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naviagaa ∈ - Kukutux - October 07, 2024
while tensions burned, kukutux sought the seal hunter, meeting with him not far from moontide camp. he received her with his usual quiet regard.
chakliux was cautious. moonmother knew this to be one of the few apt things he nurtured.
when their greetings had been made, kukutux found his eyes. "i have come to speak of the future. it is said you have three sons. is this true?"
chakliux was cautious. moonmother knew this to be one of the few apt things he nurtured.
when their greetings had been made, kukutux found his eyes. "i have come to speak of the future. it is said you have three sons. is this true?"
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Chakliux - October 07, 2024
why she wanted him, he could not say. chakliux had been butchering his portion of boar-meat outside the temporary lodge. built swiftly, it could not boast their home-making comfort, but was warm with sturdy walls.
he invited her within, noting that the others had gone out. chakliux offered the grandmother respectful gifts of food and they shared a small chant before she spoke.
he blinked, not understanding. "yes." and then, as comprehension came, "are now the seal hunters good enough for you, snow goose woman?"
he was not forceful; he spoke with the same respect and gentle tone. but kukutux would understand much in what he had said.
he invited her within, noting that the others had gone out. chakliux offered the grandmother respectful gifts of food and they shared a small chant before she spoke.
he blinked, not understanding. "yes." and then, as comprehension came, "are now the seal hunters good enough for you, snow goose woman?"
he was not forceful; he spoke with the same respect and gentle tone. but kukutux would understand much in what he had said.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Kukutux - October 08, 2024
she did not like that, but only lifted her chin to say it.
"nasamik returned. she was not within her thoughts," moonmother at last said, waiting for that new dawn on the seal hunter's face. "but it is here she came. and raiyuk; i gave healing to him after the bison hunt. sunshine and seal, we are bonded."
she waited for this to set upon his face.
"it is time we had peace. true peace. you see the caribou are rising. how many sunshine? how many seal? bah. hear me, hunter."
"nasamik returned. she was not within her thoughts," moonmother at last said, waiting for that new dawn on the seal hunter's face. "but it is here she came. and raiyuk; i gave healing to him after the bison hunt. sunshine and seal, we are bonded."
she waited for this to set upon his face.
"it is time we had peace. true peace. you see the caribou are rising. how many sunshine? how many seal? bah. hear me, hunter."
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Chakliux - October 08, 2024
he heard her; he thought of marina and tullik; he thought of how his boys were still only this, only boys. "our ways are not your own. my sons have not yet earned their scars. how can i speak for their future?"
he shifted. kukutux even with all her influence could not force him to do what she wished. he let himself think of the days to come. marina remained sickly, tullik high-hunting on the cliffs. suppose there were no more children among the lodges of the seal hunters in the spring that followed?
a dire pronouncement. "chagak, sirmiq, and sea hunter were born to us." he paused. "you do not mean to insist upon this, elder?" she was atsak, but even an ambitious woman with her years understood what it meant to apply force.
he shifted. kukutux even with all her influence could not force him to do what she wished. he let himself think of the days to come. marina remained sickly, tullik high-hunting on the cliffs. suppose there were no more children among the lodges of the seal hunters in the spring that followed?
a dire pronouncement. "chagak, sirmiq, and sea hunter were born to us." he paused. "you do not mean to insist upon this, elder?" she was atsak, but even an ambitious woman with her years understood what it meant to apply force.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Kukutux - October 08, 2024
tags for ref/joining but no pressure! <3
"no. not insist." but with her daughter sick, two fallen, and a host of grandchildren who needed their own ways directed, kukutux saw no other path to make than those which kept her in control of all things.
"i have the want for @Nantahala and @Sirmiq to have a meeting. there is no need to share these words with them now. let them know the faces of one another. that is all."
she stood. "in spring, we will speak once more." she was determined; she had given this seal hunter much, much. for her he would do this.
"i have the want for @Nantahala and @Sirmiq to have a meeting. there is no need to share these words with them now. let them know the faces of one another. that is all."
she stood. "in spring, we will speak once more." she was determined; she had given this seal hunter much, much. for her he would do this.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Nantahala - October 08, 2024
Nantahala had drawn the wolverine’s fur over her shoulders, and began to seek out Kukutux. While she hadn’t had any luck in finding a match for Ipiktok, there were words she wished the share with her grandmother regarding the situation, and she wanted to get some guidance, too.
