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 Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:32 pm
 Only been three days since he started off on his own leaving and returning to Pride Rock on his own. Strange that no one really cared that he left, then again he would have done it anyways. Ger awoke in the pride's den, crowded with lions and lionesses alike. Mufasa and Sarabi were probably the only two that didn't feel that way, they got their own spot to themselves.
Ger looked over at Mufasa's sleeping figure. His large massive body was five times his own. The king had a large ring of fur that surrounded his neck and down his chest. The cub didn't know what it was called, but it was fluffy. He wanted to be fluffy too. Ger pawed his head idly at the thought.
I wanna grow up to be fluffy too.
The little lion quietly got up and made his way around the sleeping members of the Pride Rock pride.
Outside was still dark, the sun was gonna raise soon. The young cat sat on the pinnicle of Pride Rock looking over the Pride Lands, awaiting for the great sun to raise into the sky starting the new day.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:48 pm
((*snugs the little cutie* :3))
-Mufasa awoke slowly, forcing his old body to wake up in it's old habits of 'early to bed, early to rise', despite the fact that it tempted him softly to curl back up with Sarabi once more.
But soon enough it'd be sunrise, and this was the time when the fewest seemed to be up. Long ago he'd taken it as his 'silent duty' to watch over the pridelands in the early morning hours, and each day he was there he took up the task diligently.
Lifting himself from the cool stone he streched, almost seeming in slow motion before he finally began to make it out of the cave, surprised to see he wasn't alone this morning. Eyeing the young one curiously, trying to take in it's pelt dispite the bad lighting he finally settled upon who it was. Despite the large mass of members that made up the pride he did know this little one. Had seen him playing around.
Speaking low, as if he feared he'd stir the sleeping creatures that lay hidden in the den, he greeted him softly.- "Good morning Ger. Waiting for the day to come, to go out and play?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:01 am
Ger's body jerked a little in surprised by the king's voice. His head turned back with a smile knowing he was in no harm with this gentle giant. Mufasa was old but his figure still held his majestic glory of his many years as king of the Pride Lands.
"Good morning, Mufasa. Did you sleep well last night?" he asked casually.
The sun was just reaching the great horizon changing the sky into the burning flames of the great sun's light.
"Not today, your Majesty, I have had my fun for a while. A lot has happened to me already and I only started to leave Pride Rock for three days now. Your kingdom is really large and there is so much I have never seen before." he said staring back at the sun raise as some of the inhabitants of the great land moved about down below.
The Pride Lands at its best is in the early morning.
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:18 am
"Indeed I did. We've been blessed with some calm weather as of late." -In truthfulness he'd had a little tossing and turning, worry touching his mind at the princess' disapperance. But that wasn't something to worry a cub about. And he'd slept decently reguardless. He always seemed to when Sarabi was by his side.
Mufasa laughed a little, a very soft and good hearted sound as the cub spoke on, explaining himself, giving his large mane a shake as he tried to stir himself even more into the world of wakeness.- "Sometimes it's nice to just take a break and lounge around home. In between all that exploring and playing."
-So many of the young ones nowadays seemed to have that wandering spirit. And only now as a father did he know how worrisome it was. Seating himself lightly alongside the small cub he gazed out at the horizon.- "Are you going to explore as far as your legs can carry you little one?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:03 am
Ger stared in awe at the king's large 'fluffy' around his massive neck. He wanted one just the thought of Kimaji's words the days before and the sight of the king's. He really wanted to grow up.
"No, I want to explore as far as my eyes can see, Your Majesty." he corrected, staring into the vast distance before him. The Elephant Graveyard, the Southlands, the Forest, the Jungle, and all that after. There was so much the cub wanted to see and take in. Curious, "Your Majesty, have you ever been away from the Pride Lands to explore further? There is so much out there that the sun touches. Does all of it belong to you?" he asked. Thinking back to Kimaji, she didn't even know who Mufasa was or what the Pride Lands were. She lived in the forest that boardered the Pride Lands, and the sun touched it so that would mean it belonged to Mufasa's kingdom?
This kingdom thing is confusing...
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:14 am
-Another soft smile touched his golden maw, and he nodded thoughtfully a the questions.-
"As king it's been my job to make sure that everything is safe in and around the Pridelands. So I have traveled alot, visited lots of other prides and lands. I try to stay around the Pridelands as much as I possibly can however. I tend to miss my queen, and all the children around here when I leave."
