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Clanluna
Chapter 79: more Winter
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. . . . everyone had a mate except her, and she didn’t want to be mated to a man anyway . . . wait . . . . her eyes drifted back to the mog-ur’s hearth where Zurvgakava was serving dinner to her mate Zurvragun their son and the mog-ur, Zurbgun . . . the mog-ur didn’t have a mate! Sensing that she was staring, the mog-ur turned and smiled at Mariza. The mog-ur didn’t have a mate!
Mariza felt an icy grip on her heart. Vezava’s worship of her had been nibbling away at her faith for months. Now she was having a full-blown crisis of faith. She’d volunteered to be this Clan’s One-who-Serves-the-Mother, to teach the members of this clan the ways of the Mother. She’d sacrificed her body for the good of this Clan and the two abducted women. But the parallel between her life and Luna’s was just too much for her. She’d only met Creb during the yearly resurrections of his spirit. But She knew that when Luna had first joined the Clan that later became the first Clan of the Clanluna, she had been mated to a much older man, the Clan’s Mog-Ur. What if Luna was the ordinary Weech she claimed to be? What if she wasn’t just pretending to be a woman? Had it happened to Luna the same way it had to Mariza? Had Iga proclaimed Luna the Goddess in the same way Vezava had her? What if Luna’s mission for Mariza was all in her imagination? Had she done it all for nothing? Had she let those men, no endured those men, as they Relieved their Needs in her while she was trying to teach them to Share Pleasures?
Mariza couldn’t face the idea that she might have done it all for nothing. She steeled herself. Handing her baby daughters Širiza and Vantha to Vojkovica, Mariza rose to her feet and walked over to the mog-ur’s hearth. Sitting at his feet. She waited like a Clan woman for him to acknowledge her.
Zurbgun, the mog-ur, was a bit taken aback to have the Leader sitting submissively before him. His curiosity was peaked. He tapped her shoulder.
“This clanluna has noticed that you are the only man in the Clan with no mate,” signed Mariza.
“This is true,” signed the mog-ur.
“As clanluna, this woman is mated to every man and every woman in this Clan,” signed Mariza. “Would you like for this clanluna to Relieve your Needs and perform woman’s tasks for you?”
Zurbgun was silent for a minute before asking: “How did you find out that you only like to Share Pleasures with other women?”
“As a girl, just before this woman became a woman, this woman played at Sharing Pleasures with another girl,” signed Mariza. “During this woman’s 1st Rites, she kept thinking about her girlfriend, wishing that she was doing those things to this woman instead of the man who was with her. The man who performed this woman’s 1st Rites is widely known for his skill at Pleasuring women. So much so, that nearly all girls wait for him to be available to perform their 1st Rites. Any woman that he Shares Pleasures with, wants to do so again. Some of them become quite obsessed about it. Every woman wanted him again . . . until this woman. Sharing Pleasures with him, just made this woman want to Share Pleasures with other women.”
“Amongst your people, how common is it for women to Share Pleasures with each other? To be mated to each other?” signed the mog-ur.
“Not very,” signed Mariza. “Most women have tried it at some point. But this woman thinks that more women try it because the Luna sometimes likes to Share Pleasures with this woman’s mother. But this woman was the first to be mated to another woman.”
“Is it possible for a man to Share Pleasures with another man?” signed the mog-ur.
“Certainly,” signed Mariza. “Though this woman has never heard of a man mating another man. Are YOU interested in Sharing Pleasures with other men?”
Zurbgun looked away as a blush coloured his cheeks. Then the turned back to her and nodded.
“This man has already had a mate,” signed the mog-ur. “She brought a son to my hearth. But since she died, her son’s mate has been performing women’s tasks for this man. The exception being, Need Relieving. This man is a bit older than the other men. So, this man does not have as much Need as he used to. So, no, this man does not want you to Relieve his Needs. If you permit this man, he would like to try Relieving his Needs with another man.”
“Of Course,” signed Mariza. “This clanluna could even help you find a man who is willing to Share Pleasures with you.”
“That will not be necessary,” signed the mog-ur. “By this man is grateful for your offer.”
Mariza nodded and returned to her hearth. As she walked she was praying in her mind: (Thank you Luna! Thank you Luna! Thank you Luna!)
