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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 4:24 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:59 pm
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Tili chose not to comment on the other lioness startling, she'd feel pretty embarrassed if someone startled her like that and it was best not to point it out in others.
"I do understand that, the ocean seems to call to you. I like mornings, the ocean always seems happy for the day to start," she admitted sheepishly and breathed a sigh of relief, the lioness did not seem at all like a threat to her. Her ideas almost felt childish but in a way felt right, the ocean did seem happy in the morning.
"A few little cowrie shells, nothing to brag about." She gestured to three little cowrie shells and a snail shell, "It is a great exercise to keep your mind happy and to think searching for them."
"My name is Tili, I am very new here, Aten, an older red guard can vouch for me if you need." She added that last part concerned that the lioness wouldn't trust her.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:14 pm
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Rather than see the others comments as childish the pale lioness almost seemed giddy. "Ah, we share the same opinions of her then. The ocean has such a sweet mood in the mornings, as you described, happy." Yawo gave a please grin and dropped her rump to the sand, inviting the other to do the same if she so pleased.
"Nothing to brag about? You're mistaken, no shell is considered that way. All shells are special. Or at least in my opinion." She gazed at each shell with a tender eye. They were such strong, but fragile things. Quiet similar to the balance of life. "I hope you continue to have such luck in finding the shells, perhaps you could make a lovely necklace all your own."
"My name is Unyawo`Olulula, but please call me Yawo. I realize my given name is a mouthful." She mused about this merrily. Even for her to say her full name usually took meeting someone new, just like this scenario. Beyond that she stuck to Yawo or at most Unyawo. It was just a simpler way of life, instead of waiting for someone to say the whole thing out loud.
"Should I have someone vouch for you?"
She wasn't serious, her face was twisted in a partial smile that she had tried to contain. Her Mother had always been a lioness to prank others, but Yawo just couldn't maintain a straight face. "Nah, you seem like a kind gentle lioness. It's extraordinarily unusual for these lands to accept a harsher lion or lioness. Though I'm glad you have a friend to count on."
"How have you found your stay so far? Have you anyone special in your life?"
The lioness teased gently.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:27 pm
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Tili sat beside her pleased that she'd found someone to talk about her new favorite subject, the ocean.
"Thank you, perhaps I could make a necklace," she agreed, she'd seen a few lionesses covered in jewelry, all items given up by the sea and they were so pleasing to see she secretly thought they would be wonderful jewelry to wear herself. She wondered if Aten would find that childish, and then dismissed the thought, he was the type to encourage her.
"Yawo it is then," she wrinkled her nose, "It's a hold over from traveling and being a rogue for so long, needing to make sure you're safe. I wouldn't say I have always been gentle." She admitted that frankly, it was nothing but the truth.
"But I feel like my days of having to protect myself are long behind me." She smiled at that.
"I love the ocean, someone special?" She felt a blush come over her like a teenage girl. "Aten, he has been a guard here for a very long time, since the waves that took a lot of lions away. He said he wasn't from around here, from the desert. I've learned a lot of people relocate here. Are you from here?" Tili knew that he had loved the princess, Miani, and that she was lost before they could ever do anything about their love, he also spoke highly of Miani's father a previous king.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:03 pm
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The lioness seemed to become a touch more comfortable with the situation when she watched her seat herself. It was a welcomed reaction that caused Yawo to grin.
"You ought to, the shells go with your pelt really nicely." Yawo spoke with admiration of the others appearance easily. The pale beige colors were perfect for a majority of the shells. Matched really nicely. "You could also make something a tad smaller to start, you don't need to go so big if you aren't comfortable yet. Do what makes you happy, there is no one to impress here." Smiling she turned her gaze to the ocean briefly before looking back at the lioness.
"I'm glad you are beginning to feel safe here. I hope it becomes home to you as much as it has for many individuals coming in from outside."
The blush that adorned the cheeks of her companion was precious and suggested a new love. That was something so special that Yawo understood entirely. When she had been a younger lioness she had fallen in love, that love had long since been lost. A small twinkle of sadness showed in her eyes, briefly, then dissipated as quickly as it had come.
"Ah, yes I've heard of him. So wonderful that you've found someone special so quickly here. It's such a precious, precious thing." Her words were laced with sore experience, though hard as she tried to remove it. When the subject changed she was quick to grab at it. She felt horribly as Yawo figured she had been ready to discuss such a topic, but alas it wasn't the time.
"I've lived here all my life, my Mother came here with a mate and left a good deal of time after. Since this was the only home I knew I had made the decision to stay. This was where my heart was. I couldn't leave the ocean behind."
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:14 pm
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Tili's blush only deepend at the compliments of the shells looking nicely with her fur.
Tili had never felt love or a glimmer of it until meeting Aten, they spent a lot of time speaking at night before she agreed to come to the Bahari pride lands to attempt to become an official member. Had her new friend seemed sad? Tili pondered it and as she did Yawo started speaking about something else.
Tilifika picked up on the last words her companion said before she replied. She had not had a home when her family moved on. Tili was left for dead at birth, her brother Tetemeko had been taken by their goddess mother to be with their father but didn't take her. That always stung, her family leaving. She didn't have a home, she'd had a nomadic mother figure, a woman she had called mother she was a shrewd lioness who was very no nonsense. Tili didn't have a home to stay in when the woman left.
"I am sorry that your mother left," Tili said uncomfortably, "this is a lovely home, I can see why you would want to stay."
"I spent a long time searching for a place that felt like home, a seer, " she lied, it was her own vision, "told me to head towards the sand, little did I know that the ocean would be along that sand and with Aten."
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:26 pm
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"A mate?"
The lioness scoffed harshly at the words that seemed tainted as they left her lips. She was jaded, extremely so, and hadn't the desire to go into many details, which was made clear by her short response. "No. That sort of thing hasn't been a part of my life for many moons." Her eyes rolled away from the lioness. Though she retained some composure, enough to let the lioness know she had done no wrong. One day she may open up to her, should they remain friends, but it would take time.
"To find a seer one day would be incredible! Just to experience such a thing, good or bad." Yawo was sure that not all visions could be positive. Just as not all dreams were filled with sweet things. "Well, I presume not all Seers are gifted equally. I'd imagine it'd be based on amount of use and characteristics of the individual?" She was blowing smoke, the pale lioness hadn't the foggiest about visions and the like, but she certainly tried.
Just as she was about to inquire on how it was to be read their future Yawo was interrupted, by something rather embarrassing actually. Her stomach had growled. "Oh my." She smiled a tad, blush creeping across her cheeks. "It's time to get something to eat, would you like to join me?"
Tisiphone Can probably end with your post? I'm all for them becoming decent pals by the way~ If you'd like, of course. :3
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:36 am
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