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 Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:39 pm
 Torin crawled through the thick, tall grass of the savannah. He hunkered down and rolled his shoulder blades. He watched a herd of Wildebeests near the watering hole in the distance. His eyes narrowed cold and calculating as he surveyed the gathering. He sorted the sick ones from the weak ones. The fat from the thin. The slow from the agile. He found the perfect one- wandering the outskirts of the group. He crept closer in silence.
The day was drawing to an end, and yet the sun still remained overhead. It was hot. The water was welcoming to the creatures oblivious of the lion's presence. Little did they know that they'd be running- their very lives would depend on it.
Muscles flexed. Torin's back legs pushed him forward at the moment his mind deemed precise. His paws outstretched during his lung and his jaws fell open mechanically as he bore his arsenal of teeth and claws.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:56 pm
 Violet eyes watched as others watched the roaming wildebeests at the watering hole enjoy the taste of refreshment. Purple ears were held back as she took in her surroundings. She noticed her prey, and also a target among them. Clawed toes curled into the earths feeling the soils underneath her pads. She was ready to make her move, but paused in any attempts keeping watchful sight over another that lurked within the area. What to do ? she thought. She awaited further, but edged herself towards a chance to make a better opportunity present itself. When it did she took that moment lashing forward at the same beast the young male strive for.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:54 pm
Just when he thought he had his prize, he caught the white and violet blur from the corner of his eyes. The creatures around the watering hole began to flee as Torin's paws clamped down on the weaker beast for the take down. He was hungry.
"Keep your paws off of my meal, wench," he rumbled. His tone was laced with vitriol.
The lion roared in the direction of the lioness as he clung on to defend what he saw was rightfully his. He leaned in to try to claim the beast in his jaws. An aggressive growl echoed from his throat.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:04 pm
Celyqae echoed his aggressive roar with her own. She did not fear male nor female felines. She had only one fear and it was not worth mentioning for this moment and place.
A front paw slapped the air viciously as she stalked towards Torin. She was ready to strike out at him to get what she wanted -the prize.
By nature she was a hunter, and most of the time she did just that even if others interfered with her initial plans. She always seemed to come up with a backup plan when needed, and the way things were going...
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:11 pm
Torin held his ground. He snorted arrogantly as he eyed the female's ridiculous display. Who did she think she was, barging out here in some feeble attempt to steal his kill!
There was a gentle breeze that ruffled the proud lion's dark raven mane. He rolled his head as he prepared himself. Claws sunk deeper into his kill. He opened his maw to let out an intimidating, dominant roar. His fur stood on end as his tail whipped furiously behind him. Everything about Torin's body language demanded the female vanish.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:21 pm
Celyqae paced about the male and the food. She hissed and slightly let loose a few snarls.
She stalked looking over what she had to deal with. Her purple paws kicked up some soils as she prepared to take that moment even further without a thought.
The dusts she kicked up made her white fur become slightly dirty, but it was worth the cost. -a meal.
She sprang from the grounds into the air colliding onto the remains of the wildebeest and Torin -in all this did a domino effect.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:31 pm
Celyqae managed to pummel Torin to the ground. Growling, snarling, spitting, he used the strength of his upper legs in an attempt to shove her from him.
"Even a bloody pirate has more honor 'en this, you worthless wretch," he said as he heaved. Should he succeed, he would bring his left paw up before he would try to slam it down against the female's dirtied coat.
He would not be bested.
Not by a female. No.
Torin was determined to take her down. "Perhaps I'll be bringin back a prize greater than turtle shells to th'pride. Another Corsair wouldn't hurt, an th'boys would get their fix from you," he said coolly. He would make an attempt to pin the lioness to the earth.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:42 pm
Celyqae lowly growled. "Pirates, bah!" she went into a forced sitting position pinning Torin under the wildebeest even further. Carefully, she bit down into its flesh taking a small bite of her own.
She licked her lips after slowly taking back in her pink tongue to savor the taste of the animal. "Yummy." she gave Torin a sinister smile. "I could just eat this off ya. You serve well as a surface."
