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

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Immediately after they were given orders, the soldiers rushed outside with their weapons in hand, quickly forming a semi-circle around the entrance in a defensive formation. Even though Nellara was firm and confident in her orders, it still didn't help much with the soldiers' nervousness and apprehension. They had absolutely no idea of what these humans were capable of. What kind of projectile weapons they wielded or even if their armors would be of any use defending against those and as such, it was understandable that they were rather nervous. It was only due to their training and discipline that they didn't get alarmed and ended up attacking when one of the humans, the one called Vigdis, suddenly appeared walking out from the opening behind them, and stopped in front of them.

While they had no idea of what the human was doing, it was obvious that it was signalling to the metal things that were approaching them. The fact that it was standing between them and the possible enemies also made the soldiers calm down a bit as they waited to see how the situation would unfold.

Fortunately, it seemed like the strange metal things understood her message, as they lowered the strange metal objects they had on their hands and slowly approached Vigdis, after being ordered by a strange human, vaguely resembling a human appeared, wearing some kind of black armor and a strange black mask over it's face. 

After being ordered by the human, the metal things, which seemed to vaguely resemble humans, although made completely out of metal, waved towards the soldiers, which definitely helped to calm them down, enough for them to lower their weapons, even if they still were carefully observing the droids and the armored human's movements.

Inside the Jotunheim, Nellara was doing her best to try and salvage the situation, despite the trap that the humans had set by surrounding and trapping them inside their ship. Watching every movement with extreme care, she could feel the tension in the air as the seconds passed by. The bigger humans inside the ship were already pointing their weapons at them and Nellara already had her spheres ready to be shot towards the armed humans in response even to the smallest movement. She couldn't afford to take her attention off the humans to say anything to J'eon, who seemed to be walking away after their small disagreement.

While Nellara saw Vigdis suddenly running outside, both her tone of voice as she spoke something to her and the fact that Vigdis seemed to be unarmed were more than enough to tell Nellara that she wasn't a threat and seemed to also want to solve that situation without any conflict. Offering her a simple nod as she passed by Nellara continued looking towards the other humans, unflinching.

Thankfully, the spiders that the suit had released were quick to gather around the huge armor and suddenly stop moving, just before the armor opened up, revealing a petite human coming from inside it, definitely far too small for that huge suit of armor. Surprisingly enough, she also didn't have a hostile body language or tone of voice, making the same signal Nellara herself did when approaching the humans at first. Zeynap, as one of the humans introduced themselves, was also quick to confirm that the the small human that got out from the suit was also a 'human' just like them and apparently, part of their group.

Among the group of humans, most of them seemed to be quite willing to talk in an amicable way... other than the bigger human called Tyreese. Unlike all the others, it seemed to be quite eager to point it's weapon at Nellara and she was sure to let him notice that she knew what it was doing as she looked at him with a sharp, cold stare.

It was at that very moment that Shirik, the burning Iriad from before, thought it was a good idea to somehow give reason to the humans that had just trapped them, using his staff to draw attention, hitting it into the ground and making the temperature drop a few degrees.
Regardless of what nonsense the burning Iriad spoke to her or how arrogant it sounded, the fact that it thought it was a good idea to suddenly slam it's staff on the ground despite the very delicate situation they found themselves in made Nellara almost burning with anger.

[color=d3c28b]"Silence, Iriad! This entire situation is one small, sudden movement away from turning into a bloodbath and you thought it was a good idea to slam your staff into the ground?! Only to draw an audience to see you acting pretentiously and condescendingly towards others? One sound, one sudden movement is all it takes for one of the humans to get startled and open fire!"[/color] Nellara said in a low but threatening tone, trying her best to control her temper and not make any sudden movements, despite the arrogant manner the Iriad spoke to her.

