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Are you the next top scorer? Is your footwork beyond compare? Can you stop any shot? Or are you looking to get together the best team this side of Kilimanjaro?

This is an ORP to try to get some teams together! We have a lot of players but no teams and we need teams in order to get some games going. A team consists of at least three players - one goalie, one defensive player, one offensive player - but you can have as many as you'd like. Ideally a team has two offensive players, two defenders, and one goalie, but since we're still growing as a pride, games will be structured around one of each type of player (unless both teams have enough to play with more!)

This is the perfect time for players to interact, but it is not limited to players alone. Anyone can join this ORP, and if you are looking to have a SoA join, this can be a nice introduction for them. Rouges are also more than welcome to join. If you don't have a rouge/a SoA you'd like to join the Kikombe, you can play as an unlined character.

Due to lack of interest this ORP has been cancelled.

It was that time of the year again. Taji took in a deep breath and grinned as he looked over the field where all the players in the pride were knocking shells back and forth with their paws. There were a few makeshift goals set up for the goalies to warm up in as well. This was a great time for mingling and chatting, as well as team-building. He knew there were lots of new recruits that were looking to get onto a few teams, and he could only hope there were enough spots for everyone. Otherwise...well...they'd just have to make their own teams! Rookies making up a team on their own wasn't a bad thing, of course, but it was always nice to have someone to show you the ropes.



Tenisi stood with his new teammates on the training field looking out at those that were playing. It felt great to be on a team and he couldn't have been more pleased with the two males that stood on either side of him. On one side was their captain and their defender, Iqhawe. He was the son of Taji and a pretty nice guy, if he did say so himself. On the other side was Aya, the excitable goalie. They had trained together and he knew the guy had heart, even if he was a little spazzy. He hoped there would be some other creatures showing up to play today, as they had yet to play as a team against another team. They had practiced together a few times, but now he was ready to take the next step.



Iqhawe's boisterous laugh echoed over the field as he sat beside his teammates. Watching the young ones play was always so amusing. They were still trying to sort out their legs and tails and they'd tumble over the shell more often than not. Ah, it was adorable! He grinned over at his father, wondering if Taji had watched his children play with the same amusement. Now he was much more coordinated, a force to be reckoned with. Of course, when he had been little, he had considered himself the greatest Kikombe player to have ever lived. He was far more humble now, but that didn't mean his competitive spirit had been taken away. Looking at his team, he flashed them a grin. They had approached him looking for a defender and a Captain and he had been more than happy to provide both.



Aya stretched and shook himself out, eager to impress everyone. He had thought about getting a team together himself, but there was so much that went into being a captain that it was a bit daunting to him. Thankfully Taji's son had stepped up to the plate, so to speak, and he was finally on a team. He looked at his new friends with a grin, still a little star-struck that Iqhawe was his Captain. The young lion still had some skills to learn, of course, but the fact that he was so confident and kind and competitive made the wild dog feel like they could do anything. He faced forward after that, eager to see what teams showed up to play with them. There were many, he knew, but some of them didn't bother to come to the exhibition today. Their teams were full enough as it was. Today was really a day for those without teams to get one, or to join existing teams.

Kala was happy that he was going to be able to find himself a nice team to join! He knew he was ready- his skills were primed and he was sure he could pull off a few sweet moves if need be. Of course, he had only tested that theory a few times, but that didn't mean anything! Even if he wasn't very good, he would be able to learn where he need to improve and go from there. There was really no 'losing' here. He loved competition, but more than that, he loved to learn and improve his own game in the process. This was the best of all worlds.

He grinned to himself and peered over his shoulder, looking back at his two children. They were now fully grown, and he was very proud to say that he'd had a paw in that. "Come on, you two," he chuckled lightly, "let's have some fun today!"


Madoa rolled his eyes at his adoptive father, though he couldn't keep himself from smiling all the same. His dad was good about improving the mood around him, even when he didn't mean to. He was a happy guy and he generally seemed to have a good handle on things, even if he seemed scatter-brained most of the time. Madoa, meanwhile, was much more intelligent and reserved than his father, almost coming off as calculating. But that mentality helps him see potential in others, to bring them to the pride.

"That's easy for you to say- we're just watching! You're the one who's going to be having all the fun! And you had better pick a good team to join, too, or I'll be really angry with you! Ifu will be, too! We don't want a sucky father, right Ifu?" It was his turn to look over his shoulder at his sister, who was bringing up the rear.


Ifuifu smiled at her brother. She was kind and gentle, and more than a little shy. That shyness had ebbed somewhat from when she was a pup, but it still seemed difficult to get her to speak up. Still, she liked her job in the pride and when it came to being a coordinator, it seemed as though she had found her voice. She watched her father and her loud brother, giggling faintly to herself.

"I don't know if I will be mad," she offered lightly in response, "and I certainly won't think my father is sucky! You should be nicer to father, Madoa! He will join a great team, I'm sure of it." She smiled warmly and jumped forward to catch up with her brother and her father. Their family had no blood between any of them, but she couldn't have felt closer to either of them.

It was indeed her home.


Meanwhile, Aina was sitting off to the side, alone. It wasn't that she was unhappy to be there, or that she was shy, really. She was just watching and enjoying herself from her position. It was adorable seeing the kids play, and she knew they would be very dear to her heart.

She was there to make sure no one hurt themselves while they were playing. As a medic, it was her job to ensure everyone continued to have fun without it getting ugly or painful for the players. She knew they could get rough. They were all competitive animals.

So she was well prepared for messes, having brought all kinds of herbs and leaves with her to use to cover wounds and help them heal.

Evens are Cali, odds are Caj.





Cali, please select a prize from the three leopons. Caj, you get second pick. Thanks for showing interest! The other two will be given away by other means.

I'll take the green/white boy on the end. <3 thank you doing this!