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Kailia · **01-07-2014, 06:06 PM**

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A few hours after leaving K'piru's company, K'ailia returned to her dorm room where she planted her face into her pillow on the bedroll. She figured when K'ile was ready to go, along with her mother, they'd simply contact her via the linkpearl.

That evening, no call came. Unable to sleep, K'ailia put on her white mage robes and went to the medical ward to study some healing texts. There really was little else to do. Garden was unusually quiet. But then she realized, it was extremely late.

Suddenly her Garden pearl lit up, "Help..." followed by a thump before it went out.

"Wait... that was Ventus...!!!" with that realization, K'ailia closed her books, grabbed the field kit she had assembled for her trip to visit the tribe and raced through the corridors of Garden, till finally she reached Ventus's room. Trying the handle, it was locked.

"Damnit..." she thought and held her hand towards the door and from the ground, earth erupted, shattering the door into splinters much like that inn door she had destroyed trying to get to her mother to try to calm her down.

On the other side, there layed Ventus, mask still covering his face. She bounded over to him in two steps and removed the mask. Unconscious. She felt for his pulse, it was faint. Quickly she activated the white magic into her right hand and did a quick scan. His mind had completely shut down, his body barely holding on. She worked the aether in his body to get him stabilized when two guards came racing into the room.

"Don't just stand there, get a stretcher! We need to get him to the infirmary quickly!" she yelled. The men quickly rushed out of the room, and came back with a gurney and they raced Ventus to the medical ward.

A few hours later, K'ailia had concluded she did all she could. Ventus was now in a coma, and not likely to come out of it. Unfortunately, because of the staffing situation, she was informed that because she holds the highest rank, she was now Headmaster of Garden. And just like that, her world was turned upside down. Here she was, a 16 year old girl, in charge of the entire academy.

The next day, she looked through ventus's last set of notes and found a letter addressed to her. Meeting the man mentioned in the letter, she made promises that were soon after, reversed by Ventus's file clerk, and informed the promise was not one she should of made, as there are protocols to follow. But she was free to make other decisions. Thus she assembled the few people she trusted, and assigned them the rank of instructor.

That evening, she fell into her bedroll, and breathed a sigh of relief. The day was finally over. As she closed her eyes though, her mind started wandering to all that had happened. Her arrival back to the tribe, the passing of her trials at last, the journey with K'ile, K'luha and K'haali. Then the last meeting with K'ile, where he had invited her to come to the tribe camp as an outsider. Something she had fully intended to do.

K'ailia sat up and looked down at her feet. So many had left the tribe, or just disappeared. But none had the courtesy to inform the rest of the tribe why they were leaving. K'piru had come to mind. Did she really want to be like the others and just disappear? Looking up, at her dresser, there laying on top was her airship pass. Perhaps her mother and K'ile left without her? K'ailia had been invited back to the tribe camp by K'ile. Perhaps it was time to fess up and explain her actions to the elders. If they decide she should be banished from the tribe forever, she would accept that. If she's going to be as responsible as she told her mother, then running away was not something she'd do.

Running away... it seemed her mother was getting good at that. K'piru had ran away, and from her last words to her, would continue to run away. Getting up, K'ailia dressed herself and tied the bandana around her head as usual. She picked up the airship pass and headed out.

A few hours later, she was in the airship landing. It would be a somewhat dangerous trip, but the airship clerk agreed to do a fly over deep Sagolii, under the agreement, they would not stop for anything, that if she wanted off, she'd have to jump. Agreeing to that, K'ailia boarded the airship and it lurched forward, then back as it exited Ul'dah and headed south. Passing over the mountains, she soon caught glimpse of the Forgotten Springs. But even that passed by quickly.

"Alright, whatever you are going to do, get ready to do it. We are almost to your destination." called the pilot. K'ailia tightened her bandana and stepped to the side of the airship. Below, she could see the familiar silhouette of the tribe camp, still some distance away, "We are here"

"Right, thank you for the lift", and with that, K'ailia lept from the airship and began her prayer to the element of wind. Showing up, a large sand twister formed under her, slowing her fall and lowered her down to the ground. The tribe camp though was still a few hours away. But she was here. She looked up and the airship was already on its way back to Ul'dah.

"No turning back now..." she said, as she began walking towards the tribe camp. Many things began racing through her mind. But none of them good. It would likely be the other tribe members would prevent her from entering the camp. Or with luck, maybe K'ile will be there to welcome her. But upon approaching the tribe camp, immediately huntresses rushed out with weapons drawn upon seeing her. She halted in her steps and put her hands up.

"I've come to speak to the elders. I am prepared to answer for all I've done." she declared. Now she would wait to see what would happen.

