News for the Rogue Pack
Posted: May 10th, 2014, 4:28 pm"All right, settle down, settle down!" Busajja leaped up onto the ledge. The commotion died down. "Okay, we've got some news! We have recruited a new member! Her name is Kurami. She may be blind, but she has the true heart of a rogue. She can hear and smell clearly. She has gained the rank of a thief."
The felines cheered. "Kurami! Kurami! Kurami!"
"Hush!" Busajja ordered. "There is more. This territory is dry from the drought that we are suffering from. The Flowing Stream Pride has much land and water! Not to mention prey!" At that, some of the felines swiped their tongues around their jaws.
None of them had had a decent meal since the drought.
"Anyway, I have spoken with my two faithful subordinates," Busajja went on, "and we've decided to launch a raid. We'll steal some of their cubs and recruit them. We can only steal newborn cubs! We need the ones that haven't opened their eyes, because they have not yet bonded with their parents, and don't know their parents that much. Only newborns! You hear?" The felines nodded.
"All right. So, we take some of the newborn cubs. And we will raise them! Who will volunteer to nurse the cubs and make sure they survive?" Busajja asked.
"I will!" Arida called. "I'm a medic, so I know which herbs to use to help me produce milk."
"You do know that there are many newborn cubs, right?" Imithi said. "I will also help nurse them."
"But you also have medic responsibilities!" Isibanda reminded her sister sharply.
"So we will need to have a lioness to raise the cub after the cub is weaned!" Etana said angrily.
"Shut up!" Busajja bellowed. "Anyway, Etana and Isibanda are both right! Imithi, you and Arida have my permission to nurse the cubs, as long as the cubs do not interfere with your medic responsibilities! Am I clear?"
"Yes, sir," Arida and Imithi promised.
"And after the cubs are weaned, Isibanda, Muuaji, Keyah, and Mstari will train them," Busajja said. "If there are more than four cubs that we take, I will choose more lions to train them. Meeting closed."
The felines cheered. "Kurami! Kurami! Kurami!"
"Hush!" Busajja ordered. "There is more. This territory is dry from the drought that we are suffering from. The Flowing Stream Pride has much land and water! Not to mention prey!" At that, some of the felines swiped their tongues around their jaws.
None of them had had a decent meal since the drought.
"Anyway, I have spoken with my two faithful subordinates," Busajja went on, "and we've decided to launch a raid. We'll steal some of their cubs and recruit them. We can only steal newborn cubs! We need the ones that haven't opened their eyes, because they have not yet bonded with their parents, and don't know their parents that much. Only newborns! You hear?" The felines nodded.
"All right. So, we take some of the newborn cubs. And we will raise them! Who will volunteer to nurse the cubs and make sure they survive?" Busajja asked.
"I will!" Arida called. "I'm a medic, so I know which herbs to use to help me produce milk."
"You do know that there are many newborn cubs, right?" Imithi said. "I will also help nurse them."
"But you also have medic responsibilities!" Isibanda reminded her sister sharply.
"So we will need to have a lioness to raise the cub after the cub is weaned!" Etana said angrily.
"Shut up!" Busajja bellowed. "Anyway, Etana and Isibanda are both right! Imithi, you and Arida have my permission to nurse the cubs, as long as the cubs do not interfere with your medic responsibilities! Am I clear?"
"Yes, sir," Arida and Imithi promised.
"And after the cubs are weaned, Isibanda, Muuaji, Keyah, and Mstari will train them," Busajja said. "If there are more than four cubs that we take, I will choose more lions to train them. Meeting closed."