Eyes opened to the sight of a familiar ceiling, and upon touching their own face, Uraninite let out a sigh of relief as they sat up and shook their head, a loud ringing ruining their ability to think straight for a few seconds. As the ringing died down they managed to stand up and take a look around. They were in the main hall as before, and everyone else was on the floor unconscious, but seeming to be whole without anyone having any breaks or fractures. Taking a second look over everyone and finding no damage Uraninite took another look around and noticed that there was something amiss in that Kongou was missing.
Walking to the entrance to the main hall that connected to the wing that was Rutile's usual haunt they caught sight of Kongou standing outside staring up at the sky.
Walking out to see what he was staring at proved to be a mistake, as the sky was filled with the celestial bodies of a pair of massive moons, one blue and one pink in color.
"These moons are the ones you once described to me that hung in the sky of your human lives world, correct?" Kongou asked after a few seconds of Uraninite standing on the grass, their eyes locked skyward as his own were.
"They are, yes," Uraninite said as they sighed and hung their head before walking up beside Kongou. "I didn't think anyone who could possibly have access to my journal could ever cast void magic. Even if they could I would have thought it would bring them here if they tried to cast it, not drag the entire island to Halkeginia!"
"It is highly unexpected. Your magic had followed rules from how you had explained it to me before, so I can only assume someone altered the formula in a way that caused this."
"That, really is the only option, but I've never heard of a spell being altered to such an extent," Uraninite said as they sighed again and looked across the fields that surrounded the school. Their gaze began going back and forth, side to side, as if looking for something, making Kongou notice easily.
"Is something amiss?"
"I'm not sure," Uraninite admitted as they looked around a bit more before sighing and turning toward the schools Bell tower. "I need to get higher to see for sure," they stated before running at the tower, jumping at its side, and then running up it, their legs encasing in crystalline talons as they moved, putting ever so slight marks in the hardy stone as they ascended.
Within seconds of being at the top, they let out a gasp of shock.
"You have discovered what was amiss?" Kongou asked calmly.
"Uh, you could say that. I told you about the countries, right?" Uraninite called down in query.
"You did yes. Tristain was between a number of countries with Germania to the north, Gallia to the south and Albion to the west over the sea," Kongou answered perfectly.
"Yeah well, Albion is not in the sky and looks like it has been split in two and dropped in the ocean. The coast of Tristain and Germania looks utterly ruined as well," Uraninite said as they lea down and landed on the grass beside Kongou. "Albion has always floated above the sea in a circular pattern, I can't even imagine what could cause it to fall and split in half like that!"
"So much has then changed from what you knew. It seems likely that much time has passed since you were last here," Kongou said, making Uraninite chuckle a bit.
" Considering how long I was gone from the island for when in my human life it was sometimes just a few days, I think that's fair."
"Karmic perhaps," Kongou mused before turning directly to Uraninite. "Are any others awake?"
"I think I woke up first, after you I mean."
"Likely due to your radiation providing energy to awaken you as it does during the winter. Waking everyone and taking an account of injuries should be done first. Then the islands situation should be discerned as well."
"Uhm, should we explain the situation to everyone as well?" Uraninite asked.
"Once they are awake, yes, they should know of the situation."
"Well I'm not going to explain it while they're unconscious," Uraninite said jokingly as they turned and ran back into the school, not hearing if Kongou had said anything else as they headed back to the main hall.
The Capitol city of Tristania was normally a bustling city of energy and life where the streets would be full of people, the shops full of customers, and the markets full of life. Instead the city was a labyrinth of chaos and pain. The blasts of wind had caused surprising amounts of damage to buildings and had thrown every carriage and wagon in the city, sometimes blocking roads or causing the collapse of buildings. The wounded were everywhere, and while they did not outnumber the safe and unwounded, they did outnumber the dead.
Luckily the number of wounded was dropping due to the mobilization of the army and every available water mage in the city. Even with every mage, soldier and commoner volunteer however the work was still slow, and in the outer edges of the city, where the buildings were less sturdy, by neglect or choice, it was also gruesome.
