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 Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:24 pm
"Either or works fine." He said softly to himself, looking more content with his toes than anything else. Sighing a bit soon after, he looked up to the grasses and spoke out in a relaxed voice, trying quite hard to keep his sentences short.
"I call it Preditor and Prey..something I thought up in my mind from all of the times I saw hunters in the southlands. Lions would chase after others with such vigor...such amazing power that it seemed only just they win. And yet, always the prey would keep a chase, doging every other way to keep away from the jaws of their preditors..." Swallowing, he shook his head and cleared the images.
"Of course, we wont try and eat eachother...but we can play that the prey gets a head start, and it is up to the preditor to chase after. Whoever out wits the other wins. Either the Preditor must catch the prey, or the prey must find someplace safe to hide from the Preditor...than the places switch..." Letting the comment trail in the air, he looked to see what Kami thought.
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:51 pm
-She nodded as she listened, giving affirmative sounds as he listed the rules, however her mind dipped in thought at the game. It sounded like a fun game, and good practice towards the days when she may have to help the other lionness' hunt.
But deep down a worry nagged at her. She wasn't the most fit lioness in the world. In fact it was more then apparent that her frame, the more slim then it used to be still held a good portion of that 'baby fat'. She wasn't competitive enough.. or strong enough for the real thing.. that's why games of imagination were always her favorite.
Looking over to Ta however she didn't fuss or bring up her worries. He wouldn't laugh at her when she lost.. She wasn't going to get hurt.. It was just a game.. so whether or not she was good at it, she'd give it a go.
Spotting a large rock finally, she motioned lightly with her paw, before picking up the pace, leading to the large waterbuffalo sized rock.- "I'll give it a go Ta. What would you like to be first?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:43 am
He looked at the rock as soon as she motioned towards it, and picked up his pace as well to a brisk jog. Sliding to a halt as soon as they were there, he looked back to Kami with a grin before jumping up and balancing on the large rock, his gaze turning outward towards the lands.
Scouting out in silence, he searched for what would be the first place, or safety, for the prey to hide, and caught sight of a large formation of rocks that made a den-like shape. It was very close to Pride Rock, clearly an old part of it that must have fallen, yet it still was perfect.
"Alright..." He said as she spoke, turning his ears her way before settling her gaze down to her, "How about...I be the prey, just to see how it goes, and so we can find a hide away before anything else..." Jumping back down, he nodded for her to get up herself, "If you look up there, and towards Pride Rock, you will see a small den-like appearence, though big enough to fit a lion if they squeeze..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:52 am
"The preditor. Okay!" -Lifting herself up onto the large rock, she followed his direction, glancing in the distance until her eyes settled on the tiny 'den', letting her imagination begin to take over.- "Alright, that's safety and home then."
"Do I need to like.. count and give you some time to run off before I try to find you?" -Her tail twitched softly, her mind playfully going over animals. What would she imagine Ta as? A zebra? A gazelle maybe?-
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:31 pm
Turning up to her with a smile, he could all but see her mind tick into action, everything working out as he had hoped. Taking one step back, he just looked back in the direction and remembered the path he needed to take.
"Not quite...I mean, you see me, dont you Kami?" It was a slow question, one that was really an unfinished statement waiting for a response. He already had gotten in the mood to play the game, and slowly he continued to inch from where she stood, ready to turn and run off when she answered or got onto what his hinting was. Like any preditor, once she caught sight of her prey, she would need to go into action.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:41 pm
"Hmmm? Oh!" -Grinning a moment selfconciously, she gave a soft laugh understanding finally. Crouching lightly, she settled her eyes onto him, ears laying back a little.- "I don't even have to do the hard work of finding you and sneaking up."
-Watching him inch slowly, she took off, muscles springing to life as she lept out after him. Hitting the ground with a soft huff, she bolted forward as soon as her paws would let her, her eyes on the large horned, sleek 'gazelle' before her.-
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:43 pm
As soon as she had bounded from the rock, Ta'Ziyan found it as his cue to turn into the grasses. His tail the only thing left for her paws to catch, he all but used it to tease before he was completly in the grasses and 'running' towards the den. Not quite sprinting, he made it a point to bound and leap and change his direction enough to leave her slightly behind, though the noise of his paws filled the silence of the lands.
He was only a few strides ahead, making that a point and not going any farther, and every so oftin his eyes would turn and glance over his shoulder, searching to see just how close the 'huntress' really was.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:59 pm
-Oh she was 'good'. If by good you meant 'an absolute joke that would entertain even the most steel faced of lions'. But what she lacked in skill, she replaced with determination, as she caught each slide and stumble as she made the mistake of trying to follow the weaving instead of cutting it off like a real hunting pro would have.
