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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:25 am
The grey lion had seemed to have drifted from one place to another since the day of the storm. He should have known friendships didnt last, I mean, how far away from those lands was he now? He didn't even know. The iamge of Mapa was fading from his mind and though he was hoping they'd meet again someday, he knew it was time to meet others, and he had. He remembered Kizuka, his pretty white and pink friend, she too had been lost and wandered away, probably back home. The male had to admit he was happy to help the distraught lioness.
In fact, where was he now? This place was a little different from where he'd met Kizuka, it was more full of life, and long grass that swayed in the breeze. His coat made the heat unbearable but today as it was after midday, he was a little more cool and spent less time lying in the shade feeling lethargic.
Instead he'd adopted a slow walk in the first direction he could think of- straight ahead.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:43 am
Nzinga was feeling a bit alienated, having wandered so far from the riverside. Normally fish were a fine meal for her, but today she had the craving for warm meat. She was out of practice, but she would try her hand at hunting again.
Keeping as low she she could to the grass, knowing that she needed all the cover she could get to hide her indigo coat, the blue lioness prowled. Meeting another lion was the furthest thing from her thoughts at this moment.
She tried to remember the sounds prey made. Listening intently, she thought she could hear faint footfalls nearby. Crocuhing even lower, she waited.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:57 am
He continued to walk slowly, his bright green eyes downcast. Suddenly he saw a streak of blue and white amoungst the grass. Looking a little confused, the male bowed his head. "Excuse me for erm, crossing your path?" He assumed this lioness was trying to hunt and he suddenly felt very rude, and felt stupid for not paying attention, he had obviously been in her way. In one swift action the large adult made to step out of her way.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:25 am
Realizing she had been spotted, she looked up at him and narrowed her eyes in annoyance. Of course, just what I need, she thought. A male getting in my way.
Apparently her prey-detecting senses were a bit rusty. She didn't even hear this big lion come across her path. She was a bit miffed about that, and she took it out on the "intruding" male.
"There's a great big savannah out there and you have to get in my way. If there was any prey around here, it's gone now." She huffed. She was being more critical than was fair, she knew - after all, it's not like she was in the middle of a hunt when he came across her.
"Though it's not your fault I can't catch anything," she admitted. "This is not exactly my forte."
She eyed him up and down. "You don't look like you're from around here. Where's your pride?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:04 am
He suddenly looked extremely embarrased and made to back away. "I-I'm really sorry." Trust in his deep thought that he'd get in a huntresses way! Whipping his tail suddenly about his legs he felt incredibly awkward.
"Erm, I am not too good at hunting either" He offered, lowering his head in a polite gesture. "I'm a rogue." He stated this with a small sense of pride, though often he longed for the security of a pride.
"And yourself?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:29 pm
She was suprised by his backing down from her. Most males she had known wouldn't give in as easily as that. So, that meant he was either weak, which Nzinga looked down on, or simply polite, which was a quality Nzinga didn't believe males possessed.
"Why, what a coincidence," she said, "I suppose I, too, am what you call "rouge." I don't need a pride to support me - I can take care of myself." She believed in the truth of those words, even as she felt a little ping in her heart at the loneliness rouges suffered.
She thought a moment. "Even if hunting is difficult for me by myself, I manage just the same."
Nzinga then had a sudden insight. When it came to hunting, it was always better to have help, was it not? "Are you as hungry as I am, by any chance? Surely two grown lions, no matter their skill, could manage to catch something worth eating."
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:25 pm
"Ahh.." He brought his head up slightly, but not too suddenly as he wouldnt want to seem rude.
"Yes. I have met alot of rogues these days it seems..." His voice trailed off as he was suddenly lost in thought. Kizuka, Mapenzi. Yeah. He seemed pretty social! He gave a slight smile.
"I see." His head was brought up to normal level now and the lion stood at his full height. "I seem to manage, too. Though being alone can be a little boring sometimes..." Stepping back a little more he thought about the last time he'd gone hunting. Not too long ago, it was successful but did take a while.
He might embarass himself... But he couldnt turn a lady down in her hour of need could he! Of course not. Nodding happily his deep voice echoed though he was quiet. "Yes, of course..." He smiled again.
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:01 am
Being alone was something that was normal to her. She had told herself for so long that she didn't like being around others, she had conditioned herself to accept being alone and think she liked it better that way. But she always felt different whenever she came across another inhabitant of the grasslands. There was a feeling she couldn't quite understand or name - and so she ignored it.
His politeness, his smiling was annoying her. Didn't he have any backbone? To Nzinga, males were either treacherous liars, or spineless sissies. With the exception of that one male she met recently in the Pridelands..what was his name?..but he was more feminine than masculine, anyway.
Back to the situation at hand. Hunting was a serious business - they could make a business arrangement out of it. No attachments needed. They would hunt together, eat, and go their seperate ways. Nzinga was satisfied by this one-sided plan - she didn't consider the fact he might not want to go by it.
"Well then," she said, getting straight to business. "Let's get to it. Do you see anything nearby worthy of eating?"
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