Feel The Fire Burning }{ {Bhu, Ily, aw}

[Zayden]

Frezno
The wind starts to pick, I raise my head and look up to the sky. Rain blessed rain, it coming for the direction of the Akando territory, something must be happening that Dio seems like. It's about time we got rain aways.
Honey comes rushing into camp looking bewildered "Blaze and Ezhno are fighting!!" she squeals out. At last maybe it is time that Ezhno falls and vanishes. I close my eyes again..
This time I hear Brandii "Honey why are u still spying on Akando the war is over with, I am beginning to doubt your were your loyalties lay" she pauses... "Why don't you go back there?" The question event took me by surprise but Brandii had a point she was too concerned about Akando then Eznox.
I open my eyes and look at Honey "Yes I agree with Brandii it is about time you returned to your pride, the war is over go home" I can see the confused look in Honey's eyes but I know see is considering it carefully.
"But.. but.." she pauses then swallows "...does everyone in this pride want me to go back??" she asked quitely.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

I listened to the exchange with a guarded interest. The Akando region had a battle brewing, an old man against a young brute? That did not seem fair. Ezhno was not a man to my liking, but I did not let my distaste discriminate. He was a product of environment, I was sure. Being a lion male who had unusual bulk in his younger years whom had been wild born, he had surely been the favored son of some king in Africa. The father must have been an all around asshole, too, teaching his son the way of his kingdom. It was only natural Ezhno would develop the same personality flaw. But should he die for that?

The verdict of my peers said yes with their unconcerned glances. I toyed the idea of hunting down Sherlock and making my way to Akando to stop the foolishness and mend whatever wounds had been dealt. Sherlock would surely oblige, seeing as he was always in a constant state of boredom in this laid-back pride. An adventure would be good for him.

"Yes, get on out of here, Honey." I heard that damn cougar's reply to the lioness' question. He hadn't even been in the camp when she asked, but his sexism senses had been alerted and he had run back at the chance he could put down a female. How sad it was that there was still prejudices in the world. Durante was sexist. Ezhno was speciest. We are all in the same dillemma here, in a world we don't know. Wouldn't it be easier to just accept that we all have differences? An unlikely answer.

"Honey, dear, what do you want? You have to really consider your beliefs and your morals." I purred the words as I took a step towards the lioness. "And what environment you want children raised into." I kept silent the doctor within me. And the paternal instinct I had planted in me ever since I took on the world's biggest child Sherlock. I wanted to be around when Honey's cub had its first illnes, to be sure it was medically okay. And then, secondly, Ackecheta concerned me. He was a decent kid and all, much bettered tempered and matured then Ezhno. But he was still raised by that man. He still may share in Ezhno's temper. Since Honey's cub were not his blood, they are competitors. It wasn't unheard of for a male lion to kill a woman's children just because they were not his. I feared that fate for Honey's cubs. And any other cub in a lion pride.

Okay, maybe I wasn't so different rom Ezhno. Ezhno was specist against all who were not lion. And sexist against females. I was specist and sexist against male lions. Brute strength and no brains.

"Just be happy, Honey."

There was my answer. I was happt Sherlock wasn't here to give his.

[Kunabee]

Kyklee

I curled away from the discussion, staying low. 'Don't see me,' I pleaded silently, looking at my pridemates. I may be here, but I hope it is only temporary. I don't like them. I don't trust any of them. They are horrible creatures and I don't like them.
But everything is a horrible creature. I twitched, tensing up, then jumped, terrified as a bird flew overhead - but fairly near to the ground. Oh crud.
They all saw me. They all knew I was always scared. They had known before, but every time it was reminded to them it made me feel miserable...

((wooc)) Crappy, but it works (:

[I L Y I C H]

The day had been relatively proactive, or else as far as it could be. It was this completion that brought me back towards camp, the so called meeting place of Eznox. How laid back they were. How very dull they were. Truthfully if not for John I would not still remain here, but he would not leave and I would not simply abandon him no matter his rather boring exploits. It was in this state of mind, a state relatively better then usual, that I happened upon the ensuing argument. Blue eyes narrowed, or else as far as they could. The right was marred bellow by the snake bite I had taken quiet by accident. Black. Singular scale patterned. Non-venemous. Pantherophis guttatus. No matter, it's swift strike had partially swollen that eye shut. Thus coming towards the group from their right and my left I slid along their words without much notice. This was a decision of emotion and as such not my arena to go playing in.

It was on light paws that I approached the good doctor and in an almost good natured mood that I sat to his right, hopefully hiding my troubles from his shorter view point. As he was a good deal smaller then my panther shape he would have no hopes of noticing the wound unless I presented it to him a thing I did not plan to do. Watson worried far too much about such trivial things as safety. he should no better by now, it was rare that I ever hurt myself severely enough to warrant his attention. Long black tail curling over my paws I settled into my general position of observation, eyes shifting to a slightly more green hue as I listened. Rounded ears turned only slightly in the direction of Kaklee's worries, taking note of her fear and distrust before whipping it off of the hard drive. There was no point in the collection of information I already possessed.

Blinking slowly in the small more committed congregation of the pride I tossed an almost melodramatic sigh in the cougar's general direction. There was no creature in this dreadfully boring group of beasts that I loathed more then that panther. He had no forethought. No wish to gather information. Durante lacked all ability to learn, and it was a heavy annoyance on my part to have to continually remind him that why yes there were beings with more open minds then he. "Odd that." The words were sent towards John's black rimmed ears, though they were spoken loud enough for the others to hear. "The man who abandoned his family siding with the group wanting rid of this one" The comment drawled out, eyes daring the other to reprimand what I knew for a fact was truth.

Eyes slid from the offending tawny to a more golden shade of the colour. Honey seemed put out, for what reason I could not understand. Despite the relative cruelty of many of the statements I could not help but return to the fact that the lioness had indeed asked for such information. Eyes cast down towards John, watching the empathy on his face with a fair amount of interest. I still didn't understand, and it was truly beginning to drive me mad. But if that was what John thought then I would back him up in truth. Fact and emotion, that is what we as partners represented. My maw split open, ebony lips revealing the ivory underneath as I spoke up accent obvious in the course of my words. "If you were to return you would most likely be summarily executed for disloyalty." The words were not cruel, at least I did not mean them to be. It had more to do with fact then 'happiness' as John had so eloquently put it. "It would be far safer for you and your children to remain within Eznox or as loners, though it would be best to remain with the... pride" I loathed that word. This was not a 'pride'. There was nothing to be proud of within these boring far too lethargic ranks. "-so John may care for the children once they are born."