Red Fall, Creeping Winter

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Do lurv festivals <3

Almost sad to see those grand flames burn low, Ralla let the loose sand around the fire run through her fingers to cover those dying embers. No sooner than they had all done so did their Chief rekindle that beacon of the tribe, and Ralla was once more assured of its divine protection. It's like the moon; some days it is full and watching, and some days it turns to rest. She twisted the blue necklace in her hands for a few more turns before letting it fall into the fire. As if in slow motion, Ralla saw her ties to her old tribe severed in everything but family. I'm sorry, Father, Brother... She would continue her reverence to the moon, but now, she had the Great Spirits of AniWaya and her new people; a people who she would not abandon if only they promised the same.

Jerking her from her melancholy brooding, Chief Dawali motioned them to the feast that had been waiting behind him all ceremony long. Rather than partake of the fare, Ralla was more interested in the music that their Chief began to craft on a pipe. She did not want to be presumptuous or out of line, but she was feeling a new rush of certainty and gratitude. All around her were wolves she had met, hunted with, or seen in passing; all important members of her tribe. The tune was unknown to Ralla, but she began to hum along with it, occasionly adding her voice aloud, although there were no lyrics. Songs, dance, and divination--with or without set words or foundations--were very traditional things to be one with a pack and nature, and so it was innately within their being. Just as she had felt that instinct arise during the hunt, then she felt her heart lead her to sing with their Chief. Soon she was singing sacred words that she had learned since her time in AniWaya; words she had been taught did not belong to one song, but were multipurpose and meaningful.

To Ralla, every festival, action, and day spent with her tribe members was a precious gift from the moon.

Moon walks. "Moon talks." Moon thinks.

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