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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:41 pm
Listening intently as Kura spoke, Vrou nodded, sighing gently and sitting up. "Yes, that's true," she responded, watching as the larger female rose to her paws and stretched. Hesitating before standing herself, the sandy-coated lioness rolled her shoulders momentarily and huffed out a breath.
"I'm good, I'd suppose. Haven't hunted with others for big game in a while, but I don't think hunting big game in your state is safe anyways. Small prey shouldn't be a hassle."
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:50 am
A smile came to her muzzle while Kura's head lifted and her eyes gazed at the moon. "You are right, big game is not for me right now. Though, if we can find and kill something that is big enough for the whole pride to eat, it would be best." Looking around, Kura's keen ear's could hear a heard of wildabeast by the river. "There are some wildabeast by the river, if we can catch one off guard, or if a croc grabs one and we steal it from him then we can get something big." Kura said while she started to pace back and forth. Becuase she was so heavy with cubs, it was painful for her sometimes when the cubs started to move around. Lifting her front paw she spread her paw and showed Vrou. "Becuase I am half tiger, I am a good swimmer. Do you like to swim?" Kura knew by experience that most lions don't swim, it is against their nature.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:27 am
Tilting her head a bit when Kura looked to the moon, then spoke of killing something big enough for the pride, Vrou huffed out a light laugh.
"I'd hope your pride isn't that large, then, as just the two of us couldn't possibly take down something to feed a pride over five, if even that," she said, pausing when Kura spoke again. "You sure do have some ambitions--stealing prey from a croc is just about as hard as taking one down on our own."
She was quiet after that, watching Kura pacing back and forth, then tilting her ears back a bit at the mention of swimming.
"I've heard of lions down south that live in the swamps and swim all the time. I'm not one of those lions," she said plainly, then shrugged a bit. "But hey, if we need to swim, I'll do it, even if I'm not the best swimmer." Stretching out and shaking dust from her fur, Vrou looked out towards the sounds of the wildebeest, then back to Kura.
"Let's try our luck with your idea, but let's not get killed doing it."
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:53 am
A smirk of sucess and happiness appeared across Kura's muzzle when Vrou spoke about not getting killed. "Agreed completely." She said in a softer tone while she stepped forward a couple feet and sniffed the air. "I'll pick one out and chase it to you and you grab it." Kura said while she walked into the taller savana grass. Croching low now, Kura turned away from Vrou and started to head for the wildebeest.
((I know I am not active in the other RP's at the moment, but it is just as I want to try and get one at a time going strong and then move on and get more people into the other one's as well.))
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:45 am
((lol, you could have responded to that in the Den, but that's understandable~
And feel free to roleplay amongst each other, you guys; haha, don't let us take the show))
Vrou twitched her tail anxiously as she followed Kura towards the tall grass. She nodded at the larger female's instructions, then slowly hunkered into the grass, eyes flashing in the dark as she watched Kura move off towards the wildebeest. She wasn't completely sure of the plan, as she hadn't caught any wildebeest in months, but maybe with the big liger's help, there could be some damage done, even if the female was pregnant.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:12 pm
Kura kept low to the ground as she waited for the right moment to pounch on the animal. It was only minutes of watching the herd before Kura knew which animal she was going after. In the middle of the herd was a small female that seemed to have gotten hurt sometime while growing up. Her front left hoof was turned sideways and she walked with a limp. Smiling a bit, Kura crept forward towards the injured female. Scenting the air, Kura knew where Vrou was and proceeded to put herself upwind from her. As the herd started to smell Kura, she lunged forward with a loud roar. The herd started to run, but Kura had her eyes fixed on the animal she wanted. Chasing the injured female, Kura's powerful back legs pushed her forward as she chased the animal towards Vrou.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:10 pm
Vrou was between being bored for the waiting and eager for the start of the hunt. Her hind quarters quivered as they were forever ready to spring on anything that moved. Reminding herself to not act on her own accord, the female breathed out a sigh to settle her nerves. Suddenly, a loud roar hit Vrou's ears, and the herd was on the move. Looking up just enough to see the wildebeest panicking and running about, trampling the grass under their sharp hooves, the lioness's heart raced while she waited for her opportunity to strike.
