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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:14 pm
The two dark males were an unlikely pair, but it worked somehow. The other may have been completely mad, in Nyoge's eyes, but he was controllable. To an extent... he certainly wasn't predicatable but... ah, what could he do? The other male had also alerted him to the bone lands, to the pack here... Nyoge cackled as he moved on. Yes, this would all work out perfectly. He could feel it.
Or maybe that was the fleas again? He snarled and cursed, sitting a moment to scratch at his neck with his hind paw. "Damn little bugs!" He cried out, then jumped up and nipped at Saar as he was passing. "Hold it, where the hell is this place? I thought you said it was close?" Though just as he spoke he realized that ahead of them he could see a large skeleton. Had they really come into the pride without Nyoge even noticing? No matter.
"Bah, shut up." He added, not wishing to hear Saar spew madness. His eyes glittered when he saw a mouse scurry through a few bones in the distance. Yes, this would be good.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:52 pm
 Saar was bouncing behind Nyoge. Somehow the two had managed to become travel partners on the way to the graveyard. The storm hyena had mentioned the pack before hand, and Nyoge had wanted to go. Or, that was at least was Saar assumed. He really didn’t listen to the exact words that came out of the other male’s maw. In his mind, it was “Let’s go there! We will be best buds foreva and eva!” During their travels, he would always comment on this plate of grass, or even how blue the sky was. He’d ask the other a quest like “Have you ever done so-and-so with a lady” but would always answer for him like “Of course not! You’re not that silly!” Where his head was most of the time, no one could really guess.
The hyena stopped bouncing, tilting his head. “Hey Hey Hey! I said it was close. It is close. Got it?” he snapped, before his prancing steps continued. Saar quickly hurried his steps, rubbing up against Nyoge with a small cackle, before racing off. “Oh Nyoggeee. Come catch meee!” he sung, tripping over a large bone half stuck out of the ground.
They were theeeerrreee!
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:09 pm
Anything to-
One of her ears decided to swivel in the opposite direction as a new sound breeched the silence of the graveyard and she raised her head in said direction for a few moments, remaining perfectly still till the sounds became more apparent. That was a conversation...but it didn't sound like any of the pack members she knew.
Muzzle wrinkled and pre-emptively readied, the female trudged herself over bones and grayed dirt to a small ledge that overlooked the pair of males. Rogues? It smelled like they were and she'd never seen them before. Great. Just great. Oh well, time to go 'make acquaintances' and such...
As Saar ran forward and incidentally, tripped, over a large bone, she took it as her cue to jump down with a loud and heavy 'whud' as she met the ground before turning her sights on the pair as a low and warning growl rumbled from deep within her chest.
"You boys lost?" She asked, eyes never leaving either of them as she kept her defensive posture.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:29 pm
Nyoge probably would have hated Saar if he was just one way or the other, but it seemed that his moods were so often mixed up and the nonsense that poured from his maw made him more amusing instead of annoying. Nyoge thought the other hyena was rather stupid, and stupid was good to a point. It meant he could use Saar... well maybe. Saar wasn't very... predictable. Besides, Nyoge didn't have to interact much with Saar if he didn't wish to, the hyena did all of the talking. For both of them. At first it had really pissed Nyoge off, but after a little bit he realized it was actually quite good. Saar would ask him some ridiculous question he didn't feel like answering and not a moment would pass before Saar would supply some even more ridiculous answer himself. Which meant the other didn't really know a damn thing about Nyoge, and that was always much easier than lying.
He snarled when the other snapped at him though, that sort of behavior would not do. All in good time, Nyoge thought. He'd just make it so, one way or another. He shuddered as the other brushed up against him and shoved sideways, and almost fell as a result of his male companion bolting forward. Nyoge cursed and thought about chasing the b*****d just to snap at his face or maybe bloody him just a little, but when the moron suddenly tripped forward and thudded to the ground he found himself cackling in amusement. Ah, he should just let Saar have his idiotic fun.
