Completed (Traveller's Row) Singers Of The North And South (Elann)

[Kayuqtuq Snowsong]

Elann's fear of kittens seemed even more prominent as she jerked her legs away from the little kitten. Atka thought it was a very nice game, but eventually gave up. Kayuqtuq keeled over laughing, but corrected herself at the last second. "I sorry. Is just very amusing."

Her eyes turned an ashamed beige. She was relieved when Elann asked about her playing. "Sing with partner. Sometimes. I work at the Rearing Stallion, so I sing on own much. But I can." Noticing her lute case, she grabbed it from the other room. "I should pack up. I need to go work in a few chimes. She stuck the lute in the hard case, fastened a strap around the neck, and closed the latches to keep it shut.

"My eyes? I'm Vantha, all people of my home do it. Also explains bad Common. Native language Vani."
OOCLet's wrap up the thread in like 5 more posts.

[Elann]

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Elann felt even more embarrassed as Kayuqtuq laughed at the situation. The loud laughing seemed to freak out her kitty and it went to run and hide behind the bed. Cat's had very good hearing and whenever one made a really loud sound, even if it wasn't loud to that person, it was very loud to the cat. This usually ended in making the cat flee, as was the case with her kitten as it hopped off to some other place away from the sound. Kayu's laugh was sweet sounding, yet raw like that of a singers, and Elann knew the woman could sing to some degree well just based on that alone. She felt slightly better when she apologized for laughing, but she felt really stupid for having the fear in the first place. It was an internal struggle with her. “It’s okay. I don’t know...Fear just takes over me because ...I think I see most smaller animals like pests. We have a lot of lizards, bugs, and wild dogs that try to steal our food in the deserts of Eyktol, so we kill them regularly. They are kind of looked at like how people here view cockroaches and various other creeping bugs. So to have one about to rub up against me...even if it is kind of cute...it’s hard to deal with.”

She hoped that explained things for the girl who was previously laughing at her. Elann was dead serious about it, but put on a good face for her companion showing mirth. As the girl said she sang with a partner before, Elann nodded a bit and tilted her head, “If you want...we can sing and practice sometime?” She heard that she had to go to work soon, and seemed to sort of get ready. Elann slowly stood and flattened out her dress, playing at its various edges with her fingers. “A Vantha. I never heard of your people. You must live very far from where I grew up. We live very far to the south.”

“This is as far north as I have been in my life really. This is the only other place I’ve been in my life. It is kind of scary to be honest” She said, revealing a bit of herself to Kayuqtuq. She felt comfortable doing so though for some reason. Perhaps because they lived close to each other and liked some of the same things. Elann shifted toward the door a bit to show she was prepared to leave the girl. “I have been to the rearing stallion before. I guess there is another Benshira woman there who dances I’m supposed to know. She is a friend of a friend, but I went there once and didn’t see her or you there. I suppose we went at an awkward time” She said “we went” indicating she knew someone who went with her, but didn’t elude to whom that person was.

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[Kayuqtuq Snowsong]

Kayuqtuq felt even worse as seemed not very happy about her laughing. Her eyes turned to her usual nervous yellow. Elann explained why she was afraid of the kitten, and it sort of made sense. "When I little, I afraid of dark. Now I not."

Elann offered to sing together sometime, and Kayuqtuq nodded enthusiastically. "Would love. Where do you live?"

It makes sense that you never heard of Vantha, we from far north of Taldera. About as far north as can get. Snows all year long." She let out a homesick sigh. "As far north? This as far south for me!" Elann explained that she had been to the Rearing Stallion before. "Did you go in the morning or afternoon? I work in evening, though I want switch so I am inside during hot part of day. Who did you go with?"

