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Clanluna
Chapter 132: Maeba learns Legimancy
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Once they had arrived at the Summer Gathering, the women began setting up camp. For Maeba, this meant drawing her wand and using it to enlarge the tents of the clan, then with levitation, setting up her tipi. Once the tipi was erected, Maeba and her daughters entered it. Maeba then enlarged their possessions that she had previously shrunk down and Mooba helped her arrange them. When she was finally done, Maeba exited the tipi, to see that the other women of their Clan had already set up their lean-toos, simple Clan-style tents consisting of two vertical poles, a single horizontal cross pole, and two tilted poles to one side with a roof and sides stretching away to one side from the cross pole. Guide ropes tied to the corners where the poles were lashed together, helped hold the tent upright.
Maeba magically enlarged the possessions of each family and set them outside the tent of each woman so she could arrange them as she liked.
Maeba then, sent her two oldest girls to gather firewood, while she nursed Raba, her youngest, then gave her to Oda to watch, while she went to visit the other clans.
“I greet you in the name of Luna,” said Wilmara as she clasped Maeba’s hands. “I am Wilmara of the Peverel član, Granddaughter of Luna, Weech, mated to Zariz, sister mate of Đelđuma and mother of Antiočh.”
Maeba released Wilmara’s hands so she could sign:
“This woman greets you it the name of Ursus and of Luna. This woman is named: Maeba of the Ravenclaw Clan, daughter of Luna, Weech, clanluna, mated to Groom, and mother of Mooba, Greeba, and Raba.
Would you like to go ‘hunting’?”
“This woman would love too!” signed Wilmara. “Just let me get someone to watch Antiočh for a while!”
After handing he son off to Đoroči’s mate, Creba, Wilmara grabbed her bow, quiver and a shrunken mammoth fur to lay on. The two women headed into the forest upstream along the river, rather than on the steppes.
“This looks like a good spot,” signed Maeba, as Wilmara pulled out and enlarged the mammoth fur to lay on the ground. She then cast a notice-me-not ward around them.
“So how have you been the past year?” signed Wilmara.
“Wilmara, you do not have to sign to this woman,” signed Maeba. “This woman can understand your speech perfectly. This woman used to be Other, remember?”
“All right, well how was your year?” asked Wilmara.
“It has mostly been good,” signed Maeba. “This woman’s magical herb garden is growing nicely. This woman has been teaching her daughters to use the sling and Mooba how to use the bow. But it can be a bit lonely at times. The other women, do not treat this woman as one of them. They are deferential to this woman. They treat this woman more like one of the men. But the men do not treat this woman like one of them either. Although they are not as bad as Clan men, they still see this woman as only useful for Sharing Pleasures and performing Clan women’s tasks.
But this woman is very aware of the fact that as this woman does, so will all future women of her Clan, forever. This woman is creating the memories that future Clan Weeches will be stuck in. So this woman is making certain that all her daughters become women-who-hunt and that Weeches are considered equal with Weez-urs.
But the men still do not let this woman join the group hunt or the Men’s council. When Mooba becomes a woman, this woman plans to start a Council of Women.”
“I can see why you would be a bit lonely,” said Wilmara. “I miss spending time with other women too. I don’t get to see much of Đelđuma. She’s too busy with all the men. I only get few nights a moon alone with her. Doesn’t having The Clanluna in your Clan help matters a bit?”
“It would if she had time for this woman,” signed Maeba. “But Iga The Clanluna is mated to Dyondar now. He used to be a member of the people who lived in our cave before us, and we have had a few problems with them. But ever since she joined our Clan, the two of them spend all their free time in the furs Sharing like Hares.”
“Speaking of Sharing,” said Wilmara, as she leaned in to kiss Maeba.
After they finished ‘hunting’, Maeba and Wilmara went hunting and brought back a pair of ptarmigan for their hearths. But when they returned to the camp of Maeba’s Clan, Ayla and a gynosphinx were waiting for her.
After an exchange of greetings, Maeba asked:
“What can this woman do for you?”
“This Medicine Woman would like to ask you some questions about potions,” signed Ayla. “This Weech is going to write a book about potions for the other Clans to use and want your Clan memories. Demetercles is here to help this woman remind you and provoke your clan memories into your awareness.”
“Is it permitted for this woman to feed her baby while we talk,” signed Maeba
Ayla nodded and Wilmara said:
“And I should go feed Antiočh too. Bye Maeba, I had a lovely time ‘hunting’ with you. Shall we ‘do it’ again tomorrow?”
Maeba nodded and kissed her goodbye before signing:
“Walk with Ursus and Luna.”
