K'luha sat in a rather quiet corner of the Quicksand. It was getting later and K'ile still hadn't returned. She was beginning to think he was never going to come back. Again. If she saw him again though, she was going to steal that stupid bracelet off his arm so she could go home at least.
Luha yawned loudly and looked down at her table. She'd tried out four different drinks, each one making her relatively more tired. Her hip ached too much to stumble back to her room yet however, so she leaned forward on the table and yawned again.
K'hai upon entering the quicksand took a deep sniff then found the trail he was after. Odd, why was his sister here? Following it, he rounded the room, till he realized, it was near the center of the room... one of the tables. He followed the scent till finally, he stood before K'luha's table.
"Well don't you look like a sorry huntress just sitting there with city poison in your hands." he chided.
K'luha blinked. A voice sounded familiar... she lifted her heavy head and looked with hazy eyes up at whatever was talking to her. Strange, it looked familiar.
"Eh? How are... who are you to judge meee... mister... sir." K'luha huffed half-slurring her words before putting her head back on the table.
K'hai sighed then went over to the tavern keeper and got a big bowl filled with water and returned to K'luha, took her by the air gently and lifted her head, moved the bowl into place then dunked her face into the cool water to try and sober her up.
Lifting her head back up, he declared, "Wake up or you get another dunking.", he was clearly aggitated that his sister was in such a state.
K'luha was happy enough to remain face down on the table sulking, but whoever it was had to go and dunk her face. She screeched and as her head was dunked into freezing cold water, tail bottle brushing and ears standing up.
She snapped her head angrily towards her assualter, and reached up to dig her long sharp nails into his hands in an effort to release herself.
"Get OFF! Who the FUCK do you think you are!?" she snarled furiously.
K'hai released her before her claws can get to him, "Look at you. Don't even recognize your own brother. Have I changed that much?"
He took a step back to let her breath and get her bearings. He crossed his arms over his chest, giving her his practically signature scowl. Though his muscle mass was gone, he had still toned up on his trip to Ul'dah.
"What? Brother?" K'luha scowled and rubbed the water from her eyes. She paused, looking the male over. Miq'ote male... somehow familiar and yet not... K'luha wrung out her hair slowly, still looking him over. It couldn't be... could it?
K'hai deadpans, did he really change that much that his own sister don't even recognize him?
"I know I've lost some of my muscles. Being asleep for almost four years would do that... But I assure you, new of my death have been greatly exaggerated..." he said.
'Really?' he thought, 'I changed so much she can't even remember me?'
Four years...? Then...? K'luha's ears raised a bit and she looked K'hai over incredously.
"Hai...?" she asked slowly, face dropping into a pale shocked expression.
K'hai smiled, "Ah finally sobering up I see. Why you drinking that city poison sister? And why aren't you with my niece?"
He walked back to the table and sat in the chair, setting his Macuahuitl against the table.
"K'hai...? Is it... it's really you?" K'luha asked breathlessly, grabbing the edge of the table for support.
K'hai nodded, "Aye. I'm not entirely sure what happened myself. I just know I woke up in another land."
He sighed, "But I thought of nothing but home. I was too weak to return until now. And even now, I feel ill."
"I-i... d-don't..." K'luha stammered, reaching forward to touch his hand. "I-is it r-really you? T-they said you d-died... I thought.. i-it had b-been so long I-i thought y-you were dead..."
K'hai placed his other hand over hers, "It's me. Seems Azeyma did not wish to take me that day five years ago."
"W-why... I don't..." Luha grasped shakily at his hand with both of her own hands and pressed her forehead down. "K'hai... h-how...? I thought... I-i had given up s-so long ago..."
K'hai looked down at the table for a moment, before looking back to her, "All I remember were garleans everywhere, fire, fighting... then the red moon over us exploded and I felt crystals and stones assault me..."
He took a deep breath, "Then I felt something else wash over me. I can't explain it. But then I woke up to a girl telling me I had something called Aether Sickness."
K'luha shook her head no against his hands and shivered, clinging to her lost brother like he might vanish again.
K'hai looked deep into her eyes, "What has happened? I can tell something is wrong."
"N-no I... only... I just... I never thought... you would come h-home..." K'luha stammered, still shivering in her seat.
K'hai frowned to himself. She was still hiding something. But what? But he gave her a reassuring smile, "How has the tribe faired? Little K'ailia should of had her trials by now right?"
"K-k'ailia's... s-she left the tribe..." Luha stammered out, she couldn't look up at her brother. She could barely comprehend his reappearance.
