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 Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:23 pm
Kifijo chuckled at the endless, bounding energy of the six cubs. Well, five, for now; Nitesh still wasn't up from his slumber. Silly cub.
All were here.
He couldn't believe his eyes.
And, even though her body wasn't here, Kif instinctively knew that Moyo was here in spirit. Her scent was in the den, on the wind, in their fur.
Hers and Kiwis, who would forever be a part of the family.
Bakari would have to learn to live with life.
And get a mate. Soon.
"I am Kifijo, hear me roar," he joked, nuzzling Nakawa as well. He gave Paki, Johari, and Mvita the infamous noogie (the one that Moyo had started and their father continued) and a welcoming lick to Tui.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:28 pm
Johari watched the others roughhouse and play. Her ears did perk some, tail doing the same. She wanted to jump in and join, but hesitated for a moment longer. In that moment, Bakari loomed up in front of her small frame, and Johari stumbled back in surprise with a squeak, toppling onto her rump. She wasn't necessarily frightned by her older brother, so much as startled, and she flattened her ears in embarassment, tucking her tail in close before shyly smiling back from under Tanashita, where she now sat.
"Hello..."
He seemed to give her the courage to poke a bit further out, curious between him, Tamariku, Kichea, Tui'lian, and Nakawa. Before she could move, though, her father's large paw covered her head, and she grinned, giggling infectiously in delight before he moved on, shaking her head to straighten her mussed fur a little bit. It didn't do much to help. She sent acknowledging glances in each of the new faces directions, gaze lastly traveling up to her older sibling and sister in law's faces before seeming to decide on something.
"Brothers and sisters...?" She asked calmly of Bakari expectantly, not having caught the introduction of Nakawa and Tui just moments before.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:54 am
Mvita laid still behind the small bush, planing what she thought would be a perfect surprise appearance, her tail still visible to the others. She got ready and then jumped out from the bush smiling. "Hi the-..." Mvita felt her dad's paw on her head and tried to escape from it but failed. "Dad, not noooow..." Mvita gave her dad a firm look but immediately changed it to a smile and giggled, hitting her father's paw with her own much smaller ones.
Remembering the arrival of the new lions Mvita turned around and looked at them. "Hi! I'm Mvita." She was happy to see them, and it could be seen in her face. "Are you family too?" Mvita had heard some of the conversations earlier and she thought they had mentioned something about a brother as well as other things. "Because if you are I think it would be fun to have others to play with too and..." Mvita stopped and giggled, remembering it was not her decision to make if these lions could stay. She looked at her parents and hoped they would let them.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:59 am
So that meant that these cubs his age, the ones all around him.. were his neices and nephews? That thought made Paki almost laugh, though he held it in and let Tui walk off of him.
"If you were with a scary lion, then I'd say you didn't belong there as much as you do here." Paki said softly as she ran over to his sister. He'd been able to smell Johari already, so he wasn't suprised that she sat back there, but he frowned because he wanted to play with his quiet sister as well. Sometimes it just took a bit of work to get her to play.
Twisting to look in the direction of the male's voice, Paki smiled and flicked his tail over the ground. "I'm Paki, it's nice to meet you Nakawa. I'm from..." The vanilla cub scratched the top of his mocha head gently with one claw, "Hm... I'm from around here I guess. I've never been anywhere but here and the waterfall at least." He responded at last. Smiling he sniffed and looked over at Johari and Tui again.
"Johari." He called out to her quietly. He was still getting used to the idea that the others didn't have as good of hearing as he did.
But the noogie. Stars sparkled behind the blackness of Paki's vision, the only things he'd ever seen and the cub shook his head as he held out a tenative paw and felt his father's larger leg next to him. "Pappi?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:53 pm
(( Hey! I didn't get the memo on this RP! *jumps in* ))
There was a whine from the cub has he woke from his slumber, simply to find that the warm mass of cubs he was so used to waking together with was, without a doubt, missing. Pawing blinding at the spot his brother normally lay in, again he found them missing, moreso then simply out of his body range.
Another whine was produced from the boy as he rolled over onto his stomach, stumbling to his feet, swooning a bit once upon them. He shifting in place a bit, nearly falling onto his side again, looking about through barely cracked open eyes to see if he could find the sibling-units, or perhaps even, the parental units. But nothing.
They weren't there.
The cub again produced a whine of abandonment, stumbling along in the den, pausing at the mouth of it to allow his eyes to adapt to the light that was assaulting his poor retinas, mewling helplessly, before stumbling out into the open.