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The rest of the Winter kept Mariza and the people sharing her hearth busy. In addition to child care, the women worked on making bows and arrows, summer-dresses, more winter clothes for the other hearths, potions . . . Mariza even began painting some pieces of rawhide to make her own tarot deck.
And the other members of the Clan had noticed how much less smokey Mariza’s hearth was with its’ ribbon of smoke stretching from the fire-circle to the cave entrance. Everyone else wanted to same. So Mariza enlisted the women’s help in charging rune-stones for their fires. By the end of winter, every hearth had a neat ribbon of smoke leading from the fire-circle to the space above the screen at the cave entrance and the cave as a whole was a lot less smokey.
By Spring, it had become apparent that Vezava, Vojkovica, and Zurbgrana had all been blessed during the Winter. Once it was warm enough, Mariza set up some targets and began instructing those women who wished to learn. Her students included Vezava, Vojkovica, Zurbgranaza, Zuragakadava, and Zuragakabaza. They would practice with both slings and bows. Mariza was also continuing to train the dogs for hunting. She had taken to calling Wolfie’s mixed wolf/blink-dog cubs, dogs. Even thought they were now all larger than Đak.
Spring Also meant that the owls had resumed bringing her letters from her mom, Iga, Đučaviča and others.
All the work she spent training the dogs, made her stop and think about which plants she would tame.
(I have some left over grass seeds that nobody ate last winter. . . . I wonder if I planted them in a section of field that already had grass, if I could have even more seeds next fall? And if I only saved and planted the largest seeds, then they would produce larger and larger seeds each year. . . why am I wasting time thinking about this? If I make one patch of grass more prolific, the animals will preferentially eat that section of the parktundra. What I need is a way of keeping the animals out of that section of grass . . . like a Ward or something. But to charge the rune-stones of the Ward I would need . . . Maybe if I declared a spring Mother festival? . . .)
Mariza took her paints, made from a combination of different ochres and plants and painted the different runes on the stones various stones she’d need. She then, carried them out onto the parktundra. After deciding which section of the meadow she wanted to be more prolific, Mariza began laying out the stones. There needed to be a central complex of runestones in circle in the center. And an outer circle of stone that marked the boundary of the Wards. Now that the stones were aligned, Mariza headed back to the cave.
Since this spring day was a warm one. Mariza already had her summer-dress on. Both Vezava and Vojkovica had liked the way Mariza’s Winter tunic laced up the sides so she could expand it as her pregnancy progressed. And Even before Vatha was born, Mariza had figured out how to make it lose in the bust and tight around the waist so that she could nurse babies inside, leaving her hands free. So Mariza and the other women had all made their summer dresses lace up the side. It had become the Clan’s fashion for those few women that were adventurous enough to trade their wraps for summer-dresses. This group included: the women of Mariza’s hearth, Zurbgranaza, and the two girls who had become women over the Winter. Taking an idea from Vojkovica, the women wore their winter leggings with their summer-dress as a tunic on chillier Spring days. Still, the sight of these young women on a warm day like today, in their mini dresses that where open and laced up the sides, excited Mariza. She could tell from the men’s expressions that they agreed with her. Mariza had both her babies under her summer-dress, one on each breast. This allowed them to feed as they will.
As she approached the cave, Mariza passed the stone-house. It had stood through the Winter. She was still debating whether to tear it down and try to rebuild it or to cover it with hides to keep out the wind.
Outside the cave, the women were all working on various projects. Širiža was starting to squirm, so Mariza pulled her out of the top of her dress and set her daughter down on a fur next to baby Zuragakama, Zuragavaka’s daughter.
“This Weech needs help charging some more runestones, So we’re going to have a Spring Mother Festival,” announced Mariza. “But because we are charging rune-stones we will have to do things a little different. Instead of taking men back to their hearths, each of you will take your man to a preset rune-stone. You should all set furs next to them. This Weech will be in the center and this Weech needs you, Zurbgranaza, to pick this Weech first so that we can certain that my Needs are Relieved.”
“Her? What about me?” Protested Vezava.
