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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 7:08:03 GMT -5
Small clouds of bugs flitted through trees and their leaves, the afternoon sun dappled down from out beyond the Savannah. Flocks of noisy birds chattered and cried, sums of them returning from days astray to their roosts for the approaching night. A warm breeze coasted through the wood, rustling leaves on trees and disturbing the debris that littered the ground below.
The scene was rather gorgeous as a vague tinge would turn into a saturation of rich orange which covered every branch and critter in the woods. Amongst it she could see none of this, but the sounds of the birds above and the slight cooling in temperature alerted the lion of how the scene around her was changing, and in her mind she imagined.
Peaches and cream sprawled idly upon the leaf littered ground, she turned her head to enjoy the breeze as it brushed around her. her ears flicked slightly and she jerked as a leaf was blown onto her back. She chuckled slightly at her over-reaction, and rolled slightly to shift her weight. Stretch. Afternoon's always made her feel lazy and contented, especially a gorgeous one like this. The wind was warm in her fur, and the soft fresh scent of new leaves was on the air. She could feel small patches were the sun was hitting her fur through the leaves above, and imagined the light colour it must glint, or the way it must glint off those waxy type of leaves she was sure must be in the canopy.
She chuckled again, grinning merrily, flicking her tail through some leaves behind her. She could smell the damp dirt beneath them as she disturbed it. There was time still until dark, and she intended to spend it here. She could afford to be lazy, already she had eaten her fill for the day, and she did rather enjoy just relaxing. An allowance of time to day dream.
ooc: hope this is okay! Let me know if there's some problem or if I've done somethin' wrong! :3
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 7:13:26 GMT -5
(lets pull ryu in kitten form into this shall we? black panther, misty patterns, lets say young teenager basically here Ryu hunched himself down in the leaf litter that covered the ground. He coiled his small haunches and released the pent up energy within them. He pounced with all his might on the moving thing in front of him, which happened to be the tail to another cat, and grabbed hold as tight as he could. He finally caught something! As he realised what he had caught he looked up at the cat whos tail he was attached to and smiled meekly. "Hi...um I um...." He looked down slightly embarased.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 7:27:30 GMT -5
ooc: wheee! okay! ^_^ Eight-Ball is pretty much a teenager too! she can vary sometimes, hehe! I don't know lion years very well. :3
Her acid green and unseeing eyes widened suddenly as she felt something else pressure on her tail. While enjoying the atmosphere around her she had failed to hear the light pattering of another. In her fear her entire body coiled and in a single lightening movement she sprung to her feet, her paws sliding slightly on the leaves under her in her complete shock. She turned her head quickly to where she had been seconds before, unsure of what to expect. Her eyes stared blankly, but her ears twitched on edge and her nose drew any scent that she could.
A voice touched her ears, and she heard a quite, meek tone. It did not sound threatening- in fact is sounded embarassed and youthful. Her stiffened poise loosened slightly, as she began to formulate what had happened in her mind. She was not being attacked by any other manner of creature- a stifled sigh escaped her as her body softened from the shock - there had been a small mistake.
"Hello!" She replied eagerly, her tail flickering behind her freed from it's captor. She shuffled faintly, before continuing. "You gave me a mighty fright there, I didn't hear you coming! I wasn't sure if you were perhaps an attacker!"
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 7:40:47 GMT -5
(hehe may write alot, but warning, i cant spell when i type lol ) Ryu looked down at his oversised paws, his misty fur swirling softly. "I am sorry about that, i thought your tail was some sort of mouse or something. I really am sorry, dont eat me ok?" Ryu shyly stole a glance at the lions face, seeing bright green eyes looking back down at him. He quickly dropped his gaze to the ground again and shuffled his paw through the dirt.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 7:47:22 GMT -5
Etti kept herself incredibly alert, as she always had to be. It was the only way she knew to be, in order to be able to visualise what was going on around her she needed all her senses to be watching where her eyes couldn't. She could sense the hesitation of the other feline near her, and she felt slightly guilty. She had been made aware on many a previous occasion where her seemingly tense nature of focus had made another uncomfortable.
She chuckled slightly at his words, a grin appearing across her broad muzzle. "Eat.. eat you? Hehe! Me?" She couldn't help but scuffle slightly in her amusement.
"I'm flattered, really! But I couldn't eat'choo, I'm certain! And I've got no interest anyway! That's fine about my tail, really! No lasting injury!" As she spoke her tail curled around under her near her front paws, as if to prove her point to Ryu. "See see? If you'd tried to eat my tail, then perhaps I mighta been a bit offended, but as it is, no damage done!"
Her tensed muscles relaxed, and she found herself noticing the simple breeze and the warmth of the dappled sun once more.
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 7:52:38 GMT -5
Ryu perked up a little bit at the lions words, but he was shie and even her words would not cure that yet. Ryu stopped kicking the dirt around, as he had already gathered quite the pile of it infront of him.
