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Clanluna
Chapter 22: Andromedanaea
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Luna’s Clan List
Deceased members:
Iga – mother of Ebra and Uka
Uba – mother of Creb, Brun and Iza
---Creb (37) – former Mog-Ur, 1st Weez-Ur (Roe Deer/Ursus totem),
---Iza (28) – Uba’s mother, adopted mother of Ayla
---Ebra (41) – Brun’s mate, Broud’s mother
---------Broud (21) – former Leader (Wooly Rhinoceros totem)
Dorv
Zoug (43) – second in command to the leader before Brun
Living Members
Thonlan (17) – Other, Woodworker, Jondolar’s brother. (Cave Lion totem)
---Luna (22) – Other, Leader, 1st Weech, Creb’s widow, Thonlan’s mate, (Snorkack totem)
-------Zeen – (3) ½ Clan, son of Luna, Goov’s Acolyte, 2nd Weez-Ur (Ursus Totem)
---------Ansalong (11) - Owl
---------Winter Sleeper (2) – Cave Bear
Zar (22) ½ Clan, 1st Ranked male hunter, Goov’s Acolyte, Clanluna’s Acolyte, (Ursus Totem)
---Ayla (16) – Other, Clan’s 1st Ranked Medicine Woman, 2nd Weech, 2nd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, Zar’s Mate, (Cave Lion totem)
--------Durc (5) – ½ Clan, Ayla’s son, (Gray Wolf totem)
--------Iza (3) – ¼ Clan, Ayla’s daughter, 3rd Weech (Unicorn Totem)
Vorn (15) – Clan, 2nd Ranked male hunter
---Uba (10) – Clan, Medicine Woman, Vorn’s mate
------Uma (1) – Clan, Uba’s daughter
Goov (22) – Clan, mog-ur, 11th Ranked male hunter, (Aurochs totem/Ursus totem)
---Ovra (20) – Clan, Goov’s mate, (Beaver totem)
------Oogra (1) – Clan, Ovra’s daughter
Groog (27) – 1/8 Clan, 3rd Ranked male hunter (megaceros totem)
---Iga (23) - Other, 3rd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s Mate
------Griga (1) – 1/16 Clan, Iga’s daughter
---Dyondar (Jondolar of the Zelandonii) (19) – Other, flintknapper, Thonolan’s brother (Cave Lion totem)
Broog (21) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked male hunter
---Ena (20) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
------Eva (9) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena, training to become Woman-Who-Hunts
------Boov (6) – ½ Clan son of Ena
Crug (24) – Clan, 5th Ranked male hunter (wolf totem)
---Ika (22) – Clan, Crug’s mate
------Crik (1) – Clan, Ika’s son
---Oga (19) – Clan, Crug’s 2nd mate, Broud’s widow (hamster totem)
------Grev (6) – Clan, Oga’s 2nd son
------Dorv (1) Clan, Oga’s 3rd son
Vorv (19) – ½ Clan, 6th Ranked male hunter
---Uva (17) – ½ Clan, mate of Vorv
------Broov (6) – ½ Clan son of Uva (looks full Clan)
------Ugra (5) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva (looks full Others) training to become Woman-Who-Hunts
------Vorva (1) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva
Borg (11) – Clan, 7th Ranked male hunter, (Boar totem)
---Ona (11) – Clan, Borg’s mate (Owl totem)
------Bona (1) Clan, Ona’s daughter
Brac (10) – Clan, Oga’s 1st son, 8th Ranked hunter (Bison totem)
---Igra (8) – Clan, Ika’s daughter, Brac’s Mate
Brun (35) – Clan, former leader, 10th Ranked male hunter (Bison totem)
---Aba (37) (ground squirrel totem) Brun’s mate
Grod (31) – Clan, son of the mate of Zoug, 12th Ranked male hunter (Brown Bear totem)
---Uka (27) – Clan, Ebra’s sister, Grod’s Mate
Droog (33) – Clan, toolmaker, Aga’s mate, 13th Ranked male hunter
---Aga (26) – Clan, Droog’s mate
------Groob (8) – Clan, Aga’s son, 9th Ranked male Hunter
Ekwus (2) – Leader of the Centaur Herd
--- 5 Unicorns – Ekwus’ Mates.
------3 Unicorn foals (0)
------2 Centaur foals (0)
“I don’t know if we should be doing this,” whispered Agememnonarsysphus, they the young men crept through the bushes.
“Shut up!” hissed Ajaxerxesirius, as the older red-head glanced at his blonde brother. “I told you, the flathead females won’t do any anything but sit there. They won’t even try to run once we get close enough.”
Ajaxerxesirius looked at the pack of flatheads they’d found. Most of them were picking berries, but there was one with her rear sticking out of a thorn bush. She was already in position. All he had to do, is run up and stick it in her.
“NOW!” shouted Ajaxerxesirius as he charged forward. They’d managed to catch the flatheads by complete surprise! Ajaxerxesirius ran up to his intended quarry, the flathead who’s rear was sticking out of the thorn bush.
Kneeling behind her, he seized her hips, pulled up her wrap and rammed his organ into her!
