It was high time he called the pride to meeting! Alexander lets out a call that echoes throughout the caverns easily. His heavy paws move toward the sanctum he'd made for this occasion a long time ago. Muscles danced, his jaws hanging open in a lazy fashion. Blue eyes cast along the cavern walls. Tail sweeps behind him as he find himself standing atop that perch with his head held high. Taking in the empty area for a moment before he knew it would be filled with many others. Once more he makes a call, just in case the first had not been heard.

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The spotted Savante had been taking a light nap in her den. With the new summer season, the caverns were a tiny bit warmer now and she couldn’t help but feel drowsy and toasty. Yet, within her light slumber, she could hear her husband’s alluring voice. Her ears twitched and then slowly her eyes opened and she yawned. She got up and stretched her limbs, arching her back and then loping out of her den. She was curious if anything as to why there was a meeting, but she would not question or pry. Soon enough she would find out, and so she would saunter over. A small smile appeared on her lips as she approached her husband.

She was the first to arrive and she would take the opportunity to get closer. She would gently brush her shoulder against his if he allowed it, and then took a seat in front of him. She remained quiet for now, allowing her affection to be her greeting.

They had not all met as one since @Alexander ♔ had taken the hollows, and Valerian was never one to ignore a summons from his family. He pads back from the sunny spot outside he had been warming his dark fur, squinting as he got used to the darkness after the bright summer light outside. He pads after the second call.

The cavern walls are high and he finds his pale-maned father already atop a perch. Valerian rumbles a greeting to him, and offers @Celestia a hum of similar greeting as he comes to settle upon the stone, awaiting what was to be said in Alex’s address.

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If you called him, he would come. Angelo too would approach as Celestia did, giving her a nose boop of greeting on her shoulder and then reached over her to nuzzle Alexander, essentially giving her a hug with his larger frame as he offered affection to both of them. Not for long, though, as he knew better than to do so when the rest of the pride showed up, so he quickly retreated to sit off to the side next to Valerian, waiting to hear what all this was about. Probably about the chaos he'd heard coming from the Oasis, but hadn't gone to see for himself. Maybe he should have.

Oops, too late now.

Mircea may find a certain measure of comforting familiarity in his habits of aloofness, but the dappled ghoul is not one to ignore a summons, and certainly not one from his own kin. His pale face emerges from the shadowy embrace of the Obsidian tunnels, and he pauses only for a moment to blink at the arching cavern walls and the small collection of his family already gathered. More of them will be arriving soon, he's more than certain.

He will never tire of seeing them gathered all in one place, surrounded by the security of home.

Alas, there is not much peace to be found in the outside world, even now. Perhaps that is what this meeting is about? Heavy paws would plod across the smooth stone floor as Mircea moved to settle into place alongside @Angelo, offering the striped merle male a rumble of greeting, before he tilted his chin up to rest his tan gaze upon Alexander expectantly.

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He was a shit hunter - at least when compared to some of his brethren. So when the dappled man had slipped from the tunnels to search for fresh meat, he'd had no illusions as to what he would or wouldn't find. Sure, he was a confident beast. If the opportunity presented itself he'd do his best to catch something of worth for his kin to feast upon, but he didn't have any ambitious plans of what he'd hunt down.

Things were just getting dreary and discouraging when the call rang out. Relieved to have a reason to slip away from his venture, he'd head toward Alex's voice immediately. His hunting could resume at a later time. Surely seeing what his brother had to say was far more important.

Once arrived at the meeting location, he'd settle among the few gathered thus far and greet each of them with a nod or smile. He'd let silence reign until he found out what exactly the scarlet King had called them together for. It was a welcome union of their pride, but not an entirely expected one.

Perhaps more had occurred at the Oasis than he'd heard.

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Given her condition, she felt entitled to be a little slow. A few good meals had worked wonders, but ribs and hips were still a bit too visible, and it would take time before she was back in top form. Which sucked, but there wasn't much else she could do to speed up the process.

Her first few days in the pride had mostly been spent resting or, when that inevitably grew boring, exploring. Today, it seemed it would be a meeting that would break the monotony, and so she slipped from the space she'd claimed as her own, and headed toward the voice. It was probably the most similar-looking lions she'd ever seen in one place, and she figured it was safe to assume they were all related in one way or another.

So, being the odd one out, she'd settle herself somewhere toward the rear of the group, laying down and letting her gaze drift over the others already gathered.

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From the moment that he saw his gray-coated dad wandering down one of the tunnels and disappearing from site, Cosmin was quick to pick up the pace. Moving as fast as his legs would take him, and the wind from the rush brushing a few of the hairs on top of his head, he eventually stumbled his way upon his other daddy's gathering. Swallowing after coming to a quick halt, he lifted his head and began to move the way that @Angelo had gone and quick made to sit and rest near him. Grinning a big, shit-eating grin as though he had done something absolutely atrocious but you wouldn't find out until later. Not that he'd ever tell now or later, but he was happy to have a reason to stick around the grown ups.

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As always, Caillen had been hunting and bringing as much food as she could carry back with her small jaws. After being the whole morning out she was tired but content with her work. But as she tried to rest she heard the call and rushed to the meeting place. With a big smile, she arrived to find some lions there, most known as @Mircea and @Alexander ♔ himself. The others weren't as known but cared for by her. Slowly and in silence she sat down to listen to what the king might would like to say today. She yawned a bit as she observed the other lions, saying nothing.

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It wasn't until the second call sounded that she found herself inclined to move. The shadow had been quite comfortable, resting after a long few hours of...doing whatever she tended to do when she was skulking about the shadows.

A low, rumble slipped past her lips and eventually she decided to move. Silent, graceful steps carried the dark lioness towards the spot where everyone had begun to gather. Syanna greeted @Alexander ♔ and everyone else who'd arrived to far with a rumbling chuff before settling in a spot on the side. Though quiet, her cold gaze wandered, searching for something or someone. Though eventually she let out a surprisingly soft call. A rumbled chuff calling out for @Zsolt to join her.

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