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 Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:35 pm
"Fighting him? I'm not! I haven't even met him!" She retorted, thinking of fighting in the more literal sense. But that was a point, she hadn't met the cub and she was refusing him without gving him that chance. She hated to admit it but that wasn't right. She had given the other wild dogs a chance when she met them, very eager for them to join. The very least she could do was meet the cub and then decide.
"I'll meet this cub of yours..." she said slowly. "But if he gives me any reason to believe he's a risk, any reason to think he wouldn't do well with us, then he'll not stay. We'll drop him off with the first lion pride we come across." She narrowed her eyes as if daring her cousin to disagree. She was pack leader after all!
And that comment about being the youngest had been a very low blow. Very low indeed.... especially coming from one who thought females should do all the hunting and who could barely hunt himself. "Watch how you tread Dhati...." She said. "I know how leadership is and what it means. It means looking out for the rest of the members, not take risks with their lives. If this ends poorly, if we travel someplace dangerous or something else bad happens, it all ends with me. You would blame me. I HAVE to judge people and situations in order to assess the danger to the pack - they come before anyone else. I'm doing it for your own good."
"Fine.... find the cub and bring him to me this evening and I will see." She stood up and walked past her cousin slowly, whispering to him as she passed. "Calling me a coward for thinking of the pack's safety first? I'm weighing up the risks before diving headfirst into a possibly very dangerous situation. If you can't see that it makes you very ignorant..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:00 pm
He laughed. "You were the one who was being stupid Haiji. Judging before you meet someone because of their speices. Be careful cousin or you will kill us off because you let a dog in who will kill us all." He then turned and went to find the cub. His cousin was being stupid in his eyes and that for him was enough not to trust her judgement, not for now anyway. Respect for her had been lost.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:11 am
Haiji seethed under her fur. Her cousin was being an idiot! No matter if he was slightly older, he wasn't thinking anything through or giving her the least bit of respect.
"Don't you dare talk to me like that! You've accepted me as alpha here, even if I'm the youngest at the moment. It was a title you yourself told me I inherited." She could barely keep the growl from her voice as she called after him. "And I am making judgements on possible risks, just as I judged each dog that's already here. How many times do I have to tell you that? Can't you see I'm thinking of your safety? You're a fool and if you keep acting like this it'll be you who is the dog that kills off everyone." She gave a short snarl at the last part. He was certainly not fit to be a temporary alpha alongside her, not anymore. "If you don't like the way I run things you can leave. I don't need disrespectful idiots in the pack."
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:05 am
Off in the distance Ujuzi could hear the stirring of trouble. She'd spent some time on her own to bathe but now sought her packmates to see what was going on for the day. She hadn't expected to come upon such a scene as this.
Mataka was there, awfully quiet, while Dhati and Haiji seemed to be having an argument, and though Ujuzi wasn't one to eavesdrop she felt that she had every right to listen to what was going on.
She didn't bother hiding her presence, she simply took a silent seat off out of plain view, positioning herself in such a way that if she needed the element of surprise, she'd have it. She wanted to hear what was said unhindered.
A lion cub in the pack? Nevermind the fact that he may be sick (and how would they know that he truly wasn't?), there was also a distinct possibility that he had a traumatic past that may or may not decide who and what he became in the future. He could have the blood of a mad-lion in him, or any number of psychological defects.
Dhati's tone? His words? Ujuzi didn't like it, any of it. She was biding her time as she listened to the conversation but the more she heard the colder her eyes became. Dhati was being foolish. He'd gotten what he wanted by having Haiji agree to meet the child, it was foolish and uncalled for, and completely disrespectful to sling about such insults after the fact. Ujuzi didn't take pacts of loyalty lightly, and as the three of them had all agreed to follow Haiji as alpha it meant more than just following her instruction, it meant supporting her as their leader and being scincere about it, not just when it was convinient for them.
She remained silent but made her approach, letting her presence become obvious now. She stopped two feet away from both wild dogs, standing positioned so that she could face both from the middle, despite her distance.
"Forgive my intrusion, Haiji, but I could not help but hear what was going on."
She looked directly after Dhati as she said this, but looked to Haiji afterwards and lowered her tail, nodding her head downward just so to show that she meant no disrespect.
As her eyes moved back to Dhati again Ujuzi once more lifted her head, eyes flickering briefly. She'd arrived at the tail end of the conversation, it seemed, perhaps for the best that she held her thoughts silent behind a steely purple stare for now.
