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reinforcements. There was a tense moment until the ambassador replied.
"Of course Mr President, I should have anticipated that. Perhaps you and your companions would care to make yourselves comfortable in our refreshment area while we await the arrival of your technicians. In the meantime, I will use the time to inform you of the purpose of the facility. I would be grateful if your Personet crew would broadcast the interview as I believe that, the sooner our actions are fully explained, the less chance there will be of any form of conflict arising."
The president activated his 'mote and relayed instructions to his staff in the city. He sent Tegus and the 'copter pilot back to the 'copters so that they could guide the technicians to the facility upon their arrival. He ordered the members of the riot squad to remain outside and they fanned out among the trees. Then he indicated to Ko that he was ready to proceed and the slender analyst led the way through the entrance. The president stepped boldly through the doorway after him, and the rest of the group followed.
Qara waited until most of the party had entered before doing so herself. She found herself walking down a wide corridor which led away from the entrance towards the centre of the building. It was pleasantly warm inside and she re-opened her jacket. Batu hadn't begun filming yet so she began to describe the surroundings to Tol in a low murmur. The walls of the corridor were about three metres high, after which they arched inwards and met each other seamlessly overhead. They were constructed of the same blue material as the outer walls. The whole place was warm and well-lit, although there were no light fittings or heating ducts that she could see. The light and heat seemed to emanate from the walls themselves.
She struggled to find the right words to describe the floor she was walking on and eventually settled on 'firm but springy'. It seemed to be made of the same material as the rest of the building, but felt a lot like a sprung wooden floor. Unlike a wooden floor, however, it made very little noise to walk on. On impulse, she knocked on a wall and found that it was the same consistency as the floor. It was also slightly warm to the touch.
The corridor was full of Faerie Folk bustling to and fro. They were all dressed in what she had come to think of as 'shimmer-robes', although the colours varied. The most common were purple-pink and red-orange. She discovered later that the facility's analysts wore the former and its researchers the latter. The translators wore green-yellow and the physicians wore white-grey. The blue-green colour worn by the ambassador and his three companions was reserved for members of command.
The rooms flanking the corridor on either side were spacious and packed with unearthly equipment, the purpose of which she couldn't begin to guess.
After walking for a few minutes, the corridor opened into a massive central space, oval in shape and about twice the height of the corridor. The roof was a transparent dome, lightly tinted, which let in the sunlight but kept out the autumn cold. The area had a natural, open feel to it, accentuated by a copse of young birch trees, which had been left standing when the facility was constructed. The curator stopped and gave them a careful, if sorrowful, examination, while Ko led the rest of the group towards the right-hand end of the area.
Impressed by the ethereal beauty of the dome, Qara almost walked into Batu and Oyugun, who had stopped and were gazing open-mouthed at the left-hand end of the area. She followed the direction of their stares and did a double-take, her whispered commentary for Tol's benefit tailing off into baffled silence. Her first impression was that she was looking at a series of frameless shower cubicles, each containing a member of the Faerie Folk. Thankfully, all of them were fully clothed.
Each cubicle rose out of a
"Of course Mr President, I should have anticipated that. Perhaps you and your companions would care to make yourselves comfortable in our refreshment area while we await the arrival of your technicians. In the meantime, I will use the time to inform you of the purpose of the facility. I would be grateful if your Personet crew would broadcast the interview as I believe that, the sooner our actions are fully explained, the less chance there will be of any form of conflict arising."
The president activated his 'mote and relayed instructions to his staff in the city. He sent Tegus and the 'copter pilot back to the 'copters so that they could guide the technicians to the facility upon their arrival. He ordered the members of the riot squad to remain outside and they fanned out among the trees. Then he indicated to Ko that he was ready to proceed and the slender analyst led the way through the entrance. The president stepped boldly through the doorway after him, and the rest of the group followed.
Qara waited until most of the party had entered before doing so herself. She found herself walking down a wide corridor which led away from the entrance towards the centre of the building. It was pleasantly warm inside and she re-opened her jacket. Batu hadn't begun filming yet so she began to describe the surroundings to Tol in a low murmur. The walls of the corridor were about three metres high, after which they arched inwards and met each other seamlessly overhead. They were constructed of the same blue material as the outer walls. The whole place was warm and well-lit, although there were no light fittings or heating ducts that she could see. The light and heat seemed to emanate from the walls themselves.
She struggled to find the right words to describe the floor she was walking on and eventually settled on 'firm but springy'. It seemed to be made of the same material as the rest of the building, but felt a lot like a sprung wooden floor. Unlike a wooden floor, however, it made very little noise to walk on. On impulse, she knocked on a wall and found that it was the same consistency as the floor. It was also slightly warm to the touch.
The corridor was full of Faerie Folk bustling to and fro. They were all dressed in what she had come to think of as 'shimmer-robes', although the colours varied. The most common were purple-pink and red-orange. She discovered later that the facility's analysts wore the former and its researchers the latter. The translators wore green-yellow and the physicians wore white-grey. The blue-green colour worn by the ambassador and his three companions was reserved for members of command.
The rooms flanking the corridor on either side were spacious and packed with unearthly equipment, the purpose of which she couldn't begin to guess.
After walking for a few minutes, the corridor opened into a massive central space, oval in shape and about twice the height of the corridor. The roof was a transparent dome, lightly tinted, which let in the sunlight but kept out the autumn cold. The area had a natural, open feel to it, accentuated by a copse of young birch trees, which had been left standing when the facility was constructed. The curator stopped and gave them a careful, if sorrowful, examination, while Ko led the rest of the group towards the right-hand end of the area.
Impressed by the ethereal beauty of the dome, Qara almost walked into Batu and Oyugun, who had stopped and were gazing open-mouthed at the left-hand end of the area. She followed the direction of their stares and did a double-take, her whispered commentary for Tol's benefit tailing off into baffled silence. Her first impression was that she was looking at a series of frameless shower cubicles, each containing a member of the Faerie Folk. Thankfully, all of them were fully clothed.
Each cubicle rose out of a
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