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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:15 pm
Fatia had been alone for a little while. She was supposed to be with her 'master', but she hadn't been called by him for a while, and her master's father hadn't bothered to deal with her idleness lately either. She knew better than to hang around the cave, though, if she could help it, especially this early in the morning. So she decided to explore, even if it was very very slowly.
Her brown eyes darted around with every sound, hoping that she wouldn't come across any of the kin. She knew better than to be found by herself, but at least she had the pleasure of knowing who her master was, so she wouldn't be stolen by another of the kin. Hopefully...
It was hard to tell who was around, though, in this land of the sands, for very little seemed to grow here, and so she had to listen to the heavy sounds of paws in the sand. Thankfully, she seemed alone this morning, and she could go wherever she wanted to go, within reason. Now...just where to go?
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:30 pm
So the desert was starting to feel a little more like home, though home wasn't really something that she understood much never having settled down before. She was still learning the traditions of the pride though she had without doubt clearly learnt most of it but there were still some things she didn't quite get, for example, slaves.
"You ok?" She looked at the strange cub that seemed to be quite close infront of her. Her voice was soft because well, the cub wasn't of the normal firekin colours and so the alarm bells rang in her head. The poor cub could get hurt out here and she didn't want to see something like that happen. Oh how horrible it would be! Yes, she was maybe a little too soft emotionally to be in these lands. She would never agree with slaves though, everyone should live how they wish!
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:50 pm
Fatia jumped, nearly out of her skin, when she heard the voice of another. So...so quiet! Fatia had thought that she was talented enough to hear with others approached, but it was obvious that she still had a long ways to go before she prefected that talent.
"Y-yes," she studdered, her brown eyes growing a bit large. She did not recoginze the lioness, but the red coat made her mind determine immediately that she was of the kin. While not on the same level as her master, she would still be much higher in their system than Fatia could ever dream.
"I-I'm just walking a bit, I promise!" Hopefully she wouldn't get in trouble. She was just far enough from her cave that it could be seen as suspicious.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:36 pm
Saburi watched as the cub seemed to become somewhat afraid, oh thats not right!
"Oh don't be scared please! There is nothing wrong with going for a walk why would there be?" She looked down remembering something about slaves, not cubs though surely? She couldn't be that old, she seemed so afraid. Oh this pride was cruel. How could a pride with such an amazing history be so cruel in its actions?
"I am Saburi, what is your name little one?" She spoke softly still, after all she had no reason to be harsh to the little one, she wasn't accepted as part of the pride and only had to act one in the open. She was sure that this cub wouldn't tell on her if she showed some compassion!
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:46 pm
While Fatia did not shake, she still felt like she would at any moment. She waited imaptiently, wondering just what her punishment would be when she was found out to not be ready for her master's beck and call, waiting on him as only a slave should.
She got quite the surprise, though, when she heard a soft voice coming from the adult lioness before her. Wait...what? Her muscles relaxed as she peered up at her, curiously, but still very nervous. The little slave was quite naive, and trusting to a fault, and so she soon let herself be wrapped up into the obscure thought that this might be a nice member of the kin.
"Oh, um..." she searched for her words, still in a bit of shock. "I'm Fatia," she said shyly. "Kai'Melos is my master, I hope you don't tell him that I was wandering out," she said quietly. She feared more about his father finding out than him.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:58 pm
Saburi looked at how the youngster reacted. Oh they did, how cruel for a youngster to be so scared of an adult. It was wrong to even think of hurting a youngster. Yes things here did need changing, though she didn't know how she would do it.
"Oh Fatia, why would I tell him? I do not even know who he is!" She sat down infront of the juve and just looked down at her, she was a very pretty girl, would make a stunning adult one day. What a shame she was kept as a slave in this pride. Saburi's feelings towards the pride seemed to be changing like the wind. One minute she adored the pride the next she resented it.
"What would happen if he did find out?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:20 pm
Fatia's ears swiveled forward in true surprise, before they found themselves folded flat against her skull. Ohhh, she'd better be careful though, right? She had to make sure that she wouldn't get in trouble, she knew that Tanana wasn't always there to take her punishment for her.
