Thread: Second Class Citizens ((Freckles&Bec Teri))

Max had only brought one of the six duffle bags he had packed into the trunk of her car into her home. The others would be fine where they were for now. He would have preferred to get right to investigating what happened to the missing Doctors, as well as what was happening to the fields these humans used for food production, but one night wouldn't make or break the investigation. He thanked her for her hospitality before she left him to his thoughts. He would have to be careful about just how he went about investigating these issues. Although they were currently two separate problems, he feared that they may have the same cause. Although Human technology had been quite advanced before the war, he didn't think they had any device or weapon that could render a specific target catatonic the way his father's files had described. It was as though the men and women had been petrified. This would imply something from the other side of the gates. Most humans seemed unaware that his race wasn't the only one that lived in Paea, or Hell as the humans called it. They didn't quite understand the purpose or function of the Governors. It was difficult to explain that they were here less to govern the remaining human populations and more to make sure the humans didn't invite anything else to cross over through the gates. That's how they got into this mess in the first place. The bigger problem, as far as Max was concerned, was the burning of crops. This didn't have an obvious motive leaning towards either side. It could have been humans setting each other's crops a light, or it could be the same thing or things neutralizing their medical professionals. It wouldn't do well to implicate or speculate on a potential culprit until he had more evidence. This town meeting might be the best place to gather some more Intel after all. While he waited for Elise to finish getting ready for the meeting he wondered just how concerned for her people she was. Was she the type to demand she be allowed to investigate along beside him, or would she be content to allow him to work alone? If he's initial suspicions were correct, then this investigation could get very dangerous very fast. He wouldn't blame her for choosing to stay home where she was safe while he looked into things. In fact he'd probably prefer it. Somehow he didn't think he'd get so lucky. They way she had spoken to his father told him she wasn't easily intimidated, which was the main purpose of the form most of his kind chose to take when dealing with humans. Unnerve them just enough to keep them in line. The Demons who were members of the Gate Guardians tended to prefer the more realistic human form. The human members needed to be able to trust you, and a less unnerving form helped them do that. He was pulled away from Guardian duty by his father less then a month ago, although Ocig hadn't come out and said it, Max was pretty sure the much older demon was thinking of passing his role of Governor down to his only child. Max would much rather guard the gate, less protocol and etiquette was expected to be observed by those who guard the bridges between worlds.