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Prompt 1

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Word spread fast in a place like Tendaji. Surprising when the people were so spread out, but now that there was more traveling it was a growing rumor mill spreading word as fast as earthlings could move. It was little secret that a group of Alkidike were starting to cause problems in Tendaji. The extremist Alkidike felt that it was high time that Jauhar was taken back from the shifters and the alarming growth of others that were settling into their land.

There were growing accounts of ambushing in the jungles of Jauhar, where shifters and other earthlings were being beaten and sacked for their things before being threatened to leave Jauhar… and there was only so much these poor people could take before they fled the scene and packed their bags. What would happen if the Alkidike decided to spread out further than Jauhar and became a threat to all earthlings?

They were still rumors, and nothing could be proved, but many were beginning to cast a disapproving gaze toward the Alkidike and a weary eye to Jauhar’s borders...

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Aysun was leaning over on Maw's back, holding onto him, his eyes closed, "Bleh... I don't feel good! Why couldn't Chandra be home where he was easy to find?" To be fair he'd been unable to really search the whole house, instead having sent Flower in as his scout, but there hadn't been any sign of him that the sprite had seen. He couldn't very well go in on his own though because if his mother saw him she'd want to know what happened. If she knew what happened, well, it would just get messy. He didn't want her off hunting down every Alkidike she saw trying to find the ones that had ganged up on him. Not to mention that it would only get worse if she told his father and his uncles. From what he'd seen in the past the only thing his father and uncle Jacin seemed to agree on and help one another with was when someone messed with their family.

No, he couldn't let that happened, didn't want any of them getting mixed up in his own mistakes. He'd let himself get soft, get lulled, and he forgot for a moment that not all the Alkidike in the world were like Samoset and Teiluj. Not all of them were friendly, they couldn't all be reasoned with or chatted with, hell, there were those that wouldn't just let him walk passed when he was what he was. It seemed that Maw's presence hadn't helped either only giving them them more reasons to go after him. Feh, as though he was some Oban supporter! He wanted to complain about that, how he'd fought in the war too, but he wasn't feeling up to it. He was hurting too much.

"Ahh... good, we're here." He murmured tiredly, looking to Flower who was sitting on his shoulder. He gave the sprite a smile and said, "I need you to get Teiluj, alright? Be very careful though, they have lots of radaku after all, and she said her mother had a janarim as well. Don't let anyone but Teiluj see you." The sprite gave a nod before zinging forward through the shadows, going to see out their friend.

He'd done his best, but there was only so much that a bright pink sprite could do to be sneaky. It probably didn't help that he smelled of Aysun, Maw, and various others that Flower came into contact with during the day. That didn't matter though now as the radaku Tao chased him, all that mattered now was getting to Teiluj. Upon seeing her he gave a happy, chiming sound, racing over to and all but threw himself under her hair in hopes of disapearing into it like what he did with Aysun's hair when something scary came after him.

Once 'hidden' he set to chirp at Teiluj, trying to deliver the message that Aysun had given him to deliver. She had to come outside! She had to help Aysun! Of course after a moment it was as though he realized he didn't know Earthling speak and he fell quiet, tugging on her hair lightly instead.

Once they were outside Flower hopped off of Teiluj's hands, flying a couple circles around her, chirping at her again, before he went racing off in the direction that he'd left Aysun. He was relieved to see that he was still waiting for him on Maw's back. The little sprite landed on his shoulder, chattering at him in a concerned tone before he pointed back in the direction that he'd come from.

"I take it that you were able to find her? Good job, I am very proud of you." He said, kissing Flower a kiss on the head before he slid off of Maw's back, one hand for a moment curling against the point in his chest where the Alkidike woman had kicked him. It was, of all his injuries, really the only one that was bothering him at the moment. He was certain the others probably didn't look al that pretty, but they weren't hurting nearly as much. Hopefully Teiluj would be able to help him out at the moment since the only other person he might be able to seek aid from was Samoset and he was far from being useful or a healer.

Not only that but Aysun was sure that, if anything, Sam might just laugh because he'd gotten beat up by one of his sisters. He seemed to think well of them, likely due to being blinded by loyalty, but Aysun really didn't care for them at the moment.

Aysun gave a smile when he saw Teiluj even though half of his face was a little swollen and didn't smile as well as the rest. He was glad for the help down onto his feet though once there he leaned against Maw for a moment, "Hello, Teiluj! It's been a while." Though not all that long actually. It wasn't so long ago that he'd visited and one would almost think that he was making excuses to stop by at this point were it not for the fact that he'd rather have a better and less painful reason to stop by.

He looked himself over best he could and said, "I look that bad, huh? I kinda guessed I did since my face is a little achy, but at least I still have my teeth, right." He smiled, showing off that fact since he was proud of it. As she asked him what happened he seemed to debate over it for a moment, as though he wasn't sure he wanted to say. He didn't want to upset her by complaining about her people after all... but... it was what had happened, right? He looked at her a moment then lifted a hand, scratching against his uninjured cheek and said, "I sort of had a run in with some rather unhappy Alkidike ladies. I had heard they were moody latey but I guess I learned first hand how much a mood."