The laughter died the instant the female landed near his sudden partner in crime and the fur on the back of his neck seemed to fluff up; he was trying to look better. Nyoge swayed forward gracefully, much more graceful than Saar could ever be he though. He moved until he was standing next to the other male, and he'd approached slowly as to not give the female any ideas. "Lost?" He smirked, shaking his head softly. Why it was amusing he wasn't sure, maybe it was because they weren't lost in the least. "This is the boneyard, isn't it? Then I'd say we've arrived at our destination." He glanced to his companion and frowned, suddenly thumping him in the head with a paw. "Get up." He hissed quietly to the hyena, because he'd still been laying there.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:35 pm
The dark colored hyena laughed maniacally with his face in the dirt. He didn’t look to see what he tripped over, but seeing the impression of his face in the ground was just hilarious to him. He almost missed the ‘thump’ of the female hyena hitting the land. She had asked if they were lost, causing him to look up from his imprint in the ground. They weren’t lost! Saar knew exactly where he was going! He giggled slightly, still resting on the ground. “Oh noooo. We’re not losttt! We’re heeeeerrrreee!” He chorused, glancing down at his face in the dirt, laughing once more.
But at the paw hitting his head, he stopped, glaring at Nyoge. A low growl guttered from his throat, a warning to Nyoge that would probably go unheard.
His attention turned towards the gray female sporting the purple mane and tail. “Of course this is the bone yard. See this!” he picked up the large bone he had tripped over. It was heavy, but not big enough for him not to pick up. “Boooonnnnneeess” he said with a mouth full. Saar spit out the skeleton piece, licking his lips to rid the nasty tasting dirt from his mouth.
“I think she lives here,” he thought out loud, just stating the obvious to those around him.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:17 am
The female, ever steadfast and stubborn as most of her kin just continued to stand there in her defensive position, ears flattened and the slightest glimmer of yellowed teeth showing past the lips of her muzzle in a small warning before she got the information she'd wanted out the pair of them. Eyeing the light maned male with a soft wrinkled sneer on her muzzle before she raised her head and peered at the pair of them.
Hyena's or not they were still rogues and therefore intruders until seen as otherwise and these two could very well have been from another pack.
And that wasn't a good thing at all. Unless they were seeing to shift loyalties. She'd better make sure.
"And what, praytell, do you want in the bonelands? Because if it's a free round of bone picking, you boys will have a hard time scavenging off of our land." Another blunt accusation, but it was her right to do so and she continued to keep her stance despite the elevated head. Keeping an eye on the odd male who scuffled about in the dirt and gnawed on the bones, arching a brow at the....energetic way he presented himself.
After a moment of staring she turned her attention back towards the green eye'd rogue with a slightly questioning expression.
"Is your...friend...always this 'exciteable'?" She didn't know a nicer word for 'idiotic' but her tone certainly carried the sentiment.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:06 pm
Nyoge ignored Saar for the most part, already very used to the male even though he'd only spent a few hours at most with the insane hyena. He didn't feel threatened when his companion growled at him, he ignored that to. Honestly he probably never would feel threatened by Saar. Unless this all proved to be some sort of act... then Nyoge would have to rip the other's throat out with his teeth. His lips curled slightly into a twisted smile at the thought of all the blood splattering to the earth.
"Ah, certainly not. We just got through with some scavenging a little while ago, it was a good find too. Rotting, but... well I always say that adds some extra spice to the meat, hmm?" He said, then cackled at his 'joke'. When she asked her second question he was grateful, it gave him some time to think. Nyoge spared a slight glance for his companion and snorted. It was like letting some half-brained child run wild while the adults spoke. "Ah... yes, I am afraid so. He's rather special" Oh, if only Nyoge knew how special. "I'm his watcher, his guardian if you will." Here his voice dropped slightly, trying to make it harder for Saar to hear. He wasn't sure if the moron would give away his lies or not.
Ah! Hadn't there used to be a pack around these parts? He looked slowly around. No, she seemed to be the only hyena besides he and Saar. "We were hoping to find a pack... Saar should not really be traveling so consistently. It would do him good to have a ... home of sorts." He smirked slowly, thinking it all sounded very plausible. "I'd heard that the graveyard once held a great pack of hyena, a powerful pack... I suspect it was just rumors though from the look of things." He placed a carefully constructed look of disappointment on his maw. Actually, he really would be disappointed if there was no pack to be found. He was so sick of being alone. And having nothing. It was so pointless.
"Ah, forgive me. That's Saar." Obviously. "And I fancy myself Nyoge." Now, to figure out who she was. He didn't ask for her name, but he did expect it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:29 pm
Saar’s ears perked at the female’s question. Why were they heading there? He decided to ask Nyoge now. “Ohh Nyooooogeeee! Why are we here?’ He asked, gazing back and forth between both his traveling ‘companion’ and the female. And back and forth…and back and forth. He expected the answer now! He didn’t care who answered him, even though he had addressed it at the other male, he just wanted to hear it.