“This clanluna enjoys Sharing Pleasures with you, but because you are my acolyte, this woman always feel a little guilty. . . like she’s forcing you,” replied Mariza. “Besides, we can Share Pleasures anytime. Part of the point of a Mother Festival is to honor the Mother by Sharing Pleasures outside your hearth. Zurgranaza doesn’t live at our hearth, she enjoys Sharing Pleasures with me, and she is good at Relieving this woman’s Needs. Now, Zuragavaka, we need someone to stay at the cave and watch children. Can you do this for us?”
“Yes Mariza,” replied the former Leader’s mate.
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The Spring Mother Festival/Rune charging ritual was a success. Each woman touched a rune-stone on the outer edge of the circle while Sharing Pleasures with a man she wasn’t mated to. While Mariza and Zurgranaza Shared Pleasures in the center complex of stones. Each time a woman would peak, Mariza would draw the magic of it into herself and then use it to charge the rune-stone on the periphery where the couple was and the corresponding runstone in the central complex that Mariza could physically touch, herself.
Once the ritual was complete, there was a circular section of the grass in the middle of the parktundra that the animals stayed out of.
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By early Summer, Mariza judged that both the dogs and the women were ready for their first hunt. Mariza and Zurbgranaza were the only ones with babies that need to be left in the care of another woman. Under Mariza’s direction, each woman had her sling hanging from her belt, along with a pouch of small stones and her bow in hand. Arrows were in quivers on their backs.
Mariza in the lead, the group of women and dogs headed out across the grass of the parktundra.
“There!” Zurbgranaza pointed at a herd of horses in the distance. They had been walking through the grass for quite a while before coming to the top of this rise that allowed them to see the distant herd.
“We can not hunt them,” signed Mariza. “Those are horses.”
“Why not?” asked Vojkovica.
Why not indeed? Mariza had never questioned the clanluna ban on hunting horses before. She knew the purpose of the ban was to avoid mistakenly hunting centaurs and unicorns. But there weren’t any here. . . . Mariza nodded her ascent.
“We need to circle around widely so they do not know we are coming for them,” signed Mariza. “Vezava, take Zuragakadava, Zuragakabaza and the dogs around that way. This woman will lead the rest of us around this way. Wait until we have completely surrounded the herd before moving in.”
The women all nodded and set out, going long way around the herd in opposite directions. As Mariza had taught them they all walked at a leisurely pace as they spread out. The dogs, went the furthest and closed the circle, just as they had been trained. Suddenly, Đak spotted a hare and began running after it barking and apparating randomly.
“Đak! No!” shouted Mariza.
But it was too late . . . the herd was spooked! The horses began running away from Mariza and towards the river. All the women began shooting arrows at the horses. They had been practicing shooting their bows at stationary targets all Spring. Now they were learning how hard it was to hit a moving target. None of the women except Mariza managed to hit a horse and she was too far away for her arrows to penetrate deep enough to bring a horse down. Mariza ran after the horses and the other women followed her lead. She knew the horses could outrun her, but they would slow down, entering, crossing and getting out of the river.
The last of the horses was in the water when Mariza and the women arrived. Mariza notched an arrow to shoot one of the stragglers. As she was aiming, the horse looked back at her . . . and suddenly Mariza couldn’t bear to shoot the horse. They looked too much like unicorns . . . she wondered what it would be like to ride one?
She didn’t want to ruin her new summer-dress, so Mariza took her knife and cut the laces on the left side enough that she could quickly get it off her. She then dove into the water and swam after the horses. Her mother had taught her to be a strong swimmer and she was able to catch up with a mare. Grabbing the horse by the ears, she pulled herself onto its’ back! The mare gave a whinnying scream in protest.
