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 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:20 pm
Princess_Feylin It had taken some time for Gliri to get used to having another lion around. It wasn't that she didn't like Lipi. In fact, if her brother had to go out and come back with a lioness, Gliri was glad he'd come back with someone like Lipi. The thing was, she simply wasn't used to having other company. That was part of the reason that it had taken her so long to adjust to Lipi's presence. And also she missed Shazidi. She missed him badly, and her pining may have been a larger part of that. Nevertheless, Gliri really did like Lipi, and if she had initially feared that the brown lioness would supplant her in her brother's affections, she had come to realize that her fears were baseless. Muscar was obviously very fond of the older lioness, but the affection he felt for his sister was of a different sort, she had come to realize, and there was no reason for her to worry about being replaced. She wished Muscar could see that and understand that it would be like that with her and Shazidi, too. Just the same, every morning when she woke, Gliri was always startled to see another body sleeping alongside her brother, and this morning had been no exception. She left the den quickly to give the two of them privacy, though privacy for what, she had no idea, given that they were both still asleep. Retro Coffee Privacy wasn't something Lipi needed. She never understood why the twin left, but she wasn't one to question people's behavor. not when Lipi herself made the other one so uncomfortable. It had taken Lipi long time to get used to actully being with other lions. She had been a loner for as long as she could remember; even her adult cubs were loners, or so she though. The brown lioness didn't know a thing about her sons' locations, and she prefered it that way. She hadn't told Gliri about her boys yet, and probably never would. In all honesty, she didn't like tlking about them. When Gliri left, Lipi cracked her eyes open and yawned widely. Something about waking up next to Muscar made her heart beat a little bit faster. In her time she had been with him, and his sister, Lipi had found her body changing. Of course, intercourse happened. But she didn't think she'd get pregnant again. Her suspicions were confirmed, however, as she felt the first signs of life stir within her stomach. She was putting on weight, which, when asked about, was her saving for winter. She couldn't say that for much longer. The truth had to be told soon enough. Her golden eyes lingered on the male before she got up and stretched, following Gliri out of the den and she yawned a gain, albiet loudly. "Gliri..."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:26 pm
Princess_Feylin Always on the alert for sounds which didn't belong in her morning routine, Gliri didn't miss Lipi's first yawn, or her second. She certainly couldn't have claimed to miss Lipi speaking her name, and so she turned just outside the entrance to their den and looked back at Lipi. "Yes?" she said softly, mindful of the fact that her brother, at least, was still asleep. "I didn't wake you, did I? I'm sorry if I did. It wasn't intentional." Usually she was much better at moving quietly, and the fact that she'd woken Lipi irritated Gliri more than a little. At least Muscar hadn't woken. The day her morning routine disturbed her twin would be the day she could be officially declared a failure at stealth, she had always felt. Muscar was a sound sleeper, as long as he felt that all was right with the world. Gliri envied him that. She envied him a lot of things lately. Retro Coffee "You didn't wake me.." She said, seeing the small amount of irritation on her.. sister-in-laws? face. The now chubby lioness moved over to the other female and shifted to pop her back in a way that seemed uncomfortble. "....I just... couldn't sleep.." She was surprised Muscar didn't wake up when she did. Lipi sat down and stared at the place in the early morning mists. Of course, the small lioness didn't know what Gliri was thinking, or envying, but she saw that Gliri wouldn't know how to react around her cubs she carried. That made Lipi wnt to not tell her about them. That would be extremely dumb of her, especially when she would give birth soon. "When your brother wakes.. I have something important to tell you both...
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:55 pm
Princess_Feylin Gliri glanced back into the den as though to look on her brother's sleeping form, though he was too far into the space to be seen from without. Gliri usually slept farther back still, now that Lipi had joined them. She and Muscar used to sleep in a tangle of limbs, but they hadn't done that since they'd fought over her relationship with Shazidi. It was a topic of conversation, rather like Lipi's cubs, which had never come up between the three of them. "I'm glad to know it," Gliri said. "I don't really like to spend my mornings waiting for Muscar to wake up, since he's usually so slow about it. It can be a long wait." She wasn't sure if she ought to ask Lipi if she wanted to join her in walking to the stream, or if she would prefer to wait for Muscar to wake. He probably wouldn't be too, too long. He tended to notice when the den emptied, if nothing else. Of course, Gliri was curious about what it was Lipi wanted to tell them, but she wasn't going to press the older lioness. Although she liked Lipi, Gliri continued to feel that she was really more there for Muscar, and she didn't feel comfortable making demands on her. Retro Coffee The brown lioness nodded. It really could be a long wait until he woke up. She might as well tell Gliri now so she could process it all and calm down before Lipi tald Muscardini. She motioned for Gliri to follow her so they could walk to the stream. "I'll tell you now, then. It's nothing ...life threatening or anything like that." Lipi didn't want Gliri to worry, is why she said that. "It's just... ...Well, I'm pregnant. ...And with what will be a big litter, I think." She hesitated through out telling her. Those small paws stopped so her head could crane to look at the grey lioness, golden eyes full of worry and eagerness at the same time.
