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 Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:03 pm
"Finar-si," Kafara said, almost in a whisper. Everyone heard anyway. When Kafara spoke, anyone nearby heard, because she spoke so rarely.
"Finar-si is our goddess. We worship fire and heat and the desert. And water is a sign of weakness."
That was all Kafara knew. And, after saying what she knew, she sat back down. Now, she would watch again.
She needed to listen more. She had already gained valuable information. Two of the cubs would be chosen for. . . something. She had to know more.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:04 pm
Kijinga looked to Hestia, her eyes making a confuse shape. D-Deal? about us? she looked to her mother, she made...a deal? about us!!! she growled softly, looking at Hestia once more. goddess? religion?
she spoke, questionably. 'N-no. i do not....' she then spoke again 'And what is our religion?' she stood now, tail flickering, nose flareing. why did this...this bird know so much. but she stopped herself. she remembered asking this before....but yet, she still, for some reason, wanted to what...no who was a goddess. 'Why do you ask us these questions? as if, we should already know?' she peered to her mother, almost accussing her of not telling them....her about this non-sense.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:05 pm
"That's right. Finar-si." Kavuasi echoed Kafara quickly, his ears still flat. He didn't answer her second question, about religion. He had no idea what that was. But, from stories his father, Kiu, had told, he knew about Finar-si. "She's the mother of all Firekin, as well. ........why? What does it matter?" Now Kavuasi was angry. This bird, of all lesser creatures, was quizzing them on something that they didn't care about! Not only that, but Hestia had said something about choosing... He tucked her words away, his ears slowly easing out of their flattened position. What was going on?
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:08 pm
Kinja sighed and bowed her head in deafeat, allowing Hestia full access to her children, but all the while she kept a close eye on the Goddess. She didn't want anything to happen without her knowledge.
Kimeti stepped next to Kafar and nodded. "We're the better pride out of all the others!" His eyes shifted from Hestia to Kafara, wondering why of all times she would decide to speak so much. None the less, it was nice to hear her speak more.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:08 pm
Kijinga blinked, and suddenly felt over-whelmed with embarassment. why did they know! did mother tell them? why didn't she tell her?! why! or...did they just know....because..they just did.....she sighed, now sitting again, growling. mother must have told them...and not her, it was her only solution....but...it must also be her fault since of coarse she wandered off one to many times...
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:11 pm
"Aye, Finar-si's ours." Kwana shot her sister a glance of mild respect, memories triggered by the youngest cub's statement. She could vaguely remember a few other names, but they didn't seem important at the time. Oh, what were they... "But there are also four other names. They're not important, though."
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:16 pm
"Firekin is the only pride worth being in." Kavuasi said, flashing Kimeti a grin. He usually couldn't STAND his brother... But it was true. Firekin was the best. And his pride for his... pride... kept him from snapping at his younger sibling. In fact, it seemed the only sibling he kept -true- company with was Kafara... Possibly because she didn't have it out for him. After hearing Kwana speak up, Kavuasi bristled, wrapping his tail around one of his back legs.
"There aren't any others. Finar-si's the only Goddess. Who gave you that stupid idea?" He grumbled loudly, straightening himself up so that he looked bigger. Stupid sister...
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:21 pm
Kwana blatantly ignored Kavu's 'Proud perfect heir' speech, lapsing back into thought. She was sure there were other names...but at the same time, there couldn't be, right? Finar-si was theirs! There were no others. She blinked twice to clear her thoughts at Kavu's query, glancing up to her 'oh so perfect and strong' brother. "I....don't know." She seemed honestly confused, and now rather embaressed by her outburst. The cub shrugged boredly, sneering at ther brother to cover it up. "Maybe you just don't know about them."
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:22 pm
kijinga snickered at her brother. she had said that too. yet, she hadn't ever seen anything else, so she knew no better. but, as far as she knew, it was...she looked to the bird. why was it so silent?
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:23 pm
Approving eyes turn towards Kafara and Kavuasi, then to Kimeti, and finally towards Kwana and Kijinga. Now, the harder question: "Do you believe in your goddess? And what do you think about rogues - and the Mistweavers?" She says, beak stabbing against the warm air. Much depends on the answers. She's looking for two completely different children, here - and it looks like she'll get a wide range from this bunch.
