Scarlett sent her Sending a little more than a half hour earlier than expected. In the message she sounded anxious. "How did things go on you end?"<br/><br/>After answering the sending and getting reading for the council meeting, she would find Syceras in her office, waiting for her. The commander is dressed as she normally would be on most days, with the tabard of Shelyn's rainbow-tailed bird over a breast-plate and tucked under her belt. Her longsword is at her side and her shield on her back. Her hair, while dried, looks fresh from a bath and she smells of fruit.<br/><br/>Once they're all set, Syceras has Elli follow her to the lift station and has the attendant in their lift--who readily gives a bow of respect to the commander--bring them up to the fourth tier of the city, the government sector. The building are all immaculate, made out of marble and stones that complimented the color of the smooth rock. Only the seal of the city is present on the buildings, no symbols of deities are displayed. The government sector was neutral ground, where everyone was suppose to be on equal footing with one another, no one church or organization, in theory at least, had more power than any of the others. The council building was a large, domed structure made out of white stone and marble, imposing in nature, but held the pride and heart of the city. The interior was red carpeted over marble and was grand in scale with many hundred of magically glowing candle chandeliers decorating the high arched ceilings. The wide expanse of space on the ceiling were painted with a visual history of the city, from images of its construction to some of the major battles fought outside and within its walls.<br/><br/>Syceras had taken her sweet time in getting them there, winding down the clock until it was just time for the meeting to commence. She and Elli would take their seats at a large, oval shaped in a room decorated with artwork from the last several centuries in the city's history. The only place where the emblems of the various temples were on the backs of the chairs they sat in, marked for the representatives of the various churches that served on the council. Mostly everyone else was seated with Syceras and Elli arrived. No one commented on the absence of Leria and the presence of Elli. Someone, the high priest of Torag to be specific, a red-bearded dwarf, commented on how Syceras wasn't an entire hour early. A moderator, a tall elven woman that had no decoration to show her to be of any of the parties seated around her, called for everyone to order and started the meeting.<br/><br/>The meeting was just about as dull as Syceras had said. Every representative reported in on their respected sides. Some went as far to petition for assistance for funds from the council coffers to host some lavish event or to supplement their own spending, but these were met with stern disapproval from the rest of the members, mainly on the grounds that it did not help the city itself in anyway. Soon enough the meeting was over. It was just a check-in, nothing more.<br/><br/>The various members of the council, the high ranking officials of the churches of the city filed out of the room. Many of them lingered in the hall, mingling and talking amongst each other. Syceras moved away to speak with the Torag High Priest, the two, from what Elli knows have always been on good terms. Scarlett moved to speak with Elli once she had been left alone.<br/><br/>"She seriously threatened to de-knight you?"