"Do we have an estimate of our dead and wounded?" Henrietta asked calmly as bare meters ahead of her peopled were digging through the debris of a tavern looking for survivors buried beneath it.
"It'll probably be days until we have complete numbers, but our current reports say there are over four hundred wounded, and around half that killed or missing so far, " Agnes replied as she let out a resigned sigh when she saw a few people crying over their dead family.
"I see. How is the work progressing?"
"As fast as it can. Everyone is working their hardest."
"I see. How quickly do you think we can safely move some of our soldiers and mages to head out to help in the surrounding towns and villages?" Henrietta asked calmly, her calm among such surrounding horror seeming almost unearthly and just plain wrong.
"General Gramont is leading the armies work around the city, so I would not presume to overrule his intentions, but I believe we could send some groups of elite forces out to help the outlying towns and villages in a day or so. The Gryphon or Manticore Knights would be able to find which places need help the most, so I would suggest they be the ones to be sent out first."
"The gryphon knights yes, the Manticore knights however will be needed soon for another important mission," Henrietta said simply as the two of them walked toward the cities main thoroughfare where the majority of the countries disaster response was taking place.
"Are you meaning Albion, your Majesty?" Agnes asked carefully.
"No, not entirely," Henrietta said, her tone become ice cold for just a second. "While I feel for those innocents on Albion, its destruction may prove to provide us with the time we need to truly prepare for what is left of their forces, or to gain an advantage over them. No, what I am more interested in is the island that seems to have appeared off the coast between ours and Germania's borders. Its appearance was what destroyed Albion and caused all this destruction, so the island itself may have something of value upon it."
"I heard some priests earlier commenting that this could be the will of the founder. When news of that island spreads, it may get out of hand," Agnes stated, realizing what she thought was Henrietta's intent.
"Yes, quiet. If we investigate the island quickly, we may be able to discover the cause," Henrietta explained before glancing around and sighing when she found no one else aside from Agnes within earshot. "I am also worried a out what Germania may now do. With my marriage cancelled, and this sudden, disaster, they may attempt to claim the island, or claim that it was some form of the founder telling them to conquer us if they are prepared for such a thing."
"You think that only Tristain and Albion were struck by this calamity?"
"I do not know what to make of this, but I do not wish to be caught unawares, especially with Wardes disappearance and the destruction of all of Albion. We will need information if we are to choose what is best for our people."
"I agree your highness. I know that the captain of the Manticore knights is not in the capitol, but shall I inform them of their mission and to deliver it to their captain?" Agnes asked.
"Please, I will write official orders for countess Valliere as soon as we return to the castle so that she knows that the orders come from myself and no others."
"Of course," Agnes only said as they continued on, trying to not be slowed by the destruction around them as the sun was falling toward the horizon.
"Ugh, this sucks!" Uraninite groaned as they laid across a table at the side of the school's upper hall, a room that served as a simple gathering place where they, Obsidian, Peridot and Alexandrite were currently all working.
Obsidian was looking over every sword in their inventory, checking each for damage or nick's to repair or replace while Peridot was lazing around when not delivering paper to Uraninite.
"You are the one who suggested compiling all the information you knew about your old lifes lands in case any of it could be relevant," Alexandrite stated as they picked up a pile of paper and smacked Uraninite's head with it.
"Well, yes. But, I didn't think that Kongou would ask for everything about the land down to people, cultures, governments and the religion!" they replied in exasperation. "I had just meant like, the kinds of animals and the shape of the land. That kind of thing."
"That would not help us if there's still, what were they called, Human, still around though, no?" Peridot asked as they ,leaned over and snatched the pile of paper from Alexandrite, tapped them on the table to fix the pile and then placed them back on the table gently.
"No, no it wouldn't," Uraninite admitted as they remembered the conversation. With Kongou's help they had explained where the island had been moved to,. And while it had not been hard to prove it with only two huge moons in the sky even during the day, the situation was still not good because the landmasses were still far away, and most Gems and saltwater did not go well together. They did not know how much time had passed on Halkeginia, nor could they easily or safely find out on their own. It had therefore been decided, mostly by Kongou, Bort, Rutile, Jade and Yellow Diamond, that a wait and see approach would be best.
