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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:51 am
She frowned, looking up at Ger, "You sound like one of the nannies." It was a matter-of-fact statement, not so much an insult and she shrugged idly, "Nsundu seemed safe enough. I like her. We talked alot." Safuma didn't think much of her royal blood and didn't see why anyone else would, either. The important inheritance for her had been taken away, to her she was just one of nine. A cub in a litter of plenty, no more important that Zu. Princesses were a dime a dozen, but that was just her cynical thinking.
When Zeki bumped into her, she flashed him a huge smile, "S'alright, Zex." She looked back to Ger innocently, laughing when he nearly talked Zeki into taking them all down. "I bet I could take atleast one of you down." Reaching out, she batted Ger's shoulder before turning and making as if to tackle Zeki, looking to tug on his ear playfully with tiny cub teeth. She always tackled Zu, and always went straight for the ear.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:01 am
THe sudden wait impacted against his side made him fall over rather awkwardly, one leg up in the air, the rest of him on the ground with the female at his ear. Zeki was attacked! His crimson eye glanced over his shoulder and spotted that familiar color fur and that wonderfully placed orb upon her thigh made it known it was the female that was just walking along side of her. Well, if she wanted to play, then so be it. Zeki used his free arm to wrap it around her and tried his best to roll himself over to pin her down, growling playfully.
Ger nearly jumped when he heard his son yelp out, looking over at the two cubs roll around in the ground, biting and growling, pawing at one another. He sat himself down and watched as the two "played". His paws were placed before him as if he was to grab them but hesitated greatly in fear that he may hurt them. Well, he knew he was gonna hurt Zeki later anyways.....
"G-guys, come on, you're gonna get hurt!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:11 am
Growling playfully as well, Safuma couldn't help the excited purr that reverbrated in her chest but she knew it wasn't noticable unless they stopped tumbling. It wasn't anything to be ashamed of anyway. She was happy and liked having a friend to tumble with. When he rolled them so that she was pinned, for a moment she was shocked. It was fun having someone who pushed back, too! Zu never pushed back. She was almost always worried about getting hurt, like Ger apparently. Zu was a grown up at heart!
She growled at him, snapping at his ear as she tried to get her hindpaws beneath him to flip him off. One forepaw swatted at him, meaning to press against the side of his face. She gave Ger no heed, trusting that Zeki would stop if she was hurting and knowing she would do the same for him.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:19 am
Zeki smirked and continued to play with the female underneath him. His paws were on her shoulder and his ears picked up a strange purr from the din of the crunching dirt and the dust picking up. He too was purring softly deep down but the growl masked that, at least for when he did growl. He would snap his jaws near her ear just as she did him and would roll over just for the pure enjoyment to have a game of fun. Roll and roll, snap and snap, and the purrs. They were enjoying themselves.
Zeki and Ger had wrestled around before, though the advantage was way out of the window for Ger. A cub versus a grown, strong powerful lion. In their games, they were not afraid to hurt one another if it happened, it was all about the play and the laughter. At least here with Safuma it was a game of cub fun.
Ger sighed and watched. Sometimes I wonder if anyone ever listens to me....
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:27 am
Safuma wouldn't mind being injured. She doubted that Zeki could do that much damage anyway. Ger might be able to if he wasn't careful, but Zeki was safe. Nevertheless, Safuma caught the sigh by the adult and once she was rolled so that she was over Zeki, she leapt off to attack Ger. No harm in including him, she didn't want him to feel left out.
Wrapping her forelegs around his paw, she made as if to gnaw on his leg though her cub teeth would hardly even make it through the thick fur much less cause pain to the adult. Her tail flicked the dirt violently in her excitement, sending a pebble or two scattering.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:34 am
Zeki whimpered as his playmate left him for his Dad. He looked up to see her gnawing on his leg, that would not do much of anything to him. He laughed out and joined her, tackling the other leg and latched onto it, bitting at it, actually trying to cause harm.
Ger looked down at the two and smiled. "You two are so weird. No wonder you two are friends," he smiled and rose to his feet as if they were nothing. He started to walk when Zeki extended his claws and bit hard down on his leg which made him yelp, and having him trip over himself and landed upon his back.
"Not fair, that's two against one!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:16 pm
Her eyes looked back at Zeki when he whimpered, though she didn't move her mouth from where it was attaching to the large male's foreleg. Her hindpaws dug her claws into the dirt as Ger stood and tried to walk forward. Her laughter was muffled by his fur and then cut short when the male suddenly tripped over himself and she had to scurry to get out of the way.
Laughing louder, she bolted forward to pull at Ger's ear now that it was reachable. She liked pulled on ears, she couldn't explain why even if you asked her. As it was, she didn't even notice. Her paws shifted through his thick mane as she tried to get a good grip on his ear.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:09 pm
Ger winced with every tug and with every wince was the word, "Ow." He was once again a 'playground' to the cubs, used for their own amusement and play. He was like a rock, they could jump on him and play around him but he would do little to anything for them. Best let them enjoy themselves. The adult looked up through his mane to see a smidge of gold, Safuma?
Zeki sat upon his father's board chest, purring softly to himself as his father, as always, put his paws upon his chest when he laid down to play with someone. Rather let someone play with him. The cub laid down and continued to purr, seeing as Safuma was having some fun with his father's ear.
"Careful, Safuma, my Mom would kill us if she found out that we hurt her precious mate," Zeki laughed as he hopped down to get at his tail. "Not that I would let her anyways."
