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Noir-Doré had made herself comfortable under a rock outcropping that just happened to be big enough for a lion or two to hide under. The little stream she had found made a waterfall over half of this little ledge. It was just big enough to be refreshing, but small enough to not attract those blasted water lizards. The lioness hated those things with a passion, but then she figured everyone did. One could not love something that tried to eat one's face, especially not when trying to get a drink was interrupted for this face eating attempt.

She had left her mother and siblings some time ago. She did not really care if she saw them again or not. They were family regardless, but she did not feel a need to see them or know what became of them. Her mother had told her of a place she was headed for to check on rumors she had heard of a pride there. The pride sounded interesting to Noir, but she likely would not head that way herself anytime soon. She wanted to experience a bit more before she went and settled down anywhere.

The shade and cool spray of the water were enough of a comfort from the heat of the day that the lioness managed to drift off for a little bit. It did not last long, but when she did open her eyes, she caught sight of a rather odd looking male coming toward her little hiding spot. He had a mane like a male lion, but the body was not shaped right... a hybrid? He must be. Noir wondered if a hybrid would make a good toy. It was not a lion and could not sire cubs to her, so that made it less than her, did it not? It made perfect sense in her mind. She would wait for it to come closer and then play with it a bit to see if this theory was sound.

Noir watched the hybrid with lazy interest as he approached the water but did not seem to notice her presence in the slightest. The fact that he missed her completely did not speak highly for his intelligence to the dark lioness. That combined with his childish splashing and antics only comfirmed her idea that this creature was less than she. Even a lion acting like that would have made her think it unworthy of respect, so this hybrid stood no chance. She scoffed quietly from her lounging spot, and decided she might as well go say hello.

Noir rose and left the little alcove under the mini waterfall. The lioness padded silently over to the male. It was not that she wished to sneak up on him. Her habit was simply to always walk as if being heard was a bad thing. Of course, usually that was the case when one lived in the Rogue lands. Even if she was a predator and not prey, the lioness had learned that it was best not to be heard by others. There were things that would harm a full grown lion and most of them were not at all pleasant to think on.

Noir stopped just short of walking into the water. "Are you enjoying yourself?" She waited to see if the male would notice her after she spoke or not. She still planned to see if she could make him into a toy. She just had a long drawn out way of getting to her goals at times and others got dragged along on them more often than not. She wondered what would have happened to this male if there had been water lizards waiting. He probably would have been lunch and she could not have done anything with him.

Noir shook her head at the hybrid. Wow, he was simpleminded. She made no move to dodge the wave of water that came crashing against her legs. In this heat, it did not bother her in the least to have wet paws. Perhaps the heat had addled the male's brain, but the dark lioness, just assumed he was that much less than herself and let it at that. She would not make excuses for him even in her own mind. He certainly seemed very happy as he spoke to her. A smart creature would have been cautious with someone that just sneaked up on them, but no, he seemed to think it was normal from the look of it.

The lioness shrugged her shoulders at the male's question and moved into nice mode for the moment. She wanted to use him as a toy, so that meant she had to be nice to him at least until he trusted her. "Of course you are not intruding. I am Noir-Doré, might I ask your name?" IF her mother could see how nice Noir could play at, the lioness would have been proud of how well her daughter could act at something she really didn't feel. It was a talent that ran in the family.

Noir gave an inward sigh at just how trusting this male seemed. She thought him lesser than herself already and yet she still found it oh so sad that he was so willing to trust a stranger at face value. It should at least make it all the easier for her to gain his complete trust and use him. She was glad of such ease to her plans. She could use an easy lay or a lot of them really. Maybe she would use him as a punching bag when she got mad too... that would be a nice bit of stress relief when she needed it. There was so much potential to this male.

"Kagiso... Kagi, then." He had offered for her to shorten it, so Noir did so. And was he not just oh so sweet asking if she was hot. She smiled at him. "It is hot, I found the ledge over there to hide under for a while. It is big enough for two... and the water falling down in front of me was putting cool spray back to me." It had been quite a nice spot too. The sun beating down on her, did bother Noir, but she could ignore it for the moment. She was not a weak lioness by any means. She would ignore the heat for as long as it suited her.

"Are you always so trusting of strangers?" Noir made the question sound very concerned but kind. She gave herself a mental pat on the back for how convincing her tone of voice was. She actually sounded like she CARED. Fat chance of that, but hey, if she could make him think it, great! "It can be very dangerous out here, you know.. there are a lot of not so nice lions and other creatures about." She watched him drip with some amusement. His sogginess would make him better to cuddle in this weather at least.

Noir nodded to the male and kept that concern in her voice. "We could travel together... and I could offer to protect you since you do not have the experience with strangers... I would not want any harm to come to you." Not at anyone else's paws anyway. "I doubt any old buzzard would want to eat me." She chuckled in true mirth at that, but not for the reasons that one might thing. She had once hunted and ate a buzzard, so to her it was really funny to think one of them might eat HER one day.

"Why don't you join me under that little ledge and cool off? You look like you have traveled a long way and being close to water and under shade will do you much good." Noir was only really suggesting it because it would benefit her in the long run if he thought she cared about him and his wellfare. Some day he would figure out that she didn't care, but by that point she would probably be tired of him anyway. She was that heartless with those not 'worthy' in her mind.

Noir padded toward the little waterfall again and motioned for the male to follow. "Just under here is perfect for staying out of the sun and being cool." She slide back under the ledge herself and waited to see if the male would join her. They would be in close enough quarters under here, they could have a lot of fun. She had a suspicion that the male probably had no experience with females either, so she was really going to have fun making a toy out of him.