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 Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:52 pm
A dark blue hyena seemed looming in the moonlight. His mane shuffled slightly in the soft breezes that blew through the land at close intervals. Pack life... he was trying to get acustomed to. Sleeping at night didn't work, yet, fully. Hence why he was still awake.
He looked up at the moon as he sat. It was large and full. A grin crossed his maw easily. It was nice here. The pack will expand, he thought, hoped.
With a fleeting thought, he throught of the Shiekh - a beautiful young dog. He wondered if she was out and about at this time of night. It was nearly middle-night and the starts were glittering brightly. Maybe she would not be awake. However, he could check?
He pulled his body up and started his trek to where he saw her last.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:04 pm
As she grew, Uzuri found that she rarely slept. Blaming it on past fears of when she spent long nights alone as a pup, she never let on that she had this problem. She never felt tired, though, so it didn't bother her.
The role she had taken on-- it brought her an almost secluded part of the pack. While it was oriented around bonds, the fact that it was one of the leading ranks made it hard for others to come up to her, or at least that's what she thought. It also meant that she would sleep alone at night, where no one, not even her mother could worry about her when she rose in the middle of the night to go sit and be with herself.
This time was like the others. She had always had a fondness of sitting atop a hill, on the other side of some brush, to look up into the sky and hope for better days. Better days for herself, mainly. This new pack, it had brought her a new life, so she continually watched the sky, so more happiness would come to them.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:36 pm
((The remainder of this RP is done over AIM, so with this post Seaki will be logging.))
Seaki:
He yawned. He pulled away from sleep that day in favor of wandering around the pack lands. It was quite strange to do so, but he had. Xx'ami's nose twitched, ears flicked. Red eyes finally spotting the Sheikh. He have a small smile - she was almos t haloed by the moon. Xx'ami found himself agreeing with her name.
He watched the dog for a moment, a small smile on his face. Her ideals here strong - she would be a great leader. She was young and strong and experienced beyond her physical age. Much like he was - it was a pay to connect to the female, and it's what helped connec the pack.
Silently, he walked up to sit next to her - maw closed, but eyes still watching the female.
Polette:
Twisting her ears to the side, Uzuri turned her head quickly after them, hearing silent paws.
"Oh." her eyes became more alert, focusing in on her partner, the deep blue hyena that had convinced her of this new future. "So you couldn't sleep tonight, either?" she laughed as her soft voice echoed in the night, the light of the moon illuminating both of their faces.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:05 pm
Seaki:
Xx'ami-da gave her a soft smile. "I usually don't sleep at night, but I try. doesn't work to well, I'm used to traveling, still, during the night so the heat would not be so unbearable as I walked." He explained. "I can't seem to stay awake during the day, or sleep at night."
He felt a welling inside him, but he pushed it down. He was still trying to convince himself equal to her, though his very instints told him otherwise. "Why can't you sleep, Uzuri?" He questioned.
Polette:
"So you're more like a zombie, then?" she laughed, turning her head towards the moon.
"I have a hard time closing my eyes." she had finally discovered the reason why she could never forget things she wanted to. Every time she closed her eyes, the same image of that rainy night, so many moons ago. She had begun to jolt awake in the night, so as of late she had stopped sleeping all together.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:09 pm
Seaki:
"I suppose, a little bit," he answered a bit, glad for her laughter. He followed a gaze and listened to her answer to his own question.
It was a strange response. He frowned at this. "Tell me about it?" He phrased it as a question, so she could refuse. He didn't like that she could not sleep. She looked so tired... He wanted to know if his new found - well, family really - was having troubles. Especially in the new life that was probably so strange to the both of them.
Polette:
Uzuri let out a breath and smiled. No one had ever really asked her about things like that. She couldn't recall going into detail even with her own mother.
"It was just....something long ago." her eyes wandered over to him, and she tried to elaborate as best she could, without upsetting herself. "You see, my birth parents were cruel things, and...." she paused, thinking of how to phrase her sentence. "well, I lost some of my siblings when I was young." she smiled weakly, her eyes dropping to her paws.
"I find that sleep likes to take the things we wish to forget most in life and shove them back in our faces."
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:35 pm
Seaki:
He frowned. He hadn't know - of course they really didn't talk about their past when before the pack. He could figure though - it was just a feeling. Many that he had come across had a bad past, as himself. He listened to her speak, waiting until she was sure that she was finished.
"Long ago or not, it's still affecting you," He frowned. He shook his head. His own family had pushed him away, being the only male. He was antagonized and abandoned after he seemed old enough to survive on his own. He had never learned though, and survived as he could.
However, he almost didn't know how to respond. "I understand," he whispered to her. He knew how it was - he knew the harshness of parents. He was glad though, that Uzu had found Janja, and at such a young age as well.
Polette:
"Mm." she smiled and looked up. "Well, there's no need to dwell on things long gone." she shook herself, lifting her mood.