Once Maeba had retrieved her youngest daughter from Oda’s care, she sat with the Clanluna’s highest ranked Medicine Woman and the sphinx to discuss potions in a way designed to provoke the hidden Clan memories that Maeba carried from her mother Luna’s matrilineal ancestors.
Throughout the summer, Maeba continued to spend her spare time, either ‘hunting’ with Wilmara or talking with Ayla and the sphinx.
One day, as Wilmara lay on top of her, gazing into her eyes, basking in the glow of their recently Shared Pleasures, Maeba wondered how Wilmara seemed to know just what she needed, when she needed.
“I can see it in your mind,” replied Wilmara.
(You can do legimancy?) thought Maeba.
“Yes,” replied Wilmara.
(How to you discover how to do that?) thought Maeba.
“Zariz taught me,” replied Wilmara.
(Can you teach me?) thought Maeba.
“I don’t know . . . I really shouldn’t,” said Wilmara. “Zariz said it is very dangerous and I shouldn’t tell anybody how we did it.”
(Please! You must teach me! If I don’t learn it now, none of my daughters with ever be able to learn it! We won’t have the memories for it.) thought Maeba.
“Well . . . all right. Yes. Yes I will,” affirmed Wilmara.
But when they took the mog-ur’s potion, things didn’t work out so well. A black abyss opened beneath them that they fell into. Maeba started to fall down ward, but because she was holding Wilmara’s hand, when Wilmara fell up, into the future memories, she drug Maeba with her. And Maeba’s presence made them fall into her future memories. They were lost in the future memories of one of Maeba’s Clan descendants when Zariz finally rescued them.
Maeba and Wilmara were examining a large gray basked that the world seemed to be inside. The sides of the basket were all least 2 man heights high. It was some kind of future memory of Maeba’s.
Zariz flew down and grabbed them each by the hand before he drug them back to the present.
“What was that?” signed Maeba.
“What in Luna’s name did you two think you were doing?!?” demanded Zariz.
“I’m sorry Zariz, I was trying to teach her Legimancy,” pleaded Wilmara.
“I told you no one can ever know you had done that, and you go a do it again, with another woman! Don’t you know how dangerous it is?”
“I’m sorry. She told me how hard things are for her in her Clan,” said Wilmara. “I was just trying to help. . . . . You! . . . You can teach her Legimancy, Please!”
“No!” snapped Zariz.
“Aw, Please!” begged Wilmara. “If you do, I’ll take love potion with you.”
“I accept,” answered Zariz, before turning to Maeba. “Now, that we’ve been in the memories together, while you are still on the potion, try to look into my present memories, my thoughts.”
(Can you hear me?) thought Zariz.
(Yes! Yes I can!) thought Maeba.
“Very good! In general, you’ll find that the more emotionally close to someone you are, the easier it is to see their thoughts. So the best way to practice is while Sharing Pleasures,” said Zariz.
“This woman does not wish to cause offense, but this woman is unwilling to Share Pleasures with you,” signed Maeba. “This woman fears that you would defeat her totem and Bless her with a baby that is not Clan enough for our Clan.”
“Not a problem. You are already Sharing with Wilmara. You can practice with her,” suggested Zariz. “Give it a try.”
Maeba trying looking at Wilmara’s present memories and blushed when she saw what Wilmara wanted to do to her.
(So you can see pictures too?) thought Wilmara, as Maeba nodded.
“Right. I’ll just watch over the two of you while the potion is still affecting you, and you two practice looking in each other’s minds.” Commanded Zariz.
And so while Maeba and Wilmara gazed into each other’s eyes sharing each other’s thoughts and bodies, Zariz watched them and pulled them back whenever the fell into the abyss. When the potion had finally worn off, Zariz left them to continue with the practicing Sharing minds and Pleasures.
The two of them continued this practice for the rest of the summer. When the next Full Moon came, on the first night, Zariz held a ritual of sorts to charge the central hearth of Luna’s cave and connect it to the ‘floo’ network of interconnected fires. Wilmara was Maeba’s partner for this ritual as she was for the next two before the Summer gathering ended.
And the second night of each Full Moon, there were Wo/Men/Mog-ur’s Ceremonies.
By the end of Summer, Arv, son of Grorvma had finished his redfoot and successfully completed his manhood hunt, but had been unable to find a mate. And so, until he could get a mate of his own, he would be moving the hearth of the clanluna’s mate, to Maeba’s hearth. She would have to perform his women’s tasks and take care of his Needs until Arv found a mate of his own.
When it came time to return to the cave, Ceban made them a portkey and they spun back to their cave.
