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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:08 pm
 Shavar looked at his surroundings with caution there were plenty of lions afoot. They sadly outweighed the cheetah population by thousands, but was okay. He had his wits and speed to get a way if he had too. Though knowing himself never to run from a good fight or adventure Shavar welcomed a challenge. Which brought him to this point in his training; on a mountain top climbing from rock to steep rock.
"Phew, what a work out." He saw something out of the corner of his eye. "Oh water." He muttered to himself as he nimbly maneuvered towards it for a sip. A rumble of his stomach reminded him that he hadn't had any breakfast yet despite waking up early for training practice.
"Wahh hooo!" Shavar shouted with joy when he reached the top and laughed as it echoed around him. Maybe if he were lucky there would be a waterfall nearby to jump down, nothing like having a little fun mixed with work.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:38 pm
So many things had been happening in the past few weeks, the lioness was confused and honestly a little apprehensive. Not about her decisions, but at her own boldness and confidence. Her muse had conditioned her to hold silence like a dim flame, never to extinguish; and without it now she was seeing life around her in a new life. But the her last encounters in the rouge lands had made her weary, first that pesky rogue trapsed into her life... Pesky rouge lions! She puffed the mane strands that had fallen into her eyes back up into its' rightful place atop her head.
There was a beautiful mountain where Rani was first able to understand and communicate with her tricky muse in the Rogue Lands where her mother used to bring her and her siblings. She held it in high regards as a place of serenity and enlighenment, which was exactly what she needed. It had been eons (8-9 days) since she had worked out, just because she had a few little balls of commitment coming didn't mean she needed to get fat, or have fear.
The routine was a push for her rusted muscles, stricken with 'apathy' from no excersize. Up the mountain she had climed, racing the sun and a ghost in her mind. Once she got to the top, she climed an old tree to watch the sunrise. Clear mind, clear.
Whew. She smelled, that water slide was going to be amazing.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:05 pm
It was the perfect day Shavar squinted as a stray sunbeam touched his eye. Looking down he pondered which way to come down form his perch, it had to be around here somewhere. The waterfall he had heard about from a passing cheetah that was one of the reason why he climbed the mountain in the first place. His lithe body moving with grace and muscle as he jumped from rock to rock. A sound caused him to pause, it certainly was loud and sounded like a roar. "Alright! Waterfall here I come buddy~ Nothing but fun ahead of me now." Wiggling his body to get even more limber he silently counted to 10 before timing himself mentally hoping to break a previous record.
Shavar skidded to a stop just inches from going over the edge. Crowing in happiness and not even breathless did a mini-dance of victory as he infact did beat his previous record of 20 seconds. "Woot! Best day ever~" He sang out with some cub-ishness, but hey this deserved a little celebrating.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:06 pm
Tan striped ears perked and Rani shot up to her paws. What in the world? As he listened, she assumed it would be another from K'Z, he certainly sounded insane. The muscled beneth her black pelt flexed as she began her desent quietly to the ground, the sun glinted off of her sweaty shiney fur. She prayed to the gods that she wouldn't have to encounter another while she smelled so much like sweat, unlike others she did not think the smell was a badge for others to know one can infact developed sweat. She caught the cheetah mid-jig and fought hard to supress her giggle, what a funny creature.
Rani hadn't been in many situations where she was one on one with a cheetah, so she wasn't sure how he would react if she moved too suddenly. But this was just too good to walk away from! It would be one of those 'this one time' stories to make wity chit chat with. Perhaps if she was quiet enough before she took off, he wouldn't suspect her.
For a moment she sat, becoming completely silent then without a second thought Rani took off, straight for the waterfall and lunged into the water, giggling all the way. Her cub was slipping out as she rent down the waterfall screaming with glee as she sloshed side to side with the water.
"Wheeee!!!" Ha, no one would smell her now.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:29 am
Shavar jerked his head around just in time to witness a lioness fling herself with the crazy screaming abandonment that he was prone to do at times. "Uh-" Then he began to let out a crackling laugh has she landed with a canonball. "Wow, a lionness who lets her hair down now that you don't see everyday." He backed up inorder to get a good speed and distance away from hitting any rocks. Silently counting to three he leaped with a shout of pure joy before sucking in his breath before he went under.