K'nahli · **01-07-2014, 07:22 PM**

The sudden scurry of feet thumping across the compacted sand caught the weary girl's attention on her way back to her tent after having concluded her chores. Her maroon eyes were quickly carried back over her shoulder with the gentle tilt of her head to investigate the reason for the sudden commotion. Her sisters, a small number of the tribe's young huntresses, had their weapons drawn as they defiantly barricaded entry into the camp in order to deny access to an unseen visitor.

"Not another step!"

"You're not welcome here, turn back now!"

"Return to your Ul'dahn masters!"

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In spite of the vicious declarations, the aggressive scene did very little toward alarming the young archer. Instead, sheer curiosity was the sole reason that she found herself slowly approaching the rowdy gang with ears perked slightly hinting her intrigue.
Pushing past the huntresses she quietly made her way to the front of the group only to behold a very, unexpected sight.

"...K'ailia...?!" K'nahli retorted in sheer disbelief while cocking an eyebrow.

K'ailia; K'nahli's estranged, younger sibling whom had denounced her position as a tribe member quite some time ago to embrace the life of a more modern and civilized Eorzea stood idly before her with a expression that boasted adamance and conviction. Her sage eyes met with K'nahli's stare in a moment's silence as an uneasy audience loitered anxiously behind, exchanging uncertain glances and quiet whispers.

"...What.....why are you here?" K'nahli finally spoke after having overcome the surprising, unannounced appearance of her younger sister. Her gaze remained firm and direct as she tried to conceal unnecessary emotions and remain true to tribal law. If K'ailia thought she could just walk back into the camp as if nothing had ever happened, as if her decision to turn her back on her family in exchange for her own selfish pursuits had quickly been forgotten, then she had yet to outgrow her naivety.

Kailia · **01-07-2014, 08:18 PM**

K'ailia kept her hands raised, "I was invited to the camp by K'ile. I can tell he must not of arrived yet. I've come to answer for what I have done. I seek only an audience with the elders. Nothing more. If they wish to deny my request, I will understand and I will leave."

She looked to each huntress for a moment then back to K'nahli, "I will remain outside the camp until I have an answer. I do not seek to walk in uninvited, regardless of K'ile's open invitation."

With that, she took a few steps back and found a small mound of sand to sit upon. It would now be up to the elders if they would see her.

K'nahli · **01-07-2014, 09:25 PM**

K'nahli's sharp eyes followed her younger sister silently as she paid humble respect to those who offered her a bitter reception. Her hawk-like stare observed K'ailia carefully while taking careful note of her body language and the tone of her voice. The young miqo'te's behaviour was peculiar and alien to that of the girl she had once known; one that playfully roamed the golden sands around the camp, seeking out anything and everything she could to climb for her mindless amusement.
Though K'ailia's intentions escaped the quiet archer, her reply had more than sufficed to convince her.

"No need" K'nahli finally answered with a slightly softer voice. A slow blink concealed her fiery gaze as it flicked back toward her fellow tribekin to briefly analyze her sisters' mixed impressions on the situation. The younger girls merely met K'nahli's gaze and quietly submitted with anxious expressions while the few and older of the huntresses on the other hand didn't appear quite as convinced.

"You may enter... If any trouble comes from it then I will claim fault"

K'nahli added with a subtle gesture of her head to signal K'ailia to follow her inside. No sooner had K'nahli turned around, however, than she was met with with an opposing and hostile opinion.

"You have no right to decide that on your own, K'nahli Yohko" the voice of an older huntress snapped at her while revealing a grossly, offended expression.

"You are merely creating exception for your blood. I see no reason why we should openly allow her kind to walk on our grounds after she turned her back on us so willingly"

K'nahli returned the woman's angry stare for a moment though offered her no verbal reply. Her hand which had discreetly extended itself backward in search of her sister's firmly grasped it the moment K'ailia had come within reach, serving as a token of her assured security as she commenced escorting her protectively into the camp. While maintaining her glare on the older huntress, she briskly walked forth and passed through the group, the younger of whom hesitantly divided before her to provide clear passage for the siblings.

Having left the group behind, K'nahli pressed on without releasing K'ailia's hand. She offered her neither conversation nor as much as a simple glance as they passed by curious onlookers, some of whom immediately recognised K'ailia as an outcast and others whom paid the situation no special heed.

"Some of these younglings are getting too arrogant for their own good.." the older huntress sneered irritatedly to her companions alongside her, not allowing her eyes to fall away from K'nahli as she marched on forward with her rogue sister toward the Elders' tent.

"It won't be long before they find themselves reminded of their place" she snorted as a final remark before departing from the group to return to her own business.

