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Ah, yes, we are on the planet right now. You can join at any moment. Though, I will need to give approval to your CS. You think you could post the most recent one here in the OOC?
Meesei could not help but to smile when Gallus gave his assessment of her. "You know, by this point, I believe I have a hard time separating that visage from myself. By necessity, I have to be strong, determined, and sometimes, cold. Sometimes harsh. The line between Meesei and the Champion of Hircine has been...growing thinner." She mused.

Letting out a sigh, Meesei redirected her attention away from the window and back to Gallus. "But yes, to your question. I love Sabine just as I would my own flesh and blood. We are family in the truest sense of the word. Like most of my pack, it was through the influence of Hircine that she was brought to us. We found her alone in the forests of Cyrodiil. Alone, frightened, almost malnourished. She has been through great trauma in her life, though it is not my place to share that story. It is a tale that is personal to her, and that you would need to ask her about. It was...peculiar that Hircine would send a little girl to join my pack. I know Lorag thought at first that we must have made some mistake. But, I allowed her in without hesitation. There was just...something about her. I had seen those tragic tales before. Orphans, people whom had lost everything. But when I looked at Sabine, it was like...my heart cried out to her in pain. I wanted to help end the pain she was in, and, well, it has been years, but you can see where she is now. She has found love, and is generally happy."

After a moment to allow her emotions to die down, Meesei continued. "Well, if we are asking personal questions, I suppose I have a few things I could ask you. I certainly do see your father's teachings in you with how you have been dealing with these stresses of late, and the mission in general. However, while you are certainly no Sees-No-Colors, you do have your own reputation with women. I make no judgments upon your choices, but it strikes me as curious that you seem to embrace that while also being in a position of leadership. It does influence the perception that those beneath you have of you. I am curious to hear your opinion on that matter."

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When Tzirret asked about La'khay's own experience with love, she turned onto her back and looked straight up at the trees. "It has been years, and La'khay does not like speaking of it. She thought he was a nice man, but he was as vile as most of Senchal. He was the reason that La'khay can no longer have cubs of her own. He was the owner of a brothel. La'khay was a little younger than you, and he was...older. She met him while working at a tavern he liked to come to. He was so charming, and handsome, and he always complimented La'khay. One day he invited her to his room, and after that, we started seeing each other. It was a few months before he suggested that Lakhay come work in his brothel. She was nervous, but she trusted him. But...he made her go through this treatment from a healer of his. It made sure this one would never have children from her work. Then he started giving La'khay skooma, and started getting rough with her, out of bed. He punished this one if customers complained, or if her appearance wasn't right, or if he just got angry. He...started forcing her to mate, even if she didn't want to."

By this point, La'khay had tears in her eyes, though she was trying to avoid sobbing. "It did not take too long for him to abandon La'kay; to go find another mate. It also didn't take long after that for him to die. He just fell over one day at dinner. No one ever proved it, but this one thinks his new mate poisoned him. She was a good woman; she inherited his business, probably by forging his will. She helped us all get off of skooma, and made us feel glad to work for her."
Gallus interrupted Meesei's meditation, though she did not particularly mind since a conversation was just as good of a distraction from the stresses she was under. She opened her eyes, then straightened up and sat with her legs hanging off the side of the bed. Letting out a deep breath, she nodded to him.

"Certainly. It seems we both have need of some mental clarity. I can assume the past week has given you some insight into the past few years of my life. I have been working to direct the activities of all of Tamriel's clans, and the independent packs that are willing to serve as well." She commented, pausing to look out the window at the moon shining in from just over the treetops. "Although, in truth, this has been far more stressful than any of that. Being out in the wilds, seeing the people my decisions are affecting with my own eyes, packing the supplies and piling the lumber with my own hands, it is far different from ordering troop movements from half a continent away."

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The previous week with La'khay had hardly been any different than it was before the attack on the clan, albeit with more manual labor. She was not particularly fond of it, but she had been more than willing to do her part to help the clan. And of course, she had many "partners" other than just Tzirret and Colors. It was something of which she made no secret, though by Tzirret's request, she kept all of her encounters with him in confidence.

When Tzirret spoke, La'khay opened her eyes, rubbing her hand down his tail almost by reflex. Although, once he finished, she looked at him more sympathetically. "You want that kind of bond, yes? You want a permanent partner, someone you...love. It is something La'khay has not wanted for a long time, and that she doubts that she will ever want. But, if you want it, then you should of course try to find it. What Peiter said is probably better for that than what this one said. La'khay was just trying to help you feel good about yourself. You don't need to apologize to her about what happened, but she forgives you regardless. She is just glad you seem to understand it all now. La'khay is glad to mate with you, but we are just friends."
Peiter did not have anything to say about the exchange between Bheja and S'nishi, mostly because he himself had no idea how to put his thoughts to words. He did have many, sometimes inappropriate thoughts, but they were nothing he would say aloud at the moment. Instead, he just focused on answering Sabine. He shrugged his shoulders, and managed to speak in a normal tone. "I wouldn't really mind either way. It would be nice to try something new, or to just watch some displays of magic."

S'nishi made a deep, brief vocalization and pointed to Ma'tanza. Peiter did not know what she meant by it, but Ma'tanza seemed to understand well enough. Ma'tanza nodded to her, then quickly walked over to her tend and grabbed her loincloth. "We can have a magic contest, and Ma'tanza can explain the board games when it's Sabine's turn."

