Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 6, 2009 13:54:18 GMT -5
OK, this is an RP that starts with my little character Taraji. Even though it is not finished yet you can peek into her story here.Characters:Taraji (Lodrill Dao) - lioness cub Jamall (Jiang) - lion Jeshi (SimbaKovu) - lion Sefu Hishima (Jiang) - black panther (lion race) Original Characters:Simba (KiarasMate) - lion Vitani (SimbaKovu) - lioness As for the rules:Well, this happens after the original story so no cub simba or nala or other official characters who are already grown up should be used. (But you could use the grown up characters if you like.) This RP is about the first contact and the following events around this character, but not limited to her. So everything that follows is free to develop with everyones role play. As for special abilities of characters:Anything "natural" like mental abilities (foreseeing, telepathy and shamanism or such things) that are existing in the world are ok. Please do not use any kind of ability that is pure fantasy or fiction (like magical powers, flying lions or so). But you might play a character that pretends to have such abilities (for example some lion claims to have magical powers and is working with tricks or a lioness with the wish to fly). Last but not least:Have fun and always take other characters role play into consideration. As long as there is no real offense against the rules just go along with their story. (So as long as they do not suddenly teleports around or such.) If someone takes action that you think does not fit into this storyline (like real magical powers or lions in UFOs or such) just ignore this and go on as if it did not happen. Do not argue about it, this will keep you from role play. The start of this story:The morning dawns. The sun yet rises anew over the pride lands. Even in the outlands the light finds it's way in. At the boarder between those two lands, a little lioness cub is laying on the ground. A few signs of tears are visible on her cheeks but they are dried. Her breath goes very slow and she does not open the eyes for the red ball that rises above her. Her fur has an unusual reddish color and on her forehead a mark is visible.
She looks weak and exhausted as if she had wandered a long time. She still is very young. About 5 month or even less. Everything about her shows that she is a stranger in this pride land. A little intruder on the borders to death. Her hope may lay in another animal to find her here and...
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Post by Jiang on Jan 8, 2009 12:17:10 GMT -5
[-Edited!- Hope ya don't mind me dropping in! BTW Jamall's background is a bit modded for this. Jamall and Sky showed up at Pride Rock about a month before Kovu and Kiara first met. Jamall is about a month and one week older than Kiara. -End edit] Jamall was always up earlier than the rest of the Pride. Even earlier than Simba. Part of this was habit, maintained when he and his sister were fleeing for their lives from the great Jungles out beyond the borders of the Pride Lands, and they could not afford the luxury of sleeping in. The rest of it was survival. A couple of the cubs at Pride Rock annoyed him to no end, and Simba, in the mistaken belief that Jamall actually enjoyed spending time with the bothersome little brats, always saw fit to saddle the poor fellow with baby sitting duty over the pair of young ones. Thusly, the only real way to escape that, was to be away from Pride Rock before Simba or the cubs woke up. *-Edited section!-* Now, that is not to say that Jamall didn't like cubs. In fact, some day, he wanted to raise a family. But that was going to be hard, there weren't exactly many eligible lionesses his age around Pride Rock. He had, at one point, had his eye on Kiara, but then Kovu popped into the Pride Lands and mucked that up. In hindsight, maybe he should have challenged Kovu for Kiara's paw in marriage. He was the largest male in the Pride Lands, after all, weighing in at around six hundred twenty-five pounds, and towering a good three inches over Simba. Not to mention that he was in better shape than than either Simba or Kovu. *End Edited section* But no, they were happy together, and in his eyes, he had no right to disrupt the happiness of others. But, maybe if he had, he wouldn't be stuck out here, wandering around the Borders of the Pride Lands on a lengthy morning walk. He had left Pride Rock just before sunrise, when it was still dark out, and had made it clear to the border in no time at all. Almost every morning, the dark-brown male would spot a few of the recently banished Outlanders trying to find a quick and easy way back into the Pride Lands, but he just yelled at them a little and sent them scurrying away with their tail tucked between their legs. Rarely did he actually have to fight them off. So, he felt pretty