Post by tanniyn on Aug 31, 2007 23:39:43 GMT -5
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Kasim, adolescent male cougar
Maulisho, adolescent female cougar
Tria, juvenile female cougar
Softpaws, adolescent female cougar
Eroded Well
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This landscape is made of black basalt stone whose edges have been smoothed and rounded by wind and sand, its surface pitted by holes of varying sizes. There are tiny little niches filled with dirt, in which tufts of grass and flowering plants grow. Hollows large enough to hold anything from a rabbit to a sleeping coyote, from which the wind sweeps the dirt before any plants can anchor it. Amidst them all is one single, giant hole bored into the bedrock at a peculiar angle, large enough for many creatures to bury head and shoulders in. Deep enough to hold water in all but the driest of summers, tepid though that liquid might be; its depths are clear, a scattering of gravel dotting the base of the pit.
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It's night time in the Amaranth lands. Everyone is just starting to start to retire for the day, except for one. Kasim is laying down and staring blankly into the water below him. He's been thinking about his past and his present and what he can do in his future. He doesn't know what will become of him, other that he'll die just like everyone else. He's been mostly focusing on the question 'what have I done that can be considered usefull in the world.' It's a pretty big question that he still has no answer to yet. Kasim feels as though he is nowhere and nobody. He just feels he hasn't helped enought. He lets out a long sigh and continues to stare at the water below him.
Maul hasn't been too far off from the well, but secluded enough to have avoided detection for the span of the day--exactly what she was hoping for. Now, it's thirst that drives her out of her solitary location, and back to the well. As she pads quietly toward her destination, amber eyes easily spot the male at the water's edge. Erg.. she was hoping he would have left, especially after what happened the night before with her running off near tears. If it wasn't for the fact that this really is the only nearby place for water, Maul would go elsewhere. With a grimace, she continues forward, already feeling awkward, and doing her best not to acknowledge the male's presense. Please, just don't say anything to her...!
Kasim's hears flicker up as he hears someone coming. He is suprised to see that it's Maul and is a little hurt that she doesn't seem to notice him. But then he reminds himself that, after her running away yesterday like that, she's probably got something on her mind. He decides to let it go for now. As she draws nearer, Kasim looks up and says simply, "Hey there Maul." He doesn't get up from laying down for two simple reasons; 1, it's comfortable ;) and 2, she looks like she doesn't want to talk anyways."Kasim, I'm.. sorry.. about last night. I know you probably wanted to talk, but..." She hangs her head. "I just wasn't doing well." Obviously. Avoiding Kasim's gaze, the female steps to the edge of the well, lowers her head, and takes a long drink. /Very/ long in fact--almost as though she's purposefully drinking slowly to prolong not having to look up and face the other cougar. But finally, she can't drink any more, and has to get back up. And so, with a little bit of water still trickling from her whiskers, she raises her head, briefly meeting Kasim's eyes, before looking off to the distance.
So she /did/ catch him hiding around yesterday. Kasim just shakes his head with a smile on it, "Don't worry about it." As much as he would have liked to talk to her, she seems to be quite busy. As Maul takes her long drink, Kasim can't help but smile. He knows what she's doing and he doesn't mind it. He didn't know one animal could drink that much, however. When she's finally done and she catches his eye, Kasim sees some stress and maybe even a little sadness in them. "Alright," he says getting to his paws and smiling at her, "what's going on. I can tell there's something going on in you and talking about it helps." Kasim is only trying to help Maul but doesn't know if she wants it at this moment. He just doens't like seeing one of his friend so sad like this.
AAaaaand cue the distraction! Barreling out of the woods directly for Maulisho is Tria, a happy smile plastered to her face. "MAUULIIISSSHHOOO!!!!" The youngster practically barrels right past Kasim and runs around and through Maulisho's legs happily. "Maul'! Maul'! Maul! Guess what i did!!" This could either be a GOOD or BAD statement. The happy Tria barely even glances at Kasim as she stares wide eyed at her friend, tail twitching happily. It takes only a few moments before she DOES look over at Kasim and blink, "Hello!" YAY. XD
She knew he would ask. She KNEW he would ask. And why shouldn't he? He's just trying to be a friend... right? Nodding to herself, Maulisho finally decides. She'll tell him. If he thinks less of her, then so be it--he asked, didn't he? Mouth compressing into a thin black line, she turns to face him. But no words come forth as suddenly her world goes crazy with the abrupt arrival of a little fluffball of cougar hyper-energetic insanity. "Tria...? What.. what are you doing here?" Dang it, now she's smiling! This was supposed to be a serious moment, too! :P
Kasim is all ready to hear what Maul has to say but, alas, it looks like that is going to have to wait. He gives a slight jump as someone behind him gives a scream and the next thing he knows, there's a small fluffball around Maul's leg. He can't help but laugh at Maul as the little cougar starts to make herself at home just when something serious was about to happen. Ah well. He looks down to the small cougaress as he is finally adressed. "Hello Tria, do you remember who I am?" She seemed to remember him, but who knows?