When they arrived, Groom, Dyondar and Iga The Clanluna were already waiting for them. So when Ceban gathered the men together for a council meeting where Dyondar and Groom could report on what had happened at the Zelandonii Summer Meeting, Maeba did the same with Iga.
“Would you like to join me for tea at our hearth?” invited Maeba.
After, Iga nodded her ascent, Maeba led her back to the hearth. She filled a bowl with water that shot from the tip of her wand, then, magically heated the water, before dropping some herbs in the water to seep.
“What happened at the Zel Summer Meeting?” asked Maeba, as she secretly and silently cast: “legimens” on Iga so she could see in her mind what she was telling.
“We walked to the 5th Cave of the Zelandonii,” signed Iga The Clanluna, using her own variation of the ancient silent Clan signs suplimented by many signs that she had created herself. “By the way. Thank you for the potions you gave this woman before this woman left. They helped very much with the aches and pains of walking. This woman did not realize how much the care of Medicine Women like you and Ayla were doing for this woman, until this woman met Zellandonii women who were her age. And there were not many of them. People in the Clanluna seem to live longer and healthier than other peoples.
Anyway, when we arrived at the 5th Cave, people were a little hostile towards us, and Dyondar, in particular. Groom had disillusioned, made himself unseen, which was good because this woman does not think they would have even pretended to be polite if they had seen a man of the Clan with us. As it was, while their words were stiff and formal, in Clan-sign they were unknowingly screaming about how they wanted to kill us!
We followed their directions to the Zelandonii Summer Meeting. But they weren’t any happier to see us than the 5th cave. As soon as we arrived, a crowd of people swarmed around us screaming and yelling. This woman could not understand so many at once. This woman feared they were going to hurt us.
But then, a very large man and a middle-aged woman joined the crowd. The man yelled for everyone to be quiet. Once they had the crowd’s attention, the woman invited us to the tent of the Zelandoniiae.
It was a large tent where we were sent to wait while the other Zelandoniiae were gathered up. They spent the rest of the day interigating us. No matter how many times he tried, Dyondar couldn’t convince them that he was not the Leader of our Clan, or that magic was real. They seemed set in their beliefs that Clan were animals and that Dyondar had trained them to trick the 9th Cave out of their cave. When Dyondar tried translating my signs, they refused to listen. Finally, they started deliberating about what to do about us. Many of them spoke out in favor of killing all the people of the Clan in our Clan and the other nearby Clans too.
But when they announced that they were going to kill Dyondar for his crimes, Groom dropped his spell and was suddenly visible to us. He quickly used his wand to stun everyone in the tent, then made a portkey to bring us all back to the cave.
We have spent the rest of the Summer here.”
“So they are threatening not just our Clan, but the other Clans in the area too?” signed Maeba. “We should make contact with the other Clans, warn them.”
Iga nodded her agreement.
They both knew that Ceban was probabily reaching the same conclusion at the men’s council.
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Maeba had just finished a round of archery practice with her oldest daughter, Mooba and the pair of them were retreiving the arrows from the target when Maeba changed the subject.
“Mooba, there is something this woman need to speak with you about,” signed Maeba.
“What is it mother?” signed Mooba. “Do you think this girl is ready to hunt a large animal with her bow?”
“You are improving with your bow,” admitted Maeba. “But this woman does not think you will be ready to hunt a large animal until next Summer. You are growing up. And that is part of the problem. This woman thinks that at the rate you are going, that by next summer, you will have become a woman.”
“Really?” asked Mooba.
“Yes, and as a woman, you will probably want your own mate,” Maeba pointed out. “This woman does not think you will have difficulty finding a mate. Most clans of the Clanluna do not have as many women as ours. When this woman met with the clanlunae, many of them told stories of having meet the need of most or all of the men in their clan. There simply are not enough women for every man to have their own mate. And there is more strain in some of the clans because there are some men who have more than one mate. But no one who is already mated, wanted to end their mating to mate another man.
In order to help relieve this situation somewhat, many of the women who are second mates to their man, have acquired a second mate of their own.
But in our clan the situation is more critical. Our men are Clan. They are much more stuck in their memories than the others. A man of the Clan is not happy at all if he does not have a woman at his hearth to cook, and make wraps and Relieve his Needs.
This is why Arv has moved to our hearth. Not that he is a man, he needs a woman to perform his women’s tasks for him. This woman was thinking of asking Arv to be her 2nd mate. But since you will soon be a woman, this woman wanted to ask you first. Were you planning to ask him to become your mate? This woman will not mate him if you want him.”
