[PRP] Welcome to the desert. (Irecian x Ilario )

[Reoakee]

Irecian shook his head looking at the mess that had been left for him. There was honey all over the floor and the berries and nuts that had been gathered by the tribe for this outpost were a mess. He doubted even the purple permakits could make this big of a mess. Wren and her new mate had certainly did a number on this place. Clicking his tongue in annoyance he felt shafted by his mother for taking this outpost even though he said he would since it gave him more space from the tribe for a bit. He loved his tribe and family but he knew there were times when one just needed some space. Since his mother was a scribe cleaning and organizing gave her plenty of time in these outposts. He volunteered for a chance to get some air but really did Wren have to leave such a disaster of a place?

Upturning the jars he pushed them to the side. He had to go outside the outpost and snap some branches off a bush. The thing was sparse but it would serve his purpose just fine. He used it to drag the nuts and berries together in a pile. Using a smaller jar he loaded up the soppy mess and pushed it in then he took both the branch and jar outside and left them there while he went and soaked his tail in the bathing pool to try and mop up that honey mess on the storage room floor. He still had to push in the new jars that Rit and her daughters had dropped off for him as restock earlier. He knew it would leave a mess in his tail and he would have to pull and dump the junk set out far enough that small animals wouldn’t invade the outpost. Then he would clean up himself and move the new food in. He was cursing by the time he got the messy honey cleaned. His tail was a sticky disaster but at least the floor was clean aigan.


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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

Ilario sighed. He had been wandering through this hot place for days. Why exactly had he come here? Oh yeah, he had been tracking dinner. Dinner who had ran into a sand storm and of course he had to chase after it. He was so hungry though. It wasn't his fault that he thought with his stomach and not his brain. Then once the sand storm was over he couldn't figure out which way he had come. Guess it was a good thing he didn't exactly have a home. Puffing out his cheeks, Ilario padded through the sand until he came upon some kind of building? For a moment he had to blink to make sure he wasn't seeing things. The heat could do that to you. He wasn't. He couldn't believe it! Shade! Maybe there was some food inside too! He quickly made his way over. The closer he got the more he could smell something sweet? What was that? Oh well, he didn't care one bit! He just wanted to get out of the sun. So with out thinking, Ilario just dove in through the opening and rolled across the floor.

"Shaaaaaaade!"

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

The shout made the hair on the back of stand up. Cursing once he was annoyed. His tail was a mess, there were still jars he had to move, and there was the junk jar to empty outside. Why did anyone have to arrive now. Shaking his head he peeked out and saw a fox rolling around on the floor in the entryway. The black and red fox seemed very happy to be in out of the sun. He shook his head. Mess or not he had a duty to perform. “greetings and welcome.” He walked out feeling a bit ashamed of his tail. “I am Irecian of the Kemet tribe. This is an outpost in Kemet lands. Traveler you may find food and rest here, though I should warn you it is currently being cleaned.” D___ Wen and her mate. “Still it is always open to those who need it.” He nodded his head to the stranger. He took a peek behind the stranger to make sure there was nothing amiss outside. Only sunlight and sand along with the sparse bit of vegetation at this outpost was visible. So he wasn’t running from anything and seemed to be alone.

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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

"Ah!" Ilario jumped when he heard a voice out of no where. "Whos that?!" It didn't sound at all menacing. Which was how he meant it to sound. Instead it came out in more of a squeak. "I mean, whos there?" He corrected his tone as he managed to get himself upright. Just as he managed to sit up he caught sight of another fox. He didn't seem threatening. in fact, he was welcoming him. "Oh! Your from a tribe? Thank goodness." He relaxed. "My names Ilario. I didn't mean to just barge in." He looked around. "I didn't know this place belonged to a tribe. I was just looking for a place to get out of the sun." He smiled. "See I was chasing this little critter and it ran into a sand storm. Before I knew it, I was caught it and then one thing led to another."

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

Irecian felt his brow arch at the squeak but he recomposed himself quickly, he was supposed to be the face of the tribe on this kind of encounter wasn’t he? He had to admit the relief at the male’s discovery it was Kemet made Irecian a bit proud. Other foxes knew Kemet was a friendly tribe at least enough not to be over wary, either that or this fox was a fool. Time would tell. “Coming in from the heat of the sun is why this place exists. Bathing and food places are available here. I still have work to do though so you’ll have to hear some noise. If you’re after food there is food in those jars behind you.” He knew there was dried meats, nuts, and of course more cursed honey. He figured the male could eat out here and it would keep the mess out of the storage room that he had just cleaned. Less mess the better even if it wasn’t proper form.

