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 Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:28 am
((ooc: Daimyn will be joining in after a few posts, :3 for now, just Muffy and Ausi!))
She'd never been so nervwracked and anxious before. They were closer than they had ever been in the past. Nukta's scent was unmistakeable, and for the first time in months Ausi'Juu felt strength unbridled behind the hope Daimyn had rekindled.
Still, they needed to be careful...
She'd wandered away from her mate's side early that morning, before even the sun would rise. She honestly only meant to be away a few moments to think, but the breeze urged her on. At some point she had crossed over the nearest Pride's boundaries, and made her way aimlessly towards the rock pointed out in the distance ahead. She approached from the Southlands.
The female wondered... was it possible their boy had found refuge within this pride? Would they be allowed to stay if so, or would they be chased out for reasons yet unknown?
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:16 am
((Kay kay ^ ^ ))
-Mufasa's fur rippled softly, a little bit of a shiver touching him as he took up the usually uneventful task he did every morning. Eyes touching the nearly still savannah, he narrowed his eyes quickly at the movement that became apparent. Just some prey animal, yes?
No.. too low set to the ground.. it was a predator of some sort. Sitting up from his lounge, he watched as it neared, waiting to see if it'd come closer to the rocks, or diverge once his pressence was known.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:48 am
~Nukta...~
Her baby was here, she could somehow just feel it in her bones, and that knowledge shocked her. She had given up, convinced herself that she'd never see either of her sons again after coming by that horrific evidence...
Yet here she was now...
She felt the other pair of eyes on her, rather than saw them, and her jade orbs lifted accordingly in search of the other. Would she have to retreat back to Daimyn? Had her wrecklessness landed her in a bad position?
There. Sitting up on the rocks, appearing almost like a statue to her. They had detected many scents in these lands, but she did not expect to come across any of them so late at night, or rather-- so early in the day.
Ausi'Juu did not hault her movements, though she had slowed to linger.... Instead she moved in closer for a better look. He didn't seem to be the dangerous sort from what she could see. Perhaps he was just a scout?
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:19 am
-He continued to watch curiously, his self appointed task of watching over the lands while others slept for once showing something. However now that he did see someone, he was beginning to wonder what much he could do about it. His old bones wouldn't carry him that far if it came to a run.. so he was probably better off to wait for it to approach.
And it certainly didn't seem very dangerous.. after all the creature didn't hide or slink along. But then again, perhaps it didn't know it'd been caught.
He could call out he supposed.. but then he risked waking the others. No he'd just have to wait until he could make out the figure, for all he knew it was one of the many new pridemembers that his mate had let in.
So he sat and waited, his large size more intimatidating then the lazy way in which he sat, his tail flicking lightly back and forth.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:02 am
Ausi finally slowed to a hault once she was a few yards away from the King's perch. She gazed up at the large lion, shifting back to settle onto her haunches slowly for now. If need be, she could probably manage outrunning him, but for the time being she didn't need to. He didn't seem to be the threatening type, either, there was something about him that, despite his large size, put her at ease. He reminded her of her father, and he probably was old enough to be her father, too.
"I hope I'm not intruding." She commented in a quiet voice, markings visible in the dark.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:10 am
-As she drew nearer Mufasa's eyes settled more curiously upon her. He certainly hadn't seen her around before.. he'd have noticed those markings. But as she didn't seem a threat, he made no movement to stop her, and once she was close enough to speak up to him, he returned her question softly.-
"All you're intruding on is a morning's rest.. waiting for everyone else to awaken. Is there something I can help you with?"
-With the priderock and surrounding area many lions slept.. numbers so large as to outnumber nearly as many as two other prides put together. But here in the early with just the two of them the vast land seemed so secretive and empty, it was a strange feeling, and Mufasa soon found himself wishing to be nearer to the lioness. To stave off the bizzare feeling of solitude.
But that could wait until he knew her intentions, offering a kind smile he waited.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:32 am
((Okay xD her son is Nukta. He was an adolescent when he and Adanna joined the pride. He and Adanna were both there when Mufasa arrived and they found out about the cub-napped cub, but I'm leaving it up to you if he noticed him at all or not.))
"Hopefully..." She smiled uncertainly.
The lands did seem rather vast, only seeing one other sitting before her, but having lived as a rogue for the past four months left her accustomed to such a small "group".
"I'm searching for my son... we've been following his scent since we left the Mistweaver lands, and it's led us here. He looks like me, but with more markings. He'd possibly be grown by now."
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:03 am
"Your child?" -A soft sound of sorrow touched his voice and he wondered softly what there child could possibly be doing so far from it's parents.. but then that thought seemed to creep onto him more and more often with his own children out and about.
