Astina's Tribe [OPEN}

It did not take long for them to reach the outskirts of the clearing the tribe had created for themselves that night. Astina thought nothing of the various leather and fur huts that her people lived in that were being lit up by the large bonfire that was the centerpiece of their dinner ceremony. She wondered briefly if her presence had been missed or if they had gone ahead without her, but did not worry for long as she noticed that her people were all eating what little of a meal they had been able to gather that day. There were so few people in the tribe anymore that it was starting to become hard to find food and keep themselves protected at the same time. Their warriors did the best that they could, but sometimes they just did not have the numbers to take on wild Pokemon in order to bring home meat for the night. From the looks of that night's meal, they had taken to ending the life of a pair of the captive Starly.

Astina led Tsubame through the campsite to a small table that was set near the fire. There her teacher, an elderly man that wore a dark robe that matched the night sky, was seated with two plates of food in front of him. He, unlike the others of her tribe, had waited for her return before he ate.

"Priest Hokama, I have found someone who is starving, would it be alright if we shared our food with him?" she asked quietly as she sat next to him on the fur mat their table rested on. Hokama did not open his eyes nor did he move from his meditative position, but a simple bob of his head allowed Astina to know that she had gained permission. She turned towards Tsubame to motion him to sit beside her before she began to separate the food on her own plate to give to him.