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 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:34 pm
It had been weeks and So still had the taste from that mane in his mouth. It didn't sound right, but that just made it true to the situation, because it wasn't right. That game had been nothing if not inhuman. Him winning the game still felt like he had, how you say... lost the game. Shwari was a cruel, cruel whatever the guy word for mistress was. Hell if he knew.
But!
It did give him a rather wicked idea of his own and the execution of it was going to be as sweet as the honey that pesking cub from before had bothered him about. Maybe fate had sent that male for Shwari to use, but she was unbiased and didn't mind tossing So a favor. Or two.
Two, in the form of two lions. Male lions. Coupled male lions.
No, they hadn't told him so, but they'd been wandering around the Pridelands a few days now and were always together. Always. That to him was a big flashing sign with "I'M DOING THE GUY NEXT TO ME" hanging over both of them.
He met Shwari that morning as he always did and told him of the pair, in as much detail as he knew (and probably some that wasn't completely true) before their new game. "So, you have to break them up, without either of them knowing what you're doing. By sunset. Or you lose."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:43 pm
Shwari would have been very, very glad to know that So still had the taste of mane in his mouth. It served him right for licking that male lion on the face. This was, of course, completing ignoring the fact that it was Shwari who had asked for proof. He hadn't really thought So would do anything! Really! He had hoped he would bail, making him the winner. But instead, his two-timing sneaky rival had to go and lick another male. An older male. On the face. It still gave him goosebumps.
Not to mention it made for a very sour Shwari when he showed up to their next game meet. It was So's turn to pick the game, which was generally not a Good Thing, and even less so after their last choice of game. Still, he listened to the task that So laid out for him, and was very relieved that it didn't involve getting a male lion to be all lovey-dovey with him. He might just have had to give up on a game like that just based on principle.
"Fine. Let's go then. We have to find them before I work my magic."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:02 pm
"The only thing you'll be working on is your resignation speech when I keep owning you so bad." Yeah. Take that. So had a burn rate equal to that one guy on the commercial playing Star Wars. "But they should still be around here." They better be. He wasn't about to get some lame lovey dovey couple like that crazy chick Shwari had failed to woo and whatever sorry male got stuck with her. "Should be this way."
This way could lead many ways. For them, it was a hop, skip and jump (though they only strut there because all that other stuff was for pansies) away that led them to the stopping point that was the watering hole.
Nishan had not realized it was this damn hot outside the Mtaishi. It had been hot the day they'd left, hot there some other days, but this was just hot hot. Maybe it had something to do with them being next to the water, or the mountain blocking more of the sun than out here.
Too hot, ugh.
He gulped down another mouthful of water and shook some gathered dust off his coat. "I'm not sure there are even females in this pride. That aren't old."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:12 pm
"Gloat all you want. I didn't get lovey-dovey with an old man," Shwari shot back, as if it hadn't been his idea in the first place. He wanted this game to start so he could get the images of his rival and that old stripey creature out of his head. It would have been nice to tell So to just go hump a zebra and leave him alone, but he kind of needed his friend/rival's help to find this supposed couple. Hopefully in the time it took them to get there he could think up something epic in order to separate them.
Bitty had not realized that the outside world was even lamer than his pride. At least back home he could mooch off of Hasana, stare at some girls, sleep, repeat. Out here he had to do so much walking, and nobody had even looked at him or Nishan yet. It was downright terrible. He was never going to find Nishan a mate! He had almost resigned himself to being locked in the Mtaishi lands with Chyou when they stumbled on the Pridelands. It was a pride of lions! Finally! Somewhere in here there had to be a lioness for Nishan. Or so he'd thought.
Now, he wasn't so convinced. "There are lots of females in this pride, they just all have babies," he complained between gulps of water. "And they just don't like you."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:17 pm
Oh what? Pssh! Nishan was not a violent lion but anyone who'd been there would have agreed Thibiti deserved it when he reached in and dunked his head into the water, possibly his whole body. "I don't like them," he corrected. "Obviously because they all have kids but no mate around they're widows. I'm not about to move in on a lady in mourning. That's a sleazy type of thing you would do."
