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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:04 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:01 pm
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Cillian was still not quite certain of what to make of Thwayya. She seemed a bit...odd? But then, he could not deny that he was odd himself, perhaps they were not so different. She had been nice to him, and he had enjoyed the time they'd spent exploring together. Making friends, this was what he needed, it was nice to have someone to talk to and share stories with.
Okay, he could do this, friends.
Deciding to take the lioness up on her offer, Cillian padded his way through the rocky land to reach the cliffs. He paused as he neared, a small smile on his maw as his gaze moved up the cliffs. Wow, that looked like fun. He quickened his pace, stopping when he reached the base of the cliffs. Oh, she was here already.
"Hello again."
A shy smile.
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:18 pm
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"You invited me."
Did she think he wouldn't come? He guessed that was normal, he wouldn't have necessarily expected someone he'd just met to meet him again either. But he had enjoyed her company enough the first time, and it was good for him to make friends. Right? Right.
"Alright."
He shot her a glance, a bit of a smirk on his maw, as if he had thought very hard of challenging her to a race to the top. The challenge left unspoken, Cillian turned his gaze toward the cliff, scanning the rocky wall, searching for the best path. Hmm...where to start...
He approached the wall, rearing onto this hind legs, forepaws reaching upward. Ah, a narrow ledge, he could reach that. Using his forepaws, he caught the ledge, a hop from his hind end as he pulled himself upward. Whew, first step down...another billion left to go.
"You coming?"
Spider-lion, spider-lion...
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:05 pm
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It seemed Cillian was well suited to cliff climbing, light and agile and sure-footed, the ghostly lion was already well on his way up the cliff wall. The spider-lion moved swiftly, paws finding the footholds and ledges that would guide him toward the top. A grin on his maw as he glanced down toward the lioness, this was fun.
"Are you okay?"
The lion paused, his eyes narrowed in thought as he looked above. Uh-oh, had he taken a wrong path? There seemed to be no path above him, no route to follow further up the cliff, he'd have to turn back and try another route....or would he. A grin, there, hidden in shadow, not directly above but diagonally to the right. He could reach that and pull himself up that way.
A deep breath, Cillian reached upward as high as he could, forepaws sliding along the rock wall toward the pawhold. Just a bit further! The lion leapt, up and sideways, paws reaching for the ledge. For a moment he thought he would miss, but his paws caught the ledge, and with a grunt, rear paws scrambling against the rocks, he found his footing and pulled himself up. As he did, several small stones fell from the ledge on which he now perched.
"Look out! Be careful, the path is harder to see up here."
He was more than halfway, no stopping him now.
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Alpaca Chobi rolled 1 4-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-4)
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:15 pm
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Cillian was focused, using all of his concentration on climbing his way up the cliff. He looked upward, he could the top of the cliffs, not much further, he was sure he could make it.
As he was reaching for the next ledge, the lioness' cry suddenly pierced his ears, startling him and breaking his concentration. A hind paw slipped against the rocks, his weight shifting painfully, talons grasping at the rocks with all his strength to hold himself to the ledge as his hind paws scrambled to find a foothold again. Small pebbles and debris fell as he struggled to pull himself to the next ledge before he lost his grip entirely.
A heart-pounding moment that seemed to last an eternity, he at last found his footing and pulled himself to the next ledge, a surge of adrenaline pushing him to the next ledge. A deep breath, he fought the urge to just flop on the ledge where he was right then. It was wide enough, and high enough to look out over the pride, did they really need to reach the top?
...well that was a silly question.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:42 pm
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"I'm fine."
His reply came out as a grunt, mostly likely because at the moment he was reaching for the next pawhold, unwilling to give up on his climb to the top of the cliff. He was a spider-lion and this cliff would not defeat him!
He was so close, the top was within his reach, not much further now. Not that he had not been telling himself that for the last several ledges, but now he was certain he was close. A look up, he could see sky above the rocks, he could totally see the top and knew he was but a few short steps from reaching it.
A deep breath, Cillian summoned his determination, pushing himself to the ledge above, finding his paws, reaching for the top. At last, his felt his talons scrape the top most ledge, the peek of the cliff, a final push and he pulled himself up, kicking with his hind legs to find all the leverage he could. GRRRRR, HE COULD DO IT!
On reaching the top, Cillian immediately flopped on his belly, his breath heavy, his heart beating so loud he could hear it ringing in his ears. Whew...made it, now he could rest. Oh. Creeping to the edge, he peered over to watch the lioness, perhaps even shouting a few words of encouragement to her if he could find his voice.
"Just a little further."
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:37 pm
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"I think we almost did."
But they had beaten it, they had reached the top.
Cillian gave her a small tired smile, a victorious smile that certainly would have been much broader had he not used all of his energy on the climb up. A satisfied sigh, the ghostly lion allowed his eyes to close for a moment as he rested.
"What?"
The nudge from Thwayya stirred him from his thoughts, thoughts that may have entailed taking a nap where he laid and leaving the wondering of just how they were going to get back down the cliff to later. He opened his eyes, his gaze following where she had gestured. Oh for the--pushing himself to his paws, Cillian walked toward the edge, and there he saw it, a natural path in the rock wall that would have led them straight from the bottom all the way to the top.
Cillian groaned, flopping back onto his belly with all four paws sprawling out in different directions, rolling his eyes at himself.
"At least we won't die on the way back down."
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