Just before descending into the hangar, Arion had been approached by Din. He quickly turned around to see, aside from Mizu and Din, several other of the airship's passengers following behind. Arion raised an eyebrow, stroking his chin. "I see they are all quite interested."
"That's... kind of annoying..." Mizu grumbled, scratching her head. She would have been a bit embarrassed that they had all seen her in her morning messiness, but for some reason, they didn't seem to matter enough. Mizu had also quickly noticed that Nimbus wasn't in the area; he was still asleep.
"What the status?" Din asked quite calmly.
"The SSF are before us," Arion said, gesturing towards the AFCapsules now settling down and cooling off in the hangar. The hangar was like a massive garage, with a very high ceiling, and gray walls and pipes reaching from every corner. Arion turned around once more, flashing a polite smile to all those following him. "Be on your best behavior. Spring people like to see good manners. Plus, you don't want to make Tsunami look bad."
The six AFCapsules were already parked, so to speak, and their pilots began to get out from the little ships. The Blume soldiers all differed in their appearances; one soldier bore a head of blonde hair and wore thick glasses, another soldier had red hair and extremely thick red eyebrows, while another soldier who was bald wore strange sapphire earrings.
The fourth soldier was a female, and appeared to be the sole female of the group. She had a head of long black hair, and wore it in no particular fashion. She had quite pretty eyes and a smiling face; even Mizu had to marvel at the young woman's beauty.
Captain Solius was the fifth soldier; he stepped from his capsule bravely and almost with a glow of nobility. Loyalty seemed to radiate from this gold-haired young man as he stood beside the female soldier, holding his blade near his waist. He examined the hangar closely, appearing to be trying to adapt to the setting.
The sixth and final soldier stepped out from his pod, revealing himself to be a large man, muscular in every aspect, with neat short brown hair, and a thick black moustache that covered most of his lower-face. He wore an eyepatch over his right eye, and his face displayed battle marks of great experience.
The aura that radiated from this man, General Pedallus, was one that implied an unimaginable strength and skill of a soldier. He even wielded a massive silver sword that matched his own immensity.
The six troops approached Arion, Din, Mizu, and the others calmly, apparently meaning no aggression. They all took turns shaking hands, but none of them really exchanged any words. It was almost as if the two forces were reluctant to be in the same area.
Mizu refrained from speaking only because she was nervous in the presence of these powerful-looking soldiers. Of course, she was glad to be accompanied by yet another woman on the ship, but the superiority that the group displayed intimidated Mizu nonetheless.
Arion winked at the female as he shook her hand, proceeding to quietly ask for her name. "Cassandra," she responded, and Arion gave her his own name, in quite a proud tone as he spoke it.
Among all these troops, Solius was really the only one who bothered to be polite. He approached Din to shake his hand, his face bright with humbleness.
"Greetings, soldier," Solius greeted Din, holding out his hand. Solius was quite good at covering his true feelings; he secretly wished he never had to even set sight upon the Tsunami soldiers.
Meanwhile, just two floors above, Nimbus awakened, reaching around blindly for his clothes...