"Big boy's gonna stand-Ow, up to his mother because-Ow, you two are trying to-Ow, hurt me?"
"Better believe it. Not gonna let anyone hurt someone on an uneven level. It's what I do." it's his code.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:23 pm
Safuma giggled, tugging on his ear with as much strength as she dared. Her eyes bright with amusement as Zeki plopped on his father's chest, listening to the banter between the two as the other cub moved to pull at the lion's tail. Falling back on her rump, she released his ear though kept her mouth close enough that she could grab it again if need be. Swatting at it with one paw, she laughed, "Aw, we're not really hurting him. Are we, Ger?"
Her question was sincere. Safuma enjoyed playing but if someone was really getting hurt, she'd cease immediately. A part of her honestly doubted that the big lion could feel a thing, but it never hurt to ask. Some lions had a lower tolerance for pain that she did.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:10 pm
"Oh yes, Lady Safuma, it hurts so much that I am dying," Ger joked as he moved his head up a bit to look at her through his mane. As he did so, the long hairs fell back over, cascading down as he looked at her. "No, you two could not hurt me if you tried."
Zeki laid crouched down, pawing at his father's tail which moved from side to side, purring playfully. This wasn't much of a wrestling sort of activity but more of a distraction sort. That was when the tail thwacked him on the nose making the cub double back, wiggling it. Ow.... that sort of hurt... With a wry grin, he crouched low again, and jumped onto his tail with such force to make the adult jerk up and snarl at him.
"EZEKIEL!" he roared, scowling, and snarling.
Zeki however just looked up innocently and smiled. "Yes, Dad?"
With a long exhale, the father let his paws thread through his mane and sighed. "Don't do that, alright? Not to me or anyone else. Got that?"
Zeki was already gone by the time he looked down again. Zeki had slipped from his sights and moved closer to Safuma, just sitting there, smiling, purring.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:54 pm
Her face contorted into a sort of skeptical smile, one brow furrowed while the other arched incredulously at the large lion's joking. When he gave in to the truth, the original grin returned and she batted at his head, "I could try?"
When Zeki suddenly made his father jump, roar and snarl, Safuma's claws dug into the dirt as she pressed herself against the ground. Her belly was hot against the warming ground, but she was ready to flee if need be. False alarm, Ger merely calmed and instructed Zeki not to do it again. Safu looked to the young male cub as he rounded his father to sit beside her. Her own purring soon matched his own as she looked up to Ger with a sweet, innocent smile as if she'd never been frightened at all.
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:35 am
Ger sighed and joined their smile-and-purr, he casually rose up to his feet and flicked his tail to assure that it was alright. With a glance to one to the other, he smirked. "You two had fun, I assume? If not then I must be really getting old."
"Nah, no old man can race me. Nope, couldn't if he tried," Zeki boasted as he puffed his chest and made the polish nails gesture that was common in boasting.
"Ah, boasting are you? Isn't that against your code?" Ger smirked and narrowed at him. He knew that his son had a code that he made up and followed diligently as long as he knew him. Part of it was not to talk highly of oneself but allow another to do it for you. In turn, he would do the same. "Besides, if I remember correctly, you had trouble keeping up with me from time to time."
Zeki pouted. "That's because you are older."
"Ah, now pointing out a weakness and dwelling, and/or, attacking it? Shame shame." Ger laughed which made Zeki curl up a bit more as he sat there.
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:21 pm
Safuma laughed at the two of them as they bantered between each other, purring loudly as she picked up on things. Like that Zeki had a code. She wouldn't ask outright, but she'd listen and learn and remember. Her crimson eyes darted between each other them as they spoke, quietly snickering to herself until she found an opportunity to speak.
"Being young isn't a weakness. There's plenty of things we can do that you can't, especially cause we're still little too." She beamed, knowing that wasn't the point of what they were saying but using it as a launch nevertheless. "I can fit into smaller caves than you."
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:04 am
Ger smirked.
"Smaller caves, huh? That's only because that way, I can stuff you two in one if we were attacked. Because I can't fit means I have to protect you two," Ger purred and smiled, raising to his feet and stretching out his back. "Hopefully, that will never happen."
"Oh come on, what could go wrong? A hyena? We can take one of those on any day," Zeki chuckled as he too raised to his feet. He spoke from experience, he had a friend, a hyena, that would randomly appear in the Pride Lands. They got to talk, that is after a scruffle, and got to know each other better. Two different worlds they came from and found a link to become friends. At least in secret. "Besides, no mangy hyena would dare come to our lands, right Dad?"
"Right. If any hyena decided to trespass upon our Pride Lands... may a god help them if we retaliated to put them back into their place. Now, enough chit-chat, I believe it is time to return this young one home."
"Which one?" Zeki beamed. Ger just sighed and smacked his head again.
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:20 am
Purring gently, Safuma looked from one to the other before blinking at Ger's statement, "But we could just shove ourselves in and they wouldn't even know where we were! They'd give up and leave." Her smile broadened, laughing at Ger's exasperation. They were a funny pair, and she was sad that Ger decided one of them had to go. She figured it was Zeki, they were a couple of busy lions.
She hefted herself to her feet, still purring, and reached across to swat at Zeki, "Walk me home?" She looked up at Ger, as well, crimson eyes taking a sort of 'puppy-eyed' look as her tail swayed gently over the dirt.
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