[Vijay]

Spoiler:

For what happened 24hours before this: https://caersidi-ns.com/thread-46-post-215.html#pid215

For what happened immediately before this: https://caersidi-ns.com/thread-46-post-217.html#pid217

The diplomatic yacht,The Minx, was actually a pinnace specially repurposed & painted in Ironbay's red, blue & green for this mission - it was surprisingly comfortable and the journey from the anchored Róisín to the shore of the Glittering bay didn’t take long.

Once it made landfall at the Glittering bay, three civilians emerged, one soldier in full ceremonial dress uniform, two in service dress uniforms, and 8 more in combat uniform emerged. Someone who appeared to be a member of the Bastion watch was there almost immediately to find out who they were & their business there. One of the civilians spoke first.

"I apologise for any confusion or alarm caused, I am Ambassador Gwynes Yale, this is my diplomatic team: Consul General Eileen Brice, Military attaché General Conall Felan, Alchemical attaché Professor Seán Caffrey. And this is our guard to escort us to Bastion, Colonel Kaiden Rearden, Sergeant Lexi Keevan & her squad."

The guard appeared satisfied and pointed towards a path that headed in the general direction of Bastion. Once the team had disappeared from sight of the beach, The Minx waited a half hour before rowing back.

The Journey to Bastion from the beach was uneventful, once at Bastion, the Ambassador & her team were quickly directed to the war room where introductions were made with Queen Aynia. "If I be so bold, your majesty, do you have accommodation for an expeditionary force of 400 troops? Or perhaps space for a field barracks - our company from the Ironbay regiment of Royal Engineers has the materials & equipment to erect one lage enough to house 800 - The Róisín is on standby to collect a second battalion as needed?