The south African savanna sun blazes down upon the decollate terrain, the sound of leaves jostling and rustling against one another from the tops of the trees, as well as the dry, uncommonly crippled grasses stained gold in color added to such a natural symphony of melody. While the leaves upon the low-landed shrubbery and the trees were a green that is gradually being sapped away of it's color from the sun and arid heat, the sky itself was a soft, lemony yellow haze with a slight mixture of that lime green and sky blue the further the eyes gazed heavenward.

In the middle of it all was a tiny pair of lions, one of the two was a average sized male with robust shoulders and a quite compact and stocky frame, suitable for excessive combat. The tiny scars that littered his body here and there were evidence of such usage in muscle. The other was female lion of the same body type the male was, average in size, robust at the shoulders and quite compact, good for defending herself when dispatched for hunting. With their muddy brown and bright yellow eyes fixated on what was in front of them, a decent sized hornbill majordomo gradually descends downward towards the pair, slowing down to match up speed, "It won't be long now sire, as you can see over there, that is our stop!" the bird spoke with a proper tone of voice.

Up ahead was the landmark of the territory known to be currently occupied by someone named Ilanga... "Oh! I wonder what they will have?" the female chimed in as they approached the gathering of females, already noticing a small crowd was already there... The two made their way to the forefront as the hornbill flaps away to a tree. Approaching one of the lions that lay nested amongst the horde of offspring, "Hello, my name is King Paro of the Pride Lands, we have received word that you and your loved ones are hosting a adoption of you-" the male spoke formally but...

"Hey! Look at this one!" the female called out, picking up the small youth by the scruff in her jaws that was adorned in a uniquely brown appearance, resembling a North American deer. She trotted over to the king she had accompanied with while flicking the tip of her tail from one side to another in her happy excitement, "What about this little cutie?" she chuffed muffledly, "Amethyst put them down! I don't think you're supposed to touch them!" the king's voice when from former and polite to shaky as he awaited for the lioness to set little Deer back down onto their paws.

Amethyst simply ignored her king and looked over towards the lionesses that were exceptionally running the adoption system... Her eyes glittered like a young child, she truly wanted this little one. King Paro simply hopes the two won't get in trouble and have a bad reputation right off the bat.

(I am so sorry that is so long, I have chronic insecurity so I feel like I have to do a lot to prove myself worthy.)

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Makaa chuckled at the visitor’s enthusiasm. She had felt like that once, when she was far younger. Now, her old bones prevented her from doing much more than napping in the shade and telling stories of her pride’s history to cubs.

“You’re welcome to take her,” she said, her voice hoarse. “She’s quite a unique cub. I’m sure she’ll do well in your pride.”

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Before they arrived did the two promise one another that they can only select just ONE cub from the batch, nothing more and as King Paro looked dumbfounded, shocked even while washing his gaze over the frolicking's little ones for one last time did he sigh with a facepaw and turned, "Many thanks and I apologize for any unintended disruptions." the king gave a sheepish smile.

Amethyst on the other hand or paw for that matter hopped up and down in place for a moment, shaking Deer around in their jaws despite the grip. Causing the unique child to pout and cross their forepaws before the female trotted up to her king. Who proceeds to get lightly scolded about the small ordeal as they begun their way back to the Pride Lands.

(Thank you so much! It was actually fun doing this!)

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King Ganondork, despite his name, was always happy to find new additions to his pride and had been delighted to hear about the adoption program started by generous lions looking to help young cubs find a home with safety and security they couldn't find elsewhere. He was accompanied by two lionesses, one of which was Shanzi, a primal lioness who would take in any of the young cubs to raise among her own litter due in a few short weeks. Next to her was a khaki-colored lioness with dark spots scattered along her haunches, Sootspeckle was one of his pride's newest, but most capable brood mothers. She would protect the cubs until they were given a mentor to watch over, protect and train them.

He approached the den calmly, he was intimidating being a primal lion himself, but he tried not to let it scare away anyone approaching him, he was just and fair if he could be. He certainly didn't want to scare off future pride mates! He announced himself and resigned to wait patiently in the African sun allowing his lioness companions to interact with the cubs. He would have the final say on to which he took into the pride, but it was important to hear his lioness's opinions as well. Shanzi was the first to notice something familiar among the cubs, this one had elongated fangs, but her tail was not bobbed the way Shazi's or Ganondork's were. "Hello." She greeted softly, "Who are you?"

"My name's Devil." The cub replied her voice deeper than her tiny body would imply, yet somewhat slurred around her teeth. "Who are you?"

"My name is Shanzi." The older lioness replied calmly.

