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 Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:35 am
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Usiri'njozi yawned, teeth white against his dark purple pelt. The god was massive - tall at the shoulder, but he appeared larger still due to his bulk. He was muscular, appearing more inclined to brute strength than elegance and stamina, but his large, fluffy mane made him look downright...cuddly, which was all too appropriate, as the almost-perpetually-drowsy god loved nothing more than snuggling up for a long nap.
However, even he couldn't always sleep. And so, he found himself near the border of the stormborn's territory, curiosity leading him to cross into it, half-lidded gaze taking in the details of the rather harsh terrain.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:44 pm
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Gaius Tiberius might have disagreed with that statement as he reclined lazily on a rock. A broad yawn split his maw, paws reaching out in a stretch. One eye opened lazily, glancing toward the sky. Well, at least it wasn't raining.
Okay, he was bored, staying out of trouble was boring, and this rock was no longer comfortable. He stood to his paws, rising to his full height. Gaius was a tall god, larger than average thanks to the massive size of his father. However Gaius was much lighter than his father, even if his figure was not exactly....trim.
Another stretch, his shook out his mane, allowing the curls to fall around his shoulders and (hopefully) giving him that charming scoundrel look. Now to find something to--he paused, eyes narrowing, well hello there. What a lovely shade of purple he saw approaching.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:34 pm
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The massive purple head turned as Usiri caught a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye. His half-lidded gaze widened slightly, as he realized that the other lion was also a god. It had been...a very long time since he had seen another immortal (since cubhood, if he were honest). The other god had no wings that he could see, but his golden mane fell in almost perfect ringlets, riotous and soft-looking.
Taking in what appeared to be a non-threatening posture from the other, Usiri padded closer, a slight smile of greeting teasing at the corners of his mouth. "Greetings." He said simply, his voice deep, and rusty with disuse (or perhaps more accurately, perpetually roughened and sounding as if he had just woken up from a nap), even as his sleepy indigo eyes studied the other male curiously.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:56 pm
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Usiri blinked again, in reaction to Gaius' smile - it was so bright, it was practically blinding. On some level, it wasn't intimidating, or threatening, but it struck him as being rather predatory nonetheless.
He tilted his head, considering the statement that followed the other immortal's greeting. "That's right - this is my first time here," he rumbled. "Do you live here, among the pride I hear lives here, or are you just visiting, like I am?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:34 am
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Usiri smiled at the other immortal's phrasing. Another short-term resident, then.
At Gaius' question, he shrugged. "I've been rather...withdrawn from the goings-on of mortals for some time, and decided that I should probably change that."
If he were honest, he'd fallen into a sort of....hibernation of sorts, sleeping away the years, but he had been feeling the tug of large numbers of mortals struggling to find the restfulness of sleep, like an itch he couldn't scratch, until he had finally been pulled from his slumber, lurching into wakefulness, only to find the world much changed from what he remembered.
He couldn't help but wonder if other gods had been drawn here for reasons like his own, or if they were the cause of it. Likely both.
Mirroring Gaius' head tilt, Usiri studied the other god in return. "Something felt off. I was asleep for a long while, but a feeling of...discomfort woke me up." He offered after a moment, his voice a lower rumble still. He might not be the most outgoing of gods, but he had a gentle enough nature that the idea of widespread suffering was disturbing to him.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:11 pm
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Short term, long term, who could say. Gaius would stay as long as it suited him, as long as his goddess of Anonymity stayed and their small goddess friend needed them. When Anonymity moved on, so too would he, but he would miss little Nara when she was no longer so little and moved on herself.
His tail twitched, finally settling to sit on his haunches. That sounded rather boring. Not that Gaius did not have his own moments of pure laziness, but he rather enjoyed the realm of mortals.
"That tends to happen when you sleep too much."
Gaius knew from experience, sometimes that afternoon nap in the sun that seemed like a good idea at the time, just made one feel worse afterward. Of course, he might have realized the other god meant the famine disturbing the sleep of the members of the pride, or maybe something else? He hadn't thought much such things himself.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:32 pm
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Usiri almost laughed again, at the distrustful expression on the other god's face. He couldn't understand how Gaius didn't find it hilarious. Odd, that.
"I am, yes." Usiri replied simply, though, sinking back onto his haunches as his expression shifted back to a neutral one.
He tilted his head slightly. Given that he'd seen plenty of signs of game, that struck him as more than a bit odd. Hopefully, whatever it was, it sorted itself out soon. Looking Gaius over discreetly, he blinked. "Is it only effecting mortals, or are you impacted, as well?"
It was likely a dumb question, since the god could easily leave at any time, but he'd rather know for sure than be wrong.
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 5:11 am
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Usiri almost sighed. Maybe he needed to get out more.
"Interesting."
He looked slightly pensive - the pride's unrest had tickled at his awareness, waking him up...but it sounded as if this were the doing of another immortal, rather than something natural, and so he couldn't help but wonder whether he wanted to involve himself further than he already had, simply by visiting. Especially since, for all he knew, they may have done something to justify their current situation...
"So what brought you here, since you said you haven't joined the pride?" He asked after only a couple moments of silence. "And...you mentioned that others of our kind? Are there a lot of them in this territory right now?" If so, it may well be the first time he'd been around other immortals since cubhood.
And if so, were they drawn to it like he had been, or escalating whatever it was?
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:37 pm
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Well, that told him...very little. But, from the vagueness of the response, he assumed the other god either didn't want to share more information, or he just didn't know why the...friend of a friend had decided to pay these lands a visit.
Hearing that there were apparently a number of other gods about had Usiri blinking. If anything, that prompted him to consider moving on elsewhere - he felt no desire to insert himself into the inner-workings of the pride, and the presence of otherimmortals, with the almost-inevitable clashing of goals and domains that was likely ensue, would be more likely than not to tax even his penchant for restful slumber.
"It's probably fortunate, then, that I'm not much for parties." He said, keeping his expression deadpan. One might even say he made them a real snooze.
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