Arcana X 2nd Assignment: Bitter Suites to Succubi Chapter 12 Pt.2!!

“Enough!” Beatrice thundered, slamming the podium with her hand. Both the Alchemists and Steamists went immediately silent. They look up at the female Arcana Knight and meet her intense gaze. Both parties reciprocate. Now they see why it is said that Beatrice Ashcroft can tame a Bandersnatch with a simple glare. “You two should be ashamed of yourselves! Acting like brats! That kind of disturbance will not be tolerated!”
“I apologize for my behavior, Lady High Captain,” Yazmine says after collecting her composure and bowing respectfully.
Abagail, however, continues to be belligerent. She looks up at the female knight glaring back down at her. Her gaze may’ve quieted everyone else but she will not be tamed so easily. She was never one for authority. The defiance Abagail is displaying proves it. “What, she started it,” she responds apathetically.
Beatrice narrows her gaze. This one won’t back down easily. Wordlessly, she has Amanda approach Abagail. Amanda smiles at the Alchemist Representative who simply stares back with a relaxed gaze. But the smile is beguiling. Soon, Abagail begins the feel the dark aura exuberating from the almond haired girl. Then Amanda leers at Abagail with a wicked grin. “It would be wise for you to apologize to my mistress otherwise, I’ll make things very interesting for you,” she threatened with a devious tone.
The girl’s presence frightened Abagail. She has encountered people before who exhibited dark intensions but they were merely bluffing, using that as a scare tactic. Amanda is not bluffing. She is dedicated to her superior and finds her belligerence insulting towards them both. Looking in her eyes, Abagail begins to quiver from the malice swirling in them. She gulps hard. She is torn between upholding her reputation of holding her ground against authority and leaving the Council Hall intact. The more she loses herself in the hollow glare bearing down on her the more unnerved she becomes. It is not long before sensibility wins out over hostility. “Okay, okay! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” she cried.
“See, now that wasn’t so hard, was it?” Amanda replied with a pleasant expression. She then leans in close and pets Abagail on her cheek, leering at her intensely again. “Good girl,” she says coldly, causing Abagail to shudder. With that, she turns and returns to Beatrice’s side.
Abagail stares blankly at Amanda. Never has anyone made her feel so uneasy. Her sister Yazmine can be callous when pushed in the right direction but she has nothing on Lady Beatrice’s subordinate. She slowly glances up at Beatrice. Her aura is even darker.
“Sister?”
Abagail looks over at Yazmine who is also visibly shaken from Amanda. “Perhaps we should not trifle with these women,” she says meekly.
“Y-Yeah,” replies Abagail.
Beatrice keeps her steely eyes on the sisters as she continues with the summit. “Now that the two of you are behaving, we can continue without further incident,” she says.
Both Abagail and Yazmine nod obediently.
“Well, we might actually get this matter finally settled,” says Barthal.
“I sure hope so,” Zelda agrees, leaning back in her chair.
“Oh come now, all siblings fight,” Odetta says, smiling. “I can’t count the many times I have gotten into disputes with Tesliann. But we always made up in the end.”
Barthal crosses his arms and scoffs. “I can imagine the kind of disputes you and your sister have. It’s either over fashion or bra sizes,” he commented with a raised eye brow and a sharp glace at Odetta’s impressive bosom.
Odetta stared wide eyed at Barthal. “Oh wow, how did you know?” she responded obliviously. “Wait, were you eavesdropping?”
“Now dear,” Leopoldo coddled her. “Barthal merely guessed accurately. He wouldn’t spy. He’s too much a gentleman for that.”
“Though the thought has crossed his mind,” Zelda adds with a quip.
Barthal is thrown off guard. “What?! Absurd! I would never!” he shot back, desperately trying to defend himself.
“Oh come now, Bart. You think you wouldn’t get noticed trying to eye down Lady Beatrice’s blouse from over her shoulder,” says Zelda. Barthal turns away from Zelda, hiding his red face. It is true that he has been trying to sneak a peek at Beatrice and Amanda, and even Tiphanee. Barthal thought he was being discreet but he should’ve know that he can’t get anything by Zelda who is ever observant. “And you had the nerve to even put young Tiphanee under your radar,” Zelda teased, causing Barthal to press himself further into the corner of his chair.