safe, padding around on all on his own. A fringe benefit of his far-out morning walk/patrol was that he could act like a total nut job, and get away with it. It was not totally uncommon for the lion to stalk lizards, butterflies, or sing random songs at the top of his lungs. In fact, right now, he was quite happily singing 'Hakuna Matata', the one good thing he had learned from that oddball duo of partners in crime, Timon and Pumbaa. " Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase! It means no worries, for the rest of your dayyys!! It's our problem-free, philosophy, Hakuna Matata!" Sang Jamall, tail swinging back and forth in rhythm with the beat of the tune. He was just about to continue with the song, when a scent hit his nose. Needless to say, he shut up instantly, and started scanning the immediate area with those dark blue orbs of his. He didn't recognize the scent. It did not stink of the termite mounds, like all Outlanders did, nor did it have the distinctive smell of a Pride Lander. All he knew for sure is it was a feline of some sort. "Hello? Who's out there?" He shouted, padding forward along the path. The lion's eyes widened when he finally saw the source of the scent. 'Twas a young lioness cub, laying upon the ground several meters in front of him. He padded up to the cub, then, utterly clueless about what he should do, he tried to wake her by talking to her. "Hey, kiddo, you OK?" He asked, bending his head down to her level and looking at her face, taking note of her unusual fur clolor and the mark upon her forehead. When no immediate response was had from the cub, he gently, very gently, nudged her with his nose. "C'mon, get up, little one. I don't' want to have to report a dead child to King Simba..." [Sorry it's so long. Most of my intro posts are like that. ]
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 8, 2009 14:41:57 GMT -5
The little cub did not react instantly but she was still breathing even if it was only a weak breeze that did not even move the grass in front of her. It took a lot of heart beats until her eyelid fluttered slightly. Slowly her left eye opened for a small gab. An exhausted crystal white eye stared at the big creature before her. She began shivering. Silent and weak noises of fear reached the outside of her throat. Also her eyes started to open flickering and staring into the dark blue eyes in front of her with panic. Unable to move she just starred at this big lion in front of her. The first lion she ever saw beside her mother and the first male lion in her whole life. She was to weak from exaustion and hunger to do anything more than just look into these big blue eyes in front of her.
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Post by KiarasMate on Jan 8, 2009 15:19:37 GMT -5
[Hiya LD. ^^ May I take a part of one of the existing LK characters, as I'm not really big on the whole OC thing. ^^ I'll be willing to play any LK character you need me to. ^^ I just want to join a nice RP and yours looks cool. ^^ Just let me know. ^^]
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 8, 2009 15:53:36 GMT -5
[Hi, sure you can join. As stated above any character is allowed. Existing or new characters. The only restriction is, that if you want to play an original Lion King character for example Simba or Nala, they have to be grown up (due this RP is after the movies). Anything that fits in this time can be played.]
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Post by KiarasMate on Jan 8, 2009 16:11:00 GMT -5
[Awesome! ^^ I'll jump in as Simba than, as it seems like you'll be in need of his character very soon. lol. ^^]
Simba sat motionless atop Pride Rock, looking down upon the vast landscape of The Pride Lands. He knew that Jamall was due back in a little while, to give his report of the status of these majestic lands, and he wasn't about to be missed. It had been a while now, since Jamall had joined his Pride, and even with all the time that had passed, he never really had the chance to get to know the lion in question. He could sense a bit of envy, or so he thought, coming from Jamall, whenever the two of them were in each other's presence, but he paid it no mind. He was used to this feeling from all members who were not born into his Pride. He had felt the exact same feelings come from Kovu when he first was accepted into the Pride, but after time this feeling had died down and he had grown very fond of him, even allowing for him to be his daughter's mate in life.
As the time rolled on and the sun slowly moved in the clear, blue sky, Simba couldn't help but wonder what was taking the young lion so long to deliver his report.
"I know he likes to take his time on his rounds, but you'd think he would have been back by now." Simba muttered to himself softly as he laid down on the warm surface of Pride Rock, relaxing and continuing to wait patiently.
