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Rhin was back at the heels of Zeki, slipping up beside him as they dashed up the hilly lands, still giving any glance she could spare to the horizon ahead. When they came to a dip in the land she pushed to stay atleast at speed with lion, waiting to confirm their location.






Zeki smirked at Rhin and bounded quickly ahead of them directly to the tree. With a thrill in his heart to reach it first and thus his feather, he pushed a bit further than his current pace. If he won the night with Rhin, why, he would be able to get closer with her and possibly work with ways to get her to like him more than just a friend. But this was just a race... right?

NahanaTawani (7:53:45 PM): Now aware of the distance she was up against, Rhin was aware she could sprint a vast majority of this lap. An exhilerated smile on her maw she sunk her claws into the dirt and took up a steady dash, wings hugged to her back and body flattened. She heard the lion roar and her ear perked absently to take note, but she did not relent. Rhin treated the hills as small quick leaps, each landing pushing her farther into a dead sprint, having no idea how close Zeki was she pressed on harder and harder with each step.


PhiferWolf (7:55:56 PM): Zeki growled to himself to see that Rhin had started to go into a full sprint back. Damn, now that she knew how to get to and from the tree and how far it was, she could just get out there and beat him. But he wasn't ready to lose. He wasn't ready to give up. Bounding quickly over rocks and plowing his way through tall grass, he quickly caught up with her but slowly losing speed. He wasn't gonna win at this rate...


NahanaTawani (8:00:33 PM): She could hear him up beside her and pressed on just as hard, not giving an inch. The boulders and rocks that had been calculated jumps and turns were now reflexive and hardly took thought. Rhin merely had to keep this pace, she may be exhausted when they arrived at the den, but she would get there first if she had any say.


PhiferWolf (8:06:49 PM): Zeki smirked as he roared again, hopping to startle some herd to run about in a confusion. If this worked then the stampede would interfere and get in their way. Even that was no gaurentee any help at all. With a quick inhale, he pushed himself only a single step ahead as that was all he could manage. Looking back at it, if he kept taking such breaths then he could beat her. If only his body could take it too. With all this daily running, he would be able to, but running against a female like her was distracting.

PhiferWolf (8:19:28 PM): As soon as he returned, Ezekiel quickly collapsed down into a pant. The night with Rhin was now just a fleeting thought. He had lost. Either way, at least he can be close to her while hunting, however, when it came to hunting, he focused completely on it. He looked at her with crimson eyes and smiled.

"You're right, I did quite well, huh? You did better than me on the last part. At least I won a feather from a dazzling Goddess, and you won a hunting date with yours truly."

NahanaTawani (8:24:44 PM): She grinned pleasantly at the young lion, leaning forward and licking his cheek, "you did quite well."

Her body hit the dirt with a heavy thump and she proceeded to stretch out her wing, carefully looking over her feathers. She was rather unsure which he'd find most valuble, one of her newer, prettier feathers, or one of the older, wheathered feathers. With a careful glance to Zeki she raised a brow in question, "I know that it is my choice, but would it be more beneficial for you to have a newer feather or an older feather?"
PhiferWolf (8:27:35 PM): Zeki chuckled, smiling at her through heavy breathing. "It doesn't matter to me whether it be old or new. Didn't quite know feathers got old for Gods, but if it makes any difference, then I would choose the newer one," Zeki raised to his paws and staggered over to her, licking her cheek back. "A new feather. New beginnings, right?"

Looking down at himself now, he knew he smelt rather bad, that run worked him up quite a bit.
NahanaTawani (8:36:35 PM): Chuckling softly at his attempt to walk she idly picked a rather fluffy feather from her secondary set of feathers. While not as fancy looking as the long elegant feathers, it was neither too short or too long and had a fluffy bit toward the base, it was a rather lovely feather that had replaced one lost in a rather nasty hunt some months ago. Rhin held the feather toward Zeki, pinching it with her claws, she smiled in an imitation of being regal. "To my dearest Zeki, to protect you in times of danger"

With that she chuckled a bit and rose steadily to her paws and began toward the watering hole, "we should wash up."

((I think we can probably rap it up soon.))
PhiferWolf (8:40:44 PM): Zeki picked the feather from her paw and licked her again, "And I thank you for the blessing, Milady Rhin. I do love to know that I have your protection." With a soft yawn, he looked over his shoulder to the den and then to the direction of the waterhole. Darn, he was still tired...

Cocking a brow, he nudged her softly. "Then to the water hole then. ... Last one there sleeps in a tree!" he dashes off... he didn't lose twice. He can still challenge her.