Nuala walked into the Admirals office and stood before Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn, ruler of Limsa Lominsa, after she saluted Merlwyb motioned for her to sit in the chair planted in front of her desk, the Admiral sat down and looked at Nuala with an analyzing gaze, Nuala, one of the Hyur, was a tall, lean woman with blonde hair and crystal blue eyes that looked around never focusing on anything, like she was taking everything in. Merlwyb smiled and relaxed, "My envoy how do you do today?" questioned the Roegadyn, "Fine Mistress." replied Nuala respectfully, "You are my new envoy, so I'll give the run down on the Three Nations Summit, it's were the three current rulers meet up and discuss, laws and many other sometimes boring topics, the other envoys will be there and I implore you, make friends although I'd avoid the Elder Seedseers envoy, wear your best armor this is a time to show off seeing as you'll also be fighting the envoys."
Merlwyb smirked at how Nuala tried to hide her discomfort, "That is all Nuala, now get some sleep, it'll be a long day tomorrow." Nuala gulped and left the office on her Admirals orders, in Gridania the Elder Seedseer walked into her envoys quarters at the Inn, he turned to her after he placed his ash mask back on, smiling at him she asked, "Are you ready for tomorrow?" he knelt before her, hand on heart, "Yes Elder." he said in earnest. Kan-E-Senna observed her envoy, the people of Gridania feared him but, she pitied him, he was one of the fabled Warriors of Light that fought against Bahamut five years ago, he had been her envoy ever since then, his face had been severely disfigured and he lost all of his friends that day on the battlefield.
"Please stand Siegfried." Siegfried stood up and she smiled "Please get some rest, tomorrow will be a long day." he gave her a nod and she left his room, he was a Miqo'te, one of the nocturnal Keepers of the Moon, he was tall for his kind with a thin gray tail with black fur on the end, bright white hair sat a top his head with his long pointed ears. All the way in Ul' Dah, the envoy to Raubahn Aldynn sat in the Quicksand drinking with their friends whilst people danced on the tables, a party sparked by the arrival of the envoys best friend, Tira Tiln, the sister to Siegfried Tiln, the envoy sat watching one of the Elezen women dance of their table. Raubahn came in and walked over to his envoy and dropped a hand on their shoulder making them jump, "Cybele a word." he said in his stern voice, the envoy nodded and stood, they walked outside into the empty streets, the music could still be heard from in doors.
"The summit is tomorrow are you ready?" asked Raubahn as he looked his envoy straight in the eyes, Cybele Rhea, a Roegadyn female of the Sea Wolf clan, smiled "Yes, of course I am." she said cheerily, she was muscular but womanly, with red hair and emerald green eyes, the smile on her face made Raubahn laugh "All right then, remember to sleep at some point." he motioned his leave and Cybele waved to him, the doors to the Quicksand opened and Tira Tiln, a member of the Seekers of the Sun stuck her head out and beckoned to Cybele.
The next morning the leaders and their envoys made their way to the summit grounds which is a giant airship run by Lalafell which sits almost directly in the middle of the three city states, Nuala wore her Foestrikers full armor set, looking incredibly nervous as she sat across from Merlwyb on the airship taking them to the summit grounds, "Calm yourself Nuala." said Merlwyb in a soothing voice, Nuala visibly calmed at her words, "I'm sorry Mistress, it's the first time I've met the other envoys." explained Nuala, "Face them with your warriors courage Nuala and you'll be fine, I know you will be." Nuala smiled at Merlwybs words, "Now steel yourself, we're there." the airship came to a halt and they stood to leave, after walking through various beautifully decorated corridors they walked into a large room with a round table in the middle, the walls were decorated in white and gold patterns and a large chandelier lit the room.
The other leaders were there already sat down with there envoys stood behind them, "Sorry we're a little late." apologized Merlwyb, "No worries, we know how far away Lominsa is." assured Kan, Merlwyb sat down and looked to the other leaders, "Maybe our envoys should leave us, we all know there are no important matters to be discussed we'll just be boring them." suggested Raubahn, the leaders nodded their agreement and the envoys all left the room, the moment the door closed Cybele stretched "Wooooooooo finally I can walk around, you were at least two hours late." she said to Nuala who looked at the large woman eyes wide in fear, "Ha! Calm down young one, name's Cybele." she held her hand out and Nuala shook it smiling, "Nuala." she replied.
