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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:52 pm
Feo was soooo bored with his life. Even though everyone thought that the Pride Lands were such an awesome place to live, Feo had lived here his whole life, and he felt like he had explored every nook and cranny, talked to everyone there was to talk to, and messed with his brothers enough to be satisfied.
Not that he was looking for anything bad, he just decided that he really needed to make some friends to hang out with. That might cure his boredom!
Or if he didn't make friends, he might be stuck with his only little sister, and she was such a handful! It hurt Feo's head just thinking about it. He had no idea what girls liked, or wanted, so he had no idea how to deal with her. Best to leave her with Arasi, he deserved it.
Feo was flopped on a rock under a tree, in the area that was behind Pride Rock. It was where a lot of the huntress' socialized in the midday sun, and he had no where else to be, so he might as well be here. With all the girls.
Ugh.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:09 pm
Jina was among the other lionesses. She made her way from one to the other asking them questions about her mother. If they were friends with her, if they had met her on a hunt, or even if they sighted a red lioness on the horizion. It seemed that this was another dead end to her quest.
This seemed like an endless search. What if she never found her? None of the huntress' hadn't even heard of the name Rahima.
She sighed when she finished talking to the last of the lioness' that were relaxing under the hot sun.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:39 pm
Wooow.
Feo's ears pricked up as he noticed a lioness that he didn't recognize. Sure, there were probably a handful he didn't see for whatever reasons, but she seemed to stick out since she was such a dark colour. Black. In the middle of the day?
Intrigued, he abandoned his rock to go see just who she was. Feo was never shy unless it came to a real conversation; he just sucked at those.
"Hi there," he said, hoping that she would guess it was directed at her and not one of the other lioness' around. That had happened before, and it could get quite embarassing if someone else thought he was talking to them. Feo wasn't very good at correcting himself somtimes.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:24 pm
Jina looked over to the voice, and saw a male trotting in her direction. She looked behind her to see if he was speaking to anyone behind her. When no one else looked over, she looked back to him, and their scarlet colored eyes locked.
"Hi." She laughed lightly and stood up, walking over to meet him.
A new hope brushed over her. Maybe he was the one she was looking for in this area and knew something of her mother. She figured she'd wait a while before she tried to ask him yet.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:44 pm
Feo didn't really expect her to get up, though.
"Uhhh, hi." he repeated. Stupid Feo, but he did that a lot. Cough it up to his lack of friendship, that was his excuse. He'd fix that! ...someday.
"I just didn't recognize you and wanted to introduce myself. I'm Feo, son of Shomoro, if you've heard of her." He offered a shrug, since most he met know of her, and he was just a son of hers. At least he looked more like her then say, his black brother Arasai. Or even one of his new little sibilings.
"Have you been here long?" He'd feel really foolish if she said yes. So attentive of him.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:04 pm
She gave a wide smile when he repeated the greeting. This young lion was a little strange.
She nodded her head lightly when he gave her his name. "It's a pleasure to meet you Feo." She said slightly. She never met someone younger than her. She blamed it on herself, she wasn't very good at making a conversation with someone younger.
She listened to the name, and her brows twisted together as she tried to think of a lioness of the name.
"I'm sorry, I don't recall meeting anyone by that name." She said as she thought for a little while longer, then shook her head.
"I've been in the Pridelands for a while now. I just came back from the Ela'wadiyi lands not too long ago." She remembered back on the cool breezes of the mountains.
"I'm Jinimizi, daughter of Rahima." She said, "But you can call me Jina." Now that they were introduced formally, she figured now was the best time to bring up her mother. "By the way, you wouldn't happen to know her would you?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:10 pm
"That's okay," Feo replied, shrugging his shoulders. "Some know her, some don't. She's really nice if you do meet her though." He mumbled under his breath something about 'especially her daughter', but it was barely audible.
His ears perked up again as he listened to her intently. Oh, so she had been around....sorta. Maybe he didn't notice her because she'd been gone when he really started to take in interest in everyone in the pride, other then just wrestling with his brothers and doing his best to not get in trouble with his mother. That was probably the answer.
He offered her a small bow when she gave him her name, accpeting it gratefully. Jinimizi...he'd have to remember that. Maybe with the strange eye markings and very different coloured backstripe he would remember. Alright...set. His mind also searched for the name of her mother.... Rahima...
"The name sounds familiar, but I don't think anyone in this pride has that name," he apologized, shaking his head. "I have overheard that name before, but I can't remember who mentioned it, I'm sorry. Are you looking for her, or...?"
