[Closed] Kopa's Captivity

[TheWhistlerify]

Being a few feet behind her dad, Marini ran at full speed, completely un-prepared for her dad stopping his running all of a sudden, she attempted to stop but her head bump into one his back legs. Getting up to her feet, a little dizzy, "Ouch! Daddy!" she said with her happy voice, dispite what just happened,

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga jolted back to reality as he felt Marini hit his leg. He jumped forward, spinning rapidly around to face his daughter. "Oh, I'm so sorry, sweetie! Are you alright?" A quick look suggested that she was a little stunned from the unintentional headbutt, but otherwise fine.

He helped his daughter back to her feet, apologising all the way. He was not one to get so easily distracted, and as such had no idea how Marini would react to this accident. "I'm sorry...Daddy just got a little distracted," he sighed, looking voer at Heshima and Kopa again. "It's been a big day."

Seeing that Heshima seemed to have Kopa well handled, Tanga turned back to his daughter. "I guess you got me, then," he said, ruffling his daughter's fur. "But you're not hurt at all?" His little story before had opened his eyes to just how much he loved Marini, and how he felt that he would never forgive himself if he had hurt her. More to the point, Heshima would never forgive him, either. She might allow Tanga to run off with Marini on her adventures, but he knew that she worried about how care-free he was towards his cub's behaviour.

[YFWE]

Feeling the tiny frame of Kopa begin to go limp against her warm pelt, Heshima had a nagging feeling that her more recent questions would not get an answer anytime soon, judging by the state that the young cub seemed to be in. Not that Heshima minded; she did not feel much like pressing any issues with the cub anyway, as he was still quite new and probably rather tired from whatever journey he had taken that day and in days prior.

Kopa's rest seemed to be tempered, however. Though the small cub seemed to drift off to sleep a quite a few times, he seemed to be unable to stay asleep in a more prolonged fashion. This worried Heshima slightly, as she certainly wanted to keep the young cub's health in check following his entrance into their pride, though if anything severe were to happen, the beings that lived beyond their borders would surely take in Kopa and heal him, as they had done for many of the pride's lions in the past.

With a final jolt, Kopa had awakened again, seemingly for the final time for a while. Leaning down to nuzzle the cub, Heshima whispered in response to him, "Yes, dear, you fell asleep. Kind of. Don't worry about anything though."

Heshima paused, thinking for a moment before resuming her talk. "What I was saying isn't too important now," she whispered soothingly. "Later days, later days. For now, though... I would like to know if you're feeling okay."

She leaned down to nuzzle the cub once more. "I know it's been quite a day and everything might be a little overwhelming for you. I can relate; my first day here was chaos. Of course, I overcame it... eventually... but the point is, I know how you might feel and want you to understand that everything's alright right now, and that if anything's troubling you right now, be it about your mom or your dad, or even just that you're tired and want to be left alone for a while, please let me know."

Heshima smiled. So, are you feeling okay, Kopa? Is there anything I can do for you right now? Anything any of us can do? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty starved. Does food sound good?"

She looked off into the distance. "Those outsiders should be bringing us our usual rations soon, I'd wager. Would you like to walk with me and check, perhaps?"

[BlitzRogue]

Arria knew Shani well enough to let his first comment slide; it figures he would have been expecting the encounter to be a horrible, terrible attack on his pride as a loner. However, the latter she felt to be just bold enough to merit a response. "Why do I like him? Well, you could try the fact that he's freaking ADORABLE. You should know by now that I'm a complete sucker for anything having to do with the words cute, cuddly, lovable, darling, dear, or especially adorable."

As she listed each word, Arria counted off on one of the digits on her front paws for emphasis. Having done her best to make clear her justification for "taking a liking" to Kopa, Arria quickly scanned the area to locate said "adorable" cub. She found him without much trouble cuddling up with Heshima not far away and briefly considered the possibility of joining them, if only for a while. In the end, she decided against it, noticing how comfortable Kopa looked and how close to dozing off he appeared to be. "Nah, he's about to fall asleep anyway. Hm... come to think of it, I could use a little rest myself. After all, keeping those pesky, yet oh-so-beautiful, clouds in check can be rather draining on one's energy supply."

Arria turned away from the others and began padding off towards the normal resting quarters, which were of course empty at the moment. Before she got too far, however, she paused mid-stride and looked back over her shoulder, "Say, Shani, I'm gonna go catch some Z's. Wanna come with? I won't be insulted if you'd rather sit by yourself and debate the likelihood of Grunge actually enjoying himself today, but if you wanna come, I'll be at The Hill." She smiled and continued plodding along without waiting for an answer. She didn't really need one. If Shani was going to come, he'd come; if he wasn't going to come, he wouldn't. No particular need for a reply.

