Текст книги "Surviving Skarr"

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I finish my last bite of food and then produce the wedge of dried fruit given to me by Liz earlier. “Want to split the dessert?”

“What’s dessert?” He leans back, eyeing the small yellow slice.

“It’s something sweet and delicious you eat after your meal for pleasure.”

“I have something like that already.” He gives me a lascivious look. “It is my mate’s cunt.”

I yelp and cover his mouth with my hand, looking around in a panic to see if anyone else heard that. No one’s looking in our direction, and I breathe easy. “Not so loud.”

“I don’t see why not. They already know you are the finest female on the planet. Of course I should enjoy tasting your cunt.” He leans close, his mouth drifting toward my ear as I pop the fruit into my mouth. “Though I have yet to suck your ass like you requested.”

I promptly choke on the slice.

“You like that idea. I can tell.” He grabs my hand and hauls me to my feet. “Let’s go do it.”

This man is ridiculous…and yet I’m not going to say no. I’ve still got that pot of grease in our hut, and maybe we’ll put both cocks to use again tonight. I’ve never had anal sex, but I also never imagined mating a half-lizard alien man, and he’s re-defined my idea of “sexy.” If anything, he’s making me think we should try a lot of things, because everything is fun with Skarr. Nothing is awkward or embarrassing.

Actually, a lot of it is awkward, but we’re awkward together, and it ends up being enjoyable.

I let him lead me by the hand towards our hut, anticipation building with every step. The farther away we get from the main fire, the quieter things get, and I can hear the low hum of resonance in our chests, and just hearing it makes me happy. He lifts my hand to his mouth and kisses the back of it, grinning at me. “Did you notice your song has changed?”

“I noticed.” I bite my lip. “Are we happy?”

“As long as you promise me that whatever baby comes out of you is going to be smaller than Steph’s baby, I am happy, yes.”

I snort-giggle at that, because Jethani is a fat, wriggly baby that’s probably two feet tall due to her large alien father. “They don’t come out that size, you dork. Our baby would definitely be a lot smaller at first.”

He heaves a sigh of relief, pressing his free hand to his brow. “Thank kef. I admit that thought has been keeping me up at night.”

I can’t stop laughing, and even when we get into the hut and pull our boots off, I’m still giggling at his strange assumptions about babies. It’s so cute. He’s so cute. I kiss him, and the kiss quickly turns from playful to heated. I pull off his scarf, revealing the V tattoo I’ve made for him at the base of his collarbone, at the divot there. He wanted to be marked where everyone could see it, but it gets covered by layers more often than not. My finger tattoo does, too, but just knowing we have them is part of the pleasure.

I keep kissing him as we undress, peeling layers off of each other until we’re both naked. He leads me over to the bed of furs and then gives me a wicked look. “Give me that pretty ass of yours, my Vivi. I’ve waited long enough to suck on it.”

He really is? I bite back another chuckle and get on hands and knees in the furs, pushing my backside into the air and spreading my knees. “Maybe try licking instead? That’s generally more pleasurable—oh!”

The moment I lift my hips into the air, his mouth is there, lapping at the pucker of my ass. I squeal, unable to help myself. I didn’t realize he’d be so…enthusiastic. But Skarr groans with pleasure, licking and kissing and pressing his forked tongue into that surprisingly sensitive spot. I clutch at the furs, whimpering as he lavishes attention on my backside. Okay, we’ve been missing out, because his mouth down there feels incredible.

“Oh god.” I fist the blankets as he teases a finger into my channel, his tongue working against my backside non-stop. “Oh god. Skarr…wait. Wait.”

He makes a sound of protest, lifting his head just enough to scrape his teeth over my buttock. “What?”

“Want to have sex? In both holes?”

“Yes and yes.” He nips my butt, making me squirm again. “Can we do that? Will I fit back here?”

He runs a finger along the rim of my ass, sending shivers up my spine.

I nod against the blankets, pushing back against his fingertip. “Grease,” I pant. “We’ll get the grease.”

“Where is it?”

I point at my bag, hanging on a hook by the privacy flap. There’s still not a lot of stuff in our hut, but I imagine it’ll fill up with time. Skarr all but leaps to the bag, and I can see he’s already extruded, both cocks out and gleaming wetly in the low light of our hut. They’re thick with arousal, and my mouth waters at the sight of him. Mine, all mine.

