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Parents: Ushiwa and Saeruin
Owner of Babies: Aukai Oceansoul & BhelliomBlue-Rose (&Heras Box if trip roll a success)
Proof of Relationship: Dawn In the Wild
Idea of Children: Camp Visitor
Chance it for Triplets: Yes
Chance for Identical Babies: yes
Preferred Artists: any of Ely, Kana, Scar

It was dawn in Jauhar, he had come here to see what critters he could capture on a solo mission. Sometimes he liked to pit himself against the jungle, against the wild and against lonliness. Different parts of his mind activated when he was alone in the wild. He became one of the animals in mind if not form. Sadly to his knowledge there was no shapeshifter magic or he would be all over that. The closest they came was the subtle shift of Shifter tribe skin and eyes which was pretty skookum in and of itself. His ear twitched at a noise nearby. He was swinging indolently in his hammock, it was just past predawn and the sun was peeking up over the mountains and starting to gild the crowns of the ancient forest trees in gold. It was the best time of day and since he had no chores to do, he took a deep breath to enjoy it. The myriad of birds serenaded him, he was far from home and they sounded completely different then the others and there were pointedly more of them. They were not letting each other get a song in edgewise and the melody kept folding in over itself in a roiling cascade of birdsong. He yawned and rolled in his hammock. It was less comfortable on his stomach but he had made eyeholes in strategic positions so he could peer down at the critters below. Most of the radaku in this part of the forest in particular were dark of coat with panther like spots and he thought this was a rather fetching concept. He wanted two, one for his son as a peace offering. Having him as a Dad could be challenging some days and one for his cousin Ultear who he felt would do really well with a radaku companion. It remained to be seen however if he would find the right animals on this expedition. It was never a guarantee whether you were hunting for familiars or for meat. Familiars being somewhat harder and easier. Your goal wasn't to kill them, but your heart was lighter too because of that. Despite a good twenty minutes of watching, nothing interesting passed beneath the hammock, he was better off setting up a bait station, though even then radaku could be pretty cagey. It wasn't recommended for beginners to hunt them alone as they could well outnumber their lone hunter but well he was not a beginner. There were precautions that were not in any way optional and he would ensure his safety. It wouldn't do to have reached this ripe old age just to fail quickly in an unfamiliar forest. Saeruin would kick his butt when she passed at a ripe old age and she would never let him forget his folly. He would of course do his part and haunt her and the children that was by no mistake a given. He was pretty sure that he would be able to talk to Einsol and Daanu somehow even as a ghostly rememberence of the man he had once been. It was a moot point because he would be very careful not to have anything untoward like that happen. A splash echoed in the water nearby, reminding him that he would be fishing or hunting for his breakfast as well. He extricated himself from the hammock and shimmied onto the tree branch supporting it. He zipped the bug netting back up, they were more vicious here than anywhere else he had frequented. All he could say was at least it wasn't Yael of the poisonous air, here everything but the air seemed to have some sort of inconveniant poison. But it was also so very full of life that he was convinced there was nowhere else on the planet quite like it.
It was dawn in Jauhar, he had come here to see what critters he could capture on a solo mission. Sometimes he liked to pit himself against the jungle, against the wild and against lonliness. Different parts of his mind activated when he was alone in the wild. He became one of the animals in mind if not form. Sadly to his knowledge there was no shapeshifter magic or he would be all over that. The closest they came was the subtle shift of Shifter tribe skin and eyes which was pretty skookum in and of itself. His ear twitched at a noise nearby. He was swinging indolently in his hammock, it was just past predawn and the sun was peeking up over the mountains and starting to gild the crowns of the ancient forest trees in gold. It