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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:30 am
Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Right.
Alright.... he was fairly ready to admit that his mind was slowly leaving him thanks to boredom.
Left. Right.
After all... When it becomes mildly amusing to watch a Zebra's tail swing back and forth...
Left. Right.
Then you know you're having a serious problem.
Cit let out a sigh as he slumped down further against the rock he was perched upon, legs sliding out over the sides to hand down. It was a very lazy, sloth-ish pose, and he could already feel his eyes drooping shut.
He could have just given in, and followed Nissa to her home, instead of waiting for her to return. But he really wasn't too keen on the idea of going into some unknown pride's territory. That was a dangerous thing to do.
It had taken a good bit of work, but he and Nissa had slowly strengthened their friendship while making their new items. And he felt it grow even stronger as he traveled back with her to her home.
She was so... different... from other girls he came across. She was wild, and refreshing... Another free spirit, much like himself.
So, without much thought to it, he had followed along with her, away from the place he had raised himself. He had questioned, a few times, weither it was a good idea to go, or not. But in the end, he honestly wanted to stay near to his new friend. Wherever she went, he would be happy to follow her.
Or wait around for hours waiting for her to return.
Left. Right.
His eyes shut fully as he drifted into a light doze in the warm, comfortable sun.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:17 am
She wasn't going back. Not ever. She didn't care about them anymore, not after what had happened. Her brothers and sisters could scarper too for all Nissa cared. The only family she could trust was Phusa, no one else.
She'd always known her mother was up to something, but to think of what she had done because of love for a male...it was unthinkable, it was unbelievable! But it was also true and after the anger had started to fade Nissa began to feel the crushing pain of sadness press hard against her.
This girl wasn't one to cry, she always, always kept a brave face no matter what happened. But now, after seeing her father for the first time and learning how her mother had manipulated him and her own children...what child wouldn't be upset by this? And what made it all worse was that she couldn't seem to stop loving her mother, despite all this heartache.
That's why it hurt so much.
She paused to adjust her headdress and brushed a paw hard across her face, deciding desperately that it wasn't good to cry. What did it do other than make her look stupid? But when she held it in the pain only seemed to increase, swell so much that she thought it would bust her chest open. But for now she would ignore it. She just wanted to get away from the place she had called home.
Far away.
She paused, turned back to scan the horizon for Phu and wondered whether the girl would follow. Just in case, Nissa supposed she could hang around for a few days. But after then she was going to leave, never to return.
Mother wouldn't miss her anyway.
So she turned back and forced that anger back into her head to force out the sadness. And then, she continued across the lands, not specifically looking for anything or anyone.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:53 am
Dark ears twitched up at the sound of breaking grass, the owner of those ears still and silent as pale pink eyes peered about, alert for any enemies...
When had he fallen asleep..?
It took him a moment to lock onto the disturbance that had woke him, and a smirk tugged at his lips when he spotted Nissa wandering about, looking a bit out of it.
Quick, and silent, he slid from the rock, stalking through the grass after her. He couldn't help but be a bit worried, the closer he got, sensing none of her usual happiness and energy. Something was very wrong.
With her so unfocused, she would likely never see him coming. So he did the same thing he would have done if she was acting like her usual self. He pounced, rolling her smaller body easily down under his, and leaning down close to her face to get a good look at her.
There was no playful grin, or joking words as he stared down at his friend. Only a blank face, and a very worried look in those pink eyes.
" Nissa..? " He asked slowly after confirming she was very much not cheerful. He didn't have to say the rest. It was written all over his face. 'Are you okay...?'
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:55 am
Who cares about her anyway, she never cared about me. All she cares about is how many men she can have all to herself. She shook her head. Love ruined her. She shook her head again, harder, taking slight enjoyment in the way the feathers rattled gently about her ears. At least when she was done up like this she felt as if she could tackle the world head on.
And then suddenly something was hitting her and pinning her to the ground. But she didn’t cry out in fear. Her first instinct was to lash out, to snarl with hideous, ugly rage. How dare someone attack her when she was in this foul of a mood?
And she gripped her claws into the other’s pelt, the hiss of a curse on her lip. “b*****d, what are you…?” And then she trailed off, recognising those light-coloured eyes, that masked face, that familiar scent. She relaxed almost instantly, though relaxing only made the emotions more visible in her eyes.
And she looked into his eyes and saw the concern there, the worry lines on his brow. And inwardly she rejoiced at having found such a good friend in him. Cit was, after all, probably the only lion she would ever grow to respect so fully. He was smart, helped make awesome jewellery. They bounced off one another so well. Just seeing him there was a comfort.
“Sneak attack?” She tried to force away the grief and anger. “I suppose that’s what I get for letting my guard down.” And playfully she growled, kicking up at his stomach and moving to grip the loose skin around his neck with her teeth, a neck that was growing fuzzy as his mane slowly started to grow in. “Get that look off yer face. You look as if someone died.”
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:52 am
He let out a light grunt at the kick, tilting his head to grip her ear in the same way that she was gripping his neck. Slowly, he let his weight shift to the side until he hit the ground, laying beside her, rather than on top of her.
It was obvious she didn't want to talk about it, and he wasn't the type to push someone... Well, alright, he WAS the type, but... anyone but her.
She would tell him eventually, if she really wanted to. With that decided, he let go of her ear, giving a cocky smile. " Died? Har'ly. Th' only thing tha's died is m' faith in ya! " He said in a far too exaggerated tone. " Ta be taken down by such a' easy attack. Tsk. Tsk. "
No. He wouldn't push. Instead, he would try to make her forget about what ever was troubling her...
