Njuko walks in behind Grid, the tent is attached to huge bricked hall. Several rows of wooden chairs and four distinct seating areas. While the seating areas are not marked it was clear that factions had gathered. Grid sits behind the third row. Murmurs filling the hall as on lookers shuttle about trying to find their faction.
A Tanok male, who is about 8 feet tall, Njuko would soon find out that's the average, stops in front of Grid. The Tanok has Grey skin and a fantastic undertusk. His muscles bulging, radianting strength. The Tanok speaks his voice a deep drum.
"Live well Boss man," The Tanok raises his arm in front of Grid.
"Die better Innuk," Grid clasps the arm of the Tonak with both his hands. He smiles at the Tonak before returning to his seat. Their is a row of chairs above them hanging from the ceiling which is quickly filled by the Aziza. They all came in at once the buzzing of their Feathers. The are about five feet tall, all have some kind tattoos on them. One of them has larger wings than all the others but remains on the high chairs. Their leader is introduced as she arrived first a voices echo in the chamber.
"presenting Queen if the Aziza," An aziza buzzed down to him and where he is standing the echo carries their voices throughout the whole chamber.
"Her Majesty need not be fully introduce to the ground. Simply her name will be enough." It is clearly a command and not a suggestion as it echos through the hall. The purple and blue Aziza with red hair returns to his seat. The man fixes himself and then says
" Queen of the Aziza Charlotte. "The wings of all the Aziza buzz rhythmical. The sounds akin to whistling winds. The she walks in all five foot four of her. She has intricate tattoo's all over her body. A small frame like all aziza but bigger than the rest. She is wearing mist cloth wilhich is extremely light and see through. Njuko swallow when he can basically see her bare breast through the colthing. The tattoos continue all the way down.
Her skin is dark ice blue, her tattoos silver and shimmering every so lightly she nods at a few including a strange floor board that is she through. When she nods a strong thump and whale song can be heard.
A thin kappa pops out from on from somewhere, Njuko could hear water in the background and thought it was soothing but apparently it where the Aidoians are. The man's is very long winded and his accent makes him sound like he swallowing his words as he spoke them.
"Empress Philippa Lakewater, True Tsunami of the nine oceans, Master of all High lakes, Lord of the River, Sage of streams." the man's goes into a high poem detailing her ascension as more people file. Soon the hall is full Aziza in the seats above, Aidoians in the waters below, Tanok, Aardelings and Loshi on the chairs. The Loshi look like half people. With massive broad features even their faces look wider than normal. The other introduction are made even the kings one doesn't come close to the nearly twenty minutes spent by the kappa introducing High Wave Master Empress Philippa.
Grid says "These are some of the powerful people in our nations. This city serves as a gathered point to discuss and meet peacefully. A neutral ground where all the races can pretend to live in peace."
Njuko nods trying to remember why a High Chief is sitting in the most important place. While the hall is mostly round and the spacing equal it is clear the Tanok sitting position makes all the other face then somewhat. The high chief himself is not present by a Matte Grey youth is. He looks like he is very straight forward. Wearing very little of the bone necklaces like his other or even a shirt rather wearing a long skirt and a heavily traditional Tanok colthing.
He speaks much like the other, the word falling short of how far they are meant to travel. "We hunt for the souls of loved ones, and until we drink from the skulls of our enemies they will not know peace."
The Aardelings murmur the most in disgust they are after all one of the Tanok rivals and have been. Involved in countless wars. A man young old enough to be a father speaks. Njuko couldn't place his age expect that this man has childern for some reason that stuck to him. "Yes we know what your honor demands, what we want is to know who they are and what they want."
The Tonak responds "They want death and we will give it to them." The Tanok's stomps their feet in excitement and agreement. The Aziza hiss all of them, stomping is very rude after all one should always be light on their feet.
Even the whale song has a series of loud clicks the stomping makes it hard for them to hear through water and is usually done to hide something and lying to the Aidoians is as bad as or worse than striking a deal with an Aidoian.
"Death is true they kill all they come, younglings and elders alike. Those winge, cutters must be brought to justice," some the aardelings murmurs about how their havenot been atrocities like that since the falling of kingdoms.
"Death is justice, Death Is peace, Death is the only way." the Tanok speaks his voice bellows and echos the death sounding like a chant embraced by the shadows.
"The Empress will is as follows: She will cleanse the ocean of these invaders and claim the waters of their lives. Beware those who would opposse her. They have stolen from her Imperial house and that will not be allowed." The Aidoian kappa spoke as loud as he could bylut being so small he barely heard but the room goes silent at the mention of theft.
The Loshi and Aidoians fought a hundred year long war when the Aidoians thought the Loshi stole a scared gem from the Coral Crown. The Loshi suffered in trades for those hundred years but so did the Aidoians as the Loshi invented dams and canals as way to control river traffic through their lands.
"Indeed this is most destressing our hovels where hit, our Childern slaughtered in the our burrows and mother and father cut into dust. We too would like to know where our enemies and why they do this to us. Before we put axes in their mouths." the loshi that spoke, had spekn with a grief stroke voice. The Loshi arrived late and few in number. Most of their delegates are also injured.
" We need to foem a coalition to find and open talks with these people. We need to find out where they come from. What they want from us and stop this senseless killing." says a man he is clearly an intelligent man.
"Ha, the sword and spear are the answers we need. Killing them until we push them to the hole they crawled out of." The Tanok is speaking more confidently.
"Yes We understand that, where are you going to find them. How is the army organized. Who are their leaders. Is this a small band of rogues or a declaration of war." ask the Aziza fluttering about as she spoke, a strange powder coming of her wings.
Njuko looks at the situation and asks Grid," Is it always like this?"
Grid smiles and nods," It has to be like this, if they all responds individually to the threat it could lead to war amongst the races when we find each other accidentally on the same path to defeat our enemies. Misinformation can lead a nation to ruin."
Njuko listen on the conversation is moving toward who will find the enemy. Question flowing. Historical records being called up trying to explain the origin of these creatures.
Several hours go past, the convocation moving like snail. They all ask the same thing over and over reach explaining what they lost and how they see the path. Then the next will take a fraction from before and add soon the room is building a mudpie of what a response should be. The talks are in heat mostly because of the lives lost on all sides. The nation of peace is settled to one side. Three of the four at in agreement only the Aziza are want a more cautious approach.
Soon the talks stagnate and a break is a calledGrid remains seated and do three others and like Grid each have a tail following them.
"This is unacceptable we must do something." says the Loshi his face mask covering most of his face only his green emerald eyes showing.
"Master Bori, you would have us go to war. You the great merchant." asks Grid clearly surprised.
"I would give all the gold in the world to them burn, all of them." Master Bori voices quivers as he says that.
The Tanok slaps his chest twice and with hands out stretched to Master Bori. Grid says "Thats a nice sentiment Turuk but..."
He is cut of by the Tanok "Boss man, I means it. We will eat our hearts before making peace with those monsters."
Grid doesn't shy away but can't say anything, then the clicks and hums come from the water "wee killll theee killlleeeeerrs."
And so like before these four go around making declaration and trying to get the others to follow their plan until an hour later when the hall returns this time thou it's just the delegates all the royal houses have already decided what thry are doing.