the moment.

They all seemed to have some sort of worry about the ruins before them as anything could be inside. She trusted Kon, to say the least so she wasn't afraid to go in. Even if there were things in there? She was sure they could handle it. Nothing, nor anyone was going to get in her way as she wanted to start right away. "Shall we begin, then?", she simply spoke before looking at Kon as everyone seemed to have agreed to join and begin their little discoveries. Once it was finished, she left with whomever to charge forward within the wakes of the ruins that were in front of them.

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From off of generally look for now she was content with what all she had seen and as it seemed for now. But as her typical fashion it seemed as always she would head off to do other things until she was ever called in some manner to answer something that needed to be done, She also had a few other things that always were on her mind in some manner."Hmm..seem safe enough for the moment."Even if she had not really looked into the building yet, There was time for it later.

Then she simple walked over to Esperia and picked her up."Now then we going off to do something important I have planned."She merely left it at that as she took Esperia away because this was just how she was, Clear just with out details, But people would most likely see her again just when was a good question.

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The air between the diverse group that would become the Collective Mind left Kon feeling somewhat conflicted, however he knew a majority of them well enough to trust their opinion and had nothing more to say whilst the assembly around them continued to introduce themselves to one another. Overall though he was more then pleased with the number of people that were still willing to even interact with him. He had been a villain not so long ago, perhaps people were more willing to overlook his past crimes purely because of the great invitation he had given and redemption he had gone through in these past couple of years. Of the group, Ikanbi was certainly the most talkative but he wouldn’t fault the naive young lady, they were before a crew of powerful individuals and standing right in front of a floating object which shouldn’t be feasible.

It was only until they mentioned him by name that he came to replaying with almost a whisper steadily increasing in volume as he continued. “I had a dream long ago, a floating object, One I misunderstood and manipulated to my own desires it turned into a nightmare for so many others that creation was the Sentinel Syndicate, a demented form of what I see before us.” Pointing towards what would become the foundations of the Collective Mind, Kon continued. “I intend to use this for the embetterment of society itself, all of us make mentions of wanting a place of our own and this will serve that purpose but so much more, there is something, I know, I can feel it, within those walls just calling out…” Wanting to contain himself before too much is revealed ahead of time, he returned his hand by his side. “As for what’s inside I do not know, but as I linger in front of it, I just know it will be a challenge something that will take time, for now forming the guild is the key to a new beginning.”

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