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 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 6:57 pm
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 Dusk was the perfect time of day, in Shilah's opinion. There were very few things that he enjoyed more than sitting on a sun-warmed rock, watching the light slowly fade from the sky and the fireflies come out to play. It was so very relaxing. Also an excellent time for daydreaming, a great passion of Shilah's.
It wasn't that he didn't enjoy talking with others. He just preferred to listen. He liked to follow others, enjoying their exuberant stories, their grand jokes, their furious debates. He got just as much joy and appreciation out of it as they did. Maybe some of his friends and family thought that he was standoffish. Perhaps some others thought that he was a little dumb, a little slower than the others. But that was okay, it didn't bother Shilah. He was sure that eventually, he would find someone else who would understand how he felt. Perhaps then he would want to join in the conversation.
He stretched on his rock and luxuriated in a large yawn. The fireflies danced overhead and as the stars began to appear in the sky, he returned to his quiet musing. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:03 am
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Shilah was gently pulled out of his musings by a quiet voice. He glanced over, expecting to see one of his siblings come to fetch him or one of the other clan members. He was surprised to see a lioness that he didn't recognize, lit by the fireflies dancing around and the waning sunlight.
"Oh hello there," he replied with a shy smile. "Not at all," he hastened to assure her. Shilah was unfailingly polite and kind to others, a trait that he'd been teased about growing up from siblings and friends alike. Good-natured teasing, of course. He wondered what had brought her out here, but thought it too rude to ask.
"Please, feel free to join me," he said kindly. "It is a lovely spot to watch the sunset." |
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:19 pm
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AstoriaFallen
AstoriaFallen
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:35 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:23 pm
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AstoriaFallen Sorry for taking so long! I've been recovering from a vicious sinus and double ear infection. Finally finished with antibiotics and feeling better. Thanks for being so patient! <3
"Thank you," said Shilah earnestly. He was very proud of his family and his clan.
Thanks to his passion for learning and thinking, Shilah was pretty well versed in the history of the pride and of the clans, though he hadn't met many lions outside of Mantis Clan.
"Mantis Clan is fairly well known for their strength and skill in battle," said Shilah, almost reciting from his learnings. Personally, Shilah wasn't very strong, but he was a good hunter because of his speed and planning abilities. He certainly wasn't the best, or even one of the best, but he could hold his own. It was part of his duties and he treated it as such, though he couldn't really say that he enjoyed it as much as many of the other hunters and huntresses did.
"Do you enjoy Wolf Clan?" he asked, both to be polite and because he was curious. The members of Wolf Clan, if he was remembering correctly, were responsible for the crafting of the items worn by all of the members, including his own. |
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:52 am
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Shilah pondered her question. Did he enjoy his clan? Of course he did, but he'd never really known anything different. Battle wasn't really his favorite thing in the world, like others that he knew, but it was his duty. Personally, he was more interested in learning about the world around him and the way things worked. Secretly he thought that he would maybe fit in better in a different clan, but he would miss his family terribly if he left.
"I do," he said after some thought, "But it is all I ever grew up knowing," he admitted with honesty. "Some of my siblings are better at hunting than I am, but we do work well together."
"So may I ask what brings you out here tonight?" he said, politely. He didn't want to pry, but he was always curious and it usually got the better of him. |
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:58 am
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AstoriaFallen
AstoriaFallen
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:03 am
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Silence was something that was greatly neglected, at least she thought it was. Others liked to drone on chatting among one another in an attempt to see who had brought back the largest buck or who had created the best medicine. She shook her head and dismissed the thoughts of the day from her mind and allowed herself to become lost in the coming darkness of the night. The temperature was almost perfect and fireflies danced around as she walked along slowly. She had recently met a very lovely male with golden wings marked upon his body and she was curious if she'd run into him again sometime. However, tonight was not going to be that time.
