(K'luha Haaz) K'luha pauses in her walk, leaning somehwat heavily against the wall as she listens. She turns her head back to look to K'airos and sighs. "We're still alive, but dying. Many of us died. Many vanished."
(K'hai Tia) *follows down the stairs* Sister, I don't pretend to know what all you've gone through. But the fact is, K'ile doesn't care about your child. And your child is part of our tribe. Perhaps it is fate that I returned here and now. But I am here. Use me as you will.
(K'luha Haaz) "K'ile is also part of our tribe! You and K'ailia seem to forget that, and I am sick of explaining it to you!"
(K'airos Thalen) "Can...can we leave this for another time? We don't know in what mess K'ile might have stepped into. We can argue all you want once we are sure he's safe!"
(K'hai Tia) *crosses his arms* I care about the tribe. But I wont abandon a single person, or say I don't care about them. Only those who say they do not care about members of our family are the fools.
(K'hai Tia) *looks to K'airos* Fine. We discuss it later. *looks back to K'luha* Offer stands. Use me as you will.
(K'luha Haaz) "Then look at my damn daughter. She LEFT the tribe on her OWN accord." Luha turns painfully away from K'hai and looks instead to Airos. "Please, Airos. Lead the way. I haven't the faintest idea where he's gone to."
(K'airos Thalen) "Alright!" she says, her hand forming into a fist. She remains like that for a few seconds before dropping the arm and her ears. "...but it's K'hai who knows where he went."
(K'luha Haaz) "Then you lead K'hai. I will follow."
(K'hai Tia) Very well. Come I will show you. He is family, even if he disrespects your own daughter, I will help you find him.
(K'hai Tia) *as he walks he notes all the outsiders*
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos doesn't. She's quite used to them all!
(K'luha Haaz) Luha is too angry with everything to notice the outsiders particularly.
(K'hai Tia) *rubs his brow trying to stave off dizziness*
(K'hai Tia) *points to the alley* there. *a few gnats are still buzzy around*
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos taps her fingers together, nervous and unsure how to
approach the silence of this march.
(K'luha Haaz) Huffs and pushes past K'hai to examine the alleyway.
(K'hai Tia) *isnt butched too much because of his mass*
(K'airos Thalen) "It was around here? In Pearl Lane?"
(K'hai Tia) I don't know the name of this place. Only that it had a guard and crates. He was planning this trip inside before I even found him.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha scowls and looks about the place. There were some gnats but no guards outside now. The door seemed locked however. "We'll have to ask a guard..."
(K'airos Thalen) "No, wait!" K'airos says, and looks at K'hai. "Which building was it?"
(K'hai Tia) the one you stand in front of
(K'hai Tia) *points at the shattered jar*
(K'luha Haaz) Luha limps over to the shattered jar, batting away the gnats and frowning.
(K'airos Thalen) "Okay! Ugm..." K'airos taps her cheeks with both hands for a moment, thinking. "Okay!" she adds happily after a moment. "Go back to the Avenue, downstairs, and wait for me there. I need to get my uniform!"
(K'hai Tia) Very well.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha looks to Airos and nods. "Sure. Fine."
(K'hai Tia) While we wait. I want to know what happened with my niece.
(K'luha Haaz) "She's not your daughter K'hai. You don't get that right to demand anything of me."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos runs off down Pearl Lane. Presumably to the Quicksand or perhaps to some Brass Blade quarter.
(K'hai Tia) Yet you seem to both care for her, and not. So I want to know exactly what happened. To me, she is still family, and perhaps there is a way to salvage her.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha scowled darkly at her brother. "Your obession with my daughter is disturbing. You stay away from her."
(K'hai Tia) *crosses his arms* She was always my favorite of the children. She is a lot like me. And believe me. If the roles were reversed, and you were the one who ran away, I'd be obsessing over you just as much.
(K'luha Haaz) "She's NOT your child K'hai! You get to demand of me, nothing. You stay out of this. You've been dead for five years as far as anyone knows. Why don't you do something else other than suddenly appear after being dead for five years and then criticize the way I handle my child."
(K'hai Tia) *growls* I am not dead. And I've done nothing but think of the tribe since I awoke. And from the looks. You've done a fine job raising her! Let me guess. She said something disagreeable to you, and you declared her dead too?
