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 Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:58 pm
Omolara had a new respect for life. It wasn't the same as it was before; the trails she used to know seemed different somehow. Funny how being accepted into a family changed well...everything. Before the Bahari'mtoto took them in, she only wandered the rogue lands to survive, but now? She was doing it for fun. She was getting the lay of the land not because their lives depended on it, but because she genuinely wanted to.
With Ur'ahava safely in the Pride with the rest of the cubs, the two toned lioness wandered the Rogue Lands outside of the Bahari'mtoto boarder, alone for the first time in what seemed like an eternity. After a while, her wandering became more of a game, and Omolara felt the strangest urge...but she couldn't, or rather shouldn't, should she? After all...she was an adult, and this particular urge was best left to the playful cubs...right? Oh, but she hadn't done it in so long...it might be fun!
The newly found inner cub won out, and Omolara's ears perked, hearing around for a mouse or something similar...and when she found it, she crouched low to the ground, stalking towards it. She had no urge to hurt it, just to scare it a little; a game of pouncing, innocent pouncing. Attempting to repress a childish giggle and failing miserably at it, Omolara shifted and wiggled her hindquarters before pouncing on the small rodent.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:00 pm
Omolara wasn't the only lioness out and enjoying the day. Keena padded happily along a trail only she knew she was following. The ocean was close by, she could feel it's breeze across her fur and it was exciting. She hadn't been to the ocean since she was very small, and sometimes wondered if it had been her mother that had taken her. If only she could remember...but it had been too long ago.
Not that it mattered much. Star and Kisun were watching the babies, her little lioness had gotten so big! It was almost unreal, as she mentioned to the beautiful goddess. She'd enjoyed Fertility, the white fluffy goddess had been quite nice. But as much as she adored her odd little family, sometimes she felt like having a little wander on her own. Not that she left them alone too long, never more than a day or so. But she'd always felt the need to go somewhere, to do something. Everything about having little ones to look after slowed her down.
But they were so wonderful, Keena hardly minded.
Giggling to herself, she batted at a leaf that had been caught up in the breeze, watching it swirl and spiral away...oh, hello, who was that? A blue and white lioness pounced at something small, and Keena felt a smile spread across her features. Perhaps this was the chance to meet a new friend!
"Hello there," she called brightly, her paws already carrying her towards the stranger.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:01 pm
Omolara purposely missed the small rodent, and was about to pounce at it's quickly retreating form once more...but then she heard the other Lioness. She spun around, crouched low to the ground out of instinct alone. Her desire to protect her cub welled in her, and she was about to growl low at the other female when the realization donned on her. Ur'ahava was safely away in the pride...and she looked and sounded very friendly.
Shyly, her ears arcing back up once more and she stood properly, an apologetic look on her face.
"Hello." She responded quietly, keeping her ground as the pale Lioness padded her way over. "I'm very sorry! You, uh, startled me." Her Maternal instincts still stuck in the back of her mind, but she tried her best to remember that the amount of caution she once had wasn't quite necessary any longer. Her gaze shifted back into the grass where she last saw the little rodent; aww, it got away. Too bad!
"It's been a long time since I could play the pouncing game; I wasn't aware I had company." She chuckled, looking a little sheepish. Really, a grown Lioness playing like a cub!
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:29 pm
Keena froze when the other lioness turned on her, sinking back instantly to make herself seem less threatening. She'd thought the stranger only playing, she'd not meant to startle her like that. Stock still, she waited until the blue and white female relaxed before straightening up, her friendly smile back in place.
"Sorry about that," Keena apologized, "I didn't mean to sneak up on you. You looked like you were having fun, and I..." the lioness giggled sheepishly, "I was sort of wondering if I could play too?"
