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 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:17 pm
A thick veil of darkness had settled over the land of Tale, and with it came a new sort of 'light'. While the day dwellers nestled in for sleep, those who belonged to the night were rising up and starting their fun.
Ujana liked to think she belonged to both realms with one foot in each; firmly planted, and deeply embedded. Her cloths hung on the back of an old wooden chair, drip drying while she traipsed about in a thin, off the shoulder night dress. At first Ujana had only planned on cleaning up her wardrobe to freshen the fabric, but then she had decided on bathing as well. So, as she fluffed and messed with the fabric, stretching it out along the chair, her hair hung wet and heavy behind her. With each movement more tendrils would sway, dripping little droplets of water onto the worn wooden floor.
Normally she would have already been tucked into bed (or at least, down at the bar) but Ujana was waiting for a not so little visitor.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:39 pm
She had had to wait til her daughter was soundly asleep before attempting to sneak out. Not that it took all that long. Subira had eaten enough to send herself into a food coma. So Ariya had decided to take her hair down from the braid she had it in while she waited but once her long pointed ears caught the soft, even breathing of her little girl she moved out of her room. The chubby alk made sure that the door was shut firmly before she moved away from it. When she reached the door she wanted, the one that hid Ujana behind it, she stopped and looked around. Ariya almost felt as though she was breaking some rule or another. A thought that made her smirk before lifting her hand to knock gently on the door. Once that was done she waited for either the all clear to enter or for Ujana to open the door herself.
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:57 pm
Ujana perked up at the sound of the knock. She reached up to give her hair a good fluffing at the roots, mussing with the now free flowing curled locks until it looked attractive enough for her. She didn't know why she was bothering; if Ariya had a kid then she obviously had a lover, and Ujana wasn't one to break up families. At least, not intentionally.
Still, it just felt necessary to make herself look as nice as possible. If nothing else than to remind the alkidike of their time in Jauhar.
Ujana pinched her cheeks to give them a fresh, flushed look and bit her lower lip to give it a bit of a pucker before reaching to open the door with a big, inviting grin.
"I was wondering if you would come by." She stepped back from the door, giving enough room for Ariya to step inside.
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:47 pm
She wasn't sure what she was expecting when the door opened, but the image of Ujana in her night dress with her hair down, and a rather flush looking face wasn't it. As the door was opened for her Ariya stepped inside but she didn't go too far. The chubby alk wrapped her arms around the leafling's waist and pulled her close. "Why would I not?" While it might not be visible in the dark, or ever really, her eyes had dropped to look at the plump lips of her friend. They were too irresistible. So before Ujana said another word Ariya leaned down and snuck in a quick kiss. If she thought she could get away with it she would have simply picked the woman up and moved her to the bed. For now though she could deal with a simple kiss.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:03 pm
Ujana's grin only widened as she let the door slip closed. She lifted her leg, brushing her calf along Ariya's while moving it further up until her ankle hooked on the alkidike's ample hip. Her toes flexed in the open air, only curling when Ariya's lips claimed Ujana's.
It was quick, simple, and almost chaste, considering what they had done during their first meeting. Still, Ujana was pleased by it, if not a little bit confused, and it showed. "Look, I- I'm all about picking up where we left off, but if you've got someone else waiting on you then I'm not about to be a side girl."
Still, even as she said it, she was still hooked on Ariya. "I know about Aisha; about how two women can ask for a child together so-"
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:19 pm
The reaction that Ujana gave was encouraging. Ariya moved one hand down to grab hold of the leafling's thigh to give her a bit more leverage but then the long haired temptress said something. She wasn't going to be a side girl? Ariya leaned her head back a little and tilted her head to the side as she listened to what else the woman said. "Someone else...? Ujana there-" And then it hit her. A chuckle seemed to come from her and she moved to collect her leaflet, taking her fully off the floor before moving over to the bed so that she could sit down with her. "I'm glad you know about Aisha but I didn't need a mate to ask for Subira." Ariya brought her hands up to push Ujana's hair out of the way. "There is no one else. No one waiting for me. I have not been unfaithful." To the imaginary someone or to Ujana herself, not that the last bit mattered since Ariya wasn't even sure they could be considered to be in a relationship.
