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 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:16 am
((can we have a time skip now? bakhti has had her cubs so she can come back with them and her mate..))
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:14 am
((Guh the layout is all weird >< -tries to adapt-))
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:03 am
((Yay, guilds are back!))
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:56 am
((Alright guys.. I'm sorry if this sounds campy.. but I really just didn't know what to do with the little one... I know real lions just go off to die.. And babies that die (or more often are killed) are eaten.. so.. yeah. We'll just have to make due with a little irrealisticness. After this though, I'm totally cool with a skip?))
-He nodded a little softly to her words. They should have been comforting.. she'd really tried. However the thought of their son before and his own untimely coming gnawed at Mufasa. Maybe he shouldn't be a father.. have the pride or raising children, if he couldn't even keep them alive.
Pressing a soft nuzzle against his mate's cheek, and a delicate lick, he lifted himself, speaking softly before he tenderly picked up the small cub.- "I'll be back as soon as I can dearest.. I'll take care of this little one.."
-Before really letting her answer, he started off towards the edge of the cave, ignoring those he past, reacting even more unpleasantly to those who would try to stop him, or follow him. An uncharacteristic growl answering their offers.
Away from the rocks he walked, for a long time, paying little attention to anything put the small weight he carried and the thoughts nagging in his head. The sun moved along with him, telling the passage of time until the king finally stopped, staring at a massive tree that seemed to explode from the dusty ground with life. Setting the cub gently down alongside the tree, he sat, in soft silent prayer towards the stars.. towards his father and the kings of the past.
Looking to the cub once again, a sick feeling touched his stomach at the thought of another animal picking at the soft flesh of the little one. It was the circle of life.. but that didn't make it any more pleasant.. any easier. Standing again, he extended his claws, before beginning to rake at the dusty ground. It was hard work, long work, and it hurt his claws to feel the strong pressure of the ground grating the other way against them, but he didn't stop. When a small hole finally rest before him he placed the cub gently in, before brushing dirt back over the make shift grave.
Lingering long after, he didn't leave until stars touched the sky, finally turning to head back home.-
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:24 am
It had been only a few minutes since he fled from the other stuck up cub, but already Ta'Ziyan was dead lost, the grass around him too high for any sign of which way to go. Letting out a soft whine, he just flattened his ears to his head and looked around, pushing through any way and unsure of which was was what. Suddenly, he pushed through a thick spot and let out a gasp, looking wide eyed at the large rock that just was out in the open, his head craning back as he shook a bit.
Not moving from his spot, he wondered where he could be, why he had come upon a place like this, and if anyone lived there. Slinking half way back into the grasses, he glanced for anyone, and caught sight of the water hole. Man was he thirsty.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:34 am
((Alas, I don't have an awesomey picture ^ ^; He's a cutey though.))
-The small golden lioness slipped away from the Priderocks quietly, ears perked gently to catch any sound of her father or the other lioness' as her paws settled upont he grass. She wasn't really the picture of perfection.. not as strong or fit yet as some of her siblings, but her fluffy and tubby little body certainly had learned early on how to sneak about and avoid the others.
Smiling a little softly, she crouched, glancing around to make sure noone was around before she sprinted (the best she could on young and tubby little legs) towards the tall grasses nearby. She didn't know what she was going to do today, but sneaking away was part of the fun.-
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:44 am
Seeing another figure running towards him, Ta'Ziyan gasped and pushed back into the grass, eyes narrowing as he watched the cub steadily speed this way. Wondering who she was, he forced down his feeling of the eyes and just let the shiver die down. Sure he wondered who she was, but he was not about to go out and find out. All he could hope was, as she got closer and closer, that she wouldn't come into the grass where he was hiding. For some reason, that always happened to him. It must be the eyes, they always told everyone where he was.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:51 am
-As she neared the grass, she breathed a figurative sigh of relief, no yells from the rocks yet, so she was homefree! She'd made..!
Kami's thought was cut off abruptly as her lack of paying attention caused her downfall, tripping over her own leg before roughly tumbling into the grasses before her. Stiffling the yelp and cry that she wanted to give, she laid for a long moment, before trying to untangle herself from the few blades of grass that'd wrapped around her, little paws and claws trying to slice away at the thin blades.