was the best time of day and since he had no chores to do, he took a deep breath to enjoy it. The myriad of birds serenaded him, he was far from home and they sounded completely different then the others and there were pointedly more of them. They were not letting each other get a song in edgewise and the melody kept folding in over itself in a roiling cascade of birdsong. He yawned and rolled in his hammock. It was less comfortable on his stomach but he had made eyeholes in strategic positions so he could peer down at the critters below. Most of the radaku in this part of the forest in particular were dark of coat with panther like spots and he thought this was a rather fetching concept. He wanted two, one for his son as a peace offering. Having him as a Dad could be challenging some days and one for his cousin Ultear who he felt would do really well with a radaku companion. It remained to be seen however if he would find the right animals on this expedition. It was never a guarantee whether you were hunting for familiars or for meat. Familiars being somewhat harder and easier. Your goal wasn't to kill them, but your heart was lighter too because of that. Despite a good twenty minutes of watching, nothing interesting passed beneath the hammock, he was better off setting up a bait station, though even then radaku could be pretty cagey. It wasn't recommended for beginners to hunt them alone as they could well outnumber their lone hunter but well he was not a beginner. There were precautions that were not in any way optional and he would ensure his safety. It wouldn't do to have reached this ripe old age just to fail quickly in an unfamiliar forest. Saeruin would kick his butt when she passed at a ripe old age and she would never let him forget his folly. He would of course do his part and haunt her and the children that was by no mistake a given. He was pretty sure that he would be able to talk to Einsol and Daanu somehow even as a ghostly rememberence of the man he had once been. It was a moot point because he would be very careful not to have anything untoward like that happen. A splash echoed in the water nearby, reminding him that he would be fishing or hunting for his breakfast as well. He extricated himself from the hammock and shimmied onto the tree branch supporting it. He zipped the bug netting back up, they were more vicious here than anywhere else he had frequented. All he could say was at least it wasn't Yael of the poisonous air, here everything but the air seemed to have some sort of inconveniant poison. But it was also so very full of life that he was convinced there was nowhere else on the planet quite like it.
He got himself handily out of the tree, did some warm up battle exercises then grabbed his favorite fishing pole and went to the lake that was nearby, it was connected to a rive and should have plenty of fish. He loved fishing it was slow for most of his family but there were big perks to living on the beach in Matori, no matter how busy you were there was always fishing that could be done at some point. Less in the spring as the beasts were birthing and it was all hands on deck as opposed to the rest of the year where it was steady training duties and breeding duties. He loved his life just how it was. Though he did hope to have a few more kids one day. Ushi set himself up on the shore with a broad trunked ancient tree at his back, and tossed his bait into the water. He settled down to wait and let his eyes roam the shore and trees across from him. There was something so pensive about fishing and he enjoyed the deep thought he was able to achieve. He missed Sae and Ein and the kids but sometimes it was good to just be alone for a bit and sort of recalibrate and reset with only your own thoughts to keep you company.
His morning of fishing was productive, he had caught three and released one that was too small to eat. He inhaled the fresh air and felt right in the feeling that he was exactly where he was meant to be, doing exactly what he was meant to be doing. This was what he had quested for his whole life, besides a desire to rule the world that was, but taking care of ones' family took too much time for a world ruler. That and his family was way more important than the rest of the world combined for him, though he did enjoy the plethora of critters that the world had to offer it was the people he could give or take besides the few that were honored enough to be called his friends.

