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 Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:49 pm
In the midst of a very good afternoon out away from home, Fyulisi was in a very cheerful mood. She was headed back towards the Pridelands now but she was still taking her time. No need to rush back, nobody would be waiting for her and nobody would be worrying. She was just enjoying the sunshine and the walk now, she wasn't really looking for anything or anyone in particular. She already had one great story to tell her sisters when she got home, she wasn't expecting to get another.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:52 pm
Poof!
Okay, not quite poof, but Momo did just appear what seemed to be out of thin air. Part of it was just coming somewhere from nowhere, and then part of it was her invisibility trait. She was starting to get a lot more playful, back how she was when she first awoke from her slumber. Life was great!
She opened her eyes, saw what looked to be quite a content young adolescent, and trotted right over to her, wings and all.
"Hello!" she chirped. "Are you in love?"
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:58 pm
When the orange goddess suddenly appeared out of nowhere, Lisi stumbled to a stop and just stared-- almost cowering back a bit as she was approached fairly quickly and still very suddenly. It wasn't threatening, just surprising. She opened her mouth to say hi when she was asked a very strange question. And then she just stood there, dumbfounded, as she tried to understand what was happening.
There was a goddess in front of her, a very pretty one. Appeared out of nowhere. And apparently wanted to know if she was in love.
"Um, no?"
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:07 pm
Momo looked absolutely heartbroken. Okay, not quite, but she did look a little disappointed. "Awww. There had to be a reason that I felt pulled here..."
She bundled herself up, tucking her wings against her side as she peered again at the adolescent. She was quite charming, though certainly there was something missing.
"Are you sure? There'd be no reason to lie to me, as I am Love herself~"
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:14 pm
Lisi immediately felt bad for saying no but she didn't know what else to say, she wasn't really in love with anybody.
"I'm sorry," she muttered, and watched as the goddess folded her wings in. She had very normal wings compared to Chessa, but then.. she couldn't really say what would be normal wings for a lion. Her eyes went back to Momo's face when she introduced herself simply as Love.
"Wow, really?" she asked excitedly, though she did not really doubt her, "I'm sure, or I think I'm sure. I don't know how to tell, I guess." She didn't socialize enough outside of her family.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:19 pm
Momo's tail twitched, watching her. Sigh. Siiiigh. Oh well. Maybe she just felt the pull here for no reason other than Momo really liked to talk with mortals. They were (usually) so honest and kind, curious things that had such a different outlook on life. Or, well, used to. Momo's changed a long time ago, but at least she felt like she could connect with mortals better.
Maybe.
"Well, normally there's like, a fluttery feeling of thinking about someone. And you can't stop thinking about that someone. And..." she rambled a bit, though everything she got was second-hand. She had never really be in love herself, though she certainly had that motherly love over her children.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:28 pm
She listened intently, wanting to hear something that meant she could honestly say she'd felt it before but she really didn't. She loved her family, her sisters, her mom, her dad.. but love was a confusing thing. Her mom and dad weren't in love, her maternal grandparents were, but then grandma's parents weren't.. or were but weren't together.. and that was just one side of the family. It was all very normal to her but at that very moment she cared a little more about love.
"I've never felt like that," she said, taking a seat, "That doesn't sound very pleasant." That couldn't really be all of it or nobody would stay in love. Or nobody would want to.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:32 pm
Momo blinked. Wait- what?
"You don't like thinking about someone all day? Or rather, the idea of it?" Momo pondered, wondering how to word it better, but nothing was really coming out. "Umm, well, it's also that idea of having someone to depend on, someone that's got your back, but not like a friend. Something deeper than that."
Did that sound good? Momo thought so - she at least had a pride to call home, even though wandering around was always a joy she couldn't resist.
"Maybe something like that?"
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:43 pm
"Maybe," she said thoughtfully, considering the concept carefully. It sounded annoying to have someone stuck in your head all day, and the only time it happened to her was when she was mad at someone. That wasn't really love. But if it was happy, loving thinking.. it might not be so bad. And being stuck in someone else's head sounded OK, especially if it was happy.
"OK, maybe," she agreed, and listened to the description of it as a friend but.. vaguely "deeper" than a friend somehow.
"Maybe I'd have to feel it to understand," she said, "I love my family, but that's not the same, is it?"
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:06 am
Momo nodded. "Good, yes. Loving your family is still really important, though~ they will always be there for you." It was unspoken that as long as you had a good family, but regardless, there was always someone for you. Even a friend.
She let her wings expand a bit, feeling the soft air caress them. Well, perhaps there was somewhere else she could be. Or she could just return home to her (growing, sob) kids and spend a relaxing evening doing nothing.
But she wasn't going to rush it.
"Maybe if you do ever find love, you can call for me?" she smiled. "While I'm Love, I also do like to be called Mo'onasi, or Momo."
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:22 pm
Lisi smiled as she seemed to have said something right. And it was the honest truth, she loved her family. Even Barafu. Sometimes. It was good that counted for something. She was still sorry she didn't have more to talk about though, she didn't have a romantic love and she never had, she barely grasped the concept (apparently).
"Sure!" she said enthusiastically, "I'd really like that, I'm sorry I don't have anything more interesting to say now! It's very nice to meet you, though, Momo! I'm Fyulisi, but you can call me Lisi, everybody does."
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:27 pm
"Lisi. What a sweet name," she said wistfully, as if keeping it in storage for later. Never knew when you might need to remember things, especially with how expansive some of these mortal families got. Her own was still small, and she kind of liked it that way. Who knew when it would change, though.
Hmmm. Shaking herself out of silly thoughts, she nodded at the younger lioness. "It's quite easy, just wish for me to be here, and it shouldn't take too long for me to 'feel' the call." Since she survived on the belief of love, it wasn't too much of a stretch to heed those calls for love.
It was fun sometimes. "You'll fall in love sometime, I'm sure of it." As she always was.
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:33 pm
"Thank you," she murmured at the compliment of her name, beaming. She perked up when Momo explained how to summon her in the future-- it was probably good to know if she promised to call on her whenever she did fall in love. It was a very interesting thing though, that you should be able to just wish a god here. That could be dangerous if it worked on all gods. Still interesting, though.
"Does everybody fall in love?" she asked curiously at the last comment. How could Momo be so sure?
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:36 pm
"Everyone does," she replied. She wasn't as bubbly as she was a moment ago, but then this was a more serious topic than just talking about love. This was a bit like talking about love. The serious stuff.
"Though, it doesn't always last. Things change, opinions change, life changes. Just, if you do find it, cherish it while you have it. And if not, just let yourself be wrapped up in that family-love; it's always there."
She smiled, trying to shake the sadness out of her voice. "Haha, sometimes heart-broken mortals try to blame it on me, so I've learned that it's not all perfect as I wish it was."
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 1:48 pm
"Oh," she said thoughtfully, her surprise masking the happiness at the positive answer. She thought of her parents, they weren't in love with each other. It obviously wasn't necessary for cubs.. but cubs went with love, she had enough examples of loving couples in her family to know that too. It was weird to think of either parent finding love, especially if they had more cubs. Of course, it'd be just as weird with each other at this point.
"Wait, why?" she said, suddenly coming back to the conversation when Momo said mortals tried to blame her and without question she was on Momo's side immediately, "Can you even do anything about that? Or do you control everybody falling in love?" Nothing Momo had said so far indicated that she had any control over it, otherwise she might have asked if Lisi wanted to fall in love rather than if she was in love. Right? It made sense, especially with the tone Momo mentioned it in.
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