With heavy panting however she pressed foward and at one point swung a clawless paw, catching just he haired bit of his tail, before losing some distance as she had to recover from the force put into the swat. Too busy trying and following the 'great beast' she didn't notice the fact that he was playing easier for her, only that the safety den was drawing nearer and nearer.-
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:06 pm
Feeling a slight sense of dread as she swipped and than fell back, Ta decided that he really wasn't in the mood to win, though he knew that he couldn't just let her win without her getting angry.
So as he got closer, his path seemed to become a bit sharper, an effort to appear as if he was becoming nervous and careless. Had he been a prey, he probably would have shot away. However, before he could think of that, the grasses suddenly cleared to reveal a sudden slope, a small watering hole clearly long gone before them. It was just the dirt of it, and Ta couldn't warm Kami before she made it, for the grasses had so suddenly stopped and the dip was so quick that he almost fell over from just the weight of his momentum. It is funny how whenever he was with Kami, they always seemed to find the steepest of hills.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:15 pm
-If it hadn't happened so quickly, she might have actually paused in confusion as to why he'd 'stopped'. But instead she continued just as he did through the edge of the grass and towards the dipping waterless pool before them. Careening into poor Ta, she closed her eyes suddenly forgetting the game as a panic set into her.
As the reached the bottom of the strange drop however, after an ungraceful roll or two she found herself actually rested half on her 'prey', and ignoring the soft soreness in her shoulders moved forward enough to n** at the skin below his growing mane, whispering softly, the wind seemingly knocked out of her.- "You're dinner?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:22 pm
Feeling the sudden weight on his back, Ta'Ziyan only had a moment to let out a slight yelp before he too was rolling, the two hitting eachother as they spun. Landing on his stomach, his maw hit the solid ground and he was lucky enough to already have his mouth shut. Lifting his head a few moments later, he tried to push up only to fall back down by the awareness of another on him. Though Kami was not the heaviest of adolescents, she still was there and he was not used to the extra addition to his mass.
As he felt her weight shift, all he could assume was that she was getting up, but a cough fell from him a moment later as the light n** was felt under his mane. A slight warmth coming up to his face, he could only blink before a light growl came from his throat, clearly playful as he made his reply.
"Possibly..." With that, he made way to stand, this time ready, and shifted his weight to shift hers as well. Making it so she would slide to his right, he shook his 'mane' quickly before giving her a grin.
"You caught me Kami, though it wasn't the way that I imagined, you still caught me like any Huntress would have, so congratulations." His grin growing, he moved a step closer to rub his cheek next to hers in a hug of congratulations, for she had been quite close, and he had been running before hand. Though he didn't sprint, she still had kept his pace closely.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:32 pm
-She rolled gently, letting her side settle again the warmed dirt, watching Ta as he lifted himself up. Pushing herself up lightly wiggling her paws to try an loosen the muscles that were tightening due to the quick stress, she glanced up slightly as he gave her the congratulatory 'hug'.
Smiling a little lightly she glanced up the dipping ridge of dirt towards the grasses they'd come from, offering softly.- "Next time we can choose a place we know well so we don't get surprised again? I think a real good hunter would know their hunting ground like the back of their paw."
-Shaking her fur a little she sighed ever so gently. The dust and dirt clung to the soft sheen of sweat she'd worked up in the chase.. so it looked like she was just going to have to stay dirty and hot for awhile.-
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:39 pm
Nodding slowly, Ta silently agreed with the princess as he took moved stretch his muscles. Being slightly used to the stress, all he had to do was curl his back and let out a soft yawn before he was back to his normal stance with that same light grin across his features. Everything seemed to be working out now that he was with his best friend again. He almost was back to saying shorter sentences, though whenever he was with others, that didn't seem to be the case.
"Well, maybe one day we should get used to these lands, they aren't far from your den, so if your dad yells, you can still hear him." And right as he thought that, he had stumbled out a long sentence once again. Sighing with slight frustration, he moved his eyes away to gaze up at the sun, narrowing them lightly before looking down, his vision illuminated.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:47 pm
-She nodded a little silently at his thoughts, letting the warmth of the day drift down onto her golden pelt, before finally taking a couple steps forward.- "That's a good idea." -If she ever became queen she'd have to know these lands after all. But for now she pushed those thoughts away, turning back to smile very softly to Ta again, offering tiredly.-
"Did you want to play it again? Or save it for another day and go cool off near the watering hole instead?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:23 am
He glanced to her as she asked the question, and slowly took in her form as he contemplated the options. It appeared as if she was speaking slowly, a sign of fatigue, and he did notice she had tired almost as soon as their game started to quicken in pace. His ears flickering lightly, he looked up to the top of the dried hole and nodded his head.
"Lets go rest for a bit, and next time when we explore, we can play than as well." Grinning, he tried to cover the fact that he thought she might have not liked the game, failure lacing his mind as he turned to start up the dirty hill. Tail dragging lightly as he made it to the top, he took a deep breath and pushed the thoughts aside, having collected himself enough to become ready to go to the watering hole.
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