Grinning, he latched onto her ear again, strong front paws wrapping around her to roll them both through the grass, through they only went a few times for lack of momentum. He pouted a bit, leaning up to look around. " Where'sa hill when ya need one..? "
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:14 am
Damned right she didn’t want to talk about it. Or maybe she did, but she was afraid of what he would think. She didn’t know about his own family, but she knew her own circumstances were out of the ordinary. Besides, she had her mother’s genes. He might think badly of her too, might think that she’d grow to be like her.
A selfish attention seeking little floozy.
And Nissa knew she wasn’t a floozy. There was no way she’d ever submit herself to a male, especially not every male she happened across!
Okay, yes, maybe she was just a little bit of the attention seeking type, since she always craved getting her mother angry and seeing her reaction aimed at her.
And maybe she was selfish too, because she was just running off like this without saying anything, not even thinking that maybe her mother was truly sorry for screwing everything up.
Heh, maybe they were more alike than she first realised.
Her chest contorted. It felt as if a snake was wrapping itself around her heart and squeezing hard, squeezing the life from her.
And then Cit brought her back from these dismal thoughts. “Well, yah better have faith that I’m gonna be kickin’ yer arse the next time I see yah skulking around, alright?” She snorted. “’Sides, if it’d been some freakin’ rogue, I would death with him jes fine. I got claws yah know. Yer lucky I realised it was you before I started layin’ into yah.” It was all talk, but Nissa had always been this way.
And then he was latching onto her ear again and pulling her close and started rolling. Yes, without a hill to roll down it was a lame kind of roll, but it managed to bring a smile to her face. She shifted herself so that she was draped leisurely across him, then leaned forwards to give him a cuff across the ear. “Yah ain’t gonna get very far like that.” Then she gave a shrug. “Why’d yah ever need a hill? Stupid things only get in the way. Besides, if yah go rollin’ down one yah’ll probably knock yerself out and yah’ll lose all yer smarts. Then yah won’t be no use to me, right?”
She snorted. “Were yah headin’ anywhere special jus now? I’ll come with yah if yah like.”
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:16 pm
He let out a soft chuckle, eyes still holding a bit of worry as he rolled over to get up to his paws. " Che! 'm sure ya'd still find some use fer me. " He gave her a cocky grin, before he began walking, leading her away from her land.
He didn't really know where he was headed. Nor did he really care as long as she kept up. He didn't know what had happened. And he just wasn't the type that would ever ask someone what was wrong. Especially not a girl! All he knew, was that something here had hurt her, and he wanted to lead her away from it quickly.
" Think I been in this area b'fore.. " He said as he glanced around, grinning when he did indeed recognize a few things. " Up ahead'a us is this big waterhole... Beat ya there! " He shot at her over his should, having already taken off in a head start which would no doubt piss off the other female, and cause her to chase him, even if she had second thoughts of sticking around her old home.
Sometimes, you couldn't always tell, but he was a smart one. He knew how to analyze. He knew how to manipulate. He knew how to put these things together to hurt someone. Or, in Nissa's case, help them. All they had to do, was get away from her old land. She may hesitate, and hurt for a bit, even if she wouldn't admit it out loud. He would watch for it. And he would make her forget.
As long as he got his happy, confidant Nissa back in the end, it was fine.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:44 pm
She threw herself after him and put everything she had into giving chase, not wanting to fall behind. She knew that she could rely on Cit. He wasn't like the others, he was her friend, her dependable friend and she knew he'd understand. But she'd tell him when she was good and ready. Because, deep down, she was ashamed of her family and she was afraid of telling him in case it made him look at her differently.
The daughter of a whore.
She forced the thoughts away, determined that they wouldn't ruin this moment and plunged after him. The scent of water was suddenly heavy in her nostrils and as she crested and incline she saw it. Some other prey-beasts were drinking there, but as they looked up and saw the lions, they took off.
She threw back her head and roared all her frustrations away.
"If you think it's gonna be easy beatin' me, yer sadly mistaken!" She called, putting on an extra burst of speed.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:08 pm
The male let out a wild laugh at her roar, not attempt to try to slow, or let her win, just running with everything he had. Watching the little potential prey scatter he let out a powerful roar of his own to join hers, this one more of a precaution.
Anything weak her heard her call would have scattered. But with his call going out, only the most idiotic of lions or predators would dare come to take a peek, mingle, or hurt her.
As they entered the final stretch before the watering hole, he didn't slow his pace any, running full blast to leap at the edge of it, happily letting his large form splash down into the deep, slightly murky waters, enjoying the cool rush around him.
While most of their kind shied away from the waters, he was always quick to just dive in. They didn't know what they were missing out on.
Kicking out, he slowly rose back above the surface, panting from the run as he moved for the shore, rose colored eyes seeking out where Nissa ended up.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:16 pm
Water? No thank you! She pulled herself short of falling in and waited, balanced on the edge, as she waited for her friend to emerge from the water. She was a typical cat in that she wasn't fond of getting wet. Certainly not like this, anyway. She was warm and dry and did not want to be water-logged and heavy.
As he surfaced, she laughed at him, breathing hard from the short run and clearly trying to see if she had followed. She caught his gaze and a twinkle emerged in her amused eyes. "If you think I'm about to go jumping in there, you are sadly mistaken, my friend." She bounced away from the bank in case he tried to splash her.
"Having fun there, hippo-lion?" She teased. "Are you sure you're not a hippo in disguise?" Again she laughed, feeling the anger disipate. Oh, it was good to have friends!
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