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:45 am
It wasn't necessarily that Ujana would be opposed if there was someone else - so long as that other was openly knowledgeable about the situation and consenting. Ujana may have been polyamourous but she wasn't a home wrecker.
She was a little surprised to be taken up from the floor - she may have squeaked - and moved to the bed. Ujana helped in moving her hair out of the way, mostly because with it tossed to the side neither one of them would accidentally sit on top of it. "So Subira is just...yours? Oh! Oh wait, I knew that could happen! My Uncle, his sons were his own; how could I forget?" Ujana groaned and shook her head. "He's half, you know; half alk- anyway, that's not important."
Ujana shook her head and paused, taking in a deep breath, "What is important is that...well, I really don't know how to say this, honestly."
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:41 pm
She found it cute that Ujana had just forgotten that an Alkidike could ask for a child on their own. So when she managed to come to the conclusion that Subira was hers and no one elses Ariya nodded her head at her adorable earthling. Of course she was surprised to learn that Ujana had half alk family already. Maybe she knew them? She could ask later on. Her attention was directed to something else. "What is important?" Apparently there was something that her temptress wanted to tell her. Ariya tilted her head to the side a little and waited for the words to come out. She was no mind reader and she didn't know Ujana well enough to even begin to guess what she could be hiding. Something she planned to remedy given the time.
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:07 pm
"I just don't want you to be surprised if you see....a guy come knocking at the door." Ujana shifted herself a little one the bed, using her elbows to help keep her propped up until she shifted into a move seated position. She brushed some of her hair away from her face, trying and failing to keep it all tucked behind her ears.
"We're not involved. Well, not anymore; but we did decide to have a kid together and I'm not pregnant yet sooooo-" She trailed off, uncertain of how to end that particular statement without sounding callous. "Until that happens he may show up again since I haven't shown any symptoms yet."
For the first time in a long time she actually looked and felt uncomfortable. Usually Ujana was a straight shooter; one to say what she meant and not to mince words, but now, "If you were looking for a repeat of Jauhar we should be fine but...I guess I'd kind of like to get to know you better? I wanted to say something in Jauhar, but we never really got around to it, but I don't want to drag you into something you aren't comfortable with, especially now that you have a kid."
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:30 am
She blinked at Ujana for a moment as she tilted her head. A guy? Well, Ariya had to admit there were a few of the male gender in the earthling races that were cute but enough for someone to consider a partner? Then again she was partial to females herself. The chubby Alk listened as she was told of Ujana's plans to have a child with said male. "I see." Was all she said. What more was there? Ariya had gone and asked Aisha for a child without Ujana so why could she not do the same thing? Still, her antennae dropped a little. "Do I have to leave? Do I have to give you up?" That was what she was most curious about. Could she stay with Ujana? "Getting to know you would be a gift and Subira rather likes you." She reached out and helped her beautiful leafling tuck some hair behind her ear. "If this is what you want to do then I can't tell you no. I can ask if you would mind if me and my daughter stayed around."
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:46 am
Ujana sat back on the mattress and waited. She didn't like being patient, but even she understood that this situation warranted it, even in the slightest amounts. When she picked up on the drooping antennae, something she hadn't even known alkidike could do, her mouth dropped. "What? No. Hell no."
She took the hand at her ear as an invitation, and Ujana moved herself closer to Ariya, moving in so she could sit as close to the other as possible, propped up on her knees so that she was a little closer in height. "Whatever this thing that keeps coming up between us is I want to see it grow. You have a kid, I'm going to have a kid - at some point, Gods willing- and people do that all the time, right? Date with kids? If you're willing to stick around while I'm bloated and then have a screaming infant then I'm more than willing to give this a shot."
