Captive's Struggle [PRIVATE: AC & SinChei]

[AustralianChaos]

Kulinda smiled at Daxis' dismissive nature on bathing. "You say you don't care, Daxis, but I'm sure the dirt in your fur gets itchy. Would you rather me show you the proper way to bathe yourself now...or do you want me to help clean you up first?" she asked.

As she finished the questioned, it dawned on her that she was beginning to treat Daxis almost like a mother would, despite the fact that she had never had any cubs herself...she was still young, and had never found a mate which whom she could raise children, even though she tended to adore them. But she passed it aside for now...who else could Daxis look for as a mother figure in his life right now, anyway?

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Tanga sighed as Makali made the comments about Daxis. "Leave him be, Makali...it's who he is. He may not be the nicest cub, but he's still part of this 'pride' we have in here, and that means we have to try and look after him as best we can, even if he does not want it. I'd rather have him around, and still cranky at me...then dead, with me knowing I could have done something to save him."

He then turned and smiled at Makali. "Besides, he's a cub...it's not exactly in his nature to be polite or grateful. And we've all gone through our problems last night. Just leave him be, Makali, I really don't care."

[SinChei]

Daxis giggled and instantly showed her how he tried to clean his back when no one was aroung to see him trying that. He turned his head around and leaned back he was junst holding his balance on one paw. Everytime he dithered and had to turn his head forward to not fall on the ground but tripped then as he tried to get to the lower side of his back and looked up to kulinda again.

There you see that happens everytime. It is annoying.

He spoke mad at himself but found it kind of funny too and ended up in laughing again as he thought about her offer to bathe him. Daxis didn't thought about kulinda as his mother. he already treated her like his own mother.



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Makali was happy to know someone like tanga but still couldn't believe that Tanga could be that kind even to a disrespectful cub like Daxis was. If it were up to him me maybe had saved the cub too but he had given him a good telling-off as well. Tehn he was thinking about kulinda who maybe given the cub something like that.

Your amazing tanga... but you need to do me one favor. Do never do something like yesterday again. not alone... if we both would have attacked them then maybe no one of us would be wounded now. But lets hope they will stay away from us now.

[AustralianChaos]

Kulinda observed as Daxis tried, and failed, to clean himself, and soon found herself laughing along with Daxis, even though she knew it was not very nice. But the sight was rather cute and amusing.

Still sitting in front of him, she smiled as she kept her eyes on him. "You've got the right idea, Daxis," she said encouragingly. "You just need to learn to balance better. Here, watch me..."

She then proceeded to bathe her own back, showing Daxis how to spread his forelegs and twist his body the correct way so he would not overbalance and fall. "It can take some practice to get right, but once you do it becomes instinct." she showed him a few more examples, before stopping and watching him. "Now you try, Daxis,"

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Tanga laughed as Makali asked him to never put his life on the line like that again. "I can't promise that, Makali...but I can promise that I will try to keep myself out of trouble." He then looked down at the body of the human he had killed, still lying where it had fallen. "Well, this one won't be causign any more problems," he said, his voice cold. "But what about the other one...what happened to him?"

[SinChei]

Daxis stopped laughing too when Kulinda showed him the right technique to clean his back correctly. He tried to do the easy tjhings first and spread his legs more to get a better foothold. The he turned his head around like he did before when he showed the female lion how he did it before and was still a bit shaking but got far more dirt out of his fur then before. But thee cub was still curious about her offer to clean him. Daxis could remember a few things of his past. He could remember that his mother never bathed him. When he ran off parts of his fur was missing because of all the insects in his fur which made him bite himself.

Daxis laughed again and watrched deep in her eyes and snuggled himself in her chestfur again. while asking with a faint purr in his voice.

Kulinda... are you still offering to bathe me...?


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Makali planted oone paw on the body of the dead human and thought about ripping of some meat.

Ok that is enough for now Tanga thank you
He said while observing the human once more and turning his head then to the place where the other human had beaten up Daxis.
I don't know exactly i just know he escaped...

[AustralianChaos]

Kulinda smiled down at Daxis as he started bathing his back, by himself. She could see that he needed practice, but it was a start. "Very good, Daxis," she congratulated. "I don't think even I picked it up that fast." It was an honest compliment too. She could remember how it had taken her days just to learn to keep herself upright while cleaning her back.

But as Daxis asked about her earlier offer to bathe him, she giggling a little, smiling down at him. "Of course...if you promise not to struggle and let me do my job properly," she added, still giggling a little as she remembered how she always used to struggle against her mother whenever she bathed her. She had eventually learned to just accept it, and found it quite enjoyable before long, but when she was really young she would always dread baths.

To show she was sincere, Kulinda moved away from Daxis and settled herself down on her belly in the grass, opening her forepaws invitingly so Daxis could settle into her paws if he actually wanted a bath. "I've never bathed another lion before...but my mother always gave me plenty, so I know what to do...now come here before I decide to come and get you instead!" she grinned at the last words, to show she was only joking.

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Tanga sighed as he heard that the other human had escaped. "I fear he'll come back, but I guess there's nothing we can do. But what really confuses me is that other human. After the dead one injured me, I though he was going to kill me, but instead he's put this on me." He waved a paw at his bandage. "It's like what Kulinda did with the cub, only it's even more effective at stopping the blood. I think that human might actually be the reason I'm alive."

[SinChei]

Daxis was more then happy about her words that he did a great job and stuck out his chest. He looked back at his back und laughed.

Ha! now who's the king!