Kailia · **01-07-2014, 09:45 PM**

K'ailia followed silently but still holding herself in respect for her sisters... or rather former sisters from their language. K'ailia kept her eyes straight, as she was escorted by hand to the elders tent.

Once there, she turned to K'nahli and bowed, "Thank you for this opportunity. I know I did wrong and that is why I am here, to face up to everything."

With that she turned to the flap to the elders tent and pulled it aside and stepped in, letting her eyes adjust to the dark. But she proceeded no further, until the elders asked her to, but instead spoke, "Elders. I, K'ailia Yohko, have come to answer for all I have done, and to accept whatever judgment you wish to impose upon me. I promise to tell the absolute truth."

She took a deep breath, to await the elders response.

Twinflame · **01-07-2014, 10:28 PM**

The shadowed tent was thick with incense and herbs as usual, the fragrant stink of alchemy and shamanism. The entry of the young White Mage caused the myriad fetishes that adorned the ceiling to shift with a subtle clattering, like teeth being stirred in a bowl. Shafts of dusty light turned, laying over pillows and blankets, shelves and bowls of half-prepared concoctions spread over the floor.

A wiry form snapped out of the shadows immediately next to K'ailia almost before the girl was finished speaking, knocking against her with all the force of a sinewy skeleton and pushing her further into the tent. A bowl of strange powers fell of K'ailia's head, filling her hair in the air around her head with a thick dust that would sting the eyes and nose. With the flicker of reflective, silver eyes, an ancient voice hissed, "Do not speak unless you are instructed to!"

Pushing off of K'ailia, the elder K'taka -- progenitor of both K'ailia and K'nahli -- snapped open the flap of tent that had only just closed. Her thin limb flew like a biting snake, and her thin fingers latched around K'nahli's arm. As though a creature peering out of the earth, K'takka glared at K'nahli, and the elder's hands shook with age and anger upon great-grandaughter's skin.

"K'nahli Yohko," she hissed. Her one disfigured finger and its black nail shivered grotesquely in the sunlight. "Go, find you father! Bring him at once! The elders would speak to you both. Now."

K'nahli · **01-07-2014, 11:04 PM**

The sudden sensation of the K'taka's leathery fingers wrapping around K'nahli's arm without warning had unpleasantly surprised the unsuspecting girl. The elder was promptly greeted with an expression of timid shock as the young girl suddenly whipped around and was momentarily frozen by her captor's icy glare.

Blinking a few times, K'nahli began gently tugging her arm away to try and release it from the uncomfortable bind of K'taka's grip and back to the safety of her own person. She took care with her movements not out of fear of injuring the former huntress nor because it would be a hideous display of disrespect were she to rip it away defiantly, but rather out of an unexpected show of anxiety. It took only a few seconds, however, for that feeling to gradually slip away, though there was no hiding the persisting apprehension that lay quietly in the depths of her eyes.

"F..-ine, I'll get him.... but what does this have to do with me? K'ailia bears information relevant to our firedancer and claims that he was the one who instructed her to return. Turning her away so recklessly would be beyond foolish."

K'nahli spoke defensively though perhaps a little too bluntly for her own sake. Her crimson eyes quickly lowered for a brief moment as the realisation came over her; albeit, she didn't regret her words. She respected her elders but was not ready to allow herself to be bullied by them.

Naunet · **01-08-2014, 01:11 PM**

K'ailia's intrusion on the thick silence of the elders' tent did not evoke reactions much warmer than K'takka's in the other two present. K'deiki's ratty, thin ears lifted and her wrinkled face grew even more deeply folded with a heavy frown. She did not move from where she sat. Her old ears did not catch K'nahli's words outside the tent and so she only watched their wayward great grandchild in disappointed silence.

The large form of K'jhanhi, somehow still towering in the tent despite his bent posture, very deliberately turned his back to the girl. "You know our laws. The news is that K'ailia Yohko has left. She would be wise to follow the actions of those others who've abandoned us."

Kailia · **01-08-2014, 01:56 PM**

K'ailia sat before the elders. She had expected this sort of reception. Especially given she had beaten K'ile back to the tribe camp. But she was not stupid. She listened to the words of K'jhanhi, but remained silent.

What had her mother told them? Did she even tell them about what had led to the decision? These types of questions raced through her mind. She wanted to tell the elders everything, and then accept whatever judgment they placed upon her. Even if it means she'd be a permanent exile, she knew deep down, this was something she had to do.

And so she sat, silent, ears in a neutral position, her tail wrapped around, resting on her lap. If they will give her a chance to explain her perspective, she will gladly accept it. If they decide to pass judgment without hearing her out, she would accept that as well. She had her suspicions on what she'd be coming into. But at least, she felt, she was at least doing the right thing in answering for her actions.

