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 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:43 pm
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His loyalty did not entirely lie with Gharadi not after the betrayal he did by mating with another female. He however was completely loyal to Amadet and a low growl ebbed deep in his throat. "This seems too much like a lie, why would she have a vendetta, against you?! You're just some lioness, my mother was a beautiful, loyal female, and just because she isn't here now doesn't mean she wont be back for us, she'll be here!" He cried out and shook slightly with anger. He'd never experienced such emotions, anger, confusion, fear, love, all rolled into one. It was like a teenage romance without the good parts, of course he did not know this.
"I cannot believe this, you have no proof? I'd have to meet Wahabu..the girls," his voice cracked mentioning them, "They'll have to too."
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:50 pm
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Mtima couldn't help but smile at Pepo as he stood up for his mother despite everything, she wouldn't have really expected anything else from someone light him. She had to suppress a frown when he declared that Amadet would be back for them, and Mtima did not doubt as much- but she was already formulating a punishment for the lioness. Something had to be done, toying with Wahabu, and the cubs, all for some silly little point to be made that no one cared about anymore.
She had to give him a little wiggle room for calling her 'just some lioness' - Mtima'safi had a vain side, but she was not about to argue the point unnecessarily. He was mad, she hoped Habu would defend her to this degree.
"Why would she have a vendetta against me?" she repeated, knowing the easiest way to explain her story was going to be with the truth- but then, if he had learned some gods might play tricks it might not be so helpful, "She blames me for something that happened to her, a wrong she believes was done to her. What do you know about the gods?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:09 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:15 pm
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"Mama is not the only goddess who exists," she said carefully, knowing this would come about one way or another so she simply said it, "Meaning no offense, of course. There are many prides in Africa, and many have their own patron gods. Your mother was from one that worshiped Souls- and others- not Swamps. Your mother's sister was blessed with every marking that was held to be important within the pride, while your mother had nothing."
She sighed, continuing now despite the fact he was not behind the log.
"She blamed the gods for this, she was especially hurt when her sister ran away and the pride would not accept her in place of the runaway," Mtima added, "They were princesses, her sister was the heir to the pride until she ran away."
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:37 pm
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She was insane, that was the only way to put it. She said his father was not his father, his mother betrayed his -real- father, and now she spoke of prides far away with gods, gods that to him never existed. Perhaps, she was related to him somehow and was crazy that's it.
"Listen lady, you're speaking irr-rr-rationally," he was quaking and not aware of it, "prove your story, prove that she would dislike you, I mean you could have come up with any other lie! Why would you come to me wanting to be on my good side and then say my mother didn't like you? That does make sense...unless.." it's true.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:43 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:05 pm
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Pepo was about to open his mouth saying that he'd never heard of the goddess of souls and then, her glammer was pulled away. Eyes wide he could not take his eyes off of her.
"You're a goddess!" He gasped, "I am not saying that you are telling the truth..but how would I find this Wahabu?" And I can tell the girls, and we can see this fellow, if he was their father, they would all want to meet him. They would all have to come up with questions..proof that he was in fact their father, but if they looked like him? He did not know what to think, the shock of her changing, the shock of her story, was he the mad one?
"I..I think I believe you, Mtima'safi..if you are friends with our father, but look like us..what does that make you? You didn't answer."
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:37 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:17 pm
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:43 pm
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Mtima's smile suddenly seemed more genuine and her posture much more relaxed when Pepo became enthusiastic, asking many questions about Wahabu and the true situation. She had to carefully explain it, remind him what she'd already tried to say about his mother.
"Your parents did not really know each other, Amadet only went for him because of his connection to me and he doesn't even remember seeing her," she explained, "She abandoned you and you sisters to come and find me, she told me herself when I saw her. She loves you, she was very stubborn about that- but her priorities are mixed up."
The goddess sighed.
"You have a right to see him, to meet him, just as I feel he deserves to know about you and your sisters," she answered, smiling once again, "Tell me about your sisters. How many of you are there? You have a fair sized family in the Pridelands, if I remember rightly."
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:50 pm
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He sighed thinking that perhaps his mother was not who he originally thought she was. Besides, he was just a baby when he last saw her, and the situation made more sense with his dad-ex-dad taking a new mate and not giving much explanation.
"I am the only male, I have five sisters, Moyo, Kichea, Noki, Siyara, and Shemshi. They have all been called out on their naming quests leaving me here to wait until the queen calls me away." he nodded somberly, he missed them, and could not wait for the great queen to call him away to rejoin them.
"We have a plan to meet, and when we do, I will tell them of you and the entire mess with our mother." he paused, "Pride lands?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:18 pm
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The goddess smiled sympathetically at the poor boy, knowing this wasn't easy but this was considerably easier than it might have been if she had gotten here when they were younger. Cubs would be easier to convince, maybe, but they also would have understood considerably less about it. She listened carefully as he listed his sisters, her eyes widening as she realized just how many cubs there were. When she'd spoken with Wahabu, he'd been going on about having cubs now- eight of them. This made a whole fourteen. Fourteen.
"Wow," she murmured, then tilted her head curiously when he mentioned name quests, "Name quests? So they're gone, and you're leaving.."
Mtima glanced over her shoulder, back the way she had come. This was a good opportunity for them to meet Wahabu, though it might not be so easy to get them all together. And she would have to go and talk to Wahabu. She sighed.
"The Pridelands is a pride north of here," she described, "It's a large land with many lions, it would not be hard to find. If you did want to go and see him, I'm sure you could find your way no problem. I can help but I have to go take care of something first."
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:34 pm
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"My true name is not Pepo..I don't know what it is, each member of our pride has been given a name..like a cub's name, a pet name, our true names can only be reveled through journeying and finding ourselves," this was something he would never lose faith in. Although he knew the odds of actually coming back to his home lands...what he thought of as his home lands was slim, at least those that leave find themselves.
"Yes, the girls are gone, and it hurts..mama told me to keep them safe, and Shemshi..she left first we're all supposed to be secretly meeting up..but she wont know where to meet." so much new information and the realization that Shemshi may never be able to meet Wahabu, their father. It was all too much and his throat swelled a lump caught in it and he furiously fought back tears.
At her directions he could only nod and look away, this was his grandmother, something he never had and he did not want her to think him a weak baby.
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:43 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:03 pm
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