Mermaid Theme
[mermaid theme]
includes sirens, selkies and other fishfolk as well as general water dieties.
if you see duplicates let me know
(Nick)Names:
loralei/lorelei/loralei/loelai/lorelay/loralay/loreley/loraley/lorelie/loralie, lake, loch, limniad, lara, leucothea, lamia, leucosia, ligia, ligeia, laume, llyr, lir, limnade, leiminide
sire, siren/syren, shiren/shyren, sel, selk, selki/selkie/selky, sea, seara, searsia, sirena/syrena, sjokona/siokona, sireno, styx, stheno, scylla, segeta, sequana, souconna, sirona, sinnan, saga, sjora, shoopiltee
mer, merma, marmay/mermei/mermai/mermey, mermaid/mermaide/mermade, mermi/mermie/mermy, mermist, mermista, merman, mermen, mermaiden, mermix, melusine, melyzin, melusna, mel, merwif, meremenn, meer, merrow, marina, meermin/meerminne, min, meri. minne, merimin, meremin. maree, medusa, melusina, morgan/morgen, marimorgen, moryana, moryanki, moriany
ocea, ocean/oceane, oceana, oceania, oceanix, oceanic, oceanice/oceanis, oceanus, oceanid, oceanide, ondine
ran, rain/raine/rayn/rayne, river, revine/ravine, rainy/rainie/raini, rusalka, rhine, rura, rusalki
pearl/perle, pearla/perla, pearly, poseidon, pisces, proteus, palaemon, phorcys, pontus, potamoi, psamathe, parthenope, pisinoe, peisinoe, pegaeae
nymph, nymphie, nympha, naiad, neried, neriede, nereid, nereida, nereide, nix, nixie, neptune, nessie, nereus, nerites, nantosuelta, nodens, nehalennia, nerthus, njoror, nuggle, njogel
kelpie, kymopoleia
water, wodnik
undine/undyne, uiara
haffru, hiara, hippocampi, hippocampus, hi, hip/hipp, hippo, hippoca, hafgufa, hydra
thala, thalasso, thalassa, thalia, tethys, thaumas, thetis, triton, triteia, tritone, thelxinoe, thames, telchine, tangie
ceasg, calypso, ceto, coralia, carcinus, cancer, cymopoleia, coventina, condatis, charibdis, crinaeae, camenae
atargatis, amphitrite, achelous, aegaeon, alpheus, anapos, asopus, asterion, aino, asrai, aglaope, aglaopheme, aglaophonos, acionna, aegir, aspidochelone, ahti, Aughisky, adara, adaro
derketo, doris, dynamene, damona, danu, dana, duberdicus, durius, davy
yara
galene, glaucus, gorgon, graeae, glashtin
brizo, belisama, brigid, boann, bandua, berehynia
eidothea, electra, enipeus, eurybia, euryale
jones
ichthyocentaur
vedenemo, vallemo, vodyanoy, vodník, vodnik, vodenjak, vodyanitsa
1stp prns:
i/me/my/mine
mi/me/mers/mermine
si/sire/sirens/sirine
si/se/selkies/selkine
sci/sce/scy/scaline
fi/fe/fish/fine(fishine)
ti/taile/tailes/tailine
ny/nymphe/nymphs/nymphine
nai/naie/nais/naiadine(naine)
wai/wate/waters/watine
2ndp prns:
you/your/yours/yourself
mo/mer/mers/merself
so/sir/sirens(sirs)/sirself(sirenself)
so/selker/selkirs/selkirself
sco/scaler/scalers/scaleself(scalerself)
fo/fisher/fishers/fisherself
to/tailer/tailers/tailerself(tailself)
no/nympher/nymphrs/nymphself
no/nair/naiars/naiadself
wo/water/waters/waterself
3rdp prns:
they/them/theirs/themselves
mer/maid, mer/folk, mer/man, mer/mers, mer/mermaid, mer/merfolk, mer/merman, mermaid/mermaids, merfolk/merfolks, merman/mermans
si/ren, siren/sirens, si/siren, sel/kie, sel/selkie, selkie/selkies, sca/ale, scale/scales, sca/le, sca/scale
fi/sh, fi/fish, fish/fishy, fish/fishes
ny/nymph, ny/mph, nymph/nymphs, nai/ad, nai/naiad, naiad/naiads
wa/ter, wat/er, wat/water, water/waters, water/nymph
Titles
the mermaid, the merman, the oceanic, the sea/ocean dweller, the swimmer, the devine river, the fish folk, the one of fish-like descent, the descendant of oceanus, the descendant of poseidon/neptune, the nymph, the naiad, the water nymph, the god/goddess of merfolk, the deity of the sea/ocean, the dweller of the deep
*one who dwells in the dark waters, one who has scales, one who lives in a tail and gills, one who breaths with gills, one who rules the deep, one who lives among the creatures of the deep, one who is half fish, one who controls the waves, one who's voice enchants, one who sings of the hearts desires
(*) you can replace "one" with any pronouns
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A love in the eye of the hurricane ch16 (unedited)
(Originally posted 14 august 2022. Slightly better edited chapter)
“I succeeded! I did a thing! But please pretend that you don’t know I did a thing, and succeeded at doing said thing.