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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

"Oh. Well that's nice of your tribe to have a place like this." He smiled as he stretched out. "I really have no idea what I would have done if this place wasn't here." He frowned. "I probably would have passed out and got buried in the sand somewhere." Iliario then turned to see the Jars he was talking about. "I am hungry..." He tiled his head. Since Irecian mentioned it was okay for him to have some... why not? He moved over to inspect the jars. "I don't mind." Was his answer to having to hear some noise. "What kind of work do you do?" He was curious.

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

Well that’s easy you’d be dead. Irecian was polite enough to keep that thought to himself. “I do a number of small things here. There was a food …spillage in one of the back rooms. I had to clean that up and get rid of the mess.” He knew his tail likely showed how bad mess the honey could make. He could just feel it starting to get all sticky and nasty again. He resisted the urge to squirm. “making sure the bathing areas are clear as well. Little things.” He would have said kept count and all that but that would be a lie. The scribes kept count of what was or should be where. He just did the grunt work from time to time for his mother. “Those jars will be moved to the cleaned food room later, so you eating now just makes them lighter for me later.” Irecian shrugged and moved past the male toward the entryway. “I’ll be back in a moment. I have some mess to dump far out so animals don’t creep into the outpost.”

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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

A food spill? Uh oh... Ilario had a feeling that who ever had done it would probably be in big trouble. So that's what he had smelled. No doubt that some of the food that had been spilled was honey, and Irecian was trying to get it cleaned up. That cant be easy. Honey was hard to clean up no matter where it spilled. Ilario remembered a time when he had gone after a bee hive. After managing to get it down it smashed open on the ground. Honey went everywhere and even though he tried hard not to make a mess he still managed to get it all over him. So he knew how the poor male felt.
"Sounds like you have your paws full with things to do here. It must be nice..." He sounded a little sad at the end. Whoops. When Irecian mentioned he had a mess to dump and would be back, Iliario nodded. "Okay. Sure." Of course before the fox could make out the door, He spoke up. "Hey! Wait! If you want I could give you a hand! With the cleaning." He offered to help.

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

He was a bit surprised. The male seemed to think cleaning up a mess was nice? That was an interesting way to put things. “If you want the more together the easier tasks become.” He gestured to the doorway if the other fox wanted to help he would use it gladly. “there is a jar that holds a good deal of mess. I can drag the jar alone but with two it would be easier.” He was surprised the other was willing to help rather then gorge himself and why the well downturned voice back there. He decided he didn’t really want to push seeing as he had only known this fox all of a few sentences. Ilario was it? “You actually want to help clean?” He offered only last time for escape if the fox wanted.
He gave the other a smile offering him some form of warmth seeing as he realized he had given really no other greeting then hey look food and a rest area. He really needed to work on his greeting skills. It was a bit harder to talk to those who weren’t tribe members. That was something he would defiantly work on.


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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

"Exactly!" He smiled, tail wagging. "With the two of us, we should have this place cleaned up in no time." Ilario padded over to the other fox. "Of course." He answered excitedly to his question about helping. "I don't mind. It would give me something to do and its been a long time since I've seen and even talked to another fox." He started out the door. "Plus, I don't mind cleaning. I think its productive." He always kept his home in good order. If he made a mess he cleaned it up. Looks like who ever left this mess didn't even bother with it one bit. How rude. After following Irecian outside he moved to one side of the jar that was clearly the one that needed to be emptied. "Sooo... I'm guessing who ever made this mess is in big trouble when you get back huh?" He chuckled with a smile.

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

The other hadn’t spoken with another fox in a long time? How was that even possible? Irecian didn’t even think that was possible. After all even in this desert tribe where you would think life would be scattered to small oasis to keep the land manageable you could hardly toss a rock without hitting a tribe mate. The fact this fox liked cleaning was rather good, it certainly made this much easier. “Hardly. The mess here while annoying isn’t really something to get in trouble for. It was a tribe mate who met an outsider like you and the pair ended up coming back as mates.” It happened from time to time. Irecian figured it made sense after all breeding into a tribe wouldn’t end well after a time. Grabbing an edge he started to hall the jar away from the outpost. They had to get it away but with each step he could feel more sand getting into his tail. This was going to drive him nuts.

