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hear me roar! - Xerxes - Nov 17 2015
It was getting too crowded in here.
The cub was aggitaged with the lack of wiggle room he now had in his protective shell and began to lash at it as best he could in the gooey substance that inhibited his mobility even more. His paws knocked against the shell a few times before he heard an unfamiliar sound, causing the cub to pause momentsrily before trying again, even harder. This time, the garnet stone gave way to his force and cracked along the face, spilling the black cub onto the floor in a coughing, wet mess. He stayed there forba moment ir so coughing, letting his lungs acclimate to the new oxygen.
Finally, he lifted his head a bit only to find out it was fsr heavier than it had been just a few moments ago. His head wobbled from side to side, the garnet horns weighing his head down amd causing him to take a few minutes to balance it. Without his mane, his horns looked too large for the cubs body, but bu the time hell be fully grown, they will fit him perfectly. For now, it would just difficult to not knock things around with their corkscrew shape.
His lungs acclimated and his sapphire eyes cleared up and he now saw where he had hatched. There was foliage all around and the air felt sticky and hot, hard to breathe really, but he didnt know much else. He looked around the room, still flopped half of his hips half on his chest. woah... his eyes took in everything he could see and it was astounding. He turned to look back at the stone he had fallen from but realized he had moved away, probably sliding in the thick goo. He tried to gather his legs under him then, hoping that these things could help him get back to the stone and hoping even more that he didnt have to slide around in this slime everywhere.
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RE: hear me roar! - Cure - Nov 17 2015
Hesitant paws stepped from the Den she had been staying in for however long it had been now. Charcoal colored head was lowered as sapphire eyes searched the fern bushes anxiously. Her rounded ears were pinned back against her head, going back and forth from up and listening to right back down to being pinned. It would be the first time she had stepped paw out of the Den. The large wolfess that had been taking care of her ever since the evil stupid Stag had kidnapped her had gone off to hunt and it left Cure to attempt summoning her courage. Arkrael had promised the stag was no longer any where near the area and that she would be around should anything attempt anything like that again. She would be safe.
Cure definitely hoped so. Her nose was healing nicely, especially since Rae's friend had come along and tended to it only a day ago. The pain in her back had subsided ever since the Lemur had burned something that had filled the den completely with such a sweet smelling smoke. The hybrid cub hadn't known what it was, but she was definitely happy to have it. Now, she was starting to feel a bit bored and her courage was slowly growing back which lead her to be standing at the entrance of Arkrael's den. She stood there for a good moment simply listening to the things all around, smelling the sweet aroma that seemed to come from this strange cavern. An eagerness began to well up inside her, urging her to go out and explore, but the recent events left a darker shadow on her mind and kept her paw steps slow and quiet.
It wasn't until a sudden shattering noise filled the otherwise quiet area did Cure lift her head up straight and peer around. Her paws began to move on their own accord, leading her towards where she thought she heard the sound. The gem spikes that came out from her cheeks suddenly flashed to life, filling her with a sensation that she had only felt a few times. Heart beats came to her, most of them faint and unfamiliar, but then another came to her. Beating strongly and close by. It led her towards the creature, through the fern bushes and over moss covered rocks and stone flooring.
It didn't take her long to find what she had heard. A shattered Chrysalis and another feline! Instantly she felt excitement as she took a few more steps closer, wide sapphire eyes looking over the broken gem egg and the creature that had spilled out of it. His pelt was black as night, much like her father's, and he had horns just like her! Well, not just like hers, but they still both had horns and that was rather exciting for the leopard hybrid. "Hello, did you just hatch?" She spoke up, calling to the feline. His shape was familiar to her, but it wasn't until she saw his tufted tail did she realize just what kind of feline he truly was. A lion! Like Uncle Alexander! "My name's Cure! I, uhm..." She paused for a moment, at a loss of what to say. So instead of continuing she lowered her head just a little bit and watched the fellow cub with eager and excited eyes. Hopefully he was friendly and they could be friends. She could really use a friend right now. Even though in all honestly what she truly needed was her twin and her parents. Those thoughts were cast aside for now as she focused on the lion cub.
