Peter was nervous but feeling optimistic about the field trip, surely he was all worried for nothing. He was going to be treated just as any other visiting student while they all learn about his girlfriend's homeland. "So their king is the cat guy who you were fighting with at the airport?" Ned whispered to Peter and he nodded feeling a bit relaxed as he got his permission slip signed by Aunt May. Nothing was going to go wrong with this field trip.
Mr Harrington and Coach Wilson led them out of the bus as they lined up in front of the Wakandan Embassy building. They were inside and in the entrance there was a large black cat statue and the Dorae Milaje guards in their black dresses were acting as security. The receptionist then made a call and Mr Harrington told off students who were whistling at the Dorae Milaje and they soon stopped, especially with the death glares they were giving out.
Then came in W'Kabi in his business suit which he didn't seem all too comfortable with, "Good evening and I welcome you the first group of colonizers to get to tour this Embassy on our opening day." W'Kabi greeted them with the students looking at him awkwardly. "I apologise for that but welcome to the opening day of the Wakandan Embassy, I am W'Kabi of the Border Tribe and I was appointed the official ambassador to Wakanda as appointed by King T'Challa himself to help with his efforts to reach out to the outside world. I will be here to share the country's history to you as I treat you all as neighbours on this world as the King sees all the other Countries." W'Kabi told the class as they listened intently.
"Now I noticed that you looked a little afraid of the Dorae Milaje but I promise you that as long as you follow the rules and don't touch anything that you are asked or told not to then they won't bother you. The Dorae Milaje were formed as warrior wives in training to the King but have evolved to be Wakandan's security force." W'Kabi said motioning to the Dorae Milaje as the class looked to Michelle Jones as if expecting her to make a comment about the 'warrior wives in training' part of it.
"Now I will be taking questions about the entrance area here though I must warn you that I may not have all the answers you maybe seeking for they maybe covered later. " W'Kabi said and unknown to most of the class except for Peter, he then motioned to the Dorae Milaje who was closest to Peter at the back of the group hoping to make sure that he wasn't noticed during the tour. She then pushed him a little and then W'Kabi pointed to him as the other students were putting hands up. "Young man in the back, do you have a question?" W'Kabi asked as Peter gulped as eyes turned to him.
Peter could have sworn there was a smirk slightly to W'Kabi, so this was planned. Thinking `quickly he then noticed the Bast statue and despite already knowing about Bast having it explained to him by Shuri, he then asked "...Can I please ask about the black cat statue?"
"The panther goddess Bast, she has been watching over the King's family since the beginning of Wakanda himself and you all learn the details soon enough." W'Kabi explained and there were confused faces and mutterings about the explanation with some reprimanding from Mr Harrington to be respectful. "I don't blame any scepticism young minds, it does sound farfetched. Perhaps just as much as a red cape wearing god who has a hammer that can summon lightning." W'Kabi continued and the mutterings stopped seeing the point they made.
W'Kabi then asked them to follow him through the metal detectors as he said they were especially designed to stop anyone with a concealed weapon of any sort through but any certain individuals could be allowed to bring in items that were known and allowed to possess. Peter wondered if that was directed at him as Shuri had told him that she was designing the detectors to disregard his Spider-Man suit if he brought it in with him while visiting.
They then came into a dark room with a yellow table which showed a holographic map of early land. They circled it as W'Kabi explained "an early land in Africa thousands of years ago, six disparate tribes sharing the land until one faithful day..." W'Kabi explained and Peter knew what was coming next.
The Vibranium meteor hologram came down and a large impressive hologram of a large impact was shown with the holograms being so strong it was almost like they could feel the impact themselves. Coach Wilson normally a soft spoken almost bored man was screaming like a little girl and Mr Harrington was trying to reprimand any swearing that were called out while coping himself.
"This meteor was made out of Vibranium and the impact soaked it in the ground underneath the land. During this time the goddess Bast gave a vision to the warrior shaman Bashenga. Using the vision he found the Heart Shaped Herb which gave him great power that he used to take up the mantle of the first Black Panther. He united five of the tribes while the Jabari Tribes made their way to the mountains in mostly isolation. The land became Wakanda and Bashenga the land's first king." W'Kabi explained as he then opened the next door, most of the group didn't really react to the idea of a goddess as they were still reacting to the holographic meteor.
He asked if they needed a minute, "I think we all do since you sent a holographic meteor upon us with little to no warning!" Flash shouted with Mr Harrington telling him off but W'Kabi taking it in stride.
Peter's senses knew that there was no actual danger from the meteor but he still felt like he felt it. "If you are too disoriented young man then there is a chair at the door and you can sit there until your class is ready to go on." W'Kabi offered and Peter nervously went to sit on it.
"Mr W'Kabi sir, I don't know if you were asked to single me out but do you think you can please go easy and pretend that I am just another member of the class?" Peter whispered with a slight beg.
"I am under strict orders from my King and I will warn you that this tour has just gotten started." W'Kabi warned him and Peter just groaned. He was right to be worried after all it seemed...
While writing this I remembered that an Embassy is not the same as a museum. However I find the idea of Wakandan Embassy using a holographic display of their beginnings to awe and freak out visiting dignitaries to be too awesome and hilarious enough to justify it.