That had been three days before. Now in their fourth day in Halkeginia things seemed pretty calm, there had been one rainstorm the day before, but aside from it the weather was bright and sunny, and no Lunarians had been seen even though the patrols around the island were still going.
"Well, you should be done soon, right?" Obsidian asked after a few moments of silence before grabbing a stone and slowly sharpening a blade.
"I wish," Uraninite said as they lifted their head off the table. "I've finished what I know about the climate, the shape of the land and the most common creatures and monsters, but everytime I try to write about any of the countries, magic, or the church," Uraninite shuddered. "I just don't want to continue out of annoyance."
"Why? You said this land has no Lunarians, so what is hard about writing about them?" Alexandrite asked in a very one track way.
"Each country has different rules and is ruled differently, the church is a different entity entirely that, if it still exists, I'm not sure how it would see us, and magic is a whole other problem. I know the lore for how it works, but I'm not sure how any of it would affect us, or if it would at all."
"That would be a problem," Peridot said a nod of their head, as if it was not their problem.
"That in would be good to have if humans are here though," Obsidian commented as they finished sharpening a blade and put it down. "Just think though, once your done we can go on patrol for the first time in a long time!"
"Yeah, that's true," Uraninite said with a slight smile as they picked up their pen and was about to start writing, before letting out a sigh. "Honestly, I hope this information is useless though. No humans being around would be nice, and monsters like dragons probably would not be an issue."
"Why? Are Humans like Lunarians?" Alexandrite asked.
Uraninite felt a pit form in their body as they recalled a conversation they once had with Kongou over what the Lunarians were, and instantly worried what could happen if Lunarians and humans met. It was unlikely though, so they removed the thought from their mind and answered honestly. "They are as bad as the Lunarians, if not worse. They are arrogant, haughty, and fearful of others not like them. They consider themselves greater than others simply because they are told as such, and in the case of the time I came from, listen to people and groups that rarely know what the world is actually like. They are violent to the extreme as well, and not just in terms of being physically violent either."
"Geez, I can see why you want to leave that behind and-" Peridot began to say, stopping when with a flash of light Yellow Diamond rushed the stairs, down the hallway and right up to the table.
"Uraninite, you said that humans could command and fly on beasts, right?" Yellow Diamond asked immediately.
"They could, yes," Uraninite answered, not liking the question or its suddenness.
"There's a bunch of odd creatures, seven of them heading toward the island. When I came back here I could see another similar group coming from another direction as well,"
"What did they look like?" Uraninite asked as they stood up from their seat, knowing where this was going.
"They were far away, but kind of, fuzzy at the front like those caterpillars, with odd segmented tails and big wings that didn't look like a birds."
"uh, were they kind of red in color?" Uraninite asked, hoping they would not be.
"Yes."
"Dammit!" Uraninite swore as they walked around the table, then stopped and turned to Obsidian. "I kept forgetting to ask. Where is my sword?"
"The drawer beneath my bed," Obsidian said as they stood up and plucked the just sharpened blade off the table. "I'm coming with you!"
"You're my partner, of course you are!" Uraninite said with a smile.
"Then let's get your blade and go. Bort and Diamond are out their, trying to watch without being seen," Yellow Diamond explained as the three of them rushed down the hall.
"Yeah, it's sunny out, so I doubt Dia can stay hidden for long," Uraninite deadpanned as Obsidian ran into their room, and a few seconds later came out with Uraninite's blade.
Unlike the blades that the other Grms used, Uraninite's was nearly three times as thick and wide, easily mistaken more as a long club if not for the spikes and shards of Uraninite's discharged growth Crystal's embedded in the two sides, making it look more like an absurd saw blade. For any other Gem, except perhaps Bort, it was unwieldy, but its weight and heft were needed that it would not break due to Uraninite's radiation, and its materials actually became sturdier when containing such radiation, due to decades of work and experimentation.