“Aha.” He holds it into the air and then strides back to me with two big steps, all but flinging the lid aside in his haste.

“You…you want me on hands and knees or on my back?” I pant, and then a slick, greased finger is teasing at my ass. I let out a whimper. Okay, I guess I’m on hands and knees.

He pushes his finger against the rim of my backside, and when it slips inside, he groans. “Look at how pretty that is.”

“Cock, too,” I manage, then bite down on a knuckle as he continues to tease my rim with his fingers. It’s both unnerving and erotic, and I can’t stay still. I squirm against his touch constantly, needing to move against those invading fingers as he pushes a second one into me.

“I love this,” he breathes, voice reverent. “Let me stretch you so you can take me.”

He goes slow, moving his two fingers in and out with gentle motions and then slowly adds a third. By this time, my pussy is aching and soaked with need, and there’s a hollowness in my belly that’s hungry to be filled. “Skarr. I need you.”

“You think you’re ready, my fierce warrior?”

I have no idea. I just know I’m going to go insane if he doesn’t give me more than a few fingers soon. I nod frantically.

His fingers slide out of my backside, and then I hear the sound of him slicking his cocks with the lubricant. A moment later, one is pushing at the entrance to my core. I make a sound of pure need, lifting my hips to meet him. When he fills me, it feels so good I practically come from that alone.

Then I realize something fat and heavy is rubbing between my buttocks. It’s his primary cock, the bigger one of the two. He drags it along the cleft of my backside, and I want to tell him to switch, to use the smaller one back there, but then he’d have to leave my body and I’m already clenching around his length, hungry for more.

“Ready?” he whispers, his hand skimming over my flank.

I nod and then he’s pushing into me. He doesn’t sink in like he does with my pussy. He pushes against my backside, and then surges forward when the tight muscles there ease enough to let him in. We both groan at once.

The feel of him in my backside is tight and not entirely uncomfortable, but I can hear Skarr panting as if he’s losing his mind, so I know it’s good for him. I close my eyes and relax, getting comfortable as he pushes slowly deeper, and then he’s filling me in both holes. It’s both too much and strangely pleasant, and I do my best to stay still as he settles in.

“My fierce warrior,” he grits, stroking gently into me for the first time.

I cry out, the dual sensations powerful. Oh god…there are no words. That’s incredible. He pumps into me again, gripping my hips to hold me in place. I moan as he settles into a rhythm, thrusting slowly and then picking up speed. I start to move with him, pushing back as he surges forward, until we’re both lost in the moment.

“I need to touch myself,” I pant as he drills into me. “Want to come with you.”

“Do it.” His voice is a hollow rasp full of tension. “Hurry.”

As if I’m going to last long. The moment I steal one hand between my legs and touch my clit, everything in me tenses. Being filled by him like this is driving me to the edge, and with two strokes of my fingers I’m coming, my body tightening around him as the world shatters.

I’m lost in the waves of pleasure, barely aware of Skarr driving into me, his movements jerky, and then he’s coming, too, shuddering over me and whispering my name a thousand times as if it’s a prayer.

When the weight of him presses down on my back, I slump forward into the blankets, sweaty and exhausted. He flops down on top of me, a graceless pile of green muscle and cool skin, and then kisses my neck.

“Vivi…that was…”

“The best on the planet?” I ask, breathless.

He chuckles. “How did you know?”

Author’s Note

Hello there!

Thank you for reading, and for continuing to read the ice planet shenanigans. If you're in this deep and continuing to read, I have nothing but love for you. This world and the people here are still endlessly fun for me, and I'm happy to have more stories to tell. That being said...it's been a hot minute since I last released an Ice Planet book! January was R'jaal and Rosalind and I had every intention of writing the next book quickly.

(Narrator: She did not, in fact, write the next book quickly.)

This year has definitely been a bit more scattered release-wise, but I'm going to take a quick break from IPC with the next release and then come back to Tia and Rem'eb's book, where we'll get to know all about the ancestors, their weird-ass politics and how things will play out. I'm looking forward to it! For the longest time, Tia didn't 'speak' to me as a character. I always know when a character is ready for their story when I start hearing their dialogue in my head. Tia was silent for the longest, and I realized it was because I was trying to pair her up with one of the Islanders and that wasn't working for me. Now that she's paired with Rem'eb (in resonance at least) she won't shut up, which is an excellent sign.