Only seconds after the initial attack, Vrou spotted Kura racing after an injured female. She looked like an easy target, deformed and limping heavily as she ran--the lioness chuffed lightly at the thought of the creature just stumbling over that leg. When the animal came closer to where she was hiding, Kura having driven it to her with ease, Vrou's hind legs coiled, then sprung towards it, startling the beast immensely.
It tried to rear, but Vrou was on it, aiming for the face with her claws and grasping on tightly when she hit it. The female bucked and made the most horrid noises when the lioness's jaws closed around her nose. If nothing went wrong, the wildebeest would soon suffocate, and they would get a nice-sized dinner.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:55 pm
Lela's eyes shot open when she heard an animals cry. She lifted her head to look out across the savanna but her horrid eyesight was preventing her from seeing anything. She sighed at this and sat up. The feint cries of a wildebeest could be heard in the distance but other than that the night was silent. The occasional breeze stirred the dry grass but that was it. Lela began to feel slightly uncomfortable. Even with the noises and the pride surrounding her she still felt lonely.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:50 am
Kura chuffed heavily when she saw Vrou lunge herself onto the wildebeest. The momentum she had built running didn't help her in stopping, as the beast reared up, Kura slammed into the animal's backside. Her claws gripping the tender stomach, her fangs sinking into the back of the hooved creature. Within mintues, the animal was dead from suffocation. When the wildebeest fell to the ground and there was no life left in it, Kura let go and let out a roar of triumph. "You are a good hunter.." Kura said to Vrou as she licked her muzzle of blood. "Let's get this back to the pride." Normally, the lionesses that caught the kill would eat right there and it was up to the pride to come and get their own. But becuase they were hybrids and had a better social structure, they would bring the kill back to the pride. Wincing slightly as her cubs kicked with excitment inside of her, Kura grabbed the front shoulder, letting Vrou grab the neck and they proceeded to drag it back to the pride.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:45 pm
Not even noticing when Kura knocked into the beast, Vrou kept her eyes shut while she hanged on as tightly as she could. The creature's moans as it slowly died hurt her ears, but when it had finally silenced, she calmly let go. Spitting out the saliva and snot that had gotten into her mouth, the lioness shook her head and grunted, looking up to Kura when she commented on her hunting.
"I'm surprised with the outcome since I've only rarely gotten a chance to hunt anything that I couldn't simply snap its neck," she said honestly.
The female was just about to start digging into the wildebeest when Kura said they should bring it back to the pride. Confused, she hesitated before nodding slightly and grabbing an end. Kura did a lot of the dragging since she was larger and could pull more weight--and,well, Vrou was just not used to dragging prey around. When they finally got back to the others, she backed away from the kill and glanced once around to the others.
This was a new pride with different ways, so she sat back a bit, really not sure if they had a different way of eating, too. Her tail twitched in mock-irritation since she didn't exactly like waiting for her meal when it was already killed and ready to be eaten, but she figured she'd have to go with it until she figured out what was up with this pride.
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:47 am
Kura knew by the expression on Vrou's face that she was confused as to why her and Vrou didn't just eat their fill then and there. But by the time they had got back to the pride, Kura knew how to explain to Vrou their ways of the pride. Dropping the shoulder she was carrying, Kura noticed that Vrou stepped back. "Becuase we are hybrids and some of us are unable to see in the dark very well, or are not good night hunters, or are not made for fighting, we bring all prey back to the pride. So that our pride can all eat and be strong. I can fight and kill, but I can not run very fast. Lela can run fast and take down prey during the day better becuase she is lean and smaller. So when she kills during the day, she brings it back so I eat. Same with me for her at night. And of course, our male does not hunt so we must bring it back for him as well." Kura spoke in a gentle tone, as she licked her paws of blood. Once she was finished, she let out three distinct grunts to signal to the rest of the pride that food was here. Goign to the end of the wildebeest, Kura grabbed the inn thigh on the animal and tore it open. Laying down, she pushed her head deep into the animal,. her whole head soaked her blood as she started to devour the wildebeest's back end.