She came across Kukutux and Chakliux near the Moontide camp, and she didn’t stop her approach until she overheard the last of their exchange—
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I have the want for Nantahala and Sirmiq to have a meeting. There is no need to share these words with them now. Let them know the faces of one another. That is all.
Her eyes grew wide, her heart fluttered, and her stomach twisted in knots as curiosity ran rampant in her mind. While she knew this wasn’t her place to speak, she resisted to urge to ask the various questions that bombarded her; she was uncharacteristically silent as she looked to the two adults.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Sirmiq - October 08, 2024
sirmiq had not felt any desire stir within him to branch off and socialize like the other children his age might have. he remained often times at the moontide camp, content to work the furs and dry the meats delivered there.
today the camp was still, the others off busying themselves with work or pleasure. the boy sought off for a task of his own, seeking his father for a hunting partner. but when he arrived it was not just chakliux he found.
he gave a low chuff to those gathered, silently situating himself alongside his father as his eyes darted between the two sunshine wolves.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Kukutux - October 08, 2024
sedna sent young wolves! though kukutux did not address them at first, and was not sure this newcomer was the one mentioned, she situated herself beside nantahala and smiled at both the seal boy and her sunshine granddaughter, motioning the second closer to she and the sea-wolves.
"this is first warrior of moontide. he has the name of chakliux. this one, his son, has the name of sirmiq," but here she looked to his father and to the seal youth to confirm this.
"nantahala. daughter of sivullik, bonded to moonsong. daughter of moondoe, who will follow me as moonwoman." heir, inheritor of many lineages, many lands, many secrets.
it was odd, how quickly she heard her mother's voice come from her own mouth; assured, laying the way for a path she did not have to worry over in the future.
her eyes were warm. she turned them to chakliux.
"this is first warrior of moontide. he has the name of chakliux. this one, his son, has the name of sirmiq," but here she looked to his father and to the seal youth to confirm this.
"nantahala. daughter of sivullik, bonded to moonsong. daughter of moondoe, who will follow me as moonwoman." heir, inheritor of many lineages, many lands, many secrets.
it was odd, how quickly she heard her mother's voice come from her own mouth; assured, laying the way for a path she did not have to worry over in the future.
her eyes were warm. she turned them to chakliux.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Chakliux - October 09, 2024
he did not know these ways. he did not know these words. a golden girl swathed in fine fur appeared then, and sirmiq!
uneasy, knowing he could make no such choices without the permission of his wives, their agreement to such a thing, chakliux nevertheless responded to the deep power of the elder-woman.
she had given teachings to tullik and marina, for their daughters. she had put raiyuk's scars upon him and mended the young trader again.
"sirmiq is of the seal hunters. our first home is the cold sea ice." he studied his son. "soon he will be ready to take his first seal and to earn his scars." it was a weak pronouncement beside the elegant words of kukutux.
falling silent, he waited to see if the young ones would speak, wondering how exactly the moon woman meant to explain this.
uneasy, knowing he could make no such choices without the permission of his wives, their agreement to such a thing, chakliux nevertheless responded to the deep power of the elder-woman.
she had given teachings to tullik and marina, for their daughters. she had put raiyuk's scars upon him and mended the young trader again.
"sirmiq is of the seal hunters. our first home is the cold sea ice." he studied his son. "soon he will be ready to take his first seal and to earn his scars." it was a weak pronouncement beside the elegant words of kukutux.
falling silent, he waited to see if the young ones would speak, wondering how exactly the moon woman meant to explain this.
RE: naviagaa ∈ - Nantahala - October 09, 2024
Nantahala was quiet as the introductions began, and she watched Chakliux and Sirmiq with interest. Outwardly, they were different than the Sunshine people—adorned in scars and scrapes that marked them as warriors and hunters—but she did not dwell on this for long. Instead, she looked to the seal hunter’s son, and lingered there a beat too long; he was cute.
It is nice to see your faces,she said to the men as she dipped her head in greeting.
And to hear that you are earning your scars—that’s cool!she said, looking to the younger wolf now. Honestly? Earning his scars sounded badass to her.