A barely audible noise escaped her as she shifted in her arms to be able to look up at @Kireena. To come with her? It surprised her to be offered the choice instead of it just being decided that she'd take her, be it as a prisoner or something else. But being given the choice....being offered a chance at something more, she liked it. She'd been alone for so long, terrified of others, used to mostly pain in a world where kindness felt like such a rare thing. But this woman had already shown her so much more kindness than she expected from anyone. She'd protected her so she could sleep. And she found herself wanting to go where the older woman went, wanting to not be apart from her. "I...can really come with you?" A quiet, hesitant question, her fear that she misunderstood so very present.
August Y12
Summer
The summer season has finally reached its peak. The sunshine is plentiful, the days are long and the air is hot and humid - but the evenings do not seem to provide the same relief that they once had, and remain somewhat stuffy. Thunderstorms have also began appearing more frequently, particularly in the rainforest and eastern region, though the rain is welcomed after a relatively dry season thus far.
Map & Calendar
Pridelands
Amaryllis' discovered prides
Where do I belong?
07-12-2023, 01:22 PM
The pines, they often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
Though she'd never been granted too much of such affections, except for the first few days of her life, it felt so...right. For all the time she'd been without it, hadn't known the affection and care one was supposed to provide to a child, she didn't think it should be something she craved. But now that she felt it, the gentle caress of the woman's tongue, the soft, soothing purrs. It was all she wanted and she realized just how much she'd missed having someone. And just like that...she wanted nothing more than to truly be small again.
A barely audible noise escaped her as she shifted in her arms to be able to look up at @Kireena. To come with her? It surprised her to be offered the choice instead of it just being decided that she'd take her, be it as a prisoner or something else. But being given the choice....being offered a chance at something more, she liked it. She'd been alone for so long, terrified of others, used to mostly pain in a world where kindness felt like such a rare thing. But this woman had already shown her so much more kindness than she expected from anyone. She'd protected her so she could sleep. And she found herself wanting to go where the older woman went, wanting to not be apart from her. "I...can really come with you?" A quiet, hesitant question, her fear that she misunderstood so very present.
A barely audible noise escaped her as she shifted in her arms to be able to look up at @Kireena. To come with her? It surprised her to be offered the choice instead of it just being decided that she'd take her, be it as a prisoner or something else. But being given the choice....being offered a chance at something more, she liked it. She'd been alone for so long, terrified of others, used to mostly pain in a world where kindness felt like such a rare thing. But this woman had already shown her so much more kindness than she expected from anyone. She'd protected her so she could sleep. And she found herself wanting to go where the older woman went, wanting to not be apart from her. "I...can really come with you?" A quiet, hesitant question, her fear that she misunderstood so very present.
code by corvus
07-12-2023, 04:55 PM
It didn't take a rocket scientist to know that the girl had a horrible past - and present. Kireena was intent on ensuring she did her best to fix that. The young lioness tugged at her heartstrings - pulled at something within that she couldn't describe. When @Etain questioned if she could, Kireena would nod, her lips twisting into a soft smile. "Only if you wanted to. If you had somewhere else you wanted to go - I would take you there and make sure you got there in once piece." And not run haphazardly and blindly through the terrain of Amaryllis and bloody herself again. The red woman continued to purr - it seemed to help the younger female. And she had to wonder - the other had obviously not had a true chance to learn - to grow. Would she be qualified to do that? She had failed in her first attempt at being a mother - what made her think she could guide Etain? Not that it mattered - if someone told her no that WASN'T Etain.. Kireena would likely bite them on the face to stop their lips from flapping. Her heart had decided that the girl would be given her best shot she could muster - it was her brain that had doubts. |
code by koi
07-14-2023, 01:09 PM
The pines, they often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
If she had somewhere else to go, the girl didn't know of it. Sure, she could return to where she'd been born. By the time she'd arrive there, she'd already be fully grown. But returning there would do nothing. It was no longer home. "I....have nowhere else to go. And I...I don't wanna be alone."
There was a very low purr slipping past her lips, perhaps soothed and relaxed from the for once caring and gentle company. She'd never really known motherly warmth. Or perhaps she had known it for a few days after her birth. But if she did, she couldn't remember. All she knew was that this...this felt how nothing felt before. And if previous experiences were wrong, then this had to be right.
Shifting just a little, she looked up at @Kireena with big eyes as she placed a large paw against the woman's chest. "Home?"
There was a very low purr slipping past her lips, perhaps soothed and relaxed from the for once caring and gentle company. She'd never really known motherly warmth. Or perhaps she had known it for a few days after her birth. But if she did, she couldn't remember. All she knew was that this...this felt how nothing felt before. And if previous experiences were wrong, then this had to be right.
Shifting just a little, she looked up at @Kireena with big eyes as she placed a large paw against the woman's chest. "Home?"
code by corvus
07-14-2023, 07:26 PM
@Etain spoke of nowhere to go, and she frowned, but only nodded when the other female poked her with a paw and asked to go home. "Allright.. Let's go home.. It's a bit of a walk from here... how do your feet feel?" She worried that the mad dash through the lands had damaged the girls paw pads enough that walking across the hot sands of the desert wouldn't do her any good. But, then again - the lioness also had no issues simply hoisting Etain up over her back and giving her the equivalent of a piggy back ride across most if not all of the trip - depending on how her feet felt now that she'd had time for the poultice to absorb. |
code by koi
08-12-2023, 09:28 PM
The pines, they often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
Home. Still a foreign word, but the girl trusted the older female. @Kireena had only shown her kindness in the short time they'd known each other. Though she'd learned not to trust too quickly, this time she did and hoped it wouldn't turn out to be a mistake. But it didn't feel like it.
Lifting her paw again she slowly sat up, looking at her paw pads, practically staring at them as if she could see into them. Not that she could, but she was trying to see if the healing help had changed anything, even if she didn't understand the process. "Feels...better. A little, but still tingles." Etain moved a little, placing her front paws onto the ground and pushed down a little, trying to see how it felt if she tried to stand properly. "Hurts a bit still, but I can walk." And with that she slowly got up, looking at the larger lioness. "Home."
Exit
Lifting her paw again she slowly sat up, looking at her paw pads, practically staring at them as if she could see into them. Not that she could, but she was trying to see if the healing help had changed anything, even if she didn't understand the process. "Feels...better. A little, but still tingles." Etain moved a little, placing her front paws onto the ground and pushed down a little, trying to see how it felt if she tried to stand properly. "Hurts a bit still, but I can walk." And with that she slowly got up, looking at the larger lioness. "Home."
Exit
code by corvus
09-08-2023, 09:51 AM
Kireena smiled at @Etain and nodded as the pair started back towards the Oasis. She hoped that with time, the girl would heal in more ways than one. The red giant was careful to keep her steps slow and measured, having more attention on the young female to make sure she made it back in one piece rather than rushing them both. It wouldn't do to have her paws re-injured with the trek if it was a forced march rather than an amiable, leisurely walk. Along the way, she would fill the yearling in on things that came with pride life - as well as the laws her leaders had set forth. //Exit// |
code by koi