Iga was surprised when she felt a man lift her wrap and force his way into her. At first, she struggled, but the thorns of the gurdy bush quickly dissuaded that course of action. Realizing that there was no escape for her, she bore the pain he was inflicting on her as she finished digging out the gurdy root. Something felt very familiar about him. When she felt him finish and pull out of her, she backed out of the thorny bush, the root clutched tightly in her hand. When she turned to see who her assailant was, she was shocked! She never could had imagined that Ajaxerxesirius could be capable of such and abominable act! Her heart pounded in rage as she smashed the root against his temple. Ajaxerxesirius crumpled to the ground.
When he heard the sound of the root impacting against the head of the instigator of this raid, Agememnonarsysphus turned to see her standing over his bother.
“Andromedanaea!” gasped the young man, as he looked into the furious eyes of his cousin.
Chapter 22: Andromedanaea
Glancing at her, the blonde man realized the depths of his bother’s depravity. She was dressed as a red-foot! Ajaxerxesirius had not just forced a woman, he had forced One-Who-Serves-the-Mother! Amongst their people, this was the worst crime imaginable!
“Run for it!” yelled Agememnonarsysphus, as he turned and fled.
The rest of the young men followed him into the trees. Iga recognized most of them. Two of them had been boys that she had planned to red-foot for before the earthquake that had changed the course of her life.
“Come back here you little cowards!” signed Iga, the Clanluna, who used to be called Andromedanaea. She turned to look at the other women.
There were all gaping at her in shock.
“Iga! You, You, You attacked a man!” signed Uba.
“Is anyone injured? Did they force anyone else?” signed Iga.
“They Relieved their Needs with all of us,” replied Ona.
Iga’s face grew angrier as she checked to see if her rapist cousin was still alive. He not only had the bitter smell of arousal, but the sweet smell of bouza. He had been drinking! Like a dirty, stinking Mammoth Hunter! Her first people didn’t drink alcohol, like the Mamutoi did. In fact, it was taboo for them. Once she’s assured herself that he was only knocked out, she turned to Uba.
“Help me tie him up!” commanded Iga.
Several of the women gave her the leather thongs that were holding their wraps on and she tied the man’s hands behind his back.
“Yes, we need to take off our wraps,” signed Iga. “We have to be purified after men have forced us to Relieve their Needs.”
Under the Clanluna’s direction, Uba and Ona carried the man of the Others back to the cave. Near the entrance, they found Dyondar helping Durc, Boov and Broov practice with the spear-thrower.
“Jondolar, this is my cousin, Ajaxerxesirius,” signed the Clanluna, as she made up a sign for her redhead cousin’s name. “He led a group of boys that forced us to Relieve their Needs!”
By now, Jondolar understood enough signs to get the gist of what she was saying. His eye’s widened in shock, before they narrowed in anger!
“Guard him while this Clanluna performs a purifiying ceremony for us!” commanded the Clanluna.
When, Dyondar nodded his assent, the Clanluna led the women in the cave. After stopping by Groog’s hearth to get the supplies she would need, the Clanluna led the women deeper into the cave to the chamber that had been set aside for ceremonies to the Mother. With one of Ekwus’ firestones, she started a fire, then, set Uba to heating some water so she could make a thick paste out of some ground, powered mushroom of a particular kind. Once the paste was ready, she dipped her finger in it a painted the sacred designs on nude bodies of the women while in her head, she heard the sacred chant that she was no longer able to chant aloud. After she had done all of the other women, she had Uba paint the designs on her. Although the Clan woman wasn’t able to see the patterns that had been formed by the symbols, Uba was able to copy what Iga had done and paint the same body parts that had been painted on her. With a final blessing in the name of Luna, the Clanluna blessed them before telling them:
“We have lost our womanhood and must undergo 1st Rites again before we can Share Pleasures with or Relieve the Needs of our Mates. Do not wash off the paint until you have completed 1st Rites.”
The Clanluna, then, led the women out of the chamber. Back at her altar, she made a bowl of a different kind of mushroom tea and carried it outside. Grev, and Eva had joined Dyondar the three mixed boys. All of them were standing around the unconscious man with the spears pointed at him except Eva, who had an arrow notched in her bow and pointed at this stranger. The Clanluna stomped forward and emptied the bowl of mushroom tea on the face of the man.
He awoke in a coughing fit! As consciousness returned to the man, he took in his surroundings. Standing over him were an angry blonde haired man with sky blue eyes that seem to pierce his liver, a brown haired girl, two abominations, two young flatheads and his fuming cousin, Andromedanaea. All of them were pointing various kinds of spears at them except his cousin. As he gazed at his cousins nude form, he realized that her body had been crudely painted with some designs he had seen only once before. They were part of the purification ceremonies used when a woman had been forced! The magnitude of what he had done dawned on him!
“Andromedanaea, what are you doing with a pack of flatheads?” asked Ajaxerxesirius.
“Can you understand him?” signed Iga.
Dyondar shook his head.
“Try your language, this woman thinks that he might know little of the Mammoth Hunter tongue” suggested Iga.
“I am Jondolar of the 9th Cave of the Zelandonii,” said Dyondar in his native tongue. He hadn’t expected it to work, so he tried in again in Mamutoi.
“Ajaxerxesirius of the Reindeer camp of the Sungaea,” replied Ajaxerxesirius. “Me much sorry, think Andromedanaea flathead. Not know who she be!”