Inspecting her carefully, he tried to mull through his dusty old memory. Black cubs with white markings... did he remember any of those? He was silent for an uncomfortably long amount of time.. before finally settling on the fact that he didn't know of the cub.. until he looked once again to the tuft of black and white hair that sat upon the lioness' head.-
"Actually. There is a black male in our pride.. I believe he has white markings on him.. but I specificlly recall a mane with both black and white stripeing like your own."
-Digging for more information he stood, almost looking as if he were going to pace.- "He came with a female if I recall correctly.. Perhaps he is.. yours?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:24 am
Ausi'Juu felt her heart catch in her throat as she watched the King rise, gave ear to his words. She'd not told Mufasa (this, among other things, such as her name), but the reason that she and her son had been seperated so long was due to the fact that he'd been presumed dead. The details and the evidence had been disheartening at best, and she hadn't been willing to give up on the hope that they were alive-- it had been her mate, grief stricken by the emotional turmoil her denial put her through, that convinced her that they weren't coming back home. Looking back now she felt so foolish for loosing hope...
"Nukta..." She murmered, more to herself than aloud. "It does sound like him," She couldn't keep the edge of hope from her voice, nor could it be concealed from her deep Jade eyes. "His name, is it Nukta?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:33 am
-His eyes were apologetic as her question rose. He was so bad with name these days.. and as it was Sarabi had been the one that had invited him to stay within the pridelands.
The king had merely seen him on a few occassions.- "I'm... I'm afraid I don't know.. However my mate may. And if not her, I'm sure someone within the pride would know of his name."
-Glancing back over his shoulder at the sleeping masses within the cave, he pondered softly, before offering apologetically.- "I can ask my mate now.. but I'd prefer not wake the others.. so if she doesn't know.. then I'm afraid you might have to wait around for a little while longer."
-He prayed his mate would know the name.. he couldn't imagine how he would have reacted to recieving similar words, but he hoped that they would be enough for the lioness.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:48 am
She saw the apology in his eyes, and it did well to soothe her excitement back down. He must be a father as well, such compassion for her plight he'd shown. She'd been around long enough to know and understand all too well that things often times tended to be out of one's own control. That he'd been kind enough to tell her this much she was grateful for.
"It's alright, if that is indeed the case, you've already told me more than I could have hoped to hear, all this and I haven't even so much as introduced myself... My name is Ausi'Juu, and I do thank you for your kindness."
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:01 pm
-He felt a soft wash of relief at her reaction, unsure if he could have handled saying no to some weeping heart broken mother. But instead she was thankful, and he was of course happy to help her.-
"Well I have every hope that it is indeed your child. I've lost two children of my own.. and have a hard time keeping control of the other five." -Offering a mild smile and nodding softly as she introduced herself, he slipped away back towards the den, dissapearing into the dark depths.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:27 pm
The lioness watched the male with a knowing smile, empathetic and a bit sad though it was. There was no greater pain than loosing loved ones, but especially one so precious as a child.
He had already slipped into the shadows in the time it took Ausi'Juu to debate waiting or moving closer. In the end she decided to wait.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:05 pm
-When Mufasa's large form finally slunk out of the den a broad smile adorned his golden maw. Quickly padding the short distance between the den and where the lioness wait, he waited until he saw her before the new slipped from his mouth.-
"The black and white lion I know is indeed named Nukta. Sarabi said she doesn't know exactly where he sleeps, but he is indeed still here within the pridelands."
-A rippling of pride, and hope, despite the fact that the 'child' wasn't his touched him as he delivered the news and he braced himself for her reaction, curious to see what her plan of action would be now that he was so closely within her reach.-
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:03 pm
Those moments of waiting were much harder than accepting the possiblity of not having an answer. She was waiting for an answer to a question she'd been wondering in the back of her mind for months now. Now that it was down to the wire she felt her nerves bottle up in one spot of her gut. It was nervewracking.
He emerged. Ausi had not dared take her eyes off of the mouth of that den. When she caught sight of that smile her heart took flight, even before he said the words.
And then he confirmed her deepest hopes. She couldn't have contained her joy even if she'd had a thousand years to prepare. Her tail stopped it's inscecent lashing and fell limp as for an instant all that Ausi could do was gape at the male in shock.
It came forth in the most simplistic fashion possible. It came forth in silent tears. Only a few to start, but they would soon grow in number as the shock wore away to make room for raw emotion. Blinking them away, Ausi shook her head, awe in her eyes.
"Nukta? ... My Nukta is alive...!" She whispered, voice quivering softly. She almost seemed to be speaking those words to the king who stood before her, maybe she was?
After all of these months thinking that all she used to love was lost to her, the gods had smiled upon her, and given her back one of her children. Her very heart and soul were crying out for her to find him, but she would not simply turn and abandon this gracious stranger that had bared such heartening news. She looked to him eagerly as the tears dimmed in the face of the smile gracing her muzzle.
"Please, kind stranger, are you the king of these lands?"
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