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[color=gray]Location: Inside the Jotunheim[/color][/CENTER]

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The very moment J'eon started voicing his disapproval, in a rather abrasive and disrespectful manner, the soldiers who were accompanying Nellara immediately put their hands on their weapons and began approaching J'eon. Nellara, seeing that, raised her other hand after Vigdis got the steel sphere from it, in a clear signal for them to stand down.

[color=d3c28b]"Do not mistake your own position and role here, Blacksmith. The Guild has [i]no[/i] saying in what happens inside Ascendancy territory... You have [i]no[/i] authority to order even my soldiers. Much less a Seeker or a Castigator."[/color] Nellara said, both the tone of her voice and her eyes sending a very clear warning.

[color=d3c28b]"You should listen to Seeker Kareet's words very carefully. I would like to solve this situation in a peaceful and diplomatic way, but I will not hesitate to to use force and the authority I was invested with as a Castigator if I deem necessary."[/color] Nellara said, still looking directly towards J'eon after Kareet reminded him that it was on his best interest to cooperate.

[color=d3c28b]"Now, I will ask you once again. Can I count with your cooperation, Blacksmith J'eon? For both of our sakes. We are dealing with a very delicate situation and I would like to avoid any internal conflict between our group."[/color] Nellara said, her eyes still fixed on J'eon before she slowly looked towards Vigdis once again, curious about her reaction.

Focusing her attention on Vigdis once again, Nellara found curious how she seemed to be shocked, almost afraid by her small magic demonstration, going as far as giving a few steps back when Nellara showed the electricity jumping between the steel spheres. Despite the initial shock though, Vigdis' curiosity seemed to win over her fear as she accepted to examine one of the steel spheres from up close after wearing a thick glove, possibly to protect her against electricity.

[color=d3c28b]"They don't seem to know the concept of magic... Are they... unable to use it? If so, how does even this huge fortress of a ship is capable of flight?"[/color] Nellara said, still observing Vigdis as she carefully examined the metal sphere.

After a quick examination, Vigdis returned the metal sphere, which Nellara promptly made it return to where it was previously, spinning on top of her other hand together with the rest. 

After that brief exchange was done, Vigdis clapped her hands, probably trying to draw their attention before she started pointing towards the strange metal door on the other end of the room, raising her hands after she did so.

Before Nellara could ask Shirik, Kerchak or Kareet about what was Vigdis trying to say, a loud noise immediately echoed through the room. The moment the noise stopped and other beings like Vigdis started entering the room, Vigdis' strange signals finally made sense.

[color=d3c28b]"Stand down. Be on your guard but try not to show any hostility."[/color] Nellara said to the soldiers.

While Nellara was definitely focused on the metal objects some of them were carrying, which she now knew that were weapons, she couldn't help but notice how different they were from one another. Not only regarding the skin color, but the size and even the very build. Some of them were so different that Nellara wouldn't be surprised if they were different species... Another thing that immediately drew her attention was the fact that one of them seemed to have an arm completely made of metal.

[color=d3c28b]"Shirik, remember what we talked regarding how they seemed to be dangerous...? I am not sure about the one with the metal arm, but those metal objects the bigger ones are carrying are [i]definitely[/i] weapons..."[/color] Nellara said, pointing towards the long metal objects some of them were carrying.

Despite not reacting badly to the fact they were armed, Nellara didn't try to hide the fact that she was carefully looking towards the metal objects they carried in their hands as they entered the room, almost as if she wanted them to know she knew they were armed. Her attention was particularly focused on the one that was in front of the others, both due to his bigger build and the fact that it was armed. Despite that, the hand signal some of thmy made, by raising their hands, made Nellara a bit less worried about their weapons. As long as they didn't point those at them, she wouldn't react in any way.

After a brief moment, the one with the metal arm approached Vigdis, talking something with her. The metal armed being seemed to be quite surprised when Kareet introduced herself, repeating her name before saying her own, Ixtaro, before she started pointing to all the others that entered the room with her, saying a strange word: 'Hoo-man'.

Once again Nellara chose to follow Nellara's example as she introduced herself.

[color=d3c28b]"Nellara."[/color] She said, pointing to herself, before she turned to Kareet and the others.

[color=d3c28b]"Is that what they are? It seems they are all 'Humans', even those bigger ones... Curious."[/color] Nellara said, repeating the word Ixtaro said as she pointed towards her companions.

Nellara was about to do exactly the same thing, pointing to her, Kareet and Kerchak to tell the humans her race when the huge suit of armor on one of the corners of the room, which she assumed that was empty, suddenly started moving and releasing many metal spiders, which started roaming around the room while the remaining metal spiders continued cutting open and apparently fixing the suit of armor.

Despite everything that was going on, including the entrance of the other armed humans, Nellara was still relatively calm but when the suit of armor started moving, releasing many small metallic spiders around, she immediately assumed a more alert posture, with the electricity arcing from each metal sphere to the other getting stronger and louder. As the metal spiders started getting dangerously close to Nellara and the others, she immediately made the steel spheres float to the ground, positioning themselves between them and the spiders in a line on the ground, with the electricity arcs forming almost a fence separating them.

[color=d3c28b]"Vigdis, Ixtaro."[/color] Nellara said with a firm voice, pointing towards the spiders and the armor, her tone of voice making it clear that she didn't like how the spiders were approaching them and how the armor suddenly started moving.

Just as she said so, the metal spiders started backing away just as suddenly as they approached Nellara and the others. In response to that, Nellara made the steel spheres go back to where they previously were, spinning above her hand. Her eyes were carefully sweeping the area though, making it clear she was keeping an eye both on the gigantic suit of armor, the spiders and the strange guns the other humans had on their hands.

As if the situation wasn't already tense enough, the two soldiers Nellara had left on guard were soon about to realize that they weren't alone...

[color=gray]"Are those... metal scraps from the ship...? Wait... No, they're moving!"[/color] One of the soldiers said, as he suddenly saw something made of metal start moving on the ground on the hill a bit far away.

[color=gray]"They're getting closer! Warn Castigator Nellara, now!"[/color] One of the soldiers said to the other, as it immediately unsheathed his halberd, wielding it in a combat stance.

[color=gray]"Castigator Nellara! The metal scraps from the ship! They... are moving and are approaching us!"[/color] the other soldiers shouted, already with his spear and shield on his hands.

Immediately upon hearing that, Nellara turned towards Vigdis, Ixtaro and the others, looking towards them with a cold, threatening glare, before turning towards the other three soldiers that had came inside with her.

[color=d3c28b]"I want you three outside. Secure the perimeter around the entrance and be particularly careful about projectiles. One of you! Be in standby, ready to immediately run back to Lenkik to report what is going on, should those metal things engage in combat."[/color] Nellara said, ordering the remaining soldiers as she pointed outside, before she turned to the rest of the humans.

Language barriers proved to be no obstacle for the humans to understand Nellara, even though there was nothing Nellara said nor any movement with her hands. Her stare was already enough to clearly convey the fact that her trust on them had dropped to rather dangerous levels.

[color=d3c28b]"Seeker Kareet, Kerchak, you should probably give a few steps back. I don't think our guests can be totally trusted."[/color] Nellara said, all four of her eyes still watching every single movement the humans made.

[color=d3c28b]"Vigdis, Ixtaro, Humans..."[/color] Nellara said with a firm voice, drawing the humans' attentions as she pointed outside, demanding an explanation.