Kibble scribble: Alright here we are, the next chapter. I originally planner for more to happen, but you all have waited long enough so what I planned will just continue in the next chapter. Hope ya like it!

Ps, if anyone likes Azur lane, I posted a fic for it and would love feedback on it.

Okay enough of that, to the chapter!

"And that is all that I can think of that may still be important about Halkeginia's geography, its country's and its religion," Uraninite said as they stood in the center of the schools main hall. Everyone was either sitting on the benches by the walls or on chairs in front of them, while Kongou stood to the side.

Everyone was silent for many moments, seemingly taking in the information that Uraninite had spent the better part of half a day explaining. Two days after it would have been first highly useful to know. Then a bumpy orange hand rose up.

"You have a question, Phosphophylite?" Kongou asked.

Phosphophylite stood up. "Um, I understand that humans sound like they are even more violent then the Lunarians, but what about those elves you mentioned the human religion being against. Are they friendly, or are they a potential enemy too?"

"Honestly I do not know. Information on the elves was not something they taught humans at the academy, and they were only ever made out to be enemies," Uraninite answered.

"So some of the human groups might be friendly, some might be dangerous, and the elves could be either as well," Yellow Diamond said before scratching at their head. "Wish we could know for certain."

"We know that their church will likely be like the Lunarians. So we know of one enemy," Bort stated.

"They might not be though," Diamond said to Bort, before turning to Uraninite. "Right?"

"It, is hard to say," Uraninite admitted. Little has changed in Halkeginia for a long time, so the nobility and church do not like change because it can endanger their rules."

"So we know roughly how their lands operate, their rules, how they relate to each other, and the names of some of their most prominent leaders, while they know nothing about us," Alexandrite summarized. "Doesn't this give us some kind of advantage in talking to them?"

"Perhaps, but only so long as they wish to speak," Rutile said as they looked to Uraninite. "Correct?"

"Yes. Once they decide what they think of us, it will be hard to change their minds," Uraninite stated as they recalled all the times she could where opinions were formed before someone had met someone else and how it changed their views. It was a lot, and nobles were very bad for it. "So our first impressions will be important."

"Like how you and Bort struck them as quickly as you did?" Yellow Diamond grinned.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I acted rashly," Uraninite said with a light bow.

"Don't apologize," Bort said seriously. "The way those ones talked, and the way they looked at us like the Lunarians do, they had it coming."

"It does bring up an important matter however," Rutile spoke up. "How shall we speak with the ones who wish to? Do we make our decisions as a whole or do we let Sensei speak to them perhaps?"

Many began muttering agreements on letting Kongou speak to them, but all noise stopped as he raised a hand. "While I am humbled by your trust, I do not believe I am best suited for these humans, politics. However I would suggest a few handful be the ones to speak to whomever come calling for us all. I would suggest three be chosen to act as our emissaries and speakers to the humans."

"That is a good idea. But how do we choose the three to do that?" Diamond asked uncertainly.

"Glowie would be one of them. They know what to expect of the humans," Bort stated like it was fact.

"I don't think that's fair to just make them though, no?" Euclase spoke up.

"No, its fine," Uraninite said, surprisingly everyone. "I saw this coming really."

"That doesn't mean you have to accept it though," Obsidian said.

Uraninite shrugged. "If someone didn't suggest it, I was probably going to volunteer. While I am not looking forward to meeting anyone I might have known that was a past life, it doesn't matter much as this is the life I chose. So I'm fine with being one of the three to deal with them."

"Ooay, so we need two others then," Jade said before glancing around. "Who thinks they are up to the task? Rutile?"

Rutile shook their head calmly. "No. While I have no doubt I could talk to them, biology is not where my skills lie, and I cannot repair everyone if I am not here when they break."

"Yeah, I don't think I'd like the idea of the humans learning of our weaknesses if Rutile starts talking either," Yellow Diamond said with a grin.

Rutile didn't seem to mind as they shrugged. "That too I suppose."