"That's true. . . . I forgot how dangerous that thing looked," Yellow Diamond commented as Uraninite slung it over their shoulder by a strap. "So, you know what those creatures are?"
"I do," Uraninite replied as the three of them left the s hook as fast as possible and ran across the fields as they continued to explain. "I think they were Manticores, a type of flying beast with claws, a strong jaw and a poisonous stinger tipped tail. They are normally solitary, which means that if there's a group, it's probably a knightly order that uses them as amounts. Meaning humans are still around,"
"And that's bad because of what you said earlier, right Ura?" Obsidian asked.
"Yeah. Thought it may depend on how much time has passed, and maybe what country the humans are from. We'll still need to be on guard though, "
"Of course," Yellow agreed as the three of them came over a low hill and saw a situation that was not fully expected. Behind a large rock outcropping hid Bort and Diamond, while just beyond was not one, but two groups of humans that seemed to be facing off against eachother. One group wore dark red leather armour with accents of iron, mostly pauldrons, while the other group wore only simple leather armour, but seemed far more professional in their stances. Though both groups were yelling at the other very loudly.
"Yellow, get over to Bort and Dia, don't get seen," Uraninite said as they dropped to the ground and motioned for Obsidian to do the same.
"What? But what about-"
"Were dark and can hide in the grass and crawl over, whereas you shine, now move before you get seen!" Uraninite hissed, making Yellow nod and bolt overtop the rock outcropping in a bare second. "Now we crawl."
"You were serious about that, huh?" Obsidian asked.
"Of course. Unless you've gotten fast enough to keep up with Yellow and get over there without being seen?"
"No, alright, I'll follow your lead," Obsidian said as the two of them began crawling through the grass.
The island was fertile, so the only place with large amounts of rock were the cliffs that surrounded the island, meaning the ground was soft and earthy, the grass tall and bright green, and the trek to crawl through it slow, dirty, but also silent, and after a few minutes they were behind the outcropping with Dia, Bort and Yellow Diamond.
"Where have you been Glowie?!" Bort demanded in a whisper.
"At the school, where else?" Uraninite replied before shaking their head. "The two groups, who was first and have you been able to understand them?"
"The bigger ones in red came first, and they would have found us if the other group hadn't landed and gotten their attention," Diamond explained quickly. "We can understand them, but they are yelling over each other so much its hard to understand them now."
"What were they yelling about? " Uraninite asked calmly.
"They said something about a claim of some kind," Bort stated, making Uraninite let out a sigh.
"Damn, their arguing over whose country has claim to the island,"
"What, but it's our island, we live here!" Diamond said in surprise.
"They don't know that, and even if they did, they might still try to claim it," Uraninite said as they stood up off the grass and took a deep breath. "I will go and confront them."
"Well come with you then," Yellow Diamond said as if it was an expected fact.
Uraninite opened their mouth to object, but stopped when they saw that Bort, Diamond and Obsidian had the same looks of surety. "alright just, try not to speak right away,. I'll try to get them to understand were already here without fighting. But if they do attack us, try to just disarm them."
"Why?" Bort asked.
"Because not killing them will make us look better to their other countrymen. Or it should st least," Uraninite said as they came out from the rock outcropping and began approaching the groups with the others behind them.
Karen De La Valliere, known as the heavy wind to most people of Halkeginia was one of the most supremely powerful Wind mages and the captain of one of the most distinguished forced in Tristain.
She was also very annoyed by the bullheadedness of Germanians, of whom there were seven before her and her squad of knights.
Their mission was simple, to investigate the island that appeared alongside the destructive winds that had destroyed Albion. A mission that was important and simple in theory, now much more difficult due to the appearance of Germanias own Manticore knights.
They were led by some presumptuous whelp half her age who, like many Germanians, seemed to think that the more muscular they were the better they were, and that women did not belong in the army. Which considering that her second in command was the one talking to him, and was a woman, was going about as well as she expected it too. She had hoped to have her second lead the mission as a way to help their training to eventually take over the position of captain, but with a Germanian such as the one before them, nothing was going anywhere.
