.|| Chapter 8: The Grand Market ||. OVER! Thanks Everyone!

[Suhuba]

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As the weapons were put away, a few rushed back to the crowd to inform the other leaders of the news. Word spread quickly of the new arrivals, either from the billowing smoke and banging, the large gathered crowd, or from simple word-of-mouth. In fact, the crowd was gathering outside of the market had so many curious eyes keen to get a good look at the new arrivals and their flying ships, that the leaders instructed the marksmen to hold them back a 'safe' distance from the newcomers.

A circle of guards surrounded the visitors, leaving enough room for everyone to hear, but not touch the ships or get in range to start something more. Once it was settled, the two women continued their conversation with bemused expressions.

"We hail from the content of Belrea." The warm-skinned woman spoke, her bright eyes shining against her yellow skin, "A land that prides itself on the development of knowledge and technology! We make it our goal to better ourselves through research and discovery."

The woman beside her smiled, chiming in quickly, "It was through our search for new knowledge that we discovered your land, well across the sea. At that time, we had no real means of making our way here. The sea is too wide for any of our current sailing ships, and a bit too volatile as well..."

"But that doesn't mean we didn't work on multiple ways to make our way across!" The first woman quickly corrected, "Our ships are coming along nicely, but we also wanted to take advantage of our new zeppelin technology that was in-development, so it was more of determining how to travel the distance with the small fleet in our possession..."

Both paused when there was another loud explosion, before turning back to glance at the ship. The first girl chuckled slowly, "As you can see, this experiment still needs a few adjustments..."

Freya, Vescillea, and Enki all kept silent, standing as barriers to the crowd behind them. Enlil and Antiope, however, were up close and casually conversing with the two newcomers. It seemed, however, that most in the crowd heard the information provided, and were beginning to voice their own questions and concerns.

"So," Enlil casually interrupted, "You speak of this amazing flying ship technology. Is this a common means of travel in your...land?"

The girls smiled a bit bitterly, the light skinned one answering, "Actually, this is our first successful trip...unfortunately our maiden flight didn't make it past the sea...but in terms of back home...unfortunately we are still developing a commercial form of this technology, so you wont see them if you decide to visit."

Enlil paused at the thought, recalling the strange debris that appeared a few months prior from the sea. In his silence, Antiope quickly jumped in, "What is your home like?"

The darker skinned woman grinned, "We believe that technology is the most important pursuit and make it our goal to improve ourselves and the ways we move through life. As we said, it is our search for knowledge that led us to our discovery of this land, and our ability to find a way to travel here..."

As Antiope and Enlil thought it over, the travelers nodded slowly to each other, "Please, we are open and welcome. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask..."

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