Welcome welcome to AniWaya! I'm looking forwards to having Gemma and Fire interact some more in the future[/html]
Tamai Waki: Invisible, Unaudable.
Now that her children were relatively safe Gemma could go from freaking out about them being outside to freaking out about the ceremonial fire and what she was going to have to do. That the very idea filled her with a sense of foreboding and almost sickness helped to show herself just how deeply she had immersed herself in the culture of this tribe that she was not a native of, it helped the small flicker of fire in her ches to stay alight. As she followed Ulilohi back outside after apologizing for nearly mowing down the councilwoman the wind pulled at her, tearing at her hair and Gemma was dismayed when the blue band she kept to tie it back was ripped out. Her curls now free they blustered about her face, rippling in the gale.
She was shivering, now from the cold but from what she was going to have to do. If only Ralla were here she would be able to help them and Gemma's blue eyes threatened to overflow their tears. She would have broke at that point as both Ulilohi and Tiva looked at her expectantly but a voice came to her ear that only she could listen to, "Do not fail in this. Do not fail in yourself.. and in me. Do not let that fire go out Gemma, there are lives resting in your hands now... Do NOT fail your tribe." Tamai Waki was close by but she could not see him and Ulilohi and Tiva didn't appear to have heard him either. Steeling herself and trying to still her shaking hands the Gata Hineyu began to reach forwards almost on autopilot when a new voice cut through the wind.
She looked up and there was a third woman stood there, mostly dark colored on her spine side and light on her breast side. And red, red like burnished copper. It took a moment for Gemma to realise it was her that this stranger was talking to and snapping back to herself she pulled herself up straight and looked at the strange metal contraptions that were held out to her. Despite their strangeness she could see how the things were held together and they would certainly be a lot more useful that an old torch. The information given about flame and embers burning was something she already knew but she kept her council on it.
Before even Ulilohi or Tiva could react Gemma had gripped hold of the 'clamps' held out to her and was smiling weakly at the unknown red woman. "Thank you! These will be much better." Her heart began to beat unnaturally fast again as she turned to Tiva and finally the two woman's eyes did connect and both saw the other's growing horror and grim determination.
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