"Okay , does anyone have any suggestions then?" Jade asked.

"Perhaps we should go about this in another way?" Euclase suggested as they looked at Uraninite. "What things might the humans speak to us about?"

"Well, if they want to speak, they will want to know about us and the island. Some may, if they decide to be friendly, wish to talk about the trade of resources, while others may be more interested in our ability to fight. Specifically to fight them, so they can gauge if they want to fight or not," Uraninite answered.

"Okay, that makes sense. So we would need someone knowledgeable in combat, and someone maybe knowledgeable in our, economy? That is the right word, right?" Jade asked.

"Yes," Uraninite answered. "Though we don't really have one as they would understand it."

"Should also probably have someone who is good at speaking and is older who can lead this group, right?" Alexandrite asked as they looked at Jade and then at Yellow Diamond.

"So, wouldn't Bort be good then as their the best in combat?" Morganite asked.

"No, I'm not dealing with the humans," Bort said seriously. "We also do not know if the Lunarians are actually gone or not."

"Oh, right," Morganite said as they slumped their shoulders, defeated.

"Well, isn't Uraninite fine for combat?" Red Beryl spoke up. " I mean, their light is poison to organics just by being near it. Are they not perfect for fighting these humans?"

"If it comes to that, it'll be a massacre about a week after the fact," Uraninite muttered before letting out a sigh. "Yes I can do that, but we still need two others. I'm not dealing with them alone."

"I'll volunteer then!" Obsidian spoke up. "I know enough about how we get the resources we need."

"True, but what if our swords break?" Zircon asked.

"I have three dozen spares in my room," Obsidian answered instantly. "Besides, we won't be acting as emissaries all the time."

"That's true. Okay so we need one more, anyone?" Jade asked, eyeing Yellow diamond a bit as they asked.

After a few seconds of e everyone looking around at each other, but no one speaking, Yellow Diamond let out a sigh and raised a hand. "Alright I get it, as an elder I'll volunteer to keep things in control."

"Alright, thank you Yellow," Jade said with a nod. "We should probably make up a bell signal to tell you three your needed for those kinds of things."

"That won't be needed just yet," came a new voice that made everyone look back to see Cinnabar standing by the doorway to the hall, globes of silver poison floating around them.

"Cinnabar! Are you-" Phosphophylite began to stay, till Cinnabar stopped them.

"I was taking a walk and was spoken to by one of those humans that Sensei told me about last night. They said they wanted to talk, so I figured I'd tell someone here, that's all."

"Where are they and how did they get here?" Uraninite asked immediately.

"It's one person and they came here on a big scaled bird," cinnabar said with a sigh. "I told them to wait a distance from the school in front of the bell tower."

"Is that a good thing then?" Yellow Diamond asked as they looked to Uraninite.

"It could be. Just one person means a scout, or possibly an envoy," Uraninite explained as they looked back up to Cinnabar. "Did they say anything?"

"They asked to speak to someone about something about an altercation, I think," cinnabar replied.

"So that means it could be one of them from before," Yellow Diamond said with a shake of their head. "Alright, we better go out and talk to them then, come on."

"I wish you luck in speaking with this human," Kongou said right as Uraninite and Obsidian moved to follow Yellow Diamond.

"We'll be fine," Yellow Diamond said with a grin. "How hard can it be?"

Evelyn knew that reports could only be trusted to so much of an extent. Information became incorrect as time went on, and personal views and ideals could change what people see over time without them even realizing it. An example of this was if someone was afraid or something, then their memory of it over time would become more vague and horrific, when they could be talking about a simple pet dog that bit them when they were younger.

Knowing that information changed, and that many soldiers liked to over exaggerate to make their deeds greater than they were, Evelyn was adamant about taking only the minimum knowledge with her to the unknown island. Yes, she was going to stop the situation was exploding out of proportion, but she also was intending to learn as much as she could about it and its denizens, unsure if they could be called people or not.