- Jamyang.”
Amala bursted into laughter, holding the letter close to her chest. “I’m so sorry.” She said in between breaths of laughter. “I’m so sorry.”
“Lala?” Ceba stared at her, half confusion and half concern.
“I’m so sorry.” She stood up, bowed to Sister Jetsun with shoulders shaking, and slid the door close behind her.
Standing there quietly for a couple of seconds before collapsing to the floor and laughing some more.
Palden, Koko-chan and Sister Nyima found her curious what the noise was and soon laughed with her when they read the words in the letter.
Choda watched from Longan as Jamyang sat and painted in the sketchbook gifted to her by Gawa’s ama, Jalus Gewa, or just Gewa. A famous thangka painter and airbending master.
That tiny smile as she painted said a million things.
Jamyang had gushed about the gift, a sketchbook, a travelling paint kit and a small bag to keep all of it in? She’d practically been vibrating as she told them the news.
Choda remembered how she’d glowed when she held the bag in her hands, staring at it as if it was the most precious thing in the world.
It was adorable. So utterly adorable.
She’d pinched her cheek and called her an adorable rice cake.
Jamyang unknowingly got blue paint on her face as she rubbed her cheek.
It’s a random guess, but fifteen years. It’s the way Jamyang smiled as she painted. Fifteen years. She would be what? 23-24? Jamyang was someone who would notice stuff about others early on and not notice things with herself.
What would Tashi think about it? Would she heavily disagree with her and tell her not to get involved in the feelings of children?
She jumped up high- Jaya slept like a starfish in Moji’s saddle, Yara slept in Uma’s saddle while Sister Zopa and Sister Tsering looked to be meditating- and made her way to Bobo’s saddle.
“Hello?” She touched her book to her chin, tilting her head. “I didn’t expect you to come this soon.”
“Oh, I didn’t either. I have a question.”
“Yes?”
“What do you think of….”
Tashi stared.
“What?”
“I already knew that.” Now it was Choda’s turn to stare. “What? What do you mean ‘I already knew that?’”
“During the early days of the smoke festival, they dragged me along with their shenanigans and I’d watch over them. While watching Aden and Choekyi interact or Gawa and Jamyang interact with each other, a melancholic feeling would churn around in my chest because I’d think of you.” The honesty in her words caught her off guard. Choda did not blush.
Blessed Vayu and Buddha, she was not used to this open, non avoidant Tashi sitting in front of her.
Tashi’s avoidant behaviour when they’d swept the plaza together with the children made a bit more sense.
“So I know about that.” She said, still toying with her book. “Many people have noticed that. You’re not related to Sister Jetsun or an achak to Choekyi, are you?” Choda bristled. She’d heard Sister Pema laugh over how dense Sister Jetsun could be. She wasn’t dense, and she understood her feelings, unlike Choekyi. But she excused Choekyi because she was still a child.
Who was Tashi to call her dense?
Choda understood her feelings perfectly well.
“I’m not dense!” Tashi raised a disbelieving brow. “Really?” She questioned, using her book to gesture in between them. “How many kisses did it take for you to understand that I’ve loved you for years?”