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:38 pm
Vrou listened to the explanation, only somewhat understanding it. She still wasn't exactly sure about the concept since she'd grown up with non-hybrids and the customs of them. Regardless, she nodded, then made her move to the kill. She growled softly when she passed Kura, but moved to the other end of the beast to eat there. She preferred the neck meat, anyways.
"Males aren't any good at hunting, anyways," she said between bites, licking at one piece of flesh that she had torn open as blood dripped down the creature's hide. "It'd be nice if they would hunt for a change, but they'd only slow us down," she continued, matter-of-factly with a slight hint of cynicism. Her eyes wandered a bit to the cheetah hybrid that she'd walked back with before. There was another female, a bit further off, that she could spot. she seemed large, too, and was probably also a liger. How strange it would to be in such a pride, Vrou mused to herself as she chewed on tendon.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:16 am
Laughing softly at Vrou's comments, she nodded while pulling the intestines from the stomach and devoured them. She needed to eat the intestines and stomach as the grass nutrients were good for her cubs as well. "I agree, the males are so big that it is pretty impossible for them to even catch anything anyway." Though she was a large animal, Kabira still had the speed and agility of a female. "Though our male is a white lion as well, so he is easily seen during the day too. Just like myself, it is hard for us to hunt during the day." Wincing again as the cubs inside of her kicked and moved around, Kabira knew it was only a week to two weeks before she was going to give birth. "Vrou, do you have a mate?" Kura asked in between finishing off the intestines and going onto the stomach. As she ripped open the stomach, Kura watched the half digested grass material pour out like a homeless person's pitty soup onto the ground, into the stomach cavity and all over her paws.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:57 am
Zephyr had been sleeping most of the day, the sun had been bright as ever and had felt good on the large white lion's fur. He awoke as night had fallen and sat up slowly. A yawn escaped his maw, exposing his large lethal fangs as he then shook his head slightly. A tantalizing smell caught his nose as the big cat then rose and padded forward. He spotted the two females Vrou and Kura dining on a wildebeest. Fresh meat. The large male padded over and then began to dig into the dead creature. The blood was still warm from the kill. He ate his fill, until his stomach full. Lionesses were useful in many ways. For having cubs and to add more to his pride and also for hunting. "Thank you for dinner, ladies." he practically purred. He knew that Kura was close to having her cubs and he was happy that she was getting enough food. They would have to be healthy and he hoped they were females. If it were a male, his instincts would have him chasing it out of the pride when it got too big for his fur. It was time for him to begin to wander around his territory, to get rid of any intruders and to chase off any males that might be interested in his females. As he traveled to the watering hole, he lapped at the cool water. Tail flicking slightly, he then caught a strange scent nearby. A growl rumbled in his throat as he charged towards the scent. As he crashed through some bushes, he caught sight of a figure. But as he got closer, he realized it was just a female. It was a large female, with a lioness's typical tawny pelt except with dark black stripes going down it's back like a tiger. He then realized he had stumbled across another hybrid. The large white lion also noted that her belly was well rounded, meaning she was going to have cubs soon.
Naomi had been relaxing a little. The cubs in her belly kept kicking and she was getting close to giving birth. Soon, within a week or two's time, she would have them. The liger had stayed close to the watering hole because it had plenty of foliage so she could hide behind it. Usually she didn't care much about predators, for she was a big creature and could fight off most. However her current pregnancy caused problems, making her paws clumsy and having it hard to hunt and such. She had been placed on this reserve to join the pride and have her cubs. But so far, none of the animals had approached her. It was night and she had decided to rest and find the pride in the morning. However a strong masculine scent suddenly wafted past and she rose unsteadily to her paws. A huge white lion soon emerged as he glanced at. Since this was the only male she had seen and because she could catch faint scents of other females and such off his fur, she knew this must be the leader of the pride. There could only be one and strange to see a white lion though. He was huge and the liger feared for her cubs. "I've come to ask for acceptance into your pride." the liger asked. "My name is Naomi."
