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 Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:20 pm
((<3 that's why I'm here, Iris. to occasionally prod you back into the rp. heart ))
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:54 am
((sorry I been on holiday ^_^))
Bakhti smiled at the queen, "Yes I saw Maawio and Amari not that long ago. They are very cute together. Both healthy as well. I didn''t get to talk to her much because well she wanted to spend time with Amari obviously." She paused, wondering whether to say anything about what she knew of Koho. The queen may want to know whats happened with her pride.
"I spoke to Suku not that long ago. He is the one who told me about Koho being pregnant. He keeps wandering away from them every now and then to get some space I guess. He said they found a cub or something. I cant remember the precise words though." She now wondered if she spoke too much so fell silent again watching Sarabi.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:37 am
((Just a note to mention that I'm back, sorta kinda))
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:44 pm
 Sarabi nodded as she listend, feeling the sun start to lull her to sleep. "At least they were safe, the last you saw of them. For that, I'm thankful. It is a good thing you've come to us, if only to give us news of our pride." She chuckled, flicking her tassled tail lazily. Of course, Sarabi's stomach chose that moment to protest loudly, demanding its share. Her ears feel back in embarrasment. All she did lately was eat and sleep...
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:07 am
Bakhti smiled at the lioness, "I am glad I could have been of some help!" She felt a little more useful now that she had given news of the pride though she wished she knew a little more.
"You hungry? We could always go hunting if you wish." She was slightly bored as it was and a hunt seemed good but at the same time Sarabi was quite heavily pregnant. She would do the running if they went.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:19 am
A golden juvenile wandered the Pridelands with a smile, isnt love just great? She sighed deeply, maybe one day she would be pregnant like Sarabi and Koho, and would have her own beautiful litter of Amari and Maawio juniors. A dreamy look graced her features. She wondered how the pregnant pair were now, Sarabi was home, and Koho was near the Firekin lands. Maybe one day her and Amari could go on an adventure too. She couldnt get him out of her head... She watched a beetle scurry over a dusty rock. Even that brought him into her mind, the time when Amari had first met Mahiri, and Mahiri had felt intimidated and escaped using the "rock method" as she called it.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:34 am
((Baby distribution time surprised Guess we ought head back to Sarabi for the rp'd birthing :3 ))
-Frowning a little softly in thought, Mufasa nodded towards the heavy words. To think of all of those creature hurting was upset.. but it wasn't his kingdom.. Wasn't his to keep, and take over, and force his will upon. But.. at the very least, he and his kingdom could be there to lend a helping hand when need be. Motioning softly for her to follow as she lifted herself from the water he offered in soft thought.-
"Balance is one of the most regular things in the world.. and where there is 'good', evil must follow in a soft balance to keep the world.. and circle of life righted." -He cringed a little at the roughness of his choice of labeling, before trying to sooth it over.-
"Besides, just as I'm not completely without sin and hate.. there are Firekin out there that have compassion and love.. it's just.. not always easy to be brave enough to admit it."
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:54 am
Dama tilted her head slightly, her ears perking up in curiosity. Somehow, the words that were spoken sounded so familiar to her, like she'd heard something similar so very long ago. But she chose to remain quiet while he continued to speak, knowing it was more polite to do so. Just as she was growing used to her freedom, she was growing into herself, looking more and more as her parents each day. As she began to shed her scruffy coat, a new, sleeker one laid the foundation for a new her. The fear and constant turmoil she was in sloughed away as the kindness Mufasa was showing her gained her confindence in herself. It wasn't a quick change, but more of a metamorphosis. A nothing slave cub into a bright young rogue lioness.
"I do not understand... Firekin are born to hate. Only one that I know of didn't share the same feelings as her forefathers, and paid the price with her life..." She hesitated, thinking back on Jua... The poor lioness hd wronged her family and done right by her heart. But how many of those cubs from her union with a rogue actually lived to this day? It wasn't likely that any of them lived.. And what about Mwezi? Had she lived? Was she the one that this great King spoke of? No... Mwezi wouldn't have turned good like that... But the cub that was with her, was that Jua's, or her own? Had she gone the same route as her sister? No, that had to be Jua's cub... All these questions ran silently through her mind as she followed the Pridelands King. A thoughtful frown pasted across her face, one that would seem awful familiar, if Mufasa saw it. No, she did not understand who of the firekin would have compassion and love, and live to tell the tale of it.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:14 am
"Born huh?" -The large male offered a soft retort, though it was obvious the intentions behind it were kind enough tail fidgeting contentedly behind his massive frame. More of a psycological out thinking as opposed to a direct attack on her.- "Then they don't teach cruelty at all? Through words and seen actions? Are the cubs vicious upon birth.. tormenting their fellow siblings? Or is it something that occurs as they grow.. poisoned by the hate that the adults pass down?"
-His smile faded softly as he noticed the young lioness' worried look, however it wasn't long before the smile grew again.. A look seemingly unfitting to such an old lion.. the rather playful grin of a hidden secret. Whether drawn on by the familirity of the young one and the secrets she held.. or the secret of the kind Firekin prince it was unapparently, thought he finally offered, as if to sooth her.- "If you believe that others can't change.. and give them no chance to try, then you're right.. they will be what they were 'born' to be.
However.. just as the rain.. the sun.. even the careful rustle of the soil under antelope hooves affect the growth of a flower.. the same is true for us. I wasn't 'born' to be the king. It's what I needed to become and what I needed to embrace and grow into."
-Pausing for a long moment he finally added cautious.- "Just as much as it was necesary for the Firekin prince to become on with this pride.. before he could return with strength and courage to right the wrongs of his own pride."