So clumsy...-
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:55 am
Letting out a yelp of his own, Ta'Ziyan was forced to roll out of the way at the sudden slam of a body through the grass, and he just lied there, on his back side with wide eyes, before quickly scrambling to his paws. His dark copper hair falling into his deep eyes, he just blinked and starred at her, wondering if she knew he was there but not being able to move his paws, a blush burning his cheeks. How did he always get discovered? No matter what though, as his heart raced, his paws felt like led, and his shyness happened to imobilize him.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:02 am
((Well I have the picture atleast.. *ponders what to add to it*))
-The yelp was enough to get her attention, and the princess eeeped loudly, trying to scramble away, snapping blade of grass as she went. Trying to wiggle her back leg free from it's captor, her eyes settled upon the other cub, ears lifting a little as she noticed his age, and apparent fear.
Curling a little softly, she swiped at her back leg, freeing herself from the last bits of grass before, she let her eyes fall to the feet of the young male cub, very soft voice escaping the golden cub.- "S... sorry.."
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:06 am
((Bane made mine ^^ you can just pm her with the picture and name if you wish)) Ta'Ziyan just blinked again, keeping silent and lowering his head. Watching her swipe, he let his eyes follow the movement, keeping still as he felt the head slowly push away, his neck tingling as the hairs rose up slowly and his tail trailed into the grass and the dirt. Shifting to lift his paw and set it in a better spot to hold his weight, he tilted up his head and perked his ears.
She was sorry, sorry for scaring him? He never was told that by anyone, no one ever apoligized to him. Maybe it was a sign, that the beings had not told her where he was, she just stumbled onto him. Nodding barly to himself he spoke in a soft, though somewhat squeaky, voice.
"It is alright, I figured that it was not meaningful that you ran into me, that you did not know I was here..." he trailed off, what a long way to say that he accepted her apoligy. Taking a deep breath, he just peered at her.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:16 am
((If things keep looking exceptionally crappy, I just might. XD *is trying to play with her art program*))
-She was relieved and a little confused to tell the truth. It wasn't that she expected to hear "Oh no no, it's MY fault princess". But it was such a common occurance, that it rather struck her. It was good though, because it WAS her fault, it always was.
Blinking a little softly, she watched the other cub gently, curiously peering at his markings. He was beautiful. Admiring his colorings gently, she barely noticed his equal shyness, finally shifting herself to sit. Eyes still not touching his, she gave a rather embarrassed laugh.- "No... I didn't notice. I was just going off. To play." -The words seemed stressed, a little out of place, the eloquence of her father as of yet wasn't with her, who knew if i would ever be.-
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:25 am
"To play?" He asked softly, not really continuing on, biting his tongue a bit as he just blinked. Good, she was avoiding his gaze, it helped the akwardness die down just a bit in his mind, becuase he wasn't forced to say many things that he usually blurted out when others peered into his eyes. Plus, he always pictured the other eyes, the ones he always saw, when he looked into other's eyes.
But she seemed a little surprised that he had accepted her apoligy, was it something he said. Sure she seemed a little different than him, her whole stance and fur coat seemed to just reek with...a sort of higher class them him. Swallowing, he just looked around before looking back to her, "What do you play?" It was a soft question, he had never played many games before.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:35 am
 ((The poor little dears. XD *just wants to snug them both*
And I'm actually proud of my ghetto fabulous tag, so it shall stay!))
"Ummm.." -She laughed a little again, nervousness and embarrassment. She hadn't been expecting that question either. She didn't really 'play' like alot of the other cubs. In fact she avoided the others as much as she could. Dragging her paw along the ground, fearing she'd sound silly to another child who probably DID know all the different games and such, she offered pathetically.-
"Sometimes I play cloud watching... and sometimes I play tag with butterflies... Lots of times I just play pretend." -Pretend was her favorite. She could be whatever she wanted.. She could be a strong queen. Or a little baby zebra. She could pretend that she was othing but a small wildflower without a care in the world except for swaying in the wind.
Looking up finally, trying to be polite, she offered a half smile.- "Silly things really.. Are.. you playing? Now..?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:40 am
((I like it ^^ And yeah, poor Ta'Ziyan *snugs him* He will have issues when he gets older when making friends, so I am trying to get him out there now XD)) Ta'Ziyan let his head bow as she looked up to him. Such games she spoke of were games he had never heard of. He had no idea what fun was, for he was always on the run, searching for his peace where he would not wake up at night with eyes circling around him. The eyes, he was not sure if they were real to others, but to him they were, and that fact alone made it hard to not stop and just lose all laughter gained from games.
"I...do not play games...I do not know about games or have ever played them...I am always on the run, always hiding from them..." He said it with a bit of a sad ping to his voice, and just looked to the right as he let out a sigh. Games did sound fun.
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