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Post by Hypercube on May 30, 2014 1:25:12 GMT
Xoren and Sola walked together a bit ahead of the other two as they all conversed against the blaring sound of heat emanating from the ground. "Well I would think the stars would be something like our sun" Xoren said to his daughter, "the way they produce light is extremely similar just on a smaller scale." Though it had been only a year since he had been reunited with his daughter, Xoren had become awestruck over her transformation from an adolescent to a strong-willed young adult that displayed qualities similar to his own. "I would have to agree" she responded with a similar empirical attitude "they must be very far away though if we can't feel their heat." Sola had longed for a guiding figure since her earliest memories, fighting against what fate had seemingly decided for her and coming out successful. The two continued to discuss, walking away from the setting sun as it lazily crept closer and closer to the horizon and spit shadows in front of them. "Wait," Xoren interjected as he looked back to see they had moved far ahead of Ruby and Iris "we should wait for them to catch up."
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on May 30, 2014 19:56:17 GMT
Iris trotted a little ahead of her mother, her head held high and a grin on her lips in anticipation for her first hunt that she had been promised in the next few days. She was chasing a butterfly, practicing her pouncing and showing off to her family, looking for praise - especially from Ruby, but the older hybrid was quite obviously preoccupied. When Iris gave in she ran ahead to join her father and sister.
Ruby padded along in silence, frowning to herself. Iris had grown into a beautiful young female, and looked so much like her and Xoren combined, even though she didn't have any of Xoren's blood running through her veins. She hung her head and thought back to the days when she was just a little cub who relied on her and woke her up every morning with an 'I love you mum and dad' Ruby was pleased that her daughter had grown so finely yet deep down she hated it, she still wanted that little cub who snuggled into her whenever she had a nightmare but she knew that would be possible again.
After a few moments she caught up to her small family and planted a false smile on her lips, one that didn't quite meet her eyes before she nuzzled into Xoren, "I'm here now, let's keep moving."
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 1, 2014 20:13:29 GMT
Xoren, well attuned to Ruby's emotions after the near year they have spent together, noticed that her false smile did not match the feelings he could see in her eyes. "Alright" he said shooting Sola a glance that he hoped she would understand "let's get moving." Sola, upon seeing her father's cue, walked beside Iris "So are you excited for your first hunt?" she asked attempting to get her to walk with her rather than her mother. "What's the matter?" Xoren whispered concerned as he returned the nuzzle she had given him and then turned to follow the two younger hybrids, waiting for Ruby to join him.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 2, 2014 14:55:26 GMT
Ruby was silent for a few moments, shaking her head only briefly before sighing, "Just reminiscing." She eventually said, looking towards her two daughters, "They grew up too fast. I just wish I could do it all over again." She mumbled, finally looking around to Xoren with wide red eyes.
Iris grinned and nodded, even though she was now a teen she still had the innocence of a cub and some incredibly ditzy moments which never failed to amuse Ruby, "Of course, I'm going to be one of the best." She said with determination. "Just like you and mum and dad."
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 2, 2014 23:53:20 GMT
"I sometimes find myself wishing for those times to return too" he said looking up towards their daughters before meeting Ruby with an equally wide gaze, "but then I stop looking into the past and look at the present, and, honestly, I wouldn't trade anything for what I have right now." He continued to stare at her in silence, his feet plastered to the ground as he became lost in her beauty and the beauty of the life he was a part of.
Ruby chuckled a bit at her sister's confidence, not in doubt, but in excitement. "I hope so" she replied with a playful smirk, "It would be a sight to see: a family of four hunting with great skill."
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 3, 2014 20:16:23 GMT
"I want the past to be present." Ruby sighed, "I won't have another chance at mothering a cub now that Iris is all grown up." She bit down on her lip and raised her gaze to meet his, she felt herself go warm when she realized Xoren was watching her. With a slightly amused expression she stepped forward and ran her nose along his muzzle before licking his cheek - just below the eye.
"We'd be the first family to be the best hunters ever." Iris grinned, jumping around Sola. "Watch! I've been practicing." With that Iris dived on Sola and knocked her to the ground, pinning her down and laughing.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 4, 2014 23:13:53 GMT
Xoren was interested at Ruby's desire to raise another cub. He wasn't sure if that was something he would want to, but the notion of doing it with her made it something he wanted. "Who says you will never have another chance?" he said resting his head atop hers, hinting at his previous idea.
"Oh yeah?" Sola said before the younger hunter pinned her down to the dry savanna dirt. "That's pretty good" she said with an arrogant smile, "but what if I did something like this?" As she finished her sentence, Sola skillfully used her head to knock away one of Iris's paws out from under her. With one fluid motion, she followed it up by kicking with her rear legs with moderate force, knocking her "attacker" off before she pounced, pinning Iris in a similar way.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 5, 2014 20:08:45 GMT
"This quest we're planning on taking part in with the members of Pride rock says that we won't have another chance." She said, her lips quirking up in a playful smirk. "It will be dangerous and we may not have much chance. It'd be after the journey and even then we do not know how long it will be." She continued, lowering her head slightly and pinning her ears back.
