Roleplaying

Rashka nodded at the leopon, then looked around at the pride. 'Small pride' he thought as he examined everyone. His gaze fell upon a lovely dark golden lioness and then to a gorgeous creamy white one as he scanned the crowd. 'Two beauties' he thought again. He thought about going to eat, but decided against it because earlier he had munched on the carcass of a dead bongo. "Doesn't he want to know my name? Anything about me? For all he knows I could want to kill his entire Pride. Sure have the power to. But that's not what I want...not at all" Rashka said quietly under his breath, shaking his huge head. Giving it one more thought, Rashka lugged his emense body towards what he was certain was the food den, the liger sat down by the entrance to the cave and realized something. He was at least 2x bigger than a body else here. 'Freak' he thought...

Elska paced around for a while and tripped over a cub that ran infront of her. "Oh, gosh! I'm sorry little cub!". The cub nodded and ran off to play with the other cubs. 'Must be shy.' Elska thought. She spotted the liger near the prey cave and ran over to meet him. "Hi! I'm Elska." Elska introduced herself ,"I hope you don't feel threatened by anyone here. Our pride isn't used to many visitors..." Elska looked around for a moment and said ,"The pride might be jumpy because we recently were attacked by poachers. Anyways, what's your name?" Elska stood there waiting for him to respond.

Cynder saw Elska meet the liger, no wait, tigon. No, that's not it, what was it? She looked over to her brother, "What do you think he is? He doesn't have any stripes so it can't be anything tigerlike. Ashpen looked over to his sister and stayed silent like always. Some think he can't talk, but he decides not too. Cynder can understand him, because they have been together for so long. "Oh, you're right! A leopon. Why didn't I think of that?" Cynder stared at the leopon, *He's huge! He could definitely do some damage...* Ashpen blinked at Cynder. Cynder glared a Ashpen, "Oh, shut up." Ashpen flicked his ear. "I am not!...How dare you!" Cynder hissed and wacked her brother on the nose. He started running away with what she knew as his laughing. Cynder caught up to him tackling him; they tussled.

Scar walked back the clearing disapointed. He couldn't find Ken. 'Where could he be...?' He thought. Scar looked around and saw Elska talking to the liger. 'Hopefully he fits in...' Scar thought. He looked around for a minute and saw Cynder and Ashpen looking at the liger. He walked towards them and nodded a greeting before heading to the adults den. He retracted his claws and started to clean his golden spotted fur. Scar wondered how he even got in this pride. He couldn't remember much, he'd been a newborn of course. For some reason he could remember his parents though. His mother was a beautiful lioness, chased away from her pride. She had dark golden fur, amber eyes, and always a smile on her face. Scar's father on the other hand was a leopard. Scar could only remember his pelt color. He ran from the poachers as they'd killed his mother... Scar sighed. 'Are all leopards rude?' He thought. Scar continued cleaining his pelt.

Rashka gazed upon the stunning white lioness. 'What a beauty' he exclaimed in his head. He thought she was gorgeous. " My name is Rashka. Nice to meet you Elska. It's nince to know im not o my fellow out in the big open jungle." He said with a low, gentle voice. He had the subtle tone of a Russian accent. Rashka towered over the green eyed female and began to feel even more like a freak. He wasn't proud of his size. Most cats would think the bigger the better but no, not Rashka. He hates that he was so large. While trying to walk towards her a little more, he accidentally tripped over a large branch and almost fell flat on his face. "Whoa, uh..heh heh, sorry about that.." Rashka said nervously.

Elska smiled. "It's ok, Rashka." She purred. Elska picked up the branch and threw it into the dense jungle.  She could tell Rashka didn't like his size, but she thought it was cool. She just stared for a moment, not knowing what to say, until she realised Ashpen and Cynder were watching them. Elska looked at Rashka and whispered ,"Don't be offended by any stares. I don't think most of us have ever seen a liger.". Elska tried to think of something to say. Her mind was as blank as the clearing. Elska finally asked ,"How'd you find my pride?". She hoped Rashka wouldn't feel offended.

Running Wind galloped back to the pride. She taken by suprise and slowly stopped when she saw Rashka. She was nervous all over again, she was use to Scar but now a huge stranger was here; her leg twitched.
*Scar wouldn't have let him in if he was a threat... Right?* Running Wind paced in a circle and plopped down cleaning her fur. She calmed herself a little by trying to distracting herself, but every so often she would have an uncontrollable muscle movement. *NO! NO! NO! This can't happen to me too!* She looked over to Ashpen, and he cocked his head at her as if he saw something or heard something? She tried not to look at them scared...

Rashka looked to his left and saw the two young lions watching them, in between spurts of tussling. "I've been out here on my own for 4 years. The jungle really does take a tole out on you after a while. I've gotten so used to the loneliness that it doesn't bother me much more. I simply found your pride by accidently stumbling upon it. I was in the area and heard the sound of many lions and I knew it had to be a pride. When I got closer I saw the leopon and then heard the tiny cub crying for help. And well, here I am." Rashka explained with his booming low voice. "I know many of the animals in the jungle have never seen anything like me before. They all think I'm a freak..." Rashka looked away for a moment. "But may I add, you are a very beautiful lioness." He couldn't help but compliment Elska.

Ashpen gently bit Cynder and pushed her away; she immediately stopped.

"What is it?" she asked. Ashpen glanced at Running Wind then back at Cynder. She didn't believe it, "You're full of it. There is no way she's..."

She was cut off when Rashka said "...before. They all think I'm a freak..."

"Freak?" Cynder whispered, "He's no freak." She stood and circled to be in front of her brother's face, she started smiling madly, still whispering. "No, he's no freak. I am, when I killed our father." She chuckled softly.