She glances at Kasim but he will /have/ to /wait/. Tria beams a smile at Maul' and scoffs lightly, "I could smell you from a mile away." She means that in the most loving of ways. XD "LOOK!" And with that Tria's off into the bushes and then back again in no time to drop a rather fat squirrel at her paws. "I caught it myself!" Yeah! This one didn't fall out of the trees dead! XD NOW She looks to Kasim and dips her head politely, "/Hi/ Kasim." She gives him the FISH eyes before looking back to Maulisho and leaning foward, attempting something she could only dream of being close to a whisper. "Is he annoying you? Want me to get rid of him? Is he your boyfriend? Why do you look sad? Did he make you upset?!" GASP. How DARE HE. "You can have my squirrel, I'll get another." She noses the squirrel to her and stands to stare woodenly at Kasim. "I think you two need to talk." Snort. >_>
Wow... Maulisho had forgotten how much ENERGY this cub had! Feeling as though /she's/ out of breath, Maul simply watches and listens.. nodding, smiling, and looking as encouraging as she can, despite that she really doesn't feel it. It's not Tria's fault though--the cub deserves at least an effort at cheeriness on Maul's part. "That's a big squirrel; you caught it all by yourself? Wow!" But whoa.. the question about Kasim being her /boyfriend/ catches her completely off-guard... AND the situation goes back to awkward. Feeling her expression flush into a nice shade of red, Maul very deliberately does NOT look at the male, instead whispering conspiratorially back to the cub, "And just how would you get rid of him? Do you think you could beat him in a wrestling match?"
Kasim can't help but smile as the cub goes on her joyfull rampage. She defenently has a lot of energy. He sees her infamous stare at him and smiles at this too. So she still doens't really trust him. "That /is/ a big squirrel you caught there. Nice job." The question about him being Maul's boyfriend also catches Kasim off guard. He decides not to look at Maul either, even though she's not looking at him, and instead look at Tria. It's amazing how quickly a conversation can turn to comfortable to awkward. When Maul whispers, much more quietly he should add, right after that question, Kasim starts to feel awkward himself. It took a lot to make him feel like that, but this was one of the few things that /would/ make him like this. What is she saying????????/?????????/???
Tria beams proudly at the praise for her squirrel, thas right, and then tunes her attention souly on Maul' and her whispering. She glances over her shoulder and then back and scoffs, "You bet I could," she 'whispers' back. The cougaress wanders over to snuggle happily against one of Maulishos forelimbs and lets a happy purr rattle forth. "Just give the word!" AHAHAH. Yes. Thats right. Diabolical feline. Master of destruction! Fear her for she is teh_ankle bitter of doom!
Ahh, what's the use. There's no way that Maulisho can retain any semblence of seriousness while Tria's here, so... why not have some fun, for the cub's sake? And, maybe for her own sake as well. She needs it. As the cub rubs up against her forelegs, she lowers her head and whispers, "If you really think you can wrestle him, then GET HIM!!"--and the cub is promptly picked up and tossed at Kasim, with Maul letting out a very un-serious giggle. Don't think about the problems that she's dealing with. Don't think about the mistakes she's made. Don't think about the decisions she's failed at. Just enjoy this time together with friends, and try to be happy for once!
