[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1310
Valhalla
Stargate

He stepped out of the wormhole after all clear was send back. Why the heck did SV-1 get missions were either last minute or the ones that were likely to kill them? Bobby shook his head as he adjusted his cap. Taking the steps down he scanned the land before him. This planet he hoped wasn't going to try killing them. Then again he could say the same for every mission he had been on. But this was the flagship team and he was someone who always had been a magnate for trouble. Two things that didn't brood well.

Since he was here for a treaty, Admiral was expecting him to behave. Since Shiva had taken a voyage back to earth for supplies Travis wasn't here to glare at him to come into line; and the Colonel knew how to do so. Plus he did not want to face a angry Matt, like he had done last time. And negotiating wasn't his strong fort; not by a long shot. Looking at his team, "Shall we have fun?"

Fun being an operative word here.

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[Blake Warren]

1310
Valhalla
Stargate

Blake had spent all morning and a chunk of last evening, ever since they'd first started to get the interstellar equivalent of calling out the sheriff by attacking the townsfolk, reading up and planning some beginning terms of the treaty. His backpack was stocked with his reference texts for the language, to be extra sure of the wording of any agreement they reached with Banasura.

"You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means." Blake tightened the straps of his vest and prepared for the hike. The current string of attacks on their allies had to be stopped, otherwise the tenuous ties they had in this galaxy would be broken as alliance with them became the equivalent of being friends with the school pariah.

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[Nick Harper]

1310
Valhalla
Stargate

Nick was still getting used the the whole "step thru this giant wormhole and end up across the galaxy" concept, but at least he had gotten to the point where he no longer felt like throwing up afterwards. That was a perk.  They had been called upon to help with a treaty...that was a first for Nick, he had never helped two parties negotiate something like that, usually he was the one who would patch people up after a treaty failed, or the people discussing it got mad at each other.   

"I believe the word fun is open to interpretation,  and all depends on the users definition of what something fun might be." Nick said as he walked up behind the two men, working out a treaty was no on Nicks list of fun things to do, but it was that days assignment and orders were orders. "Like I am sure the Captain, like myself, would not call translating languages fun...but you might." he said looking to Blake, "I mostly don't think it is fun because I only speak one language...." learning another language had been on his to do list for years, but he had never gotten around to it. Nick rested his hands on the butt of his rifle and sighed, "Now which was does our "fun" lie?" he asked. 

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[Blake Warren]

1311
Valhalla
Stargate

"Dangerous, delicate treaty negotiation from the weak-hand side? Definitely not my definition of fun." Blake started walking along the roadway, ahead of them to the sprawling palace. Its design was reminiscent of the Taj Mahal and the sound of approaching soldiers.

He stood up to his full height and prepared to face the apparent welcome wagon, calling up his Hindi fluency as the leader of the soldiers Banasura had sent reached them. "Greetings, we're here to seek treaty with the Asura lord Banasura, on behalf of the expedition and our allies. I am Blake Warren and speaking with me is Captain Bobby Oxford, Sergeant Nick Harper, Lequana Ka'ti of Partho and Doctor Olivia Walker."

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[Olivia Walker]

1311
Valhalla
Stargate

Olivia stepped out of the Stargate after the others. A few moments later there was a noise behind he which told her the Stargate had closed behind them. She wasn't sure if she would be useful on this mission or not. It was always better to be safe than to be sorry. The mission was to make allies or, at least, create a treaty between this world's people and the Stargate team. Olivia had to admit she was intrigued by the wormhole. Maybe when she got a chance she would study it more closely, but right how she had to have her head in the game. It wouldn't do any good if she missed something which could help in the treaty mission. 

Olivia followed the others as they left made their way to where the people lived. Olivia knew this was going to be an exciting mission. She didn't know much about the team she was with, but Olivia hoped; in time, she would get to know them better. Captain Oxford made a comment about having fun. They all had a reply to his comment. It was after Sergeant Harper replied did she say anything.

"Translating languages...is a useful skill to have handy. If you would like to learn another language, I would be more than happy to help." Olivia said as she watched Sergeant Harper put his hand on the butt of his rifle and then he ask where to go next. Mr. Warren replied and then they started to walk again. It wasn't long before they stopped. Olivia heard people approaching she wasn't going to stand in the back and wait to see what happens. She was a member of this team, and she was going to stand next to them. She didn't need protection, she can take care of herself. Olivia watched as Warren Blake introduce them to the welcoming party. Olivia watched carefully.

