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Fortuna shift in her chair as she listened, knowing Roux's idea of a test could be very well different from her own. She hesitated to respond, but the desperation of wanting to bear pride for humans again urged her to reply. "What do you have in mind?"she breathed, glancing his way as she swallowed hard, watching him. "Perhaps it will reveal what is causing the change in this new generation of mortals.."she murmur thoughtfully.

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Crow sighed, his stomach grumbling softly. He finally walked over to the other humans and seemed to relax as he made conversation, trying to look like all the others. He learned as much as he could from the humans, enveloping himself in the air of apprehension, excitement and... something else he couldn't name. He took his cloak off and looked much more elegant in his tunic and trousers. He leaned on one leg with his arms crossed as he talked to a young woman who's words fall and tripped out of her mouth as if she were running a marathon with her words. Finally, he slipped away and joined a conversation with a few others, learning much more from them than the gossipy girl.

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A mysterious smile spread over Roux's face. "The answer to a human's worth is a pure heart if I'm correct? A heart of gold unblemished of any ill intentions. Such a heart would be hard to find. Almost impossible. But a test would certainly narrow it down." His icy cold eyes quietly gazed at the mortals. He could sense the darkness in most of them. The greed of having the chance to be blessed by the goddess. "What if I take away the life of everyone here? I will put a curse of misfortune on all of them. However, if one would be brave enough, everyone would be spared. He alone would receive the curse." He could see the tension in Fortuna's features. "Worry not, I will not harm any mortals. Whoever that brave one should be your answer."

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She listened intently to the proposition, head inclining his way as her eyes were trained on the crowd before gazing to Roux. "If such a task were executed, we would need to insure their trust once more, after it is done.."she murmur, thinking as she stroked down her neck silently. "I will allow it, but only once the rest of Us arrive. That way, many of us might find our charge.."she spoke lowly to him.

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Siobhan inhaled, the smells of above greeting her nose after several hundred years. It had been awhile since she had been to the surface, she had been holed up in her work. It was all gold and glittering, just like the markings and jewelry that adorned the great Fortuna. But she shook her head and gazed at the man she had came up to see. It had been a while since someone made her wonder. He gazed at her in such a way that she almost shivered but she kept her stance. She could tell her was looking for her eyes, and she was smart enough to keep them hidden. He nodded at her curtly and she stood beside him, soaking in his dark prescnese. What should I say? she wondered thoughtfully, those thoughts being interrupted by another dragon entering the room.

He was the one who spoke with Fortuna. With this in mind, Siobhan opened her ears and listened as he proudly insulted her people, she stiffened but listened. Siobhan was never one for confrontation unless someone went to far. He went on about tests, and went as far as to insult the dark one next to her. This almost caused her to speak, Fortuna gaining that privilege before her. She agreed with the tests? This caused determination in the snapper's soul, she would prove them all wrong. Somehow. But her thoughts were lost and brought back to the dark man next to her. "How long has it been for you?" she asked gingerly, her voice rough and twangy, for she hadn't spoken in years.

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Latskaia gracefully landed on the roof of the ornate Temple, brightness and cloud of sounds greeted her anxiously. It had been several hundred years since she'd left her cave, and she wasn't too happy to have left it, She shifted, the transformation laborious and painful for she had never actually taken a human form but once. Her purple hair long and wavy, her white skin covered in even whiter robes and tatters as well as purple swirls. She walked towards where a window was and dropped down onto the sill. She climbed down to a balcony and made her way to a staircase, barely giving Siobhan and Erebo any of her attention. She blocked out all the voices and smells of the humans and made her way to Fortuna and Roux, "Greetings." she said softly, so only they could hear over the other voices. "I detest these gatherings... but I think it has been long enough, a human must deserve my blessing by now." she said, her voice louder now, "I heard... something about a test?" she inquired, trying not to look out of her element, 'You're an ancient... Get yourself together.' she thought.

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Fortuna's approval of his plan made Roux give a satisfied nod. "We shall wait for the others then." He wasn't afraid of losing the mortals' trust. As the god of death, perhaps he had already lost it centuries ago. He himself was quite interested on who would be the victor of the test. "In the meantime, that fellow should be keenly watched," he spoke lowly and softly,"Great darkness is in him. As much as I would love to, if he does not cause any disturbance, I am prohibited to punish him." Such restrictions irritated him at times, but it was the rule of the council.

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Fortuna nod at Roux before lifting her head, a smile of surprise crossing her face at the foreign sight. "Well, well...in all these years, Latskaia?"she spoke, standing to formally welcome the Ancient. "Kind of you to join us--we were just about to set to work determining the worthiest of the bunch,"she replied to the other's question, signaling to her seat. "You've been a long time away but surely you're aware of the corruption of the current human generation, no?"she asked, brow furrowing as she briefly gazed over the crowd in concern.