Looking in the sky, Arria suddenly noticed the position of the sun and realized that the hairless beasts living outside the Enclosure would be bringing the evening supply of meat fairly soon, assuming they hadn't already. Was she really hungry though? Arria looked inquisitively at her stomach as she walked, as if expecting it to speak to her and answer the question for her. It didn't, of course, but Arria apparently got the acknowledgment that she was looking for. "Nope. Not hungry. I'm sure there'll be some left when I wake up; there always is."

[TheWhistlerify]

"Gotcha!" ,Marini said, still dizzy a little bit from the hit.

(( sorryu for not posting didn't see your post ))

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga gave another warm smile to his daughter. Her response was proof enough that she had not hurt herself. If she had, she would tell him...she always did. "Come on, you," he said, laying down on his belly, offering his back to her once more while he looked up, noticing that the sun was beginning to disappear behind the western cliffs of the enclosure. "The evening meal will be coming along any moment now, and I'm sure Kopa will be there for you to talk with while you eat."

Tanga let his thoughts once more while he waited for his daughter. He did not mind carrying her around the slightest. She was not overly heavy, although his back definitely did not like it when she pushed on him. A lot of the time Marini preferred to run around on her own anyway. And these 'rides' were always a good chance for him to while away long walks just talking to his daughter about anything and nothing all at the same time.

All Tanga hoped as he thought of the food that was probably on its way right now, was that Kopa was okay with eating with the rest of the pride. He had seemed fine with Shani and Arria so far...but he still had spent very little time in the enclosure, and Tanga was certain that there would be a lot more difficult moments for the cub to face over the next few days. And Tanga knew, from experience, that crowds of unfamiliar lions was enough to put even the most strong-willed cubs on edge.

[KiarasMate]

Looking rather relieved to know that Heshima wasn’t cross with him from falling asleep during their previous conversation, as well as the fact that he hadn’t missed anything important, or so the cream colored lioness made it seem, Kopa’s low purrs started up again as he felt Heshima’s affectionate nuzzles which instantly brought the young male back into his comfort zone. As the prospects of food were mentioned by his company, Kopa’s stomach voluntarily spoke up on his behalf as it gurgled noisily. Placing a single fore paw over his talkative belly in a vein attempt to silence it, Kopa nodded sheepishly up at Heshima before replying in a longing tone.

”Yes please Heshima. Food sounds really good right now…but…erm…” Kopa stated, fidgeting a paw hesitantly in the grass momentarily before continuing. ”The hairless animals won’t take me away if they see me, will they?”

Hoping against hope that there wouldn’t even be any sign of the mysterious creatures that Kopa couldn’t help but to initially fear, the young cub stood up before moving in next to Heshima, making absolute sure to stay in as close of proximity to her as he could, just to keep himself guaranteed of her protection, should anything arise. Waiting for her to take lead, Kopa trotted along, keeping his field of vision limited to the lower half of the enclosure and the terrain around him, thus lessening the chances of him sighting any of the hairless beings. Trying his utmost not to look as though he was afraid however, Kopa’s tail did flick nervously behind him, swatting Heshima’s hind legs on occasion. Hoping to break the silence while they walked together, Kopa thought back upon everything he had learned so far about Tanga, Marini and Heshima. They mirrored his family so closely that it was hard to distinguish any major differences between them and his real mother and father, aside from the obvious. Being in closer range to Heshima’s fore legs as they traveled along, Kopa took notice of the cream colored feline’s scar that traced along one of her limbs. Finding himself curious about the origins of how she might have obtained such a marking, as well as to hopefully gain a little more insight into her past, Kopa addressed Heshima as he motioned with one of his little fore paws towards her scar.

”What happened to you right there Heshima? Did the hairless animals do that to you?”

[Nakisisa]

"How's the Runt?" a voice asked. The voice was human, and Lisimba knew instantly what had happened. Even is his not fully conscious state, he cast his mind back to when he had last seen his parents.

The African Savannah - Seven Months Ago*
The sun was out, the sky was clear, and Lisimba's life was perfect. it was nearing the afternoon, when his mothers, sweet melodious voice called out "Lisimba, Dinner." Lisimbas stomach growled loudly, making him laugh slightly as he ran off towards his mother. Just before he arrived he heard a large BANG. Lisimba ran faster, seeing what had happened, His father lay dead on the ground, a creature standing over the body held something pointed at his mother, who hissed a warning at her cub. The hunter thought she was going to attack and BANG, he shot his mother. Lisimba forgot everything, and ran towards his mother, nuzzling her crying. "Mum?" he meowed, "Mum, please talk to me." he was truly crying, when the hunter put his gun down, and picked up the cub, speaking to it to calm it. "Hey there little fellah, you all right?" he asked, being met by Lisimbas sharp teeth. The hunter growled in pain, shouting "Dixon, Get a cage and a tranquillizer Fast." After being injected, and placed in the cage, Lisimba quickly fell asleep

When Lisimba awoke, he was in a strange place, still in his small cage, he looked around, seeing a dog bark at the movement, the hunter came out, his arm in bandages. "Now my little cub, you're going to make me, a fortune" he said laughing

Over the next two weeks, Lisimba saw many bad and terrible things, it took all his strength to stay alive, but he managed. on what he thought was his final day of life; somebody bought him, and put him in a larger wooden box. In the box the cub cried out for anyone, but with no reply, he fell asleep crying. soon it began to grow cold, and it was like that for what seemed like an eternity, Until the box was opened, with a sleeping Lisimba inside.

