[PRP] Drum making 101: Finished!

[Yin-Bug]

Mawi waited for her mother near the circle, today was the day that she learned how to make her drum, the most important day of her life, after this she was off to the rouge lands to figure out her beat...

She couldn't wait.

"Coooommmeee ooonnn mmooommm." She said in a sing-song voice and she started playing with beats on the ground.  

[Light Atago]

Isithunzi ducked her head and squinted as she stepped into the sunlight outdoors. Today was Mawi's big day, she would get her drum and be out on her own for a little bit. Even if it was only a day or two that she'd be out, Isithunzi was still concerned. There were millions of things that could go wrong in the roguelands, but she didn't express any of these concerns. She hid them well, she didn't want Mawi to pick up on them and get nervous. She'd be fine.

She smiled and shook her head lightly at her daughter's calling. "I'm coming, I'm coming!" She said, smiling. Her daughters were already growing up! When she finally reached the juvenile, she asked, "So, you're ready? We have to go east, but still in our Pride's lands. We're looking for a gourde, you know what they look like," Isithunzi stated. She had a drum she took almost everywhere with her, though she didn't have it today. Isithunzi had decided to leave it in the cave, she had no need for it today. "If you know the way, lead the way," Isithunzi said with a tilt of the head.  

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"Mommy!" Mawi Mai grinned and ran over to her and gave her a nuzzle. "Thank you for wanting to teach me today mommy!" She stood back and puffed out her chest slightly, trying to be noble.

"Of course I am mommy!" She nodded. "Yep, I'll lead." She right away started walking east, she couldn't wait, she already knew what she wanted to apprentice under, her mother... She was proud of that.  

[Light Atago]

Isithunzi smiled as she padded along behind Mawi, just a little bit. "So, we're going to find gourds," she repeated. "Do you know how to pick out a good gourd?" She asked her daughter as she double-checked the heading. Yes, they were going the right way. There was a good place to find them there, and then she'd have to use one of the hides Isi had back at home. That, or she could hunt something down for herself, but the hides Isithunzi had were properly aged. She had those and the claws and teeth back in her den. Yeah, might as well used one of her more recent hides, that way Mawi'd get to prepare it herself, but not have to go through the hassle of catching something.

The pair crested a hill and ahead was the bunch of gourds. "Go pick one out, then we'll have to take it all the way back to the den," Isithunzi informed her, giving the girll a little nudge.  

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As Mawi walked she started thinking as hard as she could... Gourds... Hard brown? She was guessing in her head. As the came across the hill she smiled and started looking at the many that was there then she was nudged.

"M'kay mama." She nodded and headed down to where they were. She scaned over everyone smelling them everynow and again... Then she drifted to one. A Nice lightish brown, hard to. She gently picked it up and walked over to her mom and placed it between her paws. "Hows this one?" She asked with a wide smile.  

[Light Atago]

Isithunzi watched as her daughter trotted out and returned with a gourd. Isi tapped at it lightly with a claw, her nearest ear perked to catch whatever sound came. It was a good, deep sound. She nodded "It's got a nice hardness to it, nice color, good sound when you tap it," She wasn't entirely sure if the sound it made when tapped actually had something to do with the sound it would make when all set up, but she always did it anyway. She'd found that if she liked the sound of the gourd, she'd like the drum better.

"Can you carry it? I've got some undeveloped hides back in our den, and same for some teeth and claws for it," She informed, wondering if she needed to take the gourd, or whether her daughter would be too proud to have it carried for her.

She smiled down at Mawi. Just think, Isi had been afraid of them when they were born! She loved them so... And they were growing up so fast!  

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Mawi was very proud as her mother examined the gourd she picked. As she did she puffed out her chest just abit. "Thats great!" She giggled and pawed it closer to herself and smiled. "Of course Mamma!" She nuzzled her and gently picked it up.

"A' I lea'in?" She asked slightly muffled by the gourd in her mouth.  

[Light Atago]

"Sure Mawi," Isithunzi said brightly. Her daughter's joy was catchy, especially to Isithunzi. She could have ended up with cubs who wanted nothing more to do with her! Still, a fear crept into the lioness' mind. Her girls would both have their drums soon, but they'd also be heading out into the roguelands on their own. What else could a mother do than worry? There could be cub-nappers out there... She wouldn't follow them, and she would let them go on their quests, but she still would worry.

