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 Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:57 pm
The teal leopardess had found herself much more irritable than usual lately. Perhaps it was because she constantly was exhausted and hungry. But more than likely it was the parasites that insisted on following her, talking her ears off, and eating her food. Admittedly, they weren't totally disgusting... even a little cute at times... but Celile was not about to verbalize that.
Baji just didn't know when to shut up. On several occasions Celile had to resist the temptation to knock the voice right out of his skull... Once in a while, however, the temptation was too strong. Yet still, he never listened. Celile didn't know how much longer he'd be willing to keep the brat around. He didn't have any potential as an adult... Celile wouldn't give him a second thought if he managed to become a hyena's dinner. Maybe it would even save her some shame from admitting that he was her spawn.
On the complete opposite of the loudness scale, there was Ume. The one that inherited her own coat color. She admired him for his silence, but that was the only quality she could appreciate. Most of the time the cub just slipped away, hidden and unnoticed like a coward. But then... maybe that was something he could grow out of with a little "tough love".
The pink one made Celile sick to look at. It was hard to imagine he was a boy with such a feminine colored coat. He was quite the defiant little twerp as well, constantly speaking out and scolding her whenever Celile was offering her daily dose of "tough love". How dare he speak against his mother! The leopardess didn't think much of him for it.
And then there was Caitan. The one that looked so much like Linje... except this boy was intelligent and fierce. He was no doubt the favorite. Celile never tried to make it obvious, but if the fair portion of meals and gentle tones from mother's voice weren't clues enough, then what would be?
Celile hobbled along the grassy earth, tilting her head skywards to determine the time of day. It was getting hot, and Celile decided to plop herself in the shade of a thin tree to cool off... just for a few hours. Then they would need to continue their endless journey when it cooled off. The leopardess paid no attention to the cubs as she closed her eyes, hoping they would realize this was the time for her to recuperate... and they shouldn't disturb her.... 'Cause she just might spew something nasty if they did.
Poikilo brought up the rear of his small family. He felt it was his responsibility to make sure no one wandered too far, since mom never really seemed to care. Ume had the majority of his attention, despite Baji's constant rambling. Poi would just nod and grin lazily in response to Baji's exaggerated tales... and it seemed to be effective for the most part.
Poikilo was relieved when Celile plopped beneath the tree. Finally he could spend some appropriate time playing with his brothers in the way they were meant to... tackling, stumbling and fighting! A mischievous grin spread across his face as he targeted his first victim. He kept his bluish eyes locked on the feline's tail as he crouched and leaped in one fluid motion. In an instant, the pink cub was hovering over Baji's pale form. "GOTCHA!"
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:05 pm
Oh joy. Another stroll out with the family. As usual, mom was bitchy, Ume was silent, Poi was an excellent listener (as far as he knew) an Caitan was....Caitan. "So aaannnnyyyhhoooowwww. It was DIS BIG FER SERS. And it just flew at my face and I was like POW POW POW POW!" he said with his jabbing paws as he hopped along a few moments on his hind toes. "And then I was like dis....and dis...and DIS AND DIS!" he shouted, his horrid baby speech very apparent. All the scolding from his mom to learn words properly only made him not want to learn them properly. His tail flicked and scuffed the ground as he came flouncing back on all fours. "And I hit it and it went falumbling all over the ground, and it was stuck wigglin its lil feets in the air like..." he paused to demonstrate before flipping back on his own paws. "So... I FLICKED IT. Yup. And thats how it happened." he finished his story only to turn around to see a pink form flying at his face.
He hadn't even noticed Celile had stopped and Poi was beginning to pounce on him till it was too late. Baji was flat on the floor and the weight of his brother was pinned at his shoulders. He let out a growl. "Hey!" he snorted, but quickly burst into laughter and began to kick, paw and n** at any part of Poi he could reach. He began to try and roll out from under his brother, and after a lot of squirming, he managed to do so. His white and pale pink/blue fur was ruffled to no end and he stood huffing and puffing. "You think dats funny bro? Well now its MY TURN!" he shouted as he charged at any of his brothers he could reach first.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:30 am
Caitan had been walking directly behind the feline that he had the unfortunate luck to be born to. His pale eyes watching her like any predator did its prey. The cub noted the way she moved, how many breaths she took before it hitched when she stepped on her bad leg, which side was weakest when she had her weight on it. All of these things his young mind filed away, to be contemplated later when he had time to properly assess the information and understand how best to use it.