“Wait! What language is that you’re speaking with him?” signed Iga.
“That is the Mamutoi tongue,” replied Jondolar. Thonolan and I pick it up in our travels.
“You’re not a Mammoth Hunter?” asked Iga. “This woman thought that Zelandonii and Sharamudoi were the names of the Animals your camps were named after, like Horse Camp or Bison Camp.”
“No, the Zelandonii, were the people Thonolan and I were born to. Thonolan was later adopted into the Sharamudoi during the two years it took us to travel this far East,” replied Dyondar.
“You’ll have to teach us the Mammoth Hunter tongue then, but that will have to wait for later,” signed Iga. “For now, this woman needs you to translate. He is one of this woman’s first people. She can understand him. You need to translate this woman’s words into Mammoth Hunter so that he can understand me.”
“Well first off, he apologizes for forcing you,” replied Dyondar. “He thought you were Clan.”
“That doesn’t excuse his behavior in the least!” signed Iga, angrily. “Tell him that forcing any female, even a Clan female is not acceptable amongst the Sungaea.
When Iga signed Sungaea, she used the same sign she’d always used for her first people. But now they had a pronunciation for it.
When Dyondar translated her signs, said: “That doesn’t excuse your behavior in the least! Forcing any female, even a Clan female, which is what the flatheads call themselves, is not acceptable amongst the Sungaea. “
“I know, but I was drunk!” wined Ajaxerxesirius.
“This sort of thing is exactly why fermented drinks are forbidden amongst the Sungaea!” signed Iga. She was glad that neither of the newcomers had made any attempt to brew alcohol since they arrived. Who knew what kind of havoc it would have on Luna’s Clan. “But that’s not the full magnitude of what you’ve done! You knew I was planning to take my vows as One-Who-Serves-the-Mother several years ago. Amongst these people, this woman is not just One-Who-Serves-the-Mother, she is One-Who-Serves-the-Mother in person! Our Leader is the Great Mother herself! You have forced the Mother’s Lover!”
As Dyondar translated, disbelief showed on Ajaxerxesirius’ face. He clearly thought that Iga had used her mushrooms one time too many. But then that disbelief turned to fear as the realized that a woman who was that crazy, might be capable of anything!
Ayla and Ena returned from hunting with a deer around the same time the men returned with a musk ox. Iga called Ayla and Zar away to they could meet to discuss the situation with Goov.
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“This man does not see what the problem is,” signed Goov. “The man of the Others had Needs and you Relieved them. What has he done wrong?”
What he did wrong is he FORCED me to Relieve his Needs!” waved the Clanluna. “He just stuck his organ in me and Relieved his Needs without caring what this woman’s Needs were. There was no Pleasure Shared!”
“But a woman MUST comply when a man wants to Relieve his Needs,” signed Ayla. “It’s Clan.”
“How can you say that!” protested the Clanluna. “Don’t you remember how much you hated it when Broud forced you?”
“Yes, this woman remembers very well,” signed Ayla. “You weren’t a member of this Clan back then. This woman hated it at first when Broud used her to relieve his needs. But once this woman no longed minded, he lost interest. This woman now believes that it was wrong to fight him. If this woman had only submitted like a good Clan woman, he would have lost interest more quickly.
Since Luna joined our Clan, this woman has learned to Share Pleasures. And she likes to share pleasures with Zar or Luna or even that time with Groog. But this woman has found that she does not mind Relieving Needs when people need her too. When this woman has been asked to or even seen someone with Needs like you had back at Ekwus’ Valley, she didn’t mind Relieving those Needs.
You have Shared Pleasures with every man in our Clan. How is that different than Relieving the Needs of this man of the Others?”
“This woman chose to be the Clanluna,” began Iga. “She knew that she would called to act as red-foot for every man in the Clan, that she would have to see that the Needs would be Relieved any unmated man of our Clan, that she would have to red-foot every boy who is about to become a man. Why, in the Past, this woman has even Shared Pleasures with Ajaxerxesirius!
But this woman didn’t choose to Share Pleasures with him at this particular time! This woman was not even given the option of choosing whether or not to Share Pleasures! Ajaxerxesirius led an attack on the women of our Clan because he thinks that Women of the Clan are nothing more than animals! He calls them flatheads! You’ve seen the look that Thonolan gave when he first arrived. The look that Jondolar still gives to some of the members of our Clan! To the Others, the Clan are just than animals, worse than hyenas!”
“The Clanluna is correct,” signed Zar. “When this man was alone, he tried joining several Clans of the Others, but they threw rocks at him and shouted. The Others do hate the Clan and treat them badly. It’s not surprising that they didn’t think that they needed consent to Relieve their Need. The fact that they can’t speak properly means that they probably thought that by getting in the position, our women where consenting to Relieve their Needs. When Ayla was away, this man would not just ask a man’s permission to use his mate, he would also ask the woman if she wanted the Share Pleasures.
When this man performed Ingra’s 1st Rites, he told her that she didn’t have to Relieve any man’s Needs, unless she wanted too. When the Clanluna taught the men to share Pleasures, she taught us the same thing. This is something that Iga learned from the Ones-Who-Serve-the-Mother for her original people. This man is one of those original people. This man thinks he should go back his people to face judgment for what he had done.”
