Ocean's Breath Plateau oil lamps

this is a general meeting thread for everyone; feel free to split off into other threads! <3 @Tullik @Marina @Matteo @Raiyuk, no posting order

in good spirits, the seal hunter walked with dutch to the large lodge which overlooked the sea. thanks to the renovations of raiyuk and matteo, the shelter was larger and with more spacious communal areas.
the path to the lodge was lined with stones and would come alive with colorful flowers when the sun returned. chakliux stooped to retrieve ugyuun root and fresh fish from the outside cache, carrying them into the warm interior of the lodge with a loud greeting for sons and wives alike.
darker here, but still punctuated with sunlight from roof-shafts and small windows cut into the sides, chakliux spoke; "this is my hunting-brother, @Dutch," he said as faces turned their way. "he will stay for a night. perhaps in the future he will return and stay with us for good."
setting down the fish and the roots in one of the wide, bare circles of earth, he jerked his chin toward the left. "that is where tullik, marina, and i sleep." to the right, "where matteo and raiyuk sleep."
pelts would be gathered for a warm bed tucked against the far side of the room; for now chakliux began to separate the meat, eyeing each woman wrapped in her fragrances and wondering amusedly if their state would affect dutch.