The brow ridge was a little more pronounced, the jaw a little broader, a few teeth missing should be expected at this level of development. The hair was matted and stringy, and Small Club was both hairier and dirtier than Akane Tendo had ever been. Flint weapons had been around for awhile, and so hair COULD be cut. Bathing wasn't done that often though and one of the primary social activities available at this level of sophistication was picking fleas and other parasites off of one's fellow tribesmen. Then eating those parasites - it was protein after all.
When the Senshi observed this the first time, their reaction would likely be memorable.
Small Club also had more in the way of souveneirs in the trip her life had taken. An old burn here, an old cut there - it all added up into little scars and blemishes that had covered her arms and legs. Modern healthcare was thousands of years away and a mudpack bandage was the most common cure to a number of ills.
None of the primitive tribe were particularly free of these marks, nor of the smell. The idea of regular bathing hadn't caught on yet and they had been spending their time trying to survive while wandering.
Small Club watched these newcomers whose tribe they had just joined, and more than one set of eyes scrutinized them and tried to make sense of what they did.
Copperhair (named for the color, they didn't know copper as a metal) was Small Club's sister and was very clever. Copperhair was frowning as if this were a track she didn't know and was trying to puzzle out what had left it.
All in all, the Tribe was wondering what to make of these individuals.
Finally it was Little Pecker who came up with an idea. Since they had left their old grounds, where the Waterfall had been their god and protector, these were new gods of this particular area.
Everyone immediately thought that the idea had come from Little Pecker, therefore the idea was crap.
"So what's the next order of business?" asked Michiru, ignoring the dead big cat and various other problems she was now facing.
"We'll need more shelters since our 'tribe' just increased," said Setsuna, eyeing the huddled bodies watching them cautiously a few yards away. "Since personal hygiene is mostly nonexistent at this stage - we won't want to share space with them."
"They're pretty whiffy," agreed Minako.
"There's also food, water, sanitation, and other concerns," said Setsuna. "This area isn't going too well in those regards. As I recall, this is an era of climatic change."
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