she is reminded, as they turn to scathing tongues and shifting blames, of how much she hates this. all of this talk and no action. this endless running in circles. she quite hates that matias' early eruption at their lack of doing something is resonating with her now. 

i must be losing my mind. 

to fernando: "our objective is to cripple rocket and show them that they do not own sootopolis. that we will take our cities back."

her mouth is agape at Callan Young 's suggested plan. MATIAS SILPH and PENELOPE LIVY turn at each other and freya's left picking apart the pieces, looking sideways at Eva Morales . remembering the woman half-dead in her arms, lips blue from hypothermia, a heart ripped apart by the man who stands across them.

"like dahlia said - the fact that we're all meeting here should be testament enough to our loyalty." a pause. "that matias' past actions have led to the point where it's likely the public and some of our own don't think it out of the question for him abandoning his post and razing an entire city out of rage...is astounding to me."

ollie morales raises his question and a fire stirs in her belly. but she cannot let smoke pass through her lips. 

"but i want to trust MATIAS SILPH . i want to believe he is here for the right reasons, like the rest of us. i vote we lay to rest these allegations. they're but a symptom of a larger problem - we can revisit the aqua initiative contract. if the contract allows for avatars too much freedom at the expense of hoenn's people, its clauses can be amended."

her jaw tightens. with so many avatars in the room, it's a harsh sentiment to have. but she would rather five tamed dogs on leashes if it meant keeping the feral one in check.

"i urge us to continue discussing the topic at hand." 

with Greyson Connors , she returns to the topic at hand: "most likely they're making use of the cave systems in the bluffs. there are a network of tunnels extending from the cave of origin. the morningstar estate itself encompasses almost five percent of those tunnels. we attack them from below and from the sea and flush them out to the surface. attacking from the ground up could give our aerial units time to start evacuating civilians."

her lips are a thin line as she looks to kyle lopez . "and if you can do what you're insinuating, lopez, then i think it important you reserve your energy in case things go south."

AQUA

objective to cripple rocket
publicly says she wants to trust matias :vomit:
says something dicey re tightening security on avatars
cave systems in sooty

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[attr="class","illeana b"]

[attr="class","illeana i"]curiosity sparks cinders into a full-blown fire. the faint light of the artifact Laurence Anderson places on the meeting table paints her in shades of pink.

"would you mind allowing me to look into both of these artifacts further? the glow is odd... similar to the core from the deep sea in color, actually, in a way. i'd like to look at the energy signatures on both."

her eyes meet dahlia goode's, then, and understanding blooms in spaces between.

there is much to do - discoveries to be made to further their pieces on the board. her hands flex idly at the thought.

"if power spots might already exist naturally in hoenn, i recommend employing expeditions into areas that have been known to hold high energy levels - places like littleroot, lilycove, meteor falls, mauville, and the primal point locations to name a few. detection devices or, perhaps, the artifacts skyler dross and Laurence Anderson have could alert us to existing dynamax energy within the earth."

uncovering these spots could prove an advantage, maybe, but she worries of the consequences. unearthing things that lay hidden always breeds disaster in one way or another.

her hands fold and land softly in her lap, of no use in this scenario.

"for the sootopolis operation, the labs will help however they can for supportive measures or for additional bodies. i can set up triage efforts for the wounded and evacuation measures for fleeing civilians as well."

faintly, a humming thought worms its way through and out of her throat. her eyes shift to find freya morningstar, to lay an additional source of information at her feet as an offering.

"CIAN MAHER might also be of use here - he has schematics of rocket's submarine still handy... he could offer more, perhaps."

aqua assembly.

tl;dr |

- SCIENCE!
- asks to investigate skyler's artefact & lars's space rock further
- recommends expeditions to previous places of energetical interest to locate potential power spots: littleroot, lilycove, meteor falls, mauville, all primal point locations?
- offers assistance for sootopolis operation
- suggests cian's knowledge of the rocket sub could be of use as well

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[attr="class","illeana i"]at angelo vestri's suggestion, she adds the desert to her list of locations to investigate. the place is circled three times before her pen stills and falls.

and to his proposed meeting, she flashes a warm smile.

"yeah, just let me know when you're free and we'll set up a meeting."

from there, Greyson Connors, MATIAS SILPH, and FERNANDO SILPH all make valid points. back and forth, her eyes shift between each as their arguments volley across the table. Greyson Connors, in particular, highlights a concern she cannot seem to find a solution for. she leaves it alone, if only to sit on the concept a little longer.

MATIAS SILPH and FERNANDO SILPH, however, cause her to pause. she considers, humming softly, before latching onto the concept of disaster and spinning it in a new direction.

"if we proceed with the controlled disaster, i believe it should be skyler dross and kyogre who return to the cave of origin."

her eyes hone in on the captain, that familiar gleam of violence returning. it's sharpened, yet not quite calling for blood. there's a subtle hunger to it, one born more of curiosity than starvation.

"as Greyson Connors pointed out - should public opinion of the league falter after the assault on sootopolis, we can still use the controlled disaster to our advantage regardless. with that in mind, i'd like to accompany skyler to the cave of origin and look for information surrounding sea hoenn's connection to sootopolis. if we can find information during the attack, it will better equip us for the future with less time wasted."

killing two birds with one stone, perhaps...

aqua assembly.

tl;dr |

- SCIENCE!
- agrees to meet with angelo after aqua hehe hi chip
- suggests skyler & kyogre being the ones to go to the cave of origin
- also suggests tagging along to use the distraction as a means of looking for sea hoenn information while remaining league forces enter sootopolis