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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:31 pm
“OH!” Laughed Kavu lightly, blushing at his own assumption. He had been silly to think his brother was such a loon. Of course the male only want to toss them! “Well that could work,” he offered lightly in the place of an apology, “though, rocks can’t like you either. They don’t talk or feel…”
Well, at least his brother a LITTLE less creepy.
Looking at his other brother, Kavu rolled his eyes. The male was probably against the whole idea of a game in general. Why was he even there if he didn’t really want to play? Kavu had hoped he would at least try to be nice since their father was so close by. “We could wrestle too… it might be simpler. Kavu was a smaller cub in the group, though in all reality he was of average size. Jethro putting his genes in the mix had simply created a wide range of sizes with the cubs.
“Why don’t we do that? Or… I could just be it,” he offered after a short pause to weigh the options, that way we won’t have to worry about anyone being upset if they lose either contest, right?”
He didn’t want to wrestle Doto.
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:51 pm
Jani was a little disappointed at having his rock idea shot down by Doto, but then... he'd expected that. It wasn't any different from how his brother usually acted. So, really, he couldn't get too upset. In fact, he might have been worried if Doto agreed easily!
But then when even Kavu suggested wrestling, his ears drooped. He didn't like wrestling much, especially with Doto...
"Uhm! You can be it if you want to, Kavu!" he said quickly, seizing on the easiest option. Then, leaning down, he pawed at the rocks. "Sorry," he whispered. "Maybe next time, ok?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:50 pm
Doto had known his personality and build would work in his favor for the proposed wrestling match, but he had not thought his siblings would duck out of it entirely. It was a small triumph that made him smirk, his chest tightening in selfish pride as his ego basked in the moment.
"Fine, Kavu's it."
Doto spoke as if he was the final word on the matter, his eyes flashing as he looked at each of his brother's impatiently. He really didn't care who did the searching or the hiding: he wasn't going to be playing by the rules, anyway. He rolled his eyes as he spied Jani whispering something to the rocks, letting out a small, frustrated growl as he swatted his tail impatiently.
"So go cover your eyes and count, Kavu. We'll hide, won't we Jani?" he grinned devilishly, a half formed idea for his own brand of the game coming into his mind. They had not explored outside their cave very much, and he imagined neither of his brothers would take too kindly to getting lost.
He could work with that easily.
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:44 am
“Okay!” Kavu hooted in delight, glad to have things resolved. Even though he kind of wanted to hide, he felt seeking could be just as much fun. Maybe if he found them quickly enough his father would be impressed with his tracking skills and say something about them. Gods, that would be fantastic. Feeling good, he turned away from his brothers, putting his paws over his face as he crouched against the ground.
“Keep the hiding spots in this area!” he advised more than directed, “if we go too far, daddy probably won’t be very happy with us! Alright, I’m going to start counting now!”
This was exciting. He was getting to play a game with his brothers. Too bad his father was fast asleep and thus not watching any of it, but Kavu was just so excited he hadn’t even noticed that small detail. Confident the male would wake up and see him catching his brothers easily, he started the count, ears ready to try and pick up on which directions the other boys ran off in.
Not that they would really be of any use to him.
“One… two… three…” he hummed in beat, tail hitting the ground between each count. His chest was alive, butterflies swirling about relentlessly now.
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:29 pm
Jani bounced up and down at that. "Ok, yea, let's go hide!" he said, glad that Doto seemed to want to play now. Even if he had a kind of weird look on his face. That didn't matter, Jani was just happy they were playing~
When Kavu closed his eyes and started counting, he started off in a random direction, then walked up to a tree. "Do you have a good idea where to hide?" he whispered - loudly.
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:31 am
Doto watched as his brother began to count against the tree, his attention being drawn as Jani whispered none-too-secretively to a nearby tree. Rolling his eyes, he bounded over to his strange, smaller brother and tilted his head down at the green cub.
"If the tree doesn't have a good idea," he said, trying not to sound too sarcastic, "I've got a place where we can hide. But the game works better if you close your eyes, that way you won't see where I hide, and we can be fair. But I can guide you to it, I promise."
He spoke reasonably enough, not giving away his true intentions of abandoning his brother away from the den. It would be interesting to see if his friends, the rocks and trees, would be able to guide him home. Doto doubted it incredibly, knowing full well that trees and rocks did not talk to someone without some special, and non-existent, power of perception.
Looking back, he listened to how far Kavu had counted. They still had some time.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:15 pm
Kavu couldn’t remember how long he was supposed to be counting to. He could hear conversation not far away. Jani had asked a question, maybe to Doto and maybe to a tree or something else. But after the first question, the conversation seemed to get too low for him to hear. He couldn’t open his eyes, though, as he knew that would be cheating.
So the counting continued. “Four… five…” he hummed on and on, saying each number slowly to give the others as much time as possible. If they were talking to one another, maybe they weren’t able to find good hiding spots. That meant he should give them some more time to look.
It was the right thing to do.
