(actually, Sukkana is a brunette, not a redhead.  It's listed in the OOC profile  ;) )<br/><br/>*Silently watching out of the corner of her eye those who don't think she has noticed, wondering what in the blue gehenna these people's problem is and if they ever lighten up for a single second or if they are just born with a bug up their ass and stay that way for life.  It now begins to dawn upon her at last just how much of a punishment being named an ambassador to this boring land populated by royal assassins of joy truly might become.  With an inward sigh, Sukkana thought of Kaya and Aisha, alas, the amazing talents of both girls would most certainly be wasted on this lot.*<br/><br/>*Crossing her arms, certain her earlier assessment of the Empress was clearly mistaken.  Just another petty tyrant in the making and one who would be most uncooperative, it seemed.  This one-eyed creature who served her made her skin crawl, as did the lumbering Grand Commander who reminded her of the bastard who had revealed her extracurricular activities back in Shantarra and caused her to be forced into this ambassadorial job.<em>Respect is a two way street</em>, and so far these idiots had been<em>most</em>disrespectful, and now they would cheerfully be met with nothing but pure resistance from her for their actions.  Stubborness is met with stubborness, and it was clear they knew nothing of diplomacy and had no interest in learning.  Just another regime of arrogant sand toads, it would seem, more's the pity.  Hopefully this sexless council of uptight fools would soon come to an end and some true life could at last begin...for the few who still knew how to live life to the fullest, at least.  Sukkana would respond, with practiced happiness, to the worms around her, and pretend not to hear their disapproval if not see it in their rather ordinary faces*<br/><br/>*Then a thought occurs.<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Perhaps that's my way out of this.  If I can get the Empress to reject me as her Shantarran liason and request a different ambassador, I'll be sent home and the royal Shantarran family can do nothing about it!  From the sounds of things I'm halfway there already!  Maybe just a bit more...yes....that just may be my way out of this gilded prison."</span>Sukkana's eyes narrowed as she thought on this for a few more moments."