We brake for nobody [D3, MM]

[Lucinia Malveaux]

"I see." Lucinia said, eyes narrowing. "A few years before me, then. It must have been quite the graduating class. So full of rising stars." Her red lips thinned, just a little.

One eyebrow went up. "It is fortunate that there are two council seats open."

[Lord Jo'ren Rath]

Jo'ren shrugged. "Buncha over-achievers. Going to be an interesting week."

[Xyll Vanth]

"Ultimately," she said, steepling her fingers with a sweet smile, "it is irrelevant who sits on those seats."

A quick glance to present aspiring company. "No offense."

[Lord Tenebrous]

Shaisha shrugged. "None taken."

She probably should've been offended, but there was... more going on than just the contest.

[Lucinia Malveaux]

Jo'ren shrugged. "Buncha over-achievers. Going to be an interesting week."

That made Lucinia laugh softly. "My family is full of those. They certainly can be a chore."

"Ultimately," she said, steepling her fingers with a sweet smile, "it is irrelevant who sits on those seats."

A quick glance to present aspiring company. "No offense."

"Oh? And what makes you say that?" Lucinia asked, one eyebrow going up.

[Dapper Dog]

"Ultimately," she said, steepling her fingers with a sweet smile, "it is irrelevant who sits on those seats."

A quick glance to present aspiring company. "No offense."

Draahg chimed in, “The Dark Council are the apex of power outside of the Emperor, to say the seats mean nothing is to insult the power of Darth Vengean.”

[Xyll Vanth]

She shrugged, smiling sweetly. "I didn't say the seats mean nothing."

[Dapper Dog]

She shrugged, smiling sweetly. "I didn't say the seats mean nothing."

"Then what did you mean?" he asked.

[Xyll Vanth]

"Exactly what I meant of course," she answered, "that it is irrelevant who precisely sits in them."

She had multiple reasons as to why she thought that, though going into most of them was simply not going to happen.

"They will be beholden to powers beyond their own regardless. All will be as those powers will it to be. If not through their own hands, than through the simple inertia of power itself."

[Dapper Dog]

“That is an interesting non-answer,” he said and then returned to his thoughts.

[Xyll Vanth]

"It is, isn't it?" She chuckled. "Call it the influence of my master."

[Lucinia Malveaux]

Lucinia laughed softly, one hand coming up to the corner of her mouth. "Oh, my. Politics." She said, shaking her head.