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Just as Amaris previously said, she stood a few steps behind Carnatia and Carmen. Looking down and making the best impression of a quiet, pious nun she could do, Amaris simply stood quiet, carefully hearing as Carmen hailed the guards. As she had feared, it didn't take long until the guards connected their names and appearances to the incident with the red stripe sergeant a while ago. Fortunately, they didn't seem to be immediately hostile, much to her own surprise. With that said, they still seemed quite reluctant to negotiate any further, demanding only him and Carnatia to come...

It didn't take much to see how Myrielle could be dangerous, but she was quite surprised that even with her whole act, the guard still saw right through her.

[color=silver]"Annoyingly perceptive this one, isn't he?"[/color] Amaris mumbled in a low tone towards Myrielle, clicking her tongue in annoyance as she lifted her head, letting go of the 'faithful nun' act, as it apparently had already been saw through.

Regardless of their initial reluctance, the soldiers ended up letting them inside, as long as they left their horses outside. Going inside and getting basically surrounded by possible enemies wasn't something Amaris was exactly eager to do, but they went too far to back down now and honestly... Turning back now would only make them look even more suspicious than they already did.

Inside the fort, the situation didn't seem to be all that organized, which was honestly some good news for them. After being escorted inside, they were taken to the commander, who was 'dealing' with an incident regarding a peasant and the 'payment' they were bringing to them, in form of supplies... Although half of it seemed to be rotten. Whether it was by fault of the peasant or not, it didn't matter as the commander seemed quite quick to resort to lashings as a punishment.

If that wasn't enough warning of how difficult of a person the commander would be to deal with, his following words certainly would. As soon as he began speaking, he immediately complained about the confusion they caused earlier that day and finished by denouncing the way the westernant border guards acted towards the refugees years ago. Something Amaris had no knowledge of, but knowing how the Westernant authorities acted, didn't doubt his words at least had a good deal of truth on them.

Carnatia was quick to follow the commander's accusations with accusations of her own, trying to level the playing field as she mentioned the spies that were sent together with the refugees on the last time Westernant accepted refugees into their territory. Regardless of who was right and who was wrong, to play that game of politics, one needed to know exactly how much they should give and how much they should stand their ground, in an endless game of pulling and pushing until an acceptable solution was reached, something Carnatia seemed to be extremely well versed in.

Knowing well Amaris could do little to help on that negotiation, she simply focused on gathering as much information as she could about their surroundings and the movements of the other soldiers. In case the negotiations failed, violence would be the only outcome and she wanted to be ready for that possibility.



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