Her muscles grew tense when the lioness sat just in front of here, merely by habit. She peeked up at the lioness again, though, slowly starting to feel a bit more calm with her presence.
"Well, if Master Kai found out, perhaps not much. But if his father, Master Uzulu found out, I would be in very very big trouble. Enough that....that I don't want to think about it." She drew her paws upward to her head, showing how she would hide from him and his punishment as she could. He was quite frightful!
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:38 pm
Saburi listened and felt sick.
"He wouldn't hurt you that much surely? Your only young, you can't be expected to not act as any other cub!" She really was shocked that the cub would get punished.
"Please tell me that your parents take your punishment untill you are older?" It was wishful, the realisation of how this pride was seemed to be sinking in. She could hope for change now couldn't she? Maybe she could try and look after the young slaves while the pride members weren't around? There must be something she can do.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:46 pm
Fatia shook her head. "No, they do. My sister tries to take the punishment of us all, but we're getting old enough that Master Uzulu seems to not care, and punishes us as he pleases. We just do our best and hope for the best." It was all cemented in fact for her, the way of life she's always known. Nothing quite seemed 'wrong' about it to her, though the one thing she did not like was the punishments they had to endure.
Fatia couldn't help but blink curiously at the lioness. "Parents? Umm...well, we don't really consider anyone our parents," she started. "My um...'parents' I guess, were forced to have us so there'd be more of us." She shrugged. "Master Uzulu likes having a lot of slaves, Tanana says it gives him power, or something."
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:38 am
Saburi just listened and the more she did the angrier she became towards the so called masters of this youngster.
"Your masters are cruel." That was the end of the conversation. Saburi had made up her mind. She knew she couldn't go and see the poor things masters and so she would just have to look after her the best she could.
"Are you hungry? We could go and catch something to eat if you wish and don't worry, if anyone see's us I will tell them I commanded you to come and then we will both be safe, how about it?" It was the only thing she could think of that would help the youngster. A good meal would help, Saburi was sure of it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:02 am
Fatia's eyes lit up. Food? Was she really offering to get her some food? Fatia would eat, but she hadn't had a full stomache in a very long time. Something like that would only spoil the slave, but she knew better than to expect it to happen more than just this one time.
"Fatia would love food, yes I would!" she replied, bouncing around the pretty lioness that seemed to be a little bit of light in her life. "As long as I don't get in trouble, I would love some yummy food."
She did look around again, though, just to make sure that the two of them were alone. Fatia felt proud knowing that she knew what to look for when one of the kin were around.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:52 am
Saburi smiled down at the slave.
"Of course you won't get into any trouble, come on lets go get something to eat." She couldn't help but adore the little slave. She was so full of life but it seemed to be squashed by her position as a slave.
"Oh I wish i could get you out of this place so you could live properly." She spoke quietly, thinking aloud. She didn't know if it was possible to even get a slave across the borders unnoticed. She assumed not.
"Anyway, what would you like to eat? We can go get something."
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:39 pm
Properly? While Fatia had a small idea of what 'free' was, she never thought that she wasn't living improperly. It was impossible for her to know what it was not being a slave, and even her imagination was limited.
"Anything!" she shouted, excited to probably get a full meal. A full meal meant that she would feel better, stronger, and be able to face the next day with a smile. If only her masters would realize that, then she would be a much more productive and valuable slave, wouldn't she?
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:21 am
Saburi chuckled she was so cute!
"Come on then, lets see what we can find." She wanted to take the little one nearer to the borders, just because Saburi loved to go back out the desert to get her food. She loved to feel the grass under her paws again but she wasn't sure whether or not it would be a good idea.
She then turned to the slave and her mind was made up, she would leave the slave however in the desert and bring the food back incase they were seen.
"Come on, I know where to go!"
Saburi started to walk off in a direction, turning back to see if the slave was going to follow or not.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:52 pm
Fatia's ear flicked, curious, but still nervous. She peeked around carefully before slowly following the lioness. She didn't know where she was taking her, but she hoped it would be ok, and safe. She would bolt if anything bad seemed to crop up!
"Okay!"
She stumbled over the sand to follow the lioness obediently behind her, slowly letting her paranoia and focus keep away from the kin, and towards the fact that she was going to get a meal, a nice full meal!
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