Zephyr didn't look surprised when the female asked for acceptance into the pride. He had figured as much, for some reason there were always new animals being place of the reserve. They were strange, but this female wasn't the first liger he had met. There were plenty of other strange mixed breeds here and so he could not begrudge her. If it had been a male, they would've fought and the winner would've been leader of the pride. But the large white lion had ruled his females for a little while now. Enemies came and went but he always came out the victor. Any male would allow a female into his, for he could always use them to expand his pride by having cubs and because they hunted and thus more food would be good to have. He nodded slightly before motioning with his head to follow. "I am Zephyr. Kura is the lead lioness in my pride so we shall go now and introduce you to everyone." He began to lead the way back to camp. It didn't take long and the male emerged and made his way towards the fallen wildebeest and looked at the two females still there. He pointed to each with a flick of his tail as he said their name. "This is Kura and this is Vrou. Both of you, this is Naomi. She is now a member of our pride."
Naomi followed after Zephyr, not surprised that the male had accepted her in so easily. After all, males had a very straightforward mindset. To have cubs, to have as many females as possible. The more females, the larger the pride and the more food. The large female winced slightly as the cubs within her belly continued to kick. They were ready to come out, she supposed. At the scent of the food, her stomach rumbled and the cubs kicked more frantically. It would seem she was hungry. Her crystal ice blue gaze flickered from one female to another. The liger was the head female she guessed, by the posture she held. Dipping her head in a submissive manner, Naomi averted her gaze. Since they were both ligers, the female guessed that the lead liger wouldn't be too happy at her presence. Naomi needed to show her that she wasn't here to try and take her place, she simply needed a safe environment to raise her cubs. The female looked at the wildebeest wistfully, wanting to eat. But not knowing the protocols here, she held back and simply waited.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:49 pm
After she was finished gnawing on the tendon, Vrou simply settled and began to lick the meat off one of the rib bones. However, when she saw Kura eating the intestines, she shivered a bit, always finding that the worst part of the animal. Regardless, she chuffed gently at the female's response.
"So he's of no good either way. What a shame if he ever gets beaten and must live on his own," she said more quietly. When Kura mentioned her having a mate, she shrugged.
"Whatever male will have me. Last time I had one, in my last pride, that is, that was about the only time," she responded, a bit of ache in her voice with that. It's not that she didn't want to have cubs or a strong mate, but she apparently just didn't have much luck with that. Maybe the male for this pride would do her some good and not be overtaken. Looking back to Kura, she grimaced with the sight of what goo was coming from the organs. She decided to advert her attention, which just happened to be when the male of the pride sauntered up.
She was a bit surprised with just how bright his pelt was at this time of night. Regardless of whether or not he was any good at hunting, he did seem like a sturdy enough male, even though his mane, too, was left too pale to really attract her. She supposed it wasn't his fault he couldn't have a dark mane, but either way, if she couldn't truly tell his health and strength by his mane, then she'd have to find out another way. She just didn't want to lose another batch of cubs.
Vrou eyed him while he ate, not for extended amounts of time, of course, but just enough to observe him. When he walked off, she chuckled lightly to herself, then stood and stretched out, already full of meat. She decided she'd sit around the kill for a while, if only to take in its smell. It'd been so long since such a big meal, so she wanted to savor it until it was gone.
After a while, the male returned with a female. She was obviously pregnant, which made Vrou curious as to what the female would do when the white male would have to kill her cubs. Maybe things were done differently in this pride, too? Regardless, the lioness rose from her spot, a bit surprised the male already knew her name, but nodded to the female anyways. She didn't mind a new female so much since she, too, was new, but her gaze went to Kura, who was already established into the pride and might not take it as easily.
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