Kharille wrote:
"I suppose Buzwe did not hinder nor contribute much, apart from maintaining order. I may ask Malim to stand in, seems he's always good in an 'emergency' under these circumstances."
Kuublu will cover the corpses, and will make an effort to find Malim and ask him to play his part. ie. Just need an administrator that the people can look to for now. So who were the other lords that we're up against? Need to suppress traffic to those lords, and get a runner to the capital.
"As to his brother...."
Kharille wrote:
"...I can't say that I have met him. Still, I hope that Orifye is a sensible man. We have many enemies outside of our Kingdom without these internal troubles. I will see him, perhaps he can arrange a number of runners."
Kuublu thinks things over as he walks up towards the fort,
Rafiki is Buzwes brother , Kijivu and Kivuli he did not know but Kiongozi was only a few days journey from Kuublus home. The fort referred to was probably the one on the hill outside Kiongozi...he knew nothing about a giraffe hunt...but his father as a minor king would preside over a ritual hunt....Malim and Chiemeka walked beside him leading the cart, Malim looked shocked and confused but pleased....Chiemeka was still quiet and withdrawn.
They drew the covered ox-cart up to the gate and were waved inside by the bored looking guards, asking for Orifye one of the guards headed off calling over an older bearded man in the same red leather kilts as the others but with a beaded headband and two long iridescent silver feathers stuck up from both temples.
" Prince Kuublu, I am First of the Cloven here,", his eyes strayed to the wagon and his nostrils twitched.
" These boys do not know the smell of spoiled corpses....but I do. Speak quickly and quietly."Firestar76 wrote:
Uruka seems unperturbed by the conversation between the two men. He tries to find a place to sell his spoils.
Uruka makes his way through the trade town finding a dealer in jewels and metals, the old man looks up as he approaches,
" How can I help you?"