A few, Choda paused, and a love confession too. She still couldn’t believe that Tashi actually loved her. She was not blushing. This was all so weird.
“A few-,”
“‘A few’ really?”
“Shush!” she huffed, and looked away. “I got caught up in the kisses before I thought about my feelings, okay?”
Tashi laughed at her.
Choda was an affectionate person down to her core. She’s well aware. A hug a day kept the seasonal cold away, and she would hug everybody in her line of sight.
Yes, including the teachers.
They needed hugs too and who says otherwise can go away.
But to be affectionate with Tashi, like affectionate-affectionate with her, was…. weird. The act of a hug or any other type of affection was still the same, but all the feelings made it weird.
Not weird in a bad way, of course.
It was difficult to explain. Feelings and all that.
She leaned into her side, resting her head on her shoulder. “I have no idea what you’re reading.” She said, squinting at the current page. Was that Earth kingdom Hanzi or Fire nation kana?
“It’s a collection of poems. Wangmo gave it to me before we left.”
“Oooohh, okay.” Little Wangmo was adorable. She even showed her the secret rooms in the temple.
Tashi bookmarked the book, closed it and put it aside.
“Aren’t you going to?-,”
Tashi turned slightly and hugged her. “I just want to spend some time with you, if that’s okay.” Her face warmed, and she hugged her back. “O-of course.”
This was nice. Even if she wasn’t used to it, it was nice.
Choda didn’t hold back her laughter when Jamyang tripped over something in Uma’s saddle and woke Yara up by landing on top of her.
“I’m sorry!”
“Ughh! Choejor!” Oh, she was serious now. Yara used the first dharma name only when she was really upset. Yara sat up with messy sleep hair.
“I was sleeping!” Jamyang ducked her head when Yara glared at her. “I just wanted to show you what I painted.”
“Eh?” The glare disappeared in an instant and a curious expression took its place. “You painted something? Show me.” A supportive younger sibling, ohmyvayu they’re so cute!
Yara gasped and her eyes went wide as Jamyang showed her the painting.
“I saw the suzaku nests, and they looked so pretty, so I painted them.”
Choda couldn’t see the painting from where she was, but there was some blue paint on her face, while green, brown, black and a ton of red paint covered her hands.
So she had a vague idea what it could look like, but Jamyang knew colour theory, so she could be completely wrong.
“Is that Aika?” Yara gasped, pointing at the painting. Jamyang smiled. “Yeah. It’s Aika and her ama and a bunch of her siblings.”
“She’s huge!”
“I know, right? Gawa said that Aika will probably get bigger than her ama.”
“No way! Oh, that’s so cool!”
“I know!”
Longan groaned, and Choda agreed with her.
“I know, they’re just the absolute cutest. You know, Sister Tsering said that they approached her one time, asking if which ‘three’ on their hands were right because they held up different fingers and she...”
It was night when they flew over Torokawa and the small villages towards the mountain range.
A feeling stirred in her chest at the sight of the temple.
Choda swallowed as she steered Longan up the canyon. Was she nervous? Longan rumbled when the reins tightened a bit too much for comfort. “Sorry.” Longan huffed, not sounding that bothered by it.
Tashi and Bobo were ahead of her. Was she nervous like she was?
A part of her hoped she was so that she wouldn’t be alone with these feelings swirling around in her chest, but going by how Tashi so confidently steered Bobo into the stables and floated off of him, Tashi was much calmer than her.
Choda landed Longan successfully, grabbed her things and floated off of her. She chanced a glance at Tashi, who was already looking at her, and she hurried to look away. Ugh.
Jamyang and Yara stumbled out of Uma’s saddle. Almost face planting had not Sister Tsering caught them with a cushion of air.
There’s paint on Jamyang’s face and there’s a couple of specks and lines on Yara’s face as well. Huh, Choda didn’t pay enough attention to them to see if they painted something together or not.
Paint fight?
No, they don’t do that. Yara might, but Yara also knew Jamyang.
Although the line of purple paint on Yara’s freckled cheek was a bit too straight to be seen as a light ‘dab’ in retaliation, told her otherwise.
Jaya somersaulted off of Moji, refreshed and awake, having slept through most of the trip back. Her bag with the stuff she packed thrown over her shoulder.