Mariza (20) - Other, (Golden blonde hair, sky-blue eyes) Leader, Ayla’s daughter, Weech, , Đučaviča’s former 2nd mate. clanluna, redfoot, N: Cr,H,R,Div, Care prodigy (Stork totem)
---Zariz (5) – ¼ Clan son of Mariza, Weez-ur
---Širiža (1) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
---Vantha (0) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
------Đak (6) – blink-dog
--------- 5 Blink-wolves (0)
------Međveđj (4) Cave Bear
Zuradan (18) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
---Vezava (14) – Other, daughter of Larnva of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan, Mariza's accolyte, Zuradan's mate,
Zuradaz – (15) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza, (Mammoth totem)
---Vojkovica (15) – Other, daughter of Larnza of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan, mate of Zuradaz, (Shamois totem)
Zezbrakran (41) – 1/16 Clan son of Zezbraka, former-Leader
---Zuragavaka (34) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragava, mate of Zezbrakran
------Zuragakama (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zuragavaka
Zurbgun (54)-1/8 Clan son of Zurbga, mog-ur
Zurvragun (39) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvraga, mog-ur's acolyte
---Zurvgakava (30) - 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zurvragun
------Zurvgakun (12) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava,
------Zurvgakavama (0) -1/32 Clan daughter of Zurvgakava
Zezbrakruk (38) -1/8 Clan son of Zezbraka
---Zurbgrana (38) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurbgra, medicine woman, mate of Zezbrakruk
Zuradanak (36) -1/32 Clan son of Zuradana
---Zurvgakaza (33) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zuradanak
------Zurvgakazma (0) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurvgakaza
Zuradavun (36) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuradava
--- Zuragakada (32) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zuradavun
------Zuragakadama (0) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada
Zurvgav (35) – 1/8 Clan son of Zurvgava
--- Zuragakaba (29) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zurvgav
------ Zuragakabava (11) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
------Zuragakabama (0) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
Zuragavaz (19) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragavaka, former-future Leader
---Zuragakadaza (17)– 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavaz
------ Zuragakadazad (2) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragakadaza, former-future leader
------Zuragakadazama (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zuragakadaza
Zuragavab (16) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuragavaka
---Zurbgranaza (18) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgrana, medicine woman, mate of Zuragavab
------ Zurbgranazaga (3) 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
------Marizurba (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
Zurvgak (15) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava, future mog-ur's acolyte
---Zuragakabaza (14) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba, mate of Zurvgak
Zubgranev (15) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurbgrana
------ Zuragakadava (14) - 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zurbgranev
Chapter 79: more Winter
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
. . . . everyone had a mate except her, and she didn’t want to be mated to a man anyway . . . wait . . . . her eyes drifted back to the mog-ur’s hearth where Zurvgakava was serving dinner to her mate Zurvragun their son and the mog-ur, Zurbgun . . . the mog-ur didn’t have a mate! Sensing that she was staring, the mog-ur turned and smiled at Mariza. The mog-ur didn’t have a mate!
Mariza felt an icy grip on her heart. Vezava’s worship of her had been nibbling away at her faith for months. Now she was having a full-blown crisis of faith. She’d volunteered to be this Clan’s One-who-Serves-the-Mother, to teach the members of this clan the ways of the Mother. She’d sacrificed her body for the good of this Clan and the two abducted women. But the parallel between her life and Luna’s was just too much for her. She’d only met Creb during the yearly resurrections of his spirit. But She knew that when Luna had first joined the Clan that later became the first Clan of the Clanluna, she had been mated to a much older man, the Clan’s Mog-Ur. What if Luna was the ordinary Weech she claimed to be? What if she wasn’t just pretending to be a woman? Had it happened to Luna the same way it had to Mariza? Had Iga proclaimed Luna the Goddess in the same way Vezava had her? What if Luna’s mission for Mariza was all in her imagination? Had she done it all for nothing? Had she let those men, no endured those men, as they Relieved their Needs in her while she was trying to teach them to Share Pleasures?
Mariza couldn’t face the idea that she might have done it all for nothing. She steeled herself. Handing her baby daughters Širiza and Vantha to Vojkovica, Mariza rose to her feet and walked over to the mog-ur’s hearth. Sitting at his feet. She waited like a Clan woman for him to acknowledge her.
Zurbgun, the mog-ur, was a bit taken aback to have the Leader sitting submissively before him. His curiosity was peaked. He tapped her shoulder.
“This clanluna has noticed that you are the only man in the Clan with no mate,” signed Mariza.
“This is true,” signed the mog-ur.
“As clanluna, this woman is mated to every man and every woman in this Clan,” signed Mariza. “Would you like for this clanluna to Relieve your Needs and perform woman’s tasks for you?”
Zurbgun was silent for a minute before asking: “How did you find out that you only like to Share Pleasures with other women?”
