The blue man hotel was posh, clean and full of fancy people and music. However in a separate section with no one else sat someone who if she charged per tv appearance would be richer then she already was. Both for the owners sake and for her own privacy they had come to this arrangement. The man who owned the place was still owner on the fact he was useful to Aura and so she let the human animal live.

Aura had heard Roach had come back into the light so to speak. She had wanted to speak with him since the order had fallen. She would have much rather he had taken over the order but it had not come to be and now the Exiles were burgeoning.

She smiled, the silk pink, low neckline dress she wore was not what she favored but it worked for the club and she figured Roach would like the fact she was not dripping in human remains. The steak she was served was from an endangered large cat. Likely their would be a zoo report in the morning on the missing animal.

She looked up at the tv, an addition added for her to see the report on the riots a few weeks earlier which she had been the center attraction of. She swept her fingers thrue her dark blue colored hair as she waited.

Oh, how pleased he was when he received a missive from Aura! He'd come up with a list of people to speak to now that he was back in town. Some of them were nowhere to be found, but lo-and behold, there Aura was, right toward the top, and active! Causing trouble, even!

Were he pressed he'd confess a squeal of joy had escaped his maw when he saw her on the news pertaining to the riots. She had a knack for causing a scene~ It was one of the things that made her such a valuable asset in the past. Now, though, she seemed to be seeking the top of the ladder herself. Interesting. She'd always had the highest of aspiration. Perhaps her calling him had something to do with that?

He came to the blue man hotel in a limousine, though it dropped him a block or two away. It then drove off, destined to be destroyed because he'd been using it too long. Couldn't have the police or any other interested parties knowing he was driving past. It wasn't too long after that he'd found his way into the less inhabited wing of the hotel. He'd opted to use a window as an entrance, pulling it open until the latch snapped. As he approached the room she was in, his presence would be heralded by a small crowd of skittering cockroaches, heading in and zooming about inspecting the odd object here and there.

Soon, he rounded the corner, a fruit basket he'd found on the way in perched carefully atop his head.

"Aura! My good friend, how have we been?! Busy, I hear!"

Roaches may have grossed many people out but Aura was use to far more disturbing things. Her first thought was to consider how a roach might taste and if you had to cook them. However the brief thought was pushed aside as she saw the mutant she had been hoping to see trailing his heralds. She looked him over, truthfully he looked much like last time she had seen him, except for the picnic basket which was an interesting touch.

"Roach, my friend it has been much to long. I have missed your guiding hands and counsel. She said with a smile. She really had missed his presence both at sanctuary and as a leader. Aura felt like Seyta, Roach was much more suited to the lead role then herself.

"I have tried to stay active, i am not good at just sitting around. but between the orders fall, these raganrok abominations and these out of control police robot, sombody has to stand up for our people. "she said shaking her head slightly then laughed. "It seems the lord of souls does not yet wish to claim mine yet" she said referring to a religion most had never heard of unless they knew Aura. Religion was surprisingly deep in Aura and threw it she colored her world.

"The riots were fun and productive. We did not succeed in hitting police headquarters but the riot was about the message and motivating our people. Their were injuries, light but severe enough to play into the media maybe. It's made me think about propaganda though" she said going on, picking up a roach that got to close, considerd it and tossed it behind her.

"What have you been up to friend? I feared you might have been killed or worse cured somehow" she said visibly shaking at the thought of being cured. The concept of a cure to Aura was worse then death.

"Roach, my friend it has been much to long. I have missed your guiding hands and counsel."

"And I, your incredible exuberance! Might I say you are looking quite radiant on this fine evening! What are we dining on today, might I ask?" He bowed elegantly to her, removing his hat as he did, and spilling its contents across the floor. He paid no mind, placing the empty container atop his dome once more.

"I have tried to stay active, i am not good at just sitting around. but between the orders fall, these raganrok abominations and these out of control police robot, sombody has to stand up for our people. It seems the lord of souls does not yet wish to claim mine yet"

"And may they never! There is still much work to be done! Some, I have already set in motion." He moved closer, taking a seat near her, an nodding thoughtfully to her report on the riots.