When she flopped down under the tree, Caitan walked up to her shoulder, his expression unchanging, but his tone was polite enough, " Do you need anything mother?" He knew full well she wanted to be left alone, but in order to have her begin to rely on him, to need him, he needed to plant the seed now.
As he waited patiently for her answer, his ears flicked back toward the ruckus of his brothers playing, the tip of his tail twitching.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:52 am
 Umemuiva had brought up the rear... or at least nearly. If it hadn't have been for Poi keeping pace behind him, occasionally reaching out to bat at his feet to make him step it up or coming up to trot along beside him to give him silent encouragement then he would have been left behind forever ago. Baji and Caitan, even Poi himself, were all pretty good at keeping up with mother's pace whereas Ume just... couldn't.
As it was, as soon as mother lay down beneath the tree and Ume had caught up he'd promptly collapsed beneath the shade as well. The cub lay sprawled out, panting for breath. He could hear Baji going on about something, a little smile curving the gentle cubs expression. He liked hearing his brother talk - it was like Baji was making up for all of Ume's silence.
Movement came from out the corner of his eye and he watched as Cait approached mother, trepidation gripping his heart. The quiet cub sat up, opening his mouth to call out to his sibling when suddenly from behind--"-MY TURN!"Ume's ears swiveled back as he heard Baji shout behind him. He turned to look over his shoulder in time to see the shadow of his brother cast over him, his eyes widening and his jaw dropping in an expression of dismay. The only sound that escaped him as his brother pounced and rolled him over a few times was a distressed, "WEH!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:53 pm
Celile flicked her blue tail lazily as she rested her head against her paws. The cubs had already begun their nonsense. Celile rolled her eyes despite the pleased smile creeping up on the corners of her mouth. They may not be the most perfect bunch of cubs, but they were better than anyone elses... because they were her boys. Celile had only teased herself with this thought until Caitan appeared with his deceptive selflessness.
Celile grinned, lifting her head and tucking a paw around the little cub to bring him close. "No, my dear. Ahm jus' fine. But yeh need a bath." The leopardess swiped her tongue across the child's forehead, cleaning away the dirt and grime that gathered on his white fur. Yet again, the scene reminded Celile of Linje. She wondered what the cub would accomplish for her when he was an adult... Her ears flickered in agitation as Baji's cringe-worthy voice sounded, but she did her best to ignore it. She was trying to enjoy herself!
Poikilo smirked as he skillfully stepped aside to let Baji preform his rather loud and not-at-all stealthy attack on Ume. He monitored them for a moment, wondering if he should join in the fun and dominate the both of them at the same time. He chuckled at the thought, but then Caitan managed to snag his attention. A weird twist of jealously and confusion laced his thoughts as he watched his mom groom his brother. How did Caitan snag that kind of affection when he couldn't even manage a grin out of her most of the time? Poi frowned, but he quickly ushered it from his mind in an attempt to be happy for the boy.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:42 pm
Not who Baji was intending to tackle, but Ume worked perfectly. He liked Ume because he was so quite and never interrupted his stories. "Gotcha! You were soooooooo UNAWARZES!" he shouted loud enough for his darling mother to hear. "And then I was like RAWRAWRAWR!" he explained while chomping on Ume's ears...not hard, but not gentle either. "And you went WEH!" he immitated in a silly manner with a silly grin. "But I was like RAAAAAAAAARHHHHHHHHHGLKASGNLAKGPFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSST." he said with a his and a growl as he play-kicked at Ume's side and tumbled the too over and over and over for a bit, rolling over Celile's legs just to be a little s**t.
When he finally stopped tumbling over Ume, he tore himself free and shook his body vigorously. His fur stood out at all angles, making him look like a giant puff ball. His two toned eyes looked closely at Caitan, the only normal eyed brother. They then narrowed and a devious smirk played over his lips as he cast a 'watch this' glance over at Poi and Ume. "So...Mother, Brother." he began and wedged his way in between Caitan and Celile to receive the lick she was in mid motion of giving. "Yesterday, when I was esploratating. I saw this creature, and it was SO HIDEROUFUS. And it was all eeewy and like crippled and like.... OH WAIT THAT WAS YOU MOM. Haaaa. Love you." he grinned cheekily. He knew he was about to get smacked, but thats ok. Long as his mother got pissed, a whipping was just fine. Hell, he might even pretend to enjoy it. Beg for more. Anything to get a rise out of her.