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:47 am
Princess_Feylin "I'm glad to know it," Gliri said, and then kicked herself mentally for using the same phrase twice in so many minutes. When she was telling stories she could turn a phrase perfectly well, but it seemed that in everyday conversation she was doomed to awkwardness. It was a wonder Shazidi had ever come to know her enough to care about her. "You're pregnant?" Gliri repeated, momentarily struck dumb. She had suspected that Lipi and Muscar had that sort of relationship, but this kind of confirmation was a bit unexpected and startling. Muscar may have been guilty of thinking of his sister as sexless and then being freaked out when she fell in love with someone else, but Gliri was no less surprised to have indisputable proof that her brother was not only in love, but having sex and fathering cubs. Actually, she wondered if Muscar really was in love with Lipi. It was more difficult to find time to talk with him alone now, but Gliri had grown up reading his moods and his thoughts effortlessly, and she hadn't noticed him behaving like a lion in love. This was something she decided it would be best to keep to herself. "That's wonderful," she said, hoping her pause hadn't been too long. "I really am happy for you. I've always wondered what it would be like to be part of a large family." She'd hoped to be part of Shazidi's family, and bear his cubs, but that didn't seem likely at this point. If she was going to quicken with cubs, surely it would have shown before Lipi's pregnancy? A painful pang of jealousy made her gut clench. "Are you sure?" Retro Coffee Her pause unnerved the brown lioness and her ears flicked indecisively. Just when she was about to turn toward the stream, Gliri spoke and caught her attention again. Lipi was a lioness of many talents, despite her laziness, and one of those talents was picking up on moods. Something else was bothering Gliri. Maybe it's because Gliri thought Lipi a wedge driven between her and her brother? Maybe it was because Gliri just didn't like Lipi. She really wouldn't say anything about it right now. She figured that was a conversation for a later day. "Well.... not long from now you'll be an aunt. ....is it alright to ask... for your help to watch them?" Her voice was hesitiant again. She was so afraid of offending Gliri or making her uneasy. Something about Gliri seemed as if she could take off with any bit of news. Of course, she knew the other wouldn't do it. Gliri loved her brother too much, or so she hoped. "From what I know.. just from feeling, it'll be at least four. If not more."
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:03 am
Princess_Feylin Gliri grinned despite her disappointment about her own failed relationship. Being asked if she'd like to help look after her nieces and nephews was more than enough to bring a smile to the mousey lioness's face. The prospected sounded delightful. Probably because she'd never actually had to deal with cubs before. "I would love to!" she exclaimed. Then she felt compelled to add, "But I really don't know anything about cubs. Having them or taking care of them or...anything." Muscar probably knew more about it than her. He had all that practice looking after her, didn't he? That, too, was something Gliri chose to keep to herself. The exact nature of everyone's relationship in the trio was not one anyone seemed inclined to discuss, and while Gliri wasn't precisely comfortable with it that way, she didn't feel it was her place or her responsibility to change it. If anything, that particular bit of maturity ought to come from Muscar, since he was the one who had introduced the new social dynamic to the family. And now he was starting a family of his own. "Four's a lot," Gliri agreed, trying to imagine going from three people in the den to seven. From two to three was difficult enough for her. Maybe the cubs wouldn't count as real people, and she could get used to them slowly. They wouldn't have much personality at first, right? "We'll probably need to find a larger den." Which meant going even farther away from Shazidi. Retro Coffee Lipi shook her head a little bit and chuckled softly. something compelled her to talk to Gliri about her first litter. The litter she didn't know. She knew she had them, but Lipi had pawned them off on others and didn't care for them herself. She shifted and laughed bitterly at her own thoughts before responding. "I don't know much about it either. ...I have two grown boys. ...But I didn't raise them. I didn't want them around when I had them. I was really young. So.... I gave them to some friends of mine and had them raise them. One of them... his name is Loha, used to try to find me. So I got updated in his life a lot. Recently he stopped coming." Her ears flicked at that and she almost looked sad. But, they were at the stream and she dipped her head to take a much needed drink. "...I want this to be different. So, besides Muscar's help... I am really going to need another female to help me. At first, for a long time, they won't even have open eyes or make too much noise. But when then they get older, and start wandering.. I'm afraid I am going to have some help keeping them in line." Then was the fact they did need to find a larger den. A lot larger. She sighed quietly and nodded at that. "Yes... A larger den. But not right away. I'm still a ways from actually having them."