She smacked her lips again in total mockery of the male. Celyqae made noises that compared to laughter. It was one thing to be bested by a female, another to be under your own meal and a female to eat it in front of you.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:51 pm
Torin growled in frustration. The pirate was irate. His nostrils flared as his eyes were set alight by his rage. He was crushed under the weight of both the lioness and the fallen wildebeest. His expression did not change. He remained determined.
He couldn't let this lioness eat his food. Food that she did not work for. He was thankful that his crew was nowhere to be found. This was disgraceful.
He readied himself, and unleashed a kick with both of his hind legs, in the hopes that it would push the wildebeest off of himself so that he could try to chase this female away.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:10 pm
Celyqae lost a bit of momentum falling off of the wildebeest to the soils. It tarnished her mostly white coat. Her nostrils briefly flared as she gave a huff.
Her eyes looked back at the other male, but she held her ground. She would not be beaten by this male one way or the other. Paws sunk into the earths as she readied herself.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:50 pm
"You ought t'quit now, otherwise I might decide lioness sounds good to eat instead," Torin threatened as he rose to his feet and puffed out his chest. His claws flexed and his tail whipped to and fro.
A small cry was heard in the distance. The sound of a hungry cub. Torin's ears perked alerted by the plea. He cast an unforgiving glare towards Celyqae as he lowered his head to grasp at the wildebeest. He let loose another snarl. This time it was protective. By his actions, it was clear the crying cub was his.
The corner of his eye twitched. He watched Celyqae carefully.
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:03 pm
Celyqae's ears perked at the sounds of a baby cub. She looked back to Torin and her tensed shoulders drooped forward. She understood the dub belonged to him and now it appeared more clear as to why the food was needed.
She growled irritably, and her tail flicked behind her -back and forth in motion. Claws retracted and she became more relaxed. She was going to let Torin go, but he had grown to be very questionable. A pirate with a cub? A brute with offspring? Odd. Not unlikely, just strange to her. She was not used to cubs or being around others. This was new.
"Go. I guess." was all she said. She would wait fro him to leave, and then follow.
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:27 pm
 Torin was cautious around the strange female. He dragged the wildebeest off, checking over his shoulder from time to time. The cub's cries grew louder and louder- at this rate, it wouldn't have mattered if Celyqae followed or not.
The lion was not truly one for parenting. It was something that was benign to him. So long as he kept the cub's belly full, then it shouldn't cry, right?
He came closer to the sound. The cub had managed to lodge itself between a small, thin tree growing out from under a large rock. The wildebeest dropped to the ground with a loud thud as Torin exhaled through his nose. He lowered himself to the youngling's eyelevel, "Now how did'ya manage t'get yourself stuck n'this mess, eh?"
The cub's golden orbs looked around frantically. The poor thing writhed in a panic, grunting and whining all the while.
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:34 pm
Celyqae kept her distance at first watching Torin scoot away with the wildebeest. She went around out of sight as she slowly followed the male lion to his cub.
Her violet eyes watched the two for the moment. She saw how the cub had successfully gotten itself stuck, and then he saw the brute for a possible Father.
This was hard to take in. She felt bad for this cub. A pirate for a father? Celyqae rolled her eyes not thrilled with it, but then again she had no say in the matter. She watched further at the two her curiousness getting the best of her.
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:43 pm
Torin sat upright and watched the cub struggle. "C'mon 'en. Get yourself out of th'mess. Got t'learn t'problem solve affore I'll be givin you a bite t'eat."
The lion was content to sit there, munch on his kill, and pass expectant glances over towards the little one. After the first few bites Torin licked at his muzzle. The cub only grew louder.
"Lass, you gotta learn to toughen up or you ain't goin t'survive in th'pride. Grow some skin, see. Sure as th'seas are blue you ain't goin t'be a blubberin sissy," he said sternly. He batted a paw at the cub, and in that instant, she was knocked free from her predicament. She wasted no time and delved into the meal that her father already broke into.
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