Once he surfaced he was breathless but spoke anyway, "Dang! What a rush!" He shook the water from his eyes and began to move towards the shore, all the while keeping a look out for the lion that had jumped before him. "Now, where did you go..."
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:13 am
Once back up to the surface, Rani caught her breath, still laughing. She moved out of the way for the cheetah to make his splash to over near a big tree that provided the water with some shade. Felines were equalized in the water, she figured, so interfacing a new species shouldn't be so dangerous.
Once he came up, she rejoiced with loud yells of excitement of her own, "WhooHoo! Wow! That was a nice splash!" The little voice in her head was still focused on the slide repeating 'again' 'again' 'again' 'again'.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:18 am
Shavar turned his head to the sound of female cheering and chuckled. "Thanks, yours was pretty neat too! Dude, you got some serious air before you landed with a great splash, it was awesome!" He started to tread closer to the lioness but changed his mind at the last second and headed for the shore. "I don't know about you but I wanna try that again!" Shavar shook himself off a little ignoring how his little tufts of hair poofed out. Sometimes you just had to live on the edge, it made life interesting. "Care to join me?" He raised a question eyebrow, it wasn't everyday he found someone that got his love of waterfall jumping.
"My name's Shavar'Nix by the way, incase you were curious. But most call me Nix which is a short form of Phoenix." He stood up and stretched out bunched muscles, sometimes landing on the water was killer on the body. He started to make his way back up the mountain and looked behind him curious to see if the other was following him.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:34 pm
What a strange creature, instinctively she cocked her head to the side, what was a dude? This wasn't something she'd been called, but the good humored cheetah didn't seem like the type that would insult someone while giving them a compliment. Rani didn't usually make the best decisions and it was becoming increasingly apparent to her, but she could justify most of them and if there was a scuttle, she was confident she would come out ontop (even though she'd only been in one or two fights). Afterall, a thieves business isn't in the spotlight, it's pick-caving that lion when they're lapping up the attention.
With a light heart, her comfortability rose with the cheetah's name, at least he knew about introductions couldn't be too bad. "I'm Rani'Kob, most call me Rani which is short for Rani'Kob! And thanks! I enjoyed your pre-jump jig! " She joked following his form as she got out of the water near the tree she was under. Cheetahs were supposed to be fast, this could mean a challenge!
"Race to the top?" This was exactly what she needed.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:12 pm
"Alright Rani'Kob-hope you don't mind Rani? I like to short form things. Thanks! I love pre-jumping as it gets the heart pumping!" Whirling around in a fast circle in excitement he loved the idea of racing. He was a cheetah after all, speed was definately his thing. "Last one to the top it is then!" He took off with great speed, faster than he had this morning as this held more at steak...well not really but he really wanted to win. Jumping, flexing, soaring and running he suddenly came to a stop.
"Winner!" He crowed out when he noticed the female was minutes behind him. "Phew what a RUSH! One the count of three we go together for the last time. It's been a slice hanging out with you Miss Rani." He turned over to smile over at Rani.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:30 pm
Rani took off after the cheetah, skillfuly leaping from surface to surface with each step. This time she wasn't laughing, she had to focus if she didn't want to embarrase herself since there was no chance of winning. Yes, this would be the last time she raced a cheetah. Once she reached the top a sudden pain streaked across her abdomen like a stitch in her side, and probably the last time she pushed herself so hard. But there was no time to wimp out now, she masked her pain with more laughing and knealed on one paw to the cheetah.
"By the Gods you're fast!" Her spirits were high, as she cought her breath waiting for the count up to the edge.
"The pleasure is all mine." The count came and she released all ambitions and fell blissfully all the way down to the bottom into the water. As she submerged she felt her worries disolve before she rose to the surface again. The cheetah was gone, although his company was a nice breath of fresh air, her pride was where she needed to stay for the next few months.
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