The pale lion walked slowly, his paws hesitating each step as he reached out to feel for anything in his way. Nighttime was the worst.
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September Y13
Fall
Though the air is still warm and the sun is bright, the summer is beginning to wane and, with it, the humidity has started to die down. It is a welcomed relief for the inhabitants of the jungle, as more moderate weather will mean that the rainforest will not feel quite as stifling, as well as those from the desert, who's early autumn will see calm winds and mild nights. For the rest of the peninsula, the change in seasons will be gradual, hinting towards the colder months that are soon to come.
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01-08-2024, 02:22 PM
His vision was failing him much faster than he'd anticipated. Nero wasn't entirely sure how much time he actually had left, but he was still determined to enjoy whatever he could. There was far too much going on in his life for him to ever take his blindness without seeing all there was to see. More than anything, he wanted solid answers about a handful of things.. but Nero had a feeling there would be none coming. It was best to simply focus on what he knew he had, wasn't it?
The pale lion walked slowly, his paws hesitating each step as he reached out to feel for anything in his way. Nighttime was the worst.
The pale lion walked slowly, his paws hesitating each step as he reached out to feel for anything in his way. Nighttime was the worst.
01-09-2024, 11:24 AM
Nazonal is home. Even as long as she's been away she takes to the jungle again quickly. They know the roots, the trees, and the vines by heart. They hadn't realized just how much it stung to be away from Aniadar. She has wasted no time since following Nero home, she is determined to keep track of him while he goes about finding and checking in on his daughters but she's stolen a few days for herself to reacquaint with the Jungle. Tonight as she walked however there is something out there, familiar and beloved. His scent wandered to Naz and they follow it, quick and not at all quiet.
Nero. She says when they pop through foliage and noticed his pale form moving along. Struggling. She recognizes it right away, that part of her brain that comes with hunting triggers and sees weakness. Nero... She says aloud again, sadly and more quietly finishing up closing the distance to him. What was wrong? His eye sight had never been the best but she's never seen him like this.
Nero. She says when they pop through foliage and noticed his pale form moving along. Struggling. She recognizes it right away, that part of her brain that comes with hunting triggers and sees weakness. Nero... She says aloud again, sadly and more quietly finishing up closing the distance to him. What was wrong? His eye sight had never been the best but she's never seen him like this.
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01-15-2024, 07:15 PM
He had done his best to keep away during the night. Nero knew his vision was deteriorating quickly, yes, but during the day he often had no problems save for the occasional bout of blurriness. It was nothing unmanageable; he had been through life without an eye for.. well, a little bit. The man knew he would adapt and overcome the same as he always did, he just needed to keep to himself during the darker hours – or better yet, curl up against Nazonal and sleep. Can't be pathetically pawing at the ground if you're asleep, that's what his ma always said. Probably Saga. She always gave words of wisdom like that, with a southern twang and her hand on her hip.
He almost snorted at the thought.
His paw brushed against a stone and he tapped around to feel its width. Mhm, yes. Very stone like. Nero sidestepped it with ease and continued on, hoping there was no one around to gawk at his lameness. Ugh.
So, naturally, Nazonal was there.
He froze and swung his head towards her voice, squinting a bit to see her dark form against the darkness. “You look beautiful tonight. Well, you always do, but tonight? I can see you're extra beautiful.” Please, on whatever god existed, don't let him actually be looking at a fallen log or something instead.
He almost snorted at the thought.
His paw brushed against a stone and he tapped around to feel its width. Mhm, yes. Very stone like. Nero sidestepped it with ease and continued on, hoping there was no one around to gawk at his lameness. Ugh.
So, naturally, Nazonal was there.
He froze and swung his head towards her voice, squinting a bit to see her dark form against the darkness. “You look beautiful tonight. Well, you always do, but tonight? I can see you're extra beautiful.” Please, on whatever god existed, don't let him actually be looking at a fallen log or something instead.
01-22-2024, 01:04 PM
He's tapping around strangely. It's an unfamiliar sight for Naz who knows this jungle so well to see anyone struggling. But even the most lost of lions they'd run across did not act like this. She steps in closer, he's squinting her way and trying to be sweet. He is sweet, the compliment makes Naz widely grin but cannot completely smother the confusion leading into worry that they're experiencing.