“Yes, this woman is certain that Luna would agree,” signed the Clanluna. “She once told me that when she was a young woman, she was captured and held hostage for months. During that time, she was forced by many men, many times until she was rescued. This woman is certain that Luna would agree with her on the wrongness that was done to her.
This woman thinks that she should go with the group that brings him back. Since these are this woman’s first people, she can understand what they say and translate it into signs. Jondolar should go too. He knows the Speech of the Mammoth Hunters and can speak for this woman.”
“This woman should go too,” signed Ayla. “Dyondar’s knowledge of signs is not perfect and he may need this woman to translate Iga’s signs into his speech.
“Agreed,” signed the Clanluna.
“Agreed,” signed Zar.
“Agreed,” signed Goov
“Before we break up this meeting, I and the women who were forced, need to go through 1st rites again,” signed the Clanluna. “What happened is very traumatic for us, we need someone to gently Share Pleasures with us now. If we wait too long, it will be come more difficult for the women to Share Pleasures.
This woman thinks that Zar, Groog and Jondolar would be the best men to do this. This woman will have Jondolar perform this for her, Groog for Uba, and Zar for Uva. Tomorrow night, Groog and Zar can give 1st Rites to Oga, Ona and Igra.”
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“Jondolar, this woman needs you to perform her 1st Rites again,” signed Iga. Just in case she’d brought Ayla with her to help translate. She could tell by the look in his eyes that he’d misunderstood.
“What do you mean?” asked Dyondar. “I’ve already Shared Pleasures with you many, many times.”
“No this woman need you to do 1st Rites,” protested Iga. “This woman was forced! She needs you to treat her like a new woman.”
Finally, with Ayla’s help, Iga was able to make herself understood. Taking Dyondar by the hand, she led him back to the 1st Rites hearth. Groog would be using their hearth for Uba, while Zar used his own hearth for Uva, with Ayla’s help. Using her firestone, Iga lit a fire. Once the flames where going, Dyondar noticed the luni, the goddess figure at the edge of the hearth.
When Dyondar tried to put his arm around Iga, she flinched and he jerked his arm away. In her mind Iga scolded herself for her fear. She’d always prided her self on her gift for being good at Pleasures. She was determined not to let her cousin take that away from her! She scooted over so that her back was against his chest and grabbed his arms to wrap around her waist. They sat there for a moment watching the fire before Dyondar kissed the top of her head. Iga leaned back to look up at him and he kissed her lips lightly. When he saw that she still had her head tilted back he kissed her again for longer. When he broke off, Iga smiled at him and pulled his head back to her lips. She reached back over her head with both hands to caress his head as they kissed. When she licked his lips, the parted them slightly and let her explore his mouth with her tongue before reciprocating. His hands started caressing her tummy as she began to feel a lump against her back. The lump got harder and larger as his hands wandered up to her breasts. Her breathing had become very rapid by the time his hand started working its’ way down between her legs. He rubbed her down there until he’d Relieved her Needs a couple of times.
The fires had diminished and the predawn light was starting to wash away the darkness of the cave by the time they finished. Dyondar relieved her Needs many, many times over the course of night. She finally persuaded him she was ready by rolling him over onto his back and engulfing him. His climactic roar woke the cave. They both collapsed into sleep immediately afterward.
When she awoke, she was still laying on top of him. Iga looked over and saw that Ayla had made them a breakfast and it was still warm. Iga got up, relieved herself, then went to the river to wash off the paint from the day before. On the way there, she noticed the whole Clan was awake. Once she was clean, Iga picked up a fresh wrap and some ochre for her feet before returning to the 1st Rites hearth the share breakfast with Dyondar. He was just waking up with she arrived and he smiled a smile that made his eyes sparkle with love and lust. Iga set her wrap and ochre down and handed him a cup of tea and a plate. After they’d eaten, she tied on her wrap and painted the soles of her feet red. Dyondar had definitely healed the damage caused by Ajaxerxesirius and she told him so. This led to another round of kissing and almost to more Sharing of Pleasures. But Iga was, with great difficulty, able to discipline herself into getting to business.
Using her most sensuous red-foot walk, Iga sauntered over to the stalagmite that Ajaxerxesirius was tied to. Dyondar couldn’t resist following her if he wanted to.
“Good morning, Andromedanaea, how are your children?” asked Ajaxerxesirius.
He, of course, meant the two children she had before the earthquake, the ones she’d seen eaten by hyenas. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she remembered their smiling faces. She kneed him in the crotch before asking him:
“Where is the Sungaea Summer Gathering?”
She used the same sign for her original people that she always had, a sign that she had made up. But now they had a pronunciation for ‘Sungaea’. Dyondar translated for her.
Once he had told her, she relayed the information to Ayla so they could pack appropriately.
They decided to take the team of gelded snorkacks pulling the chariot, so Dyondar wouldn’t have to walk as far on his still injured leg. They made a travois to pull behind the chariot with their supplies. After Ayla had petrified him, Ajaxerxesirius was also tied to the travois.
“This woman thinks that we should take the clothes we borrowed for Luna’s mating,” signed Iga. “They will make a big impression on the Sungaea when we arrive.”
Once they’d said goodbye to their mates and children, Ayla and Iga climbed onto the chariot with Dyondar and set off for the Sungaea Summer Meeting.
