[PRP] A Quiet Return Home [Heidrun, ??? & Masuko]

[Quaji]

It had taken her longer than she had originally planned to, but finally she was pregnant. How did she know? She was already showing and with having to share food for so long with that wretched lioness, it was certainly not fat or extra weight that was around her belly now. New blood for the clan, something Masuko, if she was still the alpha of course, would hopefully appreciate enough to allow her entrance back in. That was the plan anyways.

The air seemed...quieter than before, but maybe that was because she had left shortly after the clan's defeat, where there were panicked cackles filling the air and at the moment, there were hardly any aside from the one here and there in the distance. It was ominous and Heidrun just didn't like it. After all, she was a deserter. Hopefully though, hopefully she would be able to trick Risheera with the help of a few other members and bring Masuko a proper prize instead of this odd thing, but one slave would be better than none.

Following silently behind her was the oddly proportioned hybrid, who also made sure to keep his head low. Why had he allowed himself to be taken this far away from his family? It was probably something to do with some stupid obligation he felt to Heidrun for saving him from that tan lioness. BUT STILL. It seemed so dumb. He had heard stories about the very place he was now walking and what they did to non-hyenas...and it frightened him.  

[Quaji]

She hadn't expected to be greeted directly by Masuko, but rather have guards take her to the alpha's skull home. Apparently that would be what would happen and what she had planned for over and over in her head. It threw her off, causing Heidrun to have to adapt her plan quickly lest she be thrown out or worse.

"I have," Heidrun replied quickly, "but not alone." Sidestepping she revealed the hybrid that had been trailing her so far. Of course the awkward thing was huddled close to the ground, shivering, either from the chill in the air, from fear, or even both. Hopefully he would be enough, but that was why this litter was so important. It would be her key back into the clan and out of the rogue lands.  

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Wide-eyed, the cheeton frantically looked between the two female hyenas. He was...to be a slave, a gift for the pack and a plaything for the pups? Would he die soon or would they drag it on? What use was he to them dead anyways. He tried to get lower to the ground if that was even possible, trying to sink into the ground as if it was a way he could escape this.

"He is. Caught him during my stay in the rogue lands." Passing a glance to the hybrid, she could tell he would either need to grow a spine of some sort or find a hyena to attach himself to in order to survive in a place like this. "He has no name, or if he does, it no longer matters." She added. At least for now he had been enough to sway Masuko from just exiling her. Though...perhaps their numbers were still low and anyone returning, even someone such as herself, was needed. She heard that sigh as Masuko spoke of pups born within the elephant graveyard. Good, hers would not be alone then.

Stepping a short ways away from the alpha and the new slave, she sat, among the dust and bones. "He is not the only thing I returned home with." It was a stretch already calling this place her home again. There was a pause as she raised one of her forelegs. "Pups. I am unsure as to how many, but still pups none the less. And I bring their sire with me as well." It was still hard to believe she had finally managed to conceive after all this time, especially since war wounds, now just scars along her belly, had thought her unable to.  

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The laughter, the offer and the alpha's words definitely made her feel more than welcome in her return. "I knew better than to come back with nothing." Heidrun replied, a grin on her own face. She would need to send someone to the borders to fetch Bjorg, but finally they would have a home and one in which lions did not rule. Even so, life would be hard and nothing would be taken for granted in this elephant graveyard. Going back to her old job of hunting for the clan instead of for Risheera would be a pleasant change. Risheera. That horrible name left a rotten taste in her mouth that was as easily seen on her face.

"There is...one more prize that could be brought." Heidrun's words were slow, precise and cautious. "A lioness, and a strong one at that. She is the one that had kept me away for so long and one such as her, once broken, would make a fine slave." Keeping her voice low and her tail lower, she continued. "She trusts Bjorg, my litter's sire, and myself, for whatever reason. We could easily lure her here and trap her."  

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"I've seen her fight lions off, ones with full, large manes, as if they were playthings. She could prove a valuable asset...if we can take her for the clan." If claiming Risheera didn't prove her loyalty to Masuko and the clan, than nothing would. Oh how Heidrun would like nothing more than to see that striped lioness suffer for what she had put Bjorg and her through.

It did seem like he had been gone too long, much longer than Heidrun had liked, but she was back and accepted back at that. "He?" She asked quietly as her ears turned back. There was a genuine curiosity in her voice. It had been far too long since she had seen the alpha so excited about something. Especially when that something was a plan may end up killing a few of her own to even accomplish, what was unless this 'he' held the key to capturing Risheera with ease.  

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"I will not disappoint you, Masuko."

Just seeing the alpha so excited at her suggestion was enough to get Heidrun excited at the opportunity to capture her previous captor. Everything had to planned out with perfect details and quickly at that or they risked losing their chance to actually claim her before she moved too far away from the borders.

Bjorg was not only waiting by the borders in case things went sour, he was also keeping his sense alert in case the striped lioness was tracking them, like Heidrun predicted she would, to try and take her two hyenas home.

"I will come to you once I have a plan on how to go about capturing her." And now she waited to be dismissed, in case the alpha had any other words to say to her now that she was home. The last thing she needed to do was ruin everything by prematurely turning her back to Masuko and insulting her.