What A... Charming New Home|Clan Seere, Beastlands

Not far, a hyena snuffled about in the grass. The animal shook itself, dark mane flailing about. Suddenly, his large, round ears swung forward, hearing the family chattering ahead. He let out a little yelping laugh and ran back down the road, his tail held high in alarm.

The hyena plodded his way toward a cart, pulled along by an ox. In it's seat, a Beast merchant, he held no reins, as he only had to politely ask the ox where he wished to go. The cart slowed now, as his companion came closer. "What is it, Ransk?" He called. ~People! Non-Beasts!~ "Come, now, don't be like that, they're allowed on the roads, just as you or I."

The older Beast lifted his nose and took in the breeze, indeed, there were people upwind. "Well! Let's see if they'd like a ride!" He said. Ransk hopped onto the back of the cart and lay in his usual place next to the crates, not happy with the prospect of having to share his space.

"Hello, there!" the old man called as he slowed the car to a stop. He looked mostly human, but his brown skin bore stripes and his nose was pigmented. The Beast politely removed his straw hat. "The name's Birungi! I'm headed into Seere, you folks need a ride?" He reached a thin, but rugged hand behind him and pat his hyena friend on the head. "Ransk here told me there was a family travelin' down the road. It ain't safe, you know, walking around here. The animals have been rather, eh, territorial of late."

"Thank you sir!" Dreamwarp called out. She gently ushered the kids in front of her to around the back of the cart.

Kura stopped short at the sight of the hyena and gasped softly. "Wow," she remarked, impressed, having never seen any animal of that kind before.

"I'm sure he won't bother us," Dreamwarp remarked confidently as she crawled into the cart. Hesitantly, Kura followed her.

As she got settled, Dreamwarp spoke to Birungi. "My name is Dreamwarp. These are my husbands, Adam and Drake, and our children, Kura and Lysander. We're here from Flux. Tell me... Is there any sort of, um, village or city in the Beastlands? Or does everyone just live on their own out here?"

Kura whimpered at Ransk's sound very faintly and scooted closer to Drake, pressing up against his side. The hyena intimidated her a little.

"Oh that's good to know," Dreamwarp replied. "We were beginning to worry we'd have to go build a house ourselves somewhere! You see we're looking to settle. Not permanently, but I'm not certain for how long either. Do you suppose we could find somewhere to live in this clan village? Naturally we'd provide our services as priests of the good lord of madness and whatever else we can offer by virtue of our paths and nature."

"Well we can do more things outside the general purview of a priest," Dreamwarp told Birungi. "It wouldn't be the first time we did, to earn a little coin or food. Drake is very strong and I'm no lightweight myself. We're also both capable fighters, as Wrathful. Adam is good with more domestic things and he's just wonderful with children, for what that's worth. I can also turn a hand at teaching whatever I can, religious or not. Do you think that'd be enough to earn our keep?"

"Excellent," Dreamwarp remarked, satisfied that they could make a niche for themselves. She still wondered why Soahc wanted them to come here of all places, however... She decided not to worry about it too much. Perhaps it just amused him.

She grinned and added in a sultry purr, "You've been more than helpful, Birungi. I hope very much I'll have the... pleasure... of seeing you again in the future."