The basic information she made sure to know was what Albrecht had told her. The islands shape and the fact that its denizens could speak and were supposedly made of gemstones. She also recalled that the island was supposed to have some form of structure on it as well. But it was not until she came up to the island on her wyvern that the truth of that particular point became as clear as it was.

The building was easily the size of a castle and that looked as if it had been carved into a dome out of an entire mountainside of bright white rock. Yet there was no mountain nearby, and the smoothness of the building even from a distance spoke of handiwork that was extremely skilled, or very tenacious and patient. Likely all of these things.

From a distance she could see what appeared to be a couple pools of water in front of the building, as well as a tall and prominent tower with what appeared to be a bell hanging from it. Both good signs of culture, and skilled craftsmanship.

Suddenly her wyvern let out a whine, making her smile and stroke its neck. "Alright girl, let's land and give you some rest. This was quite a flight for you, so thank you," Evelyn said as she led her wyvern inward and landed in an area of grasslands. It was still a ways from the building, but that was fine. It wasn't going anywhere.

"you are one of those, humans?"

Evelyn turned to her right to find one or the island's denizens standing a dozen or so meters away from her. Its eyes and hair were a brilliant bright red in color that did indeed appear like that of a gemstone, though the globes of floating silver liquid that bobbed around her was a bit unnerving. Was it quicksilver perhaps? "I am a human yes. May I know who you are?" Evelyn asked politely, knowing that first impressions were important. Granted Germanias first impression had been soured, but that was now her job to fix.

"Why are you here?" the red haired being asked, their tone a mix between worry and curiosity.

"I am here on behalf of the great nation of Germania to speak to your leadership about the unfortunate events that recently transpired here regarding our peoples," Evelyn said formally as she bowed toward the red being.

It stared at her, the balls of quicksilver floating about seemingly at random, and then sighed. "You want to talk to someone, is that it?"

"Yes, that is what I said," Evelyn replied, doing her best to not sound exasperated or annoyed. Though after a second of thought she realized that maybe the being hadn't understood because of the way she had spoken. Being formal and respectful was the norm within all the nations of Halkeginia, but perhaps their idea of formality was different? Maybe they didn't even use formalities in the same way?

"Alright, I will tell someone you are here. Go wait away from the school, in front of the bell tower," the being said before turning and running off toward the large building, leaving Evelyn with even more questions such as why was it called a school? Who would she be speaking to? And perhaps most important to her own sanity, were these creatures male or female?

The red one was odd. It had no discernable breasts, yet had a softly angled face and a sway to their hips as they moved. Not as pronounced as some women, but more pronounced than any man. Its body also had the curves that a young woman would, yet those same parts of its body did not move right at all for how a woman would hold themselves.

"If all of those creatures are like that I may have to make asking about their gender one of my first questions to keep my sanity," Evelyn said with a shake of her head before she looked to her wyvern and patted its side. "Come on, it's a bit of a walk, but once we meet them I'll see if they have some food and drink for both of us to refresh ourselves with."

The wyvern let out a grumbly whine of hope as Evelyn began leading it across the grass toward the bell tower in the distance.

It took a long while walking, almost an hour by Evelyn's reckoning, but once she arrived a bit away from the bell tower she was close enough to simply stand and marvel at the architecture of both the tower and the massive domelike building itself.

Because while from a distance they were grand looking, from much closer she could tell that they were truly massive structures that did not just look like they had been carved out of one piece, at closer examination it seemed highly likely. She couldn't say for sure as she was no expert, but the bell tower at least had no lines or joints in it anywhere. It was a solid tower of white stone, with the only additions looking to be pins and clasps to hold the bell in place. Of course that was made more impressive by the fact that the bell was large enough that two or three people could likely stand in it, and Prepared to be made of a something other than brass, iron or silver.

Further observation was halted however as her Wyvern began growling, pulling her attention to three figured that came out of the huge building and were approaching her. Ones hair was a bright golden yellow, while the other two were more dull and subdued with one being black, and the other a dull dark green. "Minerva, no. Down," Evelyn ordered, making her wyvern lay down just in time as the three figures reached speaking distance.