Cybele pointed to Siegfried who was already walking away "He's Siegfried, he's rather moody and broody." Nuala turned to him and watched as he walked around a corner and disappeared, Nuala raised a brow and shrugged, the girls walked the opposite way and talked. "How long have you been Merlwybs envoy then?" asked Cybele, "Only for a year." replied Nuala considerably less nervous than before, "Not very long then, hm, well these summits are held every two years but if you want meet up I'm always in Ul'Dahs adventurers guild." Nuala smiled at the Roegadyn as they walked out onto the main deck, the brilliant blue sky extended beyond the horizon before them with the hot sun boring down on them, Lalafells went about their business as the girls walked to the edge of the ship, Nualas eyes were wide with wonder whilst Cybele looked at Siegfried behind them, he was indoors looking out of the window to his quarters. Nuala noticing Cybele looked at Siegfried, "Why does Siegfried prefer his own company?" wondered Nuala aloud, "I don't really know, he is a Miqo'te and they aren't the most... sociable of our fair races, not to mention he's a Keeper of the Moon he doesn't like sunlight too much." Nuala logged that information for later, "His sister says he used to be fairly extravagant when I asked the same question about 4 years ago." this surprised the young Hyur.
"You know his sister?" she asked dumbfounded, "Yes, she's younger than him and much more rambunctious, I've known her for many years even before the calamity." Cybele saw the positioning of the sun, she sighed and stretched her arms out, "We need to get ready, dinner's to be served." she smiled at the thought of the food they might have on offer, she watched as the young Hyur ran off shouting about how she needs to get changed. Cybele smiled at her, she was reminded of Tira a lot just looking at her, looking up to Siegfried she waved at him smiling and he turned from the window, she sighed and walked off the main deck to get ready.
later that evening, the leaders and their envoys all entered the main dining hall which was just as extravagant as the rest of the ship, the Lalafells also sat around the big hall eating and keeping to themselves, there was other people there that also came with the leaders, friends to the envoys, public speakers and other high profile figures sat around the room, Tira waved to her older brother as he came through the door, he wore the Wyrm armor meant exclusively for Dragoons but he didn't wear the helmet instead opting for his Ash mask. Siegfried walked over to the table she sat at and sat next to her, underneath his mask he smiled feeling a warmth in his chest, she smiled at him and began telling him all about her adventures for the past two years, Cybele entered wearing her Warriors armor again without the helmet and Nuala entered not long after wearing her Goatskin armor, she looked at the others and felt considerably outclassed but followed Cybele to their table, she looked over to see Siegfried listening to his sisters stories intently.
The food came out taking her attention away from the scene and the food, carried by Elezan waiters and waitress, was placed before, it was rice and what looked like chicken with a lot of vegetables in green creamy sauce, seeing Nualas confusion Cybele spoke up, "It's Lalafellen I think they call it curry, it's good try it." she placed another spoonful of the food into her mouth whilst Nuala timidly tried it out, she didn't expect the spices but once under control she found it tasted brilliant, she almost began to shovel it down when a question popped into her mind, before she could ask the stage at the end of the hall began to fill with people with all manner of instruments, more people came on and started to dance whilst the band played some kind of tribal music. The performance took center stage in most people eyes so most had stopped talking, Nuala could just over hear Tira talking to Siegfried, she turned to them to hear better and heard Siegfried saying something, "I'll give it some consideration little sister.", his voice was incredibly gruff to her, she really wanted to know what he was up to.
Raubahn and Merlwyb came up behind the two envoys surprising Nuala, Merlwyb bent low and whispered in her ear, "The fighting schedule has been figured out, tomorrow you will fight Siegfried." Nualas eyes went wide, she turned back to see Kan with Siegfried, he was staring at her, she could tell even without seeing his eyes. She gulped and steeled herself for the fight tomorrow, tonight she would try to enjoy herself.
