Post by Kyoshi on Jul 17, 2008 16:00:20 GMT -5
Kyoshi walked into the Great Hall for her audience with the Earth King. She remembered a time when it would have been unthinkable for her to set foot here but as the Avatar she had almost complete access.
She stood quietly and waited for the request she knew was coming. "Avatar Kyoshi it is good to see you again. All of Ba Sing Se is honored by your presence." She nodded and then prepared herself to listen to about twenty minutes of more formalities before the Earth King would get down to business. Over the years she had learned to play this political game as well as anyone and she responded as she should, but she often lost patience with the rigid traditions of the Earth King's court. And she was especially impatient today since she knew how this meeting would end.
Finally the Earth King asked her what she knew he would. "Avatar, I respectfully inquire about the progress you have made on stopping this usurper named Chin."
"I have made no progress your highness as it is not my duty to do so." She hated what Chin was doing in the south and she actually spent most of her time trying to help the people in his path, but what she told the Earth King was nothing less than the truth. The role of the Avatar was to keep the peace between the nations. She could not interfere in what was basically an internal conflict inside the Earth Kingdom.
They spent another half hour yelling at each other with polite questions and statements. The Earth King wanted her to step in so that he would not have to call on the other nations for help. He tried to appeal to her loyalty as an Earth citizen and when that failed he tried to appeal to her duty as the Avatar but Kyoshi was clear on what her duty was and she could not interfere in this fight. After she had said this in about ten different ways the Earth King finally relented. "Then Avatar, I respectfully request you presence at the conference to take place in a month. Representatives of all the nations shall be there and surely this falls within your Avatar duties." The comment was meant to sting her and it did but she took it in stride and told the Earth King that she would attending the conference to be held at the palace.
The audience ended after the proper goodbyes had been said and she took the opportunity to escape gratefully.
She stood quietly and waited for the request she knew was coming. "Avatar Kyoshi it is good to see you again. All of Ba Sing Se is honored by your presence." She nodded and then prepared herself to listen to about twenty minutes of more formalities before the Earth King would get down to business. Over the years she had learned to play this political game as well as anyone and she responded as she should, but she often lost patience with the rigid traditions of the Earth King's court. And she was especially impatient today since she knew how this meeting would end.
Finally the Earth King asked her what she knew he would. "Avatar, I respectfully inquire about the progress you have made on stopping this usurper named Chin."
"I have made no progress your highness as it is not my duty to do so." She hated what Chin was doing in the south and she actually spent most of her time trying to help the people in his path, but what she told the Earth King was nothing less than the truth. The role of the Avatar was to keep the peace between the nations. She could not interfere in what was basically an internal conflict inside the Earth Kingdom.
They spent another half hour yelling at each other with polite questions and statements. The Earth King wanted her to step in so that he would not have to call on the other nations for help. He tried to appeal to her loyalty as an Earth citizen and when that failed he tried to appeal to her duty as the Avatar but Kyoshi was clear on what her duty was and she could not interfere in this fight. After she had said this in about ten different ways the Earth King finally relented. "Then Avatar, I respectfully request you presence at the conference to take place in a month. Representatives of all the nations shall be there and surely this falls within your Avatar duties." The comment was meant to sting her and it did but she took it in stride and told the Earth King that she would attending the conference to be held at the palace.
The audience ended after the proper goodbyes had been said and she took the opportunity to escape gratefully.