He cleaned and gutted the fish, removed their heads and their scales and returned that which he would not consume back to the water to continue the circle of life. Then he set about getting a fire going near the water's edge and skewered the fish onto carved sticks for easy rotisserie. He grinned as the smell of the wild herbs he had rubbed into the fish emitted a light and seductive food fragrance when they were exposed to the heat and coals. Food cooked and eaten outside for some reason always tasted better than that which had been prepared inside. He was not sure why but it was definitely a hard and fast rule that applied in most situations. The only bad thing that eating outside usually brought was a plethora of biting insects and jauhar was no exception. The fish when it was done, tasted succulent and went down a treat. The juices ran down his chin and the skin was crisp and perfect. He was eyeing the second fish when he felt like he was being watched from the bracken not far away from his fire. Glowing yellow eyes that idly reminded him of his Wife's.
Slowly he stood so as to not appear as a target as a two more sets of eyes appeared, one a startling green and the next a blood red. Judging from the emerging dark coats, these were the very beasts he had come to find.

"Come to tango boys?" He grinned and grabbed his rope. Radaku were faster than the beasts he was used to. Though just as deadly in other ways. He and Thal had an affinity for the toothsome ones, just as they were toothsome themselves. Ein was good with all critters and Tethys his handsome younger brother who had also inherited their Mother's waterling spots (unlike Thal who had Dad's ice crystals), was more attuned to the smaller reptilian folks, though Ushi was pretty sure he either had or would be okay with a radaku. He himself thought it would be cool to have one as well, might as well take the set then. His smile widened and rather than dance it out right there. He took the fish and cut it into three.

"We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way.' He told them in a low but male voice. His voice wasn't quite as deep as Thal's but it was deeper than the average earthling. He liked it, Sae liked it and Sae liking it was all that mattered really.

A scuffle and a few hog ties later he sat back bleeding from a cut or two with three hobbled young radaku before him. They were too young yet to be of breeding age, if it had been the whole pack he would have been scurrying up a tree and taking them down one at a time.

"This is the thanks I get for sharing breakfast with you ungrateful beggers."
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Me Time Solo
After finally making it through Awat, after a bit of recovery time and making doubly sure that Cerunon was not injured in that last frakas, Ushi had made for Jatine and after a long and boring trip across the desert with all the heat and Zores looking at him like he was a delicious snacklett he had made it. It was he had to admit a beautiful and vibrant place. He did have one zore still following him. He was tempted to try and tame it though they were not really the kind of pet you wanted around considering they could only eat rotten meat and tended to defecate on themselves when they were startled, though it might be fun for people to look at him like a herald of death, maybe he wouldn't get accosted so much. It wasn't his fault he looked pretty and had money, at least it was money he worked for. The brigands hadn't gotten his two back up money pouches which lived in special pockets in his boots. Suckers hadn't had time to check there before he and his janarim ran them off. Though he was significantly less pretty than normal. Wah.

He found the best looking Inn the "Dancing Scorra," and booked himself the best room, a small hut with an attached stable for his janarim, these people knew what was up after all. This was a fishing town and a vacation place for many, just his cup of tea at this point in time. He was going to enjoy himself come hell or high water. First on his list was a brisk walk about to orient himself and see what the immediate area had to offer in the way of food and amenaties, then he returned to his little table and lene to enjoy the rest of the book his daughter had given him. He had only been able to read snippets of it at home with all the hustle and bustle that constantly happened at the ranch.

He folded the back cover over the center and held the book reverently. Kechiri really had such fine taste in reading material he would have to ask her to find more literary treasures. Next up he had booked a kind of hunt for nobles that he had personally never gone on before. It used predatory birds of varying sizes and he had to admit that he had great fun chasing down small game with the birds and his janarim who thought that they should have gone after bigger prey. That night he had a fancy dinner of seared meat and local seasonal vegetables. He wished that Sae had been there with him to enjoy the delight that the food had been, even the sauce had been eye opening. After dinner he was hot so he went to one of the many outdoor pools and floated around until he forgot he was in Oba. Cerenon lounged at the edge of the pool with his tail dipped in the water. The next morning he had a hot bath, some truly fantastic coffee and breakfast and then he walked to his massage. It was a short vacation but he felt like it was completely worth it too.
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Ushi was helping to train a young prentice in the art of beast charming. The boy had had trouble finding an instructor in Oba for some unknown reason as of yet and had contacted his Dad directly. Apparently they had known each other when Kiyelt still lived there. Or at least he had known the kids parents at the time. Ushi didn't see why the whole family had to move all the way here for the kids training. He wasn't sure what he would have done in the same position but he had been fortunate to have people in the same position in his family so it had never been a problem.