Iris looked up at Sola in awe before wriggling free with some difficult and standing up, grinning crookedly at her. "I'll be better than you soon. Just you wait." She promised, laughing as she spoke.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 7, 2014 18:24:41 GMT
"Sometimes the best things in life come when you least expect them Xoren said to her, upset over the fact that she was unhappy. "but if that doesn't happen, the we will just have to wait" he said nuzzling her.
Sola laughed a bit at Iris's amazed looked before taking stepping off of her so she could stand."We'll see about that" she replied to Iris's promise with a smirk before rubbing up against her. She looked back to her parents and watched as they moved and spoke to each other. They really do love each other she thought as she watched them before turning to back to Iris. "I love you sis" she said wit a warm smile.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 7, 2014 18:43:10 GMT
Ruby nodded once slowly, nuzzling him back with a low purr as she did, "Let's keep moving anyway. We need to find something to hunt before nightfall. Iris is practically bursting with excitement."
Iris giggled and rubbed against Sola in reply, nudging her head under her chin and nestling her cheek into Sola's chest slightly before moving back and smiling. "I love you too." She grinned.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 7, 2014 21:04:44 GMT
"Alright" he said noticing that Sola was watching them. "We need to find some shelter first" he said looking towards a small clump of trees in the distance, "I think that over there will do." After giving a quick glimpse to his mate, he smiled again, unable to control it, and began to walk slowly towards Iris and Sola. Sola saw that her father had began to move towards them and she did the same, planning to meet him in the middle. "We need to find shelter soon" she said to him, "it's getting dark pretty quickly."
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 7, 2014 21:16:02 GMT
"You really are your father's daughter." Ruby laughed as she stayed beside Xoren when Sola spoke to them. "He's just said the exact same thing. Anyway, there's some shelter just over there." She said gesturing with her paw to the trees Xoren had noticed. She then met Iris gaze and smiled, "And we'll go hunting soon before you ask Iris." She smiled which Iris returned angelically - a sign Ruby knew meant she was up to something.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 9, 2014 0:30:58 GMT
"Okay!" Sola said happily before trotting to the front of the group and looking back when the others did not follow, "well come on slowpokes! Let's move!" Xoren chuckled at his daughter's hyperactivity as he gave her chase, knowing that she was just as excited to bring Iris hunting as she herself was to tag along. "What'd you call me?" Xoren shouted jokingly, implying a challenge to race as they both moved towards each other and stood in a readied position. "Are you two in on this?" Sola asked Ruby and Iris with her tail flowing back and forth in obvious impatience.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 9, 2014 2:55:57 GMT
The mother and daughter exchanged a look. Identical smirks appearing on their faces and the same plot unfurling in their mind. "Time for a trip down memory lane." Ruby said to Iris who nodded. Ruby frowned and shrugged whilst Iris shook her head. "I'm too grown up for games like that." Iris said, starting to pick her pace up just as Ruby did. The duo looked to each other again and nodded once before racing forward, their paws kicking up dirt and their speed sent them hurtling towards Xoren and Sola. Ruby was slightly ahead of Iris when the pair rushed past the father and daughter and Iris looked over her shoulder and shouted, "Hurry up you slowpokes." echoing her older sister whilst Ruby laughed and grinned in a flirtacious manner at Xoren, "Yeah hurry up you slowpokes. Or are you not part cheetah?"
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 10, 2014 20:43:48 GMT
Xoren and Sola, without giving each other as much as a look, simultaneously darted after the two. Xoren began to catch up to the others, using the cheetah blood that they just referenced to give him the edge. With the wind flowing through his fur, he felt truly alive and he smiled as he watched Iris and then Ruby pass through his peripheral vision. Sola on the other hand, was also catching up but remained behind her father; she wasn't as fast as he was. As she kicked the dirt up behind her quick strides, she reached a point at which she was neck and neck with Iris, her muscles working at nearly maximum capacity to stay in line with her.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 11, 2014 14:39:39 GMT
Iris giggled as her sister caught up to her before pushing herself forward once more so she was ever so slightly ahead of Sola. Eventually she burst through the trees and skid to a halt, her breathing coming in heavy pants whilst she started laughing again, grinning towards her younger sister.
Ruby's pace meanwhile matched Xoren's and she glanced up at him as they ran. Her lips curling up in a huge grin towards her mate, she loved being able to be quite childlike with him and not be judged. Being adult all the time could be quite tedious.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 12, 2014 0:50:11 GMT
Xoren saw Ruby's glanced and matched it with an equal gesture before quickly snapping his head back and pushing himself just a bit harder as he swiftly approached the brush. It wasn't long before he crashed through the low leaves and high bushes and proceeded to barrel directly into a small pond he did not know was so close to the threshold. As he sank to the shallow bottom of the pool, he couldn't help but laugh as large air bubbles bounced to the surface as he found his bearings.
