[b]Ba'al and Teal'c, Ha'tak, Central USA, Arcadia-1[/b]

To the credit of the Alliance, it was not long after Teal'c had contacted them that he got a response, indicating that at least one person there had their eye on the skies. That was good, since Ba'al didn't like to be kept waiting. Sure, he wouldn't have started a war over it, but he would have been less than pleased. And one did not antagonize the Goa'uld. But it probably would have been difficult anyway, given the ships that were apparently parked near the Alliance base. Oh well. 

Ba'al didn't deign to answer himself, instead nodding to Teal'c, who opened the connection so that he could be seen. Time to see just how sociable the Alliance was. Ba'al listened carefully as the exchange began. This could be quite interesting. 

"I am Teal'c, First Prime to Lord Ba'al of the Goa'uld. He seeks an audience with you," Teal'c explained succinctly and clearly. He was not one to waste words, that much was obvious. It just remained to be seen how it would go from there, now that the request had been made of the Alliance. 

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[b]Saten Ruiko, Entrance, Conablum Labs[/b]

It quickly became apparent that their arrival had stirred up something of a hornets nest as guards responded to their presence, but that couldn't prepare her for when some girl showed up, kicking down the gate by herself and sending it rocketing at them. At least Banha stepped forward to block it, the thing bouncing off his shields and then sent flying back courtesy of Absolis. Nonetheless this girl immediately set Ruiko on edge, if only from the flagrant use of her strength to do such a thing which seemed so much like Mikoto back home. 

She tried to keep it cool though, putting on a smile as she took a step forward. "Oh, did we interrupt something? Sorry, we didn't know if there were visiting hours or something like that." Okay, so not the most amazing introduction, but it would serve for the moment. Or so she hoped. 

Before she could go on though another figure emerged, and Ruiko could be forgiven for staring a bit. It was....a giant spider. An anthropomorphic spider at that, which was pretty weird. Sure, Ruiko had dealt with some weird things, but that was pretty high up there! Well, she would just have to deal with it as best she could.

"Wha..." the comments, and the wink, threw her for another loop though. Was the spider flirting with her? Ruiko could only pray that she wasn't like Shirai, perverted and with a seemingly unstoppable desire to get what she wanted. Sure, Ruiko wasn't a totally stranger to that as well as Uiharu could attest, but she wasn't sure how she would deal with it if it was, well, a giant anthropomorphic spider. 

She coughed, getting her wits back before she began, bowing as she made her introduction. "Hello. I'm Saten Ruiko, and these are Absolis Rivard and Banha Akiyama. We're here on behalf of God-Emperor Nova, and we were hoping we could talk to the head of the Labs, or somebody else important." Well, she'd made the attempt, even though she was no diplomat. Here was hoping that it worked out.