(( Ah, sweet, thanks for the news, FW. ^___^ Gee, if only it could progress much more quickly. ))
The guard looked annoyed to be interrupted. "Can’t you see the damn place is in a panic!? We’re busy now, come back later!"
Seeker stepped back, allowing Arion to confront the guard. “Now, now, listen, asshole. We’re here for an appointment,” Arion barked quite rudely. “I’m not asking to get in. I’m ordering you to move your fat ass so we can speak with the king.”
“Are you not understanding? An Autumn Ambassador was just killed, it would really be a nuisance to let soldiers into the building--" The guard could not finish his words. Arion had shoved a Water Skyrune into the man’s mouth, threatening to drown him.
“Shut up. You’ve pissed me off; keep it up and I'll fill your lungs with water. Have a nice day,” Arion spoke, pushing the emerald doors open to make his own entry. He turned to wink at Seeker, who followed behind him with an expressionless glance at the frightened guard. The six Tsunami men entered the palace of the Spring Nation, turning their heads about to examine the place. The frustrated guard then spat the Skyrune onto the ground, grimacing at the door. He then noticed a blonde-haired young man eating an apple, approaching the palace...
The foyer room was empty, but loud sounds of rushing feet signalled that the palace was not deserted. Arion and Seeker agreed that everyone was probably on an upper floor, discussing the crisis of foreign relations with concerning Autumn.
“Find the King or the Queen. Everything that is going on here is irrelevant to what we need to do,” Seeker spoke, ordering the four soldiers to head down a candle-lit hallway to the left. They nodded in agreement, then ran off, leaving Seeker and Arion alone in the foyer.
“Let’s go upstairs and check out the situation,” Arion said to Seeker, and the two Tsunami officials began to ascend the flight of spiralling stairs to their right.
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It didn't take too long for Nimbus to notice the young man joining the company of Ed and himself.
The young man wore spiky brown hair, and had eyes of a stunning shade of blue. He appeared quite tall to Nimbus, and was wielding an intimidating-looking gunblade. Interestingly, the young man looked quite familiar to Nimbus.
Silence shrouded the room, as Nimbus and Ed stared at the stranger. Nimbus didn't know how to react; this guy certainly wasn't a Tsunami soldier, so did that make him a friendly stranger? As Nimbus slowly struggled to make a decision of judgment, it finally came to him. He had seen this young man a day ago, wearing cuffs as he was being dragged on to the airship by a girl.
For some odd reason, this realization seemed to alleviate Nimbus' discomfort with the stranger, and gave off an illusion of his harmlessness. "You were a prisoner, weren't you?" Nimbus finally said. "You escaped, I see. Tell me who you are, and why you're here. As it looks to me, neither of us have any right to be in this airship."
(( Arion and Seeker will speak with the queen in one of the next posts I make, most likely. I don't wanna do it all at once cause it's pretty long. I'll post bits of it while the rest of the story ensues between Nimbus/Ed/Reios/Nemo and Myra/Fay. And Red, just to remind you, aside from the "stoaways", the only people on the ship are Mizu and the sleeping pilot in the control room (and Rena, I assume). Nimbus and co. are in the cellar/armory. ))
(( Oh, and Whales, Fay is fine right now. I assume that if he remains on the balcony for a while, he'll witness the meeting between the King and Queen and Tsunami. Which is fine, and in fact will probably make things more exciting. And Red, Myra is beneath the balcony, right? Hidden by the curtains? ))