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:28 am
Lifting her head, her deep soulful eyes looked to Mufasa in confusion. "I know only what I witnessed most of my life. The poisoned hate of each and every member of their pride. I do not remember any being cubs, so I cannot say for certain... By the time I can remember, they were all as dripping with bloodlust as any... Only one firekin seemed even slightly different from the others, and they killed her without a thought." Turning her head down, her eyes closing, she stopped. It wasn't fair that they had done that to Jua. Even she had been snippy with her, but at least Jua wouldn't beat her all the damn time.
Her head raised back up in shock as she fully realized the whole of what he'd said. A firekin prince joined the pridelands pride? But who would that have been? "Kiu was too much like Makadari to have gone good... And Mwali was far too lazy to do anything other than laze around like his father and brother. There were no other firekin sons, and I fear none of the cubs the young princess bore lived longer than a few days at best.. It doesn't make sense..."
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:50 pm
gonk ohemgee, Dusty... are you trying to kill mah babeh?? Six cubs! SIX! What happened to having only two? sweatdrop Sarabi rose, then paused as she felt another pain through her stomach. Could it be....? "Bahkti, please be a dear and run outside and fetch Mufasa. I think he might need to be here. I... think it might be the cubs..." She grimaced as another contraction rippled through her.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:56 am
She looked at Sarabi looking quite worried. It didn't take more then a second to turn and run off to find the king. After all this wasn't the first time that Sarabi had been pregnant and given birth but now well this was scary for the young adult.
She found Mufasa with the lioness she had seen earlier. She hated interrupting things but well, she didn't have a choice with this. She lowered her body to the ground as she neared them and looked up at Mufasa panting; after catching a breath she managed to blurt out a few words that gave all the information needed, "Sarabi, cubs.." She then was quiet as she tried to gain enough energy to run back with the lion and the lioness if she was to follow.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:30 am
-He wanted to comfort her both from the sadness and shock, and he paused softly in step waiting in case she decided to turn tail and run the moment he spoke the truth. Lowering himself to her level he spoke quickly.-
"Mwali may have been every bit of lazy when he arrived.. but with the help of my sister and others he's grown into a strong lion. He learned to hunt.. to care for others.. he even set off with a pawfull of my pride members to go back for the Firekin members that survived the plague."
-Pausing softly, to let the words sink in, he added carefully.- "We can all change... even yourself if you like. No matter what you were before.. what hard things rest upon your small back you can grow strong and toss them aside. Become what it is that you want to be."
-Of course he sentiment was quickly cut as the approaching and unfamilar lioness ran towards them, and his mucles tensed just in case. He'd let no harm come to Dama.. not while she was in the pridelands atleast. But as her tired words touched his ears, his eyes grew, and he turned quickly to the light young lioness.-
"I need to go. My queen needs me now. If you follow, perhaps we'll be able to talk more in the morning?" -His look was hopeful as he really didn't want to smash the unbroken promise within that rested around the young one.. but at the same time.. He wasn't there last time for Simba's birth.. he needed to be there for Sarabi now.-
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:17 am
Mwali? The lazy one who didn't care about anything but eating and sleeping? He actually walked for longer than it took to get to the watering hole, and made it here without Makadari's killing him first? Now that was news to the young lioness. "I'm quite surprised by your words great King. I never figured Mwali would walk any farther than he had to, let alone make it into these lands, whether on his own accord or fear of his father..."
Turning her eyes to meet his, she sighed. "I have already changed... whether it be for the better or worse of it all. Although I'm not sure what it is that I am to become, or what to become. I suppose I'm probably destined to wander the lands forever without a real place to belong..." Hanging her head, she looked at her own paws as she sat upon the trail, her tail curling up around her legs. It didn't feel like she fit in with anyone these days. The closest lion she felt she belonged with was nowhere in sight, the second closest was Mufasa, as he'd been the first to show her kindness in her entire life.
Her ears caught the pounding of paws rushing towards them, breaking her moment of silence. With a small garbled roar, Dama jumped to her feet and quickly took up a defensive stance. One could never be too careful around here, with her being a former slave and all. What surprised her most was when Mufasa tensed up, appearing as if he were ready to jump in front of her if need-be. That bolstered her trust and confidence, easing her slightly as she watched the lioness rush up.
Listening to Mufasa's soft words to her, she was torn in two different directions. She wanted to follow, to talk with him more, as he was a soothing presence she'd never had before. However, being a rogue she was highly unlikely to be accepted, especially around a birthing of cubs. Curiosity, and the need for more conversing made her decision for her. Nodding quickly in answer, Dama moved to follow Mufasa, awaiting his departure.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:27 am
Shadows rippled a ways from the King and his young companion, silent paws making quick work of any grass under foot.
From the darkness a pair of eyes retreated within their lids, only slivers remaining with which to watch the disgusting sight.
So Dama had forged an alliance with those of these lands? She was spineless. A waste it had been to teach her some semblance of survival, a waste to keep her alive in the trek to freedom. Now she would throw it all away? Allow another brand of lion to enslave her?
The trampled grass marked a well-worn path, pacing as the figure was.
Unseen was his ragged mane, ill-grown and of no decorational use. Scarred was his lean body, form smaller than the proud form of the adult lion he should have been.
Dust once more flecked that grey-brown pelt, blood stained the maw now curled in a silent snarl.
Kitwana, proud rogue and once slave of a Firekin master watched, quivering with rage, as his former bond-mate, in his mind, offered up her freedom on a silver platter. Stupid youth.
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