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 Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:35 pm
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If there was one thing that all of the rumors had proved thus far to be true, it was that Nyeusi was one damnably difficult lioness. There was no logic or reason behind it that he could gather, apart from him waking her from what was apparently a very rare nap, and he was thus far at a loss as to how he might win her favor long enough to pick at her brain. Why was it so hard to get her to talk to him about something that she apparently raved about to anyone else?
With a sigh on his tongue, he set out for the border, where the same pride members that eyed him askew for his pursuit of Nyeusi had said he might be able to find one of her cubs (now an adolescent) practicing. After speaking with her sister, he still wasn't sure anyone in her family could give him a damn bit of advice on how to deal with her apart from don't wake her up from a nap but he had to hope that there was someone, anyone, that had a better approach. And if not, maybe buttering up one of the cubs would earn him some of her good graces?
In the distance and the early twilight, he thought he could make out a figure as he approached. Being as pale as he was, he knew he was unlikely to surprise anyone even at dusk, but he still thought it best to greet them before he got too close -
"Excuse me, are you Onwa'ohuru?" |
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:18 pm
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A small, amused smile pulled at Rive's maw but he did his best not to appear as if he was mocking her. He wasn't sure what he had expected of Nyeusi's daughter but the polite, if somewhat clumsy, adolescent that stood before him was absolutely not it.
"I'm sorry," he managed, dipping his head in what he hoped was his best, polite greeting, "I did not mean to startle you. I'm not here about lessons, some of the other pride members told me you might be out here." He paused then, hesitating over something that was dancing on the tip of his tongue, suddenly unsure of himself and this peculiar task he was on. He just felt like he needed to speak with Nyeusi, it had to be the reason he had been guided to this pride, and if she was going to be stubborn, then, well -
"I was actually hoping to talk to you about your mother? She seems very upset with me."
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:23 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:46 pm
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She had told her cubs? Rive groaned outwardly and sat down right where he stood, too frustrated to really be bothered anymore. If she was so upset that she had ranted about it after they had already parted ways then he had definitely messed up. It was lucky he'd chosen this route, he thought.
"Yes, that lion," he said on a sigh, "and I honestly just want to talk to her about the Great Lion? She seems to think that my inquiries were an attempt at mockery though and refused. You and her sister both seem to think that it's because I woke her up from a nap but -"
He frowned and cut off his sentence, shaking his head as he frowned.
"Has the pride really been so unkind to her over her beliefs?"
Then, at once, he seemed to realize that he was not speaking to an adult - nearly so, that was true, but he did not want to trouble her with his ponderings. Maybe this cub had never even seen the things that most of the pride members believed of her? Unlikely, since so few knew how to hide their emotions, but still possible if they were trying to be kind to a cub.
"Forgive me, that's not why I'm here. I just really want to speak to her and I need to figure out a way to convince her that I am not intending to mock her, nor am I trying to throw my weight around about who I was before I came to this pride. I am truly and honestly just interested in talking with her."
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:51 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:14 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:53 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:33 pm
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Rive nodded as she informed him of her Grandma's thoughts on the subject of new mothers, playing up that he was paying particular attention to the wise words that she was passing on to him. It was a hard thing for a male to understand but he thought he got it, sort of, probably better at least than the young heart before him.
"The watering hole," he nodded, "I suppose that could work." Although it also meant that he would have to stalk her more than he'd really like if he had any hope of just finding her there. Who could account for when someone would be at the watering hole? He was just as likely to bump into her randomly around the pride lands. Regardless, between Onwa and her aunt, they had managed to convince him that his only error thus far had been waking her up from a nap.
"I will just avoid finding her at the den then, thank you. I hope she comes around and is willing to talk to me soon." He did his best to smile, hopeful, but then tacked on a question: "Does she often hold grudges, though?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:33 pm
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