the sky above us shoots to kill

Sunki Utina · 07-31-2011, 02:16 PM

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Sunki had been sorting and resorting her small handful of herbs for the past hour and a half, even though she had already sorted them by size, shape, medicinal property, and quantity at least twice each. Now she was deciding what to take and powder, but it was proving to be hard as her mind was not in that sort of frame. After that meeting, the woman was very quiet, and very confused. She did not understand why the chief of the tribe she had lived in for so long would suddenly just send a youngest son to come fix things. Things did not seem broken when she arrived and it felt like someone was playing god when they aught be working on their own problems. AniWaya had been happy before, it felt. But now, there was anger, and shame, and fear in the air. Something felt unsafe. And she knew it was those nasty guardians. Scum of the tribe, the woman felt. They were no better than thugs with brains of a cantaloupe.

Her own family here was bristling. Nayati most of all. He was clearly angry, especially after they had brought him down from his hard earned rank to something no more than a boy fresh out of his puppy name. The man was tense and he was clearly avoiding the newcomers. But Sunki had to admit she had been too. As much as she wanted to find the good in them, her slowly growing hatred for them was getting in the way. They were thugs and they were not fit to be leaders. Even Maska was clearly too weak to be a powerful man. His power was in the guardians. And they were just the worst, yet he had to rely on them. But Maska was clearly weak; he did not have the warrior's voice, nor the hunter's skills, and he lacked the silent strength of a wise man. He was too young, too much of a frail thing to be here. But he was here and the woman hated him for what he was doing with no right. Chief Aatu could not have done this. He just could not have.

She had been grinding a powder as she thought of this, and suddenly, Sunki tossed it down and rose in disgust. Her mind was clearly in an ill place and this was not helping. Thankfully, the young ones did not get into her tent and would not put any of the powder in their mouth. Not that it would harm them, it would only make their bowels run and they would not be making a happy few hours for their parents and aunt. Sunki strode from the tent, glancing to see if any of the so called guardians were about. She saw none of their lot, so she slipped into the forest with a small satchel in hand. Maybe gathering would ease her. Or maybe she would find a moment of quiet to spend with Una.

But what Sunki heard was the twang twang twang of a bow being loosed, and the whistle of arrows striking wood. Out of nowhere, Una slowly appeared, coming to Sunki's side with a calm look. But the doe was clearly frazzled, especially after the meeting. She had been calm then, but the woman could see her spirit guide holding back her anger and fear. Now, the doe was jittery, more like a true deer than ever. It looked like she would bolt at the first sign of trouble. Lightly touching the doe's head with a soft stroke, the woman found her brother with his bow in hand and anger in his eyes. "Nayati, what are you doing out here?" she asked softly, even though she knew well why he was out here, shooting arrows at a tree.

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