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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:59 am
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Laanfa was lost, in more ways than one.
After months of wandering aimlessly, this way and that, she had no idea where she was anymore. Which way was home? She didn't know, but even if she did, she wouldn't have been able to go there. She had yet to find her name, a task she was no closer to completing than she had been on the day she'd left. She was supposed to have some kind of personal revelation, experience some life-changing event or glorious moment of enlightenment, and so far...nothing. She wasn't even sure exactly how long she'd been gone; she'd long since lost track of the days. Her poor mother probably thought that she was dead.
The thought made Laanfa's heart twist. She had promised Apanthi that she would return safely, but here she was, hopelessly lost and without a name. It was shameful.
It was also getting dark, and Laanfa didn't like the dark. It was one of many things that frightened her. She needed to find somewhere to stop and rest for the night, anything that might offer her a bit of cover. She didn't trust the things that came out after the sun set.
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:14 am
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Al-Hattal, on the other hand, always looked forward to the setting of the sun. While being a god had its fair share of benefits, miraculous protection rom the heat of the sun was not one of them. God or no, he was still black, and that meant that being out and about during the day was still ridiculously hot and unpleasant. Oh, sure, he could have gone and sat around in the Haven, but that was, more often than not, interminably boring. Goddesses were not quite as susceptible to his charms are mortal females, he had found.
He supposed that making himself invisible might help, but he wasn't sure. When he was invisible, was he really invisible, or did other creatures just not perceive him? Regardless, being invisible was also boring. He wanted to be seen! Turning invisible only worked to impress females after they'd seen him; being invisible to begin with and then popping out of it was a sure way to scare the living hell out of someone.
Not generally advisable.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:13 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:24 am
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A flash of white in the tall grass caught his eye, and he tracked it with his gaze, curious, until it reached a tree and jumped up to climb it. He thought at first that it must be a leopard, but no, it was too big to be a leopard. Intrigued, he moved closer, and was soon able to make out that it was a lioness. Huh. A lioness who wasn't actually much good at climbing, from what he could see. She scrabbled, slid, and very nearly fell several times, until she finally managed to reach what apparently deemed an acceptable height and sprawl out on a branch, panting.
This sight would have been a funny one, if Al-Hattal weren't a completely hopeless failure at climbing trees. He always had been. He could hardly laugh at someone for doing something he couldn't do at all. Plus, it was a female, which made him even less inclined to laugh at her. That would have been rude.
Never able to resist meeting a lioness, the god sidled closer to the tree. "How ever did you get up there?" he inquired, as though he were admiring the feat and hadn't just watched her do it. "That's quite a perch for a lion."
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:31 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:35 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:39 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:42 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:46 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:48 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:52 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:56 am
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"Ah, hyenas. I wouldn't worry too much about them, unless you have a kill. Unless you have somethign they want, like food, most of them won't bother a lion. It is wise to be careful, though, when you're alone," he added, not wanting to make her feel silly for being afraid. "Would you like some company for the night? I can guard your tree for you, and you can tell me why you don't like hyenas. Or not, if you don't want to."
"My name's Al-Hattal, by the way."
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:58 am
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