[PRIVATE] A Rogue's Light

[Skittakallista]

Things were going from bad to worse! The massive mood swingy guy, Mufalfa, had gone back to being terrifying and creepy and the dark tan female with the violet eyes had floored him. Great. She was in a horribly perilous position and neither him or the skinny lion was in much position to help. Her sister was still cowering. What can I do? Auni thought franticly. What can I do?

"Erm" He said, stepping foreward again, nervously. "Mufalfa, is it?" He gulped, his heart beating so loud he was sure everyone there could hear him. "Surely we can talk this through, you know, without killing anyone? Just a thought..." His voice tailed away as Mufalfa stared at him evily. Now you've done it. He thought glumly. Get ready for death. He kept his eyes on him. At least his focus is off the female.

[VitanisMate]

Mufalfa was floored by the sister. Once asked if he understood he said, "Very clearly thank you and in fact I understand explicitly. I will give you two sisters a deal. Leave me with these two lions to 'chat' as the spy said and you are free to go. You are free to go now." He pointed the two lionesses towards the way out. "Just be sure to mind your own business. How say you? No reason to stick around right? These lions and I are just going to have a chat."

He looked at the males. "Boys we have much to talk about. Where shall we start? Well we could start at the moment when you invaded my land, spied on me, showed me mercy, and wanted to talk. If you want something to talk about there are plenty of things I could thing of." That was when he laughed and brandished his claws. "So sure we can talk about plenty." He pointed at the spy. "Starting with you spy. Shall I let you live? What do you think?" He laughed again.

[Nakisisa]

Ra didn't trust a word the lion said, but a deals a deal, she thought. "Come on Imani, let's leave these lions to 'chat'" Ra said walking over to her sister. "After all, we wouldent want to listen to those lions talk about us would we?" Ra said slightly annoyed. So much so she was making assumptions after they ha walked off Ra spoke to her sister again. "Imani, are you alright?" Ra said calmly, "Did anyone hurt you?" she asked, "What was he saying to you in that cave? And, Why did you leave this morning?" Ra asked as a mother would.

[AustralianChaos]

By this point, Tanga was left completely confused. his focus was being constantly shifted from one situation to another, and as such he was finding it extremely difficult to act on any one of them.

This...Mufalfa was it?...was switching between two very distinct personalities so suddenly it was impossible to figure out his true intentions, although Tanga had extremely little desire to get involved with his menacing side. And now there was this other male who had suddenly burst onto the scene, and was now trying to negotiate with Mufalfa. Tanga got the horrible feeling that any attempt to reason with this insane lion was going to end in violence.

And then there were the two lionesses, one of whom Tanga had collided with. He still did not know her name, but her rather...interesting...appearance, and the way she had profusely apologised to him had him curious. Most of the time Tanga accidentally stumbled across another of his kind, he was either ignored or shouted at for being too careless. And now she was leaving the whole situation with the other lioness...they appeared to be friends, or possibly siblings.

But right now Tanga was torn. He was stuck in between the two groups. Mufalfa wanted him to stay...which Tanga was almost certain was going to end badly, and these two lionesses...why were they just leaving? Surely they realised that he did not want to be here? Surely they also realised that once Mufalfa was done with him and this other lion, that he would then come after them once more? Tanga hated fighting...even if he could fight to some degree, and he was less than certain if he could take on Mufalfa and win, even with the other lion...Auni...helping him.

And with that, Tanga suddenly made a decision. One he hoped would work better in protecting everyone here from harm. "Actually," he said, speaking up for the first time since the situation began, his voice slightly hesitant. "I'd prefer it if the lionesses stayed."

[oXButterflyKissesXo]

Imani looked at her sister and then back at the objecting lion. She didn't feel right leaving them be and with how they looked and acted towards the dominating male, she knew they weren't really set on fighting. Didn't seem like Ra was going to object to having the males leave her and her sister alone. "Either we all go or we all stay" she declared, smiling awkwardly at the mood swing lion, "please". She added in the last part with her cub-like face showing off the intense adult eyes she possessed, but the childish smile of a cub still in her.

She wagged her pale brown tail with the dark brown tuft at the end, almost whacking her sister in the face.

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga had to exert every little bit of self-control he possessed to avoid openly sighing in relief when the lioness he had knocked into supported his objection. He knew that this Mufalfa was dangerous, and the more of them there were, the easier it would be for them to escape this situation without resorting to violence.