"Hello, I take it you are the human who wished to speak to us?" the Yellow haired one asked in a way that was far more causal than Evelyn expected. No bowing, no grand entrances or flourishes, no arrogant tones or innuendo or insinuations. They just walked out and asked.

Granted there were three of them, but that wasn't abnormal when dealing with other nations. "Yes, I am an emissary from the nation of Germania. My name is Evelyn, and I am here to speak to your leader about what has transpired here some days ago. As well as to talk about other things as well, if the situation allows" Evelyn responded with a smile.

"The last human that was here and willing to speak said much the same and we told them that we have no one person who leads us," the Yellow one spoke up. "The three of us however have volunteered to act as the ones who will speak to humans who come with non hostile intent."

"I see. I was told as much, but truthfully I did not believe you could not have some central leader," Evelyn admitted with a light shake of her head. "However it is good to know you are prepared, is there some place we can speak alone perhaps?"

The yellow one looked to the very dark greenish grey one, who then let out a sigh. "Why would we need such a room?"

"Uh, well matters of politics are usually not held out in the open. It could be back if someone hears something they are not supposed to . You understand, yes?"

"No," the green one said simply. "Some of us carry secrets, but anything that could effect others, we trust each other to tell us all when it is needed to be. Everything you could speak of us with will be heard by the rest of our kind because we will tell them."

"Even if I accidentally let something I am not suppose to say slip and ask that it not be repeated to others?" Evelyn asked seriously.

"Yes. We do not keep secrets that could harm each other," the black one answered this time, sounding very assured in their words.

"I see. That sounds like a nice idea, if very naïve. Do you not worry about what your fellows could do to one up you?"

"I have never considered such a thing personally, we Gems don't think of, hurting each other for our own gain. We may joke and tease each other, but nothing to intentionally hurt our fellows," the yellow one stated, their voice sounding so assure that Evelyn could only assume it spoke truth.

"I see. I envy you then, but that is not my reason for being here. Days ago, Germnian forces came here investigating the sudden appearance of this island, and it is reported that they acted in a way unbecoming of their rank and nobility. The king of Germania has sent me to make you understand that conflict was not Germanias intention, and to apologize for what occurred."

The yellow and black gems looked at the green one, who in turn hung their head. "Ugh, it's fine I guess, I overreacted due to their comments and killed the one,"

"You were the one that killed the captain then?" Evelyn asked curiously. Inwardly wondering how a creature that looked so weak could kill that overly muscular oaf of a captain.

"I was, and if that inconvenienced your land, I do apologize. But he threatened my family," the green one said.

"No, I understand. Though I now realize I still have not heard your names, and will need at least yours to give a name to my liege," Evelyn said simply, hoping they would not be too spooked by the idea. They were certainly strange, and it was near impossible for her to guess their emotions or reactions because of that.

"Ah, right, I guess were so use to just knowing everyone's names," the yellow one said with a smile. "My name is Yellow Diamond, and this is Obsidian and Uraninite."

"Oh, may, I ask a question?" Evelyn asked, quickly getting a nod from Yellow Diamond. "Are your names related to what your hair appears to kind of look like it is made of?"

"It is not just our hair, our whole bodies are made out what we are called," Obsidian provided.

"so you are completely made or gemstones, but not all of you is that color?" Evelyn asked as she was honestly very curious. Even with how strange they stood, and how odd their limited culture sounded from what she knew already, it was still fascinating.

"No, our whole bodies are," Yellow Diamond said as they scratched her their arm a bit, seeming carving up their outer skin and revealing yellow stone beneath. "See? It's a powder we use on ourselves to help protect us from the environment."

"How curious," Evelyn said as she stretched one of her legs then the other. "This is a bit off topic, but your kind don't get sore muscles, do you?"

"we do not have muscles in the same was as organics do, and I am not sure what you mean by sore," Yellow answered simply, as if it was common knowledge.

