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 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:57 am
The multi-colored lag had been pondering ways to escape his family's notice long enough to sneak away when a brilliant idea came to mind. Not ALONE! He could go WITH someone! Not mother or father obviously, but maybe a sister, or his brother...
Gowe was the first he laid eyes on, and he dashed up to her with a huge grin. "Gowe! I've got a great plan! Come on!" No further explanation was needed, right? "It's an adventure!" He turned and ran a few paces away before looking back over his shoulder to see if she was following. What could be more interesting than an adventure? Obviously she'd come along!
But when her brother came running up to her, she put the feathers in her pouch and narrowed her eyes at him. Svgata had the habit of getting her siblings in trouble, and yet it was never too much trouble. On the other hand, she didn't really want to get a talking to from mommy and daddy. However, she was clearly weighing her options, if she went with him, she could probably find more feathers to horde besides that around the den. But she didn't know where they were going. Yet it was an adventure. Gowe's head was starting to hurt, so she just nodded and followed him.
"Alright, alright. What's your great plan?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:23 am
Perfect! He'd known Gowe wouldn't think about it too much. And besides, it's not like they'd get in trouble. He was CLEARLY following his father's rules. Don't go alone, huh? Well now he wasn't alone! He bounded ahead and back, again and again, in a fit of eager young energy. "You'll see, you'll like it! We're going exploring!" He whooped as a small breeze caught his fur, making him feel quite light and excited. "A SUPER adventure, to the lands far past the den! It's too boring here anyways!"
He tried his best to not look like he was up to something while still in sight of home. He was obviously just a good brother, helping his sister with whatever it was she needed help doing. "Were you collecting feathers? What for, huh?" His family seemed to like gathering odds and ends, or doing things other families didn't. Like painting the den walls. He'd been in some friends' dens and they were just plain stone! He could only imagine what the feathers were for.
"Hey! You should make some WINGS! Like the birds, then we could fly!" True they weren't the bird clan. But father had come from there! Maybe he'd know how to do something like that. The possibilities ran wild through his head as he picked up the pace. They were out of sight now, better hurry out into new places before they got caught!
"If you MUST know, dear brother, they're for a bed. Our beds are too stiff and prickly. I want something soft just for me! None of you can use it." She stuck out her tongue playfully and followed him at her own pace. Gowe did thing her own way or not at all. Honestly, she wasn't selfish, she just wanted to do things her way. "Of course, I might be willing to share it with one or two if you're really nice to me." She giggled softly and then bounded after him, growing more excited. Wait. If she collected enough feathers, the whole den floor could be soft and amazing for everyone. And if they were big feathers, she could make something.
"I don't want wings. I love the pride, so I wouldn't want to fly away! ...and being up high is scary." She shuddered at the time she'd clambered up on her father's back and he stood up. She'd been really high off the ground then. And she dug her claws into his back and it all went downhill from there. Despite her sometimes selfish attitude, Gowe was a gentle soul, so she felt so bad for making daddy hurt the rest of the day. That hadn't been fun at all.
She slowed back down to walking pace and paused. ".....We're not going high, are we?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:26 am
Huh. Well he hadn't really noticed the beds weren't that soft. All you did was sleep on them by the way! And when you were sleeping you didn't worry about things like not being super comfy. But if Gowe wanted to change things that was fine with him. He'd rather change something like adding more paitings though! Maybe some of lions hunting! Yeah that'd be cool!
"We wouldn't fly away, just around the other clans! We could be like messangers, going between them so fast! And we could fly to catch food! They'd never see us coming! We'd be the best hunters ever!" That'd be great! Oh he'd surely look out for more feathers for Gowe. Even if she didn't want to fly, he could maybe!
He went a ways ahead before he realized she was hanging back. What'd she asked? Something about going high? "Nah, not unless we see something big to climb! There's trees and stuff back home though, so probably not. You can climb things later Gowe! Now's the time for adventuring!" Silly girls, if she'd wanted to stay and climb something she should have done that!
Of course her brother wasn't paying any attention to her. It only made sense, didn't it? With a mental laugh, she rolled her eyes a him and shook her head. Silly boys, never thinking before they talk! "I don't want to be a hunter," she said after a moment. She could understand going hunting for the pride, but that's not really what she wanted to do. She really wanted to make things. Things that would improve the pride. Things that would make things easier for them. Much like her bed. It would be her first ever useful thing.
"Wait, so... You have no clue where we're headed? How do we know we'll find our way back? Did.... Are you going to mark the trail or something?" Her mother had told her a story once, that involved a lion marking trees for territory boarders once. Or something like that. Her light blue gaze settled out on the world before them and then flicked back to the den. Guuh, she already said she'd go with, so that's what she was going to do.
She raced to catch up with her brother, butting her head against his backside a bit in play.
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