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Post by Jiang on Jan 8, 2009 17:17:58 GMT -5
[Ooops, misread part of your first post and thought it took place betwixt the movies. Mah bad. Continuing on, playing in the post-TLK:SP time period. Will have to tweak part of my first post again so he's not so old, though. lol.] "So you're alive. That's a start." Jamall muttered, more to himself than to the cub, who, frankly, seemed to be too out of it to offer any response. When she started shaking, the lion's ears laid back slightly. He never liked seeing a child frightened, especially when they were frightened because of him. "Hey, shhh, it's OK, I'm not going to hurt you." The lion said, managing to put a small smile upon his muzzle in an attempt to make her feel more at ease around him. "Listen, I'm going to take you to Pride Rock with me. It's safe there. All right?"
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Post by SimbaKovu on Jan 8, 2009 17:23:03 GMT -5
[Do you mind if I join this RP as my character Jeshi, who is about Jamall's age? ^^]? ^^]
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 8, 2009 21:36:48 GMT -5
[You can take part for sure SimbaKovu. No objections from my side.]
Taraji panted a few times fearfully still staring at the big lion in front of her. But then running the whole night and not having eaten something for two days took its tribute and she fainted. The shock together with her exhaustion guided her to a dreamless sleep. The little body huddled against the ground. The small mouth wide opened showing the few minute teeth. Her tongue - bloated from dehydration - flabby reaching over her flews. Everything about her appearance shows that she will not be able to stand up and run today.
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Post by Jiang on Jan 8, 2009 21:46:52 GMT -5
"Poor thing." Jamall sighed, after the young girl passed out. Wow... She must have not been able to find anything to drink. I haven't seen a case of dehydration this bad in a long time. He decided, after noticing her swollen tongue. After only a split second of deliberation, the lion picked little Taraji up by the scruff of her neck as gently as was possible, turned around, and started padding directly towards Pride Rock.
But first, he'd make a stop by the watering hole. No sense taking her all the way to Pride Rock, when he'd just have to bring her back out to the watering hole later, and besides, she probably would like to drink her fill and thus return her tongue to a more normal and comfortable size.
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Post by SimbaKovu on Jan 8, 2009 22:29:53 GMT -5
Jeshi was talking his usual morning walk through the Pridelands, when he saw Jamall by the watering hole...with a rather disheveled-looking young cub. Jeshi raced over to see what was the matter. "Is everything okay here, Jamall?" he asked him.
[Also, could I perhaps play Vitani? I've kind of been attached to her in RPs for like the past year. lol ^^]
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Post by Jiang on Jan 8, 2009 22:43:48 GMT -5
Out of habit, Jamall turned his head to pay attention to the sudden appearance of Jeshi. He wondered briefly if he could mumble a response around the cub, but considering how he was holding her, that was quite impossible if he wanted his attempt at communication to be even remotely understandable.
So, the lion gently set the little girl down a few feet from the edge of the watering hole, and then sat down next to her, and moved his paws so that her head was resting upon his paw-toes as if they were a pillow. "I found this cub near the border. I think she's been through a lot, she's in bad shape. Dehydrated, probably starved, and definitely exhausted. I'm just stopping here to get her some water before I take her back to Pride Rock and have one of the mothers there take a look at her, before I ask Simba if she can stay. Which reminds me, I better have her drink..."
The lion slowly bent his head down, and gave the cub's cheek a fatherly nudge. "Hey, wake up, little one." He said softly.
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Post by Kye ! on Jan 9, 2009 1:33:19 GMT -5
((I wanna play!!!!!!! Hahahahha ))
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 9, 2009 3:32:26 GMT -5
[SimbaKovu I don't mind you playing Vitani. Kye you sure can join, but you have to pick a character first. This can also be a new character. Just be sure that it fits in the restrictions here stated at the entry post.]
The scent of water was the first thing Tarajis senses recognized. The little nose began shaking a bit. She tried to open the eyes but they were still heavy from her exhaustion. She felt something warm under her head and another something poking her gently. What have happened? Where am I? She did not manage to open her eyes. But her body reacted to the scent of water. She trudged inch per inch into the direction of the scent. Her nose hit the cold water and Taraji let her mouth dip into it. She gulped the water greedy into her dried out throat. It burned but it was like the best feeling she ever had in her whole life. Far to greedy and hasty she sucked the water in. Some of it ran into her lungs making her cough. But soon after it she started drinking again. It was as if she wanted to drink all the water of the water hole.