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RE: hear me roar! - Xerxes - Nov 17 2015
This place was so cool! An overload of smells and sounds and sights flooded his senses and he was far to excited to pick up on anyone arriving. He attempted to stand to move to the rock he came from but a voice changed his direction. The lion cub turned his head to see another creature with blue spikes coming from her face and then the top of her head. The boy hadnt seen himself ot what he looked like, so he didnt see any similarities, such as their species and horns. He wasnt even sure he had horns, to be honest.
hatch?? I came outta that thingy so i guess so! he pointed at the garnet rock with a floppy paw before he tried to collect his large paws under him and move towards the other feline, but they felt like jell-o and were hard to wrangle. After what felt like forever, he finally made it close to the girl and gawked at her horns. cure? wha's cure? he questioned, wondering what exactly she was, still wide eyed staring at all those spikes.
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RE: hear me roar! - Cure - Nov 17 2015
Sapphire eyes watched as the lion cub pointed out to where bs pretty garnet chrysalis had been. She gave a grin as she stepped a bit closer before coming to a complete stop once more. it was almost as pretty as the red in her twins gem! A humorous giggle escaped the hybrid cub when he asked what a cure was. "Me! I am cure! It's my name! Don't you have a name too?" She cocked her head to the side curiously, that same goofy grin plastered onto her face as she watched him.
Cure's tail flicked side to side as she studied the boy now that he was much closer to her. For once since the last several days Cure felt at ease. Sure she felt comfortable and at ease when Rae was around tucked away into the den with her, but it just felt nice to be outside of the den and not nearly freaking out over an anxiety attack. The attack from the Stag had seemed to be pushed far away from her thoughts as she happily interacted with this new cub.
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Cure's tail flicked side to side as she studied the boy now that he was much closer to her. For once since the last several days Cure felt at ease. Sure she felt comfortable and at ease when Rae was around tucked away into the den with her, but it just felt nice to be outside of the den and not nearly freaking out over an anxiety attack. The attack from the Stag had seemed to be pushed far away from her thoughts as she happily interacted with this new cub.
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RE: hear me roar! - Xerxes - Nov 17 2015
So cure was a thing too, not just this black thing with cool spikes? How unoriginal to be named after what you are, but he was too ignorant to think much different. He pressed it no more when she asked if he had a name. Well, cure was her name, so what was his? He pondered for a while, certainly longer than he needed to as his brain put sounds together until something cool came out. xerxes! an odd name, yes, especially for a little lion cub, but he didnt care. It sounded cool and thats all he wanted.
He looked around some more, wondering if there are others around. He couldnt smell anything besides dank foliage and cure, so he assumed no, but his baby nose was exactly that - a baby. are there others? Where is we? why do you have spikes on your face? Did you come outta one of those too? he attacked the girl with questions, caring little that the girl was only slightly older than him. He didnt know any better; this girl could be an adult for all he knew.
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RE: hear me roar! - Cure - Nov 19 2015
The cub spoke of a strange word. Xerxes? Maybe that was his name? It was unusual for Cure, but she had to admit it was pretty awesome sounding. Then out of no where the new cub bombarded her with more questions and she couldn't help but giggle at his excitement. "There are others, yes," She began to explain as she glanced around the fern bushes that seemed to tower over the both of them easily. She grinned and turned her focus back towards Xerxes. "I'm not suree exactly who, but my friend Arkrael lives close by. I'm sure she's around some where. She said this place was called Eridanus! She guards and protects this place! And yees! I did! Only mine was the color of my horns!" She exclaimed as she sat back on her hind legs and reached her forepaws up to touch the spines pointing out from her cheeks.