“No, you can mate him,” signed Mooba. “This girl was wanting to mate Agan when he becomes a man. That way, this girl can someday be the Leader’s mate, and this girl’s son can be the next Leader after Agan.”
After her conversation with her daughter, Maeba informed Ceban that she wanted to be joined with Arv when the Winter came. She also, without their knowledge put all the women of their clan on the totem strengthening root. There were already twelve boys for her three daughters to mate. Maeba wanted to decrease the number of mates her daughters were have to take care of the Needs for.
Throughout the Autumn, Ceban sent emesaries to look for the other nearby Clans and warn them about the Zelandonii threat. Great care was made not to perform magic in front of the other Clans as it wound only scare them.
Many owls were also sent to the other clans of the Clanluna. Ceben wanted to host the Clanluna Summer Gathering next year.
When Winter finally came, Groom the mog-ur and Iga The Clanluna performed the mating Ceremony for Maeba and Arv. The couple went into isolation for half a moon in a separate hearth before returning to Groom’s hearth. Maeba now had two mates.
Arv was adequate as a mate. He brought more meat and furs to their hearth. His redfoot had trained him to be skilled enough in the furs that he could Relieve Maeba’s Needs. Groom liked having another man at the hearth to converse with.
When the Midwinter Mother Festival happened, Maeba picked Mub.
By Spring, as Maeba predicted, Mooba had become a woman. She picked Ceban for her 1st Rites. But she did choose a mate and leave Groom’s hearth immediately.
She was waiting for Agan. This summer he would be trained by a redfoot on how to Relieve the Needs of women. And if he succeeded in his manhood hunt, Mooba planned to ask him to be her mate.
Summer had arrived and with it, the other clans of the Clanluna began arriving by portkey.
Ravenclaw Clan of the Clanluna list
Ceban Fmr (20) – ¾ Clan son of Eba, Leader, Weez-Ur, N: C,T,D,R, Cr,
---Oga Fmr (18) – Clan daughter of Bona, Ceban’s mate
------Agan fMeb fMr (9) – ¾ Clan Oga’s son, Weez-ur
------Aban fmr (6) - Clan, Oga’s son, Weez-ur
------Reban fmr (3) - Clan, Oga’s son, Weez-ur
Groom Fr (19) – ¾ Clan, Grooga’s son, mog-ur, Weez-ur N: C,T,D,R, Cr,
---Maeba Ar (21) – Clan, (former Other), (Black hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, clanluna, Weech, Groom’s mate, N:C,T,D,H,R,Cr,Div
------Mooba Ar (6) - Clan, Maeba’s daughter, Luna’s grandaughter, Weech
------Greeba Ar (3) - Clan, Maeba’s (former son) daughter, (Weez-ur) Weech
------Raba r (0) - Clan, Maeba’s daughter, Luna’s grandaughter, Weech
Arv fmr (7) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
Žorvnaž Fr (17) – ¾ Clan son of Borvna, Weez-ur
---Grorvma Fmr (14) – Clan, Cruma’s daughter
------Rorv fmr (4) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
------Raz (1) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
Zorv Fmr (17) ¾ Clan, Cruma’s Son, Weez-Ur
---Bora fr (13) – Clan daughter of Borvna, Zorv’s mate
------Ab fr (5) - Clan, Bora’s son, Weez-ur
------Rorv (1) - Clan, Bora’s son, Weez-ur
Broogran Ar (15) – ¾ Clan, Grooga’s son, Weez-Ur
---Oda Fr (11) – Clan, Groogra’s daughter
------Roog fr (3) - Clan, Oda’s son, Weez-Ur
------R Brod (0) - Clan, Oda’s son, Weez-Ur
Doon Fr (13) – ¾ Clan, son of Oova, Weez-Ur
---Doova Fr (10) – Clan, Oova’s daughter, Doon’s mate
------Roon (2) - Clan, Doova’s son, Weez-Ur
Dyondar (55) (formerly Jondalar of the Zelandonii) – flintknapper, Thonlan’s brother (Cave Lion totem)
---Iga (59) - Other, (Red Gray-hair, leaf-green eyes) (formerly: Andromedanaea of the Sungaea) Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s widow, Dyondar’s mate
Mub Fm (11) – ¾ Clan, Cruma’s son, Weez-ur
---Gregra Ar (13) – Clan, daughter of Grooga, Ceban’s 2nd mate
------Agreg Ar (4) - Clan, Gregra’s son, Weez-ur
------Roog (1) - Clan, Gregra’s son, Weez-ur
---------various Cave bears
---------Owl
Clanluna
Chapter 132: Maeba learns Legimancy
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Once they had arrived at the Summer Gathering, the women began setting up camp. For Maeba, this meant drawing her wand and using it to enlarge the tents of the clan, then with levitation, setting up her tipi. Once the tipi was erected, Maeba and her daughters entered it. Maeba then enlarged their possessions that she had previously shrunk down and Mooba helped her arrange them. When she was finally done, Maeba exited the tipi, to see that the other women of their Clan had already set up their lean-toos, simple Clan-style tents consisting of two vertical poles, a single horizontal cross pole, and two tilted poles to one side with a roof and sides stretching away to one side from the cross pole. Guide ropes tied to the corners where the poles were lashed together, helped hold the tent upright.
