A Suggestion
"You are not normal for the way your kind currently are," Kleu shook his head.
"But I'm not the only one. Four cubs have been exiled in the past fifty years, three of which for wanderlust. Isn't that a throwback trait from what we once were?" Shanku asked.
Kleu peered narrowly at her. "What are you getting at?"
"Well, it's no fun getting completely cut off from family, I know that from personal experience. So I was wondering that, instead of exiling those of us with an adventurous streak, instead they call you to take them out?" Shanku suggested. "You'd have some company that would enjoy taking off on a wild time, and you wouldn't be stuck with several thousand grumpy house guests. Perhaps they could come back home to see their family when they wanted too."
"That's certainly an interesting idea," Kleu replied. "It has bothered me that the little ones most like me are abandoned so readily. It may work. I should mention it tomorrow when I meet with the elders. So, what about you? Would you be the first?"
"Oh, golly, don't tempt me!" Shanku said quickly. "I just recently finished my ten year exile for wanderlust. I want to spend some time with my family. But, I have to admit, I'm really wanting to get back out on the road."
"Well, cub, when you're ready, you call for me," Kleu said warmly. "Return to your family."
Shanku bid the goblin hound goodnight and Hilael lead her back to their nest without their parents ever knowing they had been gone.
Notes & Commentary
November 23, 2017, Thursday
A Suggestion
Admittedly, the origins of the kurach weren't thought of until this past year or so. As I was reading up on my monsters, the behaviour of a few of them really stuck out and I couldn't help but entertwine the two.
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all had a lovely day of good food and pleasant company.
Sooo... I'm doing a relationship meme between Shanku and Katari that ended up taking place in an alternate timeline where (most of) the JAD cast lives post industrial revolution, because I haven't really put any kind of thought at all to how these two interact beyond a bit of competition, and Shanku just looks damn good in a hoodie. And it's kinda turnin' into a weird mashup of JAD's original run and this version. Or maybe I've come full circul since originally JAD had a modern setting. I don't even know by this point. 
I have been dabbling in Numerology and Tarot for a couple of years, and for fun, I decided to figure up what Shanku's birth card was based on the kurach calendar. She got #16 The Tower. Which means her pair is #16 The Tower and #7 The Chariot, which is the "shake things up" pair. I was highly amused. (The human calender was #19 The Sun, which is also appropriate given her cheerfulness and individuality, but not as funny as the card of wanton destruction and chaos.)
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Hilael - Kleu -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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