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Who: Margaret, Koios, and Maleficent
What: Koios wants to have a little talk with a certain fairy.
Where: Margaret's place
When: September 27, 2010
Note: I don't recall if we decided who was going to post this log, so I'm just putting it up. There's no rush for tags, Mabry, just do it when you can. :)

Koios frowned at the door. He wasn't sure if this was the place or not, but it was worth a shot, he supposed. He wasn't stupid, after all. It was just asking to be Dusked if you went to Jagannatha without some damn good news after revealing who he was, and he was hoping to take care of that here and now.

A shudder ran through him. He hadn't really wanted to give that sort of information to the Refugees in the first place, but after he'd thought it through, he'd decided that it was the best course of action. Jagannatha wouldn't see it that way, however, and he knew it. Jagannatha only saw his way of doing things, and everything else was wrong, unless you got lucky. And man, was Koios ever hoping to get lucky.

Well, as much as he could hope for it.

But that was something he'd have to deal with later, he reminded himself. Now, he had an entirely different sort of danger set before him - that is, if he could get things to work out the way he wanted. If Margaret had been keeping up with things on the Refugee's internet community, she'd know exactly who he was. And hopefully, the sight of him on her doorstep would be enough to lure out the Mistress of Evil herself. If not, well. He'd find a way to speak to her.

He knocked and stood back to wait.

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"I mean it," he insisted. "Those idiots we had back on Alexandria" - the mere memory of that fiasco made him want to hurl sand at someone, or better yet, glass - "proved that the lot of them are incompetent fools. They couldn't even keep the Princesses of Heart restrained. You, however, have already done it. But that doesn't matter anymore; if Narissa's calculations were correct, their power should be weakened by now, anyway."

"As to our plans..." The cup had gone cold. He set it down absently, taking a breath to get his thoughts together. "The Keybearers and their allies are not pure of Heart as the Princesses are. They have Darkness in their Hearts in addition to the Light they wield, and that makes them a little more vulnerable to exploitation. If we tread carefully enough with them, they won't even realize what's happening, and that will make it easy to dispose of them. There is the chance that we may not be capable of destroying them like we'd prefer, but we will be able to trap them and the Light, thus getting them both out of the way. Jagannatha has finished part of the preparations for it already. You see, Maleficent, we'd like to destroy them, but we're prepared for that not to happen. And besides that, destroying the Keybearers and their friends does not destroy the Light itself. The Light is the top priority here. They're just in the way, and we're going to make that a non-issue.

"And besides them," Koios said with a little laugh, "just think of the worlds. They have Hearts of their own, you know that just as well as I do, and that means they are subject to the exploitation of Light or Darkness, just like anyone else. Jagannatha's already started working on them, too, and I'm here to help spread his influence, as it were," he said with a wide gesture. "You remember those weather phenomena, I take it? I don't know much about it myself, but Jagannatha's told me it was something about the worlds' way of fighting and trying to get rid of him early on. Now that all that's stopped, it means they're running out of strength, and that's why those creatures are waking up - the Refugees call 'em summons. They're a last ditch effort to fight perceived threats against the worlds. But, uh, they probably could have gone with some better guardians, because they're not chasing us off. It's quite the opposite, in fact.

"Anyway, as some worlds fall, and others turn against them, the Keybearers will have nowhere to go to get away from us. And that's when we'll lock them all away, and the multiverse will be ours." He leveled a stare on her. "That is, if you decide to strike an alliance with us. If not..." A shrug.

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"Intriguing," Maleficent allowed. "Our plans do seem to have some . . . convergence. Very well. I do not know what help I can provide, nor am I certain as to your chances of success, but if your goals can give me what I require for mine, then such assistance I can and choose to provide will be yours."

Now she smiled coldly. "For you see, here is what I require for my own goals. I need a corrupted Keybearer. Aid me in this endeavor, and you shall have my assistance."

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"Great," Koios said with a dark smile of his own. "And I know just the one."

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Maleficent raised a curious eyebrow. "Indeed?"

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"Indeed. I'll have him to you as soon as possible. 'Til then, good luck with your plans." He offered no further information before disappearing into a Dark Corridor; there was no point in revealing something that could be perceived as weakness. They didn't need this supposed alliance to turn against them.

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Maleficent tapped her fingers thoughtfully on the table. There was clearly much they were not telling her. But if they could provide the most difficult component of her latest plot, then this alliance could be worthwhile. Later on perhaps they would be a distraction when the key moment came. She could not help noticing that they had not yet asked anything of her. What did they think to gain from her? Until that question was answered, the true future of this alliance would be uncertain.

Still, no matter, she must inform the Academy of Shadows of this newest development.