Now that Tanga was a last catching up, and the incident that had spiralled so rapidly out of control was settling down, he was finally able to formulate the first hints of a plan. He remember back to his days growing up as a rogue, and some of the things his parents had taught him: Always have a plan for either a hunt or a fight...never, ever just jump in and hope for the best, unless it can't be avoided. That will lead you to death faster than throwing yourself off a cliff.

Suppressing the memory of his parents, which always lead to a painful part of his past, Tanga turned back to the situation at hand, a plan formulating in his mind very quickly. All he wanted to do was resolve this situation quickly and quietly, and get everyone out of here safely. And as long as the two lionesses stayed, he felt he still had a good chance of doing that.

Still, he turned back to the creamy-brown lioness - he was sure her name had been mentoned, but he had missed it - and gave her a shy, warm smile, mouthing a silent 'thank you' to her as he turned back to Mufalfa, trying to put as much sense of authority into his voice as he quiet, timid personality would allow. "Now, what is it you wanted to talk about, again?"

[VitanisMate]

Mufalfa looked at the spectacle before him. "Hahaha I figured you might say that. I am giving you a chance to leave and yet you refuse. You would lay down your lives for others?!" It was then he huffed in disgust as if the concept was horrible to him.

He looked at the scrawny one and said to him, "For giving that suggestion my fool I will rip your heart from the chest that shelters it!" he laughed saying, "You see I knew you could not just leave which is why I want to play a little game. You see my fools I am a really fast runner. I want to test if you are that fast." He looked grinning wondering if those imbeciles knew what he meant. He looked at the spy. "The scrawny one will die first, then you."

He then looked at the sisters, "Then you will die last." He looked ahead. "Unless you can escape me. I am willing to let one of you out of my grasp but which one? Which one means the most to all of you? Shall it be the grumpy sister, the princess, the scrawny coward, or the spy." He laughed loving how he gave them all nicknames. "I am willing to let one of you go back unharmed and in peace. If you all give up now I will let all of you go EXCEPT one. So how will we play this wonderful game?" He laughed not being able to help himself.

He looked at the spy and said, "There is your talking for you. I will give you each to the count of 10 to run as fast as you can unless one of you give up now. After you run I will hunt you all down and leave only one alive." He was just enjoying himself and his evil plan. "He looked at the males. Oh and boys I will make sure to kill you first." He then looked at the princess, "Well is that enough mercy for you. You had your chance to leave but refused to take it.

He then looked at them all and started to count laughing as he did it. "1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10..." He looked and was ready to run. he could smell fresh blood and was ready to kill.

[Nakisisa]

"Domt you dare run" Ra said To all of them her back still turned. "Ill give myself up" she said. "Under one condition." Ra said turning, fire in here eyes. "You two" Ra said pointing at the two other lions "Protect her" she said. "She means more to me than life" a growl escaped her throat, "And if you so much as harm a single hair on her body, I'll haunt you, untill the day you die, and beyond." Ra said looking back at the first lion. "Do your worst" she said walking towards him

[oXButterflyKissesXo]

Imani let her mouth drop at how cruel he was being and how her sister was acting. Why would he be like this? What was wrong with him in the brain? What could she do? She didn't have the confidence to do something spicy like her sister would, but she didn't have the fighting skills to do anything either. "STOP IT! PLEASE, JUST STOP!" She whimpered loudly, her head dropping down. "Why are you doing this? What did we personally do to you?!"

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga winced rather horribly. He may have lived a solitary life, and even in the Pridelands been mostly neglected and shunned, but the sighted of the brown lioness breaking down was almost physically painful. It reminded him too much of his own breakdown, over a year ago, before he had ever come near this land...

'Stop it!' he mentally shouted, forcing his memories back. He took another look at the lioness before him, and something snapped. He had known such misery...the misery of realising someone you love is about to die. And he was not going to let this lioness suffer to the extent that he had.

With a boldness Tanga did not know he had possessed, he stepped forward, taking a ready stance beside the other lioness, he claws unsheathing as he gave Mufalfa a hard stare. "No," he said, his voice cold, but shaking slightly. "No more games. if you want to fight, you have to fight us...together. That's four to one, by the way...I suggest you back down and let us all go." The moment he had started to speak, Tanga boldness had started to fade...but he had commited himself to this path now, and he was not going to back down. Their best chance of escaping Mufalfa now, was to stick together, and force him to back off by sheer force of numbers. No lion could take on four others alone, no matter how skilled they were at fighting.