Ryu looked up at the lion. "I can't help thinking that you were gonna eat me, thats what the other lions did out there." He pointed to the savanah. "I was running from a big vulture when i fell over a rock and onto a big male lions head, he reared up and tried to eat me so i ran some more." Small tears welled up in the corner of Ryu's eyes, but he ignored their very existance.
Looking back up at her. "Im Ryu, by the way. I figure we might as well not call each other lion and panther eh?" He tilted his head to the side slightly, one ear flopped over on his head.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 8:01:25 GMT -5
Etti could sense the slight change in the panther before her, she could certainly no longer her him messing the dirt. As he spoke to her she listened and nodded, understanding his situation. The lion was small for her age, due to slight malnourishment in her major growing years- she never had been a good hunter. And regardless, her disability often had others harrassing her or picking on her. She smiled, and noting the sound of sadness in his voice as he recounted his experience, tried to look comforting.
"I understand completely. I don't think I've ever had quite the same experience, but I've had run ins with those who like to pick on others. I'm not one for a fight, and I'm a bit awkward when it comes to defence and particularly quick thinking. Obviously." She gave a sigh. "But I ain't going to eat you! Not all lions live only to eat! Besides, I've eaten already today."
She chuckled as he introduced himself. "Ryu! How pleasant to meet you! And you're a panther are you? How very interesting! I grew up with all lions, so I don't often meet other feline's! My name is Eight-Ball, Etti for short! I'll take any form of nickname really!"
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 8:10:02 GMT -5
Ryu smiled as he heard her name, it comforted him somehow to know the name of the lioness.
"Yea im a panther, though i look odd from what ive seen of em. Etti eh? Interesting name, from what i know." Ryu looked up at her and didnt look back down into the dirt. "So you've been picked on too? Heh, Ive gotten no end of it. Though i should expect it, i dont have a family to protect me." He breathed in deeply and sighed as he flopped down onto his dirt mound, propping his muzzle onto his front paws.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 8:18:51 GMT -5
She flicked her head slightly, catching a whisp of a breeze under her chin. She just loved the wind so much. As he lay down her attentions returned to the panther in her midst, and, relaxed by far now, she smiled dreamily. A dull thud was her behind hitting the ground as she sat down, and stretched again, her muscles happy to be relieved from their tension.
"A lot of other lions, and other felines as well, kind of think I'm a bit.. well, useless because of my disability." Her acid eyes looked solemn for a moment, before she returned swiftly to her cheery grin. "My family were always kind, my brothers and parents looked after me when I couldn't look after myself. I am sorry about your family," She added, slightly tactlessly. "I had to leave mine, not by their will or anyone elses, but my own. I didn't want to add anymore strain to them. Food was becoming a bit more scarce with another lion pride population growing near us. I felt they shouldn't have to put in so much effort when I could give so little in return! I've been on my own for a while, but I've learnt to work around any difficulties!"
Her creamy tail curled around her haunches where she sat, and her eyes wandered across the panther, looking but not seeing.
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 8:24:40 GMT -5
Ryu looked up at her, his brow curling around his eyes to make room for the sudden shift.
"Its not sad about my family, partially because i never knew them. Before i was able to remember anything they dropped me off somewhere, and i had to fend for myself. Its made me strong, yet shy around others. So whats wrong with you? You look ok to me, though i guess im not a good judge of lions." Ryu flicked his tail slightly, the silver ring on the tip flashing in one of the spots of sunlight streaming down. He tried aiming his tail, and was rewarded by seeing a small fleck of light bounce around on Etti's flank. He couldnt suppress it and let out a small haugh at the sight.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 8:32:34 GMT -5
She listened intently, nodding all the while, and looking puzzled but pleased as he started to laugh. She couldn't tell what he was doing, but took it as a sign he felt more comfortable. However she jerked slightly at his question.
"Oh!" She sounded surprised suddenly, and then a look of embarassment came over her. "I'm sorry, I thought it were obvious! A lot of the others are often picking it from afar, I've learnt well to cope, I think I function almost completely normally. I suppose I'm still not quite right!" She smiled weakly, and blinked, turning her face into the warm sunlight slightly. The acid green eyes glinting on her face, their lack of pupils was surprisingly more startling illuminated by the sun. She looked for a moment as if she was in pain, in fact she was struggling to find the words, although they were simple.
The emotion is similar to that of one who has had a loved one die and who is still coming to grips with it. It was as any large change in life is hard to come to terms with, and even after all this time it was hard to say it so bluntly.
"I'm completely blind." She said. It was plain and simple, and she managed to say it with no emotion, and then returned to smiling afterwards. "But hey, like I said, it's not like I'm doin' too badly!"
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 8:42:53 GMT -5
Ryu let his tail go limp, the spot dissapearing into the woods somewhere.
"Oh, i didn't know. Thats why you didn't know i wasn't some threat then. Sorry." Ryu felt sorry for her, but also knew that pity made everyone feel worse.
"You must have an extroardanary sense of smell and hearing to make up for it then dont you?" Ryu was hoping to cheer her up a little, she must miss having her sight afterall.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 8:55:18 GMT -5
A smile broadened across her face, she suddenly appeared happier as soon as he mentioned her other senses.