Well of course she was looking for her, Feo, why else would she be asking? Stupid boys.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:31 pm
At least he could give her some sort of lead. She was getting tired of the negative replies. Perhaps this would bring her one more step closer to her destination.
"Yeah, I've been looking for her ever since my father died." she didn't want to bore him with the details of her past, so she kept it short and accurate. "She left when I was a cub and my fathers dieing wish was for me to be with her again. I was still young, so he wanted me to be under a watchfully eye."
She looked down when she brought him up. She had never really brought up her father to anyone. Then again, she didn't know that many lions to begin with.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:37 pm
"Oh...I'm sorry to hear that..." Feo did feel bad for her, but a twinge of envy as she at least knew her father. Soon even that bit of envy turned to guilt when he realized that, uh, she had never met her mother, so why was he feeling envious? He should be feeling even worse! At elast Feo had his mother, and brothers, and little sister too!
"I hope you find her!" he suddenly exclaimed, hoping that he'd switch the subject a bit to something a bit more upbeat. "I will definately keep my ears open to see if I hear about her again."
His mind started to wander, and when that happened, he could be caught rambling quite easily. "Wow, so you don't really know what she looks like, huh? And you've been looking for a long time....that really sucks." He caught himself and wanted to punch himself. Doof! "Uh, I, uh....I mean that's rough, but I'm sure you'll see her sometime soon!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:47 pm
She looked back up to him, a feeling of joy came over her. "Thanks Feo." She smiled brightly at him.
"I do remember her vaguely. Though, we didn't spend much time together." she looked up towards the blue sky to gather her thoughts. "Dad told me her fur was a blazing red color all around." She looked back over to him. "I mean, it can't be too hard to be able to spot her out of a crowd. I mean, how many other pure red lionesses are out there." She laughed.
This lion was fun. His stammering made her feel better, and he was easy to talk to. Not like the other lions she had met who were more laid back. He had some personality, something she could relate to.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:03 pm
Feo thought to himself for a moment, staring at thr ground in front of him while he dug through his mind. "Yeah, you're right," he mused, still acting a bit spaced out as he was still a bit lost in his thoughts.
He was about to mention that red could be such a lovely colour, until he remembered that Jina wasn't too much red. She was still a very distinct colour, as a lot of members of the pride were of a golden colour, but what if she took it the wrong way? He mentally smacked himself around until the thought of a somewhat decent compliment.
"Probably a similar colour to your eyes, do you think?" There! He had always overheard that females liked their eyes complimented, that should be good. He hoped.
Gulping a bit, he turned his attention to something else. "I'm sure she'd love to see you again, too. Maybe she's looking for you too? Wouldn't that be neat if you guys just happened to run into one another some day?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:18 pm
She looked over to him and blinked. Her father used to say things like that. How her eyes would remind him of her mother. They were what kept his hopes up in finding her again. Late at night after a hunt, they would look up to the stars and let their stomaches settle from the fresh meal. He would mention to Jina that he would be able to see Rahima in those eyes.
"Yeah, exactly like them." She said as she was brought back from her thoughts, smiling that he would bring up something like that. Strange he may be, but senseless he most certainly was not.
She laughed lightly at the thought, "That would be something wouldn't it?" she asked. "My father told me she had many other cubs, but I was the only one from their litter. It would be amazing if we found each other." Excitement rushed over her at the thought of her mother searching for her too.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:10 am
Feo blinked, surprised but very pleased that his comment had gone well. Awesome! He decided to remember some sort of line like that again, just in case he needed it.
Feo did notice that she seemed so infatuated with the idea of finding her mother like a little girl; he couldn't blame her, though. He would feel, and do, nearly the same thing for his own father.
"When you left for a while, did you go look for her?" He didn't know where she went, he had never heard of it before, but maybe they had lots of info about other lions or something?
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:40 pm
She used the silence between them to think back on her mother. Jina remembered when her mother brought her out to meet all the different animals on the savanna and teach her that everything had a purpose.
She looked back over to him, and nodded at his comment. "Yeah, I thought I might have some luck if I traveled west." She recalled the alone feeling she had when she wandered the lands. "There weren't many others there. I only happened across a lone lion and his winged friend."
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:00 pm
Feo's mind instantly latched to the idea of a 'winged' friend. Did she mean a bird or...a god? Feo had only heard about them, and had never had the chance to learn much more about them excpet they existed all around them, and even sometimes disguised as regular lions themselves. Just think! You could be talking to a god and not even know it!
"D-do you mean winged as in... a god?" There, he had asked, but his inner child was just dying to ask, and it was the only way to quiet it. He was just sooo curious.
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