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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:19 pm
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Masuko stalked through the pack's lands, making sure that everything was as it should be. She hadn't been as visible lately, and part of that worried her. A good leader was visible, approachable...friendly to a point. Was she faltering? She would never admit why she had been in hiding for a short while, as the future would expose it all...but still. She did not want to appear weak, but she also did not want to appear as if she didn't care for her members.
So, with a small scowl on her face, she walked around. It wasn't really exciting, but she made sure to not at those around here, to exchange gruff hellos, to expose herself to her pack. It was boring work, but she felt like she was towards the end of this tour for today.
She glanced over to see one last hyena, a male. He didn't seem to be in the middle of anything, but for some of her packmates....it was hard to tell. A few of them definitely were a little crazy, but as long as she kept them placated it was still another body to strengthen the pack. So...she should be nice, regardless of what he was up to right now.
"Everything good?" she asked, her voice sharp and short. It didn't necessarily mean to sound like an order, but it could be interpreted that way.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:25 pm
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The grey male looked up in surprise. He didn't see Masuko very often. She didn't have the temperament for bone collection (well, okay, she'd probably be thrilled to eviscerate a lion) and seemed to consider those who dedicated their lives to the ivory pieces a bit strange in the head.
"You'd think my collection's complete," Aneetz answered, gesturing to the neatly stacked and organized bones that took up almost all the space he called his own. "But while I can accurately lay out the skeletons for snakes, hares, a wide variety of birds, a warthog, and several meerkats, I don't have a single complete cheetah, leopard, or lion." He'd love to have a giraffe or an elephant, but those would be far too big for him to keep for himself. He did have a nearly complete antelope though...
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:32 pm
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Masuko snorted. Yes, they were weird, but it was hard to imagine the graveyard not attracting those who had a flair for bone keeping.
"Er..." Well, what was she to do? She doubted that it would cause much of a fuss for one collector to be unhappy, but these things never worked on a single case basis.
"I can assure you, you'll get a lion one soon," she stated calmly. Another battle may brew out, matter on how invasive those damn lions were on her pack's hunting grounds.
"A leopard or a cheetah..." Well, there was nothing against hunting one of those, unless it was sick. Her pack had to survive at any cost, and she wasn't against that. "Those may take a while."
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:36 pm
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Some of the subtext went over Aneetz's head...or beneath his notice.
"A lion? Really? A whole skeleton, just for me? Or would I be sharing with the rest of the pack?" The lighter hyena's attention was now riveted on his Alpha, as if she held the key to the world in her paw. He didn't want to seem too greedy or anything, but gods, a full lion skeleton would do wonders! It would be the talk of the pack, and his prized possession!
Okay, well, maybe he had heard the word "soon" and could guess a few things that meant. There were some new slaves around lately, and, frankly, a lot of packmembers weren't so concerned about the wellbeing of property. Sad, but a fact of life.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:48 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:51 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:07 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:28 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:31 pm
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