The Germanian kept going on about how their country would claim this island in glory and whatnot, and no matter what her second tried to say he is only ignored her words, insulted the fact she was a woman or insulted their Reagant. Her second was very strong in not showing her feelings to his words, but Karen could tell that she was starting to reach to end of her willpower.
"This is getting us nowhere," karen muttered as she slowly began reaching for her sword. Until a flash of light reflected into her eye from her left, making her turn her head enough to see what the light reflected off of, forcing her to end her quiet. "Hold creatures!" she commanded as she spun toward the new coming creatures, causing both her knights, and the Germanians to turn in the same direction.
There, now stopped only a dozen or so meters from then were five humanoid creatures that wore what looked like some sort of uniform of black and white. These creatures could not be human however because each of their faces were strange colors like those of stones or gems with hair of a similar shimmer. Their gender was impossible to tell, with having almost workmanlike hips and legs, yet no defining rump or breasts. Four of them had what appeared to be sheathed swords hanging off their waists by a pair of straps, while one who stood near the front had a much larger sword hanging on their back from a strap over their shoulder, it looking like a huge saw toothed monster of a blade far too large for anyone to wield. What was most disturbing however was their size being similar to humans, their expressions seeming almost human, and the way the dark green one with the huge sword somehow looked, familiar.
"What in the hell's are you creatures? Answer me or die!" the Germanian captain roared as he pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the creatures.
Seeming to not fear the pistol, the green haired person took a step forward and smiled. "Greetings, to answer your question, we are Gems. May I ask what you creatures are doing here on the island of our home?"
"Your island?" Karen asked, keeping her good up, but stepping forward, signaling her second that she was taking command.
"Yes, we Gems have lived in this island for thousands of years, so it is ours. What are you doing here?" the green Gem asked, the smile on their face faltering and showing that it had clearly been forced in some way.
Something the Germanian captain seemed to not realize as he took a few steps forward. "you called yourselves Gems. Like the stones? Like diamonds and rubies?" he asked, a small grin appearing on his face.
"Yes that is correct. Now please answer my question. Why are you here?"
"I see, I see. It sounds pretty outlandish, but if you really are made of Gemstones, it looks like well be very rich men before the day is through!" the Germanian captain yelled with a grin as he pulled a short sword out of its sheathe with his free hand and held it to the side. "Surrender and know we will treat you well as our jewelry!"
Karen tensed as she felt the very atmosphere around them change for the worse. Bare seconds before the creatures that called themselves Gems had had neutral or perhaps uncertain expressions on their disturbingly human like faces, but as soon as the captains words left his mouth that changed. The bright yellow Gem looked saddened, the short haired black one and the one that was like a prism looked worried, and the long haired black one and the dark green one both looked absolutely furious.
"You are not welcome here. Leave now. This will be your only chance," the dark green Gem stated while reaching up and grabbing the handle of their absurd blade, tone devoid of mercy and as cold as the grave.
It was in that moment that Karen recognized the Gems voice, and recalled that Gems had been mentioned as some kind of people in her youngest daughters diary. Possibilities ran through her mind in seconds and she quickly came to a decision. Her orders were to investigate the island, and that meant it's people if there were any. "Hold Germanian, these creatures are sentient far beyond simple beasts, and you even consider killing them?" She demands to know, turning go the Germanian captain.
"Ha! They are not human, so what does it matter? The church would not care, so why should any of us. Besides, if they are made of gemstones like their hair looks, think of the money that could be made out of them! Oh, sorry, Germania has already claimed this island, so run off now you Tristanian Harlot. I have Gems to Carve!"
"Why you," Karen began to say, only to stop as the Dark Green Gem rushed at him and drew its blade and swung down at him.
"Whoops!" The Germanian captain exclaimed as he blocked the blade with a smile that quickly was overcome in surprise as the forced of the swing dropped him to one knee, his muscles straining. "Heh, your stronger than you look, but don't get cocky!" he roared as flame wrapped around his blade, then wrapped around the Gem in a burning pyre.
