Eden sets the table with utmost effeciency with each following the other in rows like ants on the march, delicacies both human and godly in origin placed about down the center, from basted turkey to ambrosia and nectar. It was quite impressive, especially from mouthless chefs. The elaborate banquet also implied something else, urgency, it was nothing as simple as some update report on their domains.
With his usual poise Hazarmaveth greets the gods that enter with a courteous bow. He tried not to allow his nervousness show, which is quite easy for one with his unique qualities. The tension between Shale and Edna did not help matters in that regard, and could only worsen considering the topic concerns them rather specifically, almost chillingly. Argument was unavoidable in these matters, but he hopes it to remain civil. With this accepted, he extends a long thin arm with long fingers out from the abyss of his cloak to courteously direct them to the table.
"It is good to see you all still doing so well, and apologies for being so abrupt in my timing," he says with sincerity, voice soft yet reverberating within the hollows of his body. He felt like a bother despite the importance of his concerns. "How has your garden been, dear Edna? And you, sir Rimus, I hope you find the selection to satisfaction. Sir Shale, I hope I have not interrupted anything important, I know your work is precious to you... but I think you of all would find this matter important. You as well, Edna. Xyr and Creep are not attending again, I see... a pity. I will have to inform them by other means. I do not see Ai either."
His was in no mood to beat around the bush, upon finishing their duties he sent the Edens to the corners and paced around the table with his staff in hand, amusingly resembling an old man with a crutch.
"The Black Ichor's nature has shifted from what I had once assumed was a benign, albeit... tragic result of... of dear Abaranne's current state," he says somberly, stumbling some at the mention of his fellow primordial, he had never been able to let it go even after all these years. "It is growing, spreading across the Ertse'gart as we speak, growing and changing. I've received reports that it brings life from death, taking any animal that falls in its domain and reviving it as something else. Life that is stronger, expires less easily, but cannot beget new life. At first I thought this was but a coincidental interaction with the Black Ichor, and I hoped it was some unconscious power from... her... but its patterns grew more elaborate, organized, until finally I received word that it... no, she has a name, Bashemath, a primordial name meaning the confusement of death. It is not too subtle to whom this name is addressing."
Hazarmaveth seats himself at one end of the table, his tone had grown somewhat more somber as he went on, somber but more so perplexed. He was reasonably confused in this matter, fittingly enough. His face downcast, he could not make a call, it was not in him to just condemn a new life to death, let alone make that decision about anything. Part of him even considers it a piece of Abaranne herself, reopening an old wound further. He holds out a hand, the aether warping about in his palm, then flowing across the table, weaving into an image above the center. An image of
"Regardless of her primordial nature, regardless of having similar immunities, she is not the same as me, as us, but not mortal either, but she is still bound to the land," he continues after a brief pause. "For now she's only had a small fraction of Abaranne's power, but if she were to... assimilate her fully, she may as well be a full Rishon, a primordial god with her own agenda. I don't think I need to remind any of you of what happened last time a primordial god had one of those... I still wonder to this day if there was anything I could have done to change my brother's path. As usual, I leave this to all of you to decide amongst yourselves what course of action is most appropriate."
He had not spoken in length like this in ages, it felt more than a little awkward to him, being in the center stage had never felt right to him. He beckons courteously with his, what could be assumed to be, right hand for them to speak.