Jamyang and Yara leaned on each other as Sister steering jumped up into Uma’s saddle to grab her things.
“I don’t like to wake up when I’m tired. I’m exhausted.” Jamyang mumbled, and Yara nodded, rubbing at her eyes.
“Me neither.”
Jamyang turned her head and blinked blearily at her sibling. “There’s paint on your face.”
Yara blinked at her, raising a finger to poke at her cheek. “There’s paint on your face too.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah. It’s blue.”
“I like blue.” Jamyang raised her hand and poked at the purple line on Yara’s cheek. “You have purple.”
“Purple is pretty. I like purple.”
“I like purple too.”
Choda guided them towards the dorms and picked up one twin, while Sister Tsering picked up to the other when they needed to jump towers.
Tashi met her in front of her room, already in her night garments. Choda hadn’t gotten that far yet.
“Hey.”
“Hi.”
This is real. A sigh left her. They said nothing else and Choda went for a hug and Tashi was quick to reciprocate.
It was nice, warm. She liked this a lot. Had Tashi always had such great hugs?
How could she not have noticed this? That’s an embarrassing neglect as an affectionate person. She’s done a great disservice to every affectionate person who existed in this world.
Tashi kissed the top of her head. “Good night.” And she pulled away, glancing over her shoulder with a small smile as she walked to her room.
The warmth lingered, Choda felt it hovering around her. She shouldn’t have needed to sight there, but she did, and it relieved the pressure in her chest.
That was a really good hug.
Immediately upon entering her room, a giddy smile made its way to her lips; it was that sort of smile that only got wider the more you tried to bite it back.
Choda huffed a quiet laugh, taking off her outer robe and made her way to bed.
While hugging her blanket, she thought of all the ways she could hug Tashi in the morning.
Should she sneak into her room? For an extra long hug?
The idea only made her smile more.
Sister Tsering smiled at her and Choda turned her head in the other direction so that she wouldn’t see it.
Tashi got ambushed by a grinning Palden, swept off of her feet literally, and carried down the hall right before the lecture started.
She wasn’t jealous.
….
Palden was a master, a well-accomplished teacher and a fighter, strong too. Confident. How could she forget that? Not to mention that she was really pretty with those ice-blue eyes- did she have waterbending ancestry?- and pleasant smile and cool airbending moves-
Okay, she stopped her train of thought. She was a little jealous.
Choda wondered if Sister Tsering was making an exception for her. She was conveniently not called to answer questions or called to do anything, for that matter. The tasks were still on the board when she looked at it, they would have usually been erased by now.
Sister Tsering smirked at her when Choda threw an inquiring look her way. She still couldn’t get over the fact that Sister Tsering could tease. It completely broke her ‘poised’ perception of her.
The task was simple: ‘familiarise yourself with the Damchö Pema Karpo’i do.’ One of the sutras you were told to recite during the master ceremony.
Choda had the sutra scroll, so she might as well be doing something until Tashi came back.
“You’re not jealous, are you?” The words were whispered to her during Sister Diki’s lecture, and Choda glared at the person of origin. Amala was unrepentantly taking her delight out of Tashi’s absence.
“Of course I’m not!” She hissed back.
She was a little jealous, Choda would admit that, but she wouldn’t admit that out loud. Much less to Amala, who’s been teasing her a lot more than normal.
“Of course you aren’t.”
“I swear-!”
“Girls, anything you want to share with the class?”
“No, Sister Diki!” they responded in unison.
Choda snuck into Tashi’s room, set out to make it a habit.
Her friend? Partner? Girlfriend? That one person she found out that she liked to kiss?
They haven’t really gotten to the cliche tooth rotting, ‘this is my girlfriend/whatever other term muwah~’ phase yet. Choda thought they wouldn’t ever enter that phase because of their friendship before this.
Tashi stirred when she sat down on her bedside. “Hmnh?” Her sleepy eyes zeroed in on her.
“Shh, you d-,” hands grabbed the back of her shirt and they pulled her with Tashi as she rolled over on her side.
“You don’t have to get up.” She finished lamely, taking to brushing her hair when Tashi nestled into her chest.
“Why are you here?” Oh… morning voice.