He hadn't realized that there were other lions there, but not within hearing range. Yet. So made the most disgusted of faces and decided it was in both their stomachs best interest to just let that one slide. "Well, there they are. Go on. Let's see your magic."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:27 pm
"AARRRGLLLEROFLE," said Bitty, as he head was dunked underwater. Whatever further commentary he was going to make insinuating Nishan's gayness and/or his lack of libido was sadly lost beneath the liquid. It was a great loss to the world, rest assured. He emerged grumbling and shook his head at Nishan. Take these water drops of doom! You deserve it, foul villain. "Dude, it's not sleazy if you're getting some. And clearly, you're not going to get any and I'm going to have to go back and tell Mwokoti that you can't even get up…to find a girl." It was a clever save. Bitty tried his best not to sound like a total loser, even if it only was Nishan.
If looked could kill, it was safe to say that So would be dead. Twice. Nope, make that three times. Still, Shwari puffed out his chest and strode towards his targets with an air of confidence. Inside, he wondered what he would have to do to get these two to break up. They didn't seem very lovey-dovey to begin with. "Greetings… travellers. Welcome to the Pridelands!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:35 pm
...Screw it.
Nishan drew back his paw and knocked Bitty's sorry a** right in the water. He'd have felt bad the lions here would have to drink Bitty tasting water for a while if he cared about them more than he wanted to push him, which he didn't. Not that he held no sympathy for them.
"Oh, we're in the Pridelands? No wonder there aren't any males here. You guys had that fight with some rebels right?" Mwokoti had told him of it from her travels once, when he was younger. "You must have lost all your males in the huge, eventful war. I'm sorry for your loss."
Across from them So frowned. Had he known they were having a lovers' quarrel fighting over food and water he'd have picked someone more difficult to break up. Then again, him and Shwari did that a lot and they were still pretty tight.
The fighting over food and water bit, not the... other thing...
...Yeah...
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:44 pm
"Lakisa would smack you if we were at home." Bitty emerged once again from the water, this time looking less than impressed. "Clearly, somebody wasn't paying attention during the WWLD lessons." He really wished he could just slap his brother back. But that would be mean. And it would only make Nishan hit harder. And it would hurt his paw, but that's totally not why he wasn't doing it. He wasn't doing it because it was mean. Yeah. That.
"We had a fight?" Shwari replied, looking completely dumbstruck. So hadn't told him there'd been a fight. Who had been fighting? And over what? "Rebels… Um… no, we haven't had any rebels here, so all the males are still here as far as I know. There's still a King." He would have to grill So on this later. "But you two are travelling together, yeah? Have you, by any chance, met So?" An evil plan was forming in Shwari's head. He had the perfect way to break these two apart. Absolutely perfect.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:50 pm
"...Oh." No fight? Mwokoti had told them there was a fight. Maybe she got them confused with that other group she'd mentioned once. The one with the big lions who'd had the rebels who betrayed them. Although he doubted they'd have lost any warriors. Surely such a tough pride wouldn't die go out in such a lame way. He'd have to ask her about it later. "Uh, yeah... And no."
They hadn't met anyone really, because to meet someone, you had to talk to them. Nishan wasn't having it. The females all had babies and dead husbands. They must have died some other way if not in a war. No way there were just a bunch of females with kids and no mate. Seriously. Who did that?
Speaking of So, he wasn't going to stand back and let Shwari sabotage him like he'd done with Banji for any longer. There was an unspoken agreement they got a certain amount of time for tricks like that and his was up. So he strolled on over. No pun intended.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:58 pm
Darn, there was So. Still, Shwari was not about to be bested by his rival. Not after the horrible results from the last game. He shuddered inwardly at the thought. There were going to be no repeats of that ever even if he had to make up a new rule. Old men were strictly barred from any further games unless you were using them as meat shields. Other than that, they were useless.
