Ouroboros Spine breathe into you

eee so excited to get this up! all are welcome to join <3

shikoba has little use for a calendar in her head nowadays, she tends to solely focus on the day that she is on; once the sun as set and night has overtaken, she moves forward towards the next sunrise. very rarely does she think of any time before or after sunrise and sunset.

but today is a day that she has been thinking about since the day she knew she was going to be a mother. she resides in the deep crevices of her ulaq, feeling the contractions of her children wanting to be set free into this world from their humble home within herself.

a panicked call for those who could do anything to help, specifically for her husband, @Inutsuk and for @Lótë and whoever else may be in earshot. With @Kukutux just giving birth to hers, shikoba decides to try her best to not bother the woman as she cares for her next generation. instead, she focuses on her breathing, as labored as it sounded, and begins to try and follow any instinct that told her to push.

@Mojag would come first, and she wasted no time trying to clean him and envelop him in her unwavering adoration for him. though he would not be joined alone, per see. two others join their eldest brother, but something is not right about them. shikoba feels worried as she looks over them and soon realizes that they are stillborn. 

she is left in tears as she nudges them with her nose, but there is no response. she brings them close to her, though tries her best to separate them from Mojag. what sin could the woman have committed to cause the death of her unborn? perhaps it is to make up for the lives that she was forced to take, perhaps it was simply her poor luck.

but she tries her best not to linger. shikoba has produced something of worth, something beautiful. a little boy who would carry on her legacy.