When Lisimba awoke this time, he was in a strange room, made to look like the savannah. there was food and water which he quickly ate and drank then he began exploring, until, two of the same creatures came and took him to a room, where he was knocked out again. We he finally awoke, he felt sore all over, and just recently he began to feel normal again. today he was back in the same room as when he was first knocked out.

Lisimba was saddened by the memories, but what happened next came as a big surprise, he was hit, feeling blood in his mouth, he spat it out as a large, feminine voice shouted "Stop That!" the conversation went on for a while, raised voices and quiet ones, but Lisimba wasn't paying attention, he was feeling like he had to go to sleep, when the female came over to him and tried to pick him up, his instincts kicked in and he backed away. "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you" she said, her voice reminding him of his mothers making him walk towards her. when he was picked up, she played with him for a bit before taking him outside saying, "You're going to a new home now" as she opened a door and placed him in an enclosure. as she walked out, he followed her until the door shut.

Lisimba went exploring, seeing some lions and lionesses in front of him, and being in quarantine for six months, he had lost all his courage and friendliness towards other lions, and her growled scared, turning, and running off into a corner of the enclosure, hoping the other lions and lionesses wouldn’t follow him, he was scared, and alone, and needed time to work everything out. Or so he hoped.

(( *note at this point, Lisimba Is very young, Almost 2 Month’s old, making him for the rest of the RP without jumps, 8 Month’s old ))

[AustralianChaos]

As Tanga approached the gateway where was brought in, the heard the strange hissing and grinding sounds associated with the door opening or closing. At last! he thought, as his stomach gave a noticable rumble. The fact that his pride was only fed at certain times a day was greatly annoying, particularly if you missed a meal, but like all the other oddities about this enclosure, you got used to it after a little while. And Tanga got the feeling that Kopa would, he had done amazingly well to come as far as he had into getting settled in in just one afternoon.

But as the doorway came into sight, still open...Tanga knew that something was amiss. Usually the creatures came in one of their big machines and just dumped an animal body near the gateway for them to feast on...but this time, Tanga noticed that one of the creatures was actually out of the machine, and walking around, carrying something in its arms. He stiffened, pulling Marini between his forepaws, and watched from a distance, deciding it was probably best to not attract the creature's attention.

But when the creature put whatever it was carrying on the ground, Tanga gasped. It was another cub! Another one? he asked, bewildered. It was usually months between additions to the enclosure...having two new additions in one day was unheard of in all his time here. He was so stunned, he barely noticed when the creatures left, leaving both the cub and the evening meal behind.

But finally Tanga came to his senses and slowly approached the new addition, who was already wide-awake and starting to explore around a little. But as Tanga got closer, the cub noticed him, and after giving him one defensive, frightened growl, ran off. "Hey, hey wait, little one!" he cried out, beginning to run after him. But after a few paces, he stopped.

He knew from experience that imposing his presence of one so frightened would just make the cub even more scared...and reminded him just how brave Kopa had been. But as he thought on his two latest additions, a small idea sprang to mind. "Come on, Rini, leave him be," he said gently. "He does not want to see anyone right now."

He slowly padded over to the antelope body the creatures had decided to leave behind this time, and gestured for Rini to dig in, while he himself got settled in and started to eat, taking his time as he waited for the others to arrive, particularly Kopa.

[Nakisisa]

Lisimba was hiding in the far corner of the enclosure, surrounded by grass he cried heavily. His cries were about what he had lost, and why he was in This strange place. After a while, he slowly cried himself to sleep, but that didn't last long. His dreams were haunted by death, and his parents, Awakig witha start, and in an unfamiliar environment, Lisimba growlded agai. This time it was a growl almost for help, mostly to claim the small area he was in as his own. He thought about what had happened before he had fallen asleep.

Suddenly he realized, a lion had spoken after him and even followed hima small way as he ran off, "Wh... What do I... I... Do?" Li asked himselm stammering. His still young mind was throwing ideas out and quickly dismissing them, the only idea that stayed was to investigate. So that's what he did. After a short while and a lot of pacing back and forth, Li decided it was time and stealthly made his way back to the lions and lionesses, making sure he was as well hidden as possibble. He was in position, trying to listen to the lions, when all of a sudden *grrrrrrr, burp* Li's stomach growled and he burped revealing his position