Animal RPG

[The Kingpin]

as the Lion rested his head on his crossed paws, his eyes watched silently, shifting between Uzuri and Amani, the thoughts flooding his head for a while. eventually the lion's eyes closed, the long, steady breaths coming powerfully from the lion as he rested, rolling onto his back after a while, his thick mane acting as a cushion to give his head a comfortable place to rest...

[Hopeflower]

Some time later, Night opened her eyes and decided she must've dozed off, because Uzuri had stretched out in front of the cave, and Lusa was...nowhere to be seen. The white wolf sat up suddenly, looking around wildly, startling the white lioness with the sudden movement. Unbeknownst to her caretaker, Lusa had snuck over to Nightbane once her game was done and made herself comfortable, snuggled in his mane. Once she spotted the pup, Night relaxed, then reflected on how tiny the black fuzzball was compared to the lions.

[The Kingpin]

Nguvu's eyes opened slightly, emerald gems glittering in the faint afternoon light. he moved his paw to stand, feeling something small and fuzzy nuzzled against him. smiling warmly, the lion curved his neck to see Lusa, snuggled up against his mane. the lion lowered his head back to the ground, one massive paw curving around the pup as he settled to rest for a while. he'd rise when Lusa woke. glancing around at the cave, he let his eyes drift over to Night, who was also awake. his eyes then drifted to Uzuri, the white lioness who had a heart of gold. of the two, Uzuri was definitely the more playful and open of the two. her colourful personality reminded him a lot of the young lionesses he used to play with as a cub. there was much to be loved in the lioness, and Nguvu's confusion and indecision troubled him. then there was Amani. the lioness he had met in Maovu's pride's territory the night of the take over. she was a strong-willed lioness. more so than her sister. she had a determination to keep those she cared about safe that was admirable. and she was willing to give her life for those she loved. however, she was less talkative than her sister, and tended to be single minded from what he had seen, often focusing on a certain thing, ignoring other things going on at the time, as was the case in that conversation about wolves before they went to meet Maovu, her contribution to the conversation having been about the little spot they had rested at previously, rather that about wolves, as would've been expected. her fierce determination to protect her loved ones sometimes blinded her to the facts, something that worried Nguvu greatly. the lion sighed, his discomfort visible in his eyes. He worried about the reactions of both the lionesses over what would occur in the future months...

[Hopeflower]

Lusa gave a sleepy murmur, nuzzling the lion's chest before slipping back into a deeper sleep. Night allowed herself a small smile at the pup's actions, unable to help herself. Lusa was too cute for her own good sometimes. Uzuri, meanwhile, was messing with a field mouse that she had caught when it tried to scamper over her paw. She would pin it, then let it run for a short distance, then snag its tail with a claw and pull it back, only to release it again. Her whiskers were twitching with amusement at her game.

[UndeadRaptor]

Amani growled to Nguvu, "is there something wrong, Nightbane?" as she came back into the cave, concerned about the lion. She glanced down to see Lusa next to Nguvu, lying on the rocky ground, snoozing away. She then looked to the entrance of the cave, noticing Uzuri with a small field mouse desperatly trying to escape.

[The Kingpin]

Nguvu eyed Amani, surprised she had noticed. was his conscern really that obvious? "It's nothing, Amani....nothing....just thinking" he growled, as lowly as possible, knowing that the rumble of his voice was loud and would likely wake Lusa if he made too much noise...

[Hopeflower]

Uzuri, finally tiring of her game, pinned the mouse and dragged it back, leaning down to pick it up in her jaws. She turned towards her sister and Nguvu, curiosity piqued by their conversation, the mouse's tail poking out of the corner of her mouth as she chewed on her small snack.

