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AstoriaFallen
AstoriaFallen
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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:36 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:23 pm
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The golden lioness swept a quick look across her surroundings. She could find neither her sister, Tàpá, or any of their friends at the moment. Perhaps they had gone off on a hunt together, or maybe they were off discussing something else. Iyõ was not offended though, the others were free to do as they pleased, and she was capable of entertaining herself.
Her green eyes fell on the tan cub, bundled up against the base of on of the few trees to be found in their current settlement. Iyõ did not recognise her, nor could she place her coat to any of the current males or the many females of the pride. She concluded that she had no blood ties to the pride. It was not uncommon for the pride to take pity on abandoned cubs, though Iyõ had never had much to do with them. They integrated quite well with the pride's collective raising and often had others their age to interact with, though this one seemed to be choosing otherwise.
Iyõ hadn't wasn't one to interact with cubs often. Perhaps it was a lingering trait from her days before she'd come to the Bonelands, and long ago those days were, that a cub was raised best by it's own birth parents. That was not the way things were done here though. She was also unsure of them in general. Cubs could be unpredictable. She liked the more reasoned and thought-out interactions garnered from being with other grown lions.
Still, the cub was on it's own, and it's expression, as far as she could tell, was not one of content.
Iyõ slowly walked over to investigate.
"Are you alright?" she asked, slightly reserved, not entirely sure she should be disturbing the young cub.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:13 am
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The cubs answer was unsure, which made Iyõ think that maybe the young lioness was not entirely telling the truth. That also made Iyõ uncomfortable. What was she to do now? She left the raising of the cubs to the other lionesses, choosing herself to have minimal engagement. It wasn't that she didn't like cubs. She'd thought of having a litter of her own one day. It's just she wasn't sure what to do around them. Their fragile, impressionable, energetic little bodies were a mystery to her that she hadn't quite unravelled yet.
"Welcome, Inkedama," she said. She was sure there had been a formal welcoming of some kind for the cub, but it felt like the right thing to say. Iyõ acknowledged she was born of the pride, but was now a part of it.
"My name is Iyõ," she replied. Now what. The lioness wasn't quite sure what to do.
"Are you sure you're fine?" she asked again. The way the cub spoke made Iyõ think otherwise. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:22 pm
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Iyõ hadn't given much thought to her name, it was just what it was. Still, it was nice to know that others found it a good fit.
"Thank you," she said simply.
The cub was not so bad, she decided, if not a little reserved. But she supposed she would be too, if she was in a new place.
The lioness's heart skipped a beat when she heard that Inkedama had been abandoned by her mother. A cruel start to life for the innocent cub. She wondered what circumstances may have caused the mother to do such a thing. At least, Iyõ reasoned, she had left them in the capable hands of the Pride, and not to the many threats of the rogue lands.
"It make take time to adjust, but we will become your new family," she said in an attempt to reassure her.
Iyõ had felt that way too, when she'd joined, but over time things changed.
The sudden change of direction in conversation caught her off guard.
"Err... no," she said flatly. She had not given much thought to the birds, she enjoyed the companionship of the other females, she was ambivalent towards the birds.
"Some have them yes, but not all," she told her.
"Do you want one of your own?" she asked, curious as to why Inkedama had changed tact. |
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:26 am
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Iyõ was not sure how she might help the cub find a vulture chick of her own. It had been some time since there was a hatching last.
"They do seem to make good companions," she agreed.
Iyõ watched the young cub for a moment. She was sad, she could tell that, but she also seemed resilient, hopeful. Iyõ admired the youth for bouncing right back. It was astonishing really, how although this cub had initially been dealt a very tough lot in life, things had found a way around and the cub had made it through almost completely unscarred.
She did wonder if the vulture was an attempt to have something that would never leave her, but now that she had the pride, she doubted that the young cub would be alone ever again, unless she chose to leave.
"Perhaps you will bond with one, some day," Iyõ said to the cub.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:42 am
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AstoriaFallen Can wrap on the next post mebeh?
Iyõ nodded. That was true. Once bonded with a Vulture, the pair were never parted. She hoped that the young cub would one day get her wish. It would be good for her to have a constant companion it seemed.
Iyõ watched the young cubs attention quickly turn to the twig. Cubs were so interesting and unpredictable, you never quite knew what to expect. Perhaps they were not so daunting after all.
"My sister is here, Tapa, though I'm not sure where she is this morning," Iyõ told the cub.
"No cubs of my own," she added, though she wasn't sure why. Did she want cubs now? Maybe she did. She was a bit puzzled by her own thoughts.
"Come," she said to Inkedama, "Let's go see if I can find my sister, I'll introduce you."
Iyõ thought it would be a good idea to have another friendly face in the cubs life. |
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AstoriaFallen
AstoriaFallen
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:13 am
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