-A laugh errupted from him at the second question, one that only a child could ask, and he settled his paw lightly against the cub's head, ruffling his coat gently.- "From right here on the rocks almost everything you see belongs to the pridelands. But once you begin to travel you'll see that there is so much more. Lands held by the Firekin and Mistweavers, lands that are free to any rogue that walks through them. There is more land out there then you could ever walk in one lifetime."
"The pridelands, as big as they are, are on a tiny part of the world around it."
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:48 am
The little golden cub was amazed by Mufasa's vast knowledge. It was amazing. However, his massive paw on his head wasn't really granted. Ger pawed at his head fur, straightening it again after Mufasa's ruffle.
"Mufa....Your Majesty, what is a Fire kin and a Mist weaver?" Ger asked. "Could I go there too?" he added.
Fire kin must be a huge place full of fire and lots of stuff. I wonder if there are any lions there too, it'd be so cool to go there. And Mist weaver, is that some place near the watering hole, there are lots of lions there all the time. Ger thought to himself of the two things the large lion mentioned. His eyes filled with glee. "Can I go to Fire kin and Mist weaver!?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:07 am
-Grinning a little more he let his tail flick back and forth in soft contentment, watching the sun move higher into the sky gently.-
"Firekin and Mistweavers are two other prides. There are more then that though.. probably more then I even know myself."
"The Firekin live close to here, in the desert. Most of them have a very firey red pelt." -He paused at that thought, his brother's own red coat touching his mind.. though he soothed it away with the thought of his own two red children. They certainly weren't monsters like the other red coated beasts were they?- "The firekins don't tend to be very nice to outsiders however. They take lions from their families and force them to work for them, never letting them leave."
-Frowning a little gently, he gave a soft look to Ger.- "You really shouldn't go there if you don't have to. They don't want you there for anything other then harming you. So if you do ever have to travel that way, do so with a large pack."
-Pushing that aside he turned his thoughts to the kinder pride to the west.-"The mistweavers live to the west and are a very wise and old pride. When I was younger I used to like to travel with the king of the mistweavers land. They live in a valley that is usually full of water and life. They're a kind pride, so it should be alright to travel and visit them."
"I also hear.. that there is a pride to the far east.. that moves and travels about. I've never been over those mountains before though.."
-Trailing, he quieted down finally to look at the cub.- "I suppose the best bit of advice is just to be cautious wherever you travel, because you never know when you'll stumble across some nasty creature having a bad day."
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:18 pm
Ger looked down at the animals hunting, playing, and just doing their natural things from day to day. It was as if everything was schedule to happen from one day to the next.
"So then stay clear of the dezart and the Fire kin." he though about it. The Firekin is a pride that lives in a desert. However, Ger was still a cub, what was a desert? Is it big and hot? "And to visit the Mist weavers in the valley." The valley, something that Ger defiantly knew about. It was a vast valley to the west. From where he was sitting, he could see it.
"....Uncle Mufasa, what is a dezart?" callin' uncle to make him not feel as lowly as he is in the Pride being a cub and all. "Is it very hot?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:49 am
"Very hot indeed." -He tried to dig through his mind, finding the most simple ways to explain the area. It was becoming apparent that his explainations weren't that good for someone so young. And that thought brought a smile to him. Children were so wonderful. So innocent and ready to learn. Willing to explore and expand their knowledge and beliefs, unlike alot of the pigheaded adult of the world.
He wondered softly if he was as pigheaded as he imagined some of the others were himself. Murring softly, he glanced towards the sky.- "The desert is a place were the grass doesn't grow very well. Most of the ground is covered with dirt or sand, and there is very little water at all. It's not a very good place to live and grow because the prey animals don't stay there, and you could easily die of thirst if you didn't know where all the tiniest of watering holes are."
"We are very lucky over here in the Pridelands. Blessed with some of the best land for settling in and raising families."
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:29 am
Ger nodded, taking in all the information even the last bit. The Pride Lands was a safe haven from most, especially the hyenas bound to the Elephant Graveyard. As long as Mufasa was around Ger was safe, and as long as Jhazara was around he had a family.
"Uncle, what exactly do you do all day? You can't possibly sit up here and just watch as things happen, right?" Ger asked, teal eyes upon the king's. "You must do something fun."
