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 Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:12 pm
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Great. Fantastic. Could this pride ever just not have bad things happen? Sure, in the overall scheme of things, the Queen taking ill and stepping down was relatively minor when compared with things like wildfires and serial killers, but still. It was ridiculous. And now, instead of La'u Khara'i, who had been capable - if irritatingly pretentious - they Samudranta, who was irritatingly cheerful. Peppy, over-friendly, and just...everything that annoyed Hal-shikasta.
Shika didn't know her well, not by any stretch, but from what she could tell and what she had heard, she was beginning to think that their new ruler was maybe not the brightest they had ever had. No one that bubbly was ever actually intelligent, in Shika's experience.
This was so not going to end well. The pale lioness frowned at the rising sun as she paced near the border. One of these days, just maybe she'd up and leave. It wasn't like anyone would miss her.
But no, for now she'd wait and see.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:22 pm
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Kianira walked about in the early morning, her favourite time of day. It was why Jitokeza had helped pick out her new name, as it meant 'the dawn'. She had never left his side since then, but she always made sure to take a morning walk. Doubly so as she waited for children and grandchildren to return from their pilgrimages. As she had never had to leave, not being born here, it was extremely hard for the purple lioness to understand the difficulties such a quest meant. She always waited patiently, hoping to see a familiar face making their way up the mountain.
She waited...and with no movement down below this morning, she let a sigh escape from her chest. Perhaps later today. Perhaps tomorrow. At the very least, she wished she would at least receive word that they were still alive. That was the worst part. She turned to leave when she caught sight of just a slight movement. For a moment Kianira was sure she saw wrong, but upon a second glance she realized that the white form was another lion.
Not wanting to be rude, she approached slowly, just in case they showed every indication of wanting to be alone. "Hello there," she called out carefully, realizing that she didn't seem terribly younger than herself.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:36 pm
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'Hello' was a word that Shika dreaded hearing; greetings intended for her made her skin crawl and her eyes twitch. She really, truly hated having to interact with anyone. Once, she had held out some small hope that somewhere there existed someone who might be tolerable even some of the time, but she had long since given up on that. The unfortunate truth was that she was impossible to please on almost any level, then combine that with a surly nature and no inclination to filter what came out of her mouth, and she had successfully made herself impossible to get along with. The less time she spent with others, the less tolerant she became of them, and the less time she spent with them - and on and on. Now, even 'hello' was enough to annoy her.
Bracing herself for - ugh - company, she huffed and turned to face the very purple lioness who'd had the misfortune of noticing her. Her expression was flat, bored.
"Yeah?" Not 'hello,' not 'good morning,' just a 'get it over with already' condensed into a single word.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:29 pm
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This had been...astonishingly, disconcertingly not terrible. No over-familiarity, no stubborn insistence on forcing her to tolerate company, no personal offense taken because she wasn't a happy-friendly drone. Just a greeting, a brief exchange, and it was over. Shika wasn't used to that. She tilted her head, considering the other lioness with a slightly puzzled look for a moment, and finally nodded.
"...thanks. I'm Hal-shikasta, but Shika works."
It was nice-ish, and that was awkward, and she was so not going to linger on it. Shika turned back in her original direction to amble on her way.
Safaia ilusoverymuch. <33 Thank you~!
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