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Although Meesei and the clan's leadership had come to an agreement, the clan was still at the outpost a week later. They had spread word through the clan the very day of the meeting of the plan that their leaders had agreed to. As expected, it was met with greatly mixed reactions from the clan's population. Some thought that it was a clever plan that would get them to safety quickly, and away from the outpost they had been isolated at for so long. Others thought it was dangerous for them to move at all, and that the plan would only get people killed. The fact that the clan had been stagnant for so long did work in Meesei's favor, as it meant that many, even some of those who were not entirely sure about the plan, were simply glad that they would be doing something at all. Inaction had caused an air of fear to permeate the clan, and the hope brought on by Meesei's arrival was enough for many to accept even such a hard-to-swallow plan. There were, of course, those for whom the very idea of posing as slaves seemed unthinkable. Some were proud warriors, others did not want to subject their families to that kind of treatment. However, Ri'nakhad personally gave his assurances of his confidence in Meesei's plan and quelled most resistance.

Even with most of the clan working towards getting ready, it still took some time for them to pack essentially an entire outpost. They had to make sure they brought every single movable resource they had, which also included deconstructing some of their shacks and other structures. The lumber, if they could find a ship bound for Valenwood to which to sell it, would still be profitable to sell. It was a week of work, during which most of the clan's normal activities were put on hold. There was some free time, especially in the evenings, and the workload that everyone, including Meesei, Gallus, and their packs had to endure made that time all the more valuable.

With the clan finally packed and ready, the night before the clan's departure was both a relief and worrying in different ways. They were finally ready to start moving on, but they had a long journey ahead of them. Both Meesei and Gallus' packs still had their rooms, since many of the original structures would be difficult to disassemble, and they would not be able to carry all of the lumber even if they tried. Meesei undressed, then set up everything she intended to wear the next day neatly next to her bed. They would be leaving early, so she wanted to be ready quickly. Unfortunately, the stress on her mind made getting to sleep difficult, so for the moment, she was sitting cross-legged on her bed with her eyes closed, meditating.
I could skip to the night before leaving. It would accommodate both of them.
This is probably about the point where we can skip to the next bit. Just got to figure out what that should be. It would be strange to skip all the way to the point where the clan has already moved, but I didn't have anything specific in mind to happen between now and then. Did you have anything in mind?
Thanks. Bheja just loves causing chaos.
When Peiter returned to the rest of the group with Tzirret, he was already one step ahead of his friend in terms of providing an excuse. He cleared his throat before speaking up. "Sorry about that. Tzirret here was enthusiastic about it, but I'm just too sore for much of anything physical right now. Got a lot of exercise yesterday."

Ma'tanza simply gave a slight chuckle. She had been able to see through Tzirret's thin facade for a while now, so she had a reasonable guess on what at least might have actually happened. Regardless, she was not bothered, and just wanted to get to know all of these new people. It was a definite break from the monotony the past few months had become while waiting at this outpost. "Yes...well Sabine and Ma'tanza were just talking about what to do next. This one has some time before she has to go for her magic training. This one suggested maybe playing board games. They don't require magic or anything, you just have to know the rules. Or, if you wouldn't mind just watching, we could have a magic contest. This one knows Bheja and S'nishi cannot cast magic, but they can still be fun to watch. Or bet on."

As Ma'tanza spoke, Bheja walked over, slightly away from the group, carrying his spear at his side. He looked up carefully at the treetops towards the sun to get a sense of exactly what angle it was at. After a few moments, he turned back around towards the group. "Well, unfortunately, I don't have time for much of anything. I have to get over to training for the day. I'll catch back up with you later, love." He commented. With a wide smile across his face, he walked straight towards Ma'tanza...then continued past her and stopped in front of S'nishi. Reaching up on the tips of his toes, he put an arm around her neck and kissed the Senche-raht's lips.

"You all enjoy yourselves. Try not to get hypnotized by Ma'tanza's breasts." Bheja teased as he walked away with his spear resting on his shoulder, laughing to himself.
Ma'tanza looked around along with Sabine, with a slightly regretful expression. "Well, there actually isn't too much, Ma'tanza fears. Back at our old home, we had more to do, but we lost a lot of things when we came here. We used to have things to play all kinds of games, but we had to leave a lot of it behind, and haven't had the resources to replace a lot of it. All our leather has to be used for armor, tents, and all that, so we can't play any sport that requires a ball. We do have the river, of course, and we have had some people carving out animal bones into dice and pieces for board games. We do at least have plenty of wood around here, so we do have boards for them. There are also archery contests, and of course things you don't need equipment for, like magic contests and wrestling."

Peiter was glad to see that Tzirret saw the reason in what he was saying, though to his last comment, he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Um, well...I don't know if I can help with that. I wouldn't feel comfortable bringing it up with her. It might be rude to expect her to change something just because you have a problem with it. I mean, it looks like she just woke up, so she was probably about to get dressed anyway before we came along. Otherwise, the only advice I can give is to try just to see her like any other girl. You're used to seeing them undressed, it just comes with being a lycan. The only thing different about Ma'tanza is her...proportions. Try to remember that you're just friends right now. For me, I'm very attracted to Sabine, and I often find myself looking at her like you with Ma'tanza. But, that's just because we both have romantic intentions with each other. Yes, I find other girls attractive, but I always keep in mind that they are strangers, or just friends. Those intentions don't exist with them. Does that help?"
Yeah, I was about to head to bed. Goodnight.
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