"This is my friend So. She's very pleased to meet you." Take that, So. "As I was saying, there's this lion called Soudesu hanging around here, So for short, and he's really, really… into other lions. I believe you've met him, haven't you?"
"Yeah… what?" Bitty blinked, having been so busy drying off that he hadn't noticed the question being directed at him until he'd already answered it. Judging by the look on Shwari's face, no probably would have been a much safer answer.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:07 pm
There were enough helpings of what to go around.
"...What?"
"What?!"
WHAT?!
So glared daggers at Shwari, absolutely seething. Calling him a chick was the line! If he was a female he'd be out having babies with an illegitimate father! Hmph!
"I think they're probably insane," Nishan whispered to his brother after leaning in close. Not that close, because he didn't want to get wet too, but close enough. "I think they're like... together, too." He moved away from Bitty and cleared his throat, trying to be polite. "We haven't really talked to any... Soudesu. Or anyone, really."
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:17 pm
Shwari could barely keep the smirk off his face. Oh how he loved getting on So's nerves. Or should he say, Soudesu. He was such a genius some times. "Oh really? That’s a pity. Because I was just coming here to warn you about him." His expression turned to concern. "You see," he leaned in to speak quietly to Nishan, "I think he's got his eyes on that one right there. Talking about him constantly. It's really quite strange. I've never seen him so infatuated with another lion since that old striped fellow came by."
"…." Bitty had to try very, very hard not to scream like a little girl. They were with two guys who were like… together. He was going to get gay cooties. It was bad enough that he had to spend the rest of his existence with the asexual Nishan (who might be gay, but you didn't get gay cooties from your brother) but to run into two gay lions who were totally hitting on them? Why did Mwokoti send him? He'd been punished enough already for eating Chyou's pets!
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:23 pm
Nishan wasn't as horrified as Bitty but he certainly wasn't comfortable with this situation. There was a little part of him that wanted to urge this stranger to keep talking for the sake of revenge against his brother for... being him, but even that part was pretty, uh... intimidated by this. Whatever you'd call this. He shifted awkwardly. "Oh, uh. Really?" Yeah. Smooth.
"I've no relation to... Soudesu," So interrupted. "The similarities in naming are purely coincidental. And don't mind my friend here making eyes at you. If it's making you uncomfortable you can just ask him to stop. It's alright, he's used to it. He does do this all the time."
Now Nishan was horrified.
This was going from game to gay fast.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:30 pm
"Mhmm. If I were you I'd be very careful. He's known to seduce unsuspecting lions and take them into dark caves." Shwari feigned a look of absolute horror as he shuddered. The memory of So licking Banji's face was enough to make the shudder and the expression quite realistic. "And if he found out about you… let's just say, you might be joining him and your white... friend in the cave."
Shwari's left eye twitched at So's words. Stay calm, stay cool. He had to win this game. Somehow. He just had to keep his cool. He just needed a plan and then everything would be alright. The more he got So back for interfering with his game the better. As he looked over his shoulder at So, a sudden idea hit him. And he was very pleased with it.
"Don't mind her, she get jealous whenever I talk to other lions. She thinks that saying I'm gay will make me stop, but we all know the truth." He smiled his best sickly sweet smile at his rival.
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:36 pm
Nishan looked at So again. If only he'd had it in him to comment he didn't really think that lion was a female he may have saved the Pridelander a lot of grief. He didn't, and thought it rude to even consider it. Maybe it wasn't uncommon for females here to be so... Yeah. They were both obviously insane no matter what gender either of them were. He leaned into Thibiti to whisper again, wet fur be damned. "Do you think we can outrun them?"
So huffed. "I'm not the one who gets jealous," he pointed out. Yeah, that's right. He'd seen that look Shwari had during the old guy thing. At least if he was a female he'd be normal other than being a bit more flufy. And hey, more to love, right?
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