They circle the planet and look at the architecture. They are somewhat disappointed.
"Maybe the aliens think they're pretty," someone says dubiously.
"No," someone else says. "Some things are universal."
"Maybe the aliens are all blind."
"That makes more sense."
"Well we have to pick somewhere."
This place has a lovely large statue-garden-monument thing that Elves would not go out of their way to avoid if it were in Tirion, though they'd probably walk through it quickly. They go for that one.
The soldiers are going to have to argue about it a lot. And aim guns at each other.
...the fuck.
...maybe half of the aliens can go with and half can stay here? Compromise!
No!!!
Eventually a soldier gets a phone call and group #2 wins the aliens are coming with them.
...the aliens accept their invitation.
They are marched through crowded ugly streets! They pass restaurants, a place where people seem to be paying money to hold babies for a little while, an event center, a gym, a lot of apartment and office buildings, and myriad other things.
They look around in fascination and sing in Quenya and ask questions about what things are and what they're for.
The soldiers are unclear on whether they are supposed to answer questions.
...aliens have a lot of questions about that. Are they often not supposed to answer questions? Are the answers somehow sensitive? Do they mind if the aliens ask random passersby?
They shouldn't talk to random passersby.
Why not?
Because they are being marched to the capitol.
And the concern is that conversations will slow this down?
Sure let's go with that.
The aliens start trying to have very short conversations!
Nope hurry along. They shoo confused passersby.
Oh, is there a hurry? The aliens can run!
NOT THAT FAST.
...why not?
Soldiers can't keep up.
Oh, okay. They can run ahead and then have conversations and then the conversations will not slow progress towards the capitol down.
NO.
Aliens practice the language and sing and tolerate their unreasonable and confusing escorts.
Their unreasonable and confusing escorts make it all the way to the capitol building and then have an argument with the security about whether the aliens are allowed in.
...wow.
Security wins. Then their orders are countermanded and the aliens can come in.
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