Thal was usually better with stuff like this, so was Tethys but Thal was hunting and Tethys was off adventuring with his treasure hunting friend and Ushi was here because of the janarim breeding project. He kind of felt sorry for the kid that had to put up with his salty butt. He was certainly not everyone's cup of strong tea with barely a hint of sugar and cream. But as the kid had little choice in the matter this was what it was. The boy had the typical fireling skin hair and crystals with the faintest water spots leaning toward a very mildly mixed fire/water heritage. But he looked high born enough and carried himself arrogantly. Which was fair, their own family was of Zenan nobility but they paid little head to it. The boy had quite a few crystals on his face and he caught him giving a passing Gajeel who was obviously trying to find Kynin the side eye.

"Lad, the lesson is over here." He knew the boy was curious but they were not here to oogle others on the ranch. Ushi's time with his skills and experience was very valuable and the boy should make the most of it if he could at least learn anything. They had started small with trying to get a perzi to go through an obstacle course. Problem being that the kids energy was all over the place and resulted in jerky excited movements and he was also prone to temper tantrums. The regular farm way to deal with that was to do chores until you could concentrate on what was going on in front of you.

"If you can't focus here, you could clean the barn, or feed animals..if you feel you are not ready to concentrate." The glare he got in return set his own soul on fire and also made him smile. Perhaps there was just a bit of himself in his young pupil anyhow. "Alright then focus, you need to take a moment to collect yourself. Animals are very sensitive and they can pick up on things through your mood, emotions and body movements. It is a language that some people have since forgotten how to speak. You are to relearn it. For example." He rushed at the boy flailing. The kid spooked and rushed to the other side of the pen, the perzi looked at them both like they were crazy. "This is sort of what you are doing, how did it make you feel?"

"Uh, uncomfortable?" The prentice replied with a bit of a self conscious look, "I don't have to do barn chores do I?"
"No, but you must listen a might closer to what I am telling you to do. I don't speak for no reason boy, every snippet is a valuable bit of advice that you would do very well to heed." A chorus of barks, brays and roars announced the probable arrival of the young male's parents on the ranch. Ushi had not met them yet but from the cross eyed look his father had given him there was something potentially special coming.

He looked up and saw the tall willowy forms of the nobles, rubber necking at all of the critters and commotion they were now surrounded by. The one thing on the ranch was that no one could sneak up on them. Kiyelt had just bought more land which they had all worked hard for and they were expanding. They were for real going to have their own mini village soon. Ushi was glad that his place was more to the center of the property and tucked in a corner too boot. He and Sae had blessed privacy at least when their kids were not all in attendance.

He greeted the boys parents and continued on with the lesson with them hanging off the fence watching. The boy made a bit of progress but his parents began critiquing him and telling him what he could do better as opposed to Ushi doing the actual teaching. He cleared his throat and gave them what he thought was a mild glare, though even those were potent from his rbf face. Or so the family told him.

"I would appreciate if you let me teach the boy, as that is my job, if you wish you may comment after the lesson has ended but in no way are you actually helping him at the moment."

The boy's parents looked offended and the woman laid a hand on her irrate husbands arm.

"You telling me what to do with my own heir?" The male asked with acid in his tone.

"No, I'm telling you what is permited on my property to do with my animals and to the detriment of my lesson." It was best to deal with people like this in a clear cut fashion. "Should you take umbridge with my teaching style, you are welcome to leave the premises." And they would not be getting a refund for wasting his time. He did however understand now how the boy behaved and reacted so to his environment he probably had never been able to think for himself and otherwise reacted out of some sort of frustration. Ushi dealt with animals not people but some of the behaviour was the same. He let the parents know that there was a comfortable outdoor sitting area where they could wait for their son.

