(SoA) Bonelands Pride RP Contest -OVER results pg 4

Double, double, toil and trouble...

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[zephira738]

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Recently there was a contest for the Bonelands pride. Very recently. In fact, it just ended. I happened to be lucky enough to win a lovely pair of lionesses, but the catch was I had to give one away. And, since my friends already have lionesses in the pride, I thought I ought to ask about giving her away in another RP contest, since so many people entered the last one.

This contest is for a character that was already created as part of another contest! You are free to interpret her how you wish, however, one of the rules of that contest was that they be played as they were described for that contest. Therefore, she must remain 'in character' with the character created for that contest! It is not a character-designing contest, sorry to disappoint.

Start: February 1st (OPEN)
End: February 8th (5pm EST)
*Time is changed because I probably won't be on much after five and I'd hate to keep people waiting!

Directory
1. Introduction
2. Rules
3. Stuffs to Know
4. Prompt
5. Sample Story
6. Entries

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Rules

1. You must read through the pridal information! Sure you could probably get away without it, but brushing up on it would be a really good idea. She is meant to be a part of the Bonelands pride, and thus must stay there. Since she was born into the pride, then she really ought to know the rules and practices of the pride, now shouldn't she?

2. You may currently have a member in the Bonelands pride if you wish to enter. Newcomers are loved, but since this is about finding someone who works well with the character I'm not going to be that picky about this.

3. I cannot force you to RP her, but that is the whole point of this contest! These two are meant to be together, though they don't always get along, and I will be after you for lots of RP with them because of this!

4. Drama. Fun in a RP, not wanted in this thread.

5. To prove you read the rules, and looked at the pride, tell me somewhere in your post what a Busisa is.

6. Spelling and grammar count! You don't need to be perfect, I'm sure not, but I will be looking at this.

7. If you won a lioness from the event these two are from, then I'm sorry but you can't win again. This is still technically that same contest, I'm just extending it a bit with permission. I know the list of people who won, if you're uncertain you can ask me.

8. I reserve the right to add more rules as necessary, though I think this ought to be enough.

[zephira738]

Click the banner to go to the Bonelands Pride Interest Thread

A few things to know

-You need to do a 'joining' RP with a member already in the pride, so that your lioness can be certed on the pridal cert.

-All of these have been colored by Kaelyndra. You will need to post their certing information in her certing thread, which you can find here if you win.

-To start, please visit the interest thread above and read up on the pride! She was born into it, she grew up there, you really do need to know this stuff.

Overview of Events Up to This Moment (copied from the original contest thread for accuracy)
All of these females were born in the pride before the current five ruling males took over. They were seen over by two males: one who had a very light coat and one who had a very dark coat. As a result, a color-split resulted in the pride. Because of his dark coat, the leading male was able to pick mostly dark colored females to create his line leaving paler females for the light-colored male. Unfortunately for the dark colored male, the light-colored side had larger litters and light colored females became prolific.

There is animosity (on the dark colored side) for the lighter colored females, but only in the younger generations. The older females could care less about the color separation and are the main reason for the light and dark being able to intermingle in the pride.

The sub-groups
Keep in mind that other than the dark-light issue in this case, sub-groups treatments of one another are normally that of family. They are one pride, and they intermingle constantly in the group; they are not always divided all the time, in fact, it is more rare to see them separated than together.

There will be other subgroups than these two. At least one more, and maybe as many as two. These will be formed shortly after this contest is over, so please pay attention.

[zephira738]

The lioness in this short RP contest is the light furred girl, clicking on the image will bring you to a larger picture of her. These were colored by the ever-talented Kaelyndra, and were used in her original contest.

Name of Light Lioness: Simosihle

Name Meaning: Zulu name meaning ‘beautiful feeling’, Si was named for the way her playful antics used to make her mother smile, though the playfulness has rather turned to mischief now.

Brief History of Light Lioness: Born to her mother in the ‘light group’ and a passing rogue, she has always felt that it was ones own strength that determined value, not color or heritage. Sweet and often friendly, she was also more than a bit of a troublemaker whenever she was with a certain darker lioness. And they were friends, bold little Nikon and sweet little Si. Mostly. But as they grew, their friendship slowly turned into a kind of rivalry that runs deeper than either seem to have actually noticed. Who Si seeks to prove herself to, she doesn’t know. But she must not lose to Nikon!



Prompt 1

Childhood often has a mix of memories, the good, the bad, and the embarrassing. Since they've been competing for as long as anyone can remember, pick a cub-hood 'adventure' that the two might have had together and describe what it was. Did they get into trouble for mischief-making? Was it harmless fun? You may use Nikon for this prompt if you need to.

Prompt 2

Although the two of them both strive to be the best, and are often at odds with one another, never have they actually come to blows. Instead, Nikon and Si try to out-do each other in their odd little rivalry. Describe one of these little contests, what it was and who 'won' and how Si feels about all this. You may use Nikon for this prompt if you need to.

[zephira738]

Below is a sample interaction between the two if you wish to reference, the lioness you would be trying for is Si, the lighter lioness. Essentially, this is my entry for the previous contest, and since this is what they are expected to act like then this is a good example to glance at if you're short on ideas.

Story:
Rivals. They didn’t have to fight all the time, could easily work very well together. But in the end, when it all came down to it… there would only be one winner. Only one could stand out above the other. Day by day, the winner might change. But in the end, for there surely must be an end, there would be a victor.

Both were quite certain they knew which of them it would be. They simply did not agree. Never did the pair come to blows over this, though on a few occasions it seemed certain that they might! No, no blood shed by the claws of the other. But with the ‘anything you can do I can do better’ contest growing higher and higher in stakes, well. When they were cubs it had been simpler to find tasks. Jump all the way onto that rock. Catch that rabbit. Win this race.

