[DUEL] A little challenge (Adalie x Tulipalo)

[Syrius Lionwing]

The smallest and youngest of the three siblings marched up confidently. despite being the smallest of her siblings she was no little girl. She was large enough to take care of herself and her intelligence made up for what she lost in size to her siblings.

She had joined her older sibs happily glad to find a place where her strength and intelligence as well as her dark and white pel would be valued. She takes a deep breath and calls out a challenge hoping someone was near by to take up her call.  

[Andranis]

The silent water seeker had to sort of... Stare. The lioness he found himself pitted against for a duel was, to him, stunning. She may have been smaller than he, but that was fine by him. He opened his mouth to respond to the roar, only to close it again. If he'd ever been able to talk, Tulipalo had never made an effort. Now, he seemed rendered even more speachless.

The red lion, coming in two shades of bright blood red and darker shadowed red, stepped along the sands. Finally, despite his sudden reservations, he charged forward.  

[Syrius Lionwing]

Adalie gave a nod in greeting, she was glad to be fighting though she had not known she would end up fighting a male. It felt odd, she had a brother and he always seemed to bow out of their battles. Well, she could fight it was a part of who she was. With a quiet laugh the lioness bounds at the larger male claws out ready to attack and hopefully to win her way in to the pride.  

[Andranis]

When his first attack hit, Luut gave the lioness an apologetic look. He didn't want to hurt her, but it seemed he was going to have to. At any rate, though, she'd dealt him a blow, too, but his next move... He almost seemed to dance around the lioness, watching her with his white eyes. It was almost as if he'd rather flirt than fight. His mind was clearly not on fighting, that was for sure. He opened his mouth, as if to say something, then thought better and closed it again. Still his pale eyes remained on the lioness.  

[Syrius Lionwing]

She laughs quietly, an amused smile on her maw, she didn't want to be thought of as weak so she let the previous blow be forgotten. She smiles at the male, her tail flickering happily, he seemed to be distracted but she wasn't about to pull any punches, after all this was her way in to this sandy land. She had to come out of this fight in one piece.  

[Andranis]

A shiver ran down Luut's spine as he listened to her giggle. It was so... So lovely... If it could have been seen under his red coat, she would have seen the blush spreading across his face. The bone-marked male decided on dancing around her, almost as if some of the instances of watching his aunt dance had rubbed off onto him. Perhaps they had. Now if he could just get his cousins to stop throwing their snakes on him during those little shows...

The red lion paused, tail curling as he watched. Waited... What was he waiting on? He didn't even know. So many words came to the front of his brain, but none made it to his mouth.  

[Syrius Lionwing]

Adalie watched him and raised a brow, she shakes ehr head and skips towards him hoping to knock him off his balance, her pale eyed gaze fixed on the blood red male.

She laughs again and flickers her tail around dancing in towards the big male and back out again.  

[Andranis]

The male's face seemed to grow a deeper shade of red as he watched her, before doing a bit of prance around her. It was pretty clear, he wasn't willing to attack. But he also knew he had to - If he didn't, Rowtag would hear about it for sure and start poking fun of him. Which wasn't exactly NICE of his friend... Uncle... His family confused him sometimes. But his cousins would ALSO hear about it, and not only laugh at him... But subject him to their snakes. He shuddered, then turned, jumping at the lioness to attack. And then he missed in what had to be the most 'glorious' show of missing ever.  

[Syrius Lionwing]

The dual coloured lioness gave a quiet laugh and turned pouncing on the big blood red male." Pind'ja" She grins broadly, "You'll let me in now yes?" She tilts her head in a friendly manner, her pale blind looking eyes fixed on the large male.

"Thank you for helping me to join your pride. You'll come and se me when I have settled in yes? You can call me Ade, everybody does." She wrinkles her nose and jumps off his back, she waits quietly for him to lead her in to his pride. She thought for a moment of her siblings, wondering how they had fared, she would find out soon enough she was sure. They would all eventually be in this pride. This would be their place.  

[Andranis]

The male sat down, jaw slightly slack. All he could really do was nod, before reaching a paw out and tagging her shoulder. It wasn't a hard touch at all, more in line with a cub playing tag. Well, non-Firekin cubs, anyway. When ever Rowtag had forced him into a game of tag, it was very rough. He closed his mouth, then opened it to say his name... Only to stop. No words came to his tongue, and instead he bowed his head to the lioness. A clear sign of acceptance, if he could give one in his perpetual silence. He'd have to find someone to tell his name to her another time.

Meanwhile, though he couldn't see it, up on a dune, Rowtag was laying, watching.. Or at least, laughing. Luut's ears flicked as he thought he heard the sound, but couldn't quite place it. He'd heard it before... Some time ago. Where...? It sounded like laughter, but it could almost certainly be... Okay, he wasn't sure what it could be. When he turned around to look, Rowtag had already rolled down the other side of the dune, still laughing, now out of the bright red lion's sight. The white-eyed lion gave a shrug, then opted to lead her to the pride's center.