Twinflame · **01-08-2014, 02:19 PM**

"Idiot question!" K'takka snapped at K'nahli. "I thought you knew better. Don't spit in the dirt, girl. Find you father." Then the wiry-thin form of the elder snapped away, back into the tent, her frayed tail twitching about.

She took a small number of quick steps, until she was immediately behind K'ailia. The old woman's movements were stiff and quick, as she leaned forward and pressed the sharp knuckles of one hand against back of K'ailia's neck. "Bow your head! Humble. Your return means you do not understand. You have no right to be present, to speak. None."

K'nahli · **01-08-2014, 05:08 PM**

K'nahli scowled angrily in response to K'takka scoldings. She could feel her subdued rage churning in the pit of her stomach and pumping unsavoury thoughts into her head, urging her to snap back and defend herself from the old woman's spiteful wrath. Her fists clenched tightly shut by her sides until her palms grew sore and begged for her relent.

With K'takka having returned to the cooling embrace of the tent's protective shade, K'nahli silently turned on her heels and proceeded away in the opposite direction to fetch her father as instructed. The situation bothered her greatly. She was not one whom had much affiliation with the elders under negative circumstances and she knew that remaining humble and respectful wouldn't be an easy feat should her patience be tested.

Her expression grew even more fiery and aggressive, as was natural for the girl. Though this wasn't tolerable. She needed to calm down.

Kailia · **01-08-2014, 05:29 PM**

K'ailia felt the bony knuckles against her neck forcer her head to bow. But she did not resist. Instead, she bowed her head, though it made her ears flatten for a moment before she returned them to a neutral position.

But regardless, her mind still filled with questions. She could understand those banished from the tribe not being welcomed back. But why the ones who left of their own will? But more importantly was the questions of where was K'ile, and her mother.

She took a deep breath and calmed her mind. Clearing it of all thoughts. She would remain submissive. She knew her place right this moment. Protesting would only get her ejected from the camp. She had no intention of protesting. She came to answer for her own actions.

Naunet · **01-08-2014, 06:04 PM**

"K'ailia Yohko would understand," came the low, firm voice of K'jhanhi. He still did not turn, did not give the girl the respect of his gaze, though he did offer his voice, "The one who has returned clearly does not."

From her position on the floor, K'deiki watched the shriveled, red and white form behind their visitor and let out a slow sigh that rattled her lungs between frail ribs. She, too, did not look directly at K'ailia when she finally spoke, her clouded over eyes keeping to the elder behind the girl, "It is one thing to violate our laws to the point of exile. It is another to willfully leave one's family. I cannot imagine what kind of heart it would take to do such a thing."

Clover · **01-08-2014, 06:05 PM**

In such a small tribe, the news about K'ailia's arrival spread fast. The first emotion K'mih experienced, other than the obvious surprise, was a huge excitement to know that her lost sister was back. She couldn't help but hope that K'ailia had returned for real, because she loved her family as much as her family loved her, and wasn't simply paying them a short visit. Hearing other details about the situation, however,Â also created a sense of worry. It'd been her dear sisterÂ K'nahli the one who allowed K'ailia in, apparently disobeying the rules, and that meant that K'nahli might be in trouble with the elders.

Like every other curious or worriedÂ Miqo'te, K'mih ranÂ in direction toÂ theÂ elders' tent as fast as she could. Everyone was waiting outside, dying to know what was happening. The first person to come out of the tent was K'nahli, and she did it alone. HerÂ more than obvious annoyance could onlyÂ indicate that things weren't going too well...

"K'nahli!" She called out among the crowd of Miqo'tes, who started interrogating the angry female. Unaware thatÂ the girlÂ had a very important task to fulfil, everyone hoped that K'nahli could share some details of what was going on.

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The news had even reached K'rahto Tia's ears, and he certainly couldn't have cared any less if it weren't for the mention of K'nahli. Being the antisocial being he was, he'd been standing at a certain distance from the main crowd, waiting for any sort of information while trying to look uninterested. When the female walked out the tent, K'rahto mentally cursedÂ everyone for not letting him see anything.

Kailia · **01-08-2014, 06:22 PM**

K'ailia listened to the elders speak. Upon hearing K'deiki say she could not imagine what sort of heart could do such a thing, she felt the tears run down her eyes. And without even thinking, uttered the words, "A hurt one..." before going silent once more.

She had not meant to speak, but the words came out anyways. Was it a mistake to come back? What was she expecting? Regardless of her reckless decision to leave the tribe, she still very much loved her family. But so much had happened since her trials.

Finally she leaned further over, planting her forehead into the mat she was sat upon, realizing her speaking was out of orders by K'takka. She braced herself for whatever assault that elder would inflict upon her. But she would not fight back.

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