Lazy, Hazy, Afternoon Sun.

[Ryu Arashi]

Ryu closed his eyes as she described what she heard, and he was amazed. Though he couldnt actually hear most of what she did, he imagined he could and it was amazing.

"Oh Etti, your not being weird, no more than i am. I think what you have is amazing, and it might make your life harder occasionally, but maybe what you get out of it is a worth it?" Ryu laughed as he imagined having such an amazing view on the world, but his laugh was cut short. While they were daydreaming, something had snuck up on them. Before he had time to tell Etti the thing shot out from under some bushes and bowled Ryu over onto his back.

The thing looked to be like a very young leopard cub, maybe half as old as Ryu, and half as small. It bounded onto Ryu and tried to get him to wrestle. The cub was pouncing all over him, as excited as a lost puppy who has found his home.

"Panther...panther...yay!" Was all the little cub seemed to be able to say at the moment, because of all his excitement. Ryu was smothered in it, though he wasnt harmed even by the cubs sharp teeth or claws.

[Teloka]

Etti had been happily daydreaming, and was completely flattered by Ryu's words. Her afternoon had gone full circle to her feeling incredibly and pleasantly contented. She smiled at his laugh, but paused as she heard a brief noise. Before she had time to process anything she felt the huge rush of air as Ryu was taken from near her and thrown around by the small cub. Confused and afraid the peach hued lion started, body once again tensed.

For a few moments she stood stoic in her position, listening intently, before taking a few confident paces forward towards the pair. The pause was long enough that had it been an attack by a larger animal, there could have been a serious consequence to her pause. With a swoop of her paw, not large on it's own but rather massive in comparison to the young cub, she caught the cub squarely around the middle. Neither flinging nor throwing the cub, she performed a quick movement with her front paw, and the cub rolled, or more was guided, from Ryu as Etti swiped.

Her movement was not vicious or intended to hurt, but it was forceful and swift. Her precision was surprising for such a sized creature dealing with the much smaller one. One second the cub had been on Ryu, next it was lying on it's stomach on the ground underneath one of Etti's large flat paws. With a heavy breath she turned to where she thought Ryu was, a look of bemusement but worry on her face.

"Ryu? You okay there? S'only little, whatever it is."


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[Ryu Arashi]

Ryu got up slowly, glad that Etti couldnt see the odd way he had been sitting.

"Dont worry Etti, its just a leopard cub. But he is a little unusual, he has a long black mane running down his spine, odd huh?" Ryu walked over to the cub, who was pinned under Etti's paw, and enjoying every moment of it.

As Ryu came closer, the leopard looked up at him. "Me Kiuchan, who you panther? And who big lady?" He had a somewhat todler like voice, he was very young.

[Ryu Arashi]

(sry bout lonog pause, my computer had to reboot lol)

[Teloka]

^{ooc: that's fine! I might actually have to get heading off somewhat soon because it's 1:15am in the morning here and I gotta be up in 6 hours for uni! ^_^ But we can certainly keep going later!}


Etti turned to face the direction of Ryu's voice, and smiled knowing that he was clearly unharmed, or at the least sounded it. She glanced back downwards, feeling the leopard cub under her paw wriggling and talking. She reclined slowly, laying down, her paw still on the cub. She actually assumed a pose similar to a lion cradling it's prey, however she wore a soft expression of care on her face.

"A little cub..." She said, visibly loosening her grip as if to compensate for youth, but not being completely lax. "A leopard cub you say, Ryu?" She sniffed heavily. "I don't believe I've come into much contact with leopards's either... no wonder I could not detect the scent. I was unsure what it was... I thought perhaps a forest creature! but indeed, of course, a leopard, a leopard." Although she had never had any bias towards other species, her knowledge beyond lions was severely limited. She had trouble imagining the appearance of the leopard, and tried to visualise how a mane could run all the way down the creature's back. Her knowledge of manes was that of her father and brothers, around their neck.

"Kiuchan?" She repeated after the youngster. "Of course! Big lady? hehe. I'll have you know I'm small for my species!" She chuckled slightly, her muzzle close to the cub as she spoke, something about her had gone rather soft.

"My name is..." She paused, about to give her own name, and wondering if it was easier just to give her nickname. "Etti! My name is Etti." She flicked an ear at Ryu, pondering if she should let the boisterous cub up.

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[Ryu Arashi]

(lol k and its leopard not cheetah )

Ryu chuckled at the cub, he was cute he gave Kiuchan that much. "Etti, i think maybe we could try letting him up now?" Ryu looked at Kiuchan, sitting there playing with Etti's claws.

"Kiuchan, im Ryu. Now if we let you up you gotta calm down a little ok? No pouncing." The little leopard cub bounced his head up and down in achnowledgement, though that was no guarentee.

[Teloka]

^{ooc: I am stupppiiiiid. I looked at your image while I was writing and kept thinking cheetah! I'll go back and edit it! =3 After this I gotta head off for the night though, but it's been totally awesome! :3 Goodnight! ^^}


Etti chuckled slightly, she could feel the cub playing with her claws, and it tickled a little, more so in the way it was just sensitive, but still it made her giggle. Still laying down she glanced up at Ryu's voice again, and, although slightly apprehensive, she obliged and moved her paw from Kiuchan's little frame, giving him free room for whatever he may like.

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(k lol talk to yea laters then )

Kiuchan jumped up from the paw, but he didnt tackle anyone. Instead he sat there, tail swishing rapidly, but not moving from the spot.

