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 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:29 am
 The grey lioness sat silently underneath a tree, a cub between her paws. The other three had gone off to play with the others in the pride, but this one had wanted to stay with her. She was glad for her cubs, they gave her more of a purpose than before. She was not a great hunter, she never would be, she knew that. But raising the cubs, Imani felt it was something she was great at, and so far nothing had gone wrong.
Purple eyes looked over the small white and brown cub in her forepaws, the green tuft of fur tucked over her head. Imani had not told anyone who their father was and didn't plan on it. He was not important. Though he didn't have any green, neither did she, or her mother. Her sisters did though, so, the grey lioness rationalized it came from her father, which she didn't know. She didn't really care to know him either. She was happy in the pride, with her daughters and her family, and it was growing everyday.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:31 am
The white lioness was still adjusting to her life in the pride. She'd come a long way to be where she was today, traveled far and seen a lot of things, but she'd always wanted a home, and when she'd heard of a brown lion and his son venturing to find a new home, she'd tagged along, hoping to make it hers soon. She had tried to make it in the jungle pride, but she just could not get passed the climbed and living so high up off the ground. It was scary. It hadn't been long before Larka had left there, finding that she did not fit. She was always looking for somewhere to fit, and still here she did not truly feel as if she were a part of things. She had, after all, been made a slave. Not a bad kind of slave though, the others did not treat her with disdain or mocking. She supposed it made sense in a way, she'd never really felt at home anywhere, and maybe all along it was because the great lion was not watching over her. Still, Larka wasn't going to let that get her down. She was making friends, and being a slave meant she had a lot to do. Her golden eyes cast around for someone to assist. It was then she spotted the grey lioness with her cub, and wandered over to her.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:31 am
Imani only noticed the white lion when she was close. She glanced at her with her purple eyes. She knew the lioness, she'd come with that group of 3 with the cub. She was a slave too, she remebered hearing from one of the others. The poor thing must have had a hard life in the rogue lands and now to come here and be seen as unlucky in the eye of the Great Lion, Imani took pity on her.
"Hello, I don't believe we've met," she called out to the other. "I'm Imani."
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:32 am
Larka wondered what the other would be like. So far they had all been kind, she assumed the grey lioness would be no different. "Hello!" She called back, cheerful yet wary at the same time, a habit of her new ranking.
"I'm Larka, new to the pride." She tilted her head, She'd been here a while, but she'd barely met many of the lions, she guessed that counted for new.
"Did you need anything?" She asked, most lions had some sort of task for her to carry out. Her favorite was looking after cubs.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:33 am
"Larka, nice to meet you," the grey lioness smiled. She enjoyed making friends, it was something she was good at. One of the few things, she noted to herself. There wasn't much she could do, but the grey lioness had a demeanor that made others befriend her.
"Hmm," she murmured, thinking. There wasn't really much she had need of doing. The rest of her cubs were off playing, this one was asleep, and it wasn't like she had much else to do.
"No, I think I'm good," She said cheerily.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:35 am
"Nice to meet you too, Imani." She replied, before taking a seat next to the other. She hoped that the grey lioness did not mind, she didn't think the lions here would have an aversion to seating with slaves, but she didn't know everything.
"Oh," she said, when Imani told her she had nothing for her to do. She wondered what she was supposed to do now, go seek another? It was tiring running back and forth trying to find a lion with a job for her to do.
Deciding she didn't want to go anywhere just yet, she nodded towards the sleeping cub in her arms. "She is very beautiful."
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:37 am
At the mention of her cubs, Imani glowed. They were the one thing she felt she had done right, and she loved them so. "She is, isn't she? They all are. I have three others, but they are off playing with the other cubs. This one is very much a mothers girl."
She smiled. "Do you want cubs of your own one day?" She asked, then immediately remembered who she was talking to. A slave would likely have a hard time finding a male to mate with, especially since the male would have to take her class. Still, that wasn't the be all and end all of it, she'd had cubs without a mate.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:39 am
Larka smiled, she was glad the other was doting on her cubs, that was the way it should be. She pitied any child whose parents didn't give their all for them. "4! that must be a handful, I'm sure you're managing though, I didn't mean you might not cope... gah." Larka sighed, sometimes her mouth just runs and it's hard to keep up with what should and should not come out.
At the mention of cubs, Larka seemed to visibly slump. "More than anything do I want my own. But I don't know who might want me now." She sighed, wondering if there was any hope.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:39 am
Imani look just as visibly shaken. It wasn't the ppor lioness fault she was a slave, she was just unlucky. "Don't worry Larka, you're a beautiful lioness, why, you're as white as the great lion himself. I'm sure you'll find someone." The grey lioness said encouragingly. She didn't want her feeling down for too long.
"Why, I remember, the old king took a slave for his mate after he ended his first marriage, and out of love! There is hope yet." She said, determined now.
"What about those males you came with?" She asked, remembering the two male lions that had joined the pride when she did.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:42 am
Larka listened and slowly began to perk up. "You're right, there is hope." she smiled, wondering who out there might be right for her.
"Oh, Zuka and Umbujii? Umbujii is too caught up with his son for anything, and Zuka is so quiet sometimes I wonder if he even has a voice!" She cried, laughing now. "Do you know of anyone in the pride who is looking for a mate?" She asked, boldly.
And with that the two were off talking, Imani listing all the males she knew in the pride and Larka listening, and giving input on whether or not they might be a good match.
-FIN
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