But with most of the easier contests finished with, though there were a few that could certainly be revisited, it was growing more risky each time they tested one another. Risky indeed. The only time they seemed to work flawlessly together was in escaping trouble they’d talked each other into… that or when they were giving trouble to someone else. Most of the time though, risk was not a concern but merely another factor in their little…competition.

“I’ll bet a water buffalo would feed a lot of cubs.”

“Only if you got one of the big ones though. Like that one there.”

“The one with the nasty looking horns?”

“That’s the one. He’s the biggest in the group…or I think he is.”

A pair of lionesses crouched down in the grass in perfect sync, though there was no way the two had planned it. They liked to think themselves complete opposites, different in every way and surely so much better than the other. That they might actually be perfectly alike, that their similarities were what brought them to compete so, caused them to argue so frequently, impossible..

Smug dark Nikon had spoken first, taking the initiative to suggest their next competition in the most casual and teasing of ways. The pale silvery furred Si naturally responded by raising the stakes a bit. Adding a little more challenge, a little more risk. Because now that they could look after themselves, there always had to be a little risk involved. As if he knew they watched him, the massive preybeast tossed his head. Both lionesses tensed, and two pairs of ears perked forward with nervous excitement. It was one thing to go off on a hunt together and bring back a large catch. It was quite another to bring back not a weak or sickly or young creature, but a big, powerful, and potentially dangerous one.

So, naturally, that was what Nikon and Si were going to do. Their twisted kind of teamwork seemed to function oddly well at times, but strategy was never the plan. No, one did not drive prey towards the other to make the catch easier. They would both hunt, and both intend to make the killing strike. Whichever was the ‘better’ huntress would be the one to succeed, though they didn’t often show it off to everyone else. Not anymore, not since they were little more than cubs. Now the only person who had to know what the one had accomplished was the other, who had not.

“One...” Nikon said, eager to start their challenge.

“Two...” Si responded, picking up the pace as she edged them a little closer to commencement.

There was no ‘three’. There never was. As one, the pair stalked through the grasses, side by side neither giving acknowledgement to her competitor. Their struggle to out-do one another had honed both their skills, leaving them trapped forever as equals. But ‘equal’ was not ‘better’, and so ‘equally great’ would never do. As the herd seemed to sense their presence, both broke into a run. Nikon charged straight for the massive male they’d selected, while Si took her usual subtle side approach. Both were, of course, quite certain that their method was the better means of doing things. It was not because if Nikon’s charge failed the preybeast would run right into Si, nor was it because Si slipping up behind or beside their prey would prevent it from properly dodging Nikon’s attack. If that were so, it was merely coincidence. Nothing more, and precious little less.

Unfortunately, it seemed that this particular challenge had been riskier than they’d planned. Going after such a large and powerful choice had not been a good strategy, but Si had certainly not planned on her selection tossing the leaping Nikon several feet into a cloud of dust. Nor had the plan involved getting stepped on by the panicking herd. In mere minutes, their challenge had left them both bruised and unsuccessful, and exactly where everything had gone wrong was impossible to pin down precisely. It was probably all the fault of the other though. Definitely not theirs.

Nikon rose stiffly to her paws, limping painfully to where Si was just staggering to her feet. The two looked at each other, both panting slightly, both covered in dirt. And then, in perfect unison, both looked in the direction the entire herd had stampeded off in.

“I clawed his snout,” the dark furred lioness announced, sitting down a moment to lick a sore spot on her side.

“Right,” Si laughed scornfully, wriggling the toes on her left hind foot to make sure they all still moved, “I was far closer to actually catching him than you were.”

“Oh really?” Nikon scoffed, looking up from her bruised flank “When did that happen, exactly?”

“While he was giving you flying lessons,” the pale lioness teased, dropping down to stretch out pounded muscles.

“Well, I didn’t see it,” Nikon growled, shaking her head to see if that would make it stop pounding. It didn’t. In fact, everything spun for a moment once she’d stopped. But that wasn’t enough to keep her from shooting a dark look at her rival.

“Well, I didn’t see any blood on his nose,” Si sniped back, flopping to lie on her belly and licking her forepaw disdainfully.

“Catch up to that herd and you’ll see it!” But it was an empty sort of comeback. Neither of them quite felt like racing after their intended prey at the moment. Laying down and not moving again seemed more like a good idea. Or it would have been, had they not been out on a hunting trip. For a long moment they were silent, tending to various aches and pointedly ignoring the other. Then Si’s stomach growled. Nikon licked her lips.

“…I bet I could find another herd first.”

“You couldn’t find the ground if you fell on it.”

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Entrants

FallenThroughMidnight - pg 3
Shurri7 - pg 4
Retro Coffee - pg 4
Neon Fly - pg 4

[zephira738]

That should be everything then. This is open~

[First Lieutenant]

WHOOT!

I'm watching you guys..
-stare-

[zephira738]

-chews Lady-

I needs some 'joining' RP for Nikon, is your girl okayed to do that?

[First Lieutenant]

Naturally! ^^

[Ice Queen]

ahh poo, can't enter, but I want to claim rp with whoever wins! I won her gramma^_^

[Velveteen Angel]

-luffs on thread to nudge it up-

[First Lieutenant]

-noms thread's head off-

[zephira738]

So my computer is broken. Again. Gotta appreciate the timing on this. Contest will still run though, I can sneak on at school enough to do it I think. But I'll be a bit sparse.

-luffles everyone-

[Velveteen Angel]

Aw, sorry to hear that Zephy! D:
-decides to help keep the thread alive/bump it up-