But let's talk about Skarr and Vivi!

With every book, it's my goal to first have fun with the story, and to showcase different aspects of living on the planet. I want every hero or heroine to be slightly different than the last, and so I'm always asking myself "How is this character different than the ones that came before?"

How was Skarr different from the other gladiators we had before?

In a word, Skarr sucked.

Which was fun to think about. What if your soulmate, your 'hero'...is an absolute jackass and a braggart? What do you do in that situation? Vivi was busy trying to figure herself out, and here comes this guy that won't shut up and won't leave her alone. To me, Skarr was a lot like Ashtar, but whereas Ashtar was flirty and cute and didn't take himself seriously, Skarr was the opposite. He looked at everything as a challenge. He wanted to win all the time. He wanted others to see him as a champion. In my head, he was like Andy Clark (Emilio Estevez) from the Breakfast Club. He needed everyone to see him as a hero.

So naturally I had to pair him with Ally Sheedy aka Allison aka the weird goth in the back of the room.

Vivi's got issues of her own, but she's also one of the strongest female characters. Someone had asked me once why I hadn't written a survivalist heroine. The answer? It's just too easy. You ever read one of those books where the heroine travels through time and automatically has a bag full of amazing stuff that makes her life in the past super easy? Yeah, I hated that as a reader. It felt like cheating. So making a survivalist drop on the ice planet felt like an unfair advantage...

...unless I gave her a bevy of other issues.

So yes, my darling Vivi knows how to start fires and make skis and hunt and track. She also doesn't know who she is or her own name, is insanely shy, and, well, she's saddled with Skarr.

I don't know if you can tell, but this was a really fun book to write.

Oh! And once I decided one of the splices was ssethri (the alien 'lizardman' race) I became fascinated with giving Skarr all of the lizardy trappings, right down to the crocodile-like tail and, well, the hemi-penises that tuck inside his body. I cannot tell you how many times I had to google "reptile penis" while working on this book, and I should point out that at no time ever did it present me with anything good. Ever. Like, just don't do it. It'll ruin the fantasy.

Another random inspiration for this story came to me via my backyard. As a kid, I grew up in a tight suburban neighborhood that had no wildlife, and I dreamed of one day having a house where I could see all the squirrels and feed all the birds. We have a few acres now and while I don't feed the birds (because it would be an owl-and-coyote buffet), we do get a lot of deer crossing through our yard. Being a city kid did not prepare me for what happens when injured deer wander through your yard. This last fall, a buck with a broken leg came through and drank and ate some grass, and stopped outside of my office window. His front one was bent at an odd angle and he limped as he moved through the yard.

I am the most tenderhearted SOB and was absolutely crushed to see this. I had to do something! So I checked with the local wildlife rescues and found out that they wouldn't help. They would just put him down. Yet here he was, wandering in my yard and eating like it was no big deal. Did he deserve to be put down when he was still walking?  A lot of googling told me that it was best to actually do nothing for a deer with a broken leg. It would either survive and the leg would mend, or it wouldn't survive and circle of life and all that.

I cried about it, talked with my husband, and decided that we wouldn't do anything about it. We wouldn't interfere. I saw him twice and then didn't see him again...for six months. When he returned, he was just fine, his leg healed (but still at a weird angle, the only way I recognized him) and he moved only slightly slower than the rest of the deer that wander through. I was happy that he ended up making it through but it also made me think about bone-setting and wild animals on the ice planet, where things heal quicker than they should thanks to the khui. What happens if a bone gets set wrong? Should the animal be put down? What the hell do you do?

(Vivi does all the things I wish I could do, because she's a do-er and I'm just a writer.)

I hope you enjoyed this more clone-centric story! R'jaal and Rosalind's story ended up being more focused on the Ancestors due to their situation, and this story is almost the opposite. In the next book, the Ancestors will feature a lot more than the clones will. Tia will finally get a mate! The Ancestor questions will be answered (well, some of them). People will be horny! Someone will be called a tater! Good times all around!

Much love,

Ruby Dixon

People of Not-Hoth

Icehome

Mated Couples and their kits

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Liz – Raahosh’s mate and huntress.

Raahosh (Ra-hosh) – Her mate. A hunter and brother to Rukh. Co-leader of Icehome beach with R’jaal.

