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Chapter 3: Standing Trial
"Father." The male said simply. Tuk rolled her eyes, of course he was the Olo'eyktan's son.
"Why do you bring this outsider to our home?!" His father said simply, but you could tell he was angry.
"Outsiders are not welcome here." The woman hissed slightly, eyeing up Tuk. Tuk just watched her, squinting her eyes slightly.
"She is to stand trial, father. A disagreement has occurred, before Eywa it is only right." He told his father simply, still on his knee.
"Actually he stole my hunt." Tuk spoke out, hearing the gasps from the people when she spoke.
"You will speak when spoken too!" The leader raised his voice at her.
"Stand, outsider." The woman said simply, stepping down to her level. Their proximity close but both standing on defense. "Speak your name." Tsahik told her.
"My name is Tuktirey te Suli Neytiri'ite, Daughter of Toruk Makto and a warrior princess who has led clans to great victory." She said simply, proudly holding her ground. The leaders looked at one another as the Tsahik circled her. The people whispering in the back.
"Daughter of Toruk Makto." She repeated, investigating her. Tuk just let her as the male stood up. The Tsahik stood in front of her once more. "Toruk Makto was once a hero, now he is traitor. Abandoning clan after clan, bringing war to their homes. Toruk Makto Comes with great unloyalty." She hissed. More people started whispering. "The punishment for a traitor within Kutawato is death." She hissed once more.
Tuk scowled at her and hissed back, rather threateningly. No one was going to threaten her life. Not even that but speak so poorly of her father, of her family who she considered heroes. She would not accept it. The male stepped in between them straight away.
"Sister." He said simply, standing between her and Tuk, holding his hands up in defeat. "She must stand trial," he told her again. The women eyed each other up for a moment, both defending their honor and pride before she looked to her brother.
"Very well. She will stand trial before Eywa, then the people will decide." She said simply before walking away.
"You disappoint me, son." The Olo'eyktan told him before walking away. He clenched his jaw and ran his hand through his hair, before the people got back to their duties.
"I can see I am not welcome here." Tuk said simply as they sat by the water.
"We are private people. Do not associate with the outside world, only to hunt. We have lived that way for thousands of years." He said simply. "We do not agree with the way of the people." He said again.
"Nor do I agree with yours." Tuk told him.
"You have a lot of anger."
"Your sister threatened to kill me, I am allowed." She said simply, folding her arms. "That and you got me into this mess."
"No." He laughed. "You did." Tuk just scoffed. "I'm Kauri te Rawiri. My sister, Hanoa te Rawiri is Tsahik. Mother died many years ago, she has taken on the role ever since. Father, our clan's leader is Manaaki but you must always refer to him as Olo'eyktan."
"It amuses me that you think I care." Tuk said with a simple shrug.
"If you want to live, I suggest you do." Kauri told her.
"To kill your own is sinful. How Eywa holds you in her heart I cannot understand." She told him.
"Perhaps you do not understand, Eywa." He told her, resulting in her hissing at him again. Kauri just rolled his eyes at her before walking away.
The trial came about quickly, Tuk was rather intimidated but also felt like all of this was just a waste of time, especially for a meal. She stood at the stone of judgment before the Kutawato people. Standing at rock-like podiums were Manaaki, Hanoa and Kauri.
"Daughter of traitors." Hanoa said simply, refusing to call her by name. "Your family have rewritten the passage of the Na'vi people, a disrespect to our great mother and born of demon blood." Hanoa continued, making Tuk just roll her eyes. They had obviously heard the stories, though private people, Jake Sully had changed the history of Pandora or the people, the stories were told across the planet. "Though it is not likely the people will work in your favor, you may speak." She added once more.
Tuk knew that she was either going to get out of this or die and either way she wasn't going to back down. She was Jake Sully's daughter - sarcastic, unafraid, strong headed and stubborn. She was Neytiri's daughter, a warrior, protective, and brave. Her fate would remain in Eywa's hands. And so she would say what she wanted, exactly the way she wanted.
"Very well. It appears the people of caves lack the education to truly understand my family's situation. We did not migrate by choice but to protect the people. That is all we fight for. To protect, for loyalty." She said firmly, placing her hands on the rock. "It seems the only people rewriting the Na'vi passage are the Kutawato, it is no wonder you're all outcasts. Living within the shadows where we don't dare go. Now I know why, your beliefs, your loyalties, your rituals, they are outcast to the Na'vi and they do not gain a place within Eywa. Do with me what you wish, to kill a Na'vi is to commit sin against the great mother, at least I will die knowing my loyalty and heart has always belonged to her." she could hear gasps coming from the people as she spoke her truth, as she insulted them. She could see Manaaki's fists clenching against his staff and she could see Hanoa's face turning from smug to furious, though interestingly enough Kauri's face had a smirk on it, almost as if he enjoyed this brutal honesty, as if no one had done it before. "As for this ridiculous reason I am standing trial, I am a huntress and your skawng brother attacked me in order to steal my kill." She said simply. "I only simply defended what was rightfully mine."
"Kauri." Hanoa said, wanting her brother's word.
"It is true, I attacked first but the kill was mine, for it was my trap that caught the creature." he said with a grin, he was obviously enjoying this, it made Tuk roll her eyes, he was infuriating.
"By my arrow!" She yelled out in frustration. "He did not even complete the correct ritual or is that too profound for you all too?!" She asked sarcastically.
"That tongue will be lost if you continue to disrespect any longer, traitor." Hanoa said calmly, but seriously. Tuk just rolled her eyes once more. "You know what, just keep the damn meal, I'm over it." She said with a shrug.
"You speak like demons from the sky." Manaaki told her.
"Toruk Makto is a demon is he not?" She asked him, sarcastically. He hissed slightly at her attitude.
"You make this choice almost to unchallenging." Hanoa told her, grabbing her knife. Tuk leaned down slightly and looked at her.
"Well how about I change that?" She asked simply. "If you are to kill me, you are to kill the daughter of Toruk Makto, a warrior who is respected by many of the clans above ground. Your peaceful ways will no longer be considered peaceful. They will come for you, they will seek revenge and all you will have done is cause great war. A war that is not needed. A war that is not necessary. Do you really wish that upon your people?"
"You seem certain of this." Hanoa told her.
"I am certain that Toruk Makto will go beyond limits you could even imagine to protect his family. I have seen him take down the demons from the sky for many years now, each time with great victory and almost no enemy survivors." Tuk told her, told them. She could see fear in people's faces. "But if you want to kill me, go right ahead." She said with a shrug. Hanoa clenched her jaw in frustration before hissing and storming off.
"Disband!" Manaaki called to his people. "Outsider! With us now!" he told Tuk, who walked over to him.
"You must have a death wish." Kauri whispered to her, in a laugh.
"Don't speak to me like we are friends." she said simply, walking inside the dome hut with them.