The instruments to draw blood. (The War 1.1))

[Enizo]

Enizo growled at Seigmand before finally putting his blade away, he didn't speak at first, he didn't want to. There was something about that man that made his skin crawl with disgust, at least when dealing with the Other you were dealing with an arrogant creatures whose movements were predictable and destructive.

But with Seigmand he couldn't tell what angle he was going at and Enizo was sure that his intentions was towards harming Roxa and his family were more prominent than stopping Duo. He clearly didn't care much towards the threat Duo posed, maybe he even made the mistake of underestimating his reach.

Nevertheless Enizo turned back toward the map and examined it, "A full scale war is not possible right now because Duo doesn't own any country or land where he's building an army at this point. If we're going to go after him it'll have to be a smaller group, I don't know where he plans to strike yet but some intelligence suggests Ghiaccio or maybe Unda occupied Vuoto... perhaps both."

He stretched his hand over Vuoto and tapped it, "We think Barts is heading over here and while we can't confirm it he probably has Alessia. I think he's trying to get us to attack him for her, if we decide to go that way we might be going into a trap... there doesn't seem to be much else of a choice, though."

[Seigmand Dezmar]

"Wonderful, so what you're saying is that we know nothing, and our best bet is to blindly follow a hunch based entirely on the perceived motivation that kidnapping his wife-to-be if what his underling will do?" It was a rhetorical question, not so much a sarcastic jab at Enizo's intelligence than it was an attempt to gather what little info there was to be had.

Alessia, that was the one in the Saints that could wield solar energy. What possible use would she be to an army or a tactician? As a power source maybe? Or is this all really just a petty revenge ploy targeted solely at the boy? Seigmand's mind burned frantically through everything he knew, his eyes wandering back and forth from Enizo to Roxa and down to the map only periodically. Bah, it's far too little to go on. At least a lack of information means Duo doesn't yet have a significant force amassed.

"Unless you're damn certain this girl is going to turn the tide of this war, she's a second priority at best. Duo likely did this little show just so he could distract us with her disappearance, hoping we'd shift forces to go after this...Bart fellow. Our first priority should be sending scouts to Ghiacco, Unda and Vuoto. If he hits any of those places he'll hit them fast and hard so he can get in and get out before we can retaliate. We should try and follow him to find his hiding place first, and strike before he can amass a proper force." Cold as it was, Seigmand had little care for either Alessia or Benjamin's hold on the two nations. Ghiacco seemed the least likely place for Duo to attack. Between the small population and lack of supplies there was little to gain from it's borders, at least as far as he knew. He grumbled to himself, displeased with how little he knew, but he knew it was only a matter of time before Duo would play his first proper move.

[Enizo]

"We have scouts in all regions and they're giving us a resounding answer to that question: No sign of an army," Enizo said as he sat down in a chair next to the map, "We aren't the only forces looking to stop Duo. Allorum Guardians are all over the world, if we have a lead perhaps it would be best to go after it... if we can catch Bartholomew we can force him to tell us where Duo is basing his operations from."

To be honest, it confused Enizo as to why they kidnapped Alessia rather than simply kill her. It would have sent a much stronger message to leave her dead in her dressing room than to take her, chalk that up to another thing that confused him.

"Without any sort of knowledge as to where Duo is it might be best to strike the forces that we know he has."

[Kazan]

"Oi, Lemon-face..." Kazan said with a small frown, nudging his fellow Allorum Guardian with his elbow. He waved a hand in Seigmand's direction and did little to hide the disgust in his face when he made the gesture before crossing his hands against his chest.

"Did you say this guy used to be King..?" He made a dismissive noise. "Dadadada... Seems a bit high-strung for the guy calling people childish... Nenene..." He sighed and shrugged before rubbing his chin in thought for a moment.

"Anyways, none of us have what it takes to stand up to this Duo guy anyway... I can tell. But everyone has a weakness, right? He'd have just crushed us all by now if he was going to, so he's either got something else up his sleeve, or he's covering his tracks and trying to secure something that can possibly be used against him. What if the King's wifey was exactly that weakness..?"

[Enizo]

For once, there wasn't a lemon face on Enizo's face as Kazan spoke. In fact, Enizo nodded to what he said before looking over at, "Roxa, what do you think of that? Was there any sign that Duo feared her or do you even think she has some sort of power capable of awakening on a level to defeat him?"

[Bang Shishigami]

Seeing the wall quickly fly up between Seigmand and Roxa took me back a bit, and I won't deny that I could feel my heart rate rise, unsure of the ensuing events to come, but such anxiety quickly eased as I saw the two figures emerge from behind the encircling rock and stone, both seemingly jovial, at least on the surface anyway. Such ploys might have fooled the others, but stood no chance against my well-forged perception. No, there were things deeper between these two, and more so than just the rivalry of two men who vied for the throne. It was personal on a level all too deep, and it made me just how personal this whole mission might get, and just how it might effect, not only myself, but everyone in our slowly expanding group.

Realizing my strong sympathetic nature, I tried to steel myself mentally, as I knew my feelings tended to get the best of me at points, and if there was ever a situation that I needed complete clarity, this was that situation. For even now, as we sat and talked strategy, I could feel a great impetuousness build in me. What of freeing those taken hostage? What of dispensing justice to the unjust? But how ever much my heart and body burned to rise and take action, I realized that we needed to know where action was required before it could be dispensed.

Realizing that strategy was something more strongly built into my body as opposed to my brain, I sat, quietly, thinking it best to let those more disposed to such cognitive abilities formulate our plan, while I would wait to act upon it.

[Enizo]

Without waiting for an answer from Roxa, Enizo picked up his things and tapped the map once more, "If Duo has made Alessia his target than we do the same. Keep something important out of the enemies hands in always a good route to take."

Enizo made a swift movement to the door and than stood idly by it, "We have our own transport and we should move swiftly. Our enemy already has a lead on us and we need to make ground."

He motioned for everyone to head to the door before exiting out of it himself, if this was their first movement they needed it to be an effective one. If not they risk loosing all moral in this undeclared war of theirs.