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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 3:54:15 GMT
{To help with character run ins I'll put him near Queen Dhahabu's watering hole}
Though it was a bit outside of his normal range of habitat, and farther past the mountains than he normally roamed, Yun Mibu had been known to just wander at times and now found himself in a very grand spot of the Back Lands indeed! Of course the first thing he had to do was see if the trees about could support his weight!
While not as good a place to hang from back feet and tail as the cliffs he was used to, they weren't bad. Of course then the prominent watering hole drew his attention. Cautious of larger predators, as he often was, the clouded leopard glanced about before he came out from the surrounding bush.
He hadn't looked well enough and startled off a zebra. "Oh sorry!", he called after as it galloped away, "Don't worry I'm not hunting". He then bent for the drink he'd come for, but determined to just move on after that and try to not bother the locals.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 17:46:37 GMT
Bandit huffed, he finally got the memo that Jackals really weren't welcome in the Pridelands right now. He knew the jackals had gone to Outlands after exile, but no one said anything about these other lands! He wondered why jackals didn't live around here, so that was why he came here! They were a lot more clear about why, to put it simply they were really territorial, but apparently had no leader? "These guys would be a mighty country if they united all these cats." he hummed.
"Hey lookit that, a chocolate one!" he laughed, and ran up for him. Maybe he was the leader, or at least maybe he was different than the rude ones, he did apologize for hunting that zebra. "Huh, hey! 'ey you! What ya scarin' zebras for?" he hummed, "...Nah them zebras would just panic and ruun if I tried saying hi." he said as he thought of trying to get an ally of them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 18:51:36 GMT
Yun Mibu raised his head as he heard the approach of someone else. He wasn't quite sure the species, some sort of canine, and yet no one he had met before even with all the animals in the Backlands and before reaching the nearer territory of lions.
He frowned a small bit at the other's words. "Oh I wasn't trying to scare them on purpose. That's one of the bad things about being a predator, fewer people will talk to you". As the other admitted. Yes if only they wouldn't panic and run so easily.
"I'm Yun Mibu" he introduced himself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 19:10:09 GMT
Bandit frowned, "Yeah it's just like being a uh, an exile. Makes it worse when you are both like me." he said, but kept his goofy grin, "Nice to meetcha Yun Mibu..." he tilted his head at the name being two words. "I'm Bandit! Prince of Rabia." he said, "W-wait hold up one moment." he said, "Yer trying to talk to the food?" he asked. "I mean I knows they can talk but uh..." he scratched his head, had he really never thought about that? "I thought most of them weren't smart enough to you know, be friends?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 19:42:49 GMT
It was perhaps not surprising Yun Mibu had never seen a canine like this one, as he admitted he was an exile. The clouded leopard frowned again, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear you're an exile, Bandit, but it is nice to meet you too. Are there others with you? And where did you used to live?".
And if any of Bandit's group were hurt, Yun Mibu at least knew of the Tree of Life to mention it, though it was far from their current position.
He wasn't bothered by Bandit's question, "Oh no, I've found animals of all kind can usual talk, and are very pleasant to talk to, but...I guess it makes sense for many predators not to try, then things get...awkward", he admitted. You just had to keep friends and food separate of course.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2021 4:36:49 GMT
Bandit blinked, "Oh I mean exiled from y'know, the Pridelands, over there." he pointed, "All us jackals is!" he nodded, "But we made a new home, Rabia, and I'm here alone, looking at getting some allies, you know... the stuff a new country does!" he smiled. "I got my dad and mom, they's in charge, then my sister, then a bunch of friends... Yeah I got company back home, just not around in these parts." he chuckled.
"...yeah I suppose we are jerks like that. You think I should talk to them prey types?" he asked. "I mean if they'd let me, they don't seem to let you. So why is you chocolate anyways?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2021 16:47:16 GMT
Exiled from the Pride Lands? Yun Mibu had only ever heard of the fabled lands a few times, and especially now as he was closer to the border. "Oh...well gosh I heard the king there was fair, why...why are jackals exiled?". Were canines just...trouble? He'd heard hyenas were, but didn't like to pre-judge any animal.
Yet it sounded like Bandit's new territory was doing alright for itself, and he was doing the right ally thing by it.
"Well...I just always try", the clouded leopard admitted in terms of talking to prey animals, "But yeah I think you could, you have to keep your voice low when you begin, though, they don't like loud noises and I can get that, I don't myself at times". He gave a small smile.
The jackal certainly had a lot of varying questions, but then that was part of making new friends, though his last one confused Yun Mibu a bit. "Chocolate? Oh my coat being darker", he glanced to it and then back, "Yeah I guess you might be more used to some of the other leopards around here, I'm a clouded leopard, I actually live a ways that way in the Backlands, in the forests, and we're kind of shy sometimes, but I like making friends". To explain why even forests aside he might not have seen many clouded leopards.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2021 23:38:39 GMT
He frowned, "I... well hm." he sighed, "I should be honest with ya, you're so friendly. Jackals, we's a bunch of thieves!" he said, "But us guys, we're like, good thieves. We got our Circle of Life going, we steal from animals that are greedy and got more than they need. Never where it actually hurts nobody!" he made clear.
