Xiu Mei (earthprincess) wrote in avatarnation, @ 2009-09-07 18:11:00 |
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Entry tags: | kozu, xiu, zuma |
Who: Zuma, Xiu Mei and open to others at the palace.
When: Mid afternoon.
Where: Fire Nation Palace
What: Xiu settles in.
Xiu never much cared for travel by boat. Having no earth beneath her feet made her constantly afraid of drowning, which only made the days aboard the ship long and entirely too stressful, not to mention the illness she always had when boats were tossed about by waves. But all this seemed to clear when she arrived in the Fire Nation capital in the early morning hours, though it was a struggle not to fall to the ground, kiss it and swear she would never set foot on a boat again. Given the late hour she was perfectly happy to forgo the usual ceremony, opting to take a simple sedan chair to the palace, once there, choosing not to disturb any of the royals she took herself off to bed.
She slept until the early afternoon, her body needing the rest that only sleeping on solid ground could provide. She had the same dream she had been having since her father began to arrange a marriage for her, tied to her desk, writing the same thing again and again, watching Ba Sing Se burn outside her window. The fortune teller she had spoken with before she left the Earth Kingdom suggested that she was simply afraid of being bound to someone she did not care for and that her husband would keep her from doing her duty as Queen. She didn't put much stock in it, especially not now as she awoke feeling better than she had in weeks. She might have been a little lazy in getting ready for what was left of the day, content to lay about her rooms for a while, but she was eventually coaxed out of bed by her attendants.
Following a light brunch, she slipped off her shoes and simply soaked in the feeling of the earth under her feet as she walked about the gardens. Xiu felt she needed to restore herself before she was ready to present herself to the Fire Lord and his family as was tradition, though she could hear footsteps approaching as she watched the turtle ducks swim about the pond. She didn't have to look up to know it was Zuma, she could nearly sense the girl. "Princess Zuma, what a pleasure to see you again." she said as she looked away from the pond to the younger teen, "I hope you are well."