She gave her head a light shake to get those thoughts out. No need to worry about that, today was Mawi's day! They'd already picked out a pretty good gourde, half of the work was done! "We'll get to decorate it today too, you have any ideas on that part?" She simply expected a head-shake or nod, anything else might be difficult for the girl.  

[Yin-Bug]

Mawi Mai smiled and giggled a bit nodding her head. She was quite afraid to drop it.

Unlike her mother she was not worryed at all of going out. She was always quite happy to go out by herself when she got the chance, even though most of the time her mom did not know.

As she walked she moved her feet and would humm every now and again making a song like sound even though she was just messing around. Her mind was on trying to figure it out before she even left, even though she was sure that was impossible to happen.  

[Light Atago]

"You do that too, huh?" Isithunzi asked with regards to her daughter's double-tapping as she walked. Many would give Isi weird stares in her life for walking like that, but she never cared. She liked to make a song with her paws, apparently her daughter had picked up her knack for it.

"Alright, you wait here, I'll go get a good skin, alright? Or would you rather have me wait with your gourd and you can go pick a skin you like out of our den? It'd be best for you not to carry the gourd all the way up there," she added, knowing that her daughter would probably agree. Beyond that, she had no idea what Mawi would do.

Note to self: Move skins down to the drum circle, it makes life easier, she thought to herself with a light chuckle as she awaited her daughter's answer.  

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Mawi Mai smiled as she approched and looked at her mom. "Yup!" She said to her question about the double tapping. She sat back on her haunches and thought about the other question as she gently put her gorud. "That would be nice if you did mama." She smiled and nodded.


She smiled and thought about her journy as she waited for her mother to return. Mawi seemed to be a morning person some times. Today the sun was just starting to rise completly. She could her the twirping of birds, a wonderful sound, She knew if anyone bird knew the rythem of life.  

[Light Atago]

Isithunzi nodded and headed up to the den, watching the sunrise as much as she could as she went. It was a rare sight for Isithunzi, most of the time she was asleep at this hour. She smiled- the sun was rising on her daughter's day. She entered her den, grabbed a good-sized skin, and filled it with teeth and claws needed. She then headed back down the hill to where Mawi sat waiting.

Isithunzi, too, heard the birds twittering. She set the skin down beside her and sat next to Mawi for a moment, turning her pink eyes to them. "They have songs too. All the world has a song. All you ever have to do is listen." Her own mother had told her that, she felt it was wisdom worth passing down yet another generation. Isithunzi looked down and gave her daughter a bright smile. "So... Are ya ready? We're almost done! Only a little assembly required now!"  

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Mawi's attetion snapped from looking at the bird she smiled and looked down at her mother. "I know Mama." She smiled. "They are very pretty too. I'm glad we are not the only to belive in the song..." She looked down as her mother set down the skin and sat next to her. She smiled as a beadish decoration rolled toward her, she smiled and looked up.

Mawi puffed out her chest she grinned and looked up. "I'm ready Mama!" She giggled and looked at the skin. "Yup!"  

[Light Atago]

Isithunzi smiled warmly down at her cub before lowering herself more to aid in putting the drum together. "First thing you've gotta do from here is pierce some holes in the gourd, like so..." Isithunzi said, putting her claw to it and rubbing it around, starting to make a small dent. Before long, it was a hole. "See? You do the rest of them, about 7 more should do the trick. The holes are for these teeth and claws to go in to secure the drum head. Be sure to not make the holes too big, or the claws'll fit too loosely. Not to tight either, because you won't be able to fit them in, then." Isithunzi instructed. This was, by far, the hardest part of making a drum  

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Mawi huffed to herself as she watched, this sounded hard.She stared at it for a few moments, trying to figure out how to do that with out making to bid, or too little holes. Slowly she started putting the other seven holes in. She looked up at her mom with a wide grin. "There." She nudged the gourd a bit and puffed out her chest a bit, she was more that sure that she had it in perfectly. She sat back and waited for her mom.