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1311
Valhalla
Towards Village

As Blake got on his case over his use of the word 'fun'. The gag he supposed was losing it's humor. Of course he was going to keep using it, Travis's 'Wizard of Oz' references were famous in Delta Galaxy. Or so he had heard from James. But smirked when Nick spoke up, setting his gaze on Blake, "What you do think, that I think it means?" It was a bad idea to take a poke at a civvies; at least Warren didn't handle needles. All round that would be a bad move.

"C'est une honte" (That's a shame) Bobby replied in French, "You might want to consider taking up a language, even a galaxy natvie one." In between mission that was not going to be a bad way to kill extra time. Heck he might do it himself. Perhaps he could rope Cooper to teach him basic Italian.

Bobby laughed at the summary from Blake, as their new medical doctor gave her two cents, "It's kinda fun when one speaks few languages," then faced Warren, "I won't call ourselves weak, just not so experienced in treaty diplomacy. Never a bad way to see how well we can pull this off." Seeing a palaces and houses as they ambled closer, soon enough they were crossing path with Banaura's men, who were heading towards the gate. Supposedly. He stood lazily as Blake pulled a Doctor Jackson. But he was taking everything in. Everything from the amount of men to what they were doing.

"Which one of you is the leader?" he asked Blake.

Knowing his cue, Bobby stepped forward, "That would be me." Perhaps that had not been the best step forward. However his teams lives were on his shoulders as the expeditions as a whole. It was one role he took seriously. If this went south, he could bet his month worth of pay that Cowden would have his head.

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[Nick Harper]

1312
Valhalla
Towards Village


"Translating languages...is a good skill to have handy. If you would like to learn another language I would be more then happy to help." Nick smiled at the woman as he heard her offer, "I might take you up on the offer one day." he told her before looking back over to Warren, "And Doc... some dangerous things can be fun.." he replied back. Before their discussion could continue on any further they were approached by Banasura's men, Blake took care of the introductions, when he heard his name Nick just nodded his greeting. The lead solider asked who was in charge of SV-1, Nick still had his hands where he had rested them earlier, keeping his eyes on Banasura's men he lifted a finger and just pointed over to Bobby who by now had stepped forward, "Captain Oxford is our leader." Nick said,  the lead Banasuran turned his head and looked at Nick.

"And who are you?" he asked, "I am the medic." Nick replied. the word did not seem to click with the other man, "Medicine man." Nick told him as he moved a hand and touched the medkit he always had on him, "I heal people, so does she, but she probably knows more than me." he added pointing to Dr. Walker. "And that man is just really smart."  he said not wanting to leave Dr. Warren out from his explanation of what everyone on the team did. 

[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1312
Valhalla
Towards Village

Oxford chuckled at Harper's comment about taking up the offer. It seemed that the Army Sergeant was keen on learning one or try spending time with pretty blond doctor. Whatever it was, Rob wasn't going to pry, unless of course he was in the mood to do so. Then again Harper reminded him a little of himself. He had picked up learning French for a now ex-girlfriend.

Stepping forward after Nick and summed up everyone's roles, "Our presences was required," he began, "Our leader felt it best to send someone to help out with the situation at hand. We are here to negotiate a treaty, if you allow us to do that." Not that Bobby was counting on it to go smoothly. He was expecting few rough patches or hiccups.

The leader of the group nodded, "Follow us," he nodded to his men to move aside. If these people tried anything funny, he would no hesitate to order their killing on the spot.

Bobby acknowledged the request with a motion of his hand, lifting his head he beckoned Harper forward, "Keep an eye on the soldiers," he whispered as he asserted them again, "I have a bad feeling about this." Then motioned for his team to follow, "I hope your leader is expecting us."

1333
Valhalla
Village

With another twenty minute walk towards the village was relatively quite as the team kept alert on the enemy's men and weapon. Ensuring that they were not going to be caught off guard by a having a weapon trained on them. Robert hoped that this didn't end up making look like fools or become POWs; although chances of both happening were the same. Once they reacted the village, he recognised the leader from the previous visit. The leader of Vedas's flagship team greeted him with more warmness then Banasuara's men had been given.

