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 Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:18 pm
 Aryaisha was tired, both physically and mentally. The physically part was easily explained since he had been traveling quite a bit since the the sun rose only taking a break when it was too hot to travel. It was the fact that he was mentally tired that confused him.
Ary had met many over the time of his wondering, most he liked and kept good memories of like Yaretzi, she had been prickly but she was interesting. So he really couldn't figure out why he seemed to crave company and family. He had never needed it before so he didn't know why he wanted it now.
Shrugging off the light melancholy mood that he seemed to pick up Ary gave in to the begging his feet were aiming at him. He found a stand of trees near a collection of rocks that would be just right for spending the night under. The sun was going down and the grasslands were beginning to cool down but the rocks still radiated quite a bit of warmth from the sun. As the warmth relaxed his tight muscles Ary let sleep drag him down into its dark depths.
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:08 pm
She'd been walking... for days it felt like... crying for even longer. She just wanted to forget it all. Wanted it to have all been a dream. Wanted it to no longer be a part of her. She didn't want to be strong anymore... Her strength... her defiance had gotten her into this situation... and now... now she just wanted it all to be gone. Why couldn't it all be gone. She just wanted a different life entirely... to start over from scratch...
It was dark out... And she SO tired; but she didn't know if there was anywhere safe to sleep. Until the moon shone through the clouds and saw an outcropping of rocks... that place seemed safe to her... So she moved to it; going between the rocks. And she came upon a male lion... Male lions in her pride were protectors... maybe he would protect her?
She smiled a bit... a small bit as she remembered her childhood; thinking of all the males as being a knight in shining armor. So she moved next to him; and curled into him. She wondered what it would be like... to be taken care of again...
She closed her eyes just taking a second to let her body drift; before opening and looking up at the sky. She wished; staring at the brightest star; she wished that she could forget it all. To have a clean slate. To be someone new... To be happy again. Before curling back into this male; feeling safe for some reason; and drifting off to sleep.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:02 pm
Ary had the strangest dream. He dreamed that in the distance his cubs were playing with each other under the cool violet sky and teal sun, that was how he knew it was a dream, and he was laying in the shade of a silver trucked tree. His mate walked around the tree and joined him in the shade of the oddly colored tree. She curled up against his side and watched their cubs with him. Neither spoke, in fact there was no sound at all in his dream, but Ary could feel her sigh and knew that she was about to fall asleep. He nuzzled her before resting his head on her shoulder. As he watched their cubs romp in the golden grasses his eyes slowly grew heaver and heaver. He gave into the pull of sleep with a sight and a slight smile.
In reality the sleeping Ary cuddled against the sleeping lioness not aware that the body that dream Ary was snuggling against was a real lioness. With a sigh of contentment Ary sank deeper into sleep, deeper then he had in a long while.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:42 pm
She turned into the body next to her; a small smile on her muzzle. This was nice... She wasn't supposed to feel this nice... But why? She frowned... trying to be able to remember where she was... but she couldn't. Trying to remember who she was... but she couldn't... trying to remember what had happened the last night and surprise, surprise she couldn't figure it out either. And that filled her with a sort of panic. She didn't have a name... Not one she could remember. She didn't have a past... She didn't have a family... That was terrifying.
Her eyes popped open when it suddenly hit her that there shouldn't have been a body next to her either. And she saw the male before her... He wasn't her mate. He couldn't have been if she didn't remember him... Oh god who was he??
She pushed his body away and moved to jump away from him. Backing up her whole body tensed. There were rocks every where; she didn't know where to go; which way to run and that scared her. She felt like she was trapped here; and that was even more frightening then not knowing who she was in the first place.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:56 pm
With sudden movement next to him, Ary was pulled from his dreams to wake in the middle of the night. The moon was up but currently obscured by clouds which is why it took Ary to figure out that the darker shadow against the rocks was not actually a shadow. Still mostly in a sleep fog Ary could only blink stupidly at the figure of the startled lioness.
After a moment to let his lagging mind catch up and take in the situation Ary said slowly yet clearly. "I won't hurt you. I'm going to stand up slowly and give you some room, ok?" He followed his words with actions and backed up enough to give the lioness room, much farther and he would be climbing a tree backwards. The lionesses was apparently seriously freaked out so Ary being Ary couldn't help but ask, "Are you ok? Do you need help?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:59 pm
"No." She whimpered to him shaking her head back and forth. "No. No. No. No. NO! I am not ok; not ok." She cried starting to really break down. "I don't know where I am... Who are you?" She asked in a scared tone looking up at him. "Who am I?" She practically begged almost afraid to say it.
She started to cry; afraid and alone. She didn't know where she was; or who she was; and she was scared... so scared. how could this happen to her. She whimpered and moved towards him; her head held low and sat down; almost afraid to go near him; almost afraid to run away.
"But... I felt... Safe before I realized I didn't know where I was... and before I realized all of those things... do you think I could..." she murmured feeling awkward. "Do you think I could lay down next to you? for the night.... i promise by tomorrow I'll be gone!" She added on quickly looking up at him with blue glowing eyes in the night. filled with emotions she was afraid to admit.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:33 am
Who was she!?! She didn't know? Ary was shocked that this striking lioness had no clue who she was. Still startled he stuttered a bit, "Ary... Aryaisha. I think we are about three days as the bird flies from the cliffs of Mbuga Za Peponi." Mbuga Za Peponi was a herd made of mainly pray animals living in a protected valley but since he had never been their he wasn't positive on that only that the cliffs were extremely dangerous for the unwary. As to who she was.... "To be honest I don't know who you are but then again does anyone?" Maybe a philosophical question is not the best idea to pose but it might distract her for a bit.
When she started to cry Ary fought against all his protective instincts to curl around her, to protect her but right then he was afraid that such a action would do just the opposite, send her out into the night with no clue where or who she is. He came closer, still far enough away so he wasn't invading her space but much much closer. Ary began to mummer softly, saying nothing in particular but just trying to sooth her. He would do his best to help her.
"That is fine. You can stay as long as you would like." Ary laid back down so she would feel more safe. She could decide to join him, although for some reason he was really hoping she would. "You dont have to leave if you dont want to. Tommorrow, in a week, a month, or even longer it is all up to you."
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:36 pm
When he moved in a bit closer to her she put her head out and rubbed it into him. Just needing the contact. Needing the comfort anyone had to offer. And it seemed he had a lot of comfort to give. and that put her at ease.
The moment he said it was fine she was at his side; curled into him and not wanting to go. She really did feel much safer with him next to her. But he was a stranger... wasn't he? He didn't feel like a stranger... she curled onto her side and turned her head to look at him.
She whimpered for a moment to listen to him say that... he was so gentle and sweet. "I don't know how I can thank you for this... I don't have anything to give you in payment for your kindness... I don't even have a name to give."
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:25 pm
"Kindness is given freely so payment is not needed." Ary really was a bit thrown by this female. She tugged at every protective instinct inside of him and yet he didn't even know her name, and neither did she apparently. "Well that is easy to fix. Faina. The shining one." He named her with very little thought, a name that was meant to show her the strength within as well as the strength of who she could be.
"That is if its OK with you?" He added when he realized that he just presumed that she would be fine with him giving her a name.
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