Once outside of her grandfather’s meeting hall gora quickly rushes over to a vase that appears to be made out of the same stuff as her spear and quickly proceeds to vomit in it.

  Secomi and utum just kinda look at each other not sure really what to say or do just awkwardly standing in silence as gora recomposes herself”wow that went a lot better than expected”

  She says looking over to two confused astrans.”wait how did you pn for this to go then?”

  Secomi’s questions with a rather concerned tone of voice. Gora just shrugs seeming rather nonchant”eh idk kinda just expected the old man to beat me senseless and lock me up i guess?”

  Utum and Secomi’s jaw drop at the awful scenario she imagined in her head”wait then what was that about a antagon and if you were pning on getting locked up why did you bring us along then?”

  Gora puts the priceless vomit filled vase back as if nothing happened and looks at the rather upset secomi confusedly”huh you two would of obviously had to break me out duh what else would i need brain and brawn for?”

  Secomi grits his teeth not fully satisfied with that terrible answer”and what is a antagon?”

  He says sounding rather annoyed.”oh its just a type of challenge to settle disputes I honestly didn’t expect him to accept that ,he very rarely humors me with these.”

  Now even utum looks rather concerned”wait what kind of challenge?”

  Gora smiles and shakes her head”Oh no its nothing terrible it’s just some light hearted sports. we sokarans don’t have a tradition of duels like the astrans instead we sokarans will settle many things peacefully through rigorous competitions. Sometimes entire cns go up against each other and the spectacle can st for days don’t worry about it too much i mean take it seriously the entire war could be riding on us wining this but you wont die. From the competition at least”

  The astrans look petrified she had just wagered not only her own aid but the aid of all the nds of Sokara on a sports competition. They didn’t know if they should be impressed or horrified.”what kind of competitions are they though?”

  Utum asks quite curiously” oh stuff like log splitting javelin toss, discus throw, running and maybe the occasional contact sport like wrestling or boxing”

  The astrans let out a sigh of relief as they hear the types of events”well then is there anything else we should know?”Utum asks.

  Gora ponders for a moment”oh um ya since i challenged him he gets to choose the majority of the challenges since this time i challenged him to three the majority is two meaning though i get to choose 1 of them”

  Their eyes light up”oh and what contest shall you choose gora?”

  utum asks sounding quite interested. Gora grins and stands up straight and puffs her chest out”why discus of course my grandfather will undoubtedly want to challenge me and discus is the only sport i can beat him at. meaning out of the two of you only one of you have to beat whoever he chooses for the other two challenges.”

  Their eyes light up maybe gora had a pn after all”and since its such short notice i doubt he’ll have any big names to use for the competition as grand chief he could technically use any one in the entire nds of Sokara that were to agree, but he said tomorrow which means the competitors have to be here tomorrow. So its whoever is here is who he has to use. I trust you knights of astra can beat my grandfathers aging guards?”

  They grin it sounds like gora really has thought this threw”this is great so tonight we rest and tomorrow we win your grandfathers aid this is great!”

  Secomi says excitedly. Gora smiles and turns around gesturing for them to follow”yes so lets rex ill show you two where the guest rooms are”

  Utum and secomi happily follow gora though their gaze is more focused on her grandfathers pace than her. They look around in awe at all of the items or ornaments made entirely of drakkite. the astrans could not believe the luxury they are seeing and so openly in their pace too. Hell moments ago gora just threw up in a vase probably worth 100 years of utum and Secomi’s sary combined.

  They felt uneasy as they walked through the halls. the static air from before was stronger than ever. Many of their hairs stand up straight as they walk through the halls its unbelievable. They try their best to space themselves out from one another not daring to get near anything as everything shocks them luckily these halls were made for giants like Utum and Dyues so are very accommodating.

  Eventually they arrive at a hall filled with rooms”this is the guest area there’s about 12 rooms here so pick one as you like i doubt any of them are occupied” gora says gesturing towards the hall way so they can examine the rooms

  Though as Gora’s voice hits the air it seems she alerted someone as the second she finishes talking a door from one of the guest rooms open up quite furiously.”oh my is that the lovely sound of my beloved Gora’s voice i hear?”

  A rather deep fmboyant voice emits from the room, sending shivers down Gora’s spine”No not him!”

  she says with a annoyed whimper as someone steps out of the room. A rather slim but muscur man steps out from behind the door his hair was a bright yellow and it stood up at all ends and was styled into a series of rather spiky looking cones. Gora looked disgusted as she saw this rather well styled man.Utum and secomi think he must surely be another sokaran noble”kompsos what the in the name of the ancestors are you doing here?”

  gora says rather aggravated.The man smiles and brushes his hands through his hair any loose strands that were falling quickly stand back up”well dy gora when i heard that you had run away i quickly traveled here to wait for your safe return and look my patience has finally payed off ”

  She grits her teeth and walks away”get lost kompsos utum secomi ill see you two in the morning im heading to my room don’t bother me!”

  She storms off leaving the two astrans with the odd sokaran noble. utum nervously waves to the man who looks up at the rather tall utum quite confusedly”and who are you two supposed to be not suitors i imagine”

  Secomi looks a tad annoyed hearing that getting a little closer to the one gora called kompsos.”and who the hell are you supposed to be?”

  he says sounding quite agitated. Though instead of getting upset with Secomi’s aggression he just grins his entire person wreaking of narcissistic confidence.” i am kompsos kavaris heir to chieftain of the kavaris cn and i am on a quest to prove myself worthy of Gora’s hand in marriage”

  Utum and secomi give the man a bnk stare as he just stands there grinning like an idiot. They both turn around and pick a room to sleep in “im gonna pick this one utum” secomi says to utum” okay secomi ill see in the morning” leaving the sokaran noble by himself in the hall still grinning like an idiot as they close their doors on him.

  Feeling disheartened kompsos goes back into his room whimpering to himself. Everyone would spend the rest of the night in their room.