“As a girl, just before this woman became a woman, this woman played at Sharing Pleasures with another girl,” signed Mariza. “During this woman’s 1st Rites, she kept thinking about her girlfriend, wishing that she was doing those things to this woman instead of the man who was with her. The man who performed this woman’s 1st Rites is widely known for his skill at Pleasuring women. So much so, that nearly all girls wait for him to be available to perform their 1st Rites. Any woman that he Shares Pleasures with, wants to do so again. Some of them become quite obsessed about it. Every woman wanted him again . . . until this woman. Sharing Pleasures with him, just made this woman want to Share Pleasures with other women.”
“Amongst your people, how common is it for women to Share Pleasures with each other? To be mated to each other?” signed the mog-ur.
“Not very,” signed Mariza. “Most women have tried it at some point. But this woman thinks that more women try it because the Luna sometimes likes to Share Pleasures with this woman’s mother. But this woman was the first to be mated to another woman.”
“Is it possible for a man to Share Pleasures with another man?” signed the mog-ur.
“Certainly,” signed Mariza. “Though this woman has never heard of a man mating another man. Are YOU interested in Sharing Pleasures with other men?”
Zurbgun looked away as a blush coloured his cheeks. Then the turned back to her and nodded.
“This man has already had a mate,” signed the mog-ur. “She brought a son to my hearth. But since she died, her son’s mate has been performing women’s tasks for this man. The exception being, Need Relieving. This man is a bit older than the other men. So, this man does not have as much Need as he used to. So, no, this man does not want you to Relieve his Needs. If you permit this man, he would like to try Relieving his Needs with another man.”
“Of Course,” signed Mariza. “This clanluna could even help you find a man who is willing to Share Pleasures with you.”
“That will not be necessary,” signed the mog-ur. “By this man is grateful for your offer.”
Mariza nodded and returned to her hearth. As she walked she was praying in her mind: (Thank you Luna! Thank you Luna! Thank you Luna!)
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The rest of the Winter kept Mariza and the people sharing her hearth busy. In addition to child care, the women worked on making bows and arrows, summer-dresses, more winter clothes for the other hearths, potions . . . Mariza even began painting some pieces of rawhide to make her own tarot deck.
And the other members of the Clan had noticed how much less smokey Mariza’s hearth was with its’ ribbon of smoke stretching from the fire-circle to the cave entrance. Everyone else wanted to same. So Mariza enlisted the women’s help in charging rune-stones for their fires. By the end of winter, every hearth had a neat ribbon of smoke leading from the fire-circle to the space above the screen at the cave entrance and the cave as a whole was a lot less smokey.
By Spring, it had become apparent that Vezava, Vojkovica, and Zurbgrana had all been blessed during the Winter. Once it was warm enough, Mariza set up some targets and began instructing those women who wished to learn. Her students included Vezava, Vojkovica, Zurbgranaza, Zuragakadava, and Zuragakabaza. They would practice with both slings and bows. Mariza was also continuing to train the dogs for hunting. She had taken to calling Wolfie’s mixed wolf/blink-dog cubs, dogs. Even thought they were now all larger than Đak.
Spring Also meant that the owls had resumed bringing her letters from her mom, Iga, Đučaviča and others.
All the work she spent training the dogs, made her stop and think about which plants she would tame.
(I have some left over grass seeds that nobody ate last winter. . . . I wonder if I planted them in a section of field that already had grass, if I could have even more seeds next fall? And if I only saved and planted the largest seeds, then they would produce larger and larger seeds each year. . . why am I wasting time thinking about this? If I make one patch of grass more prolific, the animals will preferentially eat that section of the parktundra. What I need is a way of keeping the animals out of that section of grass . . . like a Ward or something. But to charge the rune-stones of the Ward I would need . . . Maybe if I declared a spring Mother festival? . . .)
Mariza took her paints, made from a combination of different ochres and plants and painted the different runes on the stones various stones she’d need. She then, carried them out onto the parktundra. After deciding which section of the meadow she wanted to be more prolific, Mariza began laying out the stones. There needed to be a central complex of runestones in circle in the center. And an outer circle of stone that marked the boundary of the Wards. Now that the stones were aligned, Mariza headed back to the cave.