"So, what do you think is going to happen to our pack?" she smiled, thinking fondly of the new pack. "There're so many young ones now, and I just know new families will soon sprout up." she blushed gently in the moonlight, her thoughts returning to the one she loved.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:48 pm
Seaki:
Xx'ami-dahave a small smile and a nod, though he still dwelled on the thoughts of the past for a moment. That past seemed so fresh sometimes and often reared it's head with an awful vengence.
"I don't quite know..." he answered. "It's difficult to tell what trials lay in the future..." He glanced at the female. There where quite a few young ones, like Damu. He was a cute pup, though his parents just dropped him off with them. It was rather odd, then again, it was a strange couple and the pup was quite a happy one. Xx'ami glanced at the female. She seemed to dwell on the past sometimes, but she had found love at least. It made him happy, seeing others in love - with the past looking like it was, the future seemed to deprive him of a mate. The Gods were quite cruel. He hated it sometimes, that lonely feeling, but he would face it...
Polette:
"I forsee great things." Uzuri held a calm look upon her face. "Once the current young ones have grown, and the pack fully gets used to the idea of all of us being together as one, I think that they'll gain pride in this." she smiled, proud of her new home, regardless of it's age.
"Once the original members have grown a little older, and a new generation emerges, everyone will feel more at ease. I just know it." she turned, an excited and anxious look on her face. It was hard to explain, but once new life comes to this land, she would feel better about the whole idea.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:20 pm
Seaki:
He was not as enthused. Sure, he watched the pack, even as it grew. It was a wild dog pack - it made sense to her, but not so much him. There needed to be more hyenas. He meant to bring the two species together. He remember when he was a pup being case of a someone who discriminates against dogs. It was not true - he was not like that, though he knew some packs used dogs as slaves. It made him angry, but he decided not to dwell on this.
"A new generation..." he repeated and frowned. "Do you have something to tell me?" Xx'ami said teasingly with a grin and a small cackle that often showed in his voice even if he was not particularly happy or pleased.
Polette:
"Tell you?" she bit her upper lip, a slight smile on her face. "I think we need to find you a girl, so you'll stop nosing in on other's business." she laughed, wholely joking, but at the same time, serious about finding a special someone for her new friend. "Then we can have a bunch of little Xx'ami puppies running around." she moved the toes in her paw around, the excitement growing at the thought of new little hyena pups.
"I think it'd be something amazing. Then your offspring can play with mine--" she stopped, not meaning to blurt out anything about offspring of her own. But she knew, offspring of her own would be just around the corner.
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:27 pm
Seaki:
Xx;ami-da almost snorted, a mate? Sure... right. He shook his head lightly. "Hey, I'm not nosing!" He responded, but ne knew he was and had. He hadn't even been thinking about pups! He gave a strange squeak. "Pups of my own? Probably not soon... Or anytime, really. I don't know." He was rather dejected at the prospect of being alone. "I'm getting rather old."
He chuckled at her slip and grinned. "Was that a slip of the tongue I heard?" He questioned teasingly, but with a light heart. He was glad she had plans for a familial future, which was one of their bigger differences of growing up. "So, when were you planning on having pups?"
Polette:
Flicking her eyes downward, a smile seeped onto Uzuri's maw. "Well, I..." her mind flicked back to the boy she loved, the boy she wanted to be with forever. "We were..." she could feel her face turn red simply thinking about it, but used no effort to try and stop it. "Soon, I suppose." her eyes moved up, meeting with Xx'ami's head on.
"I know, you may think I'm too young and brash, but..." she tried to remember her reasons for wanting this, but they all seemed to run together into a large ball. "Well, we want this."
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:29 pm
Seaki:
A small smil was elicited from her response. He was thrilled she was going to have pups. A new generation in the pack. Uzui would be a great mother. "I don't think you're young or brash. Otherwise, you wouldn't lead, and you're becoming an excellent leader." He responded. "I'm happy for you."
Polette:
Smiling broadly, Uzuri tried to imagine herself as a mother; all she wanted was to be everything her real mother wasn't. She wanted to be like her true mother, Janja, and raise a family with love. "I sure hope so." she giggled to herself. "Or we're all doomed." she flicked her head to the side, in the general direction of the rest of the pack, feeling both overwhelmed and honored to be able to have the trust of them all.
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:55 pm
Seaki:
He gave another small laugh and shook his head. "Well, it's getting late," He returned is gaze to where the moon has been. It moved it's large mass a bit away from them, going around them and moving from their direct line of vision. The sun wouldn't come up for a few hours yet, but they had been talking for a bit.
"We should probably head in. You really need some sleep, Uzuri. I never see you rest..."
Polette:
"Well, I could say the same for you." she smiled at him, raising herself and letting out a yawn. "Maybe tonight my mind will think of other things." she tried to focus on the future, her future. The possibility of pups now filled her with joy and excitement, so she hoped that those images would fill her slumbering head.
"Come now, you need sleep too." she started down the hill through the brush, back to where the rest of her life lay.
FIN
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