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Bookstore Solo
Ushi was out for a walk. He didn't really have a destination in mind for once and he walked the beaches until he came to a place that looked interesting. He had never been to the local book store before. But he thought that today might just be the right day to take a peak, maybe he could find a book for himself or Sae or Kechi or anyone else in the family that he might find something for. He took a big breath and opened the door, a bell over it jingled and a beautiful lightning lady looked up from the desk and greeted him. She looked familiar somehow, something in her face, the reason became clear when a water male appeared from reading in a corner and he also looked familiar. "You would be Rexonyx's parents yeah? I never knew you had a bookstore."
They nodded their agreement and he smiled. "He is a good kid." Polite, quiet dependable. He hung out with the boys sometimes. He drifted to the back of the store, not really wishing to talk anymore he just wanted to drink the place in with his eyes. Kechi had got him addicted to reading so thus he was here looking for new material. He snagged a woven basket and hung it over a broad forearm for easy book placement. He was astounded at how much he liked reading, even if he had to wear those little half moon spectacles if the writing was small. There was something so solid about books, like a little cure for boredom that you could carry around in your pocket, and sometimes a people repeller. Please leave me alone I am busy reading, so engrossed in this novel, do not disturb me. How it had taken him so long to realize this was beyond him. Thank the gods for kids. He picked a few up and parussed the back cover, noting the heft and fabric used for the cover.

He found one about a lost janarim that interested him and he put it in his basket. There were a few more that might be okay but none of them really captured his notice yet. So he moved on to the next shelf. It was broad and made of sturdy wood, stained in a nice color. A warm rich tone. It felt homey and he wondered which stain they used. He might use it on the small cabin he wanted to make one day for himself and Sae.

Ushi took a deep breath and took in the beautiful fragrance of all of the books. Paper had such charm to it. New paper and old paper smelled completely different but both were equally charming in their own way. Plus books were the easiest and most efficient way to travel, at least within your mind. He found that he enjoyed the self driven hallucinations from someone else's mind transferred through paper and back into thought. He would have to come to the book store more often.
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Ushi was reluctant to do what he needed to do. A boar like creature that his Dad had brought on had gored his leg and he had a bit of a scrape. Said creature was now bacon, however the wound was starting to turn red and inflamed and he did not relish the big scar or the chance of amputation. The biggest issue was his favorite doctor was occupied with other things and was not around to doctor her twin. Besides Ein, Ushi despised having to go to healers. He had a natural mistrust of them but the would was turning red and inflamed and he couldn't put it off any longer. His mother would have spanked him had she known. She did not care that he was old. She would put her children's health above everything and rightfully so thought that her children should as well. Ushi growled as he hobbled his way to Cerenon and swung himself up with a grunt of pain. Why walk with a bum leg when you had upteen number of beasts that would walk for you?

He disliked going to healers in general. Ein had gave him such looks for such a long time when he would put it off, half the time she noticed and just knew that he had an issue. She was an amazing woman and he was so glad that she was his sister. His mother was a beast specialist but she wasn't available to help him either, she and Dad were having date week which they could manage now that the farm ran itself without them for certain periods of time. They had lucked out on having so many beast tamer kids. They really had been lucky. He was currently resigned to his fate. The pain had gotten quite more severe over yesterday and he knew it was the responsible thing to do. The trip to the closest local healer was quick enough and relatively uneventful, he was grateful that he had his trustiest mount, some of the youngbloods would put up a bit of a fight still.

He hitched Cerenon to the post outside and reluctantly rapped on the thick wood door. He had to admit the healer's home was a nice and well kept place with a small kitchen garden set beside the wooden cabin. The door opened with a hearty creek and Ushi was treated to the sight of a young wind water male who looked curiously at him. He still looked capable for his age, bright blue eyes, blue skin and blonde hair with small pink round crystals, clothed in loose fitting dark brown robes with a few gold hued accessories here and there. It looked good on him and was probably condusive to his career. He hadn't seen many wind water hybrids.

"Can I help you?" The hybrid asked politely.

"Uh, yes please," Ushi tilted his leg so that the healer could see the wound. The young male immediately crouched by Ushiwa's leg and gently touched the flesh around the reddened wound. "Hmm looks like infection is setting in, when did the injury occur?"
"Er, two days ago." He knew he was probably going to catch heck for that, it was always smarter to treat wounds immediately before anything worse happened but he knew he wasn't in horrible danger quite yet and there had been so much to do and he had doctored it himself as best as he could with the healing salves on hand but that hadn't been enought, that brutes tusks must have had something nasty on them to result in this kind of wound. How delightful that was. He rolled his eyes in his mind at the thought so that the healer wouldn't think it was him being cheeky.

