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 Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:16 pm
Atia's children were getting the hang of the pride and the field to play quickly. Competing for mothers attention was still the on going game being played by Lucian and his siblings. Nothing ever seemed good enough for her. You could always do it better next time.
Needless to say, this was grating Lucians nerves. No matter what he did, it seemed Atia stuck her nose up at. He needed to come up with something and fast if he wanted the edge over his siblings.
Once he had talked to a leapon about the rogue lands. They hadn't gone into it much other then it being a place full of danger. Still, Lucian being the book worm that he was, wanted to know everything about it. Maybe his answer to Atia's love laid some where there. Maybe he could bring her back slaves and she would praise him.
Maybe...
The cub sat on the border looking out. The rogue lands were so big.....
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:00 pm
Sometime over the course of the day he'd become separated from his sisters. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, but for reasons he didn't understand they freaked out every single time. Best to try and find them. Only one problem. As usual he was lost.
What had they told him to do when he was lost? He sat down to think. What was it? A patch of grass to the side shuffled a bit and he turned toward it, ears perking up a bit. Oh well. If he couldn't remember it must not be all that important.
Getting up he continued on his way. Now, what had he been doing again?
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm
Something was shifting grass this way and that way off a little ways. Something blue and maned. Was it the Leapon? The cub got up and padded a little closer, still using his rock as a perch.
"Gladiator? " The cub cried out. "Gone on another adventure have you? You better tell me where you went and where you -"
The leopard cub stopped mid sentence. It was not the gladiator but some one else. Lion? Had to be, and not from around here. The leopard could tell from the scent. Who ever this stranger was, they weren't of the pride.
"Hault," The cub growled.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:23 pm
A grasshopper. Steken had found it only a few moments ago and now it was his. Or. It was going to be. Just as soon as he could catch it. The tiny thing wasn't making it any easier on him though. Every time he thought he would catch it the blasted thing would bounce away! How was it ever going to be his if he couldn't catch it?
He could hear a small voice shouting, "Gladiator?" But he ignored it. Probably someone looking for a friend. Gladiator. Heh. That was a good name. "I'm gonna name you Gladiator!" he growled at the bug. "Hold still!"
The grasshopper hopped away into the grass. He looked for a few moments but couldn't find it. Then he heard the small voice again.
"Halt!"
His ears perked up and he headed toward the voice.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:15 pm
The big blue mass did the exactly the opposite of what the little blue leopard had ordered. Didn't this lion know a high class citizen when he saw one? The tiny little ball of fluff crouched down and growled as deeply as something with such a small body could muster.
"Halt!" The leopard growled again at the stranger. It was the most adorably none threatening thing ever.
Okay, in the eyes of another cub his age, the growl and threat would have been something to back away from. In the eyes of an adult, it was adorably ineffective.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:21 pm
The giant blue and black stripped mass came bounding out of the grass right in front of the stranger. Another cub? Lucky! He lowered his front half, wiggling his rear in an attempt to get the stranger to play with him.
"Halt!" he barked. His voice would have been more effective then the cub's... if only he's managed to sound somewhat serious. "Halt! What does that mean? Is it a game? Wanna play a game?"
He leaped up onto all fours, bounding about in circles around the cub. "Huh? Huh? Lets play!"
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:30 pm
Lucian fell off from his rock and landed on his back. The lion was HUGE and very blue. The cub slowly gathered him self and pulled himself back onto his rock. Who the heck was this lion?
"You dare mock me," The cub's chest puffed a little out and his arrogant mask rested nicely on his features. Who was this outsider? "Halt means stop you bimbo."
The leopards tail twitched in annoyance. Yet another confusing lion. Maybe their whole species was wacked up and had been dropped on their heads far to many times. Lucian sneered at this big blue lion.
Still, no adult he'd met acted this way. This had to be some kind of mockery.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:35 pm
"Let it go!" Steken said, imitating his sister. That's right. Sometimes when Azshara was in a bad mood Mal would say, "She's mocking you, brother dear. Just let it go."
Halt means stop?
"OH!" his eyes lit up. "I know this game! HALT!"
He sat down and turned to stare at the cub. He could do this. He could win this game!
True, he'd never won against either Mal nor Azshara but this was different! This time he'd win for sure!
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:40 pm
The cub's brows raised. What the hell? The cub was now freaked out.
"You're a nut job!" The leopard hopped off his rock and started off to 'patrol' another part of the border. Yeah, he wasn't really supposed to be out here by him self. The leopard wasn't sure if he really wanted to go out in the rogue lands anymore though. Not with crazy huge blue lions who mocked him about.
So off he went, frowning, and swishing his tail. The cub tried his best to make sense of what he had just witnessed but he couldn't. That lion just was a fool and Lucian didn't have time to deal with fools. Not when he was so important.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:45 pm
Steken was confused, "Huh? You're not very good at halt, are you." He'd given up so easily! Maybe he was too big and scary. Steken grinned. He was a fierce lion!
He turned to follow the smaller cat.
"What's a 'nut job'? Is that what like monkeys do with those big nuts they have sometimes?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:48 pm
The cub cursed under his breath when the lion decided to follow him.
"No, a nut job is what you are. Now go back to your little nut job lands and leave me be." The cub's mask was cracking, bits of anger were showing under his thin arrogant mask.
But seriously. What was with this big blue lion. Never had he met such a feline in his short little life. Well, his dad was on the happy side but that was beside the point. He wasn't a moron.
The leopards tail swished.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:53 pm
"But I can't be a nut job!" he protested. "I'm not a nut!" It made perfect sense really. You had to be a nut to be a not job.
"Maybe I'm a lion job!" that made more sense. "Hey! What's your name little fella? Wanna play a game?" The very mention of a game put a spring in his step.
"Wanna play a game? We could play halt! You have to try harder this time though! You can't just walk away it's," he wrinkled his nose. "It's not fair!"
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:57 pm
The leopard squeezed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth. This lion just would not shut up and did not get the hint that such an important leopard had important places to be. Like napping in his favorite spot. Finally the leopard gave in.
"Fine. You're a lion job. Happy? " He growled, " You want to play a game. " The leopard did not want to play. Not right now, he wanted to do important things.
"Alright, fine. You go ALL THE WAY over there and try your best NOT to come over HERE." The cub pointed to where he was. " And you have to stay there or you'll loose."
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:05 pm
"Fine. You're a lion job. Happy?" the cub had such a cute growl!
He nodded franticly. He was most defiantly a lion job. He was a bit surprise that the cub had taken so long to realize how much sense it made! He seemed like a very sensible cub!
He managed to stay quiet the whole time the little cub was explaining the game to him. Hah! He could win this one easy!
He got down low, "Ready? Ready? ONE, TWO, THREE..."
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:25 pm
Lucian sat in his spot and just watched the lion. What an idiot, but he would make a perfect slave. Lucian mused over that thought for a moment. Did he really want to have this big goof of a lion as his slave?
All his playing , and talking, and playing and ... no. This leopard was not about to deal with a slave like that. So, he got up and started back for his den.
If Atia figured out that he had been out near the border she would have his hide. She'd have his hide if he returned back to the den with a bouncy blue lion slave too.
Yeah, no , for now it was better to leave the lion and go home. And thats what Lucian did.
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