Ger was young, why only many months old. His knowledge of the world and how things works are limited to a minimum. Mufasa was sort of his idol, someone he could look up to while he was down or just lost. That was probably because he never met/saw his father, had no brothers, and Mufasa was the king and one of the oldest members of teh Pride. The little golden cub smiled.
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:55 am
((Sorry about the wait dear! heart ))
"What do I do?" -He looked up to the sky as he pondered that question, before finally glancing back down at those teal eyes, smiling widely.-
"Well it depends really. Most days I spend the morning out here watching for predators and trouble while the others sleep. But I tend to do more once people wake up. Sometimes myself and Sarabi go off swimming at the water hole. And more often then not, I spend some of my time each day playing with some of the younger cubs around Priderock." -He paushed for a moment, thinking back to his own grown children. Oh how he longed for the cub days again. Having them close to home and free of worry.-
-Giving his mane a soft shake, he continued thoughtfully.- "Of course I have to do 'king things' as well. Like talk to the new animals that wander into the Pridelands, and give them my permission to stay here if they want to. Or wander around the savvannah and keep a close eye on how everyone is."
"When there is trouble I have to help. In the past when we had fewer lioness' I helped to hunt. And when need be I travel out of the pridelands to fix problems at the borders and with other prides."
"But for today? I'll probably just stay around home." -Gaining a mock serious expression he turned the inquisition back towards the small cub.- "And what about you Ger? What do you do?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:58 pm
((No problem, Iris. ^^))
Ger contemplated about the question.
"It depends really, I just like to play around while everyone else is sleepin'. But I sort of feel over looked when they wake up being little and all." he turned back to the horizon, "I just want to grow up a little."
The little golden cub laughed. "Though I like to play with Ezeoha when he's around. There are Mosi and Trinny too!" he said with euthusiaism even if Mufasa didn't know the cub's nicknames.
"But for today I want to relax here. I went to the forest and the graveyard, I am done for a while. I'm just gonna relax here." In truth, Ger wasn't entirely telling the true. He did plan to stay at Pride Rock since he had nowhere else to explore. Now that he got information, he could do some more wanderin'. Now he just has to bide his time.
"Your Majesty, when did you get so fluffy?" he asked.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:54 pm
((*growls* You had this like.. gigantic and awesome post.. but my computer decided to lock up and eat it. >.< So sorry if this one isn't all meaty and nice.))
-His brow cocked a little as the young cub disclosed the information of the dangerous places he'd already traveled. That was one of the few things that were bad about large tribes... It was so hard to keep track of everyone at all time.. and the last thing he wanted was some sort of tragedy.
Streching his massive paws out before him he pondered softly, speaking thoughtfully.- "In such a hurry to grow... You get to be old for the rest of your life, you should try to enjoy the short time you get as a child. A time with playing, and mothers to comfort you, and no worries or responsibilities. I know quite a few grown lions that'd give anything to be your age once again."
-Fluffy? His question caught Mufasa off guard, and he found himself pondering for a long moment, before finally he understood the cub's question.- "Oh my mane?"
-Giving his mane a subconcious ruffle under the attention he pondered softly back.- "I believe I was about three years old when my mane finally became full." -He remembered the day actually now. How proud he'd been when he'd been with his full chesnut mane, and how childishly he'd struted off to tell the very young and beautiful Sarabi how he was 'an adult' now. Biting back his laugh at the foolishness of his young self, he smiled once again to Ger, before looking up as he spoke.-
"You'll probably start to see little bits of your mane before too long. It comes in kind of weird, just a little at a time. But before you know it your mane will be large and fluffy."
"I believe the better you take care of yourself the better it grows as well."
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:57 pm
((It's nothing to worry about, Iris. Just the turns of an RP ^^ never know where'd it go.))
Ger's teal eyes grew large at Mufasa's chestnut mane and its luxerous fluffiness. It was obvious that Mufasa took care of it well, and did it often. Ger wanted to grow up so badly, he wanted to be fluffy too, but the older lion said that he had to take care of himself for his mane to grow too.
Ger pawed at his head, he could feel very small strands of fur on his head that hurt when he ran his paw over it. Maybe he should be more cautious of where he went and whom he came in contact with.
....Nah.
"Uncle Mufasa, what are you doing today?" Ger asked out of curiousity. "I got nothing to do today...."
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