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Chapter 22: Andromedanaea
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Luna’s Clan List
Deceased members:
Iga – mother of Ebra and Uka
Uba – mother of Creb, Brun and Iza
---Creb (37) – former Mog-Ur, 1st Weez-Ur (Roe Deer/Ursus totem),
---Iza (28) – Uba’s mother, adopted mother of Ayla
---Ebra (41) – Brun’s mate, Broud’s mother
---------Broud (21) – former Leader (Wooly Rhinoceros totem)
Dorv
Zoug (43) – second in command to the leader before Brun
Living Members
Thonlan (17) – Other, Woodworker, Jondolar’s brother. (Cave Lion totem)
---Luna (22) – Other, Leader, 1st Weech, Creb’s widow, Thonlan’s mate, (Snorkack totem)
-------Zeen – (3) ½ Clan, son of Luna, Goov’s Acolyte, 2nd Weez-Ur (Ursus Totem)
---------Ansalong (11) - Owl
---------Winter Sleeper (2) – Cave Bear
Zar (22) ½ Clan, 1st Ranked male hunter, Goov’s Acolyte, Clanluna’s Acolyte, (Ursus Totem)
---Ayla (16) – Other, Clan’s 1st Ranked Medicine Woman, 2nd Weech, 2nd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, Zar’s Mate, (Cave Lion totem)
--------Durc (5) – ½ Clan, Ayla’s son, (Gray Wolf totem)
--------Iza (3) – ¼ Clan, Ayla’s daughter, 3rd Weech (Unicorn Totem)
Vorn (15) – Clan, 2nd Ranked male hunter
---Uba (10) – Clan, Medicine Woman, Vorn’s mate
------Uma (1) – Clan, Uba’s daughter
Goov (22) – Clan, mog-ur, 11th Ranked male hunter, (Aurochs totem/Ursus totem)
---Ovra (20) – Clan, Goov’s mate, (Beaver totem)
------Oogra (1) – Clan, Ovra’s daughter
Groog (27) – 1/8 Clan, 3rd Ranked male hunter (megaceros totem)
---Iga (23) - Other, 3rd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s Mate
------Griga (1) – 1/16 Clan, Iga’s daughter
---Dyondar (Jondolar of the Zelandonii) (19) – Other, flintknapper, Thonolan’s brother (Cave Lion totem)
Broog (21) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked male hunter
---Ena (20) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
------Eva (9) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena, training to become Woman-Who-Hunts
------Boov (6) – ½ Clan son of Ena
Crug (24) – Clan, 5th Ranked male hunter (wolf totem)
---Ika (22) – Clan, Crug’s mate
------Crik (1) – Clan, Ika’s son
---Oga (19) – Clan, Crug’s 2nd mate, Broud’s widow (hamster totem)
------Grev (6) – Clan, Oga’s 2nd son
------Dorv (1) Clan, Oga’s 3rd son
Vorv (19) – ½ Clan, 6th Ranked male hunter
---Uva (17) – ½ Clan, mate of Vorv
------Broov (6) – ½ Clan son of Uva (looks full Clan)
------Ugra (5) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva (looks full Others) training to become Woman-Who-Hunts
------Vorva (1) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva
Borg (11) – Clan, 7th Ranked male hunter, (Boar totem)
---Ona (11) – Clan, Borg’s mate (Owl totem)
------Bona (1) Clan, Ona’s daughter
Brac (10) – Clan, Oga’s 1st son, 8th Ranked hunter (Bison totem)
---Igra (8) – Clan, Ika’s daughter, Brac’s Mate
Brun (35) – Clan, former leader, 10th Ranked male hunter (Bison totem)
---Aba (37) (ground squirrel totem) Brun’s mate
Grod (31) – Clan, son of the mate of Zoug, 12th Ranked male hunter (Brown Bear totem)
---Uka (27) – Clan, Ebra’s sister, Grod’s Mate
Droog (33) – Clan, toolmaker, Aga’s mate, 13th Ranked male hunter
---Aga (26) – Clan, Droog’s mate
------Groob (8) – Clan, Aga’s son, 9th Ranked male Hunter
Ekwus (2) – Leader of the Centaur Herd
--- 5 Unicorns – Ekwus’ Mates.
------3 Unicorn foals (0)
------2 Centaur foals (0)
“I don’t know if we should be doing this,” whispered Agememnonarsysphus, they the young men crept through the bushes.
“Shut up!” hissed Ajaxerxesirius, as the older red-head glanced at his blonde brother. “I told you, the flathead females won’t do any anything but sit there. They won’t even try to run once we get close enough.”
Ajaxerxesirius looked at the pack of flatheads they’d found. Most of them were picking berries, but there was one with her rear sticking out of a thorn bush. She was already in position. All he had to do, is run up and stick it in her.
“NOW!” shouted Ajaxerxesirius as he charged forward. They’d managed to catch the flatheads by complete surprise! Ajaxerxesirius ran up to his intended quarry, the flathead who’s rear was sticking out of the thorn bush.
Kneeling behind her, he seized her hips, pulled up her wrap and rammed his organ into her!