Raashel (Rah-shel) – Their oldest daughter.

Aayla (Ay-lah) – Their second daughter

Ahsoka (Ah-so-kah) – Their third daughter.

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Angie – Adult female at the beach camp. Pregnant with mystery baby when awoken. Gives birth to Glory (a clone female). Resonated to Vordis.

Vordis (Vohr-DISS rhymes with Floor-Miss) – One of the red “twins,” ex-gladiators of a race called a’ani. Longtime friends/brothers with Thrand, another clone. The really devoted one. Hot sauce. Resonates to Angie.

Glory – A qura’aki clone baby, implanted in Angie. Cute as hell.

Violet – Younger daughter of Angie and Vordis.

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Veronica – Healer to the Icehome Beach tribe. Resonated to Ashtar upon arrival. Bit of a klutz. Has enlisted Hannah to be her assistant. Mom to Katamneas and Varukhal.

Ashtar (Ash-TARR) – Flirty golden ex-gladiator and former slave. Drakoni male who can shapeshift to a “battle form” as a dragon and has the ability to communicate telepathically. Resonates immediately to Veronica upon arrival to Icehome. Stud. Doting dad to Katamneas and Varukhal.

Katamneas (Ka-TAHM-nee-us) – Older son to Veronica and Ashtar.

Varukhal (Var-oo-call) – Younger son to Veronica and Ashtar.

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Willa – Adult female with a southern twang. Lo’s friend. Gren’s most ardent defender. Resonated to Gren. Mom to Shade. She and Gren are currently trying for another child.

Gren (rhymes with HEN) – Beastly, feral ex-gladiator male. Attacks on sight. Resonates to Willa. Soft and fuzzy, according to Aayla. Father to Shade.

Shade – Small, fuzzy son to Willa and Gren.

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Thrand (rhymes with “bland”—no one tell him this) – One of the red “twins,” ex-gladiators of a race called a’ani. Longtime friends/brothers with Vordis. The hotheaded, competitive one. Ketchup. Resonated to Nadine. Father to daughter Deeni.

Nadine – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Huntress and go-getter. Resonated to Thrand. Mother to Deeni.

Deeni (Dee-nee) – Daughter to Nadine and Thrand, is being spoiled silly by her doting father.

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Steph – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Former psychology student. Neolithic bisexual therapist. Resonated to Juth. Mom to (adoptive) son Pak and (biological) daughter Jethani.

Juth (Joooth) – Outcast male who snagged Raven in exchange for goods. Adoptive father of Pak. Eventually joined the tribe at Icehome Beach and resonated to Steph.

Pak (Pack) – Littlest outcast! Adoptive son of Juth and Steph, big brother to Jethani

Jethani (Jeth-ann-ee, rhymes with Bethany) – Daughter to Juth and Steph, has the same stub tail as her dad. It’s cute.

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Samantha – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Quiet. Secretive. Former barista back on Earth and loves caffeine. Really fucking loves being on the ice planet, which no one else can figure out. Resonates to Sessah.

Sessah (Ses-uh) – Youngest son to Sevvah and Oshen. Grown into a big, hulking hunter like Aehako but with his father’s quiet personality. Resonates to Sam.

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K’thar (Kuh-THARR) – Hunter, de-facto leader of Strong Arm, resonates to Lauren/Lo. Owner of Kki/Fat One.

Lauren/Lo – Adult female at the beach camp. Once had glasses. Likes to be a problem solver. Resonates to K’thar, is pregnant for a second time. Friend to Marisol.

Fat One/Kki (KUH-kee) – Nightflyer pet of the clan

K’then (Kuh-THENN) – Their young son.

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J’shel (Juh-SHELL) – Young hunter of Strong Arm, resonates to Hannah. Very cheerful. Long braid. Dirty talker.

Hannah – Resonates to J’shel when the island tribes arrive. Resident busybody. Now assistant to Veronica and in charge of herbal stores.

J’hann (Juh-HANN) – Their young son.

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N’dek (Nuh-DECK) – Hunter of Strong Arm, recently lost a leg in a kaari attack. No longer depressed and sitting around the fire a lot. Resonated to Devi and has prosthetic leg.