“I wanted to spend time with you.” She answered. “You have your good night hugs and I’ll have my morning hugs.”
“Hm, okay, sounds good.”
“Uninterrupted Choda time.” Tashi chuckled, a delightful sound with her morning voice, and intertwined their legs.
She pressed lips to her head and arms squeezed around her midsection in return.
It’s still weird to be close to someone like this. Choda wondered if she ever would get used to it. She felt the same with the other people she’d been with previously.
They exchanged quiet murmurs and Tashi’s warmth engulfed her.
The day started out interesting. Nothing seemed to be missing.
It started with an innocent question. “Have you seen Jamyang?”
Yara approached them close to dinner, scrunched up brows and fidgeting with her fingers.
“Have you seen Jamyang?”
“No, we haven’t.” Choda responded for them.
“Oh.” Yara bowed her head.
“Why? Has anything happened?”
Yara looked dangerously close to tears. “I- she said that she’d fly with Uma and find something pretty to paint, but she hasn’t come back yet. And that was yesterday.” They exchanged brief looks.
“Palden and Koko-chan went looking for her when I said it, but they haven’t come back either. Ama’s worried too.” Jaya came running up to her, looking extremely worried.
“Where’s Jamyang? Have you seen her?”
Yara shook her head solemnly. “No, I haven’t seen her. Others haven’t seen her either.”
“Did she come back yesterday?”
“No…” Yara bit her lip. “She didn’t.”
Choda spotted a nun with her staff hastily speeding towards a hallway.
“We’ll figure something out, okay?” She said, rubbing Yara's and Jaya’s shoulders in comfort.
“Why don’t we look for her too?” They perked up at that. “The more people, the better, right?”
The echoes of a distressed bison roaring reverberated throughout the tower they were in.
Uma flew over the plaza circling back and forth, never landing despite some of the Sisters’ attempts, intent on getting someone to follow her; Pink spots coloured Uma’s feet.
Choda saw two tiny figures in the distance. It looked like Uma was intent on more people following.
Yara stole a staff from a nearby Sister and took off, speeding off following the two figures in the distance. Jaya jumped onto Uma, ducking under a Sisters attempt at grabbing her, and took a hold of the reins.
Uma still wouldn’t land and did nothing when Jaya pulled at the reins. Did she want more people?
Choda tugged at Tashi’s sleeve, getting her attention, and nodded towards Uma. “Let’s go. She wants more people to come with her.” Tashi pressed her lips together, looking uneasy. Nodding after seconds of contemplating, and let Choda pull her along with her.
Uma flew off the moment they landed in her saddle.
Her bag with her supplies was still in the saddle. Choda looked through it to see if she could find a clue, but she only found flower scented sachets, quick notes and three finished sketches.
“Hey.” Tashi tapped her shoulder frantically. “Hey, hey! Choda, look!” She pointed to a part of the dense forests they were flying over. An uneven circle seemed to have been cut out of the forests, and the closer they got, she could see trees with their roots intact strewn around the nearby area.
Her eyes widened, and her jaw dropped. “Oh! What happened?” Uma groaned and descended to the bald circle.
Koko-chan’s red hair was the first she noticed, then Palden’s grey robes, then two nuns- was that Sister Tsering and that nun from the infirmary?- and then she heard Yara’s distressed scream. They huddled around something.
Blood splattered everywhere on the ground and on the fallen trees. Choda’s ears started ringing, almost tripping over her feet when she jumped off of Uma when she landed.
“What happened?!” she exclaimed while rushing towards them, her breath stuttering when she saw Jamyang laying there- she was the something they huddled around- in bloody robes and barely conscious. Palden’s face was grim, but her eyes showed unconcealed worry as her hands glowed bright green.
“A demon happened.” She said, sweat collecting on her brow. “We’ve been healing her injuries since yesterday.”
Yara was crying, with hands pink and spots on her robe. Palden mumbled to the nun that would treat her at the infirmary. “It’s okay. I can take over for a bit.” She looked hesitant, but relented under a pointed look, and she pulled Yara into a hug. Murmuring comforting words in her ear. “She’s going to be okay. Jamyang is strong, you know, very strong.” and, unintentionally going by how hesitant she seemed to be in her hand placements, stained the back of her robes with blood when she held her and rubbed comforting circles on her back.
