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 Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:40 pm
Ha -- he knew it. No trouble at all! "Thanks!, " Jericho chirped. "Don't worry; I'm not just a pretty face. I'm totally good at doing stuff too, promise!" That was a relief. Unlike Sabastian, he couldn't ever really see himself as a long-term nomad. To deprive anyone of his glorious self... well, that and he honestly sort of sucked at the whole 'providing for himself' thing. He was many things, but 'mighty hunter' wasn't exactly on the top of his list. (Not that he was about to admit that to anyone, not even himself.)
"Okay!" He stood up, pausing to groom at his shoulder. Didn't want to meet new lions looking anything but his best. Come to think of it though, maybe he ought to have left it alone. How troublesome it would be if some of the lions in what was to be his new home turned out to be jealous! "So what's the rest of your family like? You said your sister was like you, right?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:40 am
Sabastian smiled as he called up to Issa, "Dearheart, lets head back to the cave now." as slowly he walked along with Jericho towards the cave where the rest of his family would typically sleep if they hadn't have ran off to cause trouble.
Seeing the cub pause, Sabastian too paused and waited for Jericho to finish what he was doing and smiled, "The rest of my family.... Well my Queen is a gentle and kind lioness and she has a huge heart. Our cubs....." he pauses and chuckles just a bit before continueing, "Well, they are quite mischevious and adverterous to be honest. Very free spirited and sometimes just a bit on the wild side." he smiles while gazing up towards the cave opening. "My sister....." he states as his voice changes just a bit from its light hearted sound to a bit more of a sullid sound. "She's a bit of a character honestly. She hardly gets along with anyone. I never understood why." he finishes with as the two continue to walk.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:37 pm
The scent of others mingled in her mind as she sniffed at the air, her wings clung to her sides, the long feathers brushed against the tender blades of grass. She paced back and forth along the boarders, Naida has taught her to always ask before entering anothers land, unless you were already a friend and its a surprise. She lifted her muzzle, and gave out a soft bellow like sound, alerting the masters of the land that she was where she was.
Her water blue eyes moved over the land slowly, she let the breeze ruffle her pale purple wings as her three toned coat ruffled as well, she swiped her paw against the earth as she then perked her ears forward, listening.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:45 pm
Jericho listened, getting the best evaluation of the situation he could. Sounded like a nice enough family. (He just had to hope none of them were the jealous types. It sounded like the pride was pretty small -- there'd be no escaping if there were one of those amongst them.)
At the comment about his sister, he nodded slowly, offering Sabastian a small grin. "Just not as much of a people lion as you are, huh?" There'd been a couple of those back home. Not that he'd ever really taken the time to get to know them or anything, so he couldn't really say anything about them one way or the other. But at least he'd known they weren't avoiding him out of jealousy or spite. It was just the way they were.
His ears perked up at the sound of a roar, flakes quivering. Was whoever that was part of the ghostly lion's family?
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:40 pm
From deep within the desert, a worn out lioness appeared, the smell of singed life tainting her fading blue, gold embroidered fur. Stopping for a moment on the now cool sands, she raised her head, glancing around to the apparent emptyness of the scenery. Without saying a word, nor announcing her presence, she crossed the borders, her glowing form shinning under the freshly night sky. There could have been many reasons for her not announcing her presence: maybe she didn't want to disturb the troubled Queen from her desperate pursuit nor the spirit King from his duties; maybe she didn't desire to mingle with the pride itself, not feeling comfortable around other lions, even more when they possessed the touch of the unnatural like her; or even maybe she just didn't dare to break the mysterious silence that surrounded her. However, Radion had just seen no need, being only on her way.