Aysun gave a laugh, "I would have to have to ask others to chew my food for me, I am not a little bird or something." He said, making a bit of a face, chuckled, then winced as he started to laugh, "Ow, ow... I think I should maybe try to keep from laughing until I get to feeling a bit better." He said to his friend, regretting laughing since it just made him ache a bit. He looked up at her again, watching as she set to looking him over, going for a moment quiet as she looked him over, wondering what the news might be, he was hoping that it wouldn't be anything too horrible since he didn't want people getting all riled up for his sake.

"You're familiar? Any idea what's wrong with them? I mean I know some of the women aren't too friendly, I've ran across those that gave me looks before, but never ones that would actually sucker punch me in a crowded place! I mean, geez! Do I really look like someone that they need to gang up on?" He asked of Teiluj, then gave a bit of a huffing sound, "They also seemed to think me some sort of Oban sympathizer on top of everything else because of Maw. Like I helped them out during the war or something... such a pain."

Giving a little nod Aysun lifted his hands up, resting them against Maw's side, holding onto him as she set to work with her magic. It felt... weird, really weird, as the magic seemed to be sinking into his flesh, inspecting him from the inside, "Huh? They went after you too? Huh.. yeah, I could see that... they seemed to hate me for being a Shifter and others just for existing. It's pretty weird if you ask me... being so hateful toward... well, everyone almost." He leaned back against Maw, letting his eyes close as she went about her inspection, doing his best to sit still even though it felt pretty weird.

Aysun looked down at himself for a moment, then nodded, "I am most definitely an Earthling." He agreed, then sighed, "It's such a bother that we have to deal with all this, I was kind of excited when the war ended, it felt like maybe we might get to finally relax or something!" He wrinkled his nose at the thought, he had enjoyed the down time that he'd had. It had been nice! He'd been able to wander around and enjoy himself, play around with his friends, all that sort of thing! Now he would need to be all on guard again.

Glancing at Maw he nodded, "I mean, I know he's... a bit intimidating, but still, he's actually a really nice guy. Besides, despite... ahh... his former job he's retired now!" He complained, mostly to himself before looking over at janarim and radaku that Teiluj had pointed to, giving a bit of a smile, "I mean how could anyone be mad over a familiar, their cute!" In his mind though all animals were cute, even the ones giant.

He opened his eyes again, giving a bt of a squeak, when her magic suddenly gave a surge within him, something that was quite surprising but it... seemed to help? He blinked a couple times then said, "Ah, thanks, it actually kind of hurts less. It felt pretty weird... but still, thanks." He gave her a smile and a nod, lowering a hand to scratch it against his chest, as thought testing the area for any weakness or pain. It was kind of itchy, that itchy you got when something was healing thought so that was good at least.

Aysun gave a jump, then a chuckle, as he was flicked in the ear, "Hey now, I'm injured! You should pity me, not flick me in the ear." He said, giving a little face, as though he was hurt, before giving a chuckle. Of course before he could be too amused he was getting some sort of sticky goop smeared across the area of his face where he'd gotten punched. It seemed that it would help to speed up the healing process? Smiling despite the salve he said, "That's good to hear, I don't want to risk being without my looks or something, that's how I get by!" Alright, not even close, but it sounded funny to him.

Glancing in the direction that home was, then back again, he said, "I checked with him first, but he wasn't at home... and I couldn't really go in and wait for him. Man... if my mother saw me like this she'd end up on the war path." He seemed to think about that for a moment before shaking his head rapidly, "I'd rather she not take up her hammer and head out to avenge me, it'd be a little on the embarrassing side, not to mention it might just cause things to escalate." Which he really didn't want either. Things were bad enough already if you asked Aysun. Giving Teiluj a smile he said, "So you saved me by being able to help me out, I mean if its just more minor wounds I can just pass it off as me having a training accident with one of my pets."

"Hm?" Aysun glanced at Maw for a moment, giving a thoughtful look, then said, "So long as you promise not to tell anyone I can tell you. I just don't want my mother freaking out, thinking that he's going to just randomly turn on me one day due to what he used to to do." That was just silly to think but he was sure that there would be those who would think such a thing possible, even from a loyal beast like Maw.

"A couple hours?" He asked, tilting his head back for a moment, as though he were calculating that, "Well, if I am careful, and give it some time, I should be able to slip in under the cover of dark and head to bed without being noticed." He murmured, mostly to himself, before he gave Teiluj a smile and a nod. He should be alright, so long as he at least attempted to be somewhat sneaky... not something that he did often. Hard to sneak around when he moved from place to place with an army of various beasts after all.

Looking over toward Maw's face as he listened to Teiluj's next question the half Shifter gave a thoughtful sound in his throat before looking back her way again, "I... don't know? I guess I am just being really careful is all, trying to protect him. I am more then certain that if certain people knew that they'd try to kill him on principle without realizing that it's not like he got a choice in career, you know?" Something that he'd protect Maw from, those who would just see him as an Oban monster.

Turning slightly he set to petting Maw lightly and said, "Maw... used to be in the Oban army, he was one of their war beasts." He felt that of everyone that had seen Maw she was one of few he could actually tell, to this point he hadn't even told Sam or any of his family members, "I found him in Jauhar, not far from Neued. His rider... he was already dead. If I had to guess he was injured during the battle and the two retreated, trying to find somewhere to lay low until he could get to a healer, perhaps? Maw was guarding him, even after he passed." He rested his forehead against Maw's neck for a moment, hating the condition he'd found Maw in but he was looking far better these days and seemed happier as well.