“Is there something we can do?” Palden looked at Tashi and her, glancing briefly at Koko-chan, who looked to be struggling.
“Who has the best chi control out of you two?”
“I do.” Tashi was quick to answer.
“Okay,” she nodded, “come help us here and Choda, you can get water.”
“On it!” Jaya was way ahead of her, throwing a water pouch at her and ran towards the nearest river stream.
A jian was stabbed high into a tree trunk, as if it was thrown.
The surrounding area smelled strongly of wisteria.
Choda heard all of Jamyang’s delirious rambles on their way back to the temple.
A lot of it completely was unintelligible due to the use of sedation while they healed her, but she caught some words.
“Ish she okay?” She slurred against Yara’s side, who refused to let go of her and glared at anyone who tried to separate them. Jaya was much the same. “Is who okay?”
“Tha lady.”
“What lady?”
“Tha one wisa teeth.”
“Teeth?”
“Yeah.” She blinked slowly while her head lulled. “She whasa sorry an’, an’ regretted wha’ she did. She wanted to be with her son an’ was scared tha she wouldn’t. So, I said tha öpakme would save her an’ her son if she said Om ami dewa hri.”
Something flashed over Palden’s and Koko-chan’s faces.
“I dunno wha’ happens to her.”
Choda did not know what ‘lady’ she was talking about, but the area smelled of wisteria and other sweet flowery scents, a sign that öpakme had been there.
The lady she spoke about was likely okay. Öpakme had compassion for everyone. The lady and her son were most likely safe in his Dewachen.
Choda stopped Palden outside of the infirmary; Jamyang had good company, joined by her friend and sibling and a couple of children from Taktsang and Chagri, that had flown here solely because of a terrible feeling.
“Yes?”
“I… uh.” Gahh! This was embarrassing! “I owe you an apology for how I’ve treated you.” She ducked her head so that she wouldn’t see Palden’s expression. “It was horrible of me to treat you the way I did.” She cringed, remembering her cold and snappy behaviour, and double cringed when she remembered the times she’d almost killed her panda and the time she attacked her.
Choda still thought that her wrist sprain was deserved. Palden should’ve broken it, in her opinion.
“I let my feelings get the best of me and I’m sorry.” She’d let her jealousy get the best of her, but it fell under the category of feelings, so she should be okay.
Palden was quiet, not saying anything, and it was unnerving. An anxious buzz trembled under her skin. Say something. Talk. Do something, please.
She looked up when a hand planted itself on her head.
Palden was smiling wryly at her.
“I honestly didn’t expect this to happen.” She said. “Especially since I’ve noticed you’re dense when it comes to your emotions.” Choda bristled, feeling her face warm. She wasn’t dense, damn it.
“But I accept your apology and let’s move on from this, okay?” It felt as if something slowly was unwrapping itself in her chest. Good. That was good.
“Yeah, that’s okay.” Choda nodded.
“Do you want to ground up some medicine with me?”
“Uh, yeah, sure.”
“I think you’re pretty cool, despite how I’ve acted around you.”
Palden grinned, nudging her shoulder. “I think you’re pretty cool, too.”
A bushy tail tickled her cheek, rousing her from sleep. Jamyang came eye to eye with a grey ring-tailed lemur.
“Go ‘way.” She turned over to her side, body feeling numb. “I wan’ ta sleep.”
Palden smiled at something behind her and, ever so gently, lifted her off the ground and threw her in the direction she was smiling in.
Choda went flying and desperately tried to keep the herbs in the rice basket.
It was such an awesome move. Just so casually lifting her off the ground like that and whiff, she went flying.
The person she crashed into caught her with a pair of arms around her waist.
“Heh.” And her face did not erupt into flames, because of course Palden sent her flying into Tashi. Of course!
Palden sent her a suggestive grin over her shoulder, and Choda held back her words and not yell obscenities at her.
“I caught you.” She nosed at her hair, and Choda leaned into the act, enjoying the feeling.
“You did.”
Tashi turned her around. “What are you doing?” Choda glanced down at the herbs in her rice basket. Lost nothing, they’re mixed, but didn’t lose anything, good.