[Giratina93]

By this time, both the Thylacine and the Jaguar were starring down each other, exhausted, yet determined to continue the fight. As Lao tried to move forward, his left paw slipped from beneath him, causing the jaguar to fall onto his side, too tired to get back up. Titanis howled in victory as he then turned to leave. "Are you not... going to finish me off?" The Jaguar snarled, to which the Thylacine chuckled. "You don't deserve to die...Unless you have wronged me, I, Titanis refuse to kill you... Though next time, Jaguar, try and put up a better fight..." Titanis growled as he continued off. "Then I, Lao, will make sure to make you suffer for you beating me twice!" the Jaguar roared as he tried to get up, only to slip back down, the thylacine was now heading off, deciding to leave the Jaguar there. If the lions from earlier picked up his scent, then the Jaguar would have some trouble on his hands...

[UndeadRaptor]

"You sure? You seemed worried about something," rumbled Amani, before glancing over to her sister, noting the pink tail protruding from the corner of her mouth. "Maybe you should get some rest, your probally getting a cold," the lioness growled, still concerned about why Nguvu was so worried.

[Hopeflower]

Uzuri swallowed, the pink tail disappearing in a flash. "Let him breathe, Amani," she growled jokingly. "He slept longer than you did."

[The Kingpin]

"I'm fine, Amani. really. i appreciate the conscern though" he growled as quietly as he could, smiling, trying his best not to move to let the little cub rest...

[UndeadRaptor]

"Ok, ok, just don't act strange like that any more," growled Amani, giving Nightbane a annoyed look, then glanced over towards Lusa, who was still sleeping lightly. "I just hope some good comes from what we did today when we wake up tommarow," the lioness added, turning her head towards her sister, still watching Lusa during the movement, to be sure she wouldn't wake up from all the commotion going on.

[Hopeflower]

Lusa gave a yip and rolled over in her sleep, paws twitching as if she were dreaming of chasing something. She rolled over again, almost to the point of falling off her perch.

[UndeadRaptor]

Amani started to gently nudge the pup's side, moving her closer to the center of Nguvu's chest, without waking the tired wolf up. "She must be having a blast in there," rumbled Amani with a smirk as she laid down next to Nguvu and the sleeping pup, her little paws still twitching around.

[The Kingpin]

Nguvu put a paw on Lusa and carefully eased her back into the center of his mane. He wasn't too comfortable with Amani's reaction to him...surely if she knew something was troubling him, she'd understand it wasn't something he wanted to talk about. he was glad he was upside down at the moment. made his expression a bit more difficult to read....maybe she'd get second thoughts and consider she had misread his expression...

[Hopeflower]

Lusa growled, wrapping her tiny paws around the lion's massive one and refusing to let go even in sleep. She yipped again, tail giving a happy thump against Nightbane's chest.

[UndeadRaptor]

"She must love your paws, Nguvu," growled Amani silently, with a chuckle. "Maybe she's dreaming about riding on something," the lioness added, still softly chuckling, not wanting to disturb the young one's slumber.

[The Kingpin]

Nguvu stiffled a chuckle, not wanting to launch Lusa into the air, keeping his paw on the pup. "I wouldn't be surprised" he growled as he turned his head to face Amani, his massive head inches from hers. "I dunno if i seem the type....but i adore young ones....cubs...pups. anything so small and innocent just makes me melt" he growled lowly, his eyes shifting back to the pup, then to Amani, his emerald green eyes seeming to glitter, the late afternoon light reflecting in them, giving them a gem-like glimmer...

[UndeadRaptor]

"I guess that means we both got something in common," rumbled Amani, smirking, glancing towards the pup, then to Nguvu. "Lusa sure is one cute pup," she continued, still looking at the small wolf, frantically holding onto Nightbane's massive paw in her sleep.

[Hopeflower]

Lusa nuzzled the paw she held captive, as if responding to Nightbane's words.

Uzuri meanwhile had gotten into a quiet discussion with Night about what the hunting around here was like, the pale lioness sending glances at her companions every once in a while, yellow-green eyes softening and a smile touching her lips when they she looked at Nguvu and Lusa. The scene was too cute to not smile at it.