Ari looked out at the city as Blue was doing. "It's a city," Ari said to her. "A human city. You'd be amazed what these people have figured out how to do without having any magic whatsoever. I might be more amazed if they didn't destroy nature in the process of building places like this."<br/><br/>Ari sat down in the grass and played with her finger in a small puddle in the ground. "So, people are finally starting to get worked up over this dark presence we've all been sensing. I'd think it was a monster, but didn't your father and the other elder gods seal all the monsters away centuries before we were born? But what else is there?"<br/><br/>------------------------<br/><br/>Genesis was maybe a minute late to the meeting, but not enough to be noticed. All the other hot shots had hardly walked thought the doors yet.<span style="font-style: italic">Jeez, look at the way they're all crowding around that one guy. He must be the one Mary mentioned.</span><br/><br/>"Well Mary dear," Genesis said with a small playful smile, "I'm off. Pick me up when the meeting's over okay? I'll give you a call."<br/><br/>"Master Genesis," she complained, "I have so much work to do."<br/><br/>Genesis laughed. "Do you think it would be more productive for you to sit here in the car waiting until the meeting is over?"<br/><br/>Mary sighed dejectedly. "Please don't mess around here, Master Genesis," she pleaded. "Your parents are putting a lot of faith in you."<br/><br/>"I'll try to be serious," he said, still smiling slightly. "But by the time you come to pick me up, you better be calling me Gen. I've told you already, I hate the name Genesis."<br/><br/>Mary sighed, "I'll pick you up when the meeting's done then."<br/><br/>She pulled the car out of the parking lot and made her way back to the mansion where Genesis did most of his tinkering. Genesis turned and made his way over to the mass of old men in business suits. It seemed he and the other young man were the only young people to be attending the meeting.<span style="font-style: italic">How boring. Stuck in a room full of nothing but old men for hours.</span><br/><br/>Genesis stayed quiet and followed the group up to their conference room; complete with a long table and lots of cushy chairs. For the most part, he sat quietly as the old men pelted the younger one with questions. He ran though mechanical designs in his mind.<br/><br/>--------------------------<br/><br/>Suddenly, Black could sense multiple Deities in the area. If they were coming for him... well that would just be perfect. Not. Black spread his wings and flew off in the opposite direction from where he sensed them, leading himself deeper into the woods. He wasn't about to be blamed for all this business so soon in the game.