[PRP] Star Stories [Elemmire x Qimmatli]

[oo Ded]

AstoriaFallen

Thoughts, they kept him occupied but that wasn't always good enough. Visions haunted him, the future and things that have yet to come to pass and they often put him on edge.

Pacing around his new homeland he took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. There was so much to learn about the pride and it's members, so it was enough of a focus on that for a majority of the time. The sounds of birds and other small creatures created an ambient noise that was relaxing and allowed him a brief pause to focus upon, but it never lasted long. Still, he enjoyed it when he could get it.

Finding a quiet spot he took a seat and flicked his ears, someone was coming this way. Perhaps he'd have someone to converse with shortly

 

[oo Ded]

Qimmatli squinted her eyes up at the stars.

"Mhm... uh huh... so it's just... like..." The lioness turned her eyes back towards the ground and used a claw to scribble out a few dots. She connected them with a line, then tilted her head to the side. "No, that's not right," she mumbled to her self. "Looks more like a snake tied in a knot than anything else..."

She looked up at the sky again, squinted, then sighed. Someone had told her that you could find images in the stars in the sky. Not just that, but whole entire stories were etched up there. It was something a passing leopard group had told her in her time wandering the rogue lands.

That time felt like lifetimes ago, now.

Not that she had felt locked away here in the N'ezi-ozu. It was a place that had just the right amount of lore to fill her heart. Sure, a part of her still felt like she was just an observer and not a true part of it all, and her heart fluttered every time newcomers were allowed to join there ranks, but she noticed that she had started to think about things differently. She thought about death differently. And about her ancestors differently. Maybe she was taking some steps in the right direction?

A breath left her nostrils and she looked back up at the sky. These stars were supposed to look like a pair of laughing hyenas. Maybe if she got around that little grove of trees?

Qi hummed as she started to make her way in a direction, eyes to the sky and not noticing the lion whose path she had crossed until she was nearly face to face with him.

"Oh!" she called, startled. "I'm, uh. I'm sorry, didn't see ya there!"

AstoriaFallen

 

[oo Ded]

Qi's brows raised, her curiosity piqued by his formal response. She gave him a quick glancing over. He wasn't one of the lions that joined back when she did, nor was he one who was already there when she had arrived. One of the recent additions to the big happy family, then? She probably saw him when they were having a big meet-and-greet. Unfortunately, though, she had an atrocious time recognizing names and faces of those she didn't spend time talking to.

She smiled, then. "Nah. It shouldn't be your responsibility to announce yourself, or anything. I guess my head was just in the clouds." The lioness glanced upwards, tilting her head to one side then the other.

"Just… just looking. At, uh, that one. And that one…" she pointed towards a few of the particularly bright stars with an outstretched paw. "and… well. A few others. I heard they're supposed to make some sort of picture or a story or something. Just can't seem to figure it out, though." She shrugged, then looked back to him. "What about you? Enjoying the peace and quiet of the night away from everyone else?"  

[oo Ded]

Her ears perked visibly when he mentioned telling him the story. Would Qi care to tell a story? She lived to tell stories. A smile blossomed on her face and she looked back up to the sky. One eye closed and she squinted, pointing at a cluster of stars. "Well, so, apparently this is a lion who spurned the love of the daughter of a deity that commanded the hunt." As she spoke of the daughter, she motioned towards another cluster of stars, and towards another when she spoke of the deity. "The deity heard of its daughter's heartbreak and cursed the lion to be unsuccessful in its hunts. So he could never catch prey. He was starving, wandering the lands and feelings his strength leaving him bit by bit every day. Eventually he saw a pride of lions hunt and he watched them with envy, only to be surprised to see a pair of hyena successfully drive the lions away." She pointed towards the grouping that was supposedly the pair of laughing hyena that she had trouble seeing. "Eventually, the lion's hunger got the best of his pride and he begged the hyena to allow him to scavenge with them, leading to the unusual partnership of the two hyena and a lion living in harmony," she finished, moving lastly to a star pattern of three particularly bright spots side by side.

Qi looked to him with a smile. "And… that's it. I'm sorry you're having trouble enjoying the peace. What sort of troubling thoughts could you be having that are ruining a beautiful night like this?"  

[oo Ded]

Her smile grew toothy at his response to her story. The only thing better than collecting and telling stories was when she got a good reaction from them. "Oh, it was told to me by a group of leopards my family came across one day. It was a trade. We'd share our meal in return for a good story." A warm sight left her chest and she dreamily reminisced on her past. "We collected bits and pieves, that way. Other members of my family made trinkets and traded them. Stories or trinkets or food for whatever stories or trinkets other people had." She nodded thoughtfully. There wasn't a bit variety of stories in her life now, but there sure was a richness of history with the pride.

"Ooooh," she hummed in response to his words. "I've heard of those like that! Some that can see the future, or the past, or things really far away." She squinted at him and leaned in, as his something about his appearance would give more information about his ability. "It sounds so interesting. What sorts of things do you see? Not bad things, I hope. Though if you're bothered by them…" her voice trailed off as she realized she was rambling. "Ah… sorry. About that. And sorry that it bothers you."  

[oo Ded]

"Well that sounds like a fair trade if I've ever heard one, Elemmire. You've got yourself a deal." She game himself a toothy smile, her tail swishing back and forth behind her. "I haven't had a chance yet to tell a lot of my stories. And let me tell you, they're just itching to get out."

She looked around then. "And I would be happy to take a little stroll. I hear there's a nice spot over that way. Nice view. Peaceful" She pointed out towards the north side of the crater. "It's a pleasure to meet you, El. I'm Qimmatli. You can just call me Qi, though." Qi nodded, looking him over and committing his name to memory. "Elemmire. El. Y'know, that name sounds kinda familiar. Like one from this one story I heard…"