"Why yes! I guess... not having my sight, I lost it just as a little cub. But you see, I think you're right! I has certainly helped my other senses! I would wager that my ability to hear and my sense of smell are much more acute than others! I can sense things- little changes in the wind, disturbances in the air... it alerts me to the movements of others around me!"
"That's why I was so surprised you managed to sneak up on me like you did. Without my sight, I'm a prime target- I half figured you must have been... gosh, I was so frightened actually! I assumed you were an extremely experienced hunter!"
She laughed. "I'm sorry, I'm not saying you're not! I'm not familiar with the ways of panthers, but I presume you're a fine hunter. You said yourself living without your parents has made you strong!"
She seemed suddenly more alive than before, as thought Ryu's reminding her of her senses brought them all into action again. She wasn't tense as she had been before, but she bristled with a cheery excitement, and yet was dreamy.
In actual fact she had again attuned her senses, although she sometimes felt down about her lack of eyesight, she felt priveleged for the way her other senses has matured around that fault. Where her eyes would be limited to the canopy, her ears told her of the birds flittering still above them, her scent enlightened her to the movement of creatures through the undergrowth that she might not have scene, to the time of day and to the sprouting of new plants and life. Her sense of touch was, to her, like magic. It was almost sight, her tail flicked to take in a large area, and the wind brushed her, and the sun was warm but moving- setting.
For a moment she had lept up and stood, her head aloft and looking to the sky above the canopy, but she turned her attention swiftly back to Ryu, her face in a look of happiness.
"Sometimes, I don't know if I miss it... it's quite.. amazing really, what you loose when you depend on your sight!" She pondered if she should make an attempt to tell him what she felt around her, every second of every day, in this life of other-sense. Although then, she did not want to come off as a loony, as well as blind!
ooc: sorry, got a bit carried away there! :P If you want to try and spice things up a bit, feel free! ^_^ I'm not sure really what to do with the roleplay from here besides if they keep chatting!
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Post by Ryu Arashi on Oct 1, 2007 9:02:31 GMT -5
(hmm might bring in another char for fun, bound to happen soon anyway kiuchan, leopard cub younger than me with a long black mane down his body. he hidin in the bushes to our side i suppose, unless you want him to sneak up on us again lol) Ryu smiled at her obvious mood change. At least he was able to do that much. "I sometimes wondered what it would be like to have even better senses than i do now. Sometimes it seems as if i miss so much, like the world hides itself from me sometimes. Hehe but what do i know, Im just a little panther hehe." Ryu contemplated what it would be like having no eyesight, he closed his eyes tight, but nothing changed. The world around him seemed the same as ever.
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Post by Teloka on Oct 1, 2007 9:17:44 GMT -5
As Etti listened to Ryu talking, she almost felt sad for those who were lumbered with only eyesight. Well, not only eyesight.. but as the primary feature.. she felt confused sometimes. She often missed her eyesight, but at other times reveled in what she saw without it. Perhaps it was only because she had once had her eyesight that she was at peace without it, she could still imagine things around her as she thought they might be.
She heard Ryu become quiet, and moved towards him. Unable to see, she stopped just outside of 'close'. "I can try and help. I'll tell you what I see, perhaps it will... oh, I don't know. Maybe this is silly?" She giggled a little, a nervous kind of laugh. She felt that it was nice that someone felt similar. Often she had other felines telling her how ridiculous it was that she had no eyesight, that she was just a burden on their society. No one had ever considered that perhaps there was more to be had from a combination of senses.
"See.. I guess.. I'm sorry Ryu! I must sound simply manic! I guess.. if you shut your eyes..." She didn't realise he'd already done this. "I guess... the things I hear. Birds above, you can't see them.. but they're there? I guess I remember when I could see, I wouldn't consider so much what I couldn't see. "
"There's the birds right above us, there's the birds flying across the savannah... the noise they're making is most common at this time of day. It's like they're excited and coming home! And you can feel the winds changing, a breeze this way, a brush that way... there's currents everywhere. Down here, above the canopy, across the mountains. The cold wind comes from the mountains fast and sharp, and the warm soft breeze that is dry and smells of old grass is from the savannah..."
She did sound somewhat loony. Her eyes open and blank, an excited and happy grin on her face, like a small cub with a fantastic feast it could never eat.
"Over time my tail is like an extra sense on it's own.... if I lower it, I can feel tremours in the ground. If I raise it I can feel a change in the direction of the wind, or a breath of a stranger from a distance..." As she ranted and raved on for a short while more, it occured to her perhaps she would scare of this new friend, so eventually she went quiet.
As much as she wanted to apologise for being wierd, she felt as though she couldn't, because she felt so happy. Talking about these things was something she rarely did.
ooc: she's like.. crazy. xD I just tried to explain something she might experience and how she might try and help someone else see it? I dunno! But yeah, if you want to bring in another character you're welcome to! Or I can if you like! Do as you please!
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