Nero, my children looked more confident in the jungle right after they were born than you do right now love... What's wrong. She leans in and aims to press her forehead upon his.
Nero, my children looked more confident in the jungle right after they were born than you do right now love... What's wrong. She leans in and aims to press her forehead upon his.
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01-24-2024, 09:11 PM
“Hey, hey! Could someone uncomfortable in the jungle do this?” he says confidently, maneuvering around the boulder he has no idea Nazonal watched him prod at moments earlier. He's pleased with himself and how he's managed to pull it off.. and if that isn't enough of a giveaway, it's the way he flinches ever so slightly when @Nazonal places her forehead against his. In the shadows, in the dark, he had not seen them approach as anything more than a blur. His heart hammers against his chest as he calms himself, wondering if maybe Naz.. just, you know, hadn't noticed him jumping out of his skin.
He clears his throat.
“It's just hard to see right now. That's all. Like, I don't know, it's just.. it'll pass.” It won't pass. He knows it won't pass. But for some reason, he can't bring himself to tell them the honest truth that there will come a day when he will never see their face again. As the thought settles he presses in closer, lifting a paw to try and bring their head closer against his.
He clears his throat.
“It's just hard to see right now. That's all. Like, I don't know, it's just.. it'll pass.” It won't pass. He knows it won't pass. But for some reason, he can't bring himself to tell them the honest truth that there will come a day when he will never see their face again. As the thought settles he presses in closer, lifting a paw to try and bring their head closer against his.
01-30-2024, 10:12 AM
If she had palms to clap she would have. He made it around the boulder. But it's the simplicity of the task that worried Naz. Walking around a boulder shouldn't be an accomplishment. And definitely not one she clocked him struggling with. But he's done it and looks better then a few moments ago. At least there is that win she will take to heart.
She flinched just a bit in response to his body's reactionary twinge. A thousand thoughts race through her head in the few seconds it takes for him to begin speaking and explain. I'm sure it will. She tried to sound reassuring and to believe it herself. But Naz couldn't hold back the doubt. Maybe whatever extra time he'd been given with that new eye was at an end. And as payment it was taking the other with it? His voice, the quiver of hope that seems just as forced as hers, was painful. It's just a bad night. They happen right? Can't all be good ones. Just means an excuse for us to snuggle up and not go anywhere tonight right? They let their head be guided in by the touch of his paw. Her eyes shutting while she presses herself to him and inhales deeply Nero's familiar scent. Taking the few moments with him to deny the reality creeping up on him.
She flinched just a bit in response to his body's reactionary twinge. A thousand thoughts race through her head in the few seconds it takes for him to begin speaking and explain. I'm sure it will. She tried to sound reassuring and to believe it herself. But Naz couldn't hold back the doubt. Maybe whatever extra time he'd been given with that new eye was at an end. And as payment it was taking the other with it? His voice, the quiver of hope that seems just as forced as hers, was painful. It's just a bad night. They happen right? Can't all be good ones. Just means an excuse for us to snuggle up and not go anywhere tonight right? They let their head be guided in by the touch of his paw. Her eyes shutting while she presses herself to him and inhales deeply Nero's familiar scent. Taking the few moments with him to deny the reality creeping up on him.
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02-05-2024, 12:22 PM
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If there was one thing he could always rely on with Nazonal, it was their unfailing commitment to playing along. Regardless of how trivial or dangerous or lame the things he did were, Nazonal was always there beside him. It made him look back on the months they'd spent torn apart with the heaviest of hearts and deeply embedded regret, but there was nothing he could do now except move forward. With her by his side.
“Exactly!” he chirped in an excited reply. “It's just because the planets aren't aligned. Or.. they are. They're just messing everything up, regardless of what they're doing.” He was spouting nonsense and they both knew it. It was fine, though, because there was no one he would rather spout nonsense with than Nazonal.
The albino shifted his weight forward in a gentle attempt to send them both to the ground, eager to wrap himself around her and try to grab one of their ears between his teeth. “Nothin’ we can't handle together. Just gotta fight some planets, no biggie.” And here he paused for a minute, considering, before blurting out: “weeeeee.. should have cubs?”