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[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

"Wow!" Ilario chuckled. "Sounds like who ever that was got lucky." He teased. "I mean what are the odds? You go out to have a nice walk or do what ever it is you want to do and you meet the one. Sounds exciting." He smiled as he leaned down and grabbed the other end of the jar. Ilario then proceeded to follow the other fox to where they needed to take the jar. Once there Ilario let go of this side so the jar sat up. "Uh oh... Your tail looks pretty rough." He frowned at the sandy mess. "Why don't you go clean it off while I dump this? I mean if this needs to be dumped."

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[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

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Irecian had to chuckle a bit. Really when the strangers to the tribe had a greet and escort it was really unsurprising that mates would from time to time be found this way. After all just stumbling into the tribe from the desert was hard with the phim scouts flying over and keeping an eye closer to the tribe. Still it was always a celebrated occasion in the tribe when someone found a mate. “it didn’t happen overnight. the fox came back with Wren and stayed with the tribe for a while before settling down with us. The tribe is rather accepting so it’s not too much of a surprise that someone would choose to stay.” Tipping the jar he watched as orange and brown fur came out with the honey and nut mess. It didn’t even look appetizing as it was. Glancing back at his tail he took a breath. “Even if I get the sand out now there will be more latter. I’ll take a bath when we get back. It was easier to clean the little openings where debris got caught then getting the sand out his fur twice. Deciding to give the stranger a bit of a grace he made and offer while the jar drained so slowly. “If you’ve any questions about the tribe I am happy to answer to the best of my knowledge though I admit there are many things I do not know.” If the stranger hadn’t spoken with others in a while he would give him a conversation for a bit.  

[Izumi Tenshi]

Reoakee

"Oh! Well... I guess that makes sense. I mean you'd be REALLY lucky if you could go out and find a mate in a day!" He gave a small chuckle. "I sure would!" Ilario then made a face when he watched all the honey ooze out of the jar. "Ew..." He then turned to the male when asked if he had any questions. "Sure! Um... first I guess, is where is it? I had no idea there was a tribe out this far. I mean, how do you guys survive out here? Its hot." He wasn't quite sure how that was possible. Unless they happened to live close to water? Shoot, he couldn't even handle walking all that way in the sand. They must do it every day and sand was hard to walk in.  

[Reoakee]

Izumi Tenshi

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“In all the vastness of the world I lost sight and tripped over the rock at my paws.” Looking at the other male he elaborated a bit. “It’s true that it is pretty much impossible to find a mate in a day but that doesn’t mean you should give up. If you get lost in how big the world is you’ll miss what’s right in front of your nose.” There that was pretty optimistic right? Honestly it was really silly the idea of finding love in a day but Irecian didn’t want to just crush this clearly happy-go-lucky fox’s feelings and leave the male on an over pragmatic note. He found that tended to lead others to think more pessimistically which while close to realism wasn’t really the same thing. It was true it took more then a day to fall in love but it only took a day to find another fox and deicide to perhaps give something a try. Moving on to the male’s questions Irecian pointed back to the direction of the tribe that was too far to see. “Kemet is in that direction. In a day or two walk you could start to see the temple’s peaks which can be seen from a far distance away and let you know that you’re within a week travel.” His mother told him he was crazy and that no fox could see that far without being in the air and that he was seeing a mirage but Irecian was convinced every time he came out this way he could see the tribe pyramids long before he was close and it was not a mirage caused by the heat. “Actually I’m not sure how it started for the survival part. I think it had more to do with where we are located at for the tribe’s formation. The land is hot but it’s not as barren as it appears at first glance. There are large clusters of oasis that are scattered through the land each outpost is near one. this one has some vegetation but the outpost itself is built over a water spring so we have a bath inside the outpost that is constant and we don’t have to carry water back and forth like we do at most other outposts from an oasis to the refuge itself. The tribe itself is near a large river that does flood helping us to grow and harvest crops and there is quite a bit of game that comes to the waterside. Our tribe elder encourages hunting away from the tribe and coming back toward it.” He supposed it made sense since it ran game right to the tribe so the tribe could help catch it and it also made less scarce game right around the tribe as they didn’t hunt right over themselves.