Devi – Chatty adult female at beach camp. Scientist nerd. Hair flipper. Loves dinosaurs. Resonates to N’dek. Loves everything about Icehome beach.

N’rav (Nuh-RAV) – Their young son, who is as chatty as his mother.

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T’chai (Tuh-SHY) – Hunter of Tall Horn, resonated to Marisol. Attacked by sky-claw on the island and nearly dies of wounds, so the healer stops his resonance. Eventually re-resonates to Mari.

Marisol – Terrified adult female at beach camp who is fond of hiding. Gets stranded with Lo on the island. Resonated to T’chai. Due to his sickness, their resonance is “turned off” by the healer. Re-resonated to T’chai. Mother to T’mar.

T’mar (Tuh-MAR) – Their son.

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M’tok (Muh-TOCK) – Hunter of Tall Horn, resonated to Callie. Likes things neat and orderly. Bit of a sneak.

Callie – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Harry Potter fan. Resonated to M’tok. Also hated M’tok for a long, long time. She gets over it.

M’cal (Muh-cahl) – Their young son.

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S’bren (Suh-BRENN) – Tall Horn hunter, brother to M’tok. He’s the brawn (the Pinky?) to M’tok’s brains. Goober around women. Steals Penny for himself and resonates to her.

Penny – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Learning to hunt. Human sunshine. Loves adventure and a good time. Was stolen by S’bren and gave him hell for it.

Brenna – Their young daughter.

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A’tam (Uh-TAMM) – Shadow Cat hunter, said to be the handsomest on the island. Not much of a fish hook. Finally resonated to Bridget. Whew.

Bridget – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Friend to Veronica. Hooked up with A’tam. Broke up with A’tam. Resonated to A’tam. It’s no longer complicated.

A’bri (Ah-bree) – Their young son.

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U’dron (Ooh-DRONN) – Hunter. Fisher. All-around sporty type. Plays a mean drum. Late bloomer, proving-wise. Resonates to Raven.

Raven – One of the adult females at the beach camp. Blonde, despite her name. Hippie parents. Likes to sing and dance. Turns out her real name is Louise, she’s not a hippie after all, and was a stripper. Still awesome. Finder of Juth and Pak.

U’rav (Ooh-rahv) – Their young son.

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Vaza (Vaw-zhuh) – Widower and elder. Loves to creep on the ladies. Currently pleasure-mated with Gail and at Icehome beach. Adopted father to Z’hren.

Gail – Divorced older human woman. Had a son back on Earth (deceased). Approximately fiftyish in age. Pleasure-mated with Vaza, adopted mother to Z’hren.

Z’hren – Their son, formerly of Strong Arm clan.

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Harlow – Mate to Rukh. Once “mechanic” to the Ancestors’ Cave. Currently at Icehome beach.

Rukh (Rookh) – Former exile and loner. Original name Maarukh. (Mah-rookh). Brother to Raahosh. Mate to Harlow. Father to Rukhar. Currently at Icehome beach.

Rukhar (Roo-car) – Their son.

Daya (Dye-uh) – Their daughter.

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Bek (Behk) – Hunter. Brother to Maylak. Mated to Elly. Bit of a crank-monster but Elly doesn’t mind.

Elly – Former human slave. Kidnapped at a very young age and has spent much of life in a cage or enslaved. First to resonate amongst the former slaves brought to Not-Hoth. Mated to Bek.

Emma – Their very loud daughter (which is surprising to both Elly and Bek).

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Flordeliza – Adult female at beach camp. Once a nurse. Kind of a clown. Oldest of the “new” group. Filipina. Talented with a needle. Was expected to resonate to R’jaal but resonated to I’rec instead. Loves to gossip and take care of “her people.”

I’rec (I-WRECK) – Clan leader. Bull in a china shop sort. Kind of a shit-stirrer and hard to get along with. Used to being in charge. Resonated to Flor and promptly forgot all other women existed.

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Daisy – Dropped on the ice planet by Mardok’s old friend Niri. Former slave for over ten years and speaks/reads several alien languages. Was very beautiful and obsessed with her appearance, but recently had an accident that destroyed her looks. Working on improving her survival skills. Resonated to O’jek.

O’jek (Oh-JECK) – Hunter. Quiet. Likes to cook. Rumored to be shy. Juth’s biological brother. Resonated to Daisy in what was the greatest day of his life.

