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Ayla of No People (_ayla_) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-08-09 09:53:00

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ayla, complete, day 10, yvaine

Day 10
Who: Yvaine & Ayla
What: Healing Session
When: Mid Morning
Where: Yvaine's Room
Rating: G
Status: Finished

Ayla woke early, though it was hard to tell with the storm still raging outside. Sitting up on her bed, she looked around the dark cave. Sparse light filtered in through the singular window at the back. She'd never had a window in her cave in the valley, and that was only one of the differences between this cave and that one. Still, it was more familiar than a room such as Rusty's was to her.

She crawled to the firepit where she'd banked her fire and built it up again. She needed to make some tea for Yvaine and get it to her. The dressing on her leg probably needed to be changed as well. She would prepare everything and then take it with her to the star woman's room. She boiled willow bark and snake root for the tea. Instead of the snake root going on the outside, it was going to heal from the inside.

It would still take several weeks before it was completely healed, but Ayla was sure she would be able to walk with no problems at all. As the water for the tea boiled, she cleaned herself up and put on a new wrap. Being in a cave with a fire always made her smell a little smoky. Not unpleasant, just... outdoorsy. She plaited her long blond hair back in a single braid down her back and went back for the tea.

With soaked leather, dry gauze and tea in hand, she left her room and headed to Yvaine's second story room. She shifted everything in her arms in order to knock on the door.

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fallen_star
2008-08-16 06:07 pm UTC (link)

Yvaine was quite glad that she had refrained from putting weight on her leg whenever she could avoid it. From Ayla’s description of the effects weight had on a break, the star shuddered to think what would have happened if she hadn’t been found. She wasn’t exactly a vein evening star, but she decided she didn’t much like the idea of having a crooked leg and a limp that would inevitably go with it.

“I won’t hesitate to ask if I have need. I thank you.” Yvaine had spent the centuries watching life happen below her. People, humans, having adventures, falling in love, interacting with one another. Some humans were dreadful creatures who scarcely should have been permitted to be around others, while some people were so kind. Ayla was surely one of the kind ones who deserved all things good. The star woman suspected the cavewoman had had to struggle much, though, for she was much aged within her despite how few years she must have lived. Then again, if she remembered correctly, life before buildings had been incredibly tough on human beings. That alone could have aged a person greatly.

Yvaine realized she was curious about this woman who had shown her such kindness. The star was used to being surrounded by billions of her sisters, and her mother always shown beside them all. She was never alone, yet she was, even then, a bit lonely. Most of them didn’t share the same desire to watch the earthly activities. They only wanted to know about how their own lives moved and formed and shimmered. Life on Earth in Faerie was so different than in the sky. People didn’t shimmer and shine, though some sang. Some voices were so very sweet in a strange way, completely unlike the voices of stars. “Were you much revered as a medicine woman in your homeland?” The star woman found herself asking. This was the first time she’d met and seen a human up close, and it was the first time since her fall that she’d initiated conversation to ease the loneliness she felt at the absence of her family.

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_ayla_
2008-08-17 11:54 pm UTC (link)

She glanced up, her blue eyes widened slightly. She had to think about the best way to answer the woman's question. "I do not think I was revered, although the position itself is very highly revered." It was difficult to explain the reasoning behind that remark without going into a lot of detail. "May I start at the beginning so that I can truly explain to you?" She waited for consent before continuing.

"I was born to parents I do not remember. When I was very young, five years they said, there was an earthquake. It destroyed my home and separated me from my family. I walked for a long time, but I was so young, and I didn't know how to care for myself. I was thirsty and hungry and tired." As Ayla spoke, she used her hands. It was a long habit borne of living with people who did not speak verbally.

"I was attacked by a cave lion, and even though I escaped, my wound was severe and I collapsed." She lifted the hem of her wrap to show the four parallel scars from the lion's claws on her left thigh. "Iza found me, and she cared for me even thought I was one of the Others and not Clan. I lived with them for many years. Nine, I think. Iza was the medicine woman and she did not have a mate, but she had a daughter, Uba. She taught me and Uba to be the new medicine woman when she passed."

She paused for a moment, thinking of Iza and Uba brought painful memories. She missed them very much. "In the Clan, there is status. Clan leader has highest status. Then Mog-ur and then Medicine Woman. Normally, the leader's mate has highest status among women, but not if there is a medicine woman of Iza's line. I was a medicine woman of Iza's line and therefore highest status among women. But, it was not me that they revered as much as the position. I am of the Others, and different."

She hoped that she was making sense, and not rambling too much. She looked up at the star woman to check for her reaction.

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