After countless days crossing the desert from her disgraced homelands, all she wished for now was to find the river that crossed this territory, wanting to have her thirst quenched and, for that, there was no need to trouble anyone else... Walking as if she had been born in these lands and knew them on the pad of her paw, she reached the water source fast, disconnecting from the world around her for a few minutes while she drank and washed her fur, her glow signaling her like a small star on the earth.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:04 pm
While walking next to Jericho, Sabastian smiled and began answering, "well... people lion I dont...." he paused while hearing the roar off in the distance. He hadn't been expecting anyone to be honest, and Aki's mother was somewhere on the lands already as is. the sound was compleatly forgen to him and that caused his head to jerk off towards the distance that it came from.
While he gazed across the lands, his flakes picked up moving on another boarder and he glances that way. 'what is going on?' he quested in his mind as his brow furrowed. "Jericho, If you feel you are up to it, you may join me in greeting these visitors to the lands." he states while heading off towards the direction that the roar came from. As he began though he sent a roar off to his queen while asking her to check on the other movement on the pride lands.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:46 pm
'Huh. Guess it's not family.', Jericho thought to himself at the ghostly lion's expression. Sabatian's question was enough to earn another grin from the cub, who promptly puffed out his chest again. "'Course, be happy to, " he said in a near-purr before trotting off after Sabastian, head held high. Not even one night here and he was already helping the king with something important like this! Yup, he definately wasn't going to miss the solo-life, not even a little bit.
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:28 am
Akitana was in route back to the river before her mate roared his request, and picked up speed. So it hadn't been just her imagination, a strange female was about. Hinhallow was a the river! She leaped into a run and sped through the Pride Lands as though she had wings, skidding to a stop just beyond the emerald curtain of grass that seperated the meadow from the river.
Hinhallow crouched near the rocks, watching the strange lioness free herself of her sandy baggage. She was lovely as she came clean, and he cocked his head, wondering who she was and if his father knew her. Well, either Dad or Mother had to, right? Or she wouldn't be in the Pride Lands.. Unless she was an intruder! With a shudder he crouched, and then sighed in relief. His mother had just appeared on the bank of the river, facing the new femme.. She would handle this.
Issaria woke from her dreams in the still strange lands, with the feel of her father's warmth still around her. She was scared, but not as much, and blinked in surprise at her much larger paws. Larger! She had grown! Leaping to all fours she spun, taking in her larger body, and then freezing as her tail came into view. Her feathers! One, two, three, FOUR?!?!
"I'm like daddy!" She squeeked. "I'm a SOLAR! I'm like Daddy!"
She crowed in triumph and leapt about, giggling and prancing. "Wait until Momma sees!"
With a delighted giggle she turned her nose towards home, and sped to a lope, her heart singing. She wasn't boring! She was like her father! Perhaps she wasn't an outcast afterall!
"Can I help you?" Akitana purred dangerously as she stepped into view. "For I do believe you are a stranger.. And strangers are to wait on the border for the King's Permission for Entry. Which you did not, and are not... Instead you are in the midst of our lands.. Who are you?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:39 pm
((Sorry for my absence guys. Between the trip I took and some things that have been going on, I haven't had the chance to get on... crying ))
Salania watched as her newly grown sister sped past without seeing her on her way towards home. She narrowed her eyes, a low growl coming to her throat. She stalked on towards home, dark thoughts crowding her mind. "She had no right to yell at me." She muttered, following the path her sister had taken slowly, not wanting to catch up to her solar sister. She tried to look at it from her sisters point of view, tried to accept the fact she was just afraid of no being accepted by the family, but found she couldn't. "It's not like she went and yelled at Adit..." The rational part of her brain told her that she had provoked Issa, but she ignored that thought. She looked down at her larger paws. She had grown too. With a sigh, she sped up to catch Issa and maybe teach her something about holding her tongue when she realized that she might not just talk. She let out a roar and dug her claws into the ground to stop herself. She looked down at her paws, wondering why she was so angry when she saw... nothing. She turned back to look at her tail to find it wasn't there either. With a triumphant cry that from a distance could be mistaken for a scream, all her anger forgotten for the moment, she spun around. She was completely invisible.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:21 pm
Radion smiled softly as the cub hid, reading the open book on his mind. Yes, it would be better if he stood away. She wanted no trouble, and to interact with a royal cub in the midst of a pride's territory could cause a wrong impression in the older lions. That, and she was beyond tired to play...
