The small group certainly did not enter the camp unnoticed. Far before they entered, they had been spotted several times over by huntress and the Nunh as well. K'ile was easy enough to identify, even from afar. His scent still had its usual subtleties to it and his fiery hair stuck out like a Amal'jaa camp in the desert. What was more questionable was the other who drove the carriage. He smelled of foreigners, and after the last stroke of foreign entry, K'yohko at least, was certainly not happy to see another one. The last thing to notice about the carriage was a semi-visible form in the back, that smelled familiar but faint. It smelled sick and weak and almost tainted. At least to K'yohko. He smelled a corruption to it, and it made him frowned as the carriage pulled up into camp.
Along with the other huntresses who had first noticed the carriage, K'yohko waited at the entrance they made to the camp. Alongside him was his monstrous Courel. The Nunh had found it long ago and raised it, and it was well known as his mount and hunting companion. The Courel snarled towards Xha'li as he came close, but K'yohko quieted the beast with a firm hand to its shoulder.
As K'ile called to the camp, K'yohko's ears perked up. K'luha? Was it she that smelled that way. So sick and... The red-headed Tia hopped off the cart and left a demand with a huntress. A particular similarly red-headed huntress.
K'iara looked to her Uncle, similarly fierce blue eyes blinking before her whole head nodded. A place for the stranger and his birds?
"But Uncle," K'iara called out, her deeply raspy and injured voice probably sounding particularly notable towards Xha'li. She reached a hand for her uncle, but he was elusive as ever. Off he ran to the Elder's and she turned to look at Xha'li for a moment.
There was a very tense moment that ensued. The huntresses looked to one another and to K'yohko. The Nunh's face did not change from its harsh and stoic expression, but his eyes lingered angrily after K'ile's trail only to turn back and linger angrily at the outside that K'ile had brought. When it seemed K'yohko might strike the outside away, a loud voice seemed to startled everyone.
K'tahjha came bursting through the group, and even K'iara had to dodge out of her way as the excited girl sprinted to the wagon.
K'luha had only been half-aware of their arrival, and less than half-aware when K'ile tried to coax her into being agreeable with healers. What she was aware of however was Tahj's voice when the girl screamed for her and her hands when her niece pet her hair and ear. Luha lifted her head, the blankets falling away from her and smiled at her niece. Her face was gaunt and fifthly, along with the rest of her.
"Tahj... How are you? I'm so sorry... we were gone for so long. There are so many things that happened but... did K'ailia come? I heard she came back to the tribe but... and my brother, did he...?" K'luha paused before shaking her head a bit and reaching up to grab onto Tahj's wrist lightly. "I'm so happy to see you again Tahj. I missed you." Luha smiled at Tahj and reached up with her other arm to hug her sister's daughter.
K'yohko's attention had turned intently to K'luha and K'tahjha for a moment. He listened to their moment, and felt a deep current of anguish. K'ailia... He would not let another daughter end as she had. He turned his head to K'iara.
"K'iara. Get K'zhumi awake. K'luha will need her medical attention immediately. She should be well enough by now to tend to her." K'yohko addressed, his deep and cold but commanding voice easily turning the attention on him. K'iara looked from Xha'li to K'yohko before nodding.
"Yes. I will go." K'iara turned sharply and dashed off far into camp, to Zhumi's tent. She only hoped her sister was there.
K'yohko looked back to Xha'li and stood to his full height. He stepped out in front of the huntresses and looked down to the outsider with an unmoving expressionless face; but in his eyes it was clear his hatred for this man.
"Why are you here? What is your business?"
Along with the other huntresses who had first noticed the carriage, K'yohko waited at the entrance they made to the camp. Alongside him was his monstrous Courel. The Nunh had found it long ago and raised it, and it was well known as his mount and hunting companion. The Courel snarled towards Xha'li as he came close, but K'yohko quieted the beast with a firm hand to its shoulder.
As K'ile called to the camp, K'yohko's ears perked up. K'luha? Was it she that smelled that way. So sick and... The red-headed Tia hopped off the cart and left a demand with a huntress. A particular similarly red-headed huntress.
K'iara looked to her Uncle, similarly fierce blue eyes blinking before her whole head nodded. A place for the stranger and his birds?
"But Uncle," K'iara called out, her deeply raspy and injured voice probably sounding particularly notable towards Xha'li. She reached a hand for her uncle, but he was elusive as ever. Off he ran to the Elder's and she turned to look at Xha'li for a moment.
There was a very tense moment that ensued. The huntresses looked to one another and to K'yohko. The Nunh's face did not change from its harsh and stoic expression, but his eyes lingered angrily after K'ile's trail only to turn back and linger angrily at the outside that K'ile had brought. When it seemed K'yohko might strike the outside away, a loud voice seemed to startled everyone.
K'tahjha came bursting through the group, and even K'iara had to dodge out of her way as the excited girl sprinted to the wagon.
K'luha had only been half-aware of their arrival, and less than half-aware when K'ile tried to coax her into being agreeable with healers. What she was aware of however was Tahj's voice when the girl screamed for her and her hands when her niece pet her hair and ear. Luha lifted her head, the blankets falling away from her and smiled at her niece. Her face was gaunt and fifthly, along with the rest of her.
"Tahj... How are you? I'm so sorry... we were gone for so long. There are so many things that happened but... did K'ailia come? I heard she came back to the tribe but... and my brother, did he...?" K'luha paused before shaking her head a bit and reaching up to grab onto Tahj's wrist lightly. "I'm so happy to see you again Tahj. I missed you." Luha smiled at Tahj and reached up with her other arm to hug her sister's daughter.
K'yohko's attention had turned intently to K'luha and K'tahjha for a moment. He listened to their moment, and felt a deep current of anguish. K'ailia... He would not let another daughter end as she had. He turned his head to K'iara.
"K'iara. Get K'zhumi awake. K'luha will need her medical attention immediately. She should be well enough by now to tend to her." K'yohko addressed, his deep and cold but commanding voice easily turning the attention on him. K'iara looked from Xha'li to K'yohko before nodding.
"Yes. I will go." K'iara turned sharply and dashed off far into camp, to Zhumi's tent. She only hoped her sister was there.
K'yohko looked back to Xha'li and stood to his full height. He stepped out in front of the huntresses and looked down to the outsider with an unmoving expressionless face; but in his eyes it was clear his hatred for this man.
"Why are you here? What is your business?"
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