Maeba magically enlarged the possessions of each family and set them outside the tent of each woman so she could arrange them as she liked.
Maeba then, sent her two oldest girls to gather firewood, while she nursed Raba, her youngest, then gave her to Oda to watch, while she went to visit the other clans.
“I greet you in the name of Luna,” said Wilmara as she clasped Maeba’s hands. “I am Wilmara of the Peverel član, Granddaughter of Luna, Weech, mated to Zariz, sister mate of Đelđuma and mother of Antiočh.”
Maeba released Wilmara’s hands so she could sign:
“This woman greets you it the name of Ursus and of Luna. This woman is named: Maeba of the Ravenclaw Clan, daughter of Luna, Weech, clanluna, mated to Groom, and mother of Mooba, Greeba, and Raba.
Would you like to go ‘hunting’?”
“This woman would love too!” signed Wilmara. “Just let me get someone to watch Antiočh for a while!”
After handing he son off to Đoroči’s mate, Creba, Wilmara grabbed her bow, quiver and a shrunken mammoth fur to lay on. The two women headed into the forest upstream along the river, rather than on the steppes.
“This looks like a good spot,” signed Maeba, as Wilmara pulled out and enlarged the mammoth fur to lay on the ground. She then cast a notice-me-not ward around them.
“So how have you been the past year?” signed Wilmara.
“Wilmara, you do not have to sign to this woman,” signed Maeba. “This woman can understand your speech perfectly. This woman used to be Other, remember?”
“All right, well how was your year?” asked Wilmara.
“It has mostly been good,” signed Maeba. “This woman’s magical herb garden is growing nicely. This woman has been teaching her daughters to use the sling and Mooba how to use the bow. But it can be a bit lonely at times. The other women, do not treat this woman as one of them. They are deferential to this woman. They treat this woman more like one of the men. But the men do not treat this woman like one of them either. Although they are not as bad as Clan men, they still see this woman as only useful for Sharing Pleasures and performing Clan women’s tasks.
But this woman is very aware of the fact that as this woman does, so will all future women of her Clan, forever. This woman is creating the memories that future Clan Weeches will be stuck in. So this woman is making certain that all her daughters become women-who-hunt and that Weeches are considered equal with Weez-urs.
But the men still do not let this woman join the group hunt or the Men’s council. When Mooba becomes a woman, this woman plans to start a Council of Women.”
“I can see why you would be a bit lonely,” said Wilmara. “I miss spending time with other women too. I don’t get to see much of Đelđuma. She’s too busy with all the men. I only get few nights a moon alone with her. Doesn’t having The Clanluna in your Clan help matters a bit?”
“It would if she had time for this woman,” signed Maeba. “But Iga The Clanluna is mated to Dyondar now. He used to be a member of the people who lived in our cave before us, and we have had a few problems with them. But ever since she joined our Clan, the two of them spend all their free time in the furs Sharing like Hares.”
“Speaking of Sharing,” said Wilmara, as she leaned in to kiss Maeba.
After they finished ‘hunting’, Maeba and Wilmara went hunting and brought back a pair of ptarmigan for their hearths. But when they returned to the camp of Maeba’s Clan, Ayla and a gynosphinx were waiting for her.
After an exchange of greetings, Maeba asked:
“What can this woman do for you?”
“This Medicine Woman would like to ask you some questions about potions,” signed Ayla. “This Weech is going to write a book about potions for the other Clans to use and want your Clan memories. Demetercles is here to help this woman remind you and provoke your clan memories into your awareness.”
“Is it permitted for this woman to feed her baby while we talk,” signed Maeba
Ayla nodded and Wilmara said:
“And I should go feed Antiočh too. Bye Maeba, I had a lovely time ‘hunting’ with you. Shall we ‘do it’ again tomorrow?”
Maeba nodded and kissed her goodbye before signing:
“Walk with Ursus and Luna.”