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:17 am
Princess_Feylin It struck Gliri as sad that Lipi had not had a paw in raising her own cubs, but she could understand how the lioness might not have felt up to the task at such a young age. Gliri's own memory had a gap in it from when she'd gotten very ill, but she could remember what she was like before then, and she was certain she wouldn't have been qualified to care for cubs as an adolescent lioness, even with Muscardini's help. "Perhaps he's found himself a girl," Gliri hypothesized. What she was actually thinking was more dire, and so she didn't say it. She also didn't ask why Lipi didn't just let Loha stay with her, if he was so obviously interested in being with his real mother. Maybe Lipi didn't have much of a maternal instinct. Gliri hoped that wasn't the case, because despite Lipi's hopes that this time would be different, she now found herself wondering if Lipi would stay to help care for her cubs, or whether Gliri and Muscar would find themselves trying to provide for a litter without the actual mother. She wondered how they'd feed the cubs. Gliri wasn't likely to start producing milk any time soon, and Muscar was even less likely than she was. "I don't think I'll be particularly good at imposing discipline," Gliri remarked. "But I might be able to make it more attractive to them to stay in the den instead of wandering." Storytelling was good for that, at least. Retro Coffee She wasn't going to leave her cubs with the two. It wasn't that she didn't trust them, it was just because she wanted to raise them this time. She wanted to be a mother. She felt it was high time she had cubs of her own. The reason she didn't let Loha stay was because all he did was b***h at her about abandoning them. He didn't know the whole story behind how she got pregnant and why. She didn't want to go into details with anyone, not even Muscar. She didn't even remember who the father of the cubs were. "I bet he did. Last time I talked to him he said something about a mist girl. Whatever that meant. So maybe he's there. Found himself a pride and started a family. Or something like that." Shifting, Lipi moved to lay down by the stream, letting her paws touch the water with a sad sort of smile on her face. "Discipline... Aw, hell, I don't know how to go about that, either."
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:50 am
Princess_Feylin "A...mist girl?" Perhaps, Gliri theorized, she had been a parrot in a former life, and that was why she tended to repeat whatever anyone said. "I have absolutely no idea what that means." But it sounded like he'd fallen for a ghost, or maybe a godling. Gliri shrugged. "Maybe Muscar can take care of that. He'll be thrilled, you know. Muscar likes people, and if it weren't for me, he'd probably have found a pride and a girl and settled down ages ago." Retro Coffee "Don't think like that. Without you, Muscar wouldn't be Muscar. You're not holding him back, you know. He wants to stay with you because he loves you." Which is more than she could say. Lipi, herself, wasn't sure if there was love in this relationship yet. Attraction, sure, but maybe not love. Not yet, anyway. There was never any talk of it, and neither of them act like they were in love. "But, I disgress. Muscar can take care of the discipline and we can just focus on teaching and loving them." Naturally Muscar would help with this, too, but it seemed like the best thing to say.
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:59 am
Princess_Feylin "I don't worry about it, actually." hat much was true. Muscar had made it quite clear by his actions in the whole matter of Shazidi that he wanted and needed her with him, and that his needs were more important than her desires in this. She was still more than a little miffed about that, but it was in the past and she had to move on. Or so she told herself. And at this point if she did inconvenience Muscar, she certainly didn't feel much remorse about doing so. She used to. "It'll work itself out, I'm sure." And if it didn't, the den would be a hellish place to live. Maybe Gliri could use it as an excuse to seek Shazidi out. She cocked her head to one side as her ears picked up the sound of not-too-distant movement in the direction of the den. "I think Muscar's waking. I'll let you tell him the exciting news in privacy, I think." And then, hopefully before Lipi could protest, Gliri set off in any direction which wasn't the den. Retro Coffee And she was going to protest, but Gliri turned tail quickly. Well, that went a lot better than what she'd imagined. She thought she was going to scare Gliri off with her news. Flicking her ears toward the noises, the small lioness picked herself up and stretched before moving toward the den. Why was she more nervous of telling him this than Gliri? She groaned inwardly and hesitated before moving finally entering toward her.. mate?
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