“six… seven…. Eight…” maybe he was supposed to stop at ten. That was it! Ten and then he started to look for them. Were they still talking to each other? Damnit, it wouldn’t be much of a game if they didn’t hide away. “Nine….” He said lowly, holding the pause even longer now.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:11 am
Jani's eyes widened at that, and he stared at the other for a minute or two before bouncing up and down again. "Ok!" he replied, his own tone only slightly softer. He wasn't really very good at being secretive. So it was likely that Doto would be able to lead him around by the nose very nicely.
Glancing back toward Kavu, he crouched down and wiggled just a bit, then moved so his nose was touching his brother's flank. And he closed his eyes. "Go ahead... 'm not looking~"
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:43 pm
Doto grinned. He was very satisfied that the cub came along so willingly. He might have felt bad, taking advantage of their blood relationship and the other lion's trusting nature. Might have, if it wasn't exactly what he wanted to do.
Leading the other carefully, but swiftly, he drew him away from the play area, keeping his eyes not only on Jani, to make sure he didn't open his own, but on Kavu and Jeraha. He didn't want his father to wake up and spot them running off, and he did not need Kavu finishing his count too soon.
Once he was out of ear and eye shot of the area they had been told to stay in, he, all the while telling Jani that they were close to the spot and that he needed to keep his eyes shut, wandered through the tall grasses and sparse trees. Keeping track of his own movements in his head, he knew it would be difficult to get home even though he knew the way: everything looked exactly like everything else.
He could only imagine, with a grin, how hard it would be for Jani.
"I've got to leave you here now, so I can hide. Just be really really quiet, and then he won't find you! I'll be just over here." He said, already bounding away and vanishing into the grass.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:24 pm
“Nine and a half…” he muttered, lingering quite some time between that and the next number. He couldn’t hear any shuffling around him, so he assumed they had both found a place to settle by this time. They must have! He had given them more time than anyone could have needed to find a rock to hide behind. “Ten!” he called out as loudly as possible, opening his eyes and looking around.
Now he needed to find them! The game was afoot.
Sniffing the air, he found he really didn’t know the first thing about distinguishing scents from one another just yet. Frowning, he looked around, scanning hard to see if he could spot one of the others nearby. They couldn’t have gone far- that was the rule. So he started to look around, peering around trees and under bushes.
No one was around. Like they had managed to vanish in thin air. Frowning, he sat down, already wondering if this had been as good an idea as he had first thought. His eyes moved to Jeraha. Had he… seen it? No. The male was still sleeping. "Guys?" he yelped, "where did you guys go?!"
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:58 pm
'Jani nodded at that and opened his eyes finally - looking around as Doto vanished. Oooh... where was he? He didn't even recognize it, so it had to be a great hiding place! "Thank you!" he whispered loudly and then hunkered down to hide.
So trusting was he that he didn't even suspect his brother might have played some kind of trick on him...
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 am
Doto grinned as he trotted back to the den, his tail high behind him as he hummed to himself. He had no intention of finding his own hiding spot, instead returning to the rock he had been sitting on when the game was first being discussed.
He heard Kavu reach ten and stifled. Having slipped around his brother on the way home, he was in the perfect spot to watch as Kavu looked around, completely at a loss. Ducking behind the rock when his brother's eyes turned to Jeraha, he peeked out only once he felt Kavu had moved on.
Grinning, sitting triumphantly, he watched the search begin. He would go down and offer his help once some time passed, if only to get his other brother lost as well. Or he would simply watch and let Kavu take care of that on his own.
This was a good game.
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:29 am
Looking around, Kavu frowned. Maybe some higher ground would help him see better? Or higher tree, rather. Rushing forward, still content enough to be enjoying the game without thought of foul play, he quickly inched his way up the bark, ascending the trunk into the thick branches above. Peering through the leave, he gave the place a second scan.
Again he could find no one around him.
“I found you Jani!” he called, hoping that hearing him yell it might draw him from his spot. Cheating? Yes. But he wanted to know what great hiding spots the others had found that kept them completely concealed from him! No answer struck his ears and he sighed, awkwardly scampering back down the tree before leaping down the rest of the way. He would have to search conventionally. A few minutes of that reminded him that he didn’t want to look around conventionally. He wanted his chance to hide.
Whimpering, feeling too much time had passed, he plonked himself down on the floor. “Okay!” he called as loudly as possible, “I give up! I can’t find anyone! You guys can come out now!”
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:38 am
As it turned out, Doto had led him so far away that his brother's voice only reached him distantly. And with the way the wind was blowing and a few things in the way ... Jani really couldn't tell exactly what direction Kavu was shouting from.
But he knew the other couldn't have found him, so he whispered, "He's lying, shhh," to the grass and stayed crouched down, eyes bright.
This really was perfect! He would have to thank Doto again later... he was hiding so good that no one would be able to find him!
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:57 am
Doto frowned. He hadn't anticipated this part of the plan. Of course it was destined to be the boring bit, having to wait for the real game to begin, but it was... really boring. He wanted to skip to the part where they finally made it home, distraught or angry or some combination of both. He grinned.
If Jeraha yelled at him, he would just use it as a bragging tool. Even negative attention was attention, after all, and it would still be more than Kavu got. He'd let his brother know that, too.
Sighing, he settled down on his rock and listened for his brothers, closing his eyes and imagining what was happening now.
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