Once Maeba had retrieved her youngest daughter from Oda’s care, she sat with the Clanluna’s highest ranked Medicine Woman and the sphinx to discuss potions in a way designed to provoke the hidden Clan memories that Maeba carried from her mother Luna’s matrilineal ancestors.
Throughout the summer, Maeba continued to spend her spare time, either ‘hunting’ with Wilmara or talking with Ayla and the sphinx.
One day, as Wilmara lay on top of her, gazing into her eyes, basking in the glow of their recently Shared Pleasures, Maeba wondered how Wilmara seemed to know just what she needed, when she needed.
“I can see it in your mind,” replied Wilmara.
(You can do legimancy?) thought Maeba.
“Yes,” replied Wilmara.
(How to you discover how to do that?) thought Maeba.
“Zariz taught me,” replied Wilmara.
(Can you teach me?) thought Maeba.
“I don’t know . . . I really shouldn’t,” said Wilmara. “Zariz said it is very dangerous and I shouldn’t tell anybody how we did it.”
(Please! You must teach me! If I don’t learn it now, none of my daughters with ever be able to learn it! We won’t have the memories for it.) thought Maeba.
“Well . . . all right. Yes. Yes I will,” affirmed Wilmara.
But when they took the mog-ur’s potion, things didn’t work out so well. A black abyss opened beneath them that they fell into. Maeba started to fall down ward, but because she was holding Wilmara’s hand, when Wilmara fell up, into the future memories, she drug Maeba with her. And Maeba’s presence made them fall into her future memories. They were lost in the future memories of one of Maeba’s Clan descendants when Zariz finally rescued them.
Maeba and Wilmara were examining a large gray basked that the world seemed to be inside. The sides of the basket were all least 2 man heights high. It was some kind of future memory of Maeba’s.
Zariz flew down and grabbed them each by the hand before he drug them back to the present.
“What was that?” signed Maeba.
“What in Luna’s name did you two think you were doing?!?” demanded Zariz.
“I’m sorry Zariz, I was trying to teach her Legimancy,” pleaded Wilmara.
“I told you no one can ever know you had done that, and you go a do it again, with another woman! Don’t you know how dangerous it is?”
“I’m sorry. She told me how hard things are for her in her Clan,” said Wilmara. “I was just trying to help. . . . . You! . . . You can teach her Legimancy, Please!”
“No!” snapped Zariz.
“Aw, Please!” begged Wilmara. “If you do, I’ll take love potion with you.”
“I accept,” answered Zariz, before turning to Maeba. “Now, that we’ve been in the memories together, while you are still on the potion, try to look into my present memories, my thoughts.”
(Can you hear me?) thought Zariz.
(Yes! Yes I can!) thought Maeba.
“Very good! In general, you’ll find that the more emotionally close to someone you are, the easier it is to see their thoughts. So the best way to practice is while Sharing Pleasures,” said Zariz.
“This woman does not wish to cause offense, but this woman is unwilling to Share Pleasures with you,” signed Maeba. “This woman fears that you would defeat her totem and Bless her with a baby that is not Clan enough for our Clan.”
“Not a problem. You are already Sharing with Wilmara. You can practice with her,” suggested Zariz. “Give it a try.”
Maeba trying looking at Wilmara’s present memories and blushed when she saw what Wilmara wanted to do to her.
(So you can see pictures too?) thought Wilmara, as Maeba nodded.
“Right. I’ll just watch over the two of you while the potion is still affecting you, and you two practice looking in each other’s minds.” Commanded Zariz.
And so while Maeba and Wilmara gazed into each other’s eyes sharing each other’s thoughts and bodies, Zariz watched them and pulled them back whenever the fell into the abyss. When the potion had finally worn off, Zariz left them to continue with the practicing Sharing minds and Pleasures.
The two of them continued this practice for the rest of the summer. When the next Full Moon came, on the first night, Zariz held a ritual of sorts to charge the central hearth of Luna’s cave and connect it to the ‘floo’ network of interconnected fires. Wilmara was Maeba’s partner for this ritual as she was for the next two before the Summer gathering ended.
And the second night of each Full Moon, there were Wo/Men/Mog-ur’s Ceremonies.
By the end of Summer, Arv, son of Grorvma had finished his redfoot and successfully completed his manhood hunt, but had been unable to find a mate. And so, until he could get a mate of his own, he would be moving the hearth of the clanluna’s mate, to Maeba’s hearth. She would have to perform his women’s tasks and take care of his Needs until Arv found a mate of his own.
When it came time to return to the cave, Ceban made them a portkey and they spun back to their cave.