“We were supposed to ground up some medicine for Jamyang. But uh, she threw me to you instead.”
“It’s a very cool move.”
“It is.”
“I’ve almost managed it, but I can’t generate enough momentum to throw a person far.”
“You know how to do it? Who’s been your practice person?”
“Sister Nyima.” She responded. Choda raised a brow. She wasn’t that familiar with her. Having only seen her around Tashi, with Palden tagging along. “I’m not that familiar with her.”
“She’s Palden’s friend. They’re the same age. A good practice person too gives encouragement when I mess up.”
“… do you think she’ll be a practice person with me, too?” Tashi’s eyes softened.
“Of course.”
“Do you need help with the herbs?”
“I’d like that, yeah.”
Lemurs, pandas, surrounded Jamyang’s bed in the infirmary, along with all the children that had flown here and her classmates
Tora and Gawa had scarily accurate foresight in Choda’s opinion. They’d rounded up a couple of their close friends and flown here on a herd of bison that Gawa was familiar with.
Choda found her ability with animals impressive. A child befriending a herd was rare at the temple here.
Jamyang had sustained heavy internal injuries and bleeding,- the reason Palden and Koko-chan didn’t come back immediately- a black eye, a broken nose, three broken fingers, fractured ribs and face scratches.
But she was going to be okay. Palden and Yutso- she learned her name- said so. She’s a tough child, Palden said, she can endure a lot.
Most of the internal bleeding and injuries had been healed, but Choda worried even if Jamyang was conscious of her surroundings. Tora spun three dorjees in the air, juggling them as a sort of entertainment for Jamyang.
Choda watched them from the doorframe, with a soft smile on her face.
Tashi approached behind her, loosely wrapping an arm around her midsection.
“She’ll be okay.”
“I know.”
Yara and Tsewang were arguing about something, and Yara dragged Yutso into it.
“Ama! Tell me I’m right!”
Aden and Jaya sat quietly- uncharacteristic of her- at her bedside, listening in on the conversations, and helped Yutso and Palden with the medicine.
Choda turned in her hold, took a hold of Tashi’s chin, tilted it to the side and pressed a kiss to her cheek.
“What was that for?” She looked surprised.
“Do I need a reason?” Choda smiled at the way Tashi ducked her head. “You don’t. I just didn’t expect it. I thought you didn’t want to be affectionate out in the open.”
“Oh, that’s still true. I want to have my moments with you first, but some affection timed correctly is okay.”
Tashi smiled, pressing her lips to her cheek in return and hugged her.
Over her shoulder, their friends- Gah!- stood wide eyed as they stared at them. Choda returned the intensity of their stares, tensing in Tashi’s hug.
A grin grew on Amala’s lips. Giving her two thumbs up, she-with no subtlety at all- pulled Chesa and Ceba with her into the infirmary, barely squeezing by them on their way in to visit Jamyang.
“Well, that happened.”
“Mhm.”
“Do you think Amala has told them?”
“Most likely, but they know now.”
“Do you want to tell them or just let things happen?”
“Let things happen. If I have to say something, then I’ll say that I like you a lot.”
“I like you a lot, too.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, the realization was rather sudden.” Tashi chuckled into her shoulder.
“Can I sneak hugs in between classes?”
“You can. You’re good at hugging, you know that?”
“I’ve been told so yeah. Humans and animals have made their satisfaction known.” They’re quiet for a couple of minutes.
“Does Jamyang like rice cakes?”
“Yeah, why?”
“I’m thinking of making some as a thanks.”
That got a laugh out of Tashi.
“Are you sure you won’t eat them before giving them away?”
“Hush! That was one time.”
Notes:
Heyo! Sup?
I managed to get a chapter under 5k for this work, wow. I'd never thought I'd managed it.
This is the last interlude I promise, the rest is present time, during their teenage and early adult years.
I've gotten really interested in painting recently, just ordered a basic set of oil paint and I'll be going to the crafts store to purchase the rest. I have little to no idea to what I'm doing, but I'm having fun. Let's see if I can good enough to paint some of the scenes from this fic.
Words:
Damchö Pema Karpo’i do: Lotus Sutra
Om ami dewa hri: The tibetan mantra of Amitabha buddha
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