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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:56 am
The male had been strangely optimistic and drawn to wandering, not very far mind you, probably a few meteres or so away from the den, but as soon as Afritti' had a moment to herself and their young one's were asleep, he insisted they went deeper into the forest.
Something had been tugging at the males mind recently and it was obvious by the blank, thoughtful look he now wore on his face from time to time.
This part of the jungle was incredibly dark and he walked carefully to make sure his mate could keep up and not hurt herself, ears perked atop his head for any danger as the whole environment seemed to throb and pulse with a life all it's own.
It was foreign to him, yet he showed no sign of nervousness, nore fear as his pale coat almost glowed against the little shafts of light that rarely shone through the trees to become dappled on the leaf littered floor.
It was only when he stopped to stare at his surroundings that it showed he didn't exactly know where he was going and then looked back at Afritti' curiously.
"Are you alright?" He asked, no tone, nor emotion to his voice as per usual.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:06 pm
She had worried at first about leaving their cubs in the den and it had taken Moses some time to make her wander further away from the cubs. It was a strange thing having youngones around. She wanted to protect them and it worried her to no end leaving them, even in the scentless safety of the den. Looking back through the darkness she searched for the light that would lead her back to her babes though she only did this when Moses was facing forwards, she didn't want him to think she was worrying, she was, after all supposed to be a strong lady afraid of nothing, careing for noone. Cubs changed everything.
Catching up to her pale mate her dark eyes glimmered reflectively, capturing the scant light which filtered through the trees from above, her lips pursed and she tugged roughly at his mane a smirk raising on her lips then. "Really do you have to ask?" She raised a brow and sat against him, the short stop allowing her to groom in her usual none challant fashion. She was trying to show Moses her old, cocky ways, she wasn't afraid of the dark after all but her motherly instincts kept pulling her back towards the babes which lay helpless in their temporary den.
"The cubs will need to be fed soon Moses." It was a blunt and snotty sounding phrase as usual, she was trying to resist making her words sound like she acctually wanted to go back to their children.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:05 pm
In the darkness of the jungle, a voice rose. The cadence was sing-song, between full out singing and plain words, lilting up among the leaves and rolling along the undergrowth.
It was a bit too far away to make out the words, but it was an eerie sort of sound... beckoning and raising the fur over the hackles.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:17 pm
Moses looked at Afritti' and his ears flattened back slightly before he cocked his head at her words.
He then moved slightly towards her and licked over her muzzle so to comfort her.
"The cubs will be fine, Afritti', besides you've fed them enough to last a few ho-" His words however were cut of as he turned his head towards the sound, ears perking atop his head before he narrowed his bright red orbs.
That sound...what was that sound?
The male sniffed the air weakly hoping to catch a scent before he moved in the direction of the singing, moving quickly, but not so quick as to lose his mate.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:25 pm
Afritti sighed as he started to speak, but that eerie sound jolted her from her worries about the cubs and sent her flying after Moses. She quickly caught up to him, pressing her dark shoulder against his light. "Moses, Moses whatw as that?" She whispers, any attempt at keeping a shake out of her voice logn gone. The dark she could deal with, soemthing weird in the dark she couldn't.
Swallowing hard she swallowed her fear and lowered her head. She had to be strong. Moses would never let anything happen to her after all and it was only a stupid noise int he stupid dark.
"Sounds like someones singing, they are kind of off key arn't they?" she sniffed, palming off the sound now and regaining her haughty air.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:45 pm
The singing was getting closer, the words getting more distinct. The pace was still erratic, the tone wavering high and low again, threading like mist through the tangled jungle.
The woner of the voice was a phantom among the trees, her white and red pelt flashing through the breaks. The pair had one up on her, as she'd yet to realize she wasn't the only lion in this part of the jungle today. Her voice grew in power, rising into a shriek before falling back.
"All the pretty birdies... singing in the trees... darkness covers so sweetly, all that rest beneith. Grubs in the leaf mold, worms in the ground... all will feed today, when the sun goes down..." A bright giggle of laughter floated free as Shaitani moved between two trees, shining bright in the darkness and deadly beautiful.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:00 pm
Moses followed the voice, ears pinned forward before he skidded to a halt as he saw the pale female and his ears drew flat against his large mane while watching her carefully.
There was suddenly a very protective urge going through him.
He took a stance infront of his mate before warily moving closer to this female, ears still pinned back.
"Who goes there?" He called out loudly, his rumbling voice reverbriating against the trees as if it were a cavern.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:05 pm
Afritti caught the scent of the lioness before she even saw the ghost like figure. She told herself silently that ghosts diodn't smell, so it couldn't possibly be a ghost.
She smiled inwardly as Moses stood infront of her, protecting her from the creature in the trees. She moved forwards slightly her shoulder pressing against his back leg. She clung to him, hopeing that what ever this beast was up to it did not mean them any harm, though she had little doubt that Moses could not protect her. He was large enought o look after her and himself. She was quite proud of him at that moment,. still protecting her after all this time together. She remembered the vulture quietly and smiled. He had always protected her.
"It smells like a lion." She whispers from his flanks, a brow raising. "Tell her to stop singing, she's very off key." She quips, hiding the fear she felt in this darkness with her usual sharp, sarcastic tone.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:16 pm
The voices that called out to her pulled the female up and she froze in her tracks. Red eyes wide, she panned her surroundings, looking for the source. It wasn't anyone she knew... or could remember, at least.
"Who's there...?" She sang out as she turned, her attention suddenly caught by a scurying form high up in her a tree. "OH! YOU!" She screeched as she lept at the tree, terrifying the squirell up in the branches. Her thin form clung to the thick truck, claws sunk deep into it as she hissed and spat.