"Ura!" the short haired black gem called as they moved to step forward, only for the Yellow one touch hold an arm out in front of them. "Don't worry, their fine."
"Ha, as if! I have burned stone fortification down, your friend is perfectly cooked and-" the Germanian captain stopped as the green Gems sword swung out of the fire at an angle and collided with his armoured shoulder. For a normal blade, striking armour would deaden its blow and speed, even hammers slowed down when they hit something, but this blade went through from his shoulder down to his opposite waist. And it did not so much cut, as tore it's way through sending a wave of blood and gore out onto the grass while sending his upper torso across the grass with it.
The torrent of fire abated a second later, revealing the Gem standing their perfectly fine, except their clothing had been heavily burned, revealing patches beneath the same color as their hair and face. Their hands, as well as their eyes, appeared to almost be glowing an orangish color, and as they looked toward the remaining Germanians, karen swore their eyes turned red as the flame that had just been engulfing them. "Any who try to endanger us will be our enemies and will not be welcome. Leave."
"How dare you!" one Germanian knight yelled as he drew his blade and took a step forwards, only for the long haired black Gem to suddenly be in front of him, impaling him on a sword that to Karen's eyes, looked to be made of some form of glistening black stone.
"I would suggest you leave, do so and we will not harm those that do," the yellow one said seriously to the Germanians, which after a few seconds called their Manticores and flew off, spouting profanities.
The gems gathered together, the short haired black one almost crying as they hugged the dark green one, making it clear they had come sort of relationship. If such a thing was possible.
"So, what of them?" the long black haired one spoke up, looking at Karen and her knights in a way that made it clear to her that they were professional and very capable of acting on a perceived threat.
"Well, why not ask them the same question?" the yellow one said as they looked to Karen. "So, why are you here?"
Karen took a few steps toward the Gems and bowed, taking her hood off as she finished. "I am Duchess Karen De La Valliere, captain of the country of tristain's Manticore knights. We were sent to investigate this island and its sudden appearance beyond our shores. Not to engage in meaningless violence or subjugation. If possible, I would wish to exchange words with you on your island being here were it now is, and on your, people," Karen said professionally, calmly noting that the dark green one seemed worried and was now inching behind the short haired black one as if trying to hide.
"Your words feel hollow considering the others action, why should we-," the long black one began, only to stop when the Yellow one took a step forward and smiled.
"let's give these ones a chance Bort," it said before looking at Karen and smiling softly in a way that seemed to human. "I am known as Yellow Diamond, and I'm sorry to say, but we are not entirely sure how our home came to be in this place,"
"I see," Karen said, noticing that the one called Yellow diamond, which was absurd because diamonds were not yellow, glanced slightly at the dark green one, who now looked relieved somehow. "May I ask what exactly your kind are? You can speak, however you are clearly not human."
"We already said we are Gems," The one that had been called Bort spoke up, their eyes looking like they were ready to strike in an instant. It was a look Karen understood and knew well.
"I understand. Then may I ask about your leadership? If you are not aware of how you came to be here your presence is still fact, and our reagent may wish to meet your own,"
"I, am not sure what you mean. What is a reagent?"
Karen felt her heart skip a beat. They did not know what a reagent was? How did they control themselves then? Did they even have a culture? She took a deep breath and sighed. "A reagent is a king or queen, in our case a queen, who leads our nation. If you have no reagent who leads your kind?"
"Hmmm, well, Sensei teaches us and is our elder," Yellow diamond said as they tilted their head a bit in thought. "So he is sort of our leader, but also more like a supervisor."
"Are you saying you have no leadership?" Karen asked in surprise. After all, how could you lead the masses without leadership?
"Probably not in the way you are thinking," Yellow Diamond admitted with a shrug. "We all work, and make decisions together for the most part after all,"
"That will make any form of meetings difficult unless your people can decide upon some few to represent your kind," Karen said with a sigh as she looked at the others. " I do have one last question for you, if I may?"
"Only one?"