[Elann]

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Calmly Elann nodded at Kayuqtuq as she said she was afraid of the dark with a slight chuckle. She had spent so much time in the darkness it wasn’t funny. She had seen what creeps in the dark places of the desert, that was for sure.
“I used to watch my father’s goats all night sometimes. You just sit up against a rock with a blanket. You hold your slingshot and rock, hoping that a lion, wolf, or something worse doesn’t come by. In the dark you can’t see anything, but you learn the sounds of nature. You learn the sounds of predators and if you are afraid of the dark, all your goats die.” She gritted her teeth and sympathized with the girl, “It always scared me as a little girl. Not so much anymore. Only really bears scare me now because it takes more rocks to scare them away, and sometimes they ignore and are really hungry”

The girl wanted to know where Elann lived and she pointed in the direction of her room and said thoughtfully counting out the rooms between them, “One...two.. … Four rooms down, on the same side of the building. I’m generally free in late afternoon before it gets dark until evening. Some days I have off as well. We could get together then maybe?”

Elann got a little geography lesson and knew that her maps she bought only showed the region, but had an understanding it went much further than that north. She idly wondered how far Taldera was from here and yet even more north than that! Elann was freezing here, this girl must be dying from heat. “I went in the afternoon with Noah. He lives in the building here as well. We visited the orphanage that day and stopped in because we were hungry. He is a good friend. Lives three doors that way on the other side of the hallway.” She grinned and pointed in the direction of his room and then added, “If you haven’t been to the orphanage, you should go. It is very fun.”

Having stood already she now moved to the door. “Well I won’t stop you from getting ready for work. I have to bring this stuff to home anyways” she held her sack to her waist and waited for her host to open the door as she didn’t want to be so bold as to leave before Kayuqtuq was done talking.

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[Kayuqtuq Snowsong]

As Elann explained how she had protected her father's goats, Kayuqtuq cocked her head."Where I from, we don't have goats. They all freeze to death. So we eat fish and seal and whale and elk. Elk is delicacy though. And if lucky, then traders bring venison from southern Taldera."

Atka appeared from the room again, and curled up on the ground purring. A dead mouse was in her clutches. Oh no. Elann will freak out. Kayuqtuq froze and grabbed the kitten, plopped her in the bedroom, and shut the door. She shrugged apologetically at Elann.

Hearing Elann's directions to her apartment, she opened the music book on the table, and scribbled down the words 'Elann: four doors down on same side.' in Vani. It was easier for her.

Elann suggested that she get to work, and Kayuqtuq nodded."Probably good idea. Kevith get mad if late."

OOCCan you wrap the thread up?

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[Elann]

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As the Kitten came back out Elann tensed up, but fortunately Kayuqtuq went to the rescue. Eventually Elann would say her goodbyes to the girl and would make sure she had her things in hand.

"It was nice meeting you. I hope you have a good time at work and it's not very difficult for you." She said properly and when Kayu opened the door she headed out into the hallway and gave her a little wave of the hand.

"Okay, bye", she said and headed down a few doors down to her own door and unlocked it. Once inside she set her things down and then closed her door.
OOCOkay, thanks for the threading.

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[Sayana]

Don't forget to edit/delete your grade request. If there's anything I may have missed, please PM me and I'll be happy to look into it.

 

Kayuqtuq

Skills

• Planning: 2
• Interior decoration: 1
• Observation: 5
• Singing: 2
• Musical Composition: 1
• Musical Instrument: Lute: 2
• Socialization: 5
• Intelligence: 2
• Interrogation: 2
• Hostessing: 3
• Storytelling: 1
• Animal husbandry: 1

Lores

• Music: Ode to Rhaus
• Elann: Benshiran singer and weaver
• Elann: Afraid of kittens
• Elann: Lives four doors down

Comments
When including seasonal expenses, please indicate which season (and year) they are for to make it easy for graders to check. It looks like you were only playing in Summer 515 so it appears that you have deducted what you needed to, but in future it will help a lot.

 

Elann

Skills

• Observation: 5
• Singing: 1
• Socialization: 5
• Intelligence: 3
• Interrogation: 3
• Storytelling: 1
• Mathematics: 1

Lores

• Kayuqtuq: Vantha singer from Taldera
• Kayuqtuq: Has kitten named Atka
• Vantha: Have eyes that change colour
• Kayuqtuq: Afraid of dark
• Location: Kayuqtuq's apartment

Comments: What a cute little meet and greet thread. I enjoyed the interactions between the two singers and even the little bit with the kitten. Great job.

Your Grader,

Sayana

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