Her tail swished around with her joy as she brought her paws back to the ground. She padded closer to him, sniffing curiously as she circled around him. Once she was back in front she reached up and without hesitation gripped her paw on one of his horns and gave a gentle tug. "I've only eveer met one other with horns! My pa! He has horns sorta like me...only he has two. I have more than that I think," She blabbered on thoughtfully as she continued to study him up and down.
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Her tail swished around with her joy as she brought her paws back to the ground. She padded closer to him, sniffing curiously as she circled around him. Once she was back in front she reached up and without hesitation gripped her paw on one of his horns and gave a gentle tug. "I've only eveer met one other with horns! My pa! He has horns sorta like me...only he has two. I have more than that I think," She blabbered on thoughtfully as she continued to study him up and down.
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RE: hear me roar! - Xerxes - Nov 22 2015
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Cure spoke of others and his face lit up, excited that there were other whatever-they-are's walking around. Did everyone have spikes like cure? He couldnt see his own horns, so he didnt know, but he also hasnt felt his cheeks either. really?! Woah... he listened to her closely, amazed. She spoke of this arkrael then and he was highly interested in meeting this other creature. She answered about her gem then and gis eyes moved from her face to the spikes again, taking in their bright blue. Xerces had yet to see his own horns, so when she walked in a circle around him, sniffing the air, then grabbing ahold of said horn and tugged a bit, it felt different. hey! he laughed, swatting at cures paw gripping his horn. horns? he questioned, then reached up woth the same paw and felt where she had touched. Woah! Is that what made his head feel a little heavy? He felt all along them, amazed that he had such a thing growing from his head. Not gonna lie though, he liked cures spikes more. speech |
@cure not really a spree post lmao but let it begin!!
RE: hear me roar! - Cure - Nov 22 2015
Laughter spilled from the hybrid cub as Xerxes swatted at her paws. She pulled away and slowly sat herself down against the moss that covered most of the flooring in this strange place. "Ya! Horns! You have some too!" She exclaimed in her excitement as he ventured his paws all over his own horns as if to try and study them for himself. They were quite a magnificent set of horns of Cure had to say so herself.
"You'll be able to see them better in the water! Do you want to see!? There's a small stream near by that Auntie Rae brings me to for a drink! I can show you! Come on come on! Cure couldn't deny she was excited to be showing a freshly emerged cub things he'd never seen before. So with easy movements so she did not jar her wounded ribs Cure playfully gripped at one of his horns again and gave a gentle tug. Once she was sure he was following her, Cure turned and padded through the fern bushes heading for the stream of water.
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"You'll be able to see them better in the water! Do you want to see!? There's a small stream near by that Auntie Rae brings me to for a drink! I can show you! Come on come on! Cure couldn't deny she was excited to be showing a freshly emerged cub things he'd never seen before. So with easy movements so she did not jar her wounded ribs Cure playfully gripped at one of his horns again and gave a gentle tug. Once she was sure he was following her, Cure turned and padded through the fern bushes heading for the stream of water.
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RE: hear me roar! - Xerxes - Nov 23 2015
woah! Cool! the boy exclaimed as he felt all over his horns, trying to imagine what they must look like. yeah! Lets go! he had more than enough energy to get to the stream and back at least ten times. He was excited to see his horns, so he followed cure to wherever she would take him. He would happily walk alongside her, his gait seeming a bit more... Bouncy than usual out of excitement.
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RE: hear me roar! - Cure - Nov 24 2015
It didn't take long for the Cubs to get to the small stream of water. Cure's sapphire eyes gleamed with excitement as every last bit of her had the desire to go pouncing into the water and splash around. Alas, given the still healing ribs of hers she decided it was probably not the greatest of ideas. Yet. Her gaze swung towards Xerxes and she gave him a wide grin."Come see! Come see!" Her voice was full of excitement and laughter as she turned her gaze down to look at her own reflection within the water. For a moment she made a funny face at herself before glancing to Xerxes to see how he reacted to seeing his own reflection
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It's Oki :) smol posts are fine considering my muse isn't that great at the moment anyways.