It had been a while since she acted like a little cub, but there was something in the air here that really made her want to! Maybe she really had come to the ocean when she was little, the tang of salt in the air had her heart thumping excitedly against her ribs, and she was eager to do something with this childish surge of energy.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:46 pm
"Oh..no, no no!" Omolara shook her head, bowing a little bit in an apology. "Don't be, it was my fault." Hopefully she wouldn't think anything less of her; but she didn't want to explain that her nerves were in a bit of a haywire still, or that she only reacted that way because she thought her cub was nearby. They were just excuses after all, not really necessary in the long run. The Lioness tilted her head when the pale one asked to play too. Play...with someone else? A slow smile spread on her features, and Omolara nodded eagerly.
"Sure!" It would be great to have someone to 'play' with that wasn't smaller than she was. Ur'ahava was loved, but he was a little too easy to put down or, heaven forbid, hurt. Padding closer, she moved to stand beside the Paler Lioness, looking around at the ground. "There are a bunch of little rodents around here...or...Tag!" A paw came up to lightly nudge at her new playmate, and with a bit of a leap back she crouched her head and front paws close to the ground, her hind quarters in the air and her tail swaying behind her; she was ready to pounce away if she needed to.
"I'm Omolara, by the way." She giggled; this other Lioness seemed sweet enough, and she was long overdue for some fun.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:25 pm
Perhaps it was more than remembering the ocean air that had her feeling like a cub again. Keena was not always a very 'adult' lioness in several different ways. Having fun, though, that was something anyone ought to be able to do. It could never be possible to be too old to enjoy life!
A grin spread across her own features as the pretty blue lioness came closer, a game. She hadn't played a game with someone her size in...forever. Her eyes dropped to the grass when rodents were mentioned, and the sudden tagging caught her completely unawares. The lioness squeaked in surprise, then giggled as she dropped into a similar playful position to that other's.
"I'm Keena," she introduced herself in return. "And I'm gonna getcha!" the lioness laughed, wriggling her hindquarters briefly before darting at her new 'playmate'.
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:23 am
"Nice to meet you, Keena!" Omolara called out, leaping away from her new playmate with a laugh as the pale Lioness darted at her. "Bring it on!" Spinning around as soon as she could, the two-toned Lioness took off at a run, stretching her legs as far as they could go. Oh man...she hadn't run like this in ages! Not since before Ur'ahava was born. For the first time in ages she ran as fast as she could, occasionally glancing over her shoulder to check to see if Keena was still in pursuit.
When she was assured that Keena was in fact following her, she went back to running...only to stop running with a startled squeak of an inhale. The horizon just...ended! Front paws out and leaning backwards as she skid, Omolara managed to stop herself in time, her claws out and hooking over the ledge of a small cliff that, unknown to her right now, led into a big, wide lake.
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:51 am
Laughing madly, Keena lunged after the other lioness, chasing her in a game she barely remembered playing. She grinned when she first caught Omolara glancing to see if she followed, though she began making different faces when she checked again and again. This was...fun. Unbelievably, wonderfully, wildly fun. It was so freeing to run like this, not in pursuit of food, but just...just because.
She was catching up slowly, or so it seemed to her, when the other lioness stopped aburptly. For a moment Keena was ready to pounce on her, when a sudden thought hit her. Why would she stop like that? The answer? A good reason. Too late the pale lioness tried to put on the brakes, and while she, at least, didn't ram into Omolara at full tilt, she still skidded forward into a smaller collision with a squeal of dismay when she noticed the reason the other had stopped.
Oh, this was not a good thing.
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:30 am
Omolara laughed out loud every time Keena made a face; all in all, it had prompted her to look back more and more often. When she slid to a halt, she prayed to whatever God would listen that her friend would stop before hitting her; she loved the Ocean, but dear lord she didn't want to find out that it was a shallow pool!
With a little cry Omolara lurched forward from the little impact of her friend. After a moment of struggling to regain her balance, the female rolled her shoulders and launched herself off of the little cliff; it wasn't that far of a drop, and the water was dark enough. It had to be deep.
Oh please God, let it be deep.
Paws out in front of her, Omolara went crashing into the water below. Her entire body went under; at least those prayers were answered. It took some kicking and some pawing, but eventually she broke the surface, gasping for air. Paddling in the water to keep herself afloat, she started to laugh.
"Keena! Jump! It's fun!"
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