Amazon Challenge: Tribe Isla (3/14)

Chapter One

The day had finally come. Lady Neferti had woken me up before the sun. She said I had last minute things to prepare. Normally she would take care of the supplies for building but this was my job now. Or it will be on my tribal land. I left the temple and headed toward the docks. I needed to meet up with the men who would be working to build a future for the tribe.

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I met up with the two men. Both had come from the mainland with the wood, stone and other items needed to build. I was told their names were Adonis and Cesar. Both were well trained men from their village to do a multitude of things. While the things they did were far from perfect they did hard work. Or that was what the ship’s captain told me.

We walked in silence from the dock to the village land. I was partially grateful for that. I don’t know what to say to them. I doubted that “Hello, I am Creator Mahina” would be proper. I didn’t have too much time to worry about this. We arrived at the village quickly.

My heart sank. The place was in ruins! There were crumbling towers, weeds and a small swamp that was starting to fill the land where buildings once stood.

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“Lady Creator?” I looked over at the man who had spoken. He gave me a warm smile. “We were told of the situation of the land where the tribe will be. Worry not we will have everything ready to go real quick”

“Thank you” I replied. They set to work right away. They filled the swamp land and cleared away most of the vines that were claiming the crumbling buildings. Soon the remains of the buildings were gone and foundations were set. A small camp was set up. For now I lived in a small ramshackle hut. There was a campfire and table to cook some food. The men lived in tents. They didn’t seem to mind. If they did they never told me.

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A few days later the blond man, Adonis told me that they would finally begin building actual housing. I was grateful for that. I hated living in the small hastily made shack.

Adonis was in charge of building. Watching him work was fascinating. Once he given the designs for buildings he would set to work. He worked quickly and his wood working skills were impressive. We had a few real huts after a few days of work. They were small but perfect.

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Cesar helped with building but his real passion was gardening. He had plots of land set up for eat thing they planted. He could tell what soil was best for each type of plant and how much light a plant should get. He promised that we would soon have a thriving garden.

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All the work and supplies for buildings had drained the funds we needed. I instructed the men to sell any excess of items we had. Cesar had set aside some of our harvests to send to the mainland. Adonis worked on small wood carvings. While they weren’t worth much they did make some money.

I tried to help bring in some money as well. I had a love of painting. When I was younger Neferti allowed me to finger paint. I wasn’t great at it but what toddler is. Now that I was adult I wanted to actually learn to paint properly.

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Now that we had buildings to live in, sustainable food and a decent income for the tribe I had a decision to make. I need an heir for the tribe. One of the two men would father a child and then be sent to appease the goddess. I was not sure which to choose.

Cesar worked magic on the gardens. He is passionate and kind but he had a hot headed streak from time to time. He would be too bold and refuse to work from time to time. No often but enough to make some of the days building far more exhausting then it needed to be.

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Adonis, the builder was different. He is a lot more calm and reserved. He did his best to get work done and make things less stressful. He tried to keep things friendly and light. He is kind and hard working.

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I have come to call them both friends over the past few weeks. Not that I could say this, it would be improper. I do not know if I could stand to loose either of them.

The Goddesses of life Kala and Hira did not like to be kept waiting. They grew tired of my indecision and sent someone to help hurry along the decision. The sun rise of the new week brought a young woman and her traveling companion to me.

“Greeting! You must be Lady Mahina. I am a Shaman of Goddesses, sent by Queen Hippolyta. My name is Rei”

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