The cold water brought also the other senses back to life. She tried to stand up but only managed to lift her body an inch. Her legs - strained from her journey - were shaking hard. Taraji tried to open her eyes but the reflection of the sun on the water surface blinded her so that she twinkled and closed them right away. She did not care about the two big lions next to her. She did not even notice the cold wind sweeping through her fur or the voices of the awakening pride land around. The only thing in her mind was drinking, drinking, drinking.... never stop drinking.
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Post by Jiang on Jan 9, 2009 12:45:39 GMT -5
Jamall watched as the little one managed to drag herself to the water and begin guzzling the crystal clear liquid. Not once did the lion's eyes leave her as she drank, keeping a watch over the child, lest she come to more harm due to her rapid drinking.
When she coughed, the male very nearly pulled her away to keep her from drowning herself, but then she resumed drinking, and thus, he didn't intervene. Instead, he moved up and sat back done right next to her, placing his left forepaw on her other side, keeping her gently sandwiched between his foreleg and body, shielding her from the chilly breeze. "You going to drain the entire watering hole, kiddo?" He asked teasingly, smiling down at the child, but otherwise making no move or noise to disturb her water-guzzling frenzy.
After a moment, the lion looked up and off at Pride Rock. He knew the watering hole was visible from up there... Maybe Simba could see him and Jeshi? Nawww, Simba wouldn't be up at this time... If he was, he would probably be here by now for the report, or he would've sent Zazu. He thought, returning his attention back to the cub.
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Post by KiarasMate on Jan 9, 2009 13:20:47 GMT -5
Simba was growing restless as he moved onto all fours, standing on the majestic structure of Pride Rock once more. He had been waiting for Jamall to return for some time now, and he was beginning to wonder why his fellow Pride Member hadn't returned yet.
"Hmm, maybe I should send someone out to find him. Simba mumbled to himself as his eyes surveyed the landscape, looking for any sign of the AWOL reporter.
Simba's eyes squinted as he looked off into the distance, near The Waterhole. He could see movement there, which caught his attention. Typically, at this time of day, there wasn't much activity in that part of the lands, so seeing the small group of figures, gathered about the landmark, peaked his interest.
"Hmm, what do we have here? Looks like somethings up at The Waterhole. Guess I'll go check it out. There's no one around anyways to go do it for me." Simba spoke to himself quietly, as he slowly and agilely moved off of Pride Rock.
He definitely wasn't as young as he used to be, but he still had a lot of energy left in his tired, old frame. He moved across the lush terrain of The Pride Lands with swift and smooth motions of all four legs, moving in unison with one another, until he reached the site of The Waterhole. He stopped and took a quick look around.
Simba spotted two familliar figures, belonging to Jamall and Jeshi, both of whom were known members of his Pride. Simba failed to notice the presence of the young lioness cub however, as he slowly made his way up to the two grown lions.
"Hope I'm not interrupting anything fellas. I just thought I'd go and find out what was taking a certain someone so long to bring me my scouting report." Simba said in a light hearted tone, giving Jamall a warm smile as he took a seat next to the two big cats.
Simba turned his attention to Jamall as he looked into the large lions eyes. Jamall's figure was very intimidating to say the least, but Simba had nothing to fear from his friend. He knew Jamall well enough to know that his place in the Pride was known and didn't need to assert himself.
"So, decided to come and have a drink with your friend instead of gathering my report, aye Jamall? You know, you could have just asked me for a vacation if you wanted one." Simba spoke in a joking manner.
Simba then turned his attention towards Jeshi, not wanting him to feel as though he was being ignored.
"And good morning to you too Jeshi. How is everything my friend?" Simba asked in a polite tone.
He relaxed in the warm mid-morning air as he awaited a response from either of his fellow Pride Members, still oblivious to the fact that a young lioness cub was tucked in between Jamall's fore paws.
