by KiarasMate » December 11th, 2009, 4:46 am
Hearing the familiar voice that belonged to Masa, Vitani hurriedly dried her eyes with her fore paws before rolling onto her opposite side so that she was facing the mature lioness, replying to her inquiry with a shake of her head as she spoke.
”No, thank you Masa, but if you want to go strangle Nuka, I won’t have any objections.”
Showing her distain towards her brother clearly in her facial features, Vitani did what came naturally to her and started to confide in Masa, as was typically the case, seeing as Masa herself was much more open to heartfelt discussion than even her own mother was. Looking up at Masa with a hint of sadness in her eyes, Vitani addressed the tawny lioness.
”Why did Mother have to do that. He was innocent and she knew He was my friend Masa. It hurts. It always hurts whenever I think about Him.”
Before any response could be given, another lioness made her way over towards where the trio of felines were situated at. Glancing over to see who had come to visit, Vitani’s eyes fell upon Mara, Masa’s twin sister. The two lionesses looked strikingly similar, from their body builds, to their tawny coats and appearance. The only visible difference to distinguish the twins was the fact that one of Mara’s ears had been disfigured, due to an unfortunate hunting mishap. Personality wise however, the twin lionesses were worlds apart from one another. While Masa was more passive, Mara on the other paw was very aggressive and never let her position within Zira’s horde go unnoticed, as she almost commanded just as much respect as Zira herself did, being the lead huntress for their leader after all, took a great deal of skill and nuance that Mara just assumed she had been born with. Knowing this fact as well as anyone else did, Vitani quickly bowed her head in respect as she greeted Masa’s twin in a duteous tone.
”Thank you for the meal today Mara.”
Merely nodding to Vitani, not bothering to vocalize a response as her business wasn’t with the young cub, Mara turned to face her twin as she spoke in a commanding voice.
”Zira has informed me that you are to take Ayari out tomorrow and begin his training Masa.”
Gazing down at the young male, Mara’s judgmental eyes scanned the weak little cub as she saw him making brief eye contact with herself, evoking the short tempered lioness to quickly reprimand the insubordinate cub’s actions with a swift paw across the face, not hard enough to injure the young male, but definitely forceful enough to get her message across as she verbally lashed out at the youngster.
”Show some respect Runt!”
Turning to face Vitani, who still had her head bowed, Mara continued to speak to her sister as she scowled.
”And Little Vitani here is going to be his sparring partner by orders of Zira herself. Is that clear enough for you Masa or need I repeat myself?”