He smiled, "Yeah. That!" he hummed, "Yeah that yellow one that's all 'Get off my land'" he scoffed, "I mean it's not like he puts up a sign! Acts like he owns everything..." he grumbled, "So you're like the weird one who doesn't like hiding!" he grinned "Well the pridelanders are a lot more friendly than these Backlanders." he scoffed, "Especially this mole-lookin' guy named Timon."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 22:51:20 GMT
He hadn't wanted to assume on what he'd heard about canines, but Bandit admitted to jackals stealing same as he'd heard hyenas did too, though he hadn't encountered the last group. Still, if Bandit was admitting to it, he couldn't be too bad, though Yun Mibu wasn't sure about his logic of stealing for the Circle of Life.
Not that he would say Bandit was wrong, just...it was hard to judge off the evidence given.
There was a mean leopard around? Even without the yellow descriptor, Yun Mibu knew the kind he meant. "Oh, well I hope I don't run into him" he admitted. He next smiled at what Bandit said about being odd and not liking to hide, "I suppose so, too curious into what's going on and who's passing by" he admitted.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 5:17:33 GMT
Bandit nodded, "Yeah you wouldn't want to run into Makucha." he sighed, he took Yun's reaction to his reveal in... it didn't seem to bother him but he wasn't swayed either. Firmly in the 'not minding it' sort of mindset he reckoned.
"Yeah, you're eager to socialize ain't ya?" he smiled, "Guess that helps me out, you don't happen to know uh, any kingdoms I could try to get on Rabia's side now do ya?" he tilted his head as he asked, sitting down. An odd expression and movement.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 22:15:20 GMT
"Makucha...", Yun Mibu repeated the name of the leopard the other said was so unfriendly, "I'll be sure to watch out for him, thanks!".
"Oh yes, I love making friends", he answered the question on liking to socialize.
Something that could get him into trouble, and as the other went on. He looked surprised, then thoughtful. "Hmm...not many countries around here, just...everyone looking out for their own groups, you know?"
Of course, there was the fabled Tree of Life which was said to have a queen, but while Yun Mibu didn't know much on the tree, he knew the queen probably didn't want to get wrapped up on a foreign affair and when her whole job was said to be guarding the tree and helping animals in need.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 5:30:22 GMT
Bandit nodded, "And watch out for his scent trail or whatever. We do things uhhh different where I am from." he chuckled, even if it was the two of them it wasn't something you just tell a new friend.
He nodded, "Yeah I was afraid of that, we want to be more than that!" he smiled, "Well hm, been nice meeting you for sure!" he said, "Any questions for me? Or I dunno, anything you want to share?" he smiled. "I mean, I'm not really from around here but I could tell ya... like, their older history stuff." he shrugged, his parents shared stories after all.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 17:49:43 GMT
Yun Mibu nodded as he was reminded to watch out for the other leopard's scent trails. Yes, those would mark his territory, he knew, and so knew to avoid them if he wanted to avoid the leopard himself. "Right, and hopefully his territory's not too big". Though he knew his own usual habitat would no doubt be plenty big enough since it was so far from the Pride Lands anyway and it sounded like this leopard was encountered near there.
"Yeah, sorry again I can't be more help". He looked thoughtful, and maybe in really wanting to help, went on, "The only other territory that would count as a country I do know of is the Tree of Life, and the Night Pride, but...I didn't mention them because they're said to be more secretive than the Pride Lands...and wary of predators".
He chuckled, "Their story certainly is interesting, even the small bits I know, if you're into stories. They're said to be healers of sorts. I don't know much of their history, but I could tell you what I do, though your land sounds interesting too, was it just jackals where you're from or what sorts of other animals were there?".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2021 20:12:41 GMT
Bandit nodded, "Yeah! I wouldn't want him to hurt ya." he said, "And it's alright, always good to meet a new friend." he chuckled.
"The Tree of Life?" he asked, "Yeah... sounds like they wouldn't want to get involved." he pawed at the ground, a rare sign of him being genuinely dissuaded. "You don't know a lot yourself huh?" he asked, "Well sure, I'm always happy to hear about new places, I have a long journey ahead of me." he scratched his neck, "Until we get a solid bunch of allies..." he laughed nervously.
"Rabia is mostly jackals! But the commoners have some more... uh, variety. Porcupines, birds, and mongoose... mostly little guys. I don't right know why, they always seem to find bigger animals to protect 'em!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 17:43:43 GMT
"Thanks", Yun Mibu did appreciate the jackal looking out for him where he didn't have to. "No, they're very reclusive from what I hear, I've only heard about them and I live what could be considered nearby. It's said all sorts of shaman mandrills come from all over to help the queen. I even saw a family once with the cutest little baby mandrill, I don't know if they were shamans but maybe. I almost said hi, but I didn't want to scare them, I know about that".
The clouded leopard didn't say he was cowardly, or think it about himself. Caution of larger animals wasn't cowardly...
Bandit said Rabia had porcupines, birds and mongoose. "Oh yes, we have those further in the forests as well". He chuckled as Bandit pointed out they often found larger animals to protect them. "Makes sense", he commented. "So you don't have to compete with larger cats, well that's good".
Yun Mibu would have said this eitherway, but didn't consider himself a big cat, more in the medium class, and even he knew predators of similar size at times got in each-other's way. Clouded leopards were sparse enough to not do so with each-other or even the rare tigers he knew crossed into the forest at times.
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