[PRP] in a state of such imaginary grace

[Lethrossen]

The sun was just sinking below the horizon, only half of it's fiery body was left visible to the lions resting under the lone tree on the savanna. Aagiro was panting slightly, the last licks of heat still strong on her memory but also because she'd just been hunting again. She did not look pleased, either. Her tail lashed behind her and her gaze was slightly narrowed but she was just staring out toward the horizon instead of looking at her companion, who was now having his fill of her hunt. She was growing very tired of having to stop every few hours so that Princess could fill his freaking belly.

"We're never going to get there if you keep making me hunt like this, Princess." She growled out, finally shooting a glance at him. Oh, did someone want to make it to the desert so that Nen could win the bet? That sure was what it sounded like. Really she was just growing exhausted by the time night fell because of his demands, and she wanted to travel at least part of the night. But it seemed they would have to wait to continue their journey when the great fire ball sunk fully beyond their sights. Her dark eyes returned back to the tall grasses, which were much more pleasant to gaze upon than his stupid, smug face. The land was bathed in a soft orange glow, everything seemed like shadows with how dark objects had grown in the light of the sinking sun. She smiled slightly as she watched a few glow bugs light up. First over there, and then a little further on their way.... it was like they disappeared from the world for just a few seconds before blinking back into existence. It must have been nice.

 

[KasaiLoki]

Ammon’nen actually wasn’t really eating the hunt that the female had killed, he was more so just digging his face in the carcass to make it look like he was stuffing his face. In reality, he was tired of eating. He had eaten more within the last moon than he had in the time he had lived in the ghostly pride. The female just needed to realize the star-pelted male wanted to just travel at night, when it was cooler, and the sun didn’t burn right through his blackened fur.

He pushed his muzzle in the meat, just ripping the organs to different sides to make it appear that there was significantly less than what was actually there. He lifted his head, flashing his gaze over to Aagiro before smirk. H licked his lips, cleaning the blood from his muzzle, before moving over to him.

“Sounds like you want to get there, Kitten. I guess that just means you want to spend more time with me.”  

[Lightning Shadow X]

The smell of blood and a fresh kill was enticing for the aged lioness, despite the fact she'd aged well her limbs were beggining to wear and the ache of her body became all too apparent. But they were thankfully not too often to impeded on her hunting...par today...and she could've used all the food and nourishment that she could come across. A free meal was a free meal.
So to be greeted by the fact that the kill that sat not too far from the approaching female was not only fresh, but occupied, was a bittersweet feeling as a small snort escaped her nostrils. Never mind. She could make this work.

With a clear of her throat she continued to approach, head held high and red eyes watching the pair of them closely just incase she had to run if either of them decided to take a jog at her once they noticed her. If that happened, she'd be out of a lunch.

"Hello! Young lady and gentleman..." She called out as she tentatively padded closer. "Could an old woman partake of some of your kill?"

Easy.
Be easy. Be sweet. Meat was on the line.  

[Lethrossen]

Her brow wrinkled and she huffed, tail flicking before she looked to him and just bared her teeth. That was what she thought of spending more time with him! She eyed him a moment longer to make sure he wasn't going to come any closer than he needed and then glanced to the beast he'd been 'feasting' on. They would have to move soon if they didn't want to run into hyenas or vultures. Surely their kind would be around soon, Aagiro was almost positive she could make a few out in the distance, bidding their time. She sat up suddenly, eyes narrowing as movement caught her attention. Damn this bloody lack of light, it played tricks on the eyes. It would have been much better if the sun was fully down, as it was easy to see in the night.

Her ears perked as she heard someone call out, and as the shadowy shape made it's way closer Aagiro was beginning to understand that it was another lioness. The greeting was friendly, but that didn't mean anything. Hell, if Princess here could trick her into some weird bet about birthing his freaking cubs than this woman could have very well been some evil goddess come to steal their souls. Her tail flicked as she watched, not greeting the other just yet.

Ah, she was here for the kill. It was fairly predictable though, the scent of blood would draw all sorts of characters by the time she and Princess were on the move again. She glanced to Nen for a moment and snorted. "I'm sure that's fine. Unless of course the Glutton here still hasn't had his fill." She spoke dryly, but her tone wasn't really for the older stranger as much as it was for Nen himself. She looked back to the other lioness, her muscles settling. "There's more than enough. He's already had a few rabbits as well as zebra. Even a few grubs." At the last bit she shot a glance to Nen, smirking.

