OOC Apologies folks, I was kept away from the forums by unforseen circumstances. Just reference Brutus, we didn't leave the council buildings, I just sat down in the next room.
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Alixenus sighed, poured himself a glass of Port then handed the bottle to Brutus. As the great men of the world debated the most critical issues of the day, a soldier-turned-politician sat and answered the questions of a Giant. He told Brutus that he just woke up where he fell and saw that only the Logipriests and Brutus were missing after the machines attacked. He assumed that they had both been taken by the machines and tried to follow their tracks for the rest of the day. Come nightfall, he called off the chase and headed back to the city. He said that that night, he walked to a Tavern and drank himself under the table out of Guilt for not being able to find Brutus, and for fear of all the bad fortune that had hit Venezzia.

Then he explained to Brutus how the Water cannons worked. They were built into the city walls and sewer systems. Man and Horse power fill the tanks whilst Tidal flows are channeled to up the pressure inside the chamber. One way valves stopped the water going backwards between waves. When the pressure was high enough, the water forced open the valve in the cannon's barrel and fired at the target. Smaller ones fired Ballista bolts or Rocks. Then he let Brutus in on a little secret: Venezzia had built portable versions of the Guns. Ones that could be used on Land.

Meanwhile, a Scribe caught up with Sandromin in the streets and asked him whether he had forgotten the Diyadian's request to stay in the Hall after the talks ended or he had chosen not to honour their request?

After the conference, one of Xavier's aides requested that the Collective ambassador speak with the Dwarf king. The ambassador approached the dwarf with one of his guards. "What is it you wish to speak of?" the ambassador asked.

Brutus nodded,and thanked his friend for telling him all the answers to his questions.
"Brutus find go for walk now, like city, remind Brutus of home."
Alixenus seemed confused at Brutus' comment.
"Brutus tell latter." And with that he and Conyr went for a walk.
The unlikely pair strolled through the city, and to Brutus' astonishment no one seemed to care that a giant was trudging around with a green child.the two walked in silence, or Brutus walked while Conyr sat on his shoulder's. Brutus was happy, ecstatic more like it. He had found Alixenus, stopped a bar fight and found several of the logipriest. Speaking of.
"Conyr" the giant started.
"Vyzion, Conyr's father?"

OOC Personally Vyzion I don't feel burnt out, but that's probably due to the fact that you've been writing far more than me. To be honest, our pace has been a little off since the very start, especially with that incident with the PAI. A time lapse is a very radical suggestion indeed as I imagine some people will have grown quite attached to their respective characters and may be quite reticent to start another. I think that there is a very real chance that the conference will continue for another two days in character time, assuming Thanatos doesn't intercede with an epic speech. Alternatively, we could use the deus-ex-machina solution of Fate accelerating the Sun's decay, but that wouldn't provide a break.

I think a total break may actually work. It will give everyone time to take stock of their characters, what they've done and said, where they want to take the character from their and think up new plot points. If we did do this, would everyone be happy holding off till say, March or mid-March?

(Ooc) I was gonna do something special for Brutus' nation. But if we are going to just finish the conference and skip I could just say what happened or maybe me and one other person could keep up a small adventure, seeing as I joined fairly recently and still have quite a few ideas (ooc)

We'll just have a filler Arc. I think that would be best. Just technological updates with the sometimes random battle or something or other.

OOC:

Sorry for making it seem as if I'm tired of this. I was trying to make the story as amazing as possible I forgot to simply enjoy the act of writing. I was getting frustrated because all my ideas kept hitting dead ends, and now I realise that all I have to do is write and the rest will figure itself out.

No need to hurry guys, once again, I was getting annoyed at myself for not having ideas, and assumed you guys had the same problem.

Embarrassing, really.

[OOC]I heard you were writing all of this in book form, Sandromin. So is that going so far?[/OOC]


The ambassador agreed to Xavier's proposal, and both of them merrily talked most of the way to the chamber.

Strangely, there were no guards at the doors. The doors were large and golden, they even seemed to shine in the dim light.

No guards, hm? That could only mean one thing; he is meeting someone.

With all his composer, and some gleefulness, he knocks on the majestic, golden doors.

Alixenus your writing has so much character I really feel for your character

"No one knows, Brutus."

Conyr smiled.

"When logipriests make babies they do it in what my friends call 'giant orgies'. I'm not sure what it means but it all new children are cared for by the whole community. I think it's quite fun; we're never bound to a few parents, or solely responsible for younger siblings. A giant family, that's what we used to have. As giant as you, I dare say."

Conyr didn't continue, and lapsed into silence. Children below we're looking up at him, some scared, some afraid, some jealous.

Conyr knew the others had left him, but why? No matter. He had Brutus.

That was another thing not having parents instilled, Conyr realised. Independence. Freedom.

"Well, uh, not at this precise moment. Like everyone, I am curious about the collective, but I had no questions that were so pressing that they required your immeadiate presence." Then a thought popped into Alixenus' head. "Xavier, what have you been saying to the ambassador at such a late hour?"