by JaguarOne » April 9th, 2013, 1:12 am
For Caine, the day seemed to be a mix of signals and emotions. The environment gave off a calm feeling, the sky blue and relatively cloudless, the wind calm save for a pleasant breeze here and there. The sun had been beating down for the better part of the day, forcing the temperatures up to their usual overbearing levels of hotness. Lying near the water hole, the blonde maned lion watched the goings on of the area, most of the animals either lying under trees for shade or venturing out to get a thirst quenching drink from the water hole itself. Even without thinking about it, he found himself unconsciously praying for some sort of breeze, anything to circulate the humid air. The rain was coming soon, he had a feeling, judging by both the humidity and some of the dark clouds in the horizon.
At the same time, he detected a sense of somberness. About what, he couldn't quite place his paw on. He felt that there was something that should be bugging him, but he didn't know what. He was at the water hole, after all. How was he to know of the great tragedy that had befallen the Pridelands in the gorge? Or that the king and crown prince were both allegedly dead, presumed trampled to death in a stampede. How was he to know he could possibly be driven out of his only home as the result of a change of power from a series of events that occurred just out of range? So many events that could have dire consequences. And yet they were all condensed to an inexplicable feeling in Caine's gut. One that bugged him profusely, especially because he was unable to shake it.
Shaking his head lightly, the lion attempted to blow some of his mane out of his eyes as he rose to his feet. He needed to get his mind active, to think about something other than this nagging feeling he had in his stomach. It wasn't that he didn't trust his gut, no that certainly wasn't it. He trusted it. He just had problems when his gut seemed to go rogue, to send signals without having the decency to communicated to his brain what was going on. Something was definitely going on. He just had to figure out what. Turning away from the water hole, he began to trudge in the general direction where he remembered last seeing his friends.