 

[KasaiLoki]

Oh, look, there was an approaching lion! Now, if this female happened to be a male, certainly Nen would be blaming Aagiro for her scent attracting strangers. But it wasn’t. The newcomer was indeed a lady! And just by her call out, she was an elder one at that. The star male gave a small though genuine smile to the female, before speaking to her. “Good Evening, Miss,” he moved away from the kill, so the elder could get at the kill. “You certainly can, I am way to stuff to finish it!” Though, if they continued before the sun was fully down, Nen would be complaining that he was hungry, and would insist Aagiro hunt again for him.

Ammon’nen glared at his traveling frien---companio---acquaintance? He sure didn’t appreciate those grubs the female had caught for him when they had stopped earlier that day. When she wasn’t looking, he quickly had hid the bugs under his paws, so he would not have to endure eating them.  

[Lightning Shadow X]

Jackpot.
She was in for the kill, but because she'd been invited so graciously, she continued to offer a genuine smile as she approached and watched the pair for a moment or two before coming closer and settling herself down beside the carcass. Feeling her limbs groan ever so slightly in protest that made her sneer faintly. Oh come now, she wasn't THAT old yet.
Looking over the kill thankfully she licked her chops before taking a small mouthful of the meat with and appreciative sound.

"Thank you both, I wouldn't have wanted to impede on a young couple's meal."

Laana wasn't aware of their relationship, but the way they went on, you'd have sworn they were mates. Atleast in her eyes. But with that passing comment she continued to happily eat at the carcass and fill her grumbling belly in slow, leisurely bites.  

[Lethrossen]

She rolled her eyes when Princess said he was too stuffed to finish it and made a face at him. "You better remember just how stuffed you are when we start walking again." She mumbled to him, her voice threatening. She went to pull another ugly face at him when the old lioness said something about a young couple. Aagiro made a sound as though she might have been trying to hack up a hairball, eyes widening in disbelief. Was this old lady half blind as well? Aagiro forced something of a laugh past her maw, almost pitiful in how she had to force it so. "You're mistaken." She said, but that was all she could really manage to say.

She was dumbfounded by the assumption. When Aagiro thought of lions who were mates with each other she thought of warm looks and close proximity and ... well... she just didn't think Princess at all. She found herself unable to look in his direction though, and it was rude to watch the lioness eat so instead she went back to watching the fireflies. "Are... are you from these parts?" She asked of the older lioness, struggling to change the subject.

 

[KasaiLoki]

“You better tell my stomach that, dear. I can’t say what it is going to tell me once we start traveling again!”

At the older lady’s comment, Ammon’nen couldn’t help but smirk. Young couple…? Though they were far from the sort, hearing Kitten’s objection for the matter just made him giddy with excitement. Things could get quite interesting now!

“Oh, you are very welcome, Miss!” he said to the gray lioness. “There was plenty to go around!” His gray eyes turned towards Aagiro, keeping that devious little smirk directed right towards her. “Oh, Kitten! Don’t be so modest! We---as a couple---are delighted to share our meal. After all, wouldn’t want it to go to waste right.” Here was payback for all the Princess and Glutton comments Aagiro had made. “There’s no need to hide our relationship from a stranger!” Ammon’nen walked up to Aagiro, placing a paw around her shoulder as he pulled her closer to him. “Kitten here is shy when admitting our relationship,” he stated to the stranger.  

[Lightning Shadow X]

Oho, what did we have here?
Whilst munching, she paused to watch the pair with a small smirk on her lips, now this was interesting. A laid back smug male and a focused female frustrated with him. Calmly she gave a soft suprise 'Oh' of mock surprise, like dottery older females were want to do before that smile came to her muzzle yet again.

"Well, couple or not, you both make a fine pair." She commented casually before resting her paws on the carcass leisurely, this was certainly a time where she could eat and converse when company was -this- interesting.
Licking one of her slightly bloodied paws, she looked to Aagiro and gave a soft, rolling shrug of her shoulders that dhisvelled some of the fireflies that tried to land on her back with little success now that the object they were trying to land on, they realised, was moving.

