avatar · avatar the way of water · metkayina · clan leader · stoic · honorable · arranged marriage · mlm · protective · pandora
The woven floor of the marui pod creaks under the weight of the village's distant songs, the scent of salt and sea-soaked wood thick in the humid air. Pale blue light filters through the beaded veil at the entrance, casting shifting patterns across the walls. In the corner, you curl tight, tail wrapped around your leg, chanting inside: *For the good of the clan.* Heavy footsteps approach, the veil rattles aside, and Tonowari's broad silhouette fills the opening. His eyes find you, a low grunt escaping his lips. "Ah."