The cubs energy must be contagious as Kasim is as well starting to feels less serious about talking to Maul. That can wait and he'll have other chances. Tria's 'whispering' doesn't give him any clues as to what they're saying. Then Maul goes and whispers to her too. He's starting to feel left out. Maybe if he just leans in a bit, what the- The next thing Kasim knows is there's a cub being hurled in his direction. He tries to rear up on his hind legs to 'catch' her but it's too late. The little cougar slams into Kasim's chest and sends him rolling over. He tries to curl up on the cub so he doens't entierly roll on her and squash her. When he lands on his back he gives Maul a quick annoied look but then breaks out laughing. He can't help it. "You're a heavy little thing aren't you." he says friendly to Tria, who seemed to come out unharmed and was now on top of his stomach.
Well she /was/ eating better then she had been. Indeed Tria was beginning to look a lot healthier then the day Maulisho found her staring confused and rather scared up at her. The cougar cub is in a fit of giggles as she does a mock growl as she flys through the air towards the male. As she hits him and they tumble she grips him around the neck so she doesn't fly off and 'loose her catch'. As the motion stops she perches happily atop his belly before scampering fowards and deciding she was going to take one of his ears captive. Yeah. Thats so hers now. As she gnaws happily upon one of Kasim's ears, she looks proudly over at Maulisho and thus proceeds to puff up her chest. n____n
Maulisho just shakes her head, laughing at the cub's display of bravado. "Nice one, Tria! ... Was he harder or easier than that squirrel?" She'd better be careful or Kasim might feel insulted! But hey--surely the male can suppress his dignity for the sake of a cub. Right? The cougaress sits down, tail curling around her forepaws as she laughs again. "Kasim, I think you might need to beg her not to eat you!"
Kasim can't stop laughing as the cub starts to chew on one of his ears. He hasn't laughed this hard in a while and it's gladly welcomed back. He gives Maul a quick annoyed look but then just smiles and laughs along. Of course he can repress his dignity for a cub. It wouldn't be the first time. He gives a smile and a small laugh at Maul's next comment, turning his attention back to the Tria. "Yes, please don't eat me, o-great squirrel catcher. I taste awful anyways." he says, in a mock pleading tone.
As she gnaws upon said males ears, a nice coat of drool now covering it as well as making the fur ontop his head stick up in spikes, Tria considers and releases her victum. "He was deffinately easier." She gives him a wink, did she just make a funny?, and slides off the male to go curl up happily by Maulisho, rubbing her head against one of her forelegs. Tria did good! She got that Kasim yes she did! XD
Kasim, adolescent male cougar
Maulisho, adolescent female cougar
Tria, juvenile female cougar
Softpaws, adolescent female cougar
Eroded Well
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This landscape is made of black basalt stone whose edges have been smoothed and rounded by wind and sand, its surface pitted by holes of varying sizes. There are tiny little niches filled with dirt, in which tufts of grass and flowering plants grow. Hollows large enough to hold anything from a rabbit to a sleeping coyote, from which the wind sweeps the dirt before any plants can anchor it. Amidst them all is one single, giant hole bored into the bedrock at a peculiar angle, large enough for many creatures to bury head and shoulders in. Deep enough to hold water in all but the driest of summers, tepid though that liquid might be; its depths are clear, a scattering of gravel dotting the base of the pit.
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It's night time in the Amaranth lands. Everyone is just starting to start to retire for the day, except for one. Kasim is laying down and staring blankly into the water below him. He's been thinking about his past and his present and what he can do in his future. He doesn't know what will become of him, other that he'll die just like everyone else. He's been mostly focusing on the question 'what have I done that can be considered usefull in the world.' It's a pretty big question that he still has no answer to yet. Kasim feels as though he is nowhere and nobody. He just feels he hasn't helped enought. He lets out a long sigh and continues to stare at the water below him.
Maul hasn't been too far off from the well, but secluded enough to have avoided detection for the span of the day--exactly what she was hoping for. Now, it's thirst that drives her out of her solitary location, and back to the well. As she pads quietly toward her destination, amber eyes easily spot the male at the water's edge. Erg.. she was hoping he would have left, especially after what happened the night before with her running off near tears. If it wasn't for the fact that this really is the only nearby place for water, Maul would go elsewhere. With a grimace, she continues forward, already feeling awkward, and doing her best not to acknowledge the male's presense. Please, just don't say anything to her...!