"MONSTER! DEVIL! THIEF!" She yowled, her tail lashing excitedly. "You stole my pretty from me! You've killed me!" She seemed to not notice the new lions just a stone's throw away, probably staring at her in disbelief. She was too intent on her supposed assailant, shrieking curses and epithets. She probably didn't even remember what had been stolen from her, if anything even had...
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:25 am
Moses blinked and he simply watched the female going after the squirrel with a look of muted curiousity, before he glanced at Afritti and moved towards the tree where the female was.
This male watched the pale form closely before he roared slightly at her.
"Strange lioness! Name yourself!" He roared slightly as he stood there a bit away from the tree, paws scraping at the ground and making sure this female didn't do anything that would put his mate in danger.
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:32 am
It made Afritti smile to see Moses being so, well brutal. Sure she had seen him kill things before, mostly prey beasts, but to watch him challange another with the blatently obvious fact that he was protecting her made her shiver and glee quietly. She couldn't help but think how handsome he was throwing his weight around like that.
Clearing her throat she let these thoughts melt away from her as she watched the demented lioness try and scrabble after the squirrel. "You think she's nuts? I htink she's nuts, really why did we run all the way out here for this?" She raised a brow her tail flickering back and forth in a agitated manner. When all else failed for her, sarcasm and snippishness came in handy, at least for her.
This seemed like a rather fruitless endeavour to her. They'd zoomed all this way to see a scatty lioness screeching at a squirrel?
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:13 pm
The roar from meer feet away drew Shaitani's attention, and as was usual, once her attention left something, she forgot about it completely.
Eyes like fresh spilled blood blinked curiously at what seemed to be a big white lion with a black mane. For a moment, the normally agitated lioness was completely still, even her breath stopped as she watched the new commer. It took a lot to capture her so completely, but never in her life had she seen a lion so... beautiful.
Ripping her claws easily from the bark, she dropped to all fours in an easy motion. Stretching first one leg, then the next and so on, she never took her eyes from Moses, ignorning Afritti completely. It was doubtful that she even knew the other was there.
"Why, my lord..." She purred as she slunk closer to him, step by step, her path weaving over the leaf litter and through the formless shadows. "Don't you remember me? I am Shaitani, your... most loyal servant." Her voice had taken on a silky tone, and though she was at her most coherent now, there was still that dangerous note. "I've been searching for you everywhere! I've been at such a loss thise last weeks... left all alone..."
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:18 pm
The males expression didn't hinder nor falter as he watched this female, yet he took a defensive stance in the path of his mate while keeping a close eye on the other.
Him? A lord? Needless to say he was suprised and he backed up a little more as she slunk towards him.
"I am no Lord, Shatani...nor have I known of you up until these last few seconds." He said so matter of factly, his voice was silky as ever as he spoke so suavely.
He wasn't being flirtatious, he'd simply grown with the emotionless, yet confident tone all his life.
And yet all he could do was watch this female while keeping an eye on Afritti also.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:35 am
Afritti'dogo's tail lashed angrilly as the deep red female spoke. She had been waiting for Moses? Violet eyes flared and she let a hiss roll over her lips. She knew deep down that Moses could not possibly have met this other female before, despite what she said but a small ball of jealousy formed in the pit of her stomach. Had Moses on his daily huntings found another female? Had her worst fears come to reality? No. She had never smelt anyone but herself upon Moses. She knew she was simply being suspicious. Licking her pale lips she moved to the dark maned males side her nose just behind his shoulder blade.
"You don't know what you are talking about Moses has been at my side for weeks, get on with you, you crazy woman." She snapped, her tone of voice high and aggitated, clearly she was trying to gain back her usual high and mighty presence after being frightened by something as foolish as a crazy lioness singing. Looking down her dark nose at ther larger lioness her ears folded back against her head. "Was that you singing?" She snipped her voice at last regaining it's usual confident tone.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:03 pm
Shaitani blinked as her head flew up, white ears pressed back to her skull. One could almost see the thoughts struggling to move through her mind, like turtles through mud. Then a frown crossed her face and her glazed eyes seized on the pair, comprehension crossing her lovely features.
"You are not Drakul..." She murmured, sounding lost. "M-my... my king... he is gone from me..." Her head turned as she began to search the shadows, swaying from one forepaw to the other. A soft keen came into her voice, sounding under her breath. "The dark one has gone... yes... gone, these many nights, many passings of the darkness... Long as Shaitani waited for her king to come to her, to taste the fire of his blood, and long as she spent the love of the night alone..."
Her voice began to rasp as she spoke on, growing harsher and more gravely. Her head dropped, and in a bat of her lashes, her eyes had changed. Now a far different creature stared at the pair, and there was death in that gaze. Suddenly, the slight, whisp thin body was taut with muscle rolling under the soft fur, a flicker of ivory claws seen. When next she spoke, longer than normal fangs peeked between her lips.
"Trespassers... renegades... scum!" She hissed. "Beware, you, of the darkness. Darkness is where the Children live... and where they hunt. Hunt for creatures like you to draw from, to drink the river of life." Sharp little laugh slipped from her as she shifted into an almost crouch, slowly circling around the pair. The words seemed not to reach her, till she spoke again. "Singing? Yesssss.... I was singing the lay, the song of your death, the song of the Coven. The Coven you see in me, and should you live to travel on, in others as well."
Every motion was grace, ever shift of weight and lift of paw speaking of the death and pleasure she dealt in equal measure. Shaitani's moods were as many as the leaves on the trees around them, and it just happened to be their bad luck that they had drawn the one that was most dangerous to them right now. At least, till some part of her mind perceived and end to the threat they posed, and she was distracted enough to forget them.
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