"Yes, meeting you means that my investigation will be complete and it will be queens decision as to our stance to your kind. My question however is this. You are not human, so what is your stance toward humans?" Karen asked seriously, holding back from asking about her daughter. There would be a time and a place for that, but it was not now. The mission came first. And that meant learning these creatures intentions and, if possible, their plans, numbers and weaknesses.
"We don't really have any. As long as no one bothers or endangers us, we won't bother them," Yellow Diamond said.
"I see. I doubt the countries of Halkeginia will agree to such isolation, but I will pass that on when I report to the queen, " Karen said as she turned and took a step toward her people before stopping and turning her head. "I would also be wary of Germania, they enjoy warfare and are arrogant enough to believe that they always have the advantage. They will return here."
"Thank you for the warning, but we should be fine. They can't be worse than the Lunarians," Yellow Diamond said casually.
"So you have enemies then?" Karen asked with a neutral look.
"Yes, an enemy, though we may be free of them now,"
How unfortunate that you may have traded them for others then, "
"What does that mean?" Bort demanded as they branded their blade menacingly.
"It mean that depending on how the nations see you, will change their stance towards you. My people will leave now and report to the queen, and knowing her she will be interested in peaceful coexistence, and perhaps trade, but that will be a discussion for another, not a captain such as I," Karen said as she turned and motioned her hand in the air, giving the order for her people to call their mouths back from the sky circling above. She did not spare a glance back until all of her forces were in the air, and when she did, she looked straight at the dark green one who was talking with the other four. Then flew off to lead her forces back to the capitol to report the rather, interesting situation.
"So not only are we in your old world, but time has not changed much at all you say? " Kongou asked as Yellow Diamond, Diamond, Bort, Obsidian and Uraninite, mostly Yellow Diamond and Uraninite, explained what had happened to Kongou while everyone else stood nearby listening.
"Yes, the one leading the one force of knights was my old life's mother, and she looked no older than when I had last seen her," Uraninite said, clearly upset, perhaps even scared, by the fact.
"And what of the other group? You said their was conflict?" Kongou asked he looked toward Bort and Yellow Diamond.
"They clearly were more interested in shattering us and colleagues thing the pieces like the Lunarians," Bort said assuredly.
"They did say things, both did, that makes it clear we will see more of them both likely, for bad or good," Yellow Diamond added.
"Hmm, one who aims for coexistence , and one for conquest. Humans do not change it seems,"Kongou said with a sigh. "We will need to make many decisions it seems, yet we also need information to do so. Uraninite, how soon can you finish compiling the information you believe of greatest importance?"
"Well, I thought I had already, but with time not having leapt as far as we thought it might have, I'll need to re-prioritize my writing," Uraninite said with a heavy sigh. "Give me a few days and I should have everything important down though, as long as I can work straight, and through the night."
"If that is what you need then so be it. For all of us to understand the situation to our best ability, we must know of this place, and what we can expect from it and its people."
"What we can expect is arrogance and politics, as well as violence and fear because we are not the same as them," Uraninite said with another sigh. "What my old mother said is likely true though, we probably will not need to worry about violence from Tristain, just Germania. At least initially."
"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Rutile asked, clearly curious.
"If the island of Albion fell recently, some of it's people may try to colonize our island. Gallia is also a danger, but not as much as Romalia and Germania. Germania is dangerous because its people like violence, but Romlia is more dangerous because it is the central location of the Brimiric church, and I do not know how they will react to us."
"Sounds like well needed to really know things then. If you need help with your work, just ask," Rutile said, prompting many others to say the same.
Uraninite just sighed. As much as they wanted help, no one else knew what they did, and having someone else write what they could speak would not be an intelligent use of time.
It was going to be a long next few days. And they just hoped they would be boring too, without anything bad happening.
Notes: whooo, this ones pretty big too, I wonder if that's a good sign, or a bad one? either way we have another chapter. I'll be working on stories in a back and forth kind of way, so it'll be a bit till the next of this one. on the upside, or perhaps downside due to your views, the next chapter will be very political focused on the nation's of Halkeginia, so look forward to it!