"I'm a wanderer mostly...I WAS from the Mistweaver's but...well...I lost touch." Those were memories she didn't need right now, but while they were on the subject, she kept up her smile and gestured to the pair.
"And you two? Where are you two from?"  

[Lethrossen]

Fiften... sixteen... ... nineteen... or was that number twenty? She was counting the fireflies with a sulky look on her face. She was going to kill Nen. She was going to murder him in his sleep the next time they rested... she was sure of it this time. She threw a glance his way. "Stop that!" She hissed, though she also did not want to act like a complete jerk in front of the older lioness... because it was rude, really. But to have him lie like that! Oh his jokes were growing painfully ridiculous! She'd turned back to the fireflies before he was done speaking, her mood soured. She hadn't realized he was going to actually come over to her but when she was aware of his presence she almost clambered to all four paws. "Get away from me!" She hissed this even more quietly than the command that he stop messing around with his words.

The way her fur fluffed up in an attempt to make her form larger and make her look more intimidating was comical indeed, especially with Ammon'nen clinging to her so with that amused and smug grin on his face. "I am not! Arrg, you.. you.. you!" Because she couldn't really thing of what to call him right that moment and she was using both her paws to try and shove him away. One was at his chest but one was shoving against his face and she wondered if she might just let a little claw out. He was stronger than she thought, especially for a bumbling lazy oaf who sat around and did nothing and was probably catered to day and night.

Her ears flickered toward the older lioness and if lions could have blushed her face would have been as crimson as a firekin's. She wanted them both desperately to stop using that term, and she also realized that she probably looked quite the fool right now. Nen? He always looked like a moron so...

Ah! Another wanderer... why the hell wouldn't Nen get off of her? She shot him a glare before trying to look back to the other lioness, still awkwardly pulled up against Ammon with her paws still weakly pushing, though it had become half-hearted. "The mistweavers..." She had heard very little of the mysterious lions, though she had heard of them. She wondered what sorts of memories this lioness held with those lands, and why she'd left. "I was born in the pridelands myself... but I wandered too far from my mother one day and have been wandering ever since." She said slowly, almost grudgingly. She'd not been meaning to let Annon know anything about her to be honest, and now she had to spill some of her past.

Ah! Shoot, why hadn't she lied? She just couldn't think right now, and it was starting to piss her off.

 

[KasaiLoki]

Ammon’nen didn’t let up on his grip with the lioness. He nodded in agreement with Laana. “We do, don’t we?” He stated, referring to the ‘fine pair’ comment. “I do hope one of these days she realize there is nothing to be embarrassed about!” He spoke to the older female as if Aagiro wasn’t even there. He soon, shifted his grip so it wasn’t as tight. The lioness would be able to weasel her way out now.

“Oh, I’ve heard of the mistweavers. I once was a rogue before settling down in the pride now called ‘Mizuka’Nyevu’. There were members there who spoke of the lands you once hailed from.” In fact, he believed most of the pride had come from there, due to some…issues? that had aroused. Ammon’nen never questioned it for it was not his place. “You’re from the Pridelands, Kitten? Well, I didn’t know that!” He tightened his grip ever so slightly around the female. “Look, we still learn something new about each other every day! I bet you we will learn new stuff about each other every day as we grow old together with a lot of children!” He hummed. Definitely payback for those nicknames.  

[Lightning Shadow X]

This was quite adorable, really.
It was like watching a little male teasing a female about their 'cooties' and made the female chuckle softly to herself as she continued to rest and feast to herself before finally her belly was moderately full and she could converse with the two and her smile was now more a knowing smile than anything as she looked between the two.
On a level, it almost reminded her of a dark male she had and always would know for the most of her days and for a brief moment the image of the winged lion briefly flittered through her mind's eye, before dispersing and her attention brought back to Nen and Aagiro with a look that inquired of them curiously and in a gentle humor. They did look very cuddly right now.

Chuckling the old lady sat up and watched them both, curled tongue lapping at her muzzle briefly before her mouth settled again.

"You two are quite the hive of bee's." The dark gray lady quipped with that smile still settled on her features. "Both sweet and buzzing wildly within itself."

