Brilliant. Just brilliant. 

The last thing Ikhari wanted was to show some Fire nation diplomat around. Of course her father had waited until that morning to notify of what were to be her new duties in serving her tribe. It didn't matter what she thought. She did not want to be forced to spend time with whoever this was to make sure his stay was as easy as possible. She did not like the fire nation and with it the people. While she was sure that they were going into a new era of peace and had change with the new Fire Lord she still wanted to minimise her contact with any people from that nation. Especially fire benders. She had lost her mother during the same attack that had caused her tribe to lose their princess. She had a reason to not like firebenders.

But here she was standing in wait for the ship to arrive with her father and a few other advisers. The chief of the tribe himself was not there as he was busy with other, supposedly more important things. The diplomat would get to meet him later. A lot of the other citizens had gathered to watch as the gates were opened to allow the ship in. It was odd, really, as for most the last time they had seen a fire nation ship was when the city was attacked. Now here they were welcoming one in as to attempt so the fire nation could rebuild its relationships with the other nations. Ikhari watched with narrowed blue eyes as she folded her arms. It was quite a cold day, colder than normal, but the thick fur coat she wore offered a reasonable protection against that. And anyway she was used to the cold so it didn't bother her all that much. 

"You must treat the diplomat politely," her father turned to her with a frown. "But with a certain amount of caution. I would not trust him."

"Of course, father," Ikhari replied with a nod. She didn't know why her father was telling her that. She knew to be polite. She was always polite and had spent most of her life restraining the slightly more rebellious side of her nature to be the perfect woman. Thankfully the sexism within the tribe was beginning to change, but it was only starting. At least she could now properly learn martial waterbending. Before it had been forbidden and, well, she had taught herself most of what she knew in that area. Healing was great but it wasn't the same.

There was a certain sense of dread growing inside her as the ship approached. Soon enough whoever was on it would be disembarking and she would meet the person she was going to have to spend a lot of time with in the upcoming weeks.