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:58 pm
Caitan did his best not to lay back his ears as he was grabbed by his 'mother', and even managed not to take a chunk out of her tongue as it rasped over him. Choking back the growl he wanted to give voice to, he changed it into a close facsimile of a purr, gritting his teeth the entire time, his pale eyes less then amused at the grooming.
However, at the childish voice of his brother's never ending verbal tirade, his ears did lay back, and his eyes rolled. One of these days he was going to rid Baji of that wagging tongue of his. Maybe he would arrange for his sibling to get stung by something poisonous, let the appendage rot, or maybe he would be merciful and just bite the damn thing off himself.
As he got pushed aside by Baji, Caitan did voice a low, warning growl, his lip pulling back from his baby teeth, his pale eyes narrowing. The only thing that saved his obnoxious brother from getting a face full of claws was that Baji had freed him from Celile's 'motherly' attentions.
Looking back over his shoulder, he hissed, " Watch your tongue Baji, before I remove it for you." Not that he didn't agree with his brother, but he did have to keep up his facade about caring for the female who gave him birth if he wanted his revenge.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:52 pm
Ume gave a snort and another grunt as he was tumbled and play-bit and kicked. A tiny smile lifted the corners of his mouth for a moment as he returned the play, managing to get in a good cuff to his brother before Baji rolled away. His head was turning from the tumble he'd been given but it had been fun - he was about to voice something along these lines when Baji's louder voice drowned out his.
And then Caitan was mad.
Ume stood back from the rest of his family and watched with an expression of dismay as Caitan threatened Baji. Mother was going to get irritatedand Baji was doing that thing that he just couldn't understand where he was seemed to be asking for it. He gave a tiny breath of relief as Cait stalked away. At least THAT argument was avoided, or mostly because there was still that horrible threat about the tongue. Ume, ears curled back and with tail and head low, nudged closer to the family unit ending up close to his mother's side where Baji lay between her paws.
If only he could have as strong of a presence of... ANY one of his brothers. He tried to catch his mother's attention, anyway, to spare Baji the smack that was surely coming. "U-Uhm. Uhm. Mama, I. Uhm. I saw..." He stumbled on, his voice getting quieter and quieter as soon as any attention was focused on him. "...saw........mh...w....rh....water hole...near... I'm thirsty..."
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:47 pm
The leopardess jerked her head away from the loud-mouthed brat who had squirmed its' way into her arms. He even almost managed to steal a lick, and Celile snarled, muscles tensing as she displayed her displeasure in every way possible. A teal paw prepared for a strike, but it barely made an inch off the earth as Celile made the mistake of listening to the child's stinging words. The sweet topper of "love you" only made the theoretical gash deeper as the leopardess never bothered to distinguish whether it was sarcasm or not.
Celile's brows sunk over her wicked eyes as her lips curled back to reveal her fangs. The paw lifted further as the others' claws extended and pierced the cub's tail to minimize the chances of him dodging her blow. Ume's attempt to distract her went completely unnoticed because Celile was overcome with rage. The paw came down swiftly like a bolt of lightening across the savanna sky. She spared him her claws. This time. If the boy didn't learn to keep his voice down soon, she'd have the pleasure of dropping him in a deep pool somewhere.
The young pink leopard could only watch as he predicted each scene before it even began. Did Baji never learn? Each strike from mom got worse every time he pulled a stunt like that. Didn't he realize he could end up with more than a little brain damage? In a way he deserved it... he was asking for it, after all. But then again Poikilo was hard wired to not let anything happen to his brothers. Even if it meant risking his own safety.
"Stop!" Poikilo screamed with a voice that could rival Baji's just as his brother spewed that unnecessary insult. He dashed forward on inexperienced paws, kicking up dirt in his path, completely unsure about what to do when he reached his target. Maybe a tackle to mother's gut would suffice! But the charge and effort went in vain as Celile just happened to stand up out of his reach when he came close enough. The cub took a stumble over a protruding root, landing in a tangle of pink fur and limbs in the tall grass.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:06 pm
Baji knew it was coming. He had asked for it. Oh had he asked for it. But the pain and anger in his mothers eyes was totally worth it. Aaah the bliss. The torment he caused her was enough to make up for the fact that she absolutely sucked as a mother.