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 9, 2009 14:51:33 GMT -5
The cold water flooding into the hot dried up body began to do it's evil deed. Taraji began once again to feel dizzy and her stomach began resisting. Even though her mind was so focused on drinking that she did not notice it. She wasn't even thinking about anything else than drinking. She couldn't find the time to stop. But her little body soon reached the maximum it could hold. Even though she still felt thirsty she was unable to drink anymore. Not only the world around her seemed to tremble also the water tried to find it's way out of her again. She suddenly felt very ill. Her ears went down flabby hanging on both sides of her head.
She threw up a bit water and dazed by the cold water tumbled against the paw to her right. Her body felt like it was contracting around the cold water in her stomach. Again she threw up a bit of water. Even if her limits were reached she still felt thirst and so much hunger that it hurts. Silent wailing noises escaped her mouth. The pain in her stomach brought tears into her eyes that were still tightly closed. Again and again her body tried to lose some of this far to much cold elixir in her stomach. Her slightly opened mouth sent a small jet of water dripping into the water hole. She slightly noticed someone talking around her and the wailing grew stronger. Could this be her mother or someone else who could help her getting rid of this pain?
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Post by KiarasMate on Jan 9, 2009 15:49:26 GMT -5
Simba sat there, still waiting for a verbal confirmation from his fellow Pride Members, when his ears picked up the small, faint sounds of the young lioness cub's coughing. His eyes reverted downwards and finally noticed the young cub for the first time. He could see the poor shape she was in and his parental instincts immediately kicked in.
"Oh my! What's this young cub doing and why is she in such bad shape?: Simba exclaimed as he came in for a closer look. He placed a gentle fore paw upon her small, fragile form, feeling the young cub's trembling little body, causing his heart to sink a bit.
Simba had never seen this cub before, and his memory couldn't recall any of his lionesses having a cub of this nature. Her fur color was very unique and not something he'd seen before. Her eyes were tightly shut, but from what Simba could see, they were strangely white. A very intriguing sight to see, if he did say so himself, but this wasn't the time to dwell upon this fact.
"Are you okay...." Simba started to say, as he looked up at Jamall and Jeshi with a confused stare. "Either of you happen to know this young cub's name?" He asked hopefully.
Simba returned his attention back to the struggling young cub, speaking in a soothing tone once more.
"Take it easy, you're in a safe place now. No one is going to hurt you. Are you feeling well enough to talk?" Simba spoke, keeping his fore paw upon the young cub's soft, tiny frame. He could tell that she needed to be kept warm and even though it was warm out in The Pride Lands, it probably would suit the cub better to be in a more enclosed area.
"I don't know who this cub is, but in the shape she's in, I think it best that we bring her back to Pride Rock. Maybe one of you can explain to me who exactly she is or where she came from on the way, but for now, let's bring her back to Pride Rock,okay?" Simba stated as he removed his fore paw from the little lioness.
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Post by Jiang on Jan 9, 2009 19:54:08 GMT -5
"I don't know, I found her on the border between our lands and the Outlands just a short while ago. I brought her directly to the watering hole." Jamall said, in response to King Simba's first question. The lion fell silent as the king came closer and examined the child.
When Simba said to take her back to Pride Rock, the dark brown lion instantly obeyed by standing and gently picking the cub up in his jaws, then with a bit of effort, and maneuverability, he managed to place her between his broad shoulders. "Hang on, kiddo." He said softly, before turning his gaze back ahead, towards Simba. "I'd put my money on her being from a distant Pride. Her coloring isn't even remotely similar to any of the prides nearby." Jamall thought aloud, as he started to slowly pad ahead towards Pride Rock.
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Lodrill Dao
Adolescent Lion
100% fan of Kiara
Posts: 209
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Post by Lodrill Dao on Jan 9, 2009 20:29:54 GMT -5
Taraji felt someone grabbing her at the neck, lift her off the ground and placing her on something. Then she felt warm fur. The warm body on her belly eased the pain a bit and she ceased wailing. She huddled against the body and a sense of safety and being protected raised inside of her. With a deep sigh of relief she let herself sink into the warmth and safety and her body took the rest she needed more than anything else now. With silent breaths she fell asleep and dreamed to be at the end of her journey. At the place of her dreams or visions like her mother had called them. At this big rock where other lions would be.
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