"Hi Ryu, Etti..I glad to see you." Kiuchan tumbled over onto his back and played with his own tail a little, gettin leaves all stuck in his mane. "I dont have family, they leave me in forest, say they leaving for good. So i go to find new family. You my new family?" The leopard rolled onto his stomach and stared at Ryu with cool yellow eyes.

[Teloka]

Etti laughed silently, her shoulders rumbling slightly in her bemusement. She could feel the excitable energy of the cub near her.

"I'm sorry to hear that about your family Kiuchan! You and Ryu are both orphans then! And neither lions, why I'm learning a lot today!" She grinned broadly, her own tail flickering idly in the leaves behind where she lay.

"Awwr Ryu, you might've found yourself a lil' sibling! Bundle o' mischeif though, I wager!" She grinned playfully at Kiuchan.

[Ryu Arashi]

Ryu grinned. "Yea maybe i have. Quite a handfull though i thinks." Ryu looked over at the cub, who was now chasing his own tail in the leaves.

"They have to tire sometime though, right?" He haughed a little and watched Kiuchan, debating about taking him in.

[Jackie Santiago]

((Guys try and lengthin your posts ^^))

[Ryu Arashi]

(ok)

[Teloka]

^{ooc: okay! It's kinda a bit hard to write longer thing's 'coz we're running out of plot a bit! I can try and spice things up I suppose!}

bic:

Etti's ears flicked around merrily as she listened to the tumbling and playing of the young Leopard cub, and nodded in agreement to Ryu's words. She had a slight furrow to her brow as she tried to concentrate, there was something that was picking up in her scent glands- it smelt like another lion. It was a little hard to pick up over the closer and more unusual scents of Leopard and Panther.

She turned, looking partially dreamy from her lack of focus on what was directly near to her. Then there was something unmistakeable, a crunching sound as something moved swiftly over a few old dry leaves. She started, for the sounds appeared to be moving towards them, in fact, they were already rather close.

"Ryu..." She muttered softly, worried about alerting whoever might be nearby that she was aware of their prescence. There was another sound, soft fast footfalls, almost inaudible for they were taken with caution, and Etti straightened suddenly, growling defensively, but a look of fear still rang clear through her pose.

Horrible traitorsss...

A sinister voice hissed, and Etti glanced around, her senses tingling, everything happened so fast from the first signs of warning to the soft voice. She wouldn't see them, but a pair of crystal eyes sparked through the hazy foliage, the newcomer to their mist perched above them in a tree, and he wore an unpleasant smirk on his face. Those sharp eyes watched the mix of felines below him that made his stomach churn.




^{ooc: okay, trying to make something happen, I hope that's okay! if not I can like delete the whole thing. xD That's a side character I was kinda thinking of making, I decided I'd bring him in as he pretty well would be an interesting one to throw into the current situation!}

[Ryu Arashi]

(cool lol im somewhat not too good at rps when it comes to making up things to do lol, that and im sorta used to alot of people in one rp.)

Ryu looked up from Kiuchan when Etti said his name so quietly. He could tell, by the sound of her voice, that something was wrong. He looked up at her to see her intently trying to find something.

Ryu could tell that she was scared, and in a different way than whith either him or Kiuchan. This was fear that she knew something was out there and she knew it was not good for them. Ryu walked over to Etti and asked her.

"Etti, whats wrong?" His voice trembled slightly in fear he didnt even know he had.

[Teloka]

Liitttlee oneesssss

Acidic green eyes flickering with an honest fear, Etti stood completely still, every fur prickling as she tried her best to sense... there! A strong scent flared at her suddenly, musky and unusual, she could say it was a lion, and a male. That for certain, and yet... something was still strange. She knew lions, there was something else here, hardly obvious, and yet horrifically pungent. Then, was that even a scent? Was it just something she was hearing, or was it her own rapid heartbeat, or the heartbeat of others? She never had been good with situations which required a quick and wise answer. Timidly she stretched a paw out and felt Kiuchan, and without asking permission or saying a word she swung her paw quickly, flicking the young cub closer to her, and into her shadow. She heard Ryu come closer also, and yet had no words to say.


Disgusting filthy traitorsss

Etti's eyes widened and she turned her head immediately upwards, the sound had been there, all of her senses immediately attuned she knew what was her and what wasn't, and all that wasn't friendly was above.

There was a rush of air and she heard it, a heavy thud on the ground to the side of the mottely trio. Etti felt all her short furs stand slightly, and opened her mouth to let out a small growl, trying to sound defensive but not aggressive.

There was a chuckle.

"Aaahahhaahahaaha. Haaaahh" The new commer panted heavily, and was rather unpleasant to look at. His pelt colour was hard to distinguish underneath several layers of dirt, mud and forest debris which tattered into his fur. He looked, frankly, disgusting. It appeared as though he never cleaned, and more frightening were patches of fur that seemed abscent, in their places were small wounds or scars. The male was large, very gangly, but with a aura of strength that seems to come with domineering males. His eyes were a murky grey brown, and some part of him- whether it was the broad, toothy grin which held no friendship, his splayed stance or the clearly visible whites of his eyes- looked drastically seperated from sanity.


"What a day is it when lions, noblist of all, cavort and laugh with filth? ... Otherbreed!" He hissed, his voice was not deep and rich as a lot of males were, but soft and staggered in sentence, and there was always a chuckling.


Etti stood continually speachless, facing the direction which she believed the new male to be in, and she kept one paw on Kiuchan fearfully, hoping only to protect the young Leopard cub from possible harm.