"Come, come," the elderly man motioned/shooed them towards the gates in a hurry, "We must not waste time. You come late."

Leaning towards his team, and directed the question to no on in particular "Why am I getting a bad feeling about this?"

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[Olivia Walker]

1312
Valhalla
Stargate

Olivia watched the interaction between her teammates and the people of this planet. So far there wasn't any indication of them being hostile, but you never can tell. More time was needed to figure out more about these people. The hair on the back of Olivia's neck raised up. She knew then something was going to happen soon, but she didn't know how soon it would be before it happened. After the explanation of who they were to the Asura Lord Banasura, they headed to their village.

1333
Valhalla
Stargate

It was a twenty minute walked to their village. Olivia was quiet during that time. She had her eyes on them most of the time. The other times Olivia looked around and tried to identify any of the plants which might come in handy in the future. Olivia couldn't tell because she didn't get a good look at the plants because they were walking. Olivia would come back later to get a better look at the plants. She had to admit, she did see a couple that might be helpful, but she had to get a closer look to be sure. As they walked, Olivia felt something different. There was something she couldn't put her finger on and it was starting to bug her. The mission was one of peace, to create a treaty with the people of Banasura. It was then the elderly man motioned towards the gate and mention they had come later. Olivia knew they had left a little early for this mission she had no idea why he thought they were late. It was then the captain leaned over and said he was getting a bad feeling about this.

"I'm having the same feeling, sir," Olivia replied. If she needed she could fight; she wasn't the damsel in distress.

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[Nick Harper]

1312
Valhalla
Towards Village

They had yet to even reach the village and the Captain was already having a bad feeling about things. Great. Nick did not reply to Oxfords order, he just nodded and when everyone started walking with the guards. Nick moved to the back of the group to better keep an eye on the rest of the guards, he ended up walking beside one of the guards, who probably had the same idea as Nick, keeping an eye on everyone. These guys were a little bit on the paranoid side.  


1333
Valhalla
Village

The walk proved to be uneventful, which was good. They met the leader, and older man who looked like he knew a few things. "We must not waste time. You come late." the older man told the group, what were they supposed to say? Their train was late? He was pretty sure transportation devices like the Stargate usually ran on time and if there was ever a delay it was due to something serious happening. Or user error. "Why am I getting a bad feeling about this?" Harper looked over to Bobby, "It is probably whatever they served for breakfast this morning, so stop worrying, we are going to be fine." he replied. 

[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

(( I have time jumped us here))

1743
Valhalla
Village

After much debilitating talks back and forth that were happening, the group had called for another break. Bobby was glad that someone did as the whole thing was starting to become a heated if the air in the room had been anything to go by. Letting out a yawn, Rob got to his feet then looked at his team, "We might take a walk around and see," he spoke, picking his jacket and putting it on, "no touching." Look and see, how hard could that be?

Sure not hard at all. He reasoned as he led the team outside as others flocked away at their own pace. He needed to make a good used of the time he had here to make impact with team work. Seeing Narad around wasn't an option. If he knew the deity well over time, Oxford was expecting the man to an appearance sooner than later. Although it amused and baffled him that he wasn't already here. Doing he knew best. Which was stirring up trouble.

Exploring the village that was new filled with the locals selling various items, aroma of food was in the air. If the scent was anything to go by, the food would likely to be just as good. On the other hand, the food in India could be similar. It was not something he would say for fact since he had never been to the country. Perhaps he could place it on his travel list of places to see. A mini bucket list if you will think of it as one. But it was the food smell that made him hungry, pulling out a bar, he bit into it after opening the packet.

Asserting as the team walked around, his initial reaction of something being off could have been wrong, yet Bobby had learnt it along ago never to discard his gut feeling. In most cases it did prove to be right. Expect the taking on the leaderships of the this expedition. Taking another look around he kept Banasura's men in his line of sight. He was sure soon enough something was going to blow. Hopefully it was not going to be his fist or gun. Making sure that the higher ranked locals were not around, "Insight on how the briefing is going? Anyone has doubts, funny feeling, spit it out now." He wanted all the cards from his team on the table. Their next move depended on that for now. The cool evening air could be felt.