(K'luha Haaz) "Don't you start acting like my brat child too! 'I've done nothing but think of the tribe,'" Luha mocked in a harsh voice. "You are a Tia! You have no children! You couldn't have done any better than I did! And I'm sure if YOU had raised her, she would be DEAD already!" Luha hissed furiously.
(K'hai Tia) *takes a deep breath* I wont give up on family. Nor will I ever say I don't care about them, or call them brats or think them dead. But I will return to the tribe and help in any way I can.
(K'luha Haaz) "Fuck off. I don't know who you think you are, but you're a nothing. Learn your place worthless Tia. I am done with your bullshit. I am done with K'ailia's bullshit. And I am done with K'ile's bullshit. Don't talk to me. Don't look at me. Got it? And when I drag your two sorry asses back home, I will have the elders deal with all of you together."
(K'hai Tia) *walks over to K'luha and backhands her* I may be Tia. But I have to wonder who you are? When I left for war, you loved your child. So much so you would not let her out of your sight. Now look at you. You disrespect family. You act as though the elders are some tool to punish everyone. If the girl truly left the tribe, why would she return to the tribe camp? Ever think of that?! Does she still care about the tribe? Because those who leave the tribe, don't care about the tribe and could care less if the tribe lived or died.
(K'luha Haaz) K'luha blinked as she was backhanded, so shocked she couldn't even speak. And when she finally could, she stood up and walked away without another word.
(K'hai Tia) *he turns away from K'luha* When you learn your own lesson, I will be here.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos comes back half an hour later. Whatever the Brass Blades
could say about how protective and good their armor was, the truth was that it was a severe pain to put on without help. Nevertheless, K'airos managed to tie everything up properly. She waves at K'hai and looks around with some confusion, though most of it is obscured thanks to the bronze mask.
(K'hai Tia) *sniffs* K'airos? I smell you?
(K'airos Thalen) "Uhm...where's Luha?"
(K'hai Tia) Lets just say she needed some sense knocked into her. She's gone to sulk. So I will help you free the red headed fool. What did you learn?
(K'airos Thalen) Even with the mask, K'airos can't hide a great deal of sadness. Her lips become a thin, dissapointed line, and her tail curls around her leg. "Ah...well...let's just head inside. Just let /me/ talk with any guards and...just look stern and somewhat angry."
(K'hai Tia) Okay. I will remain silent.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos moves towards the building, climbing up the stairs and doing her best impression of a confident Brass Blade officer.
(K'hai Tia) *follows down the stairs* Sister, I don't pretend to know what all you've gone through. But the fact is, K'ile doesn't care about your child. And your child is part of our tribe. Perhaps it is fate that I returned here and now. But I am here. Use me as you will.
(K'luha Haaz) "K'ile is also part of our tribe! You and K'ailia seem to forget that, and I am sick of explaining it to you!"
(K'airos Thalen) "Can...can we leave this for another time? We don't know in what mess K'ile might have stepped into. We can argue all you want once we are sure he's safe!"
(K'hai Tia) *crosses his arms* I care about the tribe. But I wont abandon a single person, or say I don't care about them. Only those who say they do not care about members of our family are the fools.
(K'hai Tia) *looks to K'airos* Fine. We discuss it later. *looks back to K'luha* Offer stands. Use me as you will.
(K'luha Haaz) "Then look at my damn daughter. She LEFT the tribe on her OWN accord." Luha turns painfully away from K'hai and looks instead to Airos. "Please, Airos. Lead the way. I haven't the faintest idea where he's gone to."
(K'airos Thalen) "Alright!" she says, her hand forming into a fist. She remains like that for a few seconds before dropping the arm and her ears. "...but it's K'hai who knows where he went."
(K'luha Haaz) "Then you lead K'hai. I will follow."
(K'hai Tia) Very well. Come I will show you. He is family, even if he disrespects your own daughter, I will help you find him.
(K'hai Tia) *as he walks he notes all the outsiders*
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos doesn't. She's quite used to them all!
(K'luha Haaz) Luha is too angry with everything to notice the outsiders particularly.
(K'hai Tia) *rubs his brow trying to stave off dizziness*
(K'hai Tia) *points to the alley* there. *a few gnats are still buzzy around*
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos taps her fingers together, nervous and unsure how to
approach the silence of this march.
(K'luha Haaz) Huffs and pushes past K'hai to examine the alleyway.
(K'hai Tia) *isnt butched too much because of his mass*
(K'airos Thalen) "It was around here? In Pearl Lane?"
