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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:58 pm
Finally her first time out and alone in many days. And yet she wasn't alone, she could feel his eyes on her from the distance. Or was this just paranoia working its effect? Either way it looked like running away was not going to be easy. Not only was the area not the least bit familiar to her but as she passed by the other members of the pride they were keeping an eye on her. It was clear it was not only Kwea that would be after her if she tried to run.
Kifaranga's paws lead her towards the lake and she perched herself on a rock in some shade to look over the water. It wasn't long before she begain to sob a loud she still wanted to go home, she wanted to see her sister again. But no, she was trapped her doomed to be a slave to this maniac Kwea.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:09 pm
 The sound of sobbing drew her, breaking her heart slightly. Amani paused as she saw the female, taking in her beautiful colors and how sad she seemed. She wasn't sure she should interrupt. Some liked to be alone when they cried. But it didn't seem very nice to just leave her like that. "Hello?" she said hesitantly from behind the lioness. "Are you okay--well, obviously you're not okay, but--is there something I could do to help?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:43 pm
Kifa gasped jumping a bit she no longer liked anyone to approach her from her from and of her blind sides. She moved to face Amani her Rainbow eyes sparkling with tears.
Though she hated it her mind raked through the rules that had been laid down for her. That counted as being spoken to yes? Or was that rule only applied to Kwea.
"You are right I am not ok, but no unless you can help me escape you can't help me. I want to go home." Kifa whined to Amani ducking her head into her paws. "Are you a prisoner to?" She asked through her paws.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:19 pm
"I see," Amani said, inwardly sighing. Some of the pads were not nearly as sweet as her own, she knew. And as much as it was sensible to bring in new females, to stop from inbreeding, it was still often hard on them. "I am a beybanu," she said slowly, moving to the other lioness's side. "That means I have a male that is in control of me. But I am not a prisoner."
She hesitated, wondering how to proceed. "I'm sorry that you feel like one."
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:48 pm
Kifa sniffled listening to the lioness before her. She was her move with weary eyes, it had been days since she had interactions with anyone other than Kwea and she found herself fearful and untrusting. She wiped the tears from her rainbow eyes with her green paw.
"Beyba what?" Kifa questioned she had heard Kwea toss the word banu around but she just figured it meant slave or something. "What's the difference? You can't leave, you've got to do what the male says! That sounds like a prisoner to me. I've got a pride and family but I'm being kept from them. Here...where ever we are. And if I try to leave, he will hit me again. And last time he hit me I didn't wake up till I was here!" Kifa whimpered thinking about it made her head hurt again. Had this lioness beside her been brain washed? Would that happen to her too? "How can you not feel like a prisoner? He even wants me to sing on command! I just won't sing for him there is just no way!" She hissed thinking of the things she would keep. He could not make her love him and she would be damned if he thought she would sing for him.
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:42 pm
"A pad," Amani said slowly, "is a male that has many females. They have two different classes, the beybanu, which is the head female, and the banu, which are the others. I wish," she said slowly, "that I could tell you otherwise, but I'm afraid that it is far too dangerous to try and run away." She really was sorry for this pretty little lioness.
"You know, though," she said after a moment, "if you treat him kindly, he will most likely be kinder to you. If you rebel too much, you could be hurt, even killed. It isn't easy, this pride."
She hadn't thought too deeply about it before, having always been under the protection of her brothers and the kind pads she had been given to.
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:54 pm
Kifa sighed wiping away what was left of her tears. She had cried so much she should take this little bit of freedom and enjoy it for now, if she could.
"I treat everyone kindly, he didn't even give me a chance. He stalked me like meat, caught me, then took everything I know and love away." She looked out into the distance. "He's cute if he had done it the traditional way and had been kind who knows, but not this way I'm not an object....If I'm nice to him do you think there is a chance I'll ever see my family again? I don't want to be killed trying to run away. I doubt I would make it back anyways. I wouldn't know the way and I've never hunted by myself. I'm sorry I'm rambling, but I'm still scared and I don't want to stay her. Thanks for calming me down. I should be enjoying my freedom time.....even though I do feel Kwea's eyes on me even now."
Kifa looked back to the water for a moment before speaking again. "My name is Kifaranga by the way or you can call me Kifa if you so choose to be my friend. I need one..." Kifaranga looked up to Amani with hopeful eyes. The lioness seemed to be kind and sympathetic.
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:22 pm
"I would very much like to be your friend," Amani said with a gentle smile. "I can't promise he'll take you to see your family. I really wish I could. But I can help you with your hunting until your pad gets more banu. And if you know that you're not an object, you can show him that as you try to see the good in him. I know there must be some, at least, since he does appreciate beauty, right?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:07 pm
Kifaranga smiled with a friend she felt she could deal with things here.
"What may I call you? I would like that very much I've only ever hunted for large prey with other lioness....How? He just wants me to be his pretty song bird sitting quietly in her cage till told otherwise. I can only hope you're right, if I'm stuck here I can only hope he'll change his ways towards me slightly." Kifa sat up and fixed her fur with a few quick licks. She took in a deep breath determined to act as though she hadn't been crying. "What's your...pad?..like?" Kifa asked hoping she was using the right words.
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:18 pm
"My name is Amani," she said. "And my pad is..." She thought about it for a long moment, wondering how to put it without seeming to brag. "He's very kind to me," she started out. "But he sometimes seems, well, adorably clueless. It can, I'll admit, be a bit trying at times, and sometimes I have to remind myself that he isn't from around here. But he's sweet, and gentle, and I do love him very much," she admitted.
She looked at the other female a bit sadly. "I wish that all pads were like my own, but that can't be the case. I can only try my best to help the banu of pads that don't have it as good as I do."
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:44 pm
Kifaranga sighed a bit, so not only was she captured but her pad was not as nice as the others. Though maybe it was cause she wasn't doing as she was told. Would he really treat her kinder if she behaved? Or was this all part of the brain washing? Or could she really learn to like it here. She...did want cubs and no male ever seemed to take notice of her in her own pride.
"I see....I guess I'll just have to learn to live with it and hope that one day I might see my family again. Any tips on sweetening my pad, I hate following his orders but if I can do something as a surprise or something perhaps it won't feel like I'm being forced?" Kifa asked twitching her tail.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:09 am
"Maybe," Amani said slowly, and a bit conspiratorially, "if you imagine that it's you courting him rather than him courting you," she told the other lioness. "Bring him gifts, sing for him, try and make him love you. Then you'll have a very handsome pad for yourself! You did say he was attractive, right?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:54 pm
"Yes, maybe I can do this...even if I don't really want too....." Kifaranga's ears flicked forwards, Kwea was calling for her. "I best be going....Thank you Amani. Come visit me sometime and I will see if my pad will allow me to visit you as well." Kifa said trying to smile the best she could. Amani had managed to cheer her up at least a little bit. "Bye Amani." She replied before hopping off and following the sound of Kwea's voice. Following his command felt just a little easier this time.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:45 pm
"Goodbye," Amani said, a little too quietly and a little too late. That poor girl, she couldn't help but think. She would have to do her best to make the transition easier on her.
Sometimes, though, sometimes she wondered if what this pride was doing wasn't... just a little too brutal for some. Then she stopped herself, guilty for the very thought, and headed back for her den. Back to her loving, gentle pad.
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