Glaucus' Cloud Dispersal Part III: Careless

The Luminaries scan the messages sent by Glaucus. Each of them saw the first few lines before coming to the meeting hall and they immediately got a sense of hostility and aggression. They all wear different expressions as they near the end of the letter. 

 

Ignis sits calmly, hands folded in front of her. When she reads the last words, she looks down, slides her hands to the edge of the table, and pushes her chair back. She rises without a word, her mild expression giving way to a gentle smile. Aura looks at her out of the corner of her eye, but makes no move otherwise. Ignis reaches up and grabs the temples of her black, wire-rimmed glasses, removing them her face and placing them on top of her head. 

 

She walks to the back of the hall, her phoenix statue flaring as she moves past it. Slowly, like a paper just beginning to catch fire, her passive clothes disappear, starting at her heeled feet, moving up her semi-sheer metallic stockinged legs, to her short, maroon dress, finally burning away her high collar and glasses. Her armor replaces the passive clothing gradually, leaving a scant half inch of bare skin between the passive attire and armor seemingly consuming it as it snakes up her form. By the time she exits the hall, her clicking heels are replaced by softly padding leather.

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