Since this spring day was a warm one. Mariza already had her summer-dress on. Both Vezava and Vojkovica had liked the way Mariza’s Winter tunic laced up the sides so she could expand it as her pregnancy progressed. And Even before Vatha was born, Mariza had figured out how to make it lose in the bust and tight around the waist so that she could nurse babies inside, leaving her hands free. So Mariza and the other women had all made their summer dresses lace up the side. It had become the Clan’s fashion for those few women that were adventurous enough to trade their wraps for summer-dresses. This group included: the women of Mariza’s hearth, Zurbgranaza, and the two girls who had become women over the Winter. Taking an idea from Vojkovica, the women wore their winter leggings with their summer-dress as a tunic on chillier Spring days. Still, the sight of these young women on a warm day like today, in their mini dresses that where open and laced up the sides, excited Mariza. She could tell from the men’s expressions that they agreed with her. Mariza had both her babies under her summer-dress, one on each breast. This allowed them to feed as they will.
As she approached the cave, Mariza passed the stone-house. It had stood through the Winter. She was still debating whether to tear it down and try to rebuild it or to cover it with hides to keep out the wind.
Outside the cave, the women were all working on various projects. Širiža was starting to squirm, so Mariza pulled her out of the top of her dress and set her daughter down on a fur next to baby Zuragakama, Zuragavaka’s daughter.
“This Weech needs help charging some more runestones, So we’re going to have a Spring Mother Festival,” announced Mariza. “But because we are charging rune-stones we will have to do things a little different. Instead of taking men back to their hearths, each of you will take your man to a preset rune-stone. You should all set furs next to them. This Weech will be in the center and this Weech needs you, Zurbgranaza, to pick this Weech first so that we can certain that my Needs are Relieved.”
“Her? What about me?” Protested Vezava.
“This clanluna enjoys Sharing Pleasures with you, but because you are my acolyte, this woman always feel a little guilty. . . like she’s forcing you,” replied Mariza. “Besides, we can Share Pleasures anytime. Part of the point of a Mother Festival is to honor the Mother by Sharing Pleasures outside your hearth. Zurgranaza doesn’t live at our hearth, she enjoys Sharing Pleasures with me, and she is good at Relieving this woman’s Needs. Now, Zuragavaka, we need someone to stay at the cave and watch children. Can you do this for us?”
“Yes Mariza,” replied the former Leader’s mate.
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The Spring Mother Festival/Rune charging ritual was a success. Each woman touched a rune-stone on the outer edge of the circle while Sharing Pleasures with a man she wasn’t mated to. While Mariza and Zurgranaza Shared Pleasures in the center complex of stones. Each time a woman would peak, Mariza would draw the magic of it into herself and then use it to charge the rune-stone on the periphery where the couple was and the corresponding runstone in the central complex that Mariza could physically touch, herself.
Once the ritual was complete, there was a circular section of the grass in the middle of the parktundra that the animals stayed out of.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
By early Summer, Mariza judged that both the dogs and the women were ready for their first hunt. Mariza and Zurbgranaza were the only ones with babies that need to be left in the care of another woman. Under Mariza’s direction, each woman had her sling hanging from her belt, along with a pouch of small stones and her bow in hand. Arrows were in quivers on their backs.
Mariza in the lead, the group of women and dogs headed out across the grass of the parktundra.
“There!” Zurbgranaza pointed at a herd of horses in the distance. They had been walking through the grass for quite a while before coming to the top of this rise that allowed them to see the distant herd.
“We can not hunt them,” signed Mariza. “Those are horses.”
“Why not?” asked Vojkovica.
Why not indeed? Mariza had never questioned the clanluna ban on hunting horses before. She knew the purpose of the ban was to avoid mistakenly hunting centaurs and unicorns. But there weren’t any here. . . . Mariza nodded her ascent.
“We need to circle around widely so they do not know we are coming for them,” signed Mariza. “Vezava, take Zuragakadava, Zuragakabaza and the dogs around that way. This woman will lead the rest of us around this way. Wait until we have completely surrounded the herd before moving in.”
The women all nodded and set out, going long way around the herd in opposite directions. As Mariza had taught them they all walked at a leisurely pace as they spread out. The dogs, went the furthest and closed the circle, just as they had been trained. Suddenly, Đak spotted a hare and began running after it barking and apparating randomly.
