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 Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:48 pm
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Despite the fact she loved spending time with her family, Nurisha was getting restless again. The pale lioness felt a whimsical pull towards the borders of the pride and on a night like this, she couldn't help but swim the river and go wandering out in the grass lands. She missed Banjoko, her best friend, and had hoped they'd have met again by now. If they did, it as bound to be out here.
When she was younger she'd snuck out a few times to come here. Because of the environment here, with the water and the trees, there was always fireflies. It had enchanted her and she'd dance on her back legs, a chubby cub, to bat at them. A little ghost. A pretty young 'maiden'. Tonight however Nurisha just lay sphinx-like in the grass and watched them - she was older now, she'd lost the puppy fat and she had too much on her mind to 'dance'. Banjoko, her half-sister, and what she wanted to do with her life.
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:12 pm
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Malakai's paws picked through the soft ground, the smell of water, or moreso damn earth, filled his nose. Where was he now? He had no idea which was was north or south. The only thing that had kept him alive this far in his wandering was the training he had gone through as a younger cub. He almost felt like he missed home, the battlefield, the camps. Even though war was never pretty he had lost everyone and everything he had known. And now he was left to himself, for whatever the world wanted to deal him.
"Ick," he said, his paws finding the sticky parts of wet earth. It wasn't quite silky mud, but it was sticky enough that it got suctioned to his foot. Gross. He had no idea how to walk on terrain like this, and slipped his way to a dryer, more secure spot. "Whew."
It was then that he noticed the mini-floating suns all around. They illuminated small spots in the air, drifting around as if they had nothing better to do. They were almost mesmerising, hovering around him so his fancy markings glowed, and his black body could just been seen in their glow.
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:29 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:38 pm
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Malakai had not realized that there was anyone else nearby. It had been a while since he had come across any other lions, and none of them knew anything about where he had come from. How? As far as he had known, his pride and the other pride had been at war for ages over so little. So it seemed strange to him, something that swallowed up his whole memory, seemed to be unknown out here. It was something of a culture check for the young warrior.
His red eyes scanned over her form, though it was quick to judge her body language than anything. Training had brought that on, and he would decypher as soon as possible whether they could be considered combative or not. He took her as a negative, though, and relaxed just a bit. Hopefully she was alone, he didn't want to get ambushed.
"Evening," he said, returning the greeting. What was he to say? He was not used to what could be considered polite, or civil talk, and his mind flew through everything he could remember that his mother ever said to him. Pity that she did not live to see him finally take to the field, so his own memoires of her were molded into what he wanted to remember. All that was left was mostly praise and pride of him. Drats.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:43 am
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Malakai cocked his head to the side for a moment, before straightening himself up again. He noted that it was interested he was mistooken for someone. A small panic flew through his nerves, wondering if he was any bit close to home, now. But she did not look familiar, nor did the lands. And being who he was, he would of known the lands around his home. So no, perhaps it was just a genuine mistake, and no one nearby probably knew of his home.
End of the line? He could hardly believe it, if she was going to tell him to turn around. Ladies were never permitted to raise a paw for nearly anything at home, only if it was to discipline their own children. The idea of a female being a fighter was horribly foreign to him. He would not ask, though. He didn't want to provoke her.
"I am a traveler, yes," he said, his voice a little rough from travel. "Though not by choice." He shifted the weight on his forepaws for a moment, letting the odd term 'kusini' fill his mind. "I do not know what these Kusini lands are that you mention, miss. Am I intruding on something dangerous?" Perhaps he was, he hadn't a clue.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:37 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:02 pm
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The black lion did feel a small sense of reassurance from her, because he did not mean any harm. He would only ever mean harm on the pride that his own was warring against, but that must be hundreds of miles away. He sighed, just thinking about it. He would never see her again, either. Malakai was certain that they had already presumed him dead, another casualty to their great war, and would soon forget him. All, but perhaps his parents. They too had lost many children to the war, so it honestly wouldn't surprise him if they did too, eventually forgot about him.
But back to whatwas in front of him.
"Hail from? My home must be so far away, I have no clue as to where I am now." He tried to avoid the name, just in case he found sympathisers to his enemy. You never knew just how far their influence could have spread. "But it is much more northern from here, western as well." Hopefully she would not directly ask for a name. He wouldn't know what to say then, but he was being a bit broad.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:14 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:20 pm
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Malakai's ears swiveled forward at that first part of what she had said, but soon he let his ears flop back to their normal position. Not as far. No, he'd probably never be able to return. Well, he would have to resign himself to that. He didn't know where home was, and no one else probably did.
The adolescent sighed, letting his eyes sway downwards to stare at the ground below him. He was upset, and though he didn't want to show it, he couldn't help but show a bit of sadness.
He perked up a bit, though, when she began to speak to him again. "Banjoko? I'm sorry miss, but I've never come across any other lions in my wandering. You're the first in a very long time, and it's refreshing to see a pretty face."
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:06 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:09 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:51 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:20 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:40 pm
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