When they arrived, Groom, Dyondar and Iga The Clanluna were already waiting for them. So when Ceban gathered the men together for a council meeting where Dyondar and Groom could report on what had happened at the Zelandonii Summer Meeting, Maeba did the same with Iga.
“Would you like to join me for tea at our hearth?” invited Maeba.
After, Iga nodded her ascent, Maeba led her back to the hearth. She filled a bowl with water that shot from the tip of her wand, then, magically heated the water, before dropping some herbs in the water to seep.
“What happened at the Zel Summer Meeting?” asked Maeba, as she secretly and silently cast: “legimens” on Iga so she could see in her mind what she was telling.
“We walked to the 5th Cave of the Zelandonii,” signed Iga The Clanluna, using her own variation of the ancient silent Clan signs suplimented by many signs that she had created herself. “By the way. Thank you for the potions you gave this woman before this woman left. They helped very much with the aches and pains of walking. This woman did not realize how much the care of Medicine Women like you and Ayla were doing for this woman, until this woman met Zellandonii women who were her age. And there were not many of them. People in the Clanluna seem to live longer and healthier than other peoples.
Anyway, when we arrived at the 5th Cave, people were a little hostile towards us, and Dyondar, in particular. Groom had disillusioned, made himself unseen, which was good because this woman does not think they would have even pretended to be polite if they had seen a man of the Clan with us. As it was, while their words were stiff and formal, in Clan-sign they were unknowingly screaming about how they wanted to kill us!
We followed their directions to the Zelandonii Summer Meeting. But they weren’t any happier to see us than the 5th cave. As soon as we arrived, a crowd of people swarmed around us screaming and yelling. This woman could not understand so many at once. This woman feared they were going to hurt us.
But then, a very large man and a middle-aged woman joined the crowd. The man yelled for everyone to be quiet. Once they had the crowd’s attention, the woman invited us to the tent of the Zelandoniiae.
It was a large tent where we were sent to wait while the other Zelandoniiae were gathered up. They spent the rest of the day interigating us. No matter how many times he tried, Dyondar couldn’t convince them that he was not the Leader of our Clan, or that magic was real. They seemed set in their beliefs that Clan were animals and that Dyondar had trained them to trick the 9th Cave out of their cave. When Dyondar tried translating my signs, they refused to listen. Finally, they started deliberating about what to do about us. Many of them spoke out in favor of killing all the people of the Clan in our Clan and the other nearby Clans too.
But when they announced that they were going to kill Dyondar for his crimes, Groom dropped his spell and was suddenly visible to us. He quickly used his wand to stun everyone in the tent, then made a portkey to bring us all back to the cave.
We have spent the rest of the Summer here.”
“So they are threatening not just our Clan, but the other Clans in the area too?” signed Maeba. “We should make contact with the other Clans, warn them.”
Iga nodded her agreement.
They both knew that Ceban was probabily reaching the same conclusion at the men’s council.
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Maeba had just finished a round of archery practice with her oldest daughter, Mooba and the pair of them were retreiving the arrows from the target when Maeba changed the subject.
“Mooba, there is something this woman need to speak with you about,” signed Maeba.
“What is it mother?” signed Mooba. “Do you think this girl is ready to hunt a large animal with her bow?”
“You are improving with your bow,” admitted Maeba. “But this woman does not think you will be ready to hunt a large animal until next Summer. You are growing up. And that is part of the problem. This woman thinks that at the rate you are going, that by next summer, you will have become a woman.”
“Really?” asked Mooba.
“Yes, and as a woman, you will probably want your own mate,” Maeba pointed out. “This woman does not think you will have difficulty finding a mate. Most clans of the Clanluna do not have as many women as ours. When this woman met with the clanlunae, many of them told stories of having meet the need of most or all of the men in their clan. There simply are not enough women for every man to have their own mate. And there is more strain in some of the clans because there are some men who have more than one mate. But no one who is already mated, wanted to end their mating to mate another man.
In order to help relieve this situation somewhat, many of the women who are second mates to their man, have acquired a second mate of their own.
But in our clan the situation is more critical. Our men are Clan. They are much more stuck in their memories than the others. A man of the Clan is not happy at all if he does not have a woman at his hearth to cook, and make wraps and Relieve his Needs.
This is why Arv has moved to our hearth. Not that he is a man, he needs a woman to perform his women’s tasks for him. This woman was thinking of asking Arv to be her 2nd mate. But since you will soon be a woman, this woman wanted to ask you first. Were you planning to ask him to become your mate? This woman will not mate him if you want him.”