And Nyoge did answer thankfully, before Saar had managed to come up with some excuse on why they were there. “Ohhh Nyoooogeee gives me all his carcasses, as long as the eyes are gone! We don’t need food,” the dark colored hyena sat on the ground, rubbing his belly, “Saar is very full of rotting flesh!” A shrill cackle echoed in the bone lands. Obviously he found this quite funny. You would only expect those of the dead to be filled with the rotten flesh, but since Saar was living….Well, you can try to understand his logic, it may not get you very far.
“Ohhh! A pack! So I can be with more like Nyooogeee!” Saar liked to elongate the male’s name. He thought it suited him just right! “OF COURSE we can be with more like Nyooogeee!” he grinned, bouncing around behind the two hyenas. “I like being around other hyenas. Except when they steal my food. Nyoogeee almost stole my food, but he made Saar a deal, so Nyooggeee and I are BEST FRIENDs!” another laughter erupted, halting as he stared down the bone-laden land.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:00 pm
Watching the pair the females expression had become unreadable for the most part, almost bored with them as this 'Nyoge' explained the reasoning behind their intrusion. So they were rogues...and she could highly believe the specialness behind Saar as the bouncing male circled them and she couldn't help but stare at him for just a moment. She didn't want to be taken -too- unaware by this pair of roamers.
On the subject of the pack, her large ears flicked forward and she gave a slightly derrogitory snort at the green eye'd male.
"The 'once great pack' still remains, what's left of it, our Alpha female has gone missing and we've barely had any pups in the past moon or so." She barely saw any youngsters, unless they were hiding from the 'big scary lions' or something like that. Little whelps should toughen up if they were going to get anything more than elephant scraps around here.
"You're both currently on the outskirts where I've been scouting out more den territories and keeping those who might steal them -out-." This was aimed rather pointedly at the pair of them, despite their interest in joining she liked to test the waters so to say if they had what it took.
When the names were presented, she was about to answer hers before the laughter interupted her, watching Saar closely. Great. So not only special, a nutcase aswell, with a slight grumble and a shake of her head she stared back at the only coherent one of the pair.
"Mauti." She finally answered. "And if you want to join you've atleast gotta have some sort of talent, I see so far you're good at looking after pups, but what about food? Can you hunt? Can you fend off lions and any other beasts?...Can your best friend do the same?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:42 pm
What was this? What was this! Nyoge's ears perked ever so slightly upward when he heard that the alpha female was missing. So what of... her ah- partner? But Nyoge would not ask, could not ask. But the ideas of grandeur and power were already sprouting and taking root in his skull, a pack in shambles was still a pack! It was just all too bad it was the female alpha missing and not the male, as he'd been known to charm a lady or two in his past. Ah, that would be the best scenario. He would work with what the gods had so obviously given him though. Yes, he definitely liked Saar. As stupid and insane as he may have been, he had also been his ticket to something more. At least, one could only hope. He chose not to comment on the missing alpha though, not sure he'd be able to contain the delight in his voice.
"More den territories for... the lack of members being born into your pack? What aspirations!" And he didn't sound the least bit sarcastic, though he might have liked to. Instead he pushed a tone of respect into his voice, hoping it would come off more as that he was very surprised and fond of the fact that she still worked hard for her pack. What was left of them. "But again, we're not looking for a place to steal my dead, simply looking for a place to belong." He smiled at this, finding his dialogue to be quite pleasing. Yes, he could sell himself to this female, and then to the alpha. If there even was a male alpha... perhaps the female had never taken a mate before going missing? Ah, delightful, delightful indeed.
Nyoge winced slightly, Saar would be a much harder sell to the female, that was obvious. But he was fondly attached to the weirdo. "That's right Saar, the best of friends." He called over, smirking slightly. He looked back to Mauti, dipping his head slightly. "Well Mauti, it's a pleasue." He made himself chuckle about her little quip involving pups, glancing again to Saar. Talents, huh? Nyoge thought he had quite a bit of acting talent, but best not advertise that. "Saar, come here." He called, suddenly demanding. "Come tell this nice hyena about your talents." Though what those talents could be... best talk the bumbling fool up a bit, maybe.