Iga was surprised when she felt a man lift her wrap and force his way into her. At first, she struggled, but the thorns of the gurdy bush quickly dissuaded that course of action. Realizing that there was no escape for her, she bore the pain he was inflicting on her as she finished digging out the gurdy root. Something felt very familiar about him. When she felt him finish and pull out of her, she backed out of the thorny bush, the root clutched tightly in her hand. When she turned to see who her assailant was, she was shocked! She never could had imagined that Ajaxerxesirius could be capable of such and abominable act! Her heart pounded in rage as she smashed the root against his temple. Ajaxerxesirius crumpled to the ground.
When he heard the sound of the root impacting against the head of the instigator of this raid, Agememnonarsysphus turned to see her standing over his bother.
“Andromedanaea!” gasped the young man, as he looked into the furious eyes of his cousin.
Chapter 22: Andromedanaea
Glancing at her, the blonde man realized the depths of his bother’s depravity. She was dressed as a red-foot! Ajaxerxesirius had not just forced a woman, he had forced One-Who-Serves-the-Mother! Amongst their people, this was the worst crime imaginable!
“Run for it!” yelled Agememnonarsysphus, as he turned and fled.
The rest of the young men followed him into the trees. Iga recognized most of them. Two of them had been boys that she had planned to red-foot for before the earthquake that had changed the course of her life.
“Come back here you little cowards!” signed Iga, the Clanluna, who used to be called Andromedanaea. She turned to look at the other women.
There were all gaping at her in shock.
“Iga! You, You, You attacked a man!” signed Uba.
“Is anyone injured? Did they force anyone else?” signed Iga.
“They Relieved their Needs with all of us,” replied Ona.
Iga’s face grew angrier as she checked to see if her rapist cousin was still alive. He not only had the bitter smell of arousal, but the sweet smell of bouza. He had been drinking! Like a dirty, stinking Mammoth Hunter! Her first people didn’t drink alcohol, like the Mamutoi did. In fact, it was taboo for them. Once she’s assured herself that he was only knocked out, she turned to Uba.
“Help me tie him up!” commanded Iga.
Several of the women gave her the leather thongs that were holding their wraps on and she tied the man’s hands behind his back.
“Yes, we need to take off our wraps,” signed Iga. “We have to be purified after men have forced us to Relieve their Needs.”
Under the Clanluna’s direction, Uba and Ona carried the man of the Others back to the cave. Near the entrance, they found Dyondar helping Durc, Boov and Broov practice with the spear-thrower.
“Jondolar, this is my cousin, Ajaxerxesirius,” signed the Clanluna, as she made up a sign for her redhead cousin’s name. “He led a group of boys that forced us to Relieve their Needs!”
By now, Jondolar understood enough signs to get the gist of what she was saying. His eye’s widened in shock, before they narrowed in anger!
“Guard him while this Clanluna performs a purifiying ceremony for us!” commanded the Clanluna.
When, Dyondar nodded his assent, the Clanluna led the women in the cave. After stopping by Groog’s hearth to get the supplies she would need, the Clanluna led the women deeper into the cave to the chamber that had been set aside for ceremonies to the Mother. With one of Ekwus’ firestones, she started a fire, then, set Uba to heating some water so she could make a thick paste out of some ground, powered mushroom of a particular kind. Once the paste was ready, she dipped her finger in it a painted the sacred designs on nude bodies of the women while in her head, she heard the sacred chant that she was no longer able to chant aloud. After she had done all of the other women, she had Uba paint the designs on her. Although the Clan woman wasn’t able to see the patterns that had been formed by the symbols, Uba was able to copy what Iga had done and paint the same body parts that had been painted on her. With a final blessing in the name of Luna, the Clanluna blessed them before telling them:
“We have lost our womanhood and must undergo 1st Rites again before we can Share Pleasures with or Relieve the Needs of our Mates. Do not wash off the paint until you have completed 1st Rites.”
The Clanluna, then, led the women out of the chamber. Back at her altar, she made a bowl of a different kind of mushroom tea and carried it outside. Grev, and Eva had joined Dyondar the three mixed boys. All of them were standing around the unconscious man with the spears pointed at him except Eva, who had an arrow notched in her bow and pointed at this stranger. The Clanluna stomped forward and emptied the bowl of mushroom tea on the face of the man.
He awoke in a coughing fit! As consciousness returned to the man, he took in his surroundings. Standing over him were an angry blonde haired man with sky blue eyes that seem to pierce his liver, a brown haired girl, two abominations, two young flatheads and his fuming cousin, Andromedanaea. All of them were pointing various kinds of spears at them except his cousin. As he gazed at his cousins nude form, he realized that her body had been crudely painted with some designs he had seen only once before. They were part of the purification ceremonies used when a woman had been forced! The magnitude of what he had done dawned on him!
“Andromedanaea, what are you doing with a pack of flatheads?” asked Ajaxerxesirius.
“Can you understand him?” signed Iga.
Dyondar shook his head.
“Try your language, this woman thinks that he might know little of the Mammoth Hunter tongue” suggested Iga.
“I am Jondolar of the 9th Cave of the Zelandonii,” said Dyondar in his native tongue. He hadn’t expected it to work, so he tried in again in Mamutoi.
“Ajaxerxesirius of the Reindeer camp of the Sungaea,” replied Ajaxerxesirius. “Me much sorry, think Andromedanaea flathead. Not know who she be!”
