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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:50 pm
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There was so much to do. The festival was just around the corner, and she needed to be prepared. She needed to prepare her clan. As the alu'nadi, that was her task. But her heart was far too clouded to focus, and she needed a break. Some alone time.
She had pleaded her case to her father fora break, and for once in her life, he did not argue it. Perhaps his heart was suffering as well, and understood that she needed this time away. It would only be a day or two; still time to neglect her duties, but she needed to recharge. Refocus. Reflect.
This was one of those times she would have run off to the river with her sister Yinehi, to gossip and plan and share and dream. But Yinehi was gone....and now her eldest brother Makal was gone too.
What was it that pulled him away? He had left with a lioness, her heart clearly too heavy to pursue more answers until later. A later that would never come; Dohi was no fool. No one who ever left the Ela'wadiyi, as few as they were, ever returned. Maybe with her grandmother she could ask a favor, some means of contact with him.
As she left the Bird Clan for her short-term sabbatical, she let herself run for a bit. The wind was so soft here, the birds in the sky seemed so happy. The herds were healthy, moving away from her as she ran. Her pace slowed as she reached the river; it was quiet, though she could tell she wasn't completely alone. It was still away from her family, still everything that reminded her of Makal and Yinehi.
She would never understand the pull to leave. Perfection was found within the Ela'wadiyi; why would one ever want to leave?
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:35 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:41 pm
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He was surprised to realize he had found the Bird Clan alu'nadi while out, about and mostly lost on his own for now. It was especially awkward when she got quiet and looked away, because he realized immediately that he was intruding. He hadn't meant to, of course. If anything, Gadane thought he might find a stray Kidudushi wandering out this way and his strange trajectory away from the clan and the herd would have somehow made more sense, not less. Instead, he had apparently crossed the gap between the Earth and Bird Clans.
"I was tracking a herd and got a little distracted," he explained, putting on a sheepish smile and backing up a bit as if offering more space would make it easier to forgive his intrusion, "I thought maybe I hadn't gone as far as it seemed, but I must have if I've found you."
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:57 pm
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Gadane almost laughed at her response, but he managed to hold it down. It just seemed so silly to imagine an alu'nadi running away from her clan, not in the Bird Clan and especially not when it was one as stable and responsible as Dohi. His thoughts about how ridiculous it all sounded came to a screeching halt when Dohi said her heart was not in it and he realized that something was genuinely wrong.
Yinehi's departure was reasonably well known, not least because rumours were that the ever-troublesome Wolf Clan had been involved in that. Another Kanati leaving was a big surprise, even for a lion born to first generation Ela'wadiyi.
"I'm sorry," he offered, "I'm a great listener, if you want an ear, or I can leave you alone.."
He wasn't exactly a stranger to Dohi but he didn't know much of the rest of the Bird Clan so that had to count for something. It seemed more appealing to complain to someone who didn't know everybody, didn't have their own opinions about the situation.. but then it might not, too. Gadane just.. didn't want to leave her alone looking so sad unless she wanted it enough to ask.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:03 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:52 am
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((Gaia doesn't want to make RP easy.. >[ ))
Her hesitation was obvious but he had to trust that if she wanted to turn him away that she would, the only confounding factor was of course that she was an alu'nadi and perhaps she would not want to be rude. But Gadane wasn't exactly a somebody from his clan, he was just.. Gadane. When she started trying to explain, he moved closer to the riverbank and sat himself down, careful not to encroach on her personal space.
"It's very rare. The clans usually grow, not shrink," he commented, thinking about how even the slow trickle of new members kept things growing.. and how rare it was for lions to marry outside their clans. His brother was still the only one in his immediate family who left, and that was just.. for the Shadow Clan.
It wasn't anything she wouldn't know, but he felt it validated the idea that it was hard to imagine and hard to understand.
“Part of me wonders if it will always be so rare,” she mused. Her shoulder slouched a bit as she felt herself ease into a more relaxing state of mine. “It is easy to be enraptured with the stories some ex-rogues offer about their past lives. I’ve hear of one or two wandering off wanting to experience their own adventures. But it also sounds so dangerous, and we are safe here.”
Another long moment for her to think, and another thought crossed her mind. Were they really so safe here, or just bottled up on the plains, ignorant to the outside world? But that was a foolish though quickly cast aside; it was hard to plead ignorance when at times more rogues joined than babes were born. Not all of them had detailed news of the outside world, but she knew that her father kept tabs as best he could. He would keep them as safe as he could.
“....”
But that thought wouldn’t quite leave her mind. “You feel safe here, don’t you? Beyond the trials we cannot avoid, like crocodiles and rampaging elephants,” she mused with a chuckle. Crocodiles were not a laughing manner, but it was rare to get large beasts within their quiet lands, and they were so easy to see from far off, with how flat the lands were.
The mention of crocodiles put his attention on the river as he pondered her question and her concerns. While he'd never been particularly enthralled by his parents' stories of the outside world, or the stories of anybody else, he could see the appeal in some manner.. but it wasn't like life in the Ela'wadiyi stagnated for long as they migrated around the lands. Gadane was sure he'd be old before he'd be familiar with these lands to the point of boredom.
"I wandered so far off while checking on herd movements, I found a member of another clan," he said, grinning sheepishly and looking back at the alu'nadi, "I do feel safe. And I don't feel my life is lacking in adventure exactly.. I mean, I follow a routine so it's not especially exciting but it could be more.."
Maybe he wasn't going to be very helpful. He was satisfied in his home, it didn't explain much about those who left.. but maybe it would make her more comfortable in her own feelings about staying close when she had such flighty siblings.
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:38 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:38 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:41 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:03 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:11 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:06 am
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