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Trying for: Pup 3 then cub 3
Name and Meaning: Mkali'mawazo (Bright mind in swahili)
Future Rank: Carver
Please describe their personality: Lively and bubbly, she will always be energetic and adventurous. She can be a little wild and willful and doesn't really seem to notice the social boundary everyone else adheres to. She will befriend a snake just as fast as she would another wild dog. As an adult she will be a hard worker, but she will also play hard, often getting her siblings into trouble with one prank or another even after she grows to maturity. A bit of a 'punk' she is still however a family girl and will always stand up for what she thinks is right.

She discovers a skill with carving and enjoys creating intricate and interesting designs.. not that she will always enlighten you as to the meaning in her work...

RP Prompt Response:
Your cub/pup has just learned that not all their siblings are really their siblings! They are, in fact, two separate species - some of you are wild dogs like mom, and some are lions like dad. How does it react to the news?

It had been a pretty shocking afternoon, one that had started innocently enough with a question that had been on all their minds of late... Why had some of them been growing much larger than others? The answer had set the entire litter into a panic and each was now coping with it in their own way. ---- watched two of her brothers fighting over a stick not too far away. It seemed so normal, despite the revelation they had all suffered. They had been fighting over that same stick for three days now and while the insults had changed somewhat, from 'you are stupid!' to 'You are a stupid lion!', everything else was remarkable the same. Puffing out a deep breath the young wild dog dropped her head on her paws and frowned at her brothers. They were still her brothers! She had grown up with them arguing like this almost every day, and knew that if some stranger turned up, the brothers would be just as quick to defend each other as they had been to argue earlier.

Casting a glance to the side she eyed another youngster, this one was a leopon named Konani who she had befriended recently. The cub was big and burly for his age, surprisingly clumsy too and had two fathers. But he was so sweet and would always come say hello to her, and had frightened off a coupe of bullies when they had tried to pick on her while she had been snooping away from the den. If his less-than-typical family life didn't seem to bother him.. why should her unexpected family situation upset her? Why should anything change now when they had all been raised together from before she could even remember? Her brothers still acted like her brothers, and her sisters still bugged her on occasion. She still loved them all! Turning to look over at her parents she gave a tiny shrug and smiled widely.

Nope... nothing had really changed....


When your cub/pup is older, how will it feel about everything? Once she grows to adolescence she will go through a phase of asking 'why' and will come to understand just how different her family is. (Which she just hadn't thought to question as a younger pup). Her first crush will make her terribly awkward with the topic of her family, as she wont really know how to explain it to an outsider. But eventually she will learn that what others think just is not worth the heartache and if they can't accept her family for who and what they are, then she just wont bother with you.


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Trying for: Cub 1
Name and Meaning: Faraji (Comfort in swahili)
Future Rank: Shifter, due to his size
Please describe their personality: A bit of a gentle giant, as he is so much larger than several of his siblings, --- is very aware of his strength and the fact that he might hurt the smaller sisters and brothers in his family. This causes him to grow into a quiet and calm adult, one who uses his size (for he is indeed big even for a lion) to protect those smaller than himself. A total pacifist he enjoys simply watching over his siblings and parents and one day hopes to have his own female who he loves as much as his parents love each other. A total sap and a soft touch, he could easily be taken advantage of if it wasn't for his family looking out for him.
RP Prompt Response:
Your cub/pup has just learned that not all their siblings are really their siblings! They are, in fact, two separate species - some of you are wild dogs like mom, and some are lions like dad. How does it react to the news?

The news had been a shock, that was for sure, but it also explained quite a lot of things and answered a lot of questions he had been silently asking himself for some time now. In a way it was almost a relief to know why he was so much bigger than many of his siblings. He was not just a freak of nature, there was a real, honest reason why he and two of his siblings were so much bigger. Some of his siblings seemed to be upset or angry, but if he were honest, he was simply relieved. This was his family, it didn;t change how he felt about them, but it did help him feel more secure in his own skin, knowing that his size wasn't some mistake, but simply due to his unknown second mother.

Giving himself a faint shrg and a wry smile, he watched as his canine sister came racing towards him, chased by a feline brother. Chuckling he reached out and snagged her in his paws, tumbling her against his chest with a rumbly laugh just before he jumped over her and pounced his brother. Time to play 'hero'!

When your cub/pup is older, how will it feel about everything? He wont really be too worried about the whole thing, having accepted it as a kid ad loving his family as deeply as he does, he wont see any reason to change who they are.

Thank you so much! Congratulations to the other winners! I look forward to RPing with you. o3o <33

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee Thank you!!!! I've always loved the parents since the first contest. -Thinks they are just adorable-

Grats to everyone too!!!

Ah!!! Thanks so much!