"Mooooooommmmmmyyyyyyyy... Daaaaaaaaaddddddddddyyyyyyy... Where did you gooooooooo?" he whimpered, before collapsing onto his stomach, blinded by the sudden light, and extremely confused.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:30 pm
Johari turned her attention abruptly as she picked up on Nitesh's cries, and turned, padding towards him with a reassuring purr, butting her head against his.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:34 pm
Tamariku smiled to Kichea and nuzzled her genlty. As he watched all the cubs playing together, he chuckeld softly, surprised his parents had had so many more of them while he was gone. He was also surprised that he wasn't jealous at all; in fact he couldn't be happier for them.
As yet another cub ventured from the den, Riku smiled and padded over to them, watching the siblings - his sibings - nudge. "Hello there little ones." He cooed, smiling down at them. "I'm Tamariku, your older brother. What are your names?" He said smiling and kneeling down to the ground closer so they were more at his level.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:21 pm
As Bakari watched his family mixing together and mingling happily, he smiled, before it faded. Quietly, he began to back out of the group's large circle, and began for the foliage.
When Riku had left, something of Baki's had gone with him. But once he returned.. it didn't come back. He just suddenly.. didn't belong with his family. He couldn't smile genuinely, without it being a mask to wear over his lonely, battered up face. He needed to spread out, venture towards the horizons, and perhaps find love.
For now, though, his main concern was finding Latifu. He realized now he needed her comfort, her playfulness.. Hopefully none of his family realized he was backing up into the large ferns.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:46 pm
(( This will be my last post until I return on Monday. Until then I will have no internet access. Sorry. ))
Kichea tilted her head confusion when all Riku replied with was nuzzle and smile. A smirk spread across her face as he moved to meet his new siblings, he could be confusing sometimes but she liked that in a way. Was that a yes or had he not heard me?... Is this our new home or not? She let her eyes wander watching all that was happening before her and meanwhile she tried to remember the names of everyone who she met. Riku really did have quite a large family...
Nakawa was shy but he didn't feel like waiting anymore. With a nervous shaky paw he poked, Paki in the shoulder. "Wanna... play a game?" His soft voice gaining a bit of confidence after getting the introduction over with.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:28 pm
((Okay, Kougress. ^^ We'll see you later, then!)) Kif chuckled, breathing onto Paki's head and putting his face in front of his son's for an identifying sniff.
"Yes, Paki, I'm here."
At Nitesh's panicked cries, his eyes immediately glanced at the den's opening, smiling as Johari quickly trotted to her brother to reasurre him of their existence.
Unfortunetly, Kifijo failed to see his second-eldest son shrink back into the foilage, camoflauging himself into the trees. If Kif had seen Bakari leaving, most would guess that the father would excuse himself and confrot Baki, but since said father never noticed, this could not happen.
Pity.
The two of them were long overdue for a father-to-son discussion.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:44 pm
Eyes clenching shut as his sister greeted him delicately, the little boy stumbled back up to his paws, and pushed his weight against her side in a non-verbal show of appreciation. His pupils shifted in size, getting used to the light, before he shook his head and ran off to throw himself onto his father's tail, but instead froze at the pair of large lions, as well as the foreign cubs that had gathered.
In a moment of shyness, he attempting to hide behind Johari, squeaking and jabbing a paw at Riku and his family.
"!!"
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:45 am
Tamariku chuckeld softly at the two cubs, smiling down at them. "Don't be afraid little one, I won't harm you." He purred, smiling again. The tan lion glanced over his shoulder at the mingling families, smiling softlyto himself. One was missing though.
Bakari. Rikus gaze caught the golden lion as he backed away from the group. A frown came across his face, and he wondered for a moment if he should chse after his brother. He decided against it and shook his head slightly, sighing. Things sure had changed.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:37 am
Johari purred again at the friendly sibling bump, but then all of a sudden Nitesh was hiding behind her, leaving her exposed. Johari's expression was rather comical, wide eyed and all but slack jawed, gaze moving from where Nitesh HAD been to where Tamariku now stood in a matter of seconds. This big one had asked for their names not too long ago, but Johari's attention had been stolen. Nothing was stopping them now though.
"Johari..." She half whispered, suddenly shy again.
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:33 am
Mvita stood and watched the new family members with a big smile in her face. She loved when other lions visited the den. But just standing there made her bored, and she felt the urge to do something fun. Perhaps one of her siblings would like to play? She walked towards Johari and Nitesh and playfully bit their ears. "Wanna play?" Mvita's eyes were glistering with excitement and she was impatient to begin playing. She then remembered there were new cubs here and she turned around and looked at them. "Do you want to play too?" She gave them both a warm smile and hoped they would say yes. "We could all play tag?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:25 am
Tui looked over at the cubs, and she smiled to the one speaking. Mvita is her name? She hoped it was, all of a sudden she had such a big family! So many names to remember! Shaking the thought off, a huge grin spread across the cubs features and she nodded happilly to Mvita. "Sure!" She said, smiling. She looked to her brother, and motioned him to come and join them.
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