[color=d3c28b]"These 'newcomers' not only had their weapons pointed at us for some time now, but they have us completely surrounded. My actions have been strictly defensive since the start and still, they continue to point their weapons at us. Should I send my soldiers away despite all that then? Should I take off my armor and offer them our weapons and our severed heads as a peace offering?"[/color] Nellara asked, completely unfazed by Shirik's actions or words.

[color=d3c28b]"I care not who do you think you are or how little worth you give to your own well being and safety, but I will not tolerate any actions that might hinder our mission or put my soldiers, Seeker Kareet or any other civilians at risk. If we want to salvage this situation, we will need the cooperation from everyone involved. Regardless if they are a Tekeri, an Iriad or a Glen. Are we understood?"[/color] Nellara asked, her tone of voice sending a clear warning to Shirik as she continued.

When Kareet mentioned that she would have to take some risks, Nellara simply let out a deep sigh before replying.

[color=d3c28b]"I trust your competence, Seeker, but I hope you know exactly in how much risk you are putting yourself into."[/color] Nellara said, as Kareet left formation and crouched down, pulling out a parchment to try and illustrate what she wanted to tell the humans.

[color=d3c28b]"Tyreese!"[/color] Nellara said, pointing towards the big human with the weapon pointed towards them and then pointing towards the ground, demanding him to lower his weapon as she did the same with her spheres, making them stop spinning and putting them back into the small pouch where they were in the beginning.

Kareet, much like Kerchak, who mentioned earlier that he wanted perhaps to take a human into the city and put them in contact with a thought mage, Kareet also mentioned having a thought mage to help them. While Nellara agreed that it would be of great help, taking a human with them was a terrible idea.

[color=d3c28b]"Taking a human, any human, with one of you to Lenkik is not an option. There are too many variables, too many risks involved and it would require a great deal of trust from the humans to take one of them from their ship, away from their companions to go alone with us to a city they know nothing about."[/color] Nellara said with a firm tone.

[color=d3c28b]"Kerchak, you can take one of my soldiers with you back to Lenkik. Tell them that I requested for a thought mage to be dispatched to the crash site as soon as possible. My soldier will confirm my orders and that you are acting under my request."[/color] Nellara suggested as she turned to Kerchak.

[color=d3c28b]"Humans, stay. Kerchak, go."[/color] Nellara said, pointing towards the humans and then to the ground before she pointed towards Kerchak and then to the symbol Kareet drew for Lenkik.

[color=d3c28b]"After, we speak."[/color] She continued, moving her hand in a vertical circle to symbol the passage of time and then pointing towards her beak and towards the humans.

Having experienced the reaction that the humans had to magic, Nellara thought it would be a good idea to trying to be as simple as possible with her words, while using signals to try and communicate their meaning instead of continuing using magic to communicate with them. While it was unlikely they would be 'afraid' of Shirik's magic, she knew it would undoubtedly be [i]very[/i] distracting for the humans. Maybe preventing them to concentrate in what was actually important.

Fortunately it seemed that Kareet's map was indeed able to draw the humans' attention as it became clear when Ixtaro, suddenly pulled out a strange metal tablet and started tapping on it. In no time, something which Nellara could only describe as a 'magical image' appeared floating above the metal tablet, showing a house as she said one word to accompany it... 'Home'.

The magic images continued to pass, with Ixtaro supplementing those with words in their language. 'World', she said, when the house shrunk into a sphere, a planet. Soon, the planet shrunk and a ship, vaguely resembling the damaged fortress they were now inside appeared. 'Jotunheim' Ixtaro continued.
The ship then proceeded to quickly pass by many other planets, before an explosion appeared and finally, it landed into a planet... 'Kanth-Aremek'... This planet...

It took Nellara a few seconds to process exactly what she had seen from the magic images. It was almost too much for her to believe. After a moment, she couldn't help but let out an incredulous chuckle.

[color=d3c28b]"It seems these 'humans' came from [i]much[/i] farther away than just another continent, Seeker Kareet..."[/color] Nellara said, with an shocked expression as she looked at Kareet.