"Ah, well, just standing around without doing anything can be bad for our muscles. I know you have no specific place for us to talk, but is there some place we could sit perhaps?" Evelyn asked.

"There are some places that could work, this way," Uraninite said as they turned to lead the way.

"Ah, before I forget though, could I get some food for my Wyvern?"

"Um, food? You mean the stuff that birds eat?" obsidian asked.

"well, kind of. Wyverns eat meat primarily."

"We don't have that here, unless you want to try to catch some of the small white animals or the birds that are around, " Uraninite said.

"You don't have meat? What do you eat then?" Evelyn asked in shock.

"We don't," Yellow Diamond explained. "We get energy from the sun, not by eating things like animals do."

"Oh, that is, well then Minerva you-" Evelyn began to say as she turned around to her wyvern, o0nly for it to roar up at the clouds and growl. It didn't take Evelyn long to realize what her mount was roaring at.

"Why is it doing that?" Obsidian asked, seemingly unafraid like most people would be if a wyvern had roared so lose to them.

"There is a Manticore approaching," Evelyn said in clear worry as she stared at the beasts shape as it flew closer, clearly heading toward either them or the building.

"Oh. Do you think it's that same human again?" Obsidian asked.

"We'll find out in moment. It looks to be coming this way and slowing down," Uraninite said.

Evelyn said nothing as worries mounted within her mind. There was no one from Germania that should be coming, and as only Tristain and Germania had Manticore squadrons in their forces it had to be a Tristainian knight. And the only one of those knights who would be sent alone for anything was its captain, Karin Valliere, the heavy wind. She was not a woman that she wanted to deal with if her reason for being here was to oust her considering how those fools from before had acted, she did think it was a possibility.

The Manticore landed away from them, far enough to not spook Evelyn's Wyvern, and just as she figured Karin Valliere climbed down. Within seconds Evelyn found herself letting our a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding as she noted that The Heavy Wind was not dressed for combat and was wearing formal attire without even a sword on her hip. It was a good sign, better still when Karin herself lightly smiled at her, remembering their last meeting .

"Dame Evelyn, I am surprised to see you here," Karin spoke up as she approached, looking the perfect image of a regal and proper noble. "Am I to take your presence here as your king taking this islands existence seriously, and perhaps even regretting what transpired between your peoples?"

"You may, yes. I am here upon orders to learn all that I can about these people and apologize for what had transpired."

"I see, it is good your king at least understands, now if only my queen would,"

Evelyn was visibly shocked by Karins words. She had never even heard rumor of the heavy wind speaking out against her country or regent. She was known as one who never did such a thing and held herself to the highest standards that any noble or knight could. Yet now she seemed broken and worried, though she shook it off and quickly returned to her normal expression of serious proper formality.

"Ah, please forgive me and please disregard that, it was unbecoming of me to say such a thing."

"No, it is fine. We all have situations we are dealing with, I shall not fault you for that," Evelyn responded politely.

"Then I thank you, Dame Evelyn," Karin said as she looked to the three Gems. "It seems we meet again under less dire circumstances. My queen has requested I act as an envoy to learn of your people, and to, by the right of the queen, invite some among you to speak to her in person for matters of political policy and official greetings."

"Then, I suppose we greet you?" Yellow diamond said unsurely with a smile. "The three of us have volunteered to act as the ones to speak with humans like the two of you, and were a out to head into the school to sit and continue. Would you like to join us, or is speaking with us together something you are not allowed to do?"

"I have no issue with it. There is no problem with learning of your kind as a group, or teaching you of our kin either," Karin said simply.

"I do not either, ah however, Lady Karin," Evelyn spoke as she turned to Karin. "These beings apparently do not consume food, so there is none here for our amounts, or ourselves in all likelihood."

"I see, we can deal with that later, for now, please lead the way, I am looking forward to what we may learn of each other ," Karin said.

"Same, let's go sit over here and we can begin, I'm sure there's much to discuss," Yellow Diamond stated as they began leading the group toward the pond, and an afternoon of talks.