"Lions you say?" He glanced toward her, a sneer entering his voice. A hyena's sworn enemy from birth, the Nyoge had never had much trauma involving lions in his past. "I once tricked a pair of females into giving me their kill, if you can call that a talent." He boasted, though this was hardly true. They'd been fighting when he'd come upon the fresh kill and the (thankfully just) two females, and so caught up in it he'd made off with almost a full leg of their zebra. Ah, that had been a sweet victory. "In any case I find myself rather adept at hunting, and lions... lions only scare me a little." Here he was again trying to jest, and hopefully it was obvious from the way he chuckled after. If you were not afraid of lions even a little you were probably better off dead! Nyoge thought that fear and hatred often ran hand in hand.
"Saar, are you going to tell her or should I?" Bumbling fool. He coughed and shrugged, grinning. "He'd rather good at scavenging, actually. In ways that in itself is more useful than actually hunting... is it not? When I first met Saar I'd only been away from my kill for hardly ten minutes... and I thought I'd hid it rather well. It was mostly rotten anyhow, most beasts leave the rotting dead unless starved, ney?" More chuckles. "But not Saar, no. He'd dug the rotting carcass up before I'd managed to get back to it..." He shook his head here and laughed again, letting her think for herself how long he'd known the other hyena. He had been trying to make it sound like they'd known each other for a long time, as that seemed the better thing to do.
"But he is useful. He'll do most of what I ask of him." Nyoge hoped so, anyhow. "Isn't that right Saar, you'll do the things your best friend asks you to?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:16 pm
“My talents you say?” he was turned his attention back to the male and female hyena. “Saar would loooooveee to tell you about his talents! Yes indeedy! Hmm what should I tell her about first? OH I should tell her about…Wait…no…That’s not a good one. HOW ABOUT….hmm no…” His steel eyes turned towards his best buddy. “Nyooogeeeee, what’s a good talent of mine?” Even though the two hyenas had not known each other for a long time, Saar insisted that Nyoge knew him well enough to answer for him. “You can answer!” He grinned, as he listened to the other male speak. A look of awe appeared on his face, before nodding his head quickly.
“OHH. Yes, I can scavenge! Saar can bring back food for other hyenas as long as they don’t have the eyes.” The male shuddered at the thought of bringing back a dead…whatever, with the eyes still intact. “Those eyes plague my mind…” another shudder, the giddiness and excitement gone from the hyena’s tone. If only Saar knew the reason for seeing those moments of the dead’s lives, he would have a lot more understanding of things. Well, maybe others would…Saar probably wouldn’t understand anything no matter how easily it was handed to him
Forgetting about the lifeless eyes staring into his soul, the hyena perked up. "Oh yes! Nyooogggeee gives me stuff if I do what he says!" It kind of defeated the purpose of being best friends though. "Cause Nyoooggeee and Saar are BEST of BUDDIES!"
Realizing there was another talent he could do, he quickly jutted out: “OH. Saar can fight too!” He moved into an defensive stance, staring straight at the female. “Want me to show you?” A smirk rested on his maw.
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:46 pm
Despite all the kissing up and...sheer insanity these to portrayed, Mauti found herself greatly amused by the pair of them if even in a condescending manner, even still, they were annoying at the same time and that showed as she sat herself down and beat her tail irritably against the ground to show her waning patience with the pair of them. The lavender limb of fur and bone kicking up a vast ammount of dust that had collected over the moons the skeletons around them had probably laid for until finally they dished out the information she'd been waiting for.
Still looking rather unimpressed for the most part, or atleast rather monotonous as to not give away any clue to if she would take them back to the pack lands or not. She'd already made up her mind ofcourse - but she wanted to see their mettle first hand.
At the comment on her den searching she rolled her eyes with a faint snort.
"Mostly looking for a den for -me-, but you never know when more of these little brats'll start popping up outta the ground and wanting claims to stake for their own." She commented bitterly, rolling a paw over a stray bone as she kept her eyes on the pair of them. Every now and then glancing at Saar and pondering what exactly went on in the male's head before looking back to Nyoge as he sold himself.
The lion comment made the female chuckle in an almost mocking tone.
"A little? Oh my, sounds like you still have a little pup left in you, Nyooooge." Extending his name as his slightly mental friend had with a crooked grin on her maw, then came Saar's turn and she had to admit, she was impressed.
Well, yes he was technically the most insane creature she'd come across as of late. And when you came from around here, that was saying something. But he seemed pretty fearless....weird....but fearless.
When he went into a defensive stance, the female perked a brow again before sizing him up, it would be so tempting to have a scrap...but she might've ended up being a bit too rough. She tended to do that. And they needed -able- bodied Hyena's to fight. Perhaps being a bit too capable of her own abilities and she gave another throaty chuckle.