~Age and Maturity are two entirely different things, Dhati. Haiji may be young but she obviously has the necessary maturity and open-mind that an alpha should posess. Do not belittle her so. She is my alpha as well and I will not hesitate to back the pledge of loyalty that we ALL made when we agreed to follow her.~
"I do not like it," She stated rather abruptly. "and I cannot promise not to tell him, or any other member of our pack exactly so when I disagree. I do not like foolish behavior, nor taking unecessary risks for the sake of one's own preference."
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:33 pm
Dhati turned to Haiji, "You dont take notice of your own pack Haiji and this is as much mine as yours. I dont want to fight but if you try and rid me of my blood then I will have to take one." He ignored the other femme as she had no right to butt in. He then turned to the other femme and with cold eyes he spoke straight to her. "I am sorry, but this isn't for you to know about. I know where you have your trust but this is between me and my cousin." Mataka had already left he knew that. He wanted to talk to his cousin alone as this was getting stupid. Could no one speak their own mind here? If they couldn't this was definatly not the pack that he had stories of and Haiji was a poor leader if that is indeed what she was doing. This was getting stupid something had to be sorted and he wanted to talk to his cousin alone. He would then be finding Mataka again and Temari.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:59 pm
(( I never saw Mataka leave in the rp? I had been playing along that she was there but keeping quiet. Hence, I didn't see any problem with the only other pack member being here as well. Couldn't leave her out if everyone else was here. sweatdrop ))
Haiji looked up once Ujuzi moved into plain view and gave her a nod. She returned it. "I don't think anyone in the savannah has yet to hear this... conversation." Her gaze turned back to her cousin and her eyes narrowed. She was very trusting of Ujuzi and very often welcomed her opinion and advice. "You bought Mataka along before, and this is an important decision. Why shouldn't she be here to see what is decided?"
"And I do notice things in this pack! I have seen you wander off toward the graveyard. I have seen you and Mataka spending more and more time together." She stated proudly. "Do not underestimate me Dhati. I don't want to fight either but you may drive me to it with your continuing insults to me. I have agreed to see the cub, why do you continue to aggravate me?"
"As for the pack being just as much yours..... that is a temporary position." She emphasized the word. "Which you can now consider revoked...."
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:10 pm
Personally, Ujuzi didn't give a flying ratel's a** if Dhati liked her giving her opinion or not. He was not the one that she looked to, and after this little incident he never would be. As the younger male looked her over coldly he'd find the look returned with a sharp ice in her Amythyst eyes.
"Don't plague my ears with your double talk!" She spat calmly. "You speak of a decision that DOES in fact affect the entire pack. I have every right to know what foolishness you're plotting that involves my life or the lives of those I care about."
And Haiji had stolen the words directly out of Ujuzi's mouth. Since she had now been directly addressed by both, as well as given an unformal invitation to remain a part of the discussion, she chose to further speak her mind.
"It would be wiser to hold your peace with what agreement you'd recieved, rather than stirring up uneeded and unwanted animosity over something as necessary as a leader's caution and concern for the well being of our pack. If you truly believe what you've said then you should do the mature thing and respect the fact that Haiji is doing what any good leader should: Considering all of the possibilities in what could be a dangerous situation."
As she said this, her fur on the back of her neck did bristle and p***k just slightly, but you wouldn't be able to tell by the level of control she had nor the tone she used.
"You speak poorly of Haiji's age, yet YOU are younger than me still as well, Dhati, and as such I won't hesitate to tell you that I too see your irritation as ungrounded and mindless. It's a very, very foolish and lonely individual that refuses to see any way but their own. Remember that."
~Because I also won't stand by an watch you destroy this pack, this would be family from the inside out.~
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:15 am
Dhati looked at the femme who he now despised for one butting in and for two just being a pain. "This is nothing to do with you." He then turned to his cousin. "Fine, I will leave then. The reason I spend time with Mataka, she the only one in this darn place who seems to see some kind of life instead of being so darn proud all the time." He snarled now.
"Haiji you are ruining the pack of the stories, do as you wish now, the two of you can travel alone. Mataka will come with me, after all from what I know she is not safe around either of you. Temari will probably follow as well, so good luck Haiji. Do this on your own now for I wont take your friends talk. She is not of the blood and you deserve not to be. The pack doesn't exist no more. You killed it." With that Dhati turned and left to find Mataka and Temari. He trusted the two females, they seemed to care for life and not being proud.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:10 am
When the words came from her mouth, telling Dhati she no longer wanted him to have such an important position, she had been sure of them. But somehow the acceptance of his demotion and the following withdrawal from the entire pack caught her by surprise. Her eyes widened as the one known member of a distant family turned his back on her and wouldn't even consider her point of view or try to see where she was coming from.
