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 Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:23 am
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The bird clan was on the move to the Stargrove, where the start of the festival would take place in a couple week's time. The festival was always a happy time, where new and old connections were made, and the strength of the Ela'wadiyi was celebrated. In the past, Dohi was swept up in the magic of the festival, and always looked forward to the entire month that the pride celebrated life. This year would be different for her. The storm currently taking place in the alu'nadi's heart was a tumultuous one. She was the clan mother, the matriarch of her clan and meant to be the guiding figure to keep her clan together, supportive, and strong.
But really, the only thing she wanted to do was strangle Ukahada Waya the moment she laid eyes on him. And that would be a terrible example of an alu'nadi, let alone daughter of the wanidatsi.
Just hearing any mention of the wolf clan was like a stab in her gut. She knew that she shouldn't completely place the blame on their nvwati, but she couldn't release the bitterness of her sister abandoning her from her heart. There was no Yinehi to demand answers from, there was no Yinehi to cry to. In truth, Dohi didn't even know if her sister was even alive. She could count the amount of native Ela'wadiyi that left the pride on one paw; was it even possible to survive outside of the clan structure?
Caught up in her thoughts, it took about two hours of walking near them that she realized the bird clan was starting to cross paths with the earth clan. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized this. The bird clan had always had a good connection to the earth clan, as her grandfather had a hand in helping to train and support their nvwati after it nearly died out. That closeness had ebbed a bit over time, but Dohi was grateful that it was still there.
Perhaps, instead of letting herself drown in her thoughts, she would see how the earth clan was fairing. |
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:49 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:00 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:08 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:19 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:31 am
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Dohi's eyes lit up at hearing his surname. "Oh! You're from one of the newer families!" Of course, as soon as that left her mouth she felt a little stupid. "S-sorry. I know that you have the Kidudushi family, but its a little exciting to meet someone from one of the newer, smaller families."
She paused for a moment, shuffling her left forepaw on the ground before continuing. "Just saying that I am a Kanati explains half of my life story before you can even read my tattoos. Assumptions are made, and an expectation is placed on me before I can even begin to carry a conversation sometimes. It isn't really wrong, but something to struggle with at times."
Plus, she felt like everyone knew about Yinehi. Though they didn't look all that similar coat-wise, she was still a Kanati, and a year had been enough time for everyone in the pride to know she had left. Rumors would fly about why, but Dohi had a damn good suspicion as to why she abandoned them all.
"Ah, but regardless, the festival is such a nice change of pace." Great. That was a terrible way to cover up your own insecurities, idiot. Dohi wasn't a bad alu'nadi, but she had a ways to go before becoming a true clan mother.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:43 am
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Gadane wasn't surprised or offended when she reacted so strongly to his surname. He was used to being one of the smaller families, though he hadn't thought to appreciate it too much .. but when she explained how being a Kanati affected her, it gave him something to think about. And it made him feel a little guilty for the automatic assumptions he hadn't even realized he made about her when she had introduced herself.
It was probably part of why he'd been caught off guard by her remarking on more careless clans, since it had come from a Kanati.. but he hadn't been consciously thinking about that. And before he had a chance to comment, she had moved the conversation back to the festival.
"It is," he agreed, then bravely pushed back on the surname topic, "It's funny, being one of the smaller families. Did you know, only one of my brothers is married and he married a Ligaiisei girl from the Shadow Clan.. whose father was a Kidudushi."
It was a silly little story, but a funny coincidence. Some families were just so big, this probably happened more than Gadane realized. But then.. so few surnames seemed to move out of their clans, maybe it wasn't that common.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:50 am
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Dohi was happy that he had seemed to mostly move past her little outburst, but then he picked it right back up. She still feel shameful for even bringing it up, but at least it was a story about him. This made it easier for her to stop feeling so awful about herself, and think about the complexities of the clans linking to one another.
"Oh my! And in Shadow, too. That must be something. To be with a smaller family, and then marry into a family that is that large...I bet that's something! Do you hear from him often?" The birds didn't usually carry personal messages from family to family, but sometimes during the regular migration months, clans could pass by one another and exchange information.
"Now that I think about it, none of my siblings ever married," she said, ignoring her heart reminding her of Yinehi. "And few of my aunts and uncles did. And yet, because of my father and grandfather, everyone knows the Kanatis."
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:02 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:07 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:17 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:39 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:46 am
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