He laughed louder after shouting at his back as if he had beaten him finally and got him fractional clean. Then Daxis was curious about the answer of his question to give him a proper bath. But why did he had to promise not to struggle who would struggle when someone tried to bathe you Daxis thought and thopught about some reasons. He never got bathes when he was very young so he couldn't imagine why he should struggle.

But he followed her with his eyes and smiled too as she did and started walking towards her slowly and decided to play along.
Oh no mom not again i am comming but next time you wont get me so easily

He laughed to hide that it wasn't a joke from him that he called her mom. He just pretended that it was just a joke but truly he hoped that she knew it wasn't just a joke.

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makali looked at the bandage once more and couldn't resist to touch it this time.

Its very smooth... and yes i knew he would never hurt you.. he wasn't the one who feed me when i was very young but he and his friend and very identic from their behavior. I just wish we could thank them but they are kind of scared of us and i don't understand their weird noises

He laughed and looked at tanga again.

[AustralianChaos]

Kulinda was a little startled at Daxis' use of the word 'mom', but smiled at him as he laughed and walked towards her slowly. When she was finally within reach, she wrapped a paw around him and pulled him in, holding him in his forepaws. she felt a little awkward, being in the opposite role in this exchange to what she was used to, but went along with it.

"Now hold still, Daxis, and this won't take long," she said, before getting to work, starting on his half-cleaned back, her tongue making broad sweeping licks across his brown fur. She tried to be as gentle as she could whilst still actually cleaning him, as she systematically worked across his back. "Does that feel better?" she asked after a time.

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Tanga winced slightly as Makali touched the bandage, the wound underneath still sensitive, but let him go, knowing how curiosity was sometimes. "Yes...those two are the ones that put us in here...but, in a strange way, they do seem to care for us, even if we don't see them very often."

As he pondered this, he heard his stomach give a small growl, and realised that last night's offer of food went unanswered. He turned to look around, searching for something he could hunt for food, but growled in pain as he twisted his body too far, which caused his wound to sting violently. "Argh, I'm never going to be able to hunt like this!" he complained, before turning to his friend, "I'm sorry to put this on you, but do you think you could hunt for me over the next days...just until this heals a bit?" he asked. He hated doing it, not wanting to give Makali all the work, but he had no choice...it was either that or slowly starve.

[SinChei]

Daxis was enjoing her tongue gliding through his fur but found it a bit weird at some spots to and knew why she told him not to struggle. Sometimes it was a bit uncomfortable and he had to change his position but sometimes it just felt good and let his muzzle escape a faint purr.

Yes it feels good sometimes. and sometimes it feels weird.

He replied while still purring low. And as he reached his neck Daxis through his head back in his neck and did not let her tongue gothrough his fur on it again but relaxed and layed his head down on one of her paws again.

Sorry Kulinda.... i wasn't expecting that it can feel that weird sometimes

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Ohhh sorry Tanga i didn't want to hrt you

Makali winced the same time Tanga did and widened up his eyes. He just was to curious about how it would feel like. Even if tanga did not even said anything about the hunt Makali had done it anyways it was a queston of honor in his eyes that he would at leat get his friend some food now when he was weak and couldn't get something on his own. The rare furred male smiled at him.

Of course i will hunt for us then... would have done it even if you hadn't asked me ^^

Makali said in his typicallkind manner already forgotten the cub again.

[AustralianChaos]

Kulinda smiled, pausing as Daxis mentioned the cleaning sometimes felt wierd. "I understand, Daxis...just try and relax," she said, continuing to work on his head and neck, having gotten his back clean now.

While the act of bathing a cub was a new and strange experience for Kulinda, for some reason she also felt like it was right in a way. As she continued bathing Daxis, she wondered what it would be like to raise a cub of her own, and continued to let her thoughts wander as she finished with the tuft of Daxis' mane. "Okay, mister, roll over, your belly's next."

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Tanga nodded. "Thank you. You're a good friend." He then looked around. "Well, since this wound isn't going to let me do anything better for today, I might head to that place where the humans come into our area, maybe see if I can meet those two again. I'm curious about them."

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Tyson slowly pulled himself back to the waking world, and after a quick shower and dressing, went through his morning check-up of the systems. The various people he and Shane employed to help run the enclosure called in to say that no-one had seen any sign of anything suspicious during the night on any shifts. He then pulled up the camera footage of the enclosure, quickly finding the two males, fairly close to where they had been left last night, although the golden-furred one looked like he was about to leave.

But it was when Tyson looked at camera footage of a spot near the enclosure gates that he froze. "No way..." he breathed, watching as the lioness they had introduced yesterday lay near the gate...bathing the aggressive cub. "That's just...wow!"

He thought about alerting Shane to the sight, but decided that he was probably still sleeping, and decided to observe the unexpective interaction for a few more moments before trying to see if Shane was up.

[SinChei]

Daxis wasn't really enjoying it when kulinda reached his head and even worse his tiny fluffy mane on his head. He really didn't want to but struggled for a Short time. he listened to her and tried to relax.
my belly too?
Daxis asked her while first waiting for a response before rolling over on his back. He was looking at her again and still already thinking she was his new mother. Itwas not very difficult to find a new mother for him every lioness were better then his mother.

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Makali made big eyes when he heard his friend wanted to meet the humans on his own but he smiled and turned around to go for a hunt.
well if you want it why not that sounds like a good thank to me he giggles low and made his way to a spot with some prey.

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Shane was slowly awaking from his slumber but needed a long time to come out of his bed. He still was in the same clothes the day before and at first decided to take a shower and put on new clothes. He exited the bathroom and had seen tyson was already woken up as well as he saw someone used their shower. He made his way to the kitchen and had to eat something before going to look after his friend.