(K'hai Tia) I don't know the name of this place. Only that it had a guard and crates. He was planning this trip inside before I even found him.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha scowls and looks about the place. There were some gnats but no guards outside now. The door seemed locked however. "We'll have to ask a guard..."
(K'airos Thalen) "No, wait!" K'airos says, and looks at K'hai. "Which building was it?"
(K'hai Tia) the one you stand in front of
(K'hai Tia) *points at the shattered jar*
(K'luha Haaz) Luha limps over to the shattered jar, batting away the gnats and frowning.
(K'airos Thalen) "Okay! Ugm..." K'airos taps her cheeks with both hands for a moment, thinking. "Okay!" she adds happily after a moment. "Go back to the Avenue, downstairs, and wait for me there. I need to get my uniform!"
(K'hai Tia) Very well.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha looks to Airos and nods. "Sure. Fine."
(K'hai Tia) While we wait. I want to know what happened with my niece.
(K'luha Haaz) "She's not your daughter K'hai. You don't get that right to demand anything of me."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos runs off down Pearl Lane. Presumably to the Quicksand or perhaps to some Brass Blade quarter.
(K'hai Tia) Yet you seem to both care for her, and not. So I want to know exactly what happened. To me, she is still family, and perhaps there is a way to salvage her.
(K'luha Haaz) Luha scowled darkly at her brother. "Your obession with my daughter is disturbing. You stay away from her."
(K'hai Tia) *crosses his arms* She was always my favorite of the children. She is a lot like me. And believe me. If the roles were reversed, and you were the one who ran away, I'd be obsessing over you just as much.
(K'luha Haaz) "She's NOT your child K'hai! You get to demand of me, nothing. You stay out of this. You've been dead for five years as far as anyone knows. Why don't you do something else other than suddenly appear after being dead for five years and then criticize the way I handle my child."
(K'hai Tia) *growls* I am not dead. And I've done nothing but think of the tribe since I awoke. And from the looks. You've done a fine job raising her! Let me guess. She said something disagreeable to you, and you declared her dead too?
(K'luha Haaz) "Don't you start acting like my brat child too! 'I've done nothing but think of the tribe,'" Luha mocked in a harsh voice. "You are a Tia! You have no children! You couldn't have done any better than I did! And I'm sure if YOU had raised her, she would be DEAD already!" Luha hissed furiously.
(K'hai Tia) *takes a deep breath* I wont give up on family. Nor will I ever say I don't care about them, or call them brats or think them dead. But I will return to the tribe and help in any way I can.
(K'luha Haaz) "Fuck off. I don't know who you think you are, but you're a nothing. Learn your place worthless Tia. I am done with your bullshit. I am done with K'ailia's bullshit. And I am done with K'ile's bullshit. Don't talk to me. Don't look at me. Got it? And when I drag your two sorry asses back home, I will have the elders deal with all of you together."
(K'hai Tia) *walks over to K'luha and backhands her* I may be Tia. But I have to wonder who you are? When I left for war, you loved your child. So much so you would not let her out of your sight. Now look at you. You disrespect family. You act as though the elders are some tool to punish everyone. If the girl truly left the tribe, why would she return to the tribe camp? Ever think of that?! Does she still care about the tribe? Because those who leave the tribe, don't care about the tribe and could care less if the tribe lived or died.
(K'luha Haaz) K'luha blinked as she was backhanded, so shocked she couldn't even speak. And when she finally could, she stood up and walked away without another word.
(K'hai Tia) *he turns away from K'luha* When you learn your own lesson, I will be here.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos comes back half an hour later. Whatever the Brass Blades
could say about how protective and good their armor was, the truth was that it was a severe pain to put on without help. Nevertheless, K'airos managed to tie everything up properly. She waves at K'hai and looks around with some confusion, though most of it is obscured thanks to the bronze mask.
(K'hai Tia) *sniffs* K'airos? I smell you?
(K'airos Thalen) "Uhm...where's Luha?"
(K'hai Tia) Lets just say she needed some sense knocked into her. She's gone to sulk. So I will help you free the red headed fool. What did you learn?
(K'airos Thalen) Even with the mask, K'airos can't hide a great deal of sadness. Her lips become a thin, dissapointed line, and her tail curls around her leg. "Ah...well...let's just head inside. Just let /me/ talk with any guards and...just look stern and somewhat angry."
(K'hai Tia) Okay. I will remain silent.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos moves towards the building, climbing up the stairs and doing her best impression of a confident Brass Blade officer.
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