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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:58 am
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Glaurung had come here with his mother, and was still adjusting to the kind of life they were meant to live here. It was strange, but not entirely. Something in the back of his mind said that this was where he was supposed to live, and what he was supposed to be doing would soon be revealed to him.
Travel through the provinces was not only allowed, but encouraged, and though his mother told him his duties lay in the Mkoani he was allowed to go out exploring if he had nothing else to do.
Anyway, he was an adult. He wasn't a little kid that needed to be told what to do any more, and he wasn't going to let himself feel any sort of doubt or self consciousness. He didn't realize it yet, but that vow was going to become increasingly important to him as his place in the pride became more apparent.
For now, though, he was content and new.
He saw someone nearby, hunched over some flowers. Curious, he made his way over carefully, though he ended up stopping nearby and stepping on pretty blue flower with long, pollen laden yellow things sticking out of it. He didn't seem to notice.
"What are you doing?" he asked, tilting his head at her in wonder. Lions didn't eat flowers, so he couldn't see the merit yet in sniffing and poking at them.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:46 am
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:07 pm
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The druid, or so he had been called and had no problem with so far, tilted his head at her. He smiled at the idea of using flowers to make medicine, lifting his paw to see the poor little blue flower he had crushed. He touched it lightly with his claw, frowning now as he wondered if it could have been used for something good.
"My name Glaurung. My family and I came here, my mom is friends with the Queen."
That wasn't a boast, just a statement of fact. Igraine and Kilgharrah were very close friends, and she sought council with her dragon-pelted friend as easily as she did the King himself. Glaurung and his sister had come with their mother when she was called to return home.
They lived in Mkoani, while their mother lived in the castle, but they saw her frequently enough. They were learning their place, and Glaurung had earned himself the title of Druid mostly on accident, by saying strange things and believing in things a different way to the Toka.
"I don't really understand much about plants, I never thought they could be that useful. But if you say so, I guess it must be true. Aren't some of them dangerous though?" He remembered various warnings of poisonous plants while they had lived in their forest.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:26 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:00 pm
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Glaurung looked surprised, then grinned and nodded his head, his mane fluffing up in his excitement. He wondered if this could be something he could learn, do. Maybe. He still hadn't figured out what service he could provide, though his sister and mother seemed to have their station well in hand.
He would have to figure something out soon, he told himself.
"Well, I don't think she knows me too well. She visited my mother a lot while we were growing up, before she came back to this place. She was nice, but I never knew she was Queen." Which was silly, because she had always had a kind of imperious attitude about her, but he had never really minded it.
His mother certainly didn't take it.
"Oh! That sounds interesting. I bet there's a lot to learn, there are so many different plants." He looked around, just taking note for the first time how many different flowers there could be in one little area. He couldn't fathom trying to learn about all of them, or even some of them. Maybe this was a bit too much work for him to learn.
"So you never met your mom? I never met my dad." He smiled, as if that was a good connection between them, and a good reason they should be friends.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:52 pm
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He nodded his head and smiled.
It was more a surprise learning her mate was King. Not that it didn't make sense, but the King was not the kind of a lion he had imagined Igraine being in love with. The King was gruff and angry, and very protective of his love. If not for her good words, Glaurung imagined he would not have been welcomed to the pride.
Things had been very strange and tense, while the King and Queen had been separated and off away from the pride. But now everyone seemed to be back where they belonged, and adjusting to it.
He smiled.
He didn't know anything about his own father, and he didn't think his mom knew much either. She never spoke of him. He didn't ask, now, as he knew better. He shrugged, not feeling like he was missing much there.
"It's nice that people took care of you. I don't really worry about my father, whoever he is, because mom took care of us and now we're more than capable of taking care of ourselves." He chuckled and nodded his head. "But that's a way to start a good adventure, just ending up somewhere. And at least you get to learn about stuff, right? So it was a good thing. I mean. It seems to me, anyway."
He had a bad habit of putting his paw in his mouth, and hoped he wasn't stepping over a line by saying her getting abandoned was a good thing.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:22 pm
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Glaurung smiled and nodded, feeling glad that he had made a good point. It seemed like a good point, anyway.
She hadn't gotten offended or upset with him, which was definitely a good step. He liked that she seemed happy, and decided that whatever job he decided to take within the pride, whatever duty he found that was supposed to be his, he wanted it to make people happy.
It was a nice feeling.
"I do. I'd like to walk back with you." He smiled brightly and nodded is head. He hadn't noticed the sun going down, but it was probably a good idea to get home before anyone missed them. Or before the real druids started coming out. Despite being labeled as one, he also was surrounded with the horror stories of suspicion that fueled the tension between the two sides.
"I don't have anything to do! Not better than this, anyway. I'd be glad to walk you home." He smiled brightly and nodded his head toward the Province, or at least in its direction. If she was ready to go, so was he.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:49 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:01 pm
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Glaurung looked around, not really the most observant of lions. He didn't see beauty as easily as some of the more romantic or poetic folks around. He felt it was because he liked a creative, artistic side, as he often told his mother. His sister had gotten that: he was more grounded and simple.
He considered himself fairly stupid, but he was assured by the few friends he had, his family, that it was not the case. That was mostly to placate him, of that he was sure.
Even if he didn't know what that word meant.
"It is nice out," he said, nodding his head. It was cool and the night was settling as evenly as it always did, without too many clouds in the sky. These things he saw.
"I'd love to hang out again! I need to figure out how I'm going to be useful to this pride. Maybe you can help me a bit. I've already learned a lot from you, which is great." He smiled. "I think going to the market would really help too!"
And it was always better with company. they could walk and talk at the same time, too.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:33 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:57 pm
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Glaurung laughed and nodded his head. He was happy to have made a friend, and looked forward to being able to spend time with her. Not just because he wanted to learn, though that was obviously part of it, but because he had never really had a friend before.
His family had always been on the move, it felt like, after Ygraine came back for them. Then they came here and he had been a bit of an out cast from the get go.
He was a Druid, after all.
"Meadow, in three days," he said, nodding his head and committing the arrangement to memory.
He smiled and moved to bump his head against hers. He didn't really know how to say good bye, and he thought that was a nice enough gesture that wasn't too impersonal and also not too line crossing. It was the closest this lion could get to a hug or a hand shake, anyway.
"I look forward to it! Thank you for spending time with me. It was really nice." He smiled brightly, in a great mood now.
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