Kasim's hears flicker up as he hears someone coming. He is suprised to see that it's Maul and is a little hurt that she doesn't seem to notice him. But then he reminds himself that, after her running away yesterday like that, she's probably got something on her mind. He decides to let it go for now. As she draws nearer, Kasim looks up and says simply, "Hey there Maul." He doesn't get up from laying down for two simple reasons; 1, it's comfortable ;) and 2, she looks like she doesn't want to talk anyways."Kasim, I'm.. sorry.. about last night. I know you probably wanted to talk, but..." She hangs her head. "I just wasn't doing well." Obviously. Avoiding Kasim's gaze, the female steps to the edge of the well, lowers her head, and takes a long drink. /Very/ long in fact--almost as though she's purposefully drinking slowly to prolong not having to look up and face the other cougar. But finally, she can't drink any more, and has to get back up. And so, with a little bit of water still trickling from her whiskers, she raises her head, briefly meeting Kasim's eyes, before looking off to the distance.
So she /did/ catch him hiding around yesterday. Kasim just shakes his head with a smile on it, "Don't worry about it." As much as he would have liked to talk to her, she seems to be quite busy. As Maul takes her long drink, Kasim can't help but smile. He knows what she's doing and he doesn't mind it. He didn't know one animal could drink that much, however. When she's finally done and she catches his eye, Kasim sees some stress and maybe even a little sadness in them. "Alright," he says getting to his paws and smiling at her, "what's going on. I can tell there's something going on in you and talking about it helps." Kasim is only trying to help Maul but doesn't know if she wants it at this moment. He just doens't like seeing one of his friend so sad like this.
AAaaaand cue the distraction! Barreling out of the woods directly for Maulisho is Tria, a happy smile plastered to her face. "MAUULIIISSSHHOOO!!!!" The youngster practically barrels right past Kasim and runs around and through Maulisho's legs happily. "Maul'! Maul'! Maul! Guess what i did!!" This could either be a GOOD or BAD statement. The happy Tria barely even glances at Kasim as she stares wide eyed at her friend, tail twitching happily. It takes only a few moments before she DOES look over at Kasim and blink, "Hello!" YAY. XD
She knew he would ask. She KNEW he would ask. And why shouldn't he? He's just trying to be a friend... right? Nodding to herself, Maulisho finally decides. She'll tell him. If he thinks less of her, then so be it--he asked, didn't he? Mouth compressing into a thin black line, she turns to face him. But no words come forth as suddenly her world goes crazy with the abrupt arrival of a little fluffball of cougar hyper-energetic insanity. "Tria...? What.. what are you doing here?" Dang it, now she's smiling! This was supposed to be a serious moment, too! :P
Kasim is all ready to hear what Maul has to say but, alas, it looks like that is going to have to wait. He gives a slight jump as someone behind him gives a scream and the next thing he knows, there's a small fluffball around Maul's leg. He can't help but laugh at Maul as the little cougar starts to make herself at home just when something serious was about to happen. Ah well. He looks down to the small cougaress as he is finally adressed. "Hello Tria, do you remember who I am?" She seemed to remember him, but who knows?
She glances at Kasim but he will /have/ to /wait/. Tria beams a smile at Maul' and scoffs lightly, "I could smell you from a mile away." She means that in the most loving of ways. XD "LOOK!" And with that Tria's off into the bushes and then back again in no time to drop a rather fat squirrel at her paws. "I caught it myself!" Yeah! This one didn't fall out of the trees dead! XD NOW She looks to Kasim and dips her head politely, "/Hi/ Kasim." She gives him the FISH eyes before looking back to Maulisho and leaning foward, attempting something she could only dream of being close to a whisper. "Is he annoying you? Want me to get rid of him? Is he your boyfriend? Why do you look sad? Did he make you upset?!" GASP. How DARE HE. "You can have my squirrel, I'll get another." She noses the squirrel to her and stands to stare woodenly at Kasim. "I think you two need to talk." Snort. >_>
Wow... Maulisho had forgotten how much ENERGY this cub had! Feeling as though /she's/ out of breath, Maul simply watches and listens.. nodding, smiling, and looking as encouraging as she can, despite that she really doesn't feel it. It's not Tria's fault though--the cub deserves at least an effort at cheeriness on Maul's part. "That's a big squirrel; you caught it all by yourself? Wow!" But whoa.. the question about Kasim being her /boyfriend/ catches her completely off-guard... AND the situation goes back to awkward. Feeling her expression flush into a nice shade of red, Maul very deliberately does NOT look at the male, instead whispering conspiratorially back to the cub, "And just how would you get rid of him? Do you think you could beat him in a wrestling match?"