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R’jaal (Arr-JAHL) – Clan leader of Tall Horn who has also taken on a leadership stance at Icehome beach. Was rather lonely, now total Wife Guy. Resonates to Rosalind at the sight of her.

Rosalind – A shy librarian. A human stranger that was taken by the ancestors. Resonates to R’jaal. Also a fanfic-writing nerd who wants to learn how to make an Icehome library.

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Tia (tee-AH) – Last remaining unmated human female of the Icehome group (and youngest). Was living at Croatoan for a time. Kemli’s herbalism apprentice. Recently returned to Icehome, only to disappear from the fruit cave, also stolen by the ancestors. Resonated to Rem’eb.

Rem’eb the Fist (HREM – ebb) – Chief’s son of the underground people. Resonates to Tia.

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Skarr (Scar) – A ssethri splice with green scales and a lizard-like tail. Tends to slow down in the cold weather. Resonates to Vivi and loves to tell everyone how amazing she is.

Vivi – A human woman that has no memories of her name. Dubbed Vivian by Flor, after one of Flor’s sisters. She decides that she’s Vivi instead. Has survival skills and makes skis for the Icehome villagers. Resonates to Skarr and actually seems to tolerate him, much to everyone else’s surprise.

The Newcomers (so far)

Female Unmated Clones

Sabrina – A wedding planner. A cheerful sort who is determined to make the best of things.

Natalie – A human woman that has no memories of her name. Dubbed Natalie by Flor, after one of Flor’s sisters.

Isadora aka Dora – A blonde clone who refuses to acknowledge that she’s a clone. Has memories of a flower shop in Oregon.

Yasmin – A human clone.

Bianca – A human clone.

Gabriella – A human clone.

Colleen – A human clone.

April – A human clone.

Dawn – A human clone.

Male Unmated Clones

Kyth (kith—rhymes with “smith”) – A clone of a moden gladiator. He is extremely large and has webbed fingers and toes. His first khui died.

Valmir (VAL-meer) – A clone of a praxiian gladiator. He is very catlike.

Chalath (CHUH-lath—rhymes with “bath”) – A male splice that looks to be equal parts mesakkah and praxii.

Jason – A human male clone. They do exist!

 Ancestors

Set’nef the Wanderer (SET-neff) – A male of the ancestors with a penchant for traveling. He sympathizes with R’jaal and helps him escape.

Tal’nef the Swiftest (TALL-nef) – A male of the ancestors. Brother to Set’nef the Wanderer, and leaves for the surface when his brother does.

Noj’me the Attendant (NAWJ-may) – A female of the ancestors. Can speak the old Sakh tongue thanks to her “communication” with the oracle (which is a downed escape pod).

Kin’far the Tainted (KIN-fawr) – A creep. An exiled creep.

Bel’eb the Mighty (BELL-ebb) – The chief of the ancestors.

At Croatoan 

Mated Couples and their kits

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Vektal (Vehk-tall) – The chief of the sa-khui. Mated to Georgie.

Georgie – Human woman (and unofficial leader of the human females). Has taken on a dual-leadership role with her mate.

Talie (Tah-lee) – Their first daughter.

Vekka (Veh-kah) – Their second daughter.

Jorvek (Jor-vehk) – Their youngest, a son.

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Maylak (May-lack) – Tribe healer. Mated to Kashrem.

Kashrem (Cash-rehm) – Her mate, also a leather-worker.

Esha (Esh-uh) – Their teenage daughter.

Makash (Muh-cash) – Their younger son.

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Sevvah (Sev-uh) – Tribe elder, mother to Aehako, Rokan, and Sessah

Oshen (Aw-shen) – Tribe elder, her mate. Resident sah-sah expert.

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Ereven (Air-uh-ven) – Hunter, mated to Claire.

Claire – Mated to Ereven.

Erevair (Air-uh-vair) – Their first child, a son

Relvi (Rell-vee) – Their second child, a daughter

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Stacy – Mated to Pashov. Unofficial tribe cook.

Pashov (Pah-showv) – son of Kemli and Borran, brother to Farli, Zennek, and Salukh. Mate of Stacy.

Pacy (Pay-see) – Their first son.

Tash (Tash) – Their second son.

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Nora – Mate to Dagesh.

Dagesh (Dah-zhesh) (the g sound is swallowed) – Her mate. A hunter.