Because he wanted to see them, learn them, before his vision failed entirely.
❞“Exactly!” he chirped in an excited reply. “It's just because the planets aren't aligned. Or.. they are. They're just messing everything up, regardless of what they're doing.” He was spouting nonsense and they both knew it. It was fine, though, because there was no one he would rather spout nonsense with than Nazonal.
The albino shifted his weight forward in a gentle attempt to send them both to the ground, eager to wrap himself around her and try to grab one of their ears between his teeth. “Nothin’ we can't handle together. Just gotta fight some planets, no biggie.” And here he paused for a minute, considering, before blurting out: “weeeeee.. should have cubs?”
Because he wanted to see them, learn them, before his vision failed entirely.
No biggie, we've taken on worse. Including what felt like a cosmic force hellbent on pushing them apart from each other. She lets him take her down to the ground and settles into his embrace on the floor of the jungle. She can look up and see the night sky beyond, crossed by shadowy branches like some bizarre web. She's never really noticed and appreciated things like this. Being able to see.
She might have saddened herself with such thoughts but they were rather abruptly and happily pulled out of it by an unexpected suggestion. She smiles against him and happily her tail began to lash about. Ok. Let's do it. She places a kiss on his cheek, feverish and with girlish eagerness. Naz moves to place another on his neck, lingering there for a second and then tracing their lips a bit further down toward his chest.
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She might have saddened herself with such thoughts but they were rather abruptly and happily pulled out of it by an unexpected suggestion. She smiles against him and happily her tail began to lash about. Ok. Let's do it. She places a kiss on his cheek, feverish and with girlish eagerness. Naz moves to place another on his neck, lingering there for a second and then tracing their lips a bit further down toward his chest.
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02-12-2024, 12:07 PM
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Among the list of things Nero considered himself to be, smooth was not one of them. He'd grown up with some of the strangest role models for love and to that day, he didn't know how to make them coincide with one another. Between Alizabeth’s no-nonsense, go-get-’em, free loving approach to Saga's absolutely-fucking-not monogamy, he wasn't entirely sure where he settled. He only knew he loved Nazonal and she was in his arms, purring, hitting all the right buttons. Fortunately, Nazonal had never seemed terribly bothered by his inability to woo. Maybe because they'd grown up with each other and she was just accustomed to his dumbassery. Regardless, he counted his lucky stars.
Naz accepted his proposal without hesitation, leaving him reeling with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. He hadn't anticipated getting that far and now he was at a loss with what to do. Nero fidgeted a bit as they drew their lips down his throat and chest, because shit, what else was he supposed to do? Naz knew what they were doing. They always did. Nero hadn't meant they needed to have cubs right then and there, but he wasn't opposed to.. uh, practicing? Practicing. The lion rumbled affectionately and rasped his tongue against their forehead, more than happy to just stay in their embrace for the rest of the night.
“We’ll name the first one Sparkles.”
Because he couldn't leave well enough alone.
❞Naz accepted his proposal without hesitation, leaving him reeling with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. He hadn't anticipated getting that far and now he was at a loss with what to do. Nero fidgeted a bit as they drew their lips down his throat and chest, because shit, what else was he supposed to do? Naz knew what they were doing. They always did. Nero hadn't meant they needed to have cubs right then and there, but he wasn't opposed to.. uh, practicing? Practicing. The lion rumbled affectionately and rasped his tongue against their forehead, more than happy to just stay in their embrace for the rest of the night.
“We’ll name the first one Sparkles.”
Because he couldn't leave well enough alone.
02-14-2024, 03:24 PM
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Naz felt, and readily gave in to, the pulls of affection and attraction. On the floor of the jungle she curled into the embrace of her mate and lay herself against him comfortably. Fortunately some things you really didn't need to see well to do. They continue to place warm kisses across his chin and neck- peppering in playful bites occasionally. "Sparkles? Yeah ok." She said in a tone that was actually very assuredly no. They did not want a kid to have to suffer a life of that name. Especially when they'd already have to put up with the two dorkiest parents in the Savannah.
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