“Wait! What language is that you’re speaking with him?” signed Iga.
“That is the Mamutoi tongue,” replied Jondolar. Thonolan and I pick it up in our travels.
“You’re not a Mammoth Hunter?” asked Iga. “This woman thought that Zelandonii and Sharamudoi were the names of the Animals your camps were named after, like Horse Camp or Bison Camp.”
“No, the Zelandonii, were the people Thonolan and I were born to. Thonolan was later adopted into the Sharamudoi during the two years it took us to travel this far East,” replied Dyondar.
“You’ll have to teach us the Mammoth Hunter tongue then, but that will have to wait for later,” signed Iga. “For now, this woman needs you to translate. He is one of this woman’s first people. She can understand him. You need to translate this woman’s words into Mammoth Hunter so that he can understand me.”
“Well first off, he apologizes for forcing you,” replied Dyondar. “He thought you were Clan.”
“That doesn’t excuse his behavior in the least!” signed Iga, angrily. “Tell him that forcing any female, even a Clan female is not acceptable amongst the Sungaea.
When Iga signed Sungaea, she used the same sign she’d always used for her first people. But now they had a pronunciation for it.
When Dyondar translated her signs, said: “That doesn’t excuse your behavior in the least! Forcing any female, even a Clan female, which is what the flatheads call themselves, is not acceptable amongst the Sungaea. “
“I know, but I was drunk!” wined Ajaxerxesirius.
“This sort of thing is exactly why fermented drinks are forbidden amongst the Sungaea!” signed Iga. She was glad that neither of the newcomers had made any attempt to brew alcohol since they arrived. Who knew what kind of havoc it would have on Luna’s Clan. “But that’s not the full magnitude of what you’ve done! You knew I was planning to take my vows as One-Who-Serves-the-Mother several years ago. Amongst these people, this woman is not just One-Who-Serves-the-Mother, she is One-Who-Serves-the-Mother in person! Our Leader is the Great Mother herself! You have forced the Mother’s Lover!”
As Dyondar translated, disbelief showed on Ajaxerxesirius’ face. He clearly thought that Iga had used her mushrooms one time too many. But then that disbelief turned to fear as the realized that a woman who was that crazy, might be capable of anything!
Ayla and Ena returned from hunting with a deer around the same time the men returned with a musk ox. Iga called Ayla and Zar away to they could meet to discuss the situation with Goov.
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“This man does not see what the problem is,” signed Goov. “The man of the Others had Needs and you Relieved them. What has he done wrong?”
What he did wrong is he FORCED me to Relieve his Needs!” waved the Clanluna. “He just stuck his organ in me and Relieved his Needs without caring what this woman’s Needs were. There was no Pleasure Shared!”
“But a woman MUST comply when a man wants to Relieve his Needs,” signed Ayla. “It’s Clan.”
“How can you say that!” protested the Clanluna. “Don’t you remember how much you hated it when Broud forced you?”
“Yes, this woman remembers very well,” signed Ayla. “You weren’t a member of this Clan back then. This woman hated it at first when Broud used her to relieve his needs. But once this woman no longed minded, he lost interest. This woman now believes that it was wrong to fight him. If this woman had only submitted like a good Clan woman, he would have lost interest more quickly.
Since Luna joined our Clan, this woman has learned to Share Pleasures. And she likes to share pleasures with Zar or Luna or even that time with Groog. But this woman has found that she does not mind Relieving Needs when people need her too. When this woman has been asked to or even seen someone with Needs like you had back at Ekwus’ Valley, she didn’t mind Relieving those Needs.
You have Shared Pleasures with every man in our Clan. How is that different than Relieving the Needs of this man of the Others?”
“This woman chose to be the Clanluna,” began Iga. “She knew that she would called to act as red-foot for every man in the Clan, that she would have to see that the Needs would be Relieved any unmated man of our Clan, that she would have to red-foot every boy who is about to become a man. Why, in the Past, this woman has even Shared Pleasures with Ajaxerxesirius!
But this woman didn’t choose to Share Pleasures with him at this particular time! This woman was not even given the option of choosing whether or not to Share Pleasures! Ajaxerxesirius led an attack on the women of our Clan because he thinks that Women of the Clan are nothing more than animals! He calls them flatheads! You’ve seen the look that Thonolan gave when he first arrived. The look that Jondolar still gives to some of the members of our Clan! To the Others, the Clan are just than animals, worse than hyenas!”
“The Clanluna is correct,” signed Zar. “When this man was alone, he tried joining several Clans of the Others, but they threw rocks at him and shouted. The Others do hate the Clan and treat them badly. It’s not surprising that they didn’t think that they needed consent to Relieve their Need. The fact that they can’t speak properly means that they probably thought that by getting in the position, our women where consenting to Relieve their Needs. When Ayla was away, this man would not just ask a man’s permission to use his mate, he would also ask the woman if she wanted the Share Pleasures.
When this man performed Ingra’s 1st Rites, he told her that she didn’t have to Relieve any man’s Needs, unless she wanted too. When the Clanluna taught the men to share Pleasures, she taught us the same thing. This is something that Iga learned from the Ones-Who-Serve-the-Mother for her original people. This man is one of those original people. This man thinks he should go back his people to face judgment for what he had done.”