Her thoughts were interrupted when Akitana came into her view. She had narrowed her mind, and this was the result... Caught red handed, Radion could see it all over in the Queen's face. There would be no way around... "Please pardon me, for I have travelled long through the desert, with only a few drops of water to quench my thirst, and the call of the river was too strong for me to respect your boundaries. My name is Radion." The glowing lioness spoke calmly, her head hanging low.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:39 pm
Sabastian picked up his speed, but made sure that Jericho whom was comming with him could keep up if he did so desire, but his pace carried him quickly to the edge of his boards. Walking up he noticed the Angelic Lioness and he froze before comming to much closer. Having only ever seen Anubis before and none other Angelics, Sabastian glanced over her in awe before respectfully answering her call. "Greetings Lioness. My name is Sabastian and these are my lands, How is it that I may assist you?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:54 pm
Chandra bowed her head in deep respects, her muzzle brushed against the soft earth as her eyes casted themselves downwards in respect, as her head slowly rose she smiled. "Chandra is my name, I came, to ask premission to enter your lands. To prove myself worthy of staying within these lands." She spoke her words carefully, her eyes scanned the grass around her, she wasnt a young cub any longer but a lovely teen, but she still hoped to see the familiar blue eyes of her mother, encouraging her.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:22 pm
Jericho trotted quickly as he could to keep up with Sabastian, trying his best to insure he wouldn't end up becoming a burden to the older lion. It took more than just looking fantastic and awe-inspiring to really be impressive, right?
He came to a stop beside Sabastian, lifting his head high in the air and puffing out his chest again... only to go wide-eyed a moment later, high and mighty composure deflating at the sight of her. She wasn't just pretty; she had wings! Lions weren't supposed to have those, were they?! He'd never heard anything about that before! But he totally wasn't staring or anything, nope. He wasn't awe-struck at all. Not even a little.
Ugh. Stupid eyes, going all googly on their own! Okay, so maybe he was staring just a little...
... he was still totally prettier.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:48 pm
Hinhallow let the strange female see only what he felt she was allowed to know, and kept the rest of his mind sealed. It wasn't a hard thing to do, in fact, opening his mind was more stressful. Hearing thoughts and speaking mind-to-mind came naturally to him, it was keeping it a secret that was a problem.
Locking down his prescious secrets, all knowledge of his friends and family, and all of his dreams and wishes, he played the ignorant cub and hid. But not from the stranger.
Akitana fairly bristled with anger, for this strange femme was near one of her prescious children, and that she would not allow. Add to the fact that this lioness had entered the lands without permission, well..
You wound up with one very hostile Queen.
"I understand thirst, but I know there is water beyond our lands. And you could have called a warning." She stepped forward and sniffed once, testing the wind for the stranger's scent. "Drink your fill Radion, and then we shall seek out the King."
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:10 pm
Radion smiled again, faintly, as Hinhallow barred her way. She did not try to force his will, her intentions meant no harm. The spirits have touched you as well... Forgive me for my intrusion... the glowing teen thought to the cub, retreating back to her own mind.
The lioness stepped out of the river, her dripping fur still carrying the burnt scent of her pride and lands, walking to the enraged Queen submissively with her head hanging low. While listening to Akitana though, Radion felt exhaustion taking over her body, catching up after having ran away from it for so long. As her lids began closing over her silver eyes, even though she tried fighting it with all her might not to anger the Queen more than she already was, Radion barely managed to reply to her, her words cut short. "Forgive me..." was all she whispered. Passing out, she fell to the side, her glow receeding into a thin layer of dense light that would be easily seen from afar.
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