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Mila Farrell Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:24 pm
Kimeti looked at Kwana then Hestia. "I am not too sure about the one goddess thing...but who knows?! There may only be one, but... there's always the possibility there's more! Like our desire to have adventure. There's always the chance that we'll run into more creatures and lions that we had never known existed. You can't enjoy what you don't know. As long as you enjoy yourself why not do what you please? That's what Rogues do...right?" He smiled at the thought and looked at the large dune that was his last barrier to freedom before turning back tot he group. As for the Mistweavers... well... father hates them but mother doesn't seem to mind really." he shrugged. "I can understand them.... in a way... Even us Firekin NEED water to live, thought we don't depends on it as much as they do so I am not too sure why we think water is a weakness if it's one of the things we need to live, lust like food."
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:29 pm
Biting back a sharp retort to Kwana's comment, he perked his ears at Hestia's question, then laughed. Although, after his laugh, he regretted having said anything. Finar-si... Was she real? He had never seen any signs of her, never learned anything more than that Finar-si existed... What proof was there? He ignored his fears, however, and plowed on.
"Of course she's real." He answered, a sarcastic tinge to his voice. "And as for rogues..." Well? What DID he think of Rogues? He had never met one before. Or... had he? There was that one cub, the little female. "...they're just there. We avoid them, or kick them out." There. That sounded good. "And Mistweavers!" Oho, from what the other lionesses and his father had told him, the Mistweavers were horrible. "Weak little things. They worship water, did you know? Silly, stupid creatures." There. A full answer. He unwraveled his tail from around his leg, looking very proud.
Now, the question was... Why was he so proud of answering a... bird's... question?
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:32 pm
Kijinga looked to Hestia, she...really didn't know of her goddess. she shook her head. murmuring slightly 'i know....very little of my goddess...so...i have a hard....time beliving in her....even though, as i hear from my siblings, she seems real.....' she spoke low, then grew louder with ease. it was true, she was just telling the truth. but she suddenly felt as though that her 'Firekin' blood had been crushed. she had just.....said she didn't belive in her goddess! she then heard the next question, about the mistweaver, rouges....WHO?! she pondered. rouges must be...loners? she sighed at her lack of knowledge...she should have stayed, she would have atleast known more about these questions. but, suddenly she felt the no need to answer to this bird. she didn't know who she was other then it was Hestia....but, mistweaver....sounded much like a land....not a lion....or anyother animal. she thought for a moment. mist, as in water mist? and weaver....hmm....she wasn't sure, but she knew it must be a water land. possibly? she looked to the side, almost ignoreing Hestia. she whispered 'i know nothing of our land, nor our history....our gods or goddess's.....i dont know of other lands, other animals...nothing....i dont belong.......she let out a low gurgle sound as she was now angry with herself. she could just run now....away from this, she wouldn't have to worry about this 'talk' of goddesses, and religion....
((neh, one more hour till i have to get off! *whimpers*))
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:32 pm
This was important.
Very important.
If it hadn't been, Kafara would have remained silent. But, this Hestia wanted to know, and eventually, Kafara knew that she would have to answer. "Father says that rogue lions are bad. He says that the Mistweavers are bad. He says that Finar-si is omnipotent."
Kafara's use of the word omnipotent was actually lucky. She had heard her father use it in the same context, and had made a wild guess. However, the two most important lines in her speech were 'father says'.
'Father says'. Not 'Kafara thinks'.
"Rogues. . . Sometimes, I feel like I am one. You can go anywhere in your head."
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:36 pm
Kimeti looked at his brother and sisters in thought before thinking. "As long as a Rogue enjoyed himself I don't see what's wrong with being one." He stopped momentarily to think about his words. "I'd be one if I knew I'd get to see the world, especailly that green land that the crow spoke about earlier." SHe looked at her mother then to Hestia as he spoke this.
Kinja hung her head sadly as he little ones let loose on their feelings and thoughts. She felt somewhat betrayed but knew that they were growing and that it would have to be expected they would want to see the world, but she had stopped them, in fear that one of them may grow to be exactly what Hestia wanted, but what if... what if she had formed them into what the minor goddess wanted and hadn't realized it.
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