Tara looked at Nyasi. "She says Indigo is dead" she said as she looked away. "After my mother ran off, I thought maybe Indigo would want to adopt me, then SHE ran off and now she's dead. I'm a cursed cub." She lowered her ears and head as she started to wonder if she was worth really anything to the pride.

Nyasi

/

"Ohhh, so that is where from I know that lioness", Nyasi said, glancing at the new lioness again, "She is Indigo's sister".

"You are not cursed", Nyasi scolded Tara, turning his head sharply to her, "You are not a nomad, you are fully accepted into the pride and you are a promising huntress. And you have me".

He smiled crookedly.

"Everybody is lucky once they have me", he joked, in an exagerrated smug voice, "Even my mum. Although she does say I could be a pain in the neck".

He glanced at his mother, and noticed that she was slightly tense.

Chaos' eyes widened. He knew everyone was watching, so he tried to temper his response. "I am so sorry Lilacia," he dipped his head looking sad. He headed off to go grieve by himself. He turned his head surprised to hear Tara growl. Should he go after her? He saw that Nyasi was going, so he didn't want to interrupt. He went over to Lilacia and pressed his side against her exposed side. "I am glad that you are here. You need a good family to look after you," he gave her a timid smile. He looked anxiously over at Tara, hoping that she would be okay. He padded off this time to grieve by himself. He wasn't sure if it was sadness or the disbelief that was harder to deal with.

Tara didnt look at Nyasi. "But what if I am cursed" she asked. "My mother died after she ran off, and now Indigo" she said as she placed her head on the ground and covered her muzzle with her paws. She felt more scared than anything. *What if something happens to Nyasi because of me* she thought as she gave a scared whimper. Her tail was curled tightly around her as she wondered what she would do from there. *Maybe I am better off without being close to anyone* she thought.

Lilacia watched as she saw tge sadness in his eyes. She couldbt do this. She coukdbt repeat this every two. Minutes. Chaos deserved to know, he was her mate, but she knew indigo wasnt necessarily close tobthe tiher pride mates. Her eaed perked at the aound of a growl, a ypung lioness who had probably heard her speak amount indigo. She recognised her..

Her thlughts were snapped off once more when chaos approached and nudged against her, reffering to the pride and she felt happy to hear that, only slightly but still. "thank you chaos, really" her words were soff as she looked ovee to jasari "did indigo know thay female?" she questioned, nodding towatss tara.

Ivy

/

Ivy looked after Chaos, and instead of feeling more jealousy, she felt sympathy. She never had a mate, but as she remembered how close Indigo and Chaos were, she could only imagine how tough it must be for him. They had a child together, and had many common things with each other.

Ivy sighed and stood up. She wavered on one spot, hesitant, then walked after Chaos. If they will never be mates, she could at least be a good friend.

Ivy padded towards Chaos, and sat beside him.

"I am sorry for your loss", she said quietly to him, "I could leave any moment, as I imagine that you would like to think over this tragedy alone. But I want to let you know that I am there for you".

She made motion to leave, stopping as she awaited (almost hopefully) for Chaos' response.

/

Nyasi

/

Nyasi sighed.

"Now you are pain in the neck", he muttered, but then lied down beside her.

"Listen, as me and mum were nomads, I was constantly scared. I thought I was unlucky for being prideless, and thought I will be like that forever. Just travelling mindlessly around, being constantly hungry and constantly in danger. You can't imagine how many times we got chased out of territories by scary lions".

He laughed bitterly at a certain memory and continued.

"So I asked mum if we are cursed. Cursed to be nomads, to be always shunned by other prides, and be easy prey. And you know what mum asnwered me to that?"

He looked seriously at Tara.

(your reply could be short, I just don't want my texts to be too long. Btw, can I change Nyasi's age? I can't keep up with his young innosence anymore. I am thinking of kicking him up to 1.4 years?)

Jasiri

/

Jasiri looked at Tara, to whom Lilacia pointed at.

"Oh, yeah. She kind of became a mother figure for her after the juvenile's birth mother abandoned her. They were a great duo, and she gave hope to Tara of becoming her second mother. But then, Indigo ran away for some reason, and ever since Tara felt betrayed, and even more rejected by her pride. She was very sour and unhappy, but for a few months she became slightly better".

Lilacia

The female frowned. Why the hell did indigo ask her to run eith her. She had chaos, tara and basically the whole pride. "why the hell..." she muttered under her breath, she felt awful. If she had known she wouldn't have ran, she wouldve tried to convince indigo to stay.

"i need to talk to her" she mumbled, standing from her. Sitting position and padding towards the female. "tara.. Is it?" she greeted "i hope im not intruding" she added as she looked toearss the lion beside her.

Tara didnt move as she kept in her position. Her ear flicked, to indicate she was listening. Her mind still wondered as she didnt know what to do. *I dont want anyone else to die because of me* she thought as she waited for Nyasi's reply. She tensed up hearing another voice before she looked up and backed away, her ears put all the way back.

Nyasi

/

Nyasi opened his mouth to continue, but then jumped in surprise as the new lioness approached them.

"Er, you kinda are, but I guess you have something important ot say", he mumbled, but still backed away, "I will give you two space".

He looked for Ivy, but seeing that she is having a talk with Chaos he guessed it will be for the best to not bother them. Perhaps she is sharing her sympathy for Indigo's death.

So he walked towards the pool that was in the cave and played with the water, cringing slightly as his paws got wet. He would need to get used to it, water is everywhere anyway.