“Đak! No!” shouted Mariza.
But it was too late . . . the herd was spooked! The horses began running away from Mariza and towards the river. All the women began shooting arrows at the horses. They had been practicing shooting their bows at stationary targets all Spring. Now they were learning how hard it was to hit a moving target. None of the women except Mariza managed to hit a horse and she was too far away for her arrows to penetrate deep enough to bring a horse down. Mariza ran after the horses and the other women followed her lead. She knew the horses could outrun her, but they would slow down, entering, crossing and getting out of the river.
The last of the horses was in the water when Mariza and the women arrived. Mariza notched an arrow to shoot one of the stragglers. As she was aiming, the horse looked back at her . . . and suddenly Mariza couldn’t bear to shoot the horse. They looked too much like unicorns . . . she wondered what it would be like to ride one?
She didn’t want to ruin her new summer-dress, so Mariza took her knife and cut the laces on the left side enough that she could quickly get it off her. She then dove into the water and swam after the horses. Her mother had taught her to be a strong swimmer and she was able to catch up with a mare. Grabbing the horse by the ears, she pulled herself onto its’ back! The mare gave a whinnying scream in protest.
Mariza (20) - Other, (Golden blonde hair, sky-blue eyes) Leader, Ayla’s daughter, Weech, , Đučaviča’s former 2nd mate. clanluna, redfoot, N: Cr,H,R,Div, Care prodigy (Stork totem)
---Zariz (5) – ¼ Clan son of Mariza, Weez-ur
---Širiža (1) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
---Vantha (0) – Other, Mariza’s daughter, Weech
------Đak (6) – blink-dog
--------- 5 Blink-wolves (0)
------Međveđj (4) Cave Bear
Zuradan (18) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza
---Vezava (14) – Other, daughter of Larnva of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan, Mariza's accolyte, Zuradan's mate,
Zuradaz – (15) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakaza, (Mammoth totem)
---Vojkovica (15) – Other, daughter of Larnza of the Vanthonoi, abducted by Zorg's Clan, mate of Zuradaz, (Shamois totem)
Zezbrakran (41) – 1/16 Clan son of Zezbraka, former-Leader
---Zuragavaka (34) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragava, mate of Zezbrakran
------Zuragakama (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zuragavaka
Zurbgun (54)-1/8 Clan son of Zurbga, mog-ur
Zurvragun (39) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurvraga, mog-ur's acolyte
---Zurvgakava (30) - 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zurvragun
------Zurvgakun (12) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava,
------Zurvgakavama (0) -1/32 Clan daughter of Zurvgakava
Zezbrakruk (38) -1/8 Clan son of Zezbraka
---Zurbgrana (38) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurbgra, medicine woman, mate of Zezbrakruk
Zuradanak (36) -1/32 Clan son of Zuradana
---Zurvgakaza (33) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Zurvgaka, mate of Zuradanak
------Zurvgakazma (0) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zurvgakaza
Zuradavun (36) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuradava
--- Zuragakada (32) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zuradavun
------Zuragakadama (0) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada
Zurvgav (35) – 1/8 Clan son of Zurvgava
--- Zuragakaba (29) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragaka, mate of Zurvgav
------ Zuragakabava (11) – 1/16 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
------Zuragakabama (0) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba
Zuragavaz (19) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragavaka, former-future Leader
---Zuragakadaza (17)– 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zuragavaz
------ Zuragakadazad (2) – 1/64 Clan son of Zuragakadaza, former-future leader
------Zuragakadazama (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zuragakadaza
Zuragavab (16) – 1/32 Clan son of Zuragavaka
---Zurbgranaza (18) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgrana, medicine woman, mate of Zuragavab
------ Zurbgranazaga (3) 1/32 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
------Marizurba (0) – 1/64 Clan daughter of Zurbgranaza
Zurvgak (15) - 1/16 Clan son of Zurvgakava, future mog-ur's acolyte
---Zuragakabaza (14) – 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakaba, mate of Zurvgak
Zubgranev (15) – 1/16 Clan son of Zurbgrana
------ Zuragakadava (14) - 1/32 Clan daughter of Zuragakada, mate of Zurbgranev
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