Ulloriaq opted to keep a wide distance between her and the rest of the rise as she continued onto the coast, trekking through open plains and skulking the edge of a frozen marsh. At the river, she broke the ice gently to quench her thirst before following its path deeper into the tangle where she paused to hunt ptarmigan scratching for seeds in the snow.
She was surprised to find the trail of Chakliux passing through - what was he doing so far from home? But it was the heavy scent of many women that piqued her curiosity and drew her out of the winter brush and onto the blustery cliffs.
The saltspray was familiar on her tongue, the rush of waves should have been a lullaby. Instead, all they evoked were images of preparing her parent's death rafts and pushing their bodies out to sea.
In a moment of quiet, she hurled curse after curse at the sea until her throat was hoarse. Sedna had taken everything; her fish, her sisters, her mother and father. All she did was take.
After a sleepless night in a shallow enclave, Ulloriaq gathered the remaining bird and approached a bluff where the scent was at its strongest, shelving her anger for now.
@Suzu
She was surprised to find the trail of Chakliux passing through - what was he doing so far from home? But it was the heavy scent of many women that piqued her curiosity and drew her out of the winter brush and onto the blustery cliffs.
The saltspray was familiar on her tongue, the rush of waves should have been a lullaby. Instead, all they evoked were images of preparing her parent's death rafts and pushing their bodies out to sea.
In a moment of quiet, she hurled curse after curse at the sea until her throat was hoarse. Sedna had taken everything; her fish, her sisters, her mother and father. All she did was take.
After a sleepless night in a shallow enclave, Ulloriaq gathered the remaining bird and approached a bluff where the scent was at its strongest, shelving her anger for now.
@Suzu
"Common" // "Inuktitut"
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