Anna & Elsa – Their twin daughters.

Esther – Youngest daughter.

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Megan – Mate to Cashol. Mother to Holvek.

Cashol (Cash-awl) – Mate to Megan. Hunter. Father to Holvek.

Holvek (Haul-vehk) – their son. Has a pet, Thunder, an orphaned dvisti with a twisted leg.

Jewel – Their second-born, a daughter.

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Marlene (Mar-lenn) – Human mate to Zennek. French. Sly sense of humor. Likes hearts.

Zennek (Zehn-eck) – Mate to Marlene. Father to Zalene. Brother to Pashov, Salukh, and Farli.

Zalene (Zah-lenn) – daughter to Marlene and Zennek.

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Ariana – Human female. Mate to Zolaya. Basic school “teacher” to tribal kits.

Zolaya (Zoh-lay-uh) – Hunter and mate to Ariana. Father to Analay & Zoari.

Analay (Ah-nuh-lay) – Their son. Has a bit of “the knowing” like Rokan.

Zoari (Zoh-air-ee) – Their daughter.

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Tiffany – Human female. Mated to Salukh. Tribal botanist.

Salukh (Sah-luke) – Hunter. Son of Kemli and Borran, brother to Farli, Zennek, and Pashov.

Lukti (Lookh-tee) – Their son.

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Aehako (Eye-ha-koh) – Mate to Kira, father to Kae. Son of Sevvah and Oshen, brother to Rokan and Sessah.

Kira – Human woman, mate to Aehako, mother of Kae. Was the first to be abducted by aliens and wore an ear-translator for a long time.

Kae (Ki—rhymes with “fly”) – Their quiet daughter.

Hakeer (Ha-keer) – Second child, a son.

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Kemli (Kemm-lee) – Female elder, mother to Salukh, Pashov, Zennek, and Farli. Tribe herbalist and mentor to Tia. Kemli and Borran have welcomed Vadren, an elder, into a three-way mating.

Borran (Bore-awn) – Her much younger mate, elder.

Vadren (Vaw-dren) – Kemli’s age mate and once-pleasure-mate. He has joined a three-way mating with Kemli and Borran and shares furs with them.

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Josie – Human woman. Mated to Haeden. Currently pregnant again.

Haeden (Hi-den) – Hunter. Previously resonated to Zalah, but she died (along with his khui) in the khui-sickness before resonance could be completed. Now mated to Josie.

Joden (Joe-den) – Their first child, a son.

Joha (Joe-hah) – Their second child, a daughter.

Shae (Shay—rhymes with play) – Their third child.

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Rokan (Row-can) – Oldest son to Sevvah and Oshen. Brother to Aehako and Sessah. Adult male hunter. Now mated to Lila. Has “sixth” sense. Visiting Icehome.

Lila – Maddie’s sister. Once deaf, recently reacquired hearing on The Tranquil Lady via med bay. Resonated to Rokan. Visiting Icehome.

Rollan (Row-lun) – Their first child, a son.

Lola (nicknamed Lolo) – Their daughter.

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Hassen (Hass-en) – Hunter. Previously exiled. Mated to Maddie. Currently at Icehome beach.

Maddie – Lila’s sister. Found in second crash. Mated to Hassen.

Masan (Mah-senn) – Their son. Owns a dirtbeak named Millicent.

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Asha (Ah-shuh) – Mate to Hemalo. Mother to Hashala (deceased) and Shema. Pregnant for a second time.

Hemalo (Hee-muh-low) – Mate to Asha. Father to Hashala (deceased) and Shema.

Shema (Shee-muh) – Their daughter.

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Farli – (Far-lee) Adult daughter to Kemli and Borran. Her brothers are Salukh, Zennek, and Pashov. She has a pet dvisti named Chompy (Chahm-pee). Mated to Mardok.

Mardok (Marr-dock) – Bron Mardok Vendasi, from the planet Ubeduc VII. Arrived on The Tranquil Lady. Mechanic and ex-soldier. Resonated to Farli and elected to stay behind with the tribe.

Farlok – Their infant son.

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Harrec (Hair-ek) – Hunter. Squeamish at the sight of blood. Also a tease. Resonated to Kate.

Kate – Human female. Extremely tall & strong, with white-blonde curly hair. Resonated to Harrec.