K'hai frowned at this news. His favored niece... left the tribe? Then...
"She's heading for the tribe camp apparently." he said point blank.
K'luha looked up suddenly at K'hai. "What?"
He nodded, "Before I followed your scent, I recognized hers. She had apparently boarded one of them flying monstrosities and was being taken to Sagolii."
"A... flying monstrosties?" she stammered again, grabbing roughly at his hands again.
K'hai nodded, "If she's left the tribe, I do not know what business she would have going to the tribe camp. Returning would be very dangerous for her."
K'luha looked to the ground, biting at her bottom lip. Why would K'ailia go back to the tribe? Was... was it because K'ile had invited her!? But she couldn't go back! K'ile wasn't even...
"K'hai..." K'luha looked up to her brother. "Please go find K'ile. I don't know where he went off to but... you have to make him go back to the tribe right away!"
K'ailia Yohko: K'hai frowned, "What does K'ile have to do with this?" All while grabbing his Macuahuitl, "before I do though, what is his involvement?"
Even K'luha would know of his deep distrust of K'ile even when they were kits. And if that tia had something to do with K'ailia doing something so foolish, he would know before going after him.
"He invited K'ailia to go back to the tribe, I don't know if she took the invitaiton, but that's the only reason I can think of for her to go back!" K'luha shook her head sadly and bit her bottom lip. "You have to find him. Make him come back here or go back to the tribe. I can't go back until the he comes back with me but... you have to... I can't look for him myself... my hip is still broken so, you have to look for him for me!"
K'hai growled deeply, a rumbling sound upon hearing both that K'ile invited an exile back to the tribe, and that his sister's hip was broken. Without another word, the tia lept over the table and over a railing before shoving open the exit and was bounding through the streets trying to catch K'ile's scent.
He knew his niece was naive. And for a tribe member to invite her back to the tribe, knowing their laws, and what could happen to her, he would ensure that K'ile went back to the tribe even if he had to drag him there himself. He may not be as bulky as he used to be, but his speed was still just as good, as he quickly caught the scent and charged through the streets.
K'luha sat shakily at the table as K'hai suddenly dashed off to hopefully find K'ile. She could only hope that he found K'ile before it wa too late... there was no telling what the elders would do if K'ailia whent back to the tribe alone...
Unable to go very far, K'luah pressed her hands to her face and shivered in her seat.
Luha yawned loudly and looked down at her table. She'd tried out four different drinks, each one making her relatively more tired. Her hip ached too much to stumble back to her room yet however, so she leaned forward on the table and yawned again.
K'hai upon entering the quicksand took a deep sniff then found the trail he was after. Odd, why was his sister here? Following it, he rounded the room, till he realized, it was near the center of the room... one of the tables. He followed the scent till finally, he stood before K'luha's table.
"Well don't you look like a sorry huntress just sitting there with city poison in your hands." he chided.
K'luha blinked. A voice sounded familiar... she lifted her heavy head and looked with hazy eyes up at whatever was talking to her. Strange, it looked familiar.
"Eh? How are... who are you to judge meee... mister... sir." K'luha huffed half-slurring her words before putting her head back on the table.
K'hai sighed then went over to the tavern keeper and got a big bowl filled with water and returned to K'luha, took her by the air gently and lifted her head, moved the bowl into place then dunked her face into the cool water to try and sober her up.
Lifting her head back up, he declared, "Wake up or you get another dunking.", he was clearly aggitated that his sister was in such a state.
K'luha was happy enough to remain face down on the table sulking, but whoever it was had to go and dunk her face. She screeched and as her head was dunked into freezing cold water, tail bottle brushing and ears standing up.
She snapped her head angrily towards her assualter, and reached up to dig her long sharp nails into his hands in an effort to release herself.
"Get OFF! Who the FUCK do you think you are!?" she snarled furiously.
K'hai released her before her claws can get to him, "Look at you. Don't even recognize your own brother. Have I changed that much?"
He took a step back to let her breath and get her bearings. He crossed his arms over his chest, giving her his practically signature scowl. Though his muscle mass was gone, he had still toned up on his trip to Ul'dah.
"What? Brother?" K'luha scowled and rubbed the water from her eyes. She paused, looking the male over. Miq'ote male... somehow familiar and yet not... K'luha wrung out her hair slowly, still looking him over. It couldn't be... could it?
K'hai deadpans, did he really change that much that his own sister don't even recognize him?