"Wow..." Sola muttered in between exhausted gasps "I underestimated you kid..." While upset that she had lost against a younger opponent she was happy in a way, happy that her sister proved her wrong. This feelings was still completely foreign to her, but she embraced it as she did her sister in a jumping tackle of a hug.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 12, 2014 17:37:46 GMT
Iris grinned as she fell back with the hug before returning it with a noisy purr. Nuzzling her head against Sola's she closed her eyes contently.
Ruby skid to a halt and burst into a fit of laughter and the sight of a soaked Xoren, "Smart move my love." She smirked.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 15, 2014 20:52:55 GMT
Sola and Iris rested like this for a while before Sola rolled her sister off and stood up, hearing their parents' voices from behind the brush that separated them from vision. "Come on Iris" she said beckoning her with a flick of her head as she stepped towards the barrier and started to push her way through.
"Why - thank you!" he said spluttering as he stepped from the pool, water saturating his fur. "I guess I won didn't I?" Xoren asked in a comedic tone before shaking furiously as water shot off in all directions, leaving his fur slightly puffed.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 15, 2014 21:20:40 GMT
"If that's what you call being a soaking mess then yes. You won it indefinitely." She grinned and edge closer to the lake, standing carefully on the bank she leaned closer to him and licked at his nose where is golden fur had become brown.
Iris giggled as she watched her parents through the trees. "They always kiss! It's so gross." She whispered to Sola.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 17, 2014 21:30:35 GMT
Xoren laughed at his mate's comment and moved towards her. When she kissed him, a shiver ran across his bones and he returned the favor with passion. After a bit of staring into her fiery eyes, he finally returned to reality and spoke. "Well, this water solves one problem," he said looking over his shoulder to it, "but we still need to take care of food."
"Come on Iris!" Sola said jokingly, "you're old enough now to see it as a symbol of love aren't you?"
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 18, 2014 14:35:45 GMT
"It's still gross. Adults shouldn't do it. Especially not our parents."
Ruby smirked at Xoren when Iris and Sola started speaking and nodded when he said about the food before grinning widely. "Let's have some fun first though." She whispered started to lick and nuzzle Xoren again, deliberately trying to 'gross' Iris out.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 19, 2014 0:39:58 GMT
Sola caught that Ruby was trying to cause a disgusted reaction from Iris and she couldn't help from laughing as she did so. "Iris, Iris, Iris," she said in a attitude that reflected her older sister status as she shook her head, "one day you'll understand."
Xoren was a bit surprised by Ruby's sudden gestures, but he found himself unopposed it's advance. "What kind of fun are you thinking?" he whispered back with genuine curiosity.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 19, 2014 3:33:24 GMT
Iris scrunched up her nose with a look of utter disgust. "Not normal." She muttered to her sister.
Ruby smiled up at him before nuzzling against him again, purring noisily. "I'm sure you know what I'm like by now." She said playfully.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 22, 2014 13:20:04 GMT
Sola looked to her sister and smiled, her grin wide and entertained by the still-present difference in their mental processes. "Well," Sola said, "some don't ever seem to understand that side of love, and there's nothing wrong with that."
Xoren's face displayed an obvious confusion. Though he understood the obvious advances, these quiet and open-ended gestures were alien to him; he was never any good with this side of love. "Of course I do..." he said nuzzling against his mate and purring softly, trying - yet not with success - to hide his awkwardness.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 22, 2014 17:46:46 GMT
Ruby rolled her eyes and laughed a little before licking his cheek and moving away to her youngest daughter, "Just you wait, when you find a mate I will tease you when you're all loved up." She grinned. "I'll do it to you too Sola."
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 22, 2014 19:22:27 GMT
"Unlike her," she said looking with a smile to her younger daughter, "I have no problem with finding a mate. In fact, I hope to be as happy as you and dad!" "I don't think that's possible" Xoren said moving to the group and standing next to Ruby such that their flanks touched. "Well," he continued after a pause, "Are you guys ready for the hunt?"
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 26, 2014 16:44:21 GMT
Ruby grinned widely up at Xoren before looking to Iris who was looking eager. "I'm so ready!" She grinned, jumping up and down.
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Post by Hypercube on Jun 28, 2014 16:35:33 GMT
"Since it's your first hunt," Xoren said to his ecstatic daughter with a proud smile, "We'll let you choose which direction we go." Don't mess up!" Sola jokingly added before rubbed up against her father as she led the the walk out of the brush.
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Post by Ruby_Fehu on Jun 28, 2014 18:53:48 GMT
Ruby padded closer to Iris who started sniffing the air curiously, "North." She said after a moment and started marching south, Ruby who noticed this bit her lip to fight back a laugh before shaking her head and following her daughter.
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