Episode 14: The Donya & The Handmaiden
Ishiko unbinds the Donya's handmaiden's restraints. She introduces herself as Lily, and Ishiko presses her for more information about the Repolyo Crime Family. He finds out that the Don has been using a private mail shoot under the compound to go to the palace directly using Earthbending. Lily agrees to help Ishiko because he tells her he acts on the Avatar's behalf.
Lily and Ishiko meet Rishi and the Donya in the kitchen having tea. She instructs Lily to fetch more tea for Ishiko. Rishi and Ishiko convince Donya to accompany them to the palace to witness her husband in the act. She agrees, but on the condition that Lily also accompanies them, as she has been a good source of Donya's emotional support over the last three months.
Ishiko, having sensed an underground lab beneath the compound, leads the group through the tunnels using an elevator operated with Earthbending. There, they witness the entire Omashroom operation. Crates are being shipped around the Earth Kingdom, and now, around the world, disguised as the Repolyo family's "cabbage" exports. Rishi and Ishiko board one cart and Lily and the Donya another. Ishiko uses Earthbending to hastily push both through the mail shoot, and crashes into the mailroom in the palace, witnessing Kit freeing Jax from his restraints.
The Donya and Lily come crashing through, and Lily flies towards Jax, breaking his chair and freeing him after a failed attempt by both Kit and Ishiko. They agree to make their way to the throneroom and don disguises from the passed-out Crystal Guard. They are intercepted by some other Crystal Guard, who came after hearing the commotion. They are suspicious of the group, but they manage to trick them into going in a different direction.
Lily and the Donya swap outfits and the group sneaks through the dancefloor to head to the antechamber. Rishi realizes that Tomomi and Satomi still need to be let in since Kit was knocked out before they arrived, and leaves to do so. The group enters the antechamber but stumbles into the Crystal Guard again, who now forces them into combat due to suspicion.
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