The topic of cubs gave the older female a slight wince as she thought of her own children. Were they safe? Were they happy? Did they hate or resent her? ...Did they miss her at all? It was behind her. She'd devoted her life to something else and...it wasn't them. Forcing that smile again she arched a brow.

"Cubs? You both have cubs on the way?"  

[Lethrossen]

Hah! She knew he was a pride cat! So focused on the little nugget of knowledge of being right was she that she hadn't noticed the slack in his grip, which would have let her shove away from him. Only had she realized she'd missed her chance when he tightened his grip again. She huffed and finally her paws dropped and she just sat, trying to ignore the added warmth and burden of his paw wrapped about her. She did not look happy about it though, and she wouldn't let the sour look leave her face either. "There is quite a bit to be embarrassed about when it involves you." She growled out, though the comment was much too late in it's delivery.

She hadn't wanted him to know a damn thing about her, she'd still gotten away without telling him her name. But now she knew where she was from... though she didn't really thing of the pridelands that way. Just where she'd been born. And now she knew a little bit about him, even though she'd suspected as much. Still... she was a little curious about it because he obviously knew more about the mistweavers than she did. "Oh we'll learn new things alright. How far tempers can flare.... sharpness of claws... " She still hadn't moved away from him though.

The instant that the older lioness asked if she was with child though Aagiro's angry face morphed into her ridiculous, disbelieving one. She Scooted away from Nen after that, tail curling about her paws as if trying to put some sort of barrier between she and him. "No!" She yelped out the word, frazzled slightly. Oh gods above she would never lay with Nen for the night, and she certainly wouldn't carry his cubs! She glanced to him out of the corner of her eye. They wouldn't be ugly cubs at least... No... no. She just wouldn't. He was much too irresponsible and lived to drive her insane. "No, we don't." She said more softly, even though it could be argued that they probably would because so far Nen really did know where he was headed and Aagiro was definitely going to lose that bet. She didn't think of that though.

"What about you... do you have a big family?" Yes, just keep shifting the conversation back to this female. Besides, Aagiro liked to hear about families due to the fact she didn't quite have one while growing up. Even before she'd wandered off on her own... well her family had not been overly close.

 

[KasaiLoki]

Even though Aagiro had answered for them, Ammon’nen would also express his opinion. “Unfortunately, we do not. But soon…I do think. We are traveling to the land of sands that lie just beyond those mountains,” he gave a brief nod towards the north. “Who knows,” he resisted the urge to nuzzle a purr into the female’s neck, fully putting on a show for the older lioness, “maybe then we both we settle down.” Laana didn’t need to know just of the ‘little bet’ the star lion and she had made before they begun this journey. Nen just need to run. Run now and very quickly before the spotted lioness killed him.

As Aagiro shifted away from him, he just gave a small shrug, ready to listen about the older gal’s family, and if she too had cubs. When Laana spoke, Nen would give a small wink towards his traveling partner. When she had finished, he spoke again.

“You know, we have been so rude not to introduce ourselves. I’m Nen,” he still didn’t use his full name. Aagiro had yet to give her name, so maybe she would slip up now. “…And this is Kitten!” Better offer her pet name than no name at all.  

[Lightning Shadow X]

Aagiro was a smart girl, she had to give her credit for that as she kept up the harsh front infront of this playful male and it made the older female give out a raucous guffaw of amusement before both of them parted. Watching the hissing, spitting female seethe at the twilight colored lion.
Alright. She'd give them a break...for now. But this was far too much fun.
The question made her offer a small, slightly embarassed smile of her own as she wafted a paw in a playfully dismissive gesture.

"Oh far too long ago, dear," Her words lilting upward in a soft chuckle. "I had several cubs...a wonderful mate, but time makes fools of us all and I disbanded...but all to the future and such."

Briefly glancing at Nen she wondered...a new Mistweavers he'd mentioned. Or something like that. He'd been there, did he know her children? Her first...and probably last children? Had he spoken to them? Or anything? So many thoughts riled her mind but they too were dismissed in view of lighter and much more pleasent conversation.
She'd forgotten what it was like to be social with others of her species that weren't immortal.

Bowing her head to the pair of them in a show of newfound respect, she found herself much more comfortable with the pair.

"Laana, it's a pleasure to meet the pair of nice young lions nowadays when you hear of such brutish stories of mad rogues."