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 Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:55 pm
Kichea cast a weary gaze at Solio. "Another male?" She whispered, clearly asking what this would mean for the pride as she made to follow Rackna.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:19 pm
Solio glanced over to Kichea, nodding her head ever so slightly, a worried look overcasting her delicate features. Another male was never good, especially when he wanted one of Rackna's females... She bent down and picked up the prey aswell, helping her brother along.
Rackna pinned his ears against his skull, his pace quickening as the pridelands came into sight. He saw Karver, outside the elephant grass boarder, and cocked an eyebrow. He had never seen this king before...
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:22 pm
Kichea loped along side of the pair, ducking in to help with the gazelle. She kept her eyes cast down, though she couldn't help but glance once or twice at the opposing male.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:54 pm
Seeing Rackna, he backed up a decent pace away from Pastel and gave a small bow. "I thought you heard my approaching call..I guess I was wrong." He lifted his head and slightly shook. "My name is Karver. I just made a pride near to the Oasis. To be blunt, one of your females, I think this one, Pastel, asked me if she could join my pride. I didn't see a problem, but she said that I would have to fight you for her. That's not really a problem for me, but I would rather settle the dispute without fighting. If that's your rules, I can only abide. This is your territory." He gave another deep bow to show his esteem for this lion and waited to be called upon.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:33 am
It must be near here... Ellidanio thought to herself as she neared a wall of elephant grass. I smell Rackna, and Kichea and Solio
She raised her head and glanced around in excitement, eager to see her friends again. It has been so long since Solio and I played together She laughed. "I wonder if she will even recognize me?"
The sound of a male's roar cut through the air and Elli froze, eyeing the world around her. She slunk into the grass, crouching low and sniffing as she moved through the golden sea.
Not Rackna She decided, sneaking along. He smells like a stranger
Her golden eyes narrowed. What is the meaning of a stranger approaching us here?
Elli shook her head and leaped out of the grass, spying the familiar blue hide of her HuntSister.
"Solio." She cried gleefully, unable to contain her joy. She moved toward the group, eyeing them as she went. Her eyes found a rival male, a pretty white lioness with pastel markings, and Kichea nearby. She sped to a trot, barely containing the urge to roar a greeting at the last shape she recognized.
Her mate, a stunning affair of scarlet and gold, stood facing the intruder, every inch the proud king she remembered. "Rackna."
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:06 pm
Rackna's eyes glanced up and down the opposing male. He dropped the prey gently onto the ground, eyes glancing at Solio and Kichea in an apology for having to leave them to get it by themselves. He turned back toward Karver, shaking his dark gold mane, the hot sun reflecting off of it. He nodded politely to Karver, yet his actions were sharp and clipped.
"You wish to just... take one of my pride members? Without any reason why you should get her? Sorry, but there are only two ways to steal one of my pride mates. And they are-"
He stopped, looking past the bright male to a slender green figure behind him. Elli. A bright smile lit his dark features, and he nodded a greeting to her as she bounded over. He glanced over to Kichea and Solio.
"Please go on into the pridelands.I'll be right there."
He told them all, then turned back to his opponent.
"The only two ways to steal one of my pride mates are to fight... or to trade. A fae for a fae."
Solio's dark blue eyes darted from Karver to Elli, her face showing a wide range of emotion between the two. She, not letting go of the prey, nodded to Elli, motioning for her to come in the pridelands. She would explain everything to Elli when they were within the safe boundries of the pride.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:18 pm
He sighs softly and gives a small shrug. "I hope it wouldn't come to this. Well, I am not willing to give up my only female..so I guess it's off. I would not like bloodshed to be spilt on my first week of king. Maybe when I get wiser. I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused..if any at all." He stood up slowly and shook himself. "I really don't want any trouble, honest. I was just returning a message from a friend." He gave a low growl. "Anyway..I hope our prides can be at peace, and not any uneasy tension. By the way..my name is Karver. I'm King of the Oasis Pride, some due Northwest of here. Feel free to drop by only time." Karver tried to give him a reassuring smile hoping that he did no harm.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:34 pm
Rackna's shoulders dropped, and his whole body seemed to relax. He smiled slightly, and nodded his head to the other king. He sighed, relieved that no blood would be shared.
"Very well Karver. I do hope to see you again under more... comfortable circumstances. Allies?"
His offer of peace was clear. He had nothing against Karver, for he was a new king and wasn't quite sure what he was doing yet. Besides, Rackna wished not to take this poor lad's only female, that would be too cruel. His long red tail swished slowly back and forth against the hot sand.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:16 pm
 Pastel, upon hearing that they would not let her go with him, her eyes filled up with tears and she looked to Rackna. "But you have so many great king, and he only has one, surely you can find it in your heart to at least let him have one more..for me?" Her purple orbs gazed pleadingly into the kings, tears falling down the lioness' pretty muzzle that did not look good on Pastel. cry
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:30 pm
The tension ceased, and Karver became his good self again. "Of course. Maybe I shall invite you on a hunt sometime." He gave a half smile then looked over at Pastel. "Pastel...you have a great life here. A king that protects you, and sisters that love you. I can't offer that to you. You're better off here." He gave her the best smile he could then turned. "Until next time, Rackna. From one King to another." He gave his final roar, then trotted out onto the grasslands. He had been gone from Hope too long. He was starting to miss her. The lion ran quickly toward the Oasis.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:00 pm
Rackna's loud, deep roar resounded behind the departing king as Karver retreated to his home, then he turned to Pastel, not saying anything until his roar died out, carried away on the hot desert winds. He said nothing to the femme, just brushed past her into the pridelands. He knew not what to think about the female anymore.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:38 pm
Watching him leave, she tried to run after Karver, the teen hoped that the other didn't spot her, after all, he didn't care about her anyways, if he did he'd do what was in her best interests and let her go. It's not like he liked her romantically anyway, he had a Queen and besides she was a teen. "Karver wait up please!" gonk
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:49 pm
Rackna's head whipped around, a snarl darkening his face. Darting back the way he came, he stepped right infront of Pastel, his eyes dark and angry. Karver hadn't wanted her that much anyway, why did she keep insisting?
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:50 am
Elli strode to Solio's side, offering plainly to help her pull the kill back home. She eyed Rackna and Karver's exchange, the turned to look at the young lioness.
Young, but pretty.She thought to herself.
Rackna turned back toward her and she felt her heart leap, wanting to greet her mate and King. A blur of white and soft colors indicated Pastel's movement as she made to follow the other King. Elli winced as Rackna turned to the young lioness, knowing things would not go well.
"I should..." She murmured to herself. "I should speak with her perhaps... I am Queen after all."
She eyed Solio. "What thinks you, Hunt Sister? Shouldn't we handle Pastel, and let your brother eat?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:43 pm
*A dark-colored lioness padded out of the savanna, and into the sany desert. She had been driven from her mountain abode when other lions came to make thier home there, so she decided to head south. Soon she came upon a place that began to smell of another lion's claimed territory, and boldly, without any reguards for ettiquete, she stepped in, head helled high, ne'er a thought in her mind of joining the pride lands that she had stepped in,..though perhaps she would be permitted to lurk.*
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