Ashpen put his ears back he never liked when she got like this.

Elska blushed a little when Rashka called her beautiful. Elska thought she was never beauitiful. "Rashka, you are not a freak..." Elska didn't know what to say, as she usually only says a few words when talking to the pride. She did have a crush on Rashka, but how could she say it out loud? Elska thought for a while more before saying ,"Where did you live? I'd love to know more about you!". Elska smiled and continued ,"Can you tell me how you got to the jungle? Or were you born in the jungle?". Elska stopped and realised she was probably asking to many questions. 

Rashka loved hearing the lioness talk. He got so lost in her voice he didn't even realize he'd been asked some questions. "Oh uh..." He mumbled as he popped to life. "I was born in Russia, as you can probably tell from the accent a little." Rashka said with his low voice. "My mother, was the most beautiful tigress in the world...I never knew my father. Only that he was a lion. I believe I was genetically engineered or something of the sort. I'm the healthiest liger in the world." Rashka puffed up a little at the fact that he was a healthy liger. "I was born into the Russian Circus. One night when I was only 2 years of age, the train was passing through a route in the jungle and a band of poachers raided the train, taking me with them. I eventually escaped and have been living anywhere I can since." The liger looked to Elska who seemed to paying him her complete attention. "Nobody knows what I am, with my yellow orange fur, faded brown stripes, somewhat of a mane, and huge size. Everyone thinks I'm so weird looking." Rashka looked to the left and noticably got a little sad..

Elska noticed Rashka looking sad after anwsering some of the questions. She smiled and sad ,"Rashka, this pride had dealt with many things like hybirds and poachers. Recently a few poachers raided this camp..." Elska sighed sadly thinking about the lives lost. Elska comtinued in a quieter voice ,"Our pride can tell if anyone's a hybrid. It's easy. For example, think of a leopard and a lion and combine them together." Elska thought of something to say and decided to ask a question. "Can you tell me what it's like in Russia? I've heard that there's snow in places like Russia but I have no idea what else is in Russia...". 

"Thank you for saying that Elska. I didn't know so many hybrids were possible. Don't leopards and lion hate each other?" Rashka asked the lioness. "Well anyway, Russia is a beautiful place. It snows all year long and it is so lovely. They even have castles in Moscow, the Capitol. It is very, very different than the jungle and there's a lot more people there than here. Although, they apprieciate big cats like us, even worship us. I wish I could go back just to see it one last time. I was famous in Russia, well the world. I'm the world's largest big cat." Rashka said with a hint of pride. He decided he had a big crush on Elska. She was the first one to actually take interesting in him. "What has your life been like Elska? I want to know more about you." Said the liger in his deep, gentle voice.

"Leopards and lions do hate eachother, but sometimes a lioness will fall in love with a leopard." Elska said. "My life... Well, my life in the jungle was pretty rough. I was the only cub in my mother's litter... My mother died when I was 2 months old, and our last king was my father." Elska looked around and lowered her voice ,"Our latest king has basically left the responsibilty of the pride up to Scar..." Elska paused for a moment and went back to telling Rashka about her life ,"As I was growing up, I was lonely without my mother. It all changed when we found a small leopon, Scar. We became good friends, even though we fight sometimes. I guess that's all...". Elska realised she had a crush on Rashka. She couldn't think of anything to really say except ,"Russia sounds beautiful.".

"It's just annoying knowing your 2x bigger than everyone else in the world. I feel like it makes me stand out, but not in a good way. Anyway, you would love Russia Elska. You might even blend in." Rashka chuckled alittle bit at his joke, as the creamy white lioness would indeed blend in with Russia's snow covered landscape. " I understand how you feel. If this isn't to personal, how did your mother pass away? Maybe you could show me around a little? I don't know how long Scar will let me stay, but I guess it's worth looking around anyway, right?" The liger looked away at the thought of loosing a possible home....again.

The setting takes place in a beautiful jungle. Okapi, Bongo, and rarely elephant calves and hippo calves are your pride's main prey. The forest is full of life, and dangers. The pride faces poachers and their traps, larger animals, and poisonious creatures. The pride lives in a clearing in the heart of the jungle. The clearing consists of dens, a pool of water, and a cave like place for storing prey. The cubs and their mothers sleep in the large den together. Adolescents also share this den, but prefer to stay away from the cubs. Once a cub turns into an adolescent, their mother can leave the den and stay in a larger den. This den is for any adult pride members, but the king, queen, and their cubs. The smallest den is for the leader and his mate. These lions are called the King and Queen. Unlike most cubs, theirs stay with them until they're adults, and then they move to the adult den.

Life of a Lion

Life as a lion is tough! You must worry about poaching, illness, starvation, war, etc. all the time! You must help your pride survive!

(The history is in RP "style")

As the night went on, the rain grew heavier by the minute. Screeches made by unknown creatures echoed in the strange place. The pride wanted to turn around, but poachers had taken over their old territory. "I want to go home!" A tiny cub cried. Her mother said nothing as the cub resting on her back squealed it louder. The king of the pride looked at the cub and said to the little cub ,"Starlight, you know we cannot go back. It's either come here or die." His words didn't help at all. The cub started crying until she fell asleep. The pride were soaked, starving, and weak. Some cubs and adolescents were ill. They stoped in a clearing, thunder waking up the tiny cub. The king looked around the clearing and smiled...

1. No swearing!

2. No mating or giving birth! Just have cubs magically the next day or something!

3. Please listen to the RP "masters" (cheesetiger and I)

4. No character is perfect. You don't have to die but you have to suffer at times!

5. If you want to join please PM me or cheesetiger!

6. You can have up to five characters

7. You need permission before killing a person's character

8. The most important rule! Have fun! :)