Several dozen State Infantry quickly dispersed the reporters, throwing the more persistent ones back with the butt of their rifles. The Ozians were escorted into several luxurious limousines while APC's strolled beside them. Each delegation had been given one armoured limousine, and one APC for any military personnel they had chosen to bring with them. Once all three delegations had arrived, a convoy was formed to make the one mile trip to the Conference building, a renovated hotel now used as a secondary headquarters for Internal Affairs and living quarters for several senators. There were few safer buildings in the State.
Security in the building was quite heavy, well equipped men patrolled the premises and Internal Affairs agents had replaced hotel staff to guarantee security. All of these measures taken into account could possibly have given the delegates the feeling of an authoritarian police state, but the felt secure, safe, short of a large scale nuclear exchange their lives were safer in Citiatlan than anywhere else in Xyrael.
The State Infantry politely escorted the three ambassadors and their personal aides into a large oval room where a large, traditional table stood in the center of the room flanked by exquisitely elegant chairs. A man sat in a sharp suit, his weathered features making him seem warm and friendly. He stood to greet the arriving members, his deep blue eyes touched by a faint glow of white sparkled alive with life.
"Ah, friends!" he smiled as he shook the Talmanner and Uichi Ryan hands and bowed before the Ozian. "I am the Premier Mekkal, and I believe we have much to discuss. Please, sit," he gestured to the chairs as he returned to his. "Allow me to start by thanking Ozia for her assistance in supporting Easteros, no matter what her reasons."
"Uichi Ryu!" Mekkal smiled cheerily to the Prime Minister. "You have long been our friends to the north, we have never had quarrel with you. I personally hope that we can become friends, our nations would work better together, I think."
"And finally, Konig Gottlieb. I've invited you because I realize that a new nation has risen in Easteros. I must admit, I have been focused more on my State as of late and have not watched the internal chaos in Southern Ryazania. Would I be correct to assume that foreigners are now overlording over native Eastians? Even worse, Talmanner traitors?"
