Day 36: Equivocate
"...And so,I understand that you appear to be presenting that this treaty may be of benefit to our two peoples. Should the details of this treaty be presented to the right councils, and they find themselves in agreement, it is possible that this issue may be brought before their majesties. I am willing to present this idea in the manner it deserves to the appropriate personages to handle it." With that Mars held out her hand, accepting the paper given to her by the glassy-eyed diplomat, who had apparently stopped listening to her quite some time ago.
She then turned on her heel and left, almost impolite in her speed.
"Wow, I'm so glad I got that other one. Sorry, girl, I didn't think it was going to be that bad." Venus clapped a hand on her friend's shoulder in a show of support. None of them had known what the meetings they were going to be having would be like. Rei had ended up casting lots for them, giving each meeting to the person most able to handle it.
It appeared she'd gotten the short straw herself. All the meetings had been dull and long, but Mars' was obviously the worst, as proven by the fact that it had lasted the longest, if nothing else. The speaker had been trying to get her to agree to the contract without fully reading it. Not that she needed to. She had known from the moment her eyes fell on the paper that it was a bad idea.
That was why she grinned at her friends now, despite her aggravation. "I probably needed to be there to get angry enough to do this." With that she threw the paper in the air and lit it spectacularly on fire. The entire thing appeared to combust all at once.
"That's a little harsh, don't you think? Aren't you supposed to show that to their Majesties?" Jupiter replied, coughing slightly and fanning the ashes drifting towards her away.
Mercury just shrugged, looking very unsurprised. "She equivocates like a pro. She actually only promised to present the paper to those 'in the right councils'. That would be us." She studied the eddying flakes before causing them to fall to the floor in a puddle. "I don't think it got approved."