Kasim can't help but smile as the cub goes on her joyfull rampage. She defenently has a lot of energy. He sees her infamous stare at him and smiles at this too. So she still doens't really trust him. "That /is/ a big squirrel you caught there. Nice job." The question about him being Maul's boyfriend also catches Kasim off guard. He decides not to look at Maul either, even though she's not looking at him, and instead look at Tria. It's amazing how quickly a conversation can turn to comfortable to awkward. When Maul whispers, much more quietly he should add, right after that question, Kasim starts to feel awkward himself. It took a lot to make him feel like that, but this was one of the few things that /would/ make him like this. What is she saying????????/?????????/???
Tria beams proudly at the praise for her squirrel, thas right, and then tunes her attention souly on Maul' and her whispering. She glances over her shoulder and then back and scoffs, "You bet I could," she 'whispers' back. The cougaress wanders over to snuggle happily against one of Maulishos forelimbs and lets a happy purr rattle forth. "Just give the word!" AHAHAH. Yes. Thats right. Diabolical feline. Master of destruction! Fear her for she is teh_ankle bitter of doom!
Ahh, what's the use. There's no way that Maulisho can retain any semblence of seriousness while Tria's here, so... why not have some fun, for the cub's sake? And, maybe for her own sake as well. She needs it. As the cub rubs up against her forelegs, she lowers her head and whispers, "If you really think you can wrestle him, then GET HIM!!"--and the cub is promptly picked up and tossed at Kasim, with Maul letting out a very un-serious giggle. Don't think about the problems that she's dealing with. Don't think about the mistakes she's made. Don't think about the decisions she's failed at. Just enjoy this time together with friends, and try to be happy for once!
The cubs energy must be contagious as Kasim is as well starting to feels less serious about talking to Maul. That can wait and he'll have other chances. Tria's 'whispering' doesn't give him any clues as to what they're saying. Then Maul goes and whispers to her too. He's starting to feel left out. Maybe if he just leans in a bit, what the- The next thing Kasim knows is there's a cub being hurled in his direction. He tries to rear up on his hind legs to 'catch' her but it's too late. The little cougar slams into Kasim's chest and sends him rolling over. He tries to curl up on the cub so he doens't entierly roll on her and squash her. When he lands on his back he gives Maul a quick annoied look but then breaks out laughing. He can't help it. "You're a heavy little thing aren't you." he says friendly to Tria, who seemed to come out unharmed and was now on top of his stomach.
Well she /was/ eating better then she had been. Indeed Tria was beginning to look a lot healthier then the day Maulisho found her staring confused and rather scared up at her. The cougar cub is in a fit of giggles as she does a mock growl as she flys through the air towards the male. As she hits him and they tumble she grips him around the neck so she doesn't fly off and 'loose her catch'. As the motion stops she perches happily atop his belly before scampering fowards and deciding she was going to take one of his ears captive. Yeah. Thats so hers now. As she gnaws happily upon one of Kasim's ears, she looks proudly over at Maulisho and thus proceeds to puff up her chest. n____n
Maulisho just shakes her head, laughing at the cub's display of bravado. "Nice one, Tria! ... Was he harder or easier than that squirrel?" She'd better be careful or Kasim might feel insulted! But hey--surely the male can suppress his dignity for the sake of a cub. Right? The cougaress sits down, tail curling around her forepaws as she laughs again. "Kasim, I think you might need to beg her not to eat you!"
Kasim can't stop laughing as the cub starts to chew on one of his ears. He hasn't laughed this hard in a while and it's gladly welcomed back. He gives Maul a quick annoyed look but then just smiles and laughs along. Of course he can repress his dignity for a cub. It wouldn't be the first time. He gives a smile and a small laugh at Maul's next comment, turning his attention back to the Tria. "Yes, please don't eat me, o-great squirrel catcher. I taste awful anyways." he says, in a mock pleading tone.
As she gnaws upon said males ears, a nice coat of drool now covering it as well as making the fur ontop his head stick up in spikes, Tria considers and releases her victum. "He was deffinately easier." She gives him a wink, did she just make a funny?, and slides off the male to go curl up happily by Maulisho, rubbing her head against one of her forelegs. Tria did good! She got that Kasim yes she did! XD