The pack of old had been destroyed by a pride of lions. How would it be any different if they took some cub and an angry pride came after them intent on revenge for kidnapping it?
She walked over to stand closer to the older female. Ujuzi had just shown without doubt that she was loyal and approving of Haiji. She could be trusted and listened to. Not one of her so-called family.
"You ask me not to judge on species and yet you judge on relation by blood. Hypocrite!" She spat the word out at his retreating figure. "And now you claim Mataka will follow you without even letting her choose for herself." He had mentioned some other name she didn't recognise but she ignored it. "Some pack leader you'd make! Turning around and doing the exact things you insulted me for." She shook her head and tried to remain clam but he'd worked her up so much that she trembled with feelings of anger and betrayal.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:57 am
Dhati paused and turned with a smile on his maw. "No thats not me being a hypocript cousin I judge you after I have known you." He then turned shouting back one last thing, "Oh Mataka will have a choice but to be honest, she wouldn't want a proud snob!" He then laughed and continued off. He wouldn't return, not now, not ever.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:18 pm
Ujuzi narrowed her eyes once more at the retreating male as he paused, trying to further the insult he'd added to injury. She hadn't failed to notice the disappointing fact that this wild dog was supposedly the only family that Haiji had left, and thought it very disheartening that he would sooner abandon his own than conceed to compromise. Ujuzi did not see this as coincidence.
But the she-dog no longer held any anger or annoyance in her eyes, just pity. She looked at Dhati as if she was watching the hard-headed piglet that had wandered right into the lion's den: Completely deserving of the demise that he'd ignorantly broughten upon himself.
"Your arrogance will be your downfall..."
How long had Dhati actually been contemplating himself as leader? Surely, if nothing else, he'd obviously expected to lead Haiji from behind the scenes, if he expected her to blindly agree to any and every major decision he thought worthy of acceptance.
Ujuzi exhaled softly, what sounded like a small sigh that preceeded softly muttered words. "I certainly do hope that you can sleep at night with those words ringing in your ears when your blind, deaf, and naive acceptance lands you and others in the trouble you are bound to lead yourselves into."
Her concern was for Haiji now.... she'd walked away willingly from her family, but Haiji's mother had been taken from her at a young age and to worsen that, now her only remaining kin was abandoning her to chase after his own arrogance-blinded aspirations. She knew that Dhati's mind would have been made up even if she had not arrived on the scene, but still found herself briefly musing on "what if's".
She refrained from showing pity and sympathy toward Haiji. Concern, yes, but anything less than confidence in her intelligence and strength? No. She was stronger than, and deserved better than to be treated like an ignorant child.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:45 am
(( Err... she was talking about him judging Ujuzi based on her 'blood', not judging Haiji herself, Remove. sweatdrop ))
The young female grit her teeth and turned away from the fading figure that was her cousin.... 'was' in the past tense. He'd practically disowned himself from her and their related parents. Ears laid back flat on her head, fuzzing out most of his words but his laughter managed to creep in. If he thought all this amusing he was more delusional than Haiji thought.
She took a few steps away from the scene but paused when she remembered that Ujuzi was still with her. She looked back to the older dog, trying not to look defeated in any way. The loss of such a foolish packmember shouldn't be so bad... but he was still the only family she had left. Not only that but his disregard for her explainations, her reasons for making such decisions, made her wonder if she wasn't being rational. No.. she was. She thought over all she had said and still it made sense to her.
Did it to Ujuzi? She willed herself to look her now solitary packmate straight in the eye. There was concern there... but nothing in her expression conveyed confusion or embarressment of Haiji. The alpha sighed, indicating quite clearly that what was done was done.
"I... didn't expect that...." She admitted. "At least, not when this started. But he wouldn't see reason, even when I'd agreed to his request."
(( I suppose we can call this finished now? Unless you'd like to continue for a bit Tahja? Just with Ujuzi and Haiji? ))
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:45 am
((We can continue, though should we take this to another thread in case Remove and Zo-Zo want to resume using it again? question
;_; *petting lil' Haiji*))
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:57 am
(( Yeah, good plan. 3nodding ))
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