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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:28 am
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She had spent several days showing the big green male around the world she knew so well. She had taken him to all her favourate places, she'd even shown him the borders of the elephant graveyard but had, of course, not crossed in. There was something steeped in her mind about that even though she was an adult she still didn't want to cross that border. Today she had decided to walk him to the ravine. She had heard many tall tales about the place, how it echoed, how spirits moved around down there, lots of other things.
Tall tales to frighten children, she actually really liked the place. The high steep walls were hard to climb but not impossible and what grew down there was hardy, resolute, determined. To grow in a place where water hardly touched and that was baked. It was a fascinating place to her. Of course, she had saved most of these ramblings for today and she looked back to smile apologetically at Ali. Had she been talking this whole time? She wasn't sure. Certainly she had become a chatter box since Ali had arrived, he had changed something in her, she just didn't know what it was. It was very strange, a tingling feeling all the way to her toes.
"Nearly there." She whispers, she could see the massive slice through the earth from here and she could feel the anticipation rising in her chest, she felt it was fair to say it was her favourite place, others would say pride rock probably but the ravine, it was a strange and wonderful place to her, a place she gravitated to.
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:03 am
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Though it had been days Ali`dido had found himself so enthralled by everything going on it was almost as though time itself had stood still to allow him to enjoy it. Yai hadn't held back at all. He'd seen her numerous favorite spots, and even showed him the border that edged on what appeared to be an elephant graveyard (how exciting!). When he had attempted to set a paw over the border, which had been carefully marked, the lioness had quickly stopped him. It was clear that perhaps crossing the borders was a no-no. Obediently he listened to her instruction and the pair had moved on.
It was no secret of where they were headed today. Yai had been yammering away about this and that about the pride, answering his questions as he had them. He wondered briefly at one point if things would have been different had he met another lioness to enjoy this with and it pained him to think of Yai as not having been part of his journey.
"Oh?" He queried lightly. He hadn't been sure how far the traveling would take them today. The destination was apparent by her giddiness, but he hadn't stopped to wonder how far they would be going. He'd brought a small pack today though - in it he decided to carry a small surprise for her. Something he'd made himself. The pack itself was poorly made, falling apart and likely as old as he was, if not older, but it did the job.
"Are you sure, you may need to carry me the rest of the way..." He smiled fondly at the lioness and teased her terribly.
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:40 am
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The dark lioness turned and smiled at him. She had stopped looking for the fear in his eyes. She had stopped searching for the worry that others tried to wash from their faces. He was just, amazing. She had yet to voice this opinion to him. She thought it would be very embarrassing, or worse, he would say something back to her and she would probably die from the shock. A part of her was still afraid that he would reject her for what she was. She hadn't really told him much yet, she hadn't told him who her father was, she hadn't even told him she was a seer. Not that she was a strong seer by any means, some of her siblings were much more prone to visions, but she had only really gotten her fathers looks and nothing more.
The satchel he was carrying today had not passed her notice and though she hadn't mentioned it on turning and looking at him again her curiosity felt piqued. She knew very few lions that carried things, she supposed that was a part of not being a traveller, everything was within walking distance, you didn't need to carry things around with you. Ali was off to see the world so she shouldn't find the bag strange, but she did. It was just another wonderfully quirky thing about her companion.
A light laugh escaped her lips "Like I could carry you, you big green lump." She pulled a tongue at him, it was like this all the time with him, comfortable, they could walk along in silence and just knowing he was there made her happy, of course, he also didn't seem to himself her yammering at him. He really was wonderful, he had expended her world, she didn't quite know what to do about that though. The pridelands was a wonderful place, it was home, but Ali had somehow, made it new? Yes, the word was new. He'd made her world new.
"I think I have been talking too much about this place, I hope you're not dissapointed." She smiles hopefully, the great ravine was coming ever closer with each step. She hoped he liked it as much as she did.
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:24 am
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Her eyes fell on him, slightly shocked that he had said that word, but she quickly hid her worry, he was playing, and she laughed the word off though her heart hammered in her chest. "Yeh well I know I don't look it but I am a girl you know? I could hardly heft someone as chunky as you." Again a little dig rolling off her lips, trying to hide the discomfort that she somehow managed to hide. Her voice though, she knew it had wavered a little and she quickly turned her gaze back to the goal in mind. Their destination.
Taking a deep breath she assured herself that he didn't mean what's he said, he was just reacting to her quip about him being a green lump, he didn't mean anything by it.
"Nearly there now, you can see it from here." She pointed with a paw at the obvious gap in the land. The grass was slowly fading, becoming more brush like and the trees that dotted the pridelands were becoming more and more sparodic. Here water did not sit long enough for plants to truely take root and those that did were tough and hardy. Kind of like Ali. He was tough, and handsome, and she wanted to go with him on his adventure.
His words, when they first met had been eating at her. He would bring her back. He would bring her back but what if she never came back? What if she just went with him forever? A part of her wanted to, really, really wanted to, but at the same time she was afraid to leave the only place she truly knew. The pridelands was home. The pridelands was home.
She could feel a cloud hanging over her and she really didn't want to let the mood sour. She didn't know how long Ali would be here for after all, he might vanish as quickly as he had come, would he say good bye as he went? Nope! She had to stop thinking about the day he would go. "You'll have to start training your legs for when you go, I won't be there to drag you along." She scrunched her nose up at hima nd slowed her pace, just a little so she could walk with her shoulder against his. The closeness she felt to the big green male, it was strange, it felt so safe to be around him. She had stoppe dherself so many times from asking him to stay, they had known each other for such a short period of time, she couldn't ask him to give up his dream, he wanted to see the world and she wasn't going to stop that, and maybe, maybe one day he would comeback and see her again, after he was done with adventuring.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:37 pm
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Yai hit the bottom of the ravine first and with a snort of laughter she watched as Ali'dido tried rather unsuccessfully to decend with grace. She smiled up at him, a dazzling toothy smile. "It takes practice." She snorts, he looked so funny sliding down the shale.
"Come on slow poke." She laughed again he looked so silly and he didn't seem to mind at all. Just watching the big green male slip and slide made her heart race. He was just so sweet, he had stollen her heart, she knew that, she knew even though she had never been in love before that she loved Ali.
She just had to enjoy his company while she could, his silly, wonderful, sweet company, until he decided to leave.
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