Moto Played by Lutz; Moshi Played by Astoria; Maji Played by Bello
The three siblings had decided that since they had left the security of their parents den and had struck out on their own they would attempt their first hunt! However there was a small catch, they each wanted to do it their own way.
"I really think that if we just chase them into a panic we'll be able to snag one up." Moto said flicking her tail behind her as she narrowed her blue eyes towards Maji, who had other ideas. "I still think that if we pick of a weaker member that would be easier." Her voice barked back as she stood tall against Moto. "Why would we want to go for one of the weaker ones when there are three of us? We could easily chase down a stronger animal successfully." Moto stated rather firmly as she took a small step towards Maji in retaliation to her words.
Moshi had been silent this whole time trying to come up with something that they could all do that would satisfy her eldest and youngest sibling. Being the middle child sucked. Standing up she wedged her frame between the two females and cleared her throat. "If you'd like to listen to me for a moment I think I have an idea that might work for everyone."
The other two siblings exchanged glances and with a small grumble agreed. Moshi looked from Maji to Moto and then spoke. "Moto, you could easily startle the herd into a run with Maji down the route a little ways and she could easily snag one of the antelope as they run by her. I can help herd them and that way we can all get what we want." She suggested to them hoping they took the idea. It wasn't a bad plan, it incorporated both of their ideas, but without the weaker animal.
Maji mulled the idea over in her head for a moment trying to figure out if she liked the idea or not and finally gave a small nod of her head. "I guess that could work."
Moto liked the idea right away and had already hopped into action almost, though Maji needed to be in place for this all to work out.
Moshi turned her green gaze to Maji and gave her a small smile in reassurance. "You go get into place and then once you're ready I'll signal Moto to charge the herd." She said looking over towards Moto to make sure she was ready.
Satisfied that everything was going to go according to plan Maji disappeared into the tall grass and found a secure spot not too far away that would give her ample room to run out and grab an antelope as they ran by. This might actually work!
Moto settled herself downwind of the herd and waited for Moshi to give the signal.
Moshi had moved towards the other side of the herd to get to slightly higher ground so that she could easily see that her blue sibling was in place and ready to go. This was where everything decided to go wrong. As she went to move into position to signal Moto to charge the herd she tripped on a meerkat hole that had collapsed under her foot and it spooked the herd into running towards Moto and away from Maji.
Luckily Moto was able to get out of the way without being trampled but there was no way for either of them to make up for the lost ground and thus the hunt was basically ruined.
Maji growled in her throat as she came near Moto suspecting it to be her fault. "Don't growl at me, Moshi was the one who messed it up." The pink cheetah said in a rather stressful voice. Moshi walked up towards them and could feel their piercing gaze on her. "I'm sorry, I-" She was cut off by Maji. "If you would have just let us do it our way then this wouldn't have happened." She said bitterly. "Yea, if you would have just picked one of our ideas instead you wouldn't have screwed it up and we'd be eating right now." Moto's voice chipped in.
Moshi shrank back a little and grumbled to herself. She had just been trying to help! Why couldn't they see that? She knew that they were all hungry and this was their first hunt without mother and father but it wasn't her fault she had tripped in that hole. She hadn't even known it was there until it had collapsed under her weight.
Frustrated and upset Moshi turned and ran away from her sisters and disappeared into the brush nearby.
After a moment of fuming and bickering with Maji, Moto let out a sigh. "I think we went a little far with what we said... Do you think we should go find her and apologize?" She asked.
Maji looked at and shrugged and then nodded. "I guess... It could have been any one of us." She said realizing that they had allowed their hunger to guide their emotions at that point of time. It was just all so frustrating.
The two disappeared into the brush after their sister to apologize.
It took them a little bit but they were able to find her curled up near the hollow of a tree not to far away. Moto approached first and purred lightly in her throat. "Moshi, we didn't mean what we said back there."
Moshi refused to look at either of them despite Moto's words.
Maji rubbed her head against her sisters and pawed at her ear. "Please don't hate us. We really are sorry." She said hoping that Moshi wasn't too upset."
With a small huff she looked up towards her two siblings and lifted her head. "I'm sorry that I screwed it up... It was an accident.. It really was.." She said trying to explain it but Moto cut her off. "No need to explain. It's alright."
Moshi nudged Moto and Maji back affectionately and Moto was about to ask what they wanted to try next when they heard a sound not too far away. Instinctively the three of them slunk low to the ground and approached the noise and came upon an antelope that had broken it's leg when it had tripped in a hole.
Moshi almost went HAH out loud but refrained from doing so. "I guess we will have food after all." She said as she glanced over towards her siblings to see that everything seemed to be alright for now. It was so hard to tell what would happen when tempers flared and she was usually the one to break it up.
Moto went in for the finishing kill and the antelope passed on as quickly as it could in the situation. It was the circle of life after all. Moto was pleased that the three of them wouldn't go hungry but she was certain no one they knew would classify it as a successful hunt. She sure didn't. It had been pure luck for the girls and nothing more. But she wasn't going to say anything. They weren't at each others throats for once and that was all that mattered to her right now.
Moshi nudged her sister Maji towards the meal. “You can have first bite, since Moto did get to deliver the final blow.” She said looking at Moto to make sure she agreed.
Maji looked between the two sisters to make sure there was no objection and she dug in and the other two quickly joined her and the three of them took their time in devouring the beast. Once they had eaten their fill they knew there wasn't enough left on it to really feed any one of them so there was a unanimous decision to just leave it for scavengers. They would pick the bones clean and a hyena would likely eat the rest. Their teeth weren't made for crunching bones.
Moshi shook her head at the thought.
Maji wedged herself between Moto and Moshi as the trio began to walk away, with no particular location in mind. “Do you think we should find a place to rest for the night? It is getting late.” She said glancing towards the sky as the sun was seeming to get lighter. It was likely a few hours till dusk but they would still have to find a safe place to sleep. And they weren't about to go home.
Moto nodded her head. “Yes, that would be a great idea. We should go check out a cave that I saw not too far from here.....” She paused, “Unless there are any objections?” She looked between Moshi and Maji. The two shook their head.
So it was settled. The three of them would go check out the cave and perhaps get some decent sleep for the night. Silently Moshi prayed they'd make it through the evening without another argument, but only time would tell.
WC: 1500
SilverLutz
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I know I AIM'd the link to the rp for you, but just quoting you here just in case as well so you have at least 1 complete rp for your girls. ^^
