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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:50 am
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"Did she send you?"
The voice came from behind, raspy as if the vocal chords had been torn. Calypso's dark form was visible on top of a large boulder, her red eyes peering down towards the familiar shape of her brother. He was easily recognizable - their markings were the most similar to their father's. Calypso had not seen Chungu since the earthquake that struck their homelands, and she had considered herself better off for it at the time.
The loyal little lioness, sticking by her mother's side despite Katiti'manina's many transgressions against her family.
Long limbs stretched out before her, and she slid off of her perch in a fluid motion. Calypso had always been a tall lioness, all that height without any of her mother's build. Her coat was lackluster, the bangs in front of her eyes scraggly. Calypso's rib caged showed, each bone easily distinguishable on her sides. It would seem like she was close to death's door, but there was no denying the intensity of her eyes.
She would not die today. "Go away, brother." The dark lioness almost sneered the word. Calypso did not trust that her brother was here of his own volition. No, surely Katiti'manina was still looking for her. The timing was just too weird for this to be a coincidence.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:51 pm
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Chungu started, then barked a laugh. There was only one "she" that a littermate he hadn't seen in years could mean, and the last he knew Calypso had been firmly hers. "You were her favorite little lackey...I should be asking you that question." He smirked, silver eyes steadily meeting her red ones. "But you look like death warmed over, so you must have come to your senses eventually."
He made a point of looking her up and down. "You know what...I don't feel like leaving. And you can't make me." He was lean and rangy, having likewise inherited a less bulky build from their father, but compared to her he was the picture of health and vitality. He could probably overpower her if she called his bluff. He stretched lazily, though he kept an eye on her as he did. She'd always been...a bit off, after all.
"Why don't you tell me why you're here and she's not, instead?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:46 pm
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"Times have changed," Calypso replied dismissively. She did not want to relive that time in her past, where she was her mother's perfect daughter. Back then, she had been young and naive, desperate to believe that pleasing her mother meant she also received her love. Katiti'manina did not give away anything for free, and love was the most difficult thing to buy from her. Oh, she faked it well when it suited her - how else could Calypso have been manipulated into serving her for all those years?
"You know mother," she continued with a roll of her red eyes. "She would not abandon the Outlands, not the place where she feels oh so powerful." Calypso had no idea what state the Outlands were in now, but back when she had left it seemed like the lands were starting to recover. With hope on the horizon, Katiti'manina would not abandon those lands and lose the seat of power she had made for herself.
Her mother was addicted to it, loved having power over others more than she loved her own children. "Do what you will, Chungu, but these lands are ill. You will die here like so many others have." It was good advice, but that did not mean she had spoke it out of the kindness of her heart. She simply did not want to deal with the problem that was him, not when she had so much to prepare for.
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:50 pm
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There was nothing she wanted to readily reveal to a brother she did not entirely trust. His intentions were unclear. Chungu had left the Outlands long before Calypso, and hardly suffered under the influence of their mother for as long as she. His hate likely did not burn as wicked and bright as her's did. There would be little she could do to stop him if he wanted to run back home and warn the lioness she intended to kill.
Calypso held her ground, her gaze leveled upon the brother she felt no love for, but also did not hate. There were few she could tolerate in her presence, and among family it was rare for her to turn a kind eye towards them. Chungu received no such kindness, but he would not be chased away. Her gaze focused on him, held his own so she could be sure of his reaction when she spoke.
"Here, I have received help to take care of a problem that I should have taken care of long ago. This place has offered me the support that home has not, and I will not abandon it despite its illness." Calypso could one day die, that she would allow for herself... just not before she dealt with the one creature who had terrorized the entirety of her life.
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