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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 4:38 pm
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Vitha was exhausted; she had been sent to deliver a message, and the lion she was supposed to deliver the message to had been impossible to find. Spending an entire day running around, looking in every little hiding place she could think of was not on the schedule, and she swore that if she ever had to do that again she would quit being a messenger; it wasn't worth it. She wasn't going to fail again.
She ended up closer to the border than she had been in quite a while, and wondered if her wandering father would ever show up again. He hadn't been back to visit in several months, and the dark lioness just hoped he was out gathering more stories like he usually was.
There was a small watering hole out here towards the edge of the Pridelands, and she slowly walked towards it, each step feeling more trouble than it was worth. Perhaps she would lie, and just say that yes, she delivered the damn message. "I'm not cut out for this crap," she grumbled as she dipped her chin into the water.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 5:02 pm
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After having the quick drink to refresh her dry throat, she glanced around to see her client. It was hard to not think of them as anything else; they asked her to do something, and she would carry out the task.
Except she failed this time.
"Ah, you're here," Vitha said with a sigh. It felt like her client was the exact opposite of her; colourful, concerned, and searching for her mother. Sometimes Vitha wished she could send a messenger out into the rogue lands to find her damn father.
"I spent the entire day searching, but I couldn't find who you wanted the message delivered to." Vitha had a good work ethic, even if she could be a little sour at times.
"Are you sure that she's here in the Pridelands?" It was a very vast land, with hundreds of lions, but the description given didn't fit the profile of the average Pridelander.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 5:08 pm
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 5:16 pm
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 5:27 pm
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 10:30 pm
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"It wasn't known that it would be a 'waste of time' until after it was completed," Vitha said with a wave of her paw. True, she wasn't happy about the wasted time either, but it wasn't something to get wrapped up in.
The lioness shifted her weight again, thinking about the clean water that was near her. She needed another drink, but it would have to wait until after her meeting with this Kalypso was completed.
"Is there anything else you need? Would you request me to look once more? I can look again, if requested." She didn't think this colourful lioness would take her up on the offer, which is why Vitha offered it. She could mildly play the helpful, caring messenger, just enough to make it seem like she was empathetic, when in reality she just wanted to spend what time she had left today relaxing and enjoying herself.
The ball was in Kalypso's court, and Vitha would see what she did. At least Vitha could admit that she actually tried to help her, and didn't shirk her duties in this first true failure of a job.
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 3:47 am
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 6:05 am
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 6:25 am
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