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.. 42nd of Spring, 515av
.. 42nd of Spring, 515av
It was snowing. Granted most of it had fallen overnight and now it had settled to a few light flakes floating in the air but still. It was Spring, the Sanikas Gates and Roads were open once more, Thunder Bay was active again, and it was petching snowing.
Khara stood just outside the gate, eyes trained upwards with a hint of a glare - or maybe just a squint - as she watched one of the offending frozen crystals twirl and spin on the light breeze. Late snows weren't anything new, there had even been a time Khara could remember from when she was a Yasi that there had been jokes that Spring had been cancelled and Summer was questionable, that Morwen was simply having too much fun and didn't want to fully retreat back to her frozen city. But the past Winter had been relatively mild as far as Wind Reach was concerned so as far as Khara's opinion went, this snow was entirely unacceptable. Not that she'd ever say such a thing. Not out loud, at least. Can gods read thoughts? Khara questioned and quickly tried to focus her mind on something other than the weather.
Like the bear that was rumored to be in the area, for instance. Thankfully she was not being sent to find the thing, but no doubt that would happen soon enough if reports kept filing in of sightings. Bear so close to Wind Reach were never a good thing, they could be aggressive at the worst possible times. Still, it was something to be aware of. Even more so given that she was apparently going to be joined by someone new. Khara hadn't been given much information about who was accompanying her aside from the fact it was an outsider that had just come to Wind Reach; she knew better than to question why he was joining her, or why her of all people. She had considered arguing that Orthin or one of the other more seasoned scouts would make for a better teacher, but when the word Valintar came into play, all objections had gone right out. At least a hunter wasn't coming along as well.
Show him what you know, help familiarize him with the area, and try not to get yourselves killed. That was the rough outline of what Khara was supposed to be doing. An unspoken urging to find some sort of animal that hunters could take care of the day after was always there, though. She wasn't given any details as to what the new Chiet knew about tracking or what his skill set even looked like, there had been some sort of quick comment regarding the fact he usually was to be training Yasi, but Khara couldn't recall exactly what it was he taught. It was one thing to have someone tag along who didn't share your skills if no one was expecting any results that needed to be acted upon immediately but on a regular day? Khara didn't know whether to be annoyed or terribly anxious about the whole thing; maybe both were appropriate, even if she was already settling for the latter while pretending it was the former.
The snowflake that Khara had been following made it's landing against the sleeve of her katinu and the scout watched as it melted against the warm fabric. All these unknowns and now there was snow in the mix; well, at least her partner for the day would get the full Mount Skyinarta experience, at least. A thought tugged at her and she looked upward again, eyes only managing to see as far up as a bit of the cliff above where the gates stood but she knew she meant more to look past that, to the center of the volcano they called home. Maybe not the full full experience though, okay? She silently willed of Skyinarta itself before she resumed idly watching the last bit of the snowstorm while waiting on the other Chiet.
Khara stood just outside the gate, eyes trained upwards with a hint of a glare - or maybe just a squint - as she watched one of the offending frozen crystals twirl and spin on the light breeze. Late snows weren't anything new, there had even been a time Khara could remember from when she was a Yasi that there had been jokes that Spring had been cancelled and Summer was questionable, that Morwen was simply having too much fun and didn't want to fully retreat back to her frozen city. But the past Winter had been relatively mild as far as Wind Reach was concerned so as far as Khara's opinion went, this snow was entirely unacceptable. Not that she'd ever say such a thing. Not out loud, at least. Can gods read thoughts? Khara questioned and quickly tried to focus her mind on something other than the weather.
Like the bear that was rumored to be in the area, for instance. Thankfully she was not being sent to find the thing, but no doubt that would happen soon enough if reports kept filing in of sightings. Bear so close to Wind Reach were never a good thing, they could be aggressive at the worst possible times. Still, it was something to be aware of. Even more so given that she was apparently going to be joined by someone new. Khara hadn't been given much information about who was accompanying her aside from the fact it was an outsider that had just come to Wind Reach; she knew better than to question why he was joining her, or why her of all people. She had considered arguing that Orthin or one of the other more seasoned scouts would make for a better teacher, but when the word Valintar came into play, all objections had gone right out. At least a hunter wasn't coming along as well.
Show him what you know, help familiarize him with the area, and try not to get yourselves killed. That was the rough outline of what Khara was supposed to be doing. An unspoken urging to find some sort of animal that hunters could take care of the day after was always there, though. She wasn't given any details as to what the new Chiet knew about tracking or what his skill set even looked like, there had been some sort of quick comment regarding the fact he usually was to be training Yasi, but Khara couldn't recall exactly what it was he taught. It was one thing to have someone tag along who didn't share your skills if no one was expecting any results that needed to be acted upon immediately but on a regular day? Khara didn't know whether to be annoyed or terribly anxious about the whole thing; maybe both were appropriate, even if she was already settling for the latter while pretending it was the former.
The snowflake that Khara had been following made it's landing against the sleeve of her katinu and the scout watched as it melted against the warm fabric. All these unknowns and now there was snow in the mix; well, at least her partner for the day would get the full Mount Skyinarta experience, at least. A thought tugged at her and she looked upward again, eyes only managing to see as far up as a bit of the cliff above where the gates stood but she knew she meant more to look past that, to the center of the volcano they called home. Maybe not the full full experience though, okay? She silently willed of Skyinarta itself before she resumed idly watching the last bit of the snowstorm while waiting on the other Chiet.
"Nari" | "Common" | "Pavi"