Back to the Old Days (open)

[Lassiel]

Virgil stopped pacing and glanced up upon hearing movement, noticing that morning was upon them. With Bakar in tow, Ysega was walking away from the cave and the sight of the carnage. She understood the necessity of retreating, apparently. It was only her question though, that brought Virgil fully out of his brooding, and although hearing her voice did not startle him, the actual words did. Did she not just see the death he could deal so very quickly, without a moment's hesitation? Of course she did. And yet Ysega would still allow her son to be near him.

Shaking his head slightly at the lioness before him, Virgil carefully considered his options. On one hand, he really had no desire to go traveling across Africa with a stubborn lioness and her cub. Really, he had little need or inclination to travel with anyone. But....it may be prudent to do so. Although meeting her was not the catalyst for his recent...issues...they did seem to appear more often when he was around her and Bakar. However, joining them risked yet another embarrassing incident if he wasn't careful. He gave a sudden low growl, though it was much too low to be easily heard by others. Incidents such as that bout of pacing he just took part in. If that was not a sign of his agitated mind, then he did not know what was.

Aware that the silence between them was lengthening, he spoke deliberately, words rolling from his lips with apparent ease, though that was far from the current state of his mind. I will join you, for now. And we will see what the future brings, he added silently. Will I eventually discover what is haunting me and continue on with my journey? Measured strides took him toward the other two, and, with a lingering glance at Bakar, he passed them by to take the lead in their little group. Halting and looking back, his words held a touch of boredom in them. Come. It would not do to linger. Turning back, he continued forward without waiting to hear Ysega's opinion on where they would go. If she did not wish for Virgil to decide their destination, than she should not have invited him. In no way would he allow another even minimum control over his actions. Yes. I will. I must gain what I am looking for. To fail...to fail is unacceptable.

ooc: Oh boy. This going to be quite the little group, lol.

[Kamaria]

Her words seemed to surprise him just as much as his words had effected her a moment ago. She waited silently for his answer, letting him decide. She knew what risks she was taking by staying together, but she also knew the advantages. She kept one eye on Bakar as she waited. The cub was pouncing on bugs. She chuckled once as he leapt into the air after one. It was quite acrobatic, considering that he spun almost all the way around before falling down to the ground again. And when Virgil spoke, she nodded, knowing how short this could last.

As he brushed silently past, Bakar looked up. He stared at the white lion for a moment, as if seeing him for the first time. Only he knew what thoughts were racing through his mind. Ysega let a small smirk cut around her maw. She knew Virgil would want to take control over the situation--where they were going, what they would do--and she would let him. After all, she didn't care much about where they would go, just so long as they went somewhere, and that her son was safe. But, that didn't mean she would leave her opinions out of it. Oh no, that was not in her plans at all. But for now she would let him think he had full control. For now.

He turned to hurry them along, and Ysega smiled inwardly to herself. She nodded once and followed. She would follow wherever he chose to go, and then would come her opinions. But at the moment, she would keep an eye on Bakar, to make sure she didn't lose him again, and to make sure he didn't wander off too far. She turned to watch the cub for a moment. He'd gone back to playing with morning bugs. "Bakar," she called sternly. He looked up and then bounced eagerly forward, loping next to her as she trotted to catch up with Virgil. When she slowed to keep pace, Bakar kept going. He gamboled in the grass, tumbling and playing with what seemed to be air, but was so much more to him.

"And where would our destination be?" she asked, watching the cubs antics closely, amused.

ooc: yes, this should be fun. lol. Would you like to start a new thread somewhere, since Virgil is leading this little expedition? Plus, I really want Bakar to age into a juvenile.

[Lassiel]

ooc: I'll just make a little (and I mean little, lol) post to close this up. Can't wait to see what happens in the next thread!

Ysega followed him without question, though he wondered if that would last. The woman had already shown herself to be a stubborn sort, so it would make the journey interesting, at the very least. She quickly caught up to him, keeping pace with his longer strides while Bakar ran after anything that caught his interest. Even Virgil could see the humor--or irony, more like--in the situation as his mouth curved upward by the smallest amount. A scarred, white male intent on accomplishing goals that had little to do with the two he traveled with--a mother and her young cub. He held no love for her or her son, yet he agreed to join them. Humorous.

Ysega's question reached his ears and he kept staring ahead as he answered her. "South. I have heard that there is a female-led pride in that area--one that has been around for several years." He found it somewhat hard to believe. The leader of his last pride--at least, before he had killed her and taken the throne--had been a lioness, but she had ruled through seduction and sweet lies. To keep a pride together for as long as this southern Queen apparently had must have taken some form of power, and he wondered what that was. He did not tell Ysega this, however, and instead continued forward in silence, inwardly smirking at the situation he had found himself in.