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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:58 pm
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It had been a while since Ndoto found himself wandering the rogue lands. In fact, he hadn't been here in years. His new home with the Nchi was more than he could have ever asked for and he wouldn't leave it for anything. Things had been getting a little hairy lately, though, with whispers of a lion-hating group of animals that had killed just at the edge of their pride. A new group of lions had been brought in for protection, but lots of the lions still were wary.
Ndoto, however, knew that life would toss whatever it wanted at him, and fighting lions or no, things would happen to him. He hadn't seen much of his friend Nantale as of late, as her queenly duties were suddenly swamping her with work. He didn't blame her for being scarce: she had had a hard enough time without this new danger and grumpy lions on her paws.
Letting out a quick breath, his poofy mane blew up out of his eyes for a few moments. He needed to take a little vacation from home, so he was doing just that. The rogue lands never failed to present him with something new and exciting, and he was counting on the vast expanse of savanna not to let him down again today.
Humming a little tune under his breath, he began to sing snippets of the song he had recently taught a bunch of young cubs. It was an easy, catchy tune, one that even someone who was tone deaf could pick up on easily.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:35 pm
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Zehoret was looking for materials,.
Looking for something to be good at wasn't easy and the female often was at a loss as to what she might be good at as suxh a small and frail lioness, but she did findshe played with wood sharpening her claws and it had placed ideas in her head, and so she risked health and misfortune to try locating a nice large stick she could carry. It wouldn't need to be too big, but she wanted to make something pretty, and she wanted to experiment, and it needed space.
The pale female moved deftly, looking around curiously as she walked, ears flicking as she did before the female stretched, considering a break before a sound caught her ears, and she blinked, paling and huddling. Has she intruded in territory?
"H...Hello?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:12 pm
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Ndoto was bobbing his head to a beat only he could hear, taking turns to sing in different voices. The song called for the female cubs to sing one part and the male cubs to sing the other, so he went back and forth between a high and low voice. In the silence that followed - where the drummers would usually have a solo and the cubs would dance - he heard a very soft voice from somewhere to his left and behind him.
Turning around, he was surprised to see a pale lioness cowering behind some rather tiny shrubs. They must have hidden him from view, but he could see her through them. She looked absolutely terrified! The poor thing.
"Ah, hello," he said cheerfully, moving around the shrubs so she could see him. He put on his friendliest grin and bobbed his head in greeting, his fluffy mane bouncing with the movement. "I'm so sorry, my dear, I didn't mean to scare you. Please don't be frightened." At least, he assumed it was he that had scared her. There was no one else around, just him, doing strange voices and singing songs to no one in particular.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:44 pm
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My, but she was small. Ndoto had thought at first it was just because she was cowering, but now that he was in front of her it was apparent just how tiny she was. That didn't bother him, though. In fact, it made him feel sorry for her. No wonder she was scared! A lion such as him, rather large and looking even larger with the poofy mane, wandering around and talking to himself...sheesh. He would have been scared too!
Laying down on the ground so as not to loom over her, he gave a little shake of his head. "If you are, then I am, too. I'm just out for a stroll," he said with a comforting grin. "My pride is a decent walk back in the direction I came from, but our borders don't extend this far. I'm pretty sure this is unclaimed land," he added, sniffing the air experimentally. There was no scent of lions other than them, though, so he was fairly confident in his statement.
"I'm Ndoto, by the way," he said, offering his name to ease her worries a bit more. "And I promise, I'm about as tough as a field mouse. No need to fret."
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:26 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:07 pm
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As the lioness opened up a bit, Ndoto gave her a wide grin. Good, she didn't seem as scared anymore. Letting his tail flop from side to side in an almost cub-like manner, he tilted his head and glanced off behind her.
"Ooh, I didn't know there was a pride out there," he said, genuine interest in his voice. "I'm not sure I could live in a desert...I know I'd probably blend in really well out there, but all that sand...." He trailed off, shaking his head. No, he much preferred the dirt and grass and water his own pride offered. The feeling of sand between his toes was bad enough, but thinking about a sandstorm blowing it all in his fur and mane and eyes and nose and mouth...ick.
When the question about the song came up he quickly forgot about desert storms. "Oh! It's a song from my pride," he said with a little nod. "One for cubs, so they can learn the ways of the dance and how to sing, should they so choose. It's a nonsense song, really...but it's fun."
Tilting his head a bit, he gave her another smile. "Could I ask for your name, miss? So when I go home to tell my friends and my brother about what I did, I can say I made a new friend."
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:54 am
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Ndoto turned his attention to the stick as Zehoret balanced it on two rocks, letting her work with it without holding it. His eyes widened in surprise as her claws slid over the wood, making little curled shavings in their wake.
"Wow...that would be great if you could figure it out!" he said, looking up with a grin. "I knew a lion in my old pride that could carve wood, but I never knew how he did it." Wood carving was certainly a rare skill, and if she could master it...well! He'd have to find her again and see if she could carve him some things. For a price, of course. He wouldn't want her to work for nothing.
"I had to create paint for my pride," he added, remembering the job not too long ago. "It's great for stone, but perhaps I could refine it to use on wood. Then you could paint your creations, too!" He wasn't that good of an artist, even though he had figured out the proper ratio of clay to pigment to water, but put in the paws of the proper lion, he was sure whoever it was would be able to create amazing things.
"But first you should figure out the secret of carving. I'm getting ahead of myself," he said with a light laugh.
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:55 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:11 pm
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SilverLutz Sounds good, want me to ping links or? I'm entirely missing her throwback info. help these two are cute.
Zehoret nosed the shavings to him, beaming.
"I'd like that, and besides we can always practice when we meet, too." The female nodded. "I need to travel out to find wood, so it isn't hard to meet if you'd like."
Yes, this was a brilliant idea and Zehoret beamed, wiggling. "I should take the wood I have home soon, though, but I'll try to keep hold of the shavings. Imagine when they dry!"
Maybe she could bring them to him in skins, or something!
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:26 pm
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"Very true," Ndoto said, taking the little scraps that she had made. He tucked them into his mane, figuring they wouldn't fall out since it was so poofy and there weren't that many yet. He could experiment with them and see where they best made noise. In a gourd, perhaps, or a hollowed out bone. There were lots of possibilities.
"Yes, don't let me hold you up," he said with a laugh. "I should be heading back anyway. Don't want anyone to worry about me."
NovaCracker Yeah, you can send me her links/cert/uncert/all that fun stuff, and any throwbacks you can find X3 Ndoto just has one, his brother XD
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