"Perhaps later...if you two can provide more to the pack than a newborn than you're in, but it's probably better to take you into the packlands anyway so you can be under observation."
Turning she scrambled up the skull, hiding her smirk rather well with her back turned to them. She liked to toy with people. It was undeniably good fun.
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:54 pm
Nyoge's gaze flicked over the female. Maybe he should cool it a little, maybe he wasn't as charming as he thought? Bah, of course he was as charming as he thought. This female just had no taste, probably. But the bottom line? She was most certainly annoyed. He couldn't have that, no. Not with the plans he had in mind. Or... the beginnings of the plans. He grinned when she dragged her name out exactly how Saar had been doing it. For the past three hours, or even longer.. oh he should have never told Saar his name! "Oh? Well, being young at heart isn't half bad." He quipped, throwing what he thought was a rather charming smile at her. If she wanted to say he was a bit like a pup then fine, but he'd just twist it in his favor.
Nyoge's gaze jerked toward Saar and he snarled, paw darting out to shove the other male in the head. "Saar! Not now!" He hissed the words, wondering how the other's brain even worked like that. Offering to fight the damned female they were supposed to impress! Ah, but she seemed more amused then not. Which was good, Nyoge supposed. Still, he couldn't help but feel like he was being out-shined here, and he disliked that very much. How could that outshine him? His gaze regarded Saar skeptically and he rolled his eyes. Oh well, he liked Saar too... even if he was weird. Maybe that was what made him endear? Nyoge could act just as asinine! Gah... no, no he wouldn't.
He was growing bored with the meeting though, restless. He wanted to find a few good bones to gnaw on and perhaps a few little mice to play with. He was quite fond of their easily snapped bones... His ears perked at Mauti's words and a smile curled his maw. Yes, this was good. He still hadn't learned much about her, but there would be time. "Well, I am rather fond of others looking at me. Why shouldn't they? I'm a rather dashing hyena." Nyoge boasted, and almost laughed at himself. He didn't though, he held the laughter in because suddenly he was seated and itching with his hind foot again. Damn fleas! He was not nearly as full of himself as those words might lead one to believe, not in that sort of sense anyhow. "Do you hear that Saar, we get to be observed." He could not help the inkling of sarcasm that had seeped it's way into his rather cheerful tone.
He gave the other male a shove with his body before he followed after the female. Who knew, maybe they would find out if this pack had a male alpha sooner than he though... yes, life was becoming good now. "And how long must you observe us?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:47 pm
Saar couldn’t help but laugh as Mauti elongated Nyoge’s name. “Aha! She calls Nyoooogeee the same!” A slightly crazed look in his steel color eyes could be seen, but who wouldn’t expect something with the insane hyena. His ears pinned back as his companion. “You tell me to say my talent, and I offer! Not you say not too?” his tone was almost high-pitched, sarcastic even. “Make up your mind!” He growled, snapping at Nyoge. But it didn’t last long. Saar’s ears perked up quickly, his feet shuffling in place. It was like he needed to always be moving; he couldn’t stand in one place for just very long.
“Observed?” as if time froze, so did the darker male. He turned his head slowly towards Nyoge, like a murder spotting his neck victim. He inched up to the male, eyes wide. “Like this?” he stated, his face getting closer to the other, just barely able to feel each other’s breath. A paw slowly raised from the ground, as he poked Nyoge on his nose. A burst of laughter ensued afterwards, Saar falling to the ground.
As Mauti turned to leave, the laughter died, and Saar seemed rather bored. He was about to ask if they should follow her, but at Nyoge’s rough shove, he decided to. Now he could explore the land of bones!
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:33 am
Once the female reached the top of the skulls she glanced briefly down at the pair of them just as Saar did something veyr odd...again and for a few moments could just stare faintly in slight disbelief and, well, confusion as her stillness was interupted by a small flick of her tail. Maybe bringing these two into the pack wasn't the -best- of ideas, it was pretty clear that one of them was a lunatic and the other...the other just seemed slimy.
But here that could be forgiven.
Shaking her head with a slight groan she turned to face the pair of them as she eye'd them critically before offering a toothy grin with forced malice towards both of them.
"As long until we decide you're good enough for the pack, or good enough to be a snack."
Oh yes. She did love messing with some heads at times and this was no exception, tail practically wagging away she made her way over the skull and down the trail of bones to the center of the pack lands. Maybe they'd find a use for the both of them.
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