Leopoldo chuckles and says, “Shame on you, Barthal. She still young yet. And don’t tell me you have forgotten what happened the last time she caught you peeping at her. My darling niece may look like a delicate flower but you have to be wary of her thorns.”
Barthal scowls while looking away from Leopoldo and Zelda. On the outside, Barthal may have the appearance of well-mannered upperclassman but that doesn’t stop him from being flirtatious with women. He has been caught, on occasion and mostly by Zelda, sneaking peek down the blouses of women either sitting still or passing by. There is little doubt that he has each woman’s bosom in the council hall conformed to memory. As for the incident with Tiphanee, Barthal was complimenting her on her appearance while blatantly gazing at her bosom. Tiphanee, feeling uneasy, politely excused herself and walked away. When Barthal attempted to grab her behind, she tossed him across the room of her aunt’s pub. The act shocked Barthal. However, he remains undeterred nonetheless. Now he is even more discreet at examining Tiphanee’s young mature body. Although, Zelda and Leopoldo still catch him in the act.
“Can we get back to the matter at hand?” a deep voice spoke up. Leopoldo, Zelda and Barthal turn their attention to their large fellow council member Jameson Albright. He is quite literally the gentle giant amongst them. He only looks intimidating with his large mustache, broad jaw and bald head except for a curly patch of hair set in the middle along where his hairline would be. In actuality, Jameson is gentle as a lamb. He is a man of few words but when he does use them, it is with logic and reason. His fellow council members can’t help but listen to him.
“Yes, you’re right, Jameson. Thank you for getting us back on track,” says Leopoldo with a kind smile.
“Y-yes, indeed. We have more pressing matters to discuss,” Barthal quickly added, clearing his throat as he regained his composure. Zelda sighs and shakes her head at Barthal’s sad attempt at avoiding his recent behavior. She pushes the matter aside for now and resumes listening to Beatrice and the Ulbech sisters.
Just as he returned his attention to the summit, Leopoldo notices an odd look on his wife’s face. She is deep in thought. “Is something the matter, my dear?” he asks. Odetta does not respond. She continues to stare off distantly. Leopoldo says her name again. Still no response. Zelda’s attention is drawn as well. Odetta is focused, locked in her pondering. She is known for only being able to keep a single thought in her head. Once she gets one, it is quite difficult to distract her, however.
“Oh!” said Odetta surprisingly. She then looks at Barthal and says bluntly, “So it was you outside of Tesla’s window the other day.” Barthal nearly chokes at the accusation.
“I knew it,” Zelda says smugly.
Leopoldo asks if Odetta is sure about seeing Barthal. “Well, how else would he know what Tesla and I were talking about?” said Odetta. Tesla is Tesliann’s nickname that Odetta has used since they were young. “See, Tesla brought a new outfit and asked me what I thought of it. I told her it’s cute but it was really tight around her chest and that she was cutting off the circulation but Tesla insisted that she wasn’t so I said ‘yes you are’ and she said ‘no, I’m not’ so I told Tesla what mom said about wearing anything tight around your chest that if there is not enough circulation, she could sag early which Tesla still insists is not true and I said to her ‘well it must be true because mom said so’ then Tesla said….” Whenever Odetta goes on one of her unerring explanations, Leopoldo and Zelda have learned to simply let her go finish. She eventually will get to the answer. Odetta tells the conversation she and her sister had in its entirety. Her husband listens patiently while Zelda grew agitated. “And that’s when we saw Councilman Hendrix,” she finally finished, giggling afterward.
“Well there you have it,” says Leopoldo with a jovial smile.
“How do you put up with her, Leo?” Zelda asks, rubbing her temples.
Jameson drops his head in his burly hand with a heavy sigh.
While the Council members were behaving unorthodox, Tiphanee sighs heavily and rolls her eyes. She had heard everything that has been happening behind her. As expected, her uncle and aunt didn’t try to make a spectacle. Zelda and Barthal do not help either. They are always at each other. When she first met them, Tiphanee thought Barthal and Zelda were together because of the way they spoke to each other. To her surprise, they are not. Her uncle and aunt are bad enough on their own. Things escalate whenever they are around Barthal and Zelda. She sympathizes with Jameson who acts as mediator. But he only has to deal with it when the council gets together. Tiphanee has to live with it. She may be accustomed but their eccentric behavior is no less embarrassing.

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