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When her mother had first mentioned this little trip, Chazama had been quite adamant that neither wished to join nor did she care for meeting other cubs and juves. Of course, with her mother being the tenacious Dina, that argument didn't get her very far. So instead of being warm and cozy in their little makeshift den that would hardly fit anyone to begin with, the young girl was out here with all of this... this... horribleness. She had kept up with the group thus far, saying nothing and almost coming off as grumpy as she padded along at the back of the group of youngsters. Who needed excitement anyway? A nap would do her just fine-

She would have gone on to mentally complain about how much her paws hurt and how much she wished her mother were around- well sort of, Dina would be griping at her for something or other more than likely. A screech and the following chaos did not escape her, in fact Chazama was caught so off-guard that she had somehow managed to find herself scrambling in the opposite direction, realizing she was alone, bolting back to Buna, and eventually face planting to avoid other cubs. She didn't manage to see what was going on, but something scary had happened and that was enough for her!

Ooooh, as if it wasn't bad enough, the sky opened up and completely drenched her coat! And then it would make mud! Because to Chazama mud was one of the more terrible things to worry about. It would make her paws sticky and walking even worse. Never the less, she heard the orders of the two lionesses and grumpily made her way towards the large pale one- Ulaka? She wasn't certain if that was her name, but she'd follow her if it would lead to somewhere safe and warm.

Unusually obedient, Thuli weaved through a sea of siblings and ran towards the acacia tree, giggling happily as she reached the dry spot. The cub looked up with curious eyes but then a shiver ran down her spine and she shook violently, sending water droplets in every direction. She felt cold but not terribly so.

“Hurry, hurry!” she called out to no one in particular, grinning foolishly as she watched the other cubs and juveniles draw closer. Once again, her eyes seemed glued to the sky and its unruly clouds. “That bird is probably all wet now…” She wasn’t usually vindictive but that thought gave her some amount of satisfaction.

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The Acacia provided them some shelter, but the rain was relentless. It poured until it made the air chill, the ground thick and muddy. The tighter together they huddled, the warmer they stayed.

The clouds broke, a few hours later, as quickly as they had come. The late afternoon sun proved warm, if one could find a relatively dry spot to stretch out in and bathe in the rays.

A herd of elephants had moved in, pulling at some of the denser trees not far away. And the winds had finally changed. The smells of zebra, wildebeast, and antelope alike were strong in the air. They were scattered here and there, being as picky as they liked about where they drank.

Ulaka was getting restless. It was time for a hunt!

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The lions are all headed toward the smell of prey.

For your next post, before writing, roll 1-50. If you get 1-20, nothing happens. 20-30, An elephant stomps its foot at your character. 30-35, a baby elephant approaches your character. 35-50, and an elephant charges at the group.

And just for kicks, if Jovi rolls a 3, Chazama falls in a mudhole.
If anyone rolls a 2, or 22, something else happens; you'll just have to wait for the event post. ;D

Feel free to play an elephant until the group is past them.

This day just wasn't getting any better out here in the wilderness. It was messy, crowded, and wet! As much as Chazama liked to complain about anything she could manage to think of, she had to admit that underneath the tree with all of the bodies around was at least warm and somewhat dry. Not that she'd say anything of course, and the juve probably did still have her grumpy attitude displayed, but the feeling was there... deep down in that self-centered core. She actually counted herself lucky that her mother hadn't decided to come along, why if that were the case, she'd have Dina constantly on her rump about 'paying attention' and 'stop falling behind'. Ugh, her mother never quit!

So... shouldn't it be awesome and cool to be away from her? Chazama hadn't thought about it like that before, and when it occurred to her that this was the case, well, it was said that her smile grew three sizes that day and her pink eyes widened with an unfamiliar spark. As the group began to head out, Chazama was sure to bound towards the front this time. Taking just enough caution to skirt any yucky mud puddles, of course.

The rain stopped eventually, as it always did, and Buna had a good feeling about the upcoming hunt. All cubs were damp but accounted for and there was plenty of prey around. She met Umakas gaze and nodded. They were both experience hunters and wouldn't have to waste their breath talking hunting tactics. Body language was more important than talking at this point.

"Now would be the time to stay silent," she said in a low voice, addressing the cubs "And to keep out of the way."

The elephants caused quite the commotion among the cubs, but they were large and potentially dangerous animals. Buna had seen angered elephants kill cubs and seriously maim even full grown lions. As long as they weren’t perceived as a threat they would be fine, most likely. She started moving forward, her body held low to the ground.

Sekai had spent the entirety of the cloudburst huddled and shivering as close to the trunk of the acacia tree as she could get, staying away from all the others with their noisy games and wet fur. Her own fur wasn't any drier, but she didn't think of it that way. She knew with a certainty that she wasn't doing a very good job on this hunting expedition, but she couldn't help sniffling and occasionally whimpering.

The young male with them who had knocked her over seemed nice enough. He'd smiled at her even after she was such a stupid little whiny baby, and he'd been trying to be nice even before that, maybe. Would her mother be happy if she made friends with him? Probably not. Her mother didn't seem to like males very much. She always said they weren't trustworthy. But Laini was too young to count, right?

As the rain let up she moved toward the others, but they were mucking about in mud, and her mother would be furious if she came back covered in mud. Maybe if she just walked gingerly and kept her distance, she could talk to them from somewhere more solid and less muddy. She was just positioning herself to do that when Buna warned them to stay silent and out of the way because of the elephants. Sekai smiled to herself. Silent and out of the way were things she was good at.

Laini had stuck close to his siblings, chuckling at Ora's attempt at imitating the huge grey beasts. But as nothing else seemed to happen he was content to stick with the other youngsters and gaze up at the massive moving mountains as they slipped past. Once they had been deposited and the adults slipped away, Laini stood and shook the remaining dampness from his fur, glanced about to check his siblings were all relatively close by, then started to examining the area around him, sniffing at rocks and an old dry branch. He knew enough to stay put, but his cubby mind needed something to focus on.

Sekai knew she was supposed to be watching the older lionesses hunt and learning from their example, but really she was far more interested in watching the herd itself. She had never seen so many non-lions in one place at one time. There were so many, it seemed to her, it was impossible to believe the pride had been in danger of starving to death in the time before her birth. Yet her mother had told her that had been the case, and Sekai believed her mother wouldn't lie to her.

So despite her best intentions, the purple-eyed cub's attention wandered from the herd to the huntresses and occasionally to the other cubs. This probably was not going to be the most educational trip imaginable for her, but it was still an experience. It wasn't one she was sure she wanted to repeat though. A lot of it had been scary and wet and miserable.