Ideal Circumstances
"Ah," Huata said when Shanku had finished. "So, Huata saved your butt and managed to get a peace treat with the nasty ol' yeti?"
"Yup."
"This'll be quite a feather in her cap! We must begin preparation for her new tattoo!"
"Oh?"
"Her parents, me since I'm her best friend, obviously we need the priestess to bless it, Dakota since he won't want to miss this and he'll need to get his diamond too, probably his parents, and you of course," Huata said as she counted everybody up on her fingers.
"Me?"
"Yes," Huata nodded. "You helped her ascend, after all. She'll want you there for the rest of her whiskers."
"Whiskers...?"
"The two stripes on either cheek like mine and Dakota," Kanguq explained. "They represent full ascension."
"Well, let's get started," Shanku grinned.
As Huata was busy discussing her experience with the yeti, Kanguq and Shanku went about the village finding the various people that Kanguq and listed. Kanguq found Huata's parents who, of course, were positively thrilled to hear the news their daughter had reached the final ascension, and went at once to find the priestess. Shanku found Dakota and he quickly went to find his own kin to bring to the ceremony. All were gathered together and waiting in front of Huata's hut when she finally returned from her business with the Elders.
"What's all this?" She asked curiously, one ear laid back and the other half back.
Notes & Commentary
October 2, 2014, Thursday
Ideal Circumstances
Kanguq is stretching it a bit there, but, yeah, we'll go with "treaty". There was a fleeting thought of "Elders knew all along and encouraged raids anyway", but I am so sick of that plot popping up in both stories and real history, with the exception of sugary-sweet kid shows where everything is way too perfect. So this time, things are going to go smoothly without the after school special. Sometimes mistakes truly do happen and things can still end well. Another possibility is that I have been watching entirely too much Star Trek over the past few years. It rubs off on ya. 
Saturday is the annual harvest festival! I haven't been to it since 2010 and I'm really looking forward to going. One of these years I'm hoping to join the other arts and crafters and set up a table. Making stuff will be easy, deciding on what I should make is the hard part!
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Innugati - Huata - Kanguq - Dakota - Chena -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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