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 Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:04 pm
 Ishara was gradually walking further into the lands of the pride after having returned from visiting her brother who had been on guard duty. She didn’t get to see him as much as she would have liked to, but it was always fun when she did.
Even though she loved her brother and her sister, she had always felt a little closer to her brother. As she moved further in, she began to see and pass by more and more lions. Looking around, she curiously wondered which of them were new here.
Having spent her entire life within these lands, she was very familiar with many who lived here. However, this was a very large pride and the lands were immense, so she wasn’t quite sure who she had seen before and who had just arrived.
There had been much going on in her home lands as of late, and there were many new faces in the midst of it all. She only hoped that everything would return to the way that it had been before.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:12 pm
Freyja walked slowly, still glad to find a home. Her family had heard of a lush home like this... She was glad to find it, a place free of the hyena filth and painj. So much kindness and warmth; she was overwhelmed. But there were cubs. And cubs were always good.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:22 pm
As Ishara continued to walk, she considered what she could to for the rest of the day. Maybe she could go and visit her sister. Although, she wasn’t sure whether or not her sister was busy with her own life.
Her mother was always happy to see any of her children, maybe Ishara would go a visit her, but first she needed to go home and see if she had anything left to eat. She may have to go hunting again. Life had gotten very interesting upon her and her siblings reaching adulthood.
Now that she managed her own time, the days were oddly lonely without waking up next to her family everyday. Despite being opposed to it in her youth, she might have to find herself a mate sometime in her near future. She had nearly reached the den that she lived in when she noticed a female that she had never seen before walking past.
Ishara wondered if she had just come here. Well, since she hadn’t really been very forthcoming to the other new lions, she decided that she would speak to this one. Walking up to her, Ishara greeted her politely, “Hello, I’ve never seen you before, did you just arrive here?”
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:21 pm
Freyja's ears perked at being approached and she smiled, bowing politely.
It was nice to see another lioness her age, really.
"I am! My name is Freyja, and yours?" She wriggled to loosen up. She needed to calm for once. There was no hyenas here.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:14 pm
“Hello Freyja! My name is Ishara. It is nice to meet you.” Ishara was happy that this lioness was willing to speak with her. Many of the newcomers were still a bit apprehensive of everyone when they first came and tended to avoid too much contact.
However, this lioness seemed friendly, for which Ishara was grateful. Even though her brother told her about many of the new lions, there were still many that he did not meet upon them coming here, so she didn’t always know about them.
Since her brother’s job was to greet people at the border of the pride, she took it upon herself to greet those further into the pride’s lands. “Where do you come from Freyja? If you don’t mind me asking.” The lions that showed up here came from all sorts of places that she had only ever heard of.
She had never been outside of the pride’s lands. Well, she had, but she hadn’t gone very far and she had returned in a very short amount of time. The outside world both frightened and intrigued her. The stories that she had heard from those who traveled always thrilled her and inspired her to explore outside of her home.
However, some of the stories that she had heard in her life were terrible enough to keep her from ever leaving the safety of the pride.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:06 pm
"My birthplace was far away in rogueland territory... Unfortuanately my mother and father never made it out. But the area was... Infested with poachers." Freyja made a face, thinking of the hyenas of her home.
"It's a dark place, really. But I've yet to see them here. And sorry for Rambling... It's a joy to meet you Ishara~" Freyja bowed her head politely, purring softly.
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:49 am
Ishara listened in fascination as the lioness before her spoke. Unable to comprehend such a place, Ishara thought she might have to see a place like that one day. It sounded frightening, but she have never seen any place like it before.
One day she would leave here, she would come back, but only after an exciting adventure. Although, perhaps not if there were poachers. She had been warned about them in the outside lands and was told horrific stories involving their senseless slaughter.
It seemed as though everyone killed for some reason or other except for the poachers that came out of nowhere. “ I’m sorry that you ever had to live in a place like that,” she said softly. “Even if you don’t find your parents here, perhaps they found their own way out.”
The very thought of worrying over her parents lives was foreign to her. They had always lived within these lands, and while there was the ever present risk of danger, the pride was so prominent and well protected that they hardly had to worry about anything really.
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:39 am
Freyja smiled sadly.
"They passed on when I just barely became an adult on the journey. And don't mourn. Poachers can be handled. After all, they are only hyenas."
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:58 pm
Gasping, Ishara hung her head a bit. “Oh, I am sorry to hear that,” she spoke quietly. Surprised at the lionesses response, she gaze at her curiously. Had she been raised by the hyenas? In her own youth, she had frequently been told about hyenas, and none of what she had heard had been positive.
They lived in the shadows of the Pridelands for a reason, and the were to be avoided. So, the recent whispers of hyenas approaching had everyone one edge, anxious of what might happen. With that being her foundation, she couldn’t imagine what it would be like growing up around them being so small and defenseless, especially being raised by them.
Ishara wondered how Freyja could have turned out so well having lived that life. She herself wouldn’t dream of allowing any of the pride’s cubs anywhere near the shadows. Trying to be positive, she simply looked forward to the future. “Well, I hope that you will come to feel at home within these lands. It is a lovely place.” Perhaps she was a bit biased having been born a raise here, but what could she say? The dark lioness loved her home, and would do anything to protect it from harm, even if it did come from the darkness of the shadows of the pride.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:47 pm
"Not your fault those poachers got at my littermates. Mother and Father fended them off." She smiled. "These lands feel peaceful and wonderful. I think I'll adore it here." She rubbed a stone with a contented smile.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:50 pm
Ishara smiled at her new acquaintance. “I certainly hope that you do!” she said enthusiastically. It always pleased her to know that when new lions arrived here, they enjoyed their new home. It made her proud that she was a part of a successful and beautiful pride this as this.
“It was wonderful meeting you Freyja! I hope that we run into each other again.”
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