Of course he had little time to delight in his joys before he went tumbling away across the dirt, rolling around and landing in a heap of smoke and dust. He even managed to snicker a bit after he stopped, his nose deep in the earth, his rear high in the sky, his tail draped over his head. He even had a come back for Caitan too. "You can try, but I'll just keep...." he paused to cough and spit up a few pebbles. He then glanced cross eyed at them and licked his lip, several tendrils of spit dribbling off them. "....keeeep on talkin!" he finished in a huff.
He wasn't going to move yet. It hurt. He wasn't going to lie. His entire body ached. And as he sat whimpering soft ows and oohs to himself, he slowly let his body relax. Each time Celile would do that, it was harder and fiercer. But little by little, unknown to him, he was also growing used to it. Used to the pain. He opened his mismatched eyes, and out of the corner, he saw Poi, laying in a heap a few feet next to him, and just a bit off to the front. "Ohy, what..." he paused to hack again, followed by a tiny whimper and a deep breath. "....got you?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:12 pm
Caitan was half turned, ready to just as he said he was going to do and find a way to keep his annoying sibling silent for just a few moments before he ended up having to preform a mercy killing for his and Poi's sanity.
While he had been prepared to tackle his brother, knock his teeth out, maybe even tie his muzzle shut, what his mother did made his pale eyes light with an ugly, cold fury. She was over four times bigger then they, he gave a low, growl. He'd wait...he'd grow, she'd be lame forever...he'd wait.
Then he saw Poi, and his growl went form being held in to being let out. He bared his teeth, and the fur raised on the back of his neck as he looked at their 'mother', his voice far to controlled, " Really mother, you are a master at this. You managed two of the idiots at one time. Impressive."
He stalked over to Poi, and made as if to sniff him, shouldering him aside when what he really did was lift him carefully, taking his weight should his paw be hurt. " Are you badly hurt Poi?" he whispered softly, looking him over, concern in his pale eyes.
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:33 pm
Celile eyed Baji with heavy disdain glittering in her eyes. The strike had relieved a lot of anger in her paws. It felt good to let it go, once in a while. At least Baji was good for something. Celile's green eyes softened as she looked at Caitan when he spoke. "Yeh, looks like it, eh?" She glanced at the lump of pink fur and rolled her eyes. What a worthless bunch of children.
With a yawn and the flick of her tail, Celile slowly wondered onward. It was a short rest, but that was all they needed. Now it was time to move on... traveling like she always had. Regardless of her cubs's condition. But first... to make a quick stop at the watering hole. "Come'n, Caitan.. Let's 'ave a drink."
Poikilo mumbled a groan from his throat as he untangled himself and leaned against Caitan. "No, I'm fine. Just a little clumsy is all." Poikilo gave Caitan a thankful lick to the head as he ignored the overwhelming pain in his ankle. How could he possibly be concerned about his own injuries when he just witnessed his brother get hit? Poikilo walked over to his much louder brother, despite the surging pain he experienced with each step.
"Baji... are you okay?" He asked, nosing him with concern in his eyes. "When are you ever going to learn? You're a freaking idiot, you know that?" Frustrated and upset, Poikilo looked over his brother's pale fur to check for any serious wounds their mother may have left.
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:36 pm
Baji let out a half a** smile. "Yep. Thats me. Baji the idiot." he grinned, a few more bits of dirt dribbling from his mouth as he shook his head. That was a mistake. Things began to spin. "Woah man sit still Poiii. You move laik to fast." he chuckled...somewhat...sorta. His nose scrunched up and his ears flattened against his head as he eyed his pink brother. "Your hurt. S'not cool." he said as he pushed himself to shaky paws and hissed at Caitian and the fleeting figure of his mother. "She wasn't supposed to hurt you. Jus' me." he frowned, now upset with himself. He would have walked away banged up, beaten, bleeding and proud if it wasn't for the fact that Poi got hurt too. Instead his ears and tail drooped. He felt defeated. The one person in his family he cared most about because he put up with his stupid mouth. Not cool at all. "I'm Sorry Poi..... you weren't supposed to get hurt." he said lowering his head so far to the ground he almost kissed it. He was too ashamed to look at what he had done to his brother.
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