Her father had dated with kids, her mother dated with kids, her uncle had done it...Ujana was sensing a trend, but she shooed it away. It seemed so common place anymore that it seemed weird not to do it. "I want you and Subira both to stay." She had never really thought of herself as being someone who would be around a wee little alkidike, but hell, Ujana had always wanted a big family, so why not a literal big family with as many tall women as she could get her hands on?
Of course, that was shooting into the future a bit. Right now she just wanted to know Ariya, past the flirtations and sex in the jungle.
"So, I guess this is the part where I ask you if you would like to go on a date."
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:48 pm
There was some good news. She didn't have to give Ujana up after all. Ariya grinned almost from ear to pointed ear. "That's good." She said with a nod of her head. When asked if she would go on a date she couldn't help the laugh that escaped her. "As long as you don't mind if Subira tags along. I've no one to watch her here." And really the only person she allowed to watch the child was her mother. Ariya was going to have to fix that if she wanted to spend alone time with Ujana.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:44 pm
"She could always stay with my sister sometime. I'm sure Padma would love to watch her." Ujana knew her sister was a little further away now, but she could always write a letter, asking her to come visit and then leave the little one with her for a few hours. It wasn't as if Padma wouldn't enjoy it; she was a sweet woman, who Ujana trusted would get along just fine with Subira. "If you're okay with that. If not we can always bring her along; you know I don't mind it."
Besides, she wouldn't just be dating Ariya alone, after all. She would also be building a relationship with Subira and getting to know the little one. It was going to be a lot more complicated than anything Ujana had tried in the past, especially once she was expecting a kid of her own, but in her eyes it would be well worth it.
"Did you always know that you wanted to be a mom?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:23 am
She thought about it. Ujana's sister could watch Subira if her daughter liked the woman. So Ariya gave a bit of a nod. "Alright, I'll have to meet her first and Subira would have to get along with her." Since her little girl tended to get along with everyone then she didn't see a problem arising. "We can bring her along on a few dates too. She'd like that." There was a moment as she tried to picture Ujana as a mother and what her child would look like. It made her wonder if the baby would be pure leaf or if it was to be a hybrid. Then she heard the woman ask if she knew that she always wanted to be a mom herself. Ariya blinked a few times before she shook her head. "Not really. I mean I knew I would eventually ask for a bloom but I always thought I would wait until I was stronger." It had to do with her mothers. Something that she had never told anyone else since she'd not gotten that close to anyone. "Niesh is my adopted mother. Her best friends were my original mothers. They asked Aisha for me before they went off to war. I never wanted to leave a bloom without a mother so I wanted to be among the strongest.." Now she had Subira and it changed everything.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:26 pm
"You'll love Padma. She's a real sweetheart; a lot quieter than me, though, and less out there, but sweet." In all aspects her twin was her complete opposite; Padma was a smaller, petite woman with a quiet disposition that Ujana had never really been able to understand. But maybe if she'd been raised with Uquin she would have turned out the same way.
Speaking of her grouchy puss father, he was going to love this. Seeing his daughter, possibly pregnant out of wedlock and dating an alkidike. She would be lucky if he didn't stroke out and die.
Ujana reached out to toy with a few of Ariya's dreads, pulling them over the larger woman's shoulder to mess with them. "Do you think you're one of the strongest now?" It was a curious question; something simple. "Because I think so. Raising a kid on your own takes guts and there are a lot of battle hardened people in the world who are too cowardly to do it."
As she worked, she pondered on it all. "My sister and I were born during a war, so it would have been easy to lose a parent, let alone one of us. My mother was a dancer and my father is a healer, so I guess we were fortunate in that aspect. They weren't fighters so they never went to the front lines." She sat back on the bed, crossing one leg under herself. "I lived most of my life in Jauhar with mother and Padma stayed in Tale with our father. My Uncle and my cousins, they all had some alk in them so I thought when the next war came we would be safe, just because of their strength, but once it was over I couldn't find my mother and now- here I am."
"I think I'm not as worried about leaving my kid alone in the world as I am about making sure they're strong enough to stand on their own."
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