"We know what they're afraid of," Rhiow said. "It's best to address those fears directly. Introduce ourselves first of course - and expect some anger for being the ship to bring all of these people here."
The anger would probably lead to more rotten fruit throwing. "Give me a moment to put up a barrier," she said, and reached out with her claws outstretched. She hooked them deep into a nearby bundle of hyperstrings, invisible to ehhif eyes, and pulled.
Around the three of them, a golden circle of swooping, curled script materialized. The language looked similar to Arabic, but closer inspection would reveal that it wasn't anything of the kind. "This is a localized solid-matter reflection barrier," Rhiow began, and spoke the rest of the spell quickly. The characters flared with light and then disappeared, leaving an invisible shell around the diplomats. "Let's go," she said, and trotted forward on her path of solid air, about shoulder level with the others.
Skip NPCs for this turn?
The anger would probably lead to more rotten fruit throwing. "Give me a moment to put up a barrier," she said, and reached out with her claws outstretched. She hooked them deep into a nearby bundle of hyperstrings, invisible to ehhif eyes, and pulled.
Around the three of them, a golden circle of swooping, curled script materialized. The language looked similar to Arabic, but closer inspection would reveal that it wasn't anything of the kind. "This is a localized solid-matter reflection barrier," Rhiow began, and spoke the rest of the spell quickly. The characters flared with light and then disappeared, leaving an invisible shell around the diplomats. "Let's go," she said, and trotted forward on her path of solid air, about shoulder level with the others.