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 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:05 am
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Let no one say that Xenon's line weren't hard headed and stubborn! It had been due to her father's indignation and fury that there had been more than a few changes in the pride, and it was only to be expected that his children would inherent this. Coupled with her mother's fiery demeanour, and unwavering determination, and you had a rather volatile mix which would have screamed 'trouble' to any individual who might have been observing this particular lioness over the last few months.
Time and time again she had been denied her requests and she had been forbidden to leave pridal lands without any legitimate reason. They had simply told her that they knew better, that she should return to her studies and more importantly, to drop the issue. Unsurprisingly she had decided not to drop the issue, but rather than fight a losing battle in which she talked to two very solid walls, she had decided that it was in her best interests to do as she pleased.
...She was an adult after all.
Thus, over the course of a number of weeks she had carefully monitored the guards of the pride. She had noted when they arrived at their posts, when they exchanged positions, and the very small time frame in which she had to slip away unnoticed. When she had done this the preparations were then made - when the time was right she was going to make a run for it and by the time they noticed she was gone, it would be too late to follow her.
She was going to go on her adventure! |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:52 pm
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"Assssssdafuuutsssskkkkkkkkkwat!?" The lioness blurted out the incoherent sentence, positively leaping out of her skin as the practically invisible lion came out of nowhere. Evidently, she did not have keen senses of observation and in her surprise she skittered away from him, tripped over an unseen stump, and slammed head first into one of the bushes. It was hardly the most dignified introduction one could have had to another individual, but this was what happened when something was invisible one moment and then suddenly there.
It didn't take long for her to 'recover' though, in the sense that she pulled herself out of the bush, shook her head where she stand began to pad down the fur on her chest as if she was removing dust. He hadn't scared any unborn kittens out of her, no sir, she was fine, absolutely fine.
"Where did you come from?" she asked incredulously, her tone breathy as her eyes attempted to focus on what little of him she could see. |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:53 pm
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"Hmmm," she squinted at him, still suspicious of his intentions and then nodded as if deciding that he was trustworthy, such was her naivety. "My name is Solenn," she whispered very quietly. "Shhhh!" she added and clapped her paws on to his nose before glancing left, then right, she to be on the safe side. It was almost as though she was acting out a scene from some ridiculous comedy sketch and now, Areo had the unfortunate pleasure of being in on it.
"You're right," she said at last and dropped her paws again, sitting on her hunkers and dusting off her chest once more. "I'm not supposed to be here," she confirmed and looked about her once again. "You see," she applied the pause for dramatic effect (obviously), and then leant in again with another of her conspiratorial 'shh's. "I'm going on an adventure, and no one is allowed to find out or it will ruin the surprise," she explained.
"So shhh, you have to swear on Bahari that you won't tell anyone or he'll eat your tail while you sleep!" |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:15 pm
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"May you never break your vow," she said in solemn tones and bowed her head in a rather reverent fashion. To anyone in her family, they would have promptly rolled over and lost all dignity at her antics, but Areo had not yet had the pleasure of encountering the rest of her kin. "Otherwise you will have a stumpy butt and be the shame of your pride," she continued. "And we wouldn't want that, stumpy tails are bad for balance," she warned.
As for where she was going...
"I will go..." she drifted off and pointed in a random direction. "That way, because I go where the wind blows," she explained. She was being rather literal in those moments too, given that the sea breeze was in fact blowing in that particular direction. "So I shall follow it and go on an adventure to far off lands to meet all the exciting creatures."
"Like those things with really long necks, or the ones that are all stripey and bleat!"
That would be a giraffe and a zebra then... |
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:48 pm
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She gasped. Oh dear she'd forgotten about the time!
She'd been keeping careful watch over the moon to make sure she wouldn't be caught off guard and here she was, doing exactly that. He was right, if she didn't move her backside soon there would be a change of the guard and she'd be stuck. It would end in tragedy and she would be confined to the depths of the den, never to see daylight ever again. It was almost like something straight from a fairy tale!
"The wind will look after me," she said with a firm nod and then opened her mouth in a silent 'oh' of realisation. Actually, this lovely gentleman's appearance could be used to her advantage and he didn't even know it!
"You know if you want to head straight through, we don't mind," she said finally and pointed further in. "There's a lot of beach walk ways that can take you all over the place, even to the Kizingo'zaa," she continued and grinned. "They make great jewellery there," she added. "Maybe get yourself something sparkly so you don't creep up on folks like that again." |
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