“No, you can mate him,” signed Mooba. “This girl was wanting to mate Agan when he becomes a man. That way, this girl can someday be the Leader’s mate, and this girl’s son can be the next Leader after Agan.”
After her conversation with her daughter, Maeba informed Ceban that she wanted to be joined with Arv when the Winter came. She also, without their knowledge put all the women of their clan on the totem strengthening root. There were already twelve boys for her three daughters to mate. Maeba wanted to decrease the number of mates her daughters were have to take care of the Needs for.
Throughout the Autumn, Ceban sent emesaries to look for the other nearby Clans and warn them about the Zelandonii threat. Great care was made not to perform magic in front of the other Clans as it wound only scare them.
Many owls were also sent to the other clans of the Clanluna. Ceben wanted to host the Clanluna Summer Gathering next year.
When Winter finally came, Groom the mog-ur and Iga The Clanluna performed the mating Ceremony for Maeba and Arv. The couple went into isolation for half a moon in a separate hearth before returning to Groom’s hearth. Maeba now had two mates.
Arv was adequate as a mate. He brought more meat and furs to their hearth. His redfoot had trained him to be skilled enough in the furs that he could Relieve Maeba’s Needs. Groom liked having another man at the hearth to converse with.
When the Midwinter Mother Festival happened, Maeba picked Mub.
By Spring, as Maeba predicted, Mooba had become a woman. She picked Ceban for her 1st Rites. But she did choose a mate and leave Groom’s hearth immediately.
She was waiting for Agan. This summer he would be trained by a redfoot on how to Relieve the Needs of women. And if he succeeded in his manhood hunt, Mooba planned to ask him to be her mate.
Summer had arrived and with it, the other clans of the Clanluna began arriving by portkey.
Ravenclaw Clan of the Clanluna list
Ceban Fmr (20) – ¾ Clan son of Eba, Leader, Weez-Ur, N: C,T,D,R, Cr,
---Oga Fmr (18) – Clan daughter of Bona, Ceban’s mate
------Agan fMeb fMr (9) – ¾ Clan Oga’s son, Weez-ur
------Aban fmr (6) - Clan, Oga’s son, Weez-ur
------Reban fmr (3) - Clan, Oga’s son, Weez-ur
Groom Fr (19) – ¾ Clan, Grooga’s son, mog-ur, Weez-ur N: C,T,D,R, Cr,
---Maeba Ar (21) – Clan, (former Other), (Black hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, clanluna, Weech, Groom’s mate, N:C,T,D,H,R,Cr,Div
------Mooba Ar (6) - Clan, Maeba’s daughter, Luna’s grandaughter, Weech
------Greeba Ar (3) - Clan, Maeba’s (former son) daughter, (Weez-ur) Weech
------Raba r (0) - Clan, Maeba’s daughter, Luna’s grandaughter, Weech
Arv fmr (7) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
Žorvnaž Fr (17) – ¾ Clan son of Borvna, Weez-ur
---Grorvma Fmr (14) – Clan, Cruma’s daughter
------Rorv fmr (4) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
------Raz (1) - Clan, Grorvma’s son, Weez-ur
Zorv Fmr (17) ¾ Clan, Cruma’s Son, Weez-Ur
---Bora fr (13) – Clan daughter of Borvna, Zorv’s mate
------Ab fr (5) - Clan, Bora’s son, Weez-ur
------Rorv (1) - Clan, Bora’s son, Weez-ur
Broogran Ar (15) – ¾ Clan, Grooga’s son, Weez-Ur
---Oda Fr (11) – Clan, Groogra’s daughter
------Roog fr (3) - Clan, Oda’s son, Weez-Ur
------R Brod (0) - Clan, Oda’s son, Weez-Ur
Doon Fr (13) – ¾ Clan, son of Oova, Weez-Ur
---Doova Fr (10) – Clan, Oova’s daughter, Doon’s mate
------Roon (2) - Clan, Doova’s son, Weez-Ur
Dyondar (55) (formerly Jondalar of the Zelandonii) – flintknapper, Thonlan’s brother (Cave Lion totem)
---Iga (59) - Other, (Red Gray-hair, leaf-green eyes) (formerly: Andromedanaea of the Sungaea) Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s widow, Dyondar’s mate
Mub Fm (11) – ¾ Clan, Cruma’s son, Weez-ur
---Gregra Ar (13) – Clan, daughter of Grooga, Ceban’s 2nd mate
------Agreg Ar (4) - Clan, Gregra’s son, Weez-ur
------Roog (1) - Clan, Gregra’s son, Weez-ur
---------various Cave bears
---------Owl
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