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Timeus was the sort of lion who would not allow his will to bend to just anyone. One of the few was his mate Seema. The two had been together since they were young and so she knew just what to say to get him to get his tired butt out to the rogue lands to take a group of young vikings out to the rogue lands. Taking care of the cubs was her job, he had reminded her which she was quick to retort that they were no longer cubs.

He made his way over to the small group, giving them a quick glance over.

Behind him two more of his daughters followed. Njala and Mikayla. Five total young adults was what he was dealing with. He let out a sigh as Njala and Mikayla joined the other three. “Alright, I have agreed to take you out, please do not make me regret it.” He said in a stern voice. “I expect you to follow my orders while we are out of the pride. If there is even a hunt of insubordination I will drag all your asses back home.”
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Njala looked at the other group. She knew her sisters of course, but she did not recognize the other two. One of her eyebrows raised up curiously at the two wondering if they were friends of Vils. “Hey I'm Njala and this is Mikayla.” She said with a grin. “Is this your first time in the rogue lands?”
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Mikayla looked away from the others, not wanting to get in trouble with her father. She didn't particularly feel close to either of her sisters. The only reason she even agreed to come was on the off chance that they caught a thrall. Having her own personal thrall was a very appealing thought. She could have it do all the chores that her parents made her do.

Micah grinned as he bounded up the pass, delighting in his new strength, in the power of his body and the length of his legs. He loved to run. Behind him shouting echoed, the delighted peel of feminine laughter mingled with the baser roar of a male voice. Both voices called out to him playfully, calling him names and demanded he stop cheating. Laughing he pushed himself to greater speed. So what if he had technically jumped the start of their race! The siblings chasing after him flew up the pass, jostling each other and cat-calling taunts. Erika was in front by a nose when they burst out of the narrow pathway just behind Micah. Her slightly larger brother Mikael jostling against her side in an effort to throw her off. The three of them barrelled out into the wide open space, laughing and joking breathlessly.

Upon seeing his father Micah slithered to a stop, attempting to look less like an over grown cub and more like an experienced reaver, straightening and wiping the smile off his maw. But a moment later, the two behind him, having not seen the looming shape of Timeus nor realised Micah had stopped in his tracks, both ploughed into him from behind, sending all three of them sprawling face-down into the ground. After rolling a few feet the three picked themselves up, Micah trying hard to hide his smirk as he shot Erika and Mikael dark looks. Once the pair were suitably chastised he walked over to where his sisters and his father were gathered. “It is a good day to die.” He greeted them all with a wide grin, before catching his twin’s eye, his smirk widening. “Am I late?” While he hadn’t been invited specifically, he didn’t see any reason why his dad wouldn’t let him join them on the viking. After all he wanted to be a Reaver as much as any of them, and had spent most days since he could walk training with other cubs and pestering the pride’s reavers. In fact, he had met Mikael and Erika that way, the three of them sparring together after arguing over his and Mikael’s names. Both cubs considering the other to have stolen his name. Since it turned out that Mikael and Erika were older Micah had given in and the three had become friends. Nowadays they could usually be found rough-housing in the training ground or getting into trouble. Micah preferred when his twin was involved too, after all it was two of them against one of him otherwise.

Mikael pulled himself to his feet. An impressive adolescent, he wouldn’t be too far away from reaching his maturity, as was evident in his solid build and the thick growth of mane running down his neck to his shoulders. Beside him his lean, athletic sister looked far more like a mature lioness, only her slightly lanky body and smaller size giving her away. Glancing over at the group of Micah’s siblings gathered not far away he caught sight of a familiar lioness. “VALKA!” He hollered in greeting, a warm smile breaking out as he set off towards his friend, trotting past Micah in order to bump his brow with familiarity against her shoulder. “I didn’t know you would be here.” In fact, he wasn’t supposed to be there, but Micah had mentioned the Viking and Mikael hoped to persuade his friend’s father into letting both him and his sister tag along. His own father was a very busy lion, and not someone Mikael really wanted to bother. Their parents had enjoyed a fling and sometimes he saw Ulfric, but that was about as far as the relationship went. The big lion certainly wasn’t a daily feature in their lives. And his mother was a priestess, there was little chance of her taking them anywhere.

Turning to Timeus as his sister finally caught up with him he gave the reaver a respectful look. “My sister and I wish to ask to accompany you and yours on the Viking.” Beside him Erika was giving Njord a long look-over. She knew the male was the brother to his friend, but he wasn’t sure of they had ever met formally, and not during a fight in the training grounds when one’s attention was elsewhere, and not on social niceties.