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[Blake Warren]

1743
Valhalla
Village

Blake was looking and checking out everything while not getting too far from the rest of SV-1. It was the closest he was going to get to seeing India for the foreseeable future and beyond as the people of Valhalla warily kept back from them.

He saw Oxford check their surroundings and ask impressions. "Well, based on the stories of negotiation with the Goa'uld Dr. Jackson used to tell, and rating those charlie foxtrots a 7, I would say we're riding a hard 8, Captain. They're going to lead up to demanding we leave this galaxy, I'm sure of it."

Blake checked his gear. They'd particularly been bouncing back and forth around the different people they'd met, and the argument from Banasura that the expedition was encouraging revolt among worlds that had long knuckled under and submitted to the Asuras' power over the galaxy. There was a vast space to work in between 'yes' and 'no' if move around in, he'd learned a while back.

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[Nick Harper]

1743
Valhalla
Village

He was thankful to finally be out of that room, the constant going back and forth was starting to make his head hurt. The night air was refreshing, even if the smell of food made his stomach rumble, but he did not dare eat anything due to the fact that his stomach was a total wuss when it came to oddly spiced food.  He followed behind Oxford, still keeping an eye on things as they walked thru the market, "Insight on how the briefing is going? Anyone has doubts, funny feeling, spit it out now."

"Well, based on the stories of negotiation with the Goa'uld Dr. Jackson used to tell, and rating those charlie foxtrots a 7, I would say we're riding a hard 8, Captain. They're going to lead up to demanding we leave this galaxy, I'm sure of it."

Ah yes, the infamous Goa'uld, Nick did not know much about them, just a very brief summary because all the info the SGC had on them was several thick books, and that was just the basics. Nick slowed his walk and glanced to Blake, "If we have not already entered a Charlie Foxtrot already, I suspect we will have one soon. The Banasurans do not trust us, their guards keep acting like they expect up to start a fight or shoot someone." he replied. Of course the leader of the team also happened to be the man who busted the nose of a SGC official during a meeting, so there was a slight chance that history repeated itself. Hopefully it didn't. They'd all be dead if it did. "We can not help the fact that our arrival made people realize that they have been oppressed for the past..god knows how many years."  Nick added, he shook his head and walked a little bit more, "What do you think Captain?" he said looking to Bobby. 

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1743
Valhalla
Village

Before Bobby could say a word to his team, he heard the all familiar chant and a scent of rose before the man in holy garbs appeared. Cursing his luck he faced the OmiSage, "Narayan, Narayan" the sage greeted the group. As usual his face supported the playful expression, as he looked at Nick, "There is a possibility that they might be looking for such ways of harm. Your presences indeed have caused a stir. As for leaving this galaxy, you could walk away."

Bobby tried not rolling his eyes, "We will hurt 'em right back," He told the man. Who only chuckled. Sometimes Bobby didn't get the man's presences when it wasn't needed. "We will walk away when hell freezes over."

Narad turned to Warren in thought, "They do have the driving power. But what would you do if they do try driving you away?" One thing he had learnt about these people was that if they got shoved around, they would fight harder. "You are dealing with Banasur's men and his army, fight is going to be long one. Your people don't have enough forces for that. Narayan, Narayan."

"On the other hand, I'm sure you commanding Officer will not have a problem ....." he trailed off. In the time they had been here, Narad had observed the elder Oxford and knew the man wold have a problem. Captain Oxford's snorting merely confirmed what he knew.

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[Nick Harper]

1743
Valhalla
Village

Nick raised a brow as the sage spoke to him, once again someone was suggesting that they just pack up and leave the galaxy like it was no big deal. "Whose side are you on anyway?" he asked the man, "Because that is what someone who does not want us here would say." he added. Narad had already moved on to answering Blake,  "They do have the driving power. But what would you do if they do try driving you away?"

"We push back, have you not realized we are a stubborn bunch."  Nick replied as he rubbed his eyes, he wanted a cup of coffee but doubt that the planet had anything like what he wanted. "Why isn't the Admiral here again?" Nick muttered, he did not mean for the thought to actually be said aloud but sometimes it happened. It would have made more since to have the less hot headed Oxford come to negotiate and maybe someone else like a midget diplomat, those two along with Warren might have actually been able to get somewhere than having people telling them to just leave the galaxy.