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 Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:46 am
Tell her everything? The whole song and dance of it? Although Ru'yah had been leaning towards having that happen for a while, now that the opportunity arose she could not help but think it was a little selfish of her. She detested strongly any remote sense of her being selfish. Even so she was confident that when she didn't realize her selfishness she was being exactly that. Still, the leopardess appeared confident herself and willing to listen. It was about her after all; all those little subtle hints towards a bigger story Ru'yah had given certainly would have perked at her own curiosity had it been the reverse situation.
She sighed after warming up to the idea that it wasn't completely self of her tell the story that currently haunted her. "Alright.. Well, how to start? Um.. Right, so your family was in a pride. This pride was a pride of all sorts of creatures, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and so on. I wasn't sure what exactly was happening in it, but apparently your parents had some sort of relation to the pride leaders. Or at least they were close to them, because they were always somewhere near them, and didn't pay any attention to their cubs when it was day-time because they were so busy. At night time they gave their cubs all their attention though, so that's why I say they really did love you." Well, that was the happy part of the dream. Before it turned and twisted into yet another nightmare.
"Then... Well, I guess your parents could predict things or something, because they started arguing with the leaders about the safety of pride being in imminent danger. The pride leaders didn't listen though because apparently some sort of celebration was going to happen and the danger your parents predicted was going to postpone that celebration. Your parents kept insisting and then the pride leaders got kind of... Cruel, in order to get what they wanted. They started saying that your parents spend to much time with you and your siblings; even though they could only spend nighttime with you guys. Then they started saying they were going to get rid of you and your siblings so your parents could work more. They were really mean and stern about that... Then your parents got angry back, and they started fighting..." Ru'yah paused to look at leopardess' reaction. It hadn't even got to the frightening part of the dream yet, but she wanted to ensure that she hadn't pressed any buttons. "You... Understand it all so far, yeah?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:18 pm
Imbali just nodded and listened. Boy, this just affirmed in her the feelings of despising being in a pride and to be ruled over. She listened though. When the other paused her tale, Imbali looked up at her. "Keep going. Though this makes me feel rather correct in my feelings about prides. This also just goes to show that if you let others be too close to you or take too much presumption. They can make you their patsy." She then said in a much quieter tone to herself more than the other. "I will not let anyone do that to me. I'd rather die a thousand deaths than allow myself to be subjugated like that."
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:32 pm
Ru'yah nodded before continuing to speak. "Then, after they finished fighting, your parent's were banned from the pride and you and your siblings were sentenced to death." Or at least, that was the gist of it. Politics confused Ru'yah, so she was still stumped on how pride leaders could shamelessly kill their friends for trying to help them. "That didn't exactly as they wanted though, because the big disaster your parents predicted came true before they could kill you. They did managed to drown all your other siblings, but then the disaster happened before they got to you."
Ru'yah couldn't imagine living in such a cruel place like that. Where helpless children were killed because of something their parents did... It just didn't seem morally right to her. Ending someone's life for no reason was something she prayed she would never have to witness with her own eyes, let alone do. Of course, Ru'yah felt guilty whenever she hunted, so the thought of her murdering someone sent a chill down her spin.
"The big horrible thing that happened was a flood." She paused. "It wasn't like a normal flood though, it was... Like a river of... fire?" She wasn't confident on what it was, for Ru'yah's nightmares twisted reality. The most likely conclusion was that it was lava, but the way it was portrayed in Ru'yah's dream was as a huge river of burning death. "Your parents had thrown you onto a rock above the river, but then they went back to look for one of your other siblings; 'cause I guess they weren't drowned either and were being burned by the fire-river. Then," she shuddered, "you found one of your siblings near you, also burning in the river. They looked like they were in a lot of pain, so you tried to help them by dragging them onto the rock with you. Just as you were about to pull them up though, an avalanche of fire came down and buried them in the fire. Then they drowned in it..."
She looked up at the leopardess as she said the last few lines of her story. "Your parents, siblings, and pride all died in the fire-river. But you lived... And that's it. All I remember about that dream I had with you in it..."
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:56 pm
CaliWolfe if you wanna make a last post; you can, but after my post, let's wrap it up. then we can move onto the elephant hunt O/G RP
She then suddenly felt like she truly wanted to be alone, but she also didn't want to be rude. She stopped for a moment and felt incredibly sorry that this kind lady had been burdened with visions of this nightmarish scene every night for at least some time. This also made Imbali feel like there was an unusual amount of trust than there normally was with others. This one had shared in her suffering.
"Thank you for sharing that with me. I'm sorry you've been so burdened with this. It's like you've walked through my suffering with me. In fact, it's almost like you've been doing it for me since I had those memories sealed away and forgot them. I feel like I owe you a debt of some sort." Imbali looked up at the sky. "Hey, do you want to travel with me for a while? Well, not tonight. I think I need to rest now. That was a little heavier than I expected. In the morning, you two can go with us. If you want of course... you're not obligated to come. I don't really have a plan. I just like adventure and hunting."
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:56 pm
Graceangel Alright, lets do that then.
"That sounds like it'll fun. I hope your not bother by us following you then." She smiled while laying back down on the grass, maybe tonight she wouldn't have to fret over that nightmare again. It would be nice if she didn't have to anymore... The likelihood of being spared that pain during this nights attempt at rest had increased after she blabbed out the story of it. Now she could rest easy, in the company of Haki, the new leopardess and her familiar safely. Just before she drifted completely off into sleep the lioness muttered out a few final words that managed to escape her mouth. "By the way... Name's Ru'yah..."
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