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Not gonna lie, I am in love with this one so whoever wins better take good care of them.

This lion is involved in something secretive or mysterious. What is it, how are they involved, and how do they feel about it?

500 words max. Ends 8/17 23:59 pm CS time

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[minifun990]

Username: minifun990
Lion name: Glayva
Lion gender: Female
Pride: Mystic Isles Subpride Kathros Kingdom
Pride status: Hunter (and secret resistance member)
Prompt:
Its late, darkness smothering the land, quieting all but the most wide eyed prey. It is no time for a lioness to be awake, especially not one from the Karthos pride.

They have structure after all, a routine. Wake up, lower females hunt for the king’s breakfast, scouts are sent to observe neighboring prides while the king, warriors spar and higher females and cubs are allowed to relax and watch as the sun rises.

One can not be tardy or sleepy while doing their duty. Therefore a curfew is imposed to make sure every lion and lioness gets their rest.

Glayva scoffs to herself. She knows that's not the true reason for curfew. This pride isnt the cute happy family pretends to be. She has seen it for herself. The lower females live in fear for themselves and cubs, the scouts are spies, the warriors? Bullies and assassins. The king and his consorts are the worst, the masterminds behind the ploy.

She can't let them know that she sees the dark underbelly of this cuddly pride. Secrets and masks becoming her only defence. She felt helpless. Watching as horrible things occurred and all she could do was pretend everything was alright.

What else was she supposed to do? Run and leave others behind? Stand against them and be ostracised or worse?

She couldn't do that.

So wrapped up and involved in her own secrets she didnt notice the dark shape in front of her until she tripped on it. Glancing down she found herself met with the terrified eyes of Haro’s cloaked cub. There was no reason it should be outside right now either, unsupervised and after curfew.

Glayva had seen the cub around before, sometimes scurrying like a mouse while other times adventuring with the sureness only a cub can have. Always wearing that cloak. Now in the light of the moon Glayva could see why.

This cub was against pride code.

In tripping over them Glayva had removed their cloak and their flaw was revealed. She knew what she should do, take the cub and their father Haro and reveal their secret to the king. Prestige and recognition was sure to follow.

Instead she bundled the cub up, back in their cloak, hushing their whimpering and pleading. This was perfect. She wasn't alone in disagreeing with the pride's rules. There were others who could see how wrong everything was here!

That was her stumble into a secretive group. One who saw Kathro’s flaws and seeked to fix them. They weren't many, but they were determined that others shouldnt suffer from the harsh ideals the pride had. They just had to be careful, not one whisker out of line. (449/500)

[AwkwardAnxiety]

Username: AwkwardAnxiety
Lion name: Aurum
Lion Gender: Female
Link to pride: The Pride of Intertwining Roots
Pride Status:
Prompt:
Aurum knew that Apricus was a Traveler. In fact, she was the first person other than him to ever know. He hadn't told her, she'd observed his strange appearances and disappearances enough to figure most of it out herself and he'd just clarified the rest. She swore to him that she would never reveal his secret to anyone, both fearing that he may be cast out for this ability despite being the First Lion's son. She helped him work on focusing and fine-tuning his strange and unique ability so he no longer had to worry about revealing it accidentally. When he'd started out, he had little control over when or where he Traveled. Apricus called his ability Going but Aurum thought Travelling sounded better and fit what occurred more. When Apricus was skilled enough, they began attempting Assisted Travelling, him using his ability to bring her along. They tried many times before Apricus managed to bring her along, discovering that not only was direct contact needed for it, Apricus had to specifically envision her Travelling with him. Then they had to practice fine-tuning it again so that they would both arrive in the same location at the same time.
While rejoicing over their achievement, Aurum discovered something even more exciting. Neither of them knew whether it was because of a dormant ability or her high exposure to his Travelling, but Aurum had gained the ability to travel. He training was much faster than Apricus' because they both already knew what to do and she only had to put theory into practice instead of making it up and guessing as they went.
They continued to be careful never to be spotted Traveling by other lions, neither wanting to be sent away from the pride, but they weren't quite so diligent about it. After all, even if they got sent away, wouldn't they still have each other? [315]

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Username: minifun990
Lion name: Glayva
Lion gender: Female
Pride: Mystic Isles Subpride Kathros Kingdom
Pride status: Hunter (and secret resistance member)
Prompt:
Its late, darkness smothering the land, quieting all but the most wide eyed prey. It is no time for a lioness to be awake, especially not one from the Karthos pride.

They have structure after all, a routine. Wake up, lower females hunt for the king’s breakfast, scouts are sent to observe neighboring prides while the king, warriors spar and higher females and cubs are allowed to relax and watch as the sun rises.

One can not be tardy or sleepy while doing their duty. Therefore a curfew is imposed to make sure every lion and lioness gets their rest.

Glayva scoffs to herself. She knows that's not the true reason for curfew. This pride isnt the cute happy family pretends to be. She has seen it for herself. The lower females live in fear for themselves and cubs, the scouts are spies, the warriors? Bullies and assassins. The king and his consorts are the worst, the masterminds behind the ploy.

She can't let them know that she sees the dark underbelly of this cuddly pride. Secrets and masks becoming her only defence. She felt helpless. Watching as horrible things occurred and all she could do was pretend everything was alright.

What else was she supposed to do? Run and leave others behind? Stand against them and be ostracised or worse?

She couldn't do that.

So wrapped up and involved in her own secrets she didnt notice the dark shape in front of her until she tripped on it. Glancing down she found herself met with the terrified eyes of Haro’s cloaked cub. There was no reason it should be outside right now either, unsupervised and after curfew.

Glayva had seen the cub around before, sometimes scurrying like a mouse while other times adventuring with the sureness only a cub can have. Always wearing that cloak. Now in the light of the moon Glayva could see why.

This cub was against pride code.

In tripping over them Glayva had removed their cloak and their flaw was revealed. She knew what she should do, take the cub and their father Haro and reveal their secret to the king. Prestige and recognition was sure to follow.

Instead she bundled the cub up, back in their cloak, hushing their whimpering and pleading. This was perfect. She wasn't alone in disagreeing with the pride's rules. There were others who could see how wrong everything was here!

That was her stumble into a secretive group. One who saw Kathro’s flaws and seeked to fix them. They weren't many, but they were determined that others shouldnt suffer from the harsh ideals the pride had. They just had to be careful, not one whisker out of line. (449/500)

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[minifun990]

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