Guidance (Mae)

"Looks like we have a course of action, then. Great!" Of course, it wasn't going to be an easy feat for either of them to accomplish what they had set out to do, but that didn't change anything, really. They knew this would be a difficult task from the word go.

"Well, meeting EVERYONE would be a bit much, I think. I could fill the role as a messenger of sorts, making sure no-one is working on something that another group is already investigating. We need to be efficient, and co-ordinated in how we deal with this. The reason why I think things went the way they did two years ago was... a lack of co-ordination... The will was most certainly there, but... well... Everyone was kind of doing their own thing, which made our groups scattered, and much less focused on finishing a single goal... We need to be strong together... That's just my view on things." She knew very well that some people just didn't work well in groups, and while that was fine, outright resisting to work as a collective force on multiple tasks just because didn't sit right with her. They all carried the same duty to protect the islands from all supernatural threats, and one shouldn't need to do so alone.

"The group you were with when the mess two years ago started... Didn't you mention two other individuals aside from... him..." Of course, she was referring to the Original Survivors team... Not that she knew of all the members or anything, but having them co-ordinate with Mae and the rest of the Rangers might not be a bad idea... The two groups goals were similiar... why not work together? "Oh... That's a shame..." Well, then she'd have to come into contact with them in another, less direct way...

"Alright then... I'll leave that to you." She was confident he would succeed with that. Sharaku was a strong man, and she had to trust him with this. "Well... with that settled, I think it's about time we put these plans into action..." She would give the other two a nod, as if to say that the meeting was dismissed and they could leave. Hiro could of course stay if he wanted to, but regardless of what happened, after Sharaku left, she'd give Hiro and Aria an excusing look. "Sorry... I have to go... I need some... time for myself." She was never one to kick people out, unless they truly deserved it, which Hiro and Aria didn't. Right now, Mae needed some time to think, and with the barrier up, she could get that done while there were no demons running around on the streets, all thanks to Isla. She had to find Maria and check up on the kids back at the Orphanage... just to make sure they were okay.

Hiro would quietly study the other with a gaze that was neither hostile nor friendly when he made his comment. If tone could be an indicator, it seemed that Sharku's skepticism when it came to demons wasn’t going to be swayed. And why should it be? After all, this man had gone through such an event before and after the first introduction of the demons, he could understand while the idea would leave a bad taste in one’s mouth. Even so, he hadn’t been lying about what he stated earlier. While he could indeed wield a sword, his power rested in which demons were at his side. Aria was nice, but in the long run there was only so much she could do alone. He honestly had no choice in the matter. Demons were his source of power no matter how strange or contradicting it sounded, so he would need to face them one way or another.

Regardless of this thought, the man would simply close his eyes and nod at the words. There was no need to try and explain things at this point. They each had their own way of fighting, so one could either accept that or deny it. Honestly, it was up to the individual. Speaking of choices….

Hiro’s eyes would reopen as he listened to the light chatter when it came to gathering others. While he agreed with Mae about that point, he had to wonder about Sharaku. Gauging from what was said and facial expression, it didn’t seem the other liked the idea of teams, but why the demon summoner could not understand. Wasn’t it beneficial to have others working with you? So why seemingly go against it?

It was a perplexing point, but he supposed that team work didn’t work for everyone and while he did respect that, he had to wonder if much more was at play than just wanting to be a lone wolf. Curiosities aside, he would nod lightly at Mae’s words.

“Perhaps a messenger would be good. At least we would have more sources of information that way,” he would say before falling silent again. The need for information was a great one since whatever was happening was happening at rather accelerated rate; however, with so much happening at one time, he had to wonder if the job could be pulled off. Just how scattered was everyone now? It was a headache to consider given the current circumstances. While he wanted to put his faith in humans, he had to wonder…would they actually pull together this round and make a stand before it became too late? Another question he would rather not ponder right now. The situation was already draining as it was. No need to add to the mess.

In any case, as conversations came to a close, a decision of a sort would be made. Mae would handle Isla and himself Zachary. As for Sharaku, his goal was a bit more vague and while Hiro would've loved to pick at that vagueness, it would seem this meeting was drawing to a close. This wasn’t exactly what he had hoped for since everyone was pretty much at the same square as before this even started.

Sure some information had been given and a lose plan put into play; however, he wasn’t even sure if they had silently agreed to keep in touch to exchange more information gathered or what here. To him it seemed everyone was branching off to target their own interests...something he had hoped this meeting would keep from happening.

Sighing lightly, he would shake his head before getting to his feet. There was honestly no point in trying to fix whatever this was at this point. Between the vagueness of decisions and personal tensions, if pushed further this would probably only blow up…and quite frankly he did not want that to happen. With things more or less settled if one could call it that, Hiro would move the futon given to him earlier to a corner of the apartment for later use.

He would bid Sharaku farewell when he decided to leave and shortly after that he would do the same for Mae when she decided she need to leave to. When he was alone, he would look over at Aria who sat on the window watching everything with a quiet frown. Apparently, she wasn’t to pleased with the development either. Alas what was one going to do? One couldn’t exactly make things work according to plan no matter how hard one tried.

“Come on,” he would tell her, getting a nod from the pixie as she took to the air again.

Together, they would leave behind the rather uncomfortable feeling room as they moved back out into the streets to perform their task…

~Hiro has exited the thread. ~