"Ahh, I see, you should have come sooner perhaps but it should still be treatable. How did it occur?"

"One of those yaeli pig things gored me and it scraped my calf, I did put salve on it but was too busy perhaps to treat it properly. They had had a few emergencies on the ranch in the past few days and he had been most preoccupied handling it all with so many of the king pins away.

"Yes, good, come in." The healer led him into the hut. Wooden struts made an attractive pattern as they supported the roof. There was a large kitchen, no doubt used to help with herbs and making healing things. The kitchen flowed into a cozy seating area no doubt for consultations which was where he was led and beyond was an annex which he suspected the males bedroom was. Very neat place, very well constructed too. Ushi was impressed. The healer bade him sit in a comfy chair and gave him a stool to put his leg up on for further inspection.

"I will make you a salve and a concoction. Drink the concoction twice a day at regular intervals for ten days and keep the wound clean, bandage if you have to be somewhere at all icky, in a few days keep the bandage off and let the wound get air, it should help dry it off, if an abcess forms use a hot compress to encourage the puss to drain."

He wrote all of the instructions down on a little sheet and cleaned the wound in a most unpleasant way. "It really is better to see to things like this early and properly, it would have saved you a great deal of trouble and pain, but I do understand that sometimes best practices are not possible." Especially since the healer's current visitor looked much more comfortable in the bush than in a town. Poor guy was nervous. Radian hadn't been a healer for very long but he had been apprenticed to one for a long time. He knew that some people were just reluctant to go to a healer and would hold off until it was obvious they were in trouble by that time however it was thrice as difficult to fix the problem and took twice as long to correct, so long as the patient had not waited too long.
"Yeah, there were emergencies I had to attend to, and our healers were away so you were the closest to the ranch." He shrugged. He would drink the nasty concoction, hopefully it tasted better than the ones Einsol made but he doubted it. Most unfortunate the taste of most medicines, so unfair. Why couldn't they at least make them taste palatable. Though from what he understood most medicine was actually some form of dilute poison and plant based poisons were bitter so as to discourage animals from eating them. He saw why it would be effective too, noxious stuff.

The healer tinkered away and an handed him a large green bottle that was wider at the base and tall and skinny in the neck. He thanked the male and paid him for that and the small cylindrical jar of salve to smear on the wound. They he was out the door and on his way home to have a bit of a rest. It was a rest day for him and his chores and health duties were done so it was time to detox from an awfully horribly week. He had dark circles under his eyes and Sae was at work, he had no idea where the kids had gotten off to so he could do whatever he wanted. What he wanted was a swift and effective nap before he faced whatever else he had to do that day. He took his medicine as directed. It was still nasty and he applied the salve on his wound. He didn't bandage it yet because their bedding was clean but he did stick that leg out of the bedding so that it didn't muck up the sheets they had just cleaned. He felt better with the medicine in his system, at least he had gone before more serious infection had taken hold. Kechiri would mock him forever if he had to hobble around with a peg leg.

He tugged the covers up around his shoulders. They were thin and well worn and incredibly comfortable. He listened to the quiet sounds of the house and let his mind slowly drift into nothingness, letting his thoughts file past but not lingering on any too long. He imagined himself to be in the bole of a great tree and very safe from all the beasts and people that wandered outside of that imaginary tree. It was highly cozy and the meditation aided him to dreamland. When he woke he was refreshed. He bandaged his leg and went to do some critter checks as was his constant habit while on the ranch at least for the animals he was responsible for taking care of. This year had been particularly lucrative and he had a plethora of very very fine beasts in his care. It always made his chest swell with pride to see them all, to know that they left here to their new homes with the finest training possible. They rarely had any returns and usually if they did it was the owners mistakes that could either be corrected or they would reaccept the critter, retrain them and then send them to a better home later.
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Parents: Ushiwa and Saeruin
During Pregnancy RP: Like Moon and Tide