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Honey Song
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Atlan thinks back to his assignment. the Golden Orditas selected him personally to lead this project, as he is an adept negotiator, and familiar with the sister nations around Tezca. the Orditas told him his duty was to simply to represent Tezca in the decennial summit, and to protect the interests of state and church. as time has gone on, though, he has realized this summit is more momentous than that. the Inquisition has sent a dignitary to oversee the summit, and instead of a simple gathering of the three great nations, every race has been called to neutral ground. this is not a summit for bickering about who owns what lake or how many trees the Raksha are entitled to each year. this is a war summit. the fact that every race has replied to the summons worries him even more. if even the isolationist witches of the forest are interested in the outcome of this talk, then Atlan is certain that the stakes are far reaching.
glancing down at the tablet reveals that it is written in Raki glyphs, which Atlan is unable to read.
"listen, miss." Atlan says, calmly, but firmly, "it's very important that we meet a delegation from the Raka. are you a part of that delegation?"
she looks back at him and blinks in recognition, "I! yes! I am a servant of Vresh Amon. I was uh. sorry. very sorry. I was simply... oh."
she stutters awkwardly and then clears her thoat. "I am here to survey the entryway so that we can prepare for Amon's arrival. speaking of which, we need to bring some folks outside. there and there. there should be a small crowd, with a gap that we can ride through. preferably enthusiastic."
"well that's not going to happen." Tlalli replies, "there's no one here but the temple maidens, and they have more important work to be doing."
"hmm..." the Raka rubs her chin, "we'll just have to make due, then."
"hold on." Atlan speaks up, "Vresh Amon? you know we sent the summons for a diplomat, right? are you telling me that the Emperor of the Raka is going to be riding here?"
she nods, "we wanted to leave a good first impression. this is our first time sending anyone to a summit. you've never invited us before."
she gives a bit of a glare at that line. it's true, the Raka have never been summoned to the Decennial summit, they were always represented by the Raksha delegation. in truth the only reason the desert nations were represented at all was for fear of the Raksha starting an other war like The Great Phage. Atlan realizes that other than the Raksha and the Jotunn every race represented here will be doing so for the first time. likely more than a few of them will still be feeling the burn of being uninvited for nearly a half century.
for some reason, Atlan thinks now would be a poor time to try to flirt with the girl, but he is open to suggestions.
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