"I know I've lost some of my muscles. Being asleep for almost four years would do that... But I assure you, new of my death have been greatly exaggerated..." he said.
'Really?' he thought, 'I changed so much she can't even remember me?'
Four years...? Then...? K'luha's ears raised a bit and she looked K'hai over incredously.
"Hai...?" she asked slowly, face dropping into a pale shocked expression.
K'hai smiled, "Ah finally sobering up I see. Why you drinking that city poison sister? And why aren't you with my niece?"
He walked back to the table and sat in the chair, setting his Macuahuitl against the table.
"K'hai...? Is it... it's really you?" K'luha asked breathlessly, grabbing the edge of the table for support.
K'hai nodded, "Aye. I'm not entirely sure what happened myself. I just know I woke up in another land."
He sighed, "But I thought of nothing but home. I was too weak to return until now. And even now, I feel ill."
"I-i... d-don't..." K'luha stammered, reaching forward to touch his hand. "I-is it r-really you? T-they said you d-died... I thought.. i-it had b-been so long I-i thought y-you were dead..."
K'hai placed his other hand over hers, "It's me. Seems Azeyma did not wish to take me that day five years ago."
"W-why... I don't..." Luha grasped shakily at his hand with both of her own hands and pressed her forehead down. "K'hai... h-how...? I thought... I-i had given up s-so long ago..."
K'hai looked down at the table for a moment, before looking back to her, "All I remember were garleans everywhere, fire, fighting... then the red moon over us exploded and I felt crystals and stones assault me..."
He took a deep breath, "Then I felt something else wash over me. I can't explain it. But then I woke up to a girl telling me I had something called Aether Sickness."
K'luha shook her head no against his hands and shivered, clinging to her lost brother like he might vanish again.
K'hai looked deep into her eyes, "What has happened? I can tell something is wrong."
"N-no I... only... I just... I never thought... you would come h-home..." K'luha stammered, still shivering in her seat.
K'hai frowned to himself. She was still hiding something. But what? But he gave her a reassuring smile, "How has the tribe faired? Little K'ailia should of had her trials by now right?"
"K-k'ailia's... s-she left the tribe..." Luha stammered out, she couldn't look up at her brother. She could barely comprehend his reappearance.
K'hai frowned at this news. His favored niece... left the tribe? Then...
"She's heading for the tribe camp apparently." he said point blank.
K'luha looked up suddenly at K'hai. "What?"
He nodded, "Before I followed your scent, I recognized hers. She had apparently boarded one of them flying monstrosities and was being taken to Sagolii."
"A... flying monstrosties?" she stammered again, grabbing roughly at his hands again.
K'hai nodded, "If she's left the tribe, I do not know what business she would have going to the tribe camp. Returning would be very dangerous for her."
K'luha looked to the ground, biting at her bottom lip. Why would K'ailia go back to the tribe? Was... was it because K'ile had invited her!? But she couldn't go back! K'ile wasn't even...
"K'hai..." K'luha looked up to her brother. "Please go find K'ile. I don't know where he went off to but... you have to make him go back to the tribe right away!"
K'ailia Yohko: K'hai frowned, "What does K'ile have to do with this?" All while grabbing his Macuahuitl, "before I do though, what is his involvement?"
Even K'luha would know of his deep distrust of K'ile even when they were kits. And if that tia had something to do with K'ailia doing something so foolish, he would know before going after him.
"He invited K'ailia to go back to the tribe, I don't know if she took the invitaiton, but that's the only reason I can think of for her to go back!" K'luha shook her head sadly and bit her bottom lip. "You have to find him. Make him come back here or go back to the tribe. I can't go back until the he comes back with me but... you have to... I can't look for him myself... my hip is still broken so, you have to look for him for me!"
K'hai growled deeply, a rumbling sound upon hearing both that K'ile invited an exile back to the tribe, and that his sister's hip was broken. Without another word, the tia lept over the table and over a railing before shoving open the exit and was bounding through the streets trying to catch K'ile's scent.
He knew his niece was naive. And for a tribe member to invite her back to the tribe, knowing their laws, and what could happen to her, he would ensure that K'ile went back to the tribe even if he had to drag him there himself. He may not be as bulky as he used to be, but his speed was still just as good, as he quickly caught the scent and charged through the streets.
K'luha sat shakily at the table as K'hai suddenly dashed off to hopefully find K'ile. She could only hope that he found K'ile before it wa too late... there was no telling what the elders would do if K'ailia whent back to the tribe alone...
Unable to go very far, K'luah pressed her hands to her face and shivered in her seat.