Timeus watched as his sons showed up along with two other adolescents. Nine total. Nine young vikings he would have to deal with. His attention went to Viggie. “Of course you can come my son. I want you to get experience so you can become a great viking someday.” It was something he wanted of all his offspring. He had enough disappointments in the past. “If everyone is ready we will begin our trek.”
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Njala couldn't help but grin wider as the others showed up. She thought that with the five of them it would be fun. Nine though? They could be an unstoppable group. She looked at Njord. “It is our first viking too! Father and mother talk about the rogue lands all the time.” It would be her first time seeing the areas her parents talked about so much. She would make sure she stayed on her best behavior, as well as keep her siblings in check. They would not ruin this for her!
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When the last three showed up, Mikayla lazily looked up and noticed her twin brother. She moved silently from her spot over to where her brother was and stood next to him. “Glad you showed up.” she muttered to him. There was some truth in her usual sarcastic voice. All her siblings annoyed her, but her twin did so less then others. Traveling with him would at least give her someone to talk to.
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Timeus looked over the group one final time. He had faith in the small group that they would follow his orders. “Stay close.” he ordered as he led the group onward.

((After everyone post again I am going to jump forward to them being in the rogue lands))

Mikael grinned at her as she turned his question back around on him. "Well, it wasn't planned." He admitted to both of her observations with a low chuckle. After a moment he shifted so he could look back at his amused-looking sibling and rolled his eyes. The look she was giving him told him that he would have her teasing to deal with once they got back home. And maybe even on the viking. Erika was not known for her subtlry. "At least this viking will be much more fun with all of us going." Not to mention that with their number, even if they weren't very experienced yet they should still have a successful trip. Personally he was hoping for a thrall or two. Not particularly because he wanted one, but it would be a fine prize to bring back to the pride for their first Viking.

Erika stepped forward as she was addressed and grined, nodding her head. "I'm Erika. I am unfortunatly related to that bag of bones." She nodded at her sibling who mock-growled in return. The pair had a healthy rivalry going. "It's nice to meet you at last." She added, grinning conspiritorily.



As Mikayla walked over Micah turned to meet her, moving to her and away from the chatting threesome of Erika, Mikael and Valka. Dipping his head he lightly nudged her with his shoulder. "As if I would let you go out a-viking without me." He responded, his voice equally low. While Mikayla was generally sarcastic and aloof, her twin was more even tempered. Often a quiet if intense male he was closer to his twin than to his other siblings. He still wasn't sure if they had the rumoured twin psycic thing, but he did seem able to pick up on Mikayla's moods far easier than other family members. Glancing round he nodded to Vigge, Villiedir and Njala in greeting. "Do you have anything specific in mind for this trip?" He asked his twin curiously.

Timeus gave the adolescents time to chat before stating that it was time to head out. The travel took a couple days. He did not want to travel too far with an inexperience band. There would certainty be something of interest this far from the border.

It was about midday, they had been traveling at a quick, seedy pace all morning. There was tall grass around them to help keep them hidden. It was here were he saw four lioness drinking from a pond. Keeping his distance, he looked over at the band.

“We are going to capture these lioness and bring them back to the pride as thralls.” he stated quietly, but intensely, wanting to make sure that they were all listening. “We will circle them. Valka and Njala, you will take the lioness furthest away from us. Villedir, Viggie and Erika will fight the largest one. Mikayla and Micha, you will take the second largest. Finally Njord and Mikael will take the lioness closest to us.”

While they did the brunt of the work, Timeus would observe and make sure everything went smoothly.




((I'll add my other two later in the rp. I just wanted to get this rolling while I had time xD Also I need to get the ref for the soon to be thralls. I'll get them colored this month after I reach quota))

Vigge half-listened into the conversation that the others were having. As much as he wished it, he hadn't really even made any friends to speak of. Part of it was training, and part of it was, perhaps, being a bit socially anxious when it came to actually talk to other lions, something that wasn't seen as a good thing in their culture, and of course he had wanted to change it, hoping that this raid would make him a bit more brave.

As he was lost in his own thoughts he felt his shoulder get shoved and saw that his sister had done it, with a concerned look on her face. He couldn't blame her, after all this was supposed to be Exciting! He tried not to let his thoughts shown on his face and instead tried to give her a small smile. "I'm just... thinking. Part of the reason I went on this trip was to get to know some others our age but..." He looked at the other lions as they conversed easily. "It's a bit hard to butt into a conversation you know?"

It seemed to satisfy his sister, however the conversation stopped as Timeus gave them their goal of this trip. Vigge nodded, glad that they now knew the plan. He respected his father a great deal, and knew that what Timeus had said was the best way to deal with it. He followed after Villedir and Erika, glad that he had a couple of teammates to deal with the lioness.







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