She asked what he'd been up to. He sat for a moment in silence, sizing her up. "Aura, dear, you know we don't call it a cure. They call it that. As for me... I had a bit of a so'journey... Well needed, I assure you. One who was quite close to me betrayed me, and I felt it was time for a change. I left the city proper, and seeked to make new connections. I succeeded in my quest. We have new allies out of state, and a source of military grade weaponry." His minions and smart bugs had also grown considerably in numbers.

He tried not to take it personally when she threw one of his bugs. It hadn't been hurt, and she knew not what she did.

"I think it important we talk first about why you summoned me here. After I got myself re-situated, I was going to seek you out myself. I was pleasantly surprised when you reached out yourself."

"leapard, fresh from the zoo. The cooking staff did not seem entirely pleased having to clean and cook it, but they will not pose an issue" she said each of them beleiving Aura knew where some of their loved ones lived and in a few cases it was true.

She nodded. "call it what you will, the fact is if a way to remove our powers is ever perfected it will be weaponized. Imagine dropping a bomb on a city that stripped away our powers while leaving the humans without a mark" Aura said believing humans would turn any cure to a weapon and begin trying to eliminate mutants. In a funny way it was a bit like what they did with M, only the M addicts saw glimpses of the greatness they would never truly have.

Weapons certainly peeked her interest. If Roach had brought some of things Aura could imagine, humanity would have a very painful future. "Those could be useful, proper arms could do quite a bit if used properly" she considered. They would not be able to take on the actual army of course but if placed right they could maximize their gains. "I had considered trying to obtain remote detonation explosives and a doctor. I figure people would be easy to manipulate of they think they will go boom." she said considering the option again.

"You are the second major order member i have encountered in as many months. The other being Seyta. We are forming a successor to the order and a mutant of your talents and connections could greatly help with that. Through proper funding, in most cases just over the line of legal we plan to fund mutant supremacist actions, including as you may have seen the riots a few weeks back. " It was the basic plan anyway and the organization was still newborn.

"The weapons you mentioned could factor in quite nicely to that but i would like your skills more. I want you to help us form and craft this newborn organization into something that can stand against anyone who threatens our kind, be they human, x-men or anyone else. I also invited you here becuse i like and trust you like i can few others." she said leaving out the vast majority of her close friends were either dead or missing.

Roach watched and listened as she spoke about the leopard dish before them. When were they going to increase security at the zoo? How many animals did they have left?

"call it what you will, the fact is if a way to remove our powers is ever perfected it will be weaponized. Imagine dropping a bomb on a city that stripped away our powers while leaving the humans without a mark"

Roach nodded. This was a very real possibility, but they weren't terribly close to their sick attempt to 'cure' those bearing the X-Gene. When they got close, he would take it from them.

"That can be addressed when we come to it. I am more concerned with us coming up to end those kinds of problems together."

He listened to her idea for putting bombs inside of people, chuckling at it. "My weapons stay with me, for now. They are to be used only on the META, and the military, should they get involved..."

"You are the second major order member i have encountered in as many months. The other being Seyta. We are forming a successor to the order and a mutant of your talents and connections could greatly help with that. Through proper funding, in most cases just over the line of legal we plan to fund mutant supremacist actions, including as you may have seen the riots a few weeks back. The weapons you mentioned could factor in quite nicely to that but i would like your skills more. I want you to help us form and craft this newborn organization into something that can stand against anyone who threatens our kind, be they human, x-men or anyone else. I also invited you here becuse i like and trust you like i can few others."

Roach looked down to the table as she spoke, remaining silent for many moments afterward. He looked to a small bug, speaking to it with a series of clicks and small chirps for a moment. It skittered off. "Aura, I want to begin this with the fact that I respect you, as a pupil, and as a champion for our race. But I feel I must tell you now, in no uncertain terms, that I will never again seek to sit on a council, or share power with anyone. If I am to be a part of an organization, it will be controlled by none other than myself, and those I chose as generals."

Roach leaned back, placing a foot upon the opposite knee. The arms on his chest folded in on each other. "I told you I planned to come and see you... I came to offer you such a position."

He clacked his mandibles thoughtfully as he looked her way. "I don't expect a decision on this to be made today, but I can tell you I would lead our kind in a direction unlike anything the Order council could manage. We could be so strong... There is room for everyone, too. Seyta, yourself, and some others I have already begun gathering."