“Yes, this woman is certain that Luna would agree,” signed the Clanluna. “She once told me that when she was a young woman, she was captured and held hostage for months. During that time, she was forced by many men, many times until she was rescued. This woman is certain that Luna would agree with her on the wrongness that was done to her.
This woman thinks that she should go with the group that brings him back. Since these are this woman’s first people, she can understand what they say and translate it into signs. Jondolar should go too. He knows the Speech of the Mammoth Hunters and can speak for this woman.”
“This woman should go too,” signed Ayla. “Dyondar’s knowledge of signs is not perfect and he may need this woman to translate Iga’s signs into his speech.
“Agreed,” signed the Clanluna.
“Agreed,” signed Zar.
“Agreed,” signed Goov
“Before we break up this meeting, I and the women who were forced, need to go through 1st rites again,” signed the Clanluna. “What happened is very traumatic for us, we need someone to gently Share Pleasures with us now. If we wait too long, it will be come more difficult for the women to Share Pleasures.
This woman thinks that Zar, Groog and Jondolar would be the best men to do this. This woman will have Jondolar perform this for her, Groog for Uba, and Zar for Uva. Tomorrow night, Groog and Zar can give 1st Rites to Oga, Ona and Igra.”
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“Jondolar, this woman needs you to perform her 1st Rites again,” signed Iga. Just in case she’d brought Ayla with her to help translate. She could tell by the look in his eyes that he’d misunderstood.
“What do you mean?” asked Dyondar. “I’ve already Shared Pleasures with you many, many times.”
“No this woman need you to do 1st Rites,” protested Iga. “This woman was forced! She needs you to treat her like a new woman.”
Finally, with Ayla’s help, Iga was able to make herself understood. Taking Dyondar by the hand, she led him back to the 1st Rites hearth. Groog would be using their hearth for Uba, while Zar used his own hearth for Uva, with Ayla’s help. Using her firestone, Iga lit a fire. Once the flames where going, Dyondar noticed the luni, the goddess figure at the edge of the hearth.
When Dyondar tried to put his arm around Iga, she flinched and he jerked his arm away. In her mind Iga scolded herself for her fear. She’d always prided her self on her gift for being good at Pleasures. She was determined not to let her cousin take that away from her! She scooted over so that her back was against his chest and grabbed his arms to wrap around her waist. They sat there for a moment watching the fire before Dyondar kissed the top of her head. Iga leaned back to look up at him and he kissed her lips lightly. When he saw that she still had her head tilted back he kissed her again for longer. When he broke off, Iga smiled at him and pulled his head back to her lips. She reached back over her head with both hands to caress his head as they kissed. When she licked his lips, the parted them slightly and let her explore his mouth with her tongue before reciprocating. His hands started caressing her tummy as she began to feel a lump against her back. The lump got harder and larger as his hands wandered up to her breasts. Her breathing had become very rapid by the time his hand started working its’ way down between her legs. He rubbed her down there until he’d Relieved her Needs a couple of times.
The fires had diminished and the predawn light was starting to wash away the darkness of the cave by the time they finished. Dyondar relieved her Needs many, many times over the course of night. She finally persuaded him she was ready by rolling him over onto his back and engulfing him. His climactic roar woke the cave. They both collapsed into sleep immediately afterward.
When she awoke, she was still laying on top of him. Iga looked over and saw that Ayla had made them a breakfast and it was still warm. Iga got up, relieved herself, then went to the river to wash off the paint from the day before. On the way there, she noticed the whole Clan was awake. Once she was clean, Iga picked up a fresh wrap and some ochre for her feet before returning to the 1st Rites hearth the share breakfast with Dyondar. He was just waking up with she arrived and he smiled a smile that made his eyes sparkle with love and lust. Iga set her wrap and ochre down and handed him a cup of tea and a plate. After they’d eaten, she tied on her wrap and painted the soles of her feet red. Dyondar had definitely healed the damage caused by Ajaxerxesirius and she told him so. This led to another round of kissing and almost to more Sharing of Pleasures. But Iga was, with great difficulty, able to discipline herself into getting to business.
Using her most sensuous red-foot walk, Iga sauntered over to the stalagmite that Ajaxerxesirius was tied to. Dyondar couldn’t resist following her if he wanted to.
“Good morning, Andromedanaea, how are your children?” asked Ajaxerxesirius.
He, of course, meant the two children she had before the earthquake, the ones she’d seen eaten by hyenas. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she remembered their smiling faces. She kneed him in the crotch before asking him:
“Where is the Sungaea Summer Gathering?”
She used the same sign for her original people that she always had, a sign that she had made up. But now they had a pronunciation for ‘Sungaea’. Dyondar translated for her.
Once he had told her, she relayed the information to Ayla so they could pack appropriately.
They decided to take the team of gelded snorkacks pulling the chariot, so Dyondar wouldn’t have to walk as far on his still injured leg. They made a travois to pull behind the chariot with their supplies. After Ayla had petrified him, Ajaxerxesirius was also tied to the travois.
“This woman thinks that we should take the clothes we borrowed for Luna’s mating,” signed Iga. “They will make a big impression on the Sungaea when we arrive.”
Once they’d said goodbye to their mates and children, Ayla and Iga climbed onto the chariot with Dyondar and set off for the Sungaea Summer Meeting.
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