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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:55 pm
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Pinta groaned slightly, having come to a full stop. She'd been traveling for two weeks now, trying to follow the trail of her runaway brother. Her mother was following behind at a much slower pace, about two or three days away, but Pinta was leaving clues and markers for her mother to follow. Right now though, the young female needed to focus on trying to follow her brothers tracks. But her legs were so tired and her paws ached. The family was used to traveling , but not at such a quick pace. All the leopard wanted to do was sit down and rest for a little while. Surely that would be alright. The afternoon sun was giving way to evening, the heat of the day beginning to cool off. Normally, with the family's dark pelts, they traveled solely at night to avoid the sun, but this particular instance had prevented that. There was a cluster of three trees just a little ways away. Pinta trudged towards them, paws dragging slightly. She began to hum to herself, a sweet tune that mimicked the morning songbirds. Pinta enjoyed singing. She was good at it, even if her mother didn't fully appreciate the talent.
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:56 pm
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Pinta jumped. Oh no. Oh dear. She was so tired that she was starting to hallucinate! Oh man, her brother would have made so much fun of her. But wait, no, under the trees there was a white lump. It was a lion! A rather small lion, with a rather small. Perhaps he was young. Pinta giggled to herself and at the compliment. Hallucinating. Yeah right. "Why thank you, sir." She bobbed her head, stopping at the farthest tree. Now that she was closer, The female could see the stranger's tail, fluffy and without a tuft. Not very lion-like at all. His small mane, and the shape of his body...he was a hybrid, just like her brother! Well, Lume was a cross of a cheetah and leopard, but the simple fact had her heart aching a little bit. "It's not very often I get complimented on my singing." Pinta admitted shyly. It was true. Usually her brother was the only one who supported her hobby, and he had to go off running about the savanna just because of an argument with their mother. "I don't suppose I could trouble you for some of that shade? I've been traveling all day and I could use a bit of a break." Pinta was sure her mother would be all compliments about Pinta's manners though. Never an excuse to be rude to a stranger, she'd say.
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:15 am
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"Warriors." He nodded, "though, we've been known to trade our skills for favors and goods." Mercenaries, in truth, but it worked out. It was what kept them fed and gave their cubs what they needed to grow.
"Ah, see, that's any mother." Safi chuckled. "My own gets upset when I come back roughed up. The worries of a parent, though I can understand why your mother would find it so upsetting, if your family doesn't practice fighting as an every day thing."
Oh now, that smile was much better. It brought out a little saucy grin from Safi. "Safi. And now that you know my name, might I know yours? I would know the name of such an enchanting leopardess that would grace my day with her song."
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:46 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:14 pm
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"Singing is just as important as dancing, don't you think? How is a dancer to dance without the right music to move to?" Entertainers, hmm? A few of his own offspring might have liked such a life. Safi couldn't say that he didn't enjoy it himself. There was just something peaceful about hearing just the right music and seeing the way a dancer twists, as if they were pulled by the wind itself.
"Pinta." Safi smiled, "Petite, sweet to the ear and cute. Like you." Laughing a little, he stretched and sat up languidly. For all intensive purposes he looked much like a larger leopard with a mane. So very little of his father's lion genetics had passed on, which had been a worry at one time, but now Safi was glad for it. At least he could climb easier than his siblings. "Do you wish me to stop admiring you then, Pinta?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:09 pm
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Pinta smiled. She'd had more compliments about her singing in this one evening than she'd ever had her entire life. And come to think of it, Safi was right. Her brother had sometimes mentioned that he enjoyed dancing to her voice, but Pinta had never considered it as a way to enhance dancing. Maybe, once the family was back together and all was well and good once more, her mother would change her mind about such things. Pinta gave the leopon a coy look. "Oh, come now. You stop that." The singer's face was exaggeratedly offended. "It isn't right to tease a lady like that, you know." She informed him, tail flicking back and forth in playfulness. "Besides, the sun is setting and night will be upon us soon enough. What if I end up all alone and some unsavory character comes by, hm? What would happen then?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:15 pm
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Safi just laughed. "I would ask for your forgiveness, sweet Pinta, but I find that I am totally justified in my actions. If I didn't pay proper homage to such a lady, wouldn't that be worse than teasing?" She was such a sweet little thing, one that held just enough bite to peek his interest. It was so refreshing considering just how formidable all the females in his family could be.
"Well, we can't have that, now can we? I could either take you to shelter and leave you, like a proper gentleman...or if you would have me, I could stay to make sure nothing unsavory comes to harm you." It was brazen, he knew it, but Safi didn't really much care.
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:41 am
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