Sootspeckle on the other paw had found 3 other apprentice aged cubs. Two lionesses named Scorpion and Smoke had been gobbling up Sootspeckle's stories of pride life, how kings were chosen and hunters named. Some of the fiercest hunts the pride has ever been a part of. The male adolescent, named Kane, was while listening, was paying more attention to daydreaming, imaging himself to be king of a pride one day. Fighting off attackers and organizing all the members of the pride. The idea appealed to him certainly. He figured it would not be an easy life, however, he had found that easy was boring to him and yearned for adventure.

Ganondork watched over his lionesses with an evaluating look, yes they had chosen well, he could see each one of these cubs becoming fine members of the pride and even becoming king or brood mothers themselves one day. Well, let's see what their guardians have to say. He decided seeing one of the adult lionesses stir from her resting place.

(Hi! I wasn't sure if/what the limit on cub adoption was so I just chose the ones I would be interested in but have no problem narrowing that list down :3 Thanks!)

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EDIT: nvm the cub I wanted has already been asked for lol

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Jioni approached the visitors calmly. “I see you’ve found some cubs,” she said. “They’ll be valuable additions to your pride, I’m sure of it.”

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Lazuris walked to the sunny cave. He smiled as his mate ~Voriko~ and his two cubs, ~Moriko~ and ~Veretseger~ ran into the cave. Looking for new friends, Lazuris had chuckled and shook his mane, he sped his pace to a trot as his mate raced after his cubs. "Now Now, Moriko and Veretseger. You wouldn't want to scare the new young'uns away, would you?" He smiled and touched noses with Moriko and Veretseger once he caught up.

Moriko yipped and shook her head. "No! Of course not!!" She giggled as she seen Amy. She ran up to her and talked and played with her. "Hi, I'm Moriko!" she smiled, not giving Amy a chance to speak after tagging her. "You're it!" She laughed and ran away, Amy chasing after her.

Veretseger smiled at his father and shook his 'mane' as well. "So, does it matter which one?" He had asked before looking around, seeing Finch. His eyes widened with awe as he looked at the beautiful lioness. "D-dad...Could you adopt her?" He asked pointing his tail toward the lioness.

Voriko giggled, "She is a bit older than you Veretseger." She smiled and shook her head as she looked at her mate, Lazuris, to reply.

Lazuris sat down and wrapped his tail around his paws neatly. "The guardians are going to have to discuss that." He yawned majestically before shaking his mane again, as if something was itchy. He looked at his mate and smiled before starting to groom her. "What do you think of them? Smart? Generous?" He asked.

Voriko nodded. "Very much so. Smart, generous, loving and caring. I wouldn't have been able to think of this AMAZING idea. At least, not by myself." She smiled and pawed him away gently. "I am fairly good enough on being cleaned since i groomed myself this morning."

Lazuris nodded. "Yes, my love. Not by yourself, maybe not. But I am sure you would of thought of it over time!" He smiled as he watched Veretseger walk over to Finch and shyly having a conversation with her. He chuckled.

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Kuchomwa made her way over to the visitors. “Hello! I see you’ve already taken interest in a couple of our cubs. I’m glad you’ll take them, especially Amy. Now that she’s come of age, I was worried that she’d have to leave. It’s nice to know that she’ll be getting a home instead.”

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Tlaloca sauntered up to the tree, muttering something to himself as a little cub and a hyena pup bounded after him.

"Father?" the Cub asked, looking up to his evident father, "When do I get to see the other cubs?" Soon enough, he purred, licking the cub. The hyena pup bounded up to the cub.

"Are we picking a new sibling?" the cub nodded and knudged the hyena. "Woah, Hyad'ivin!" he hyena laughed "Watch were you're going!"

"NO! You watch where YOU'RE going, Bori'car!" Hyad'ivin slammed his weight into the pup, cackling just like his hyena friend, Bori'car, or Bori.

"Excuse me, lioness?" Tlaloca approached a lioness surrounded by cubs. "I am here to get my son a sibling. He's the only one who survived in his litter, and save for a hyena, he's rather lonely. I'm looking for a girl specifically."

(I am interested in Bird or Witch)

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Cub-duties. Why was he always the one sent on cub duties?

The primal male sauntered through the brush, groaning. Of course Zarafa had sent one of his sub males out into the wilderness for this. It was too important for the king to do, but not too important for the heir to the pride.

Sighing, Ma'at squinted at the clearing, peering through the sun. He had finally reached the territory of the other pride: The Pride of the Singing Winds. The place had many caves. In one of them, he could already hear the irritating chatter of the brainless cubs, yammering about who knew what.

There was already a large group there. He eyed a tall, auburn king, noticing the hyena and lion cub at his paws. What an odd bunch.
Looking at the frolicking little lions, Ma'at watched closely. Wouldn't it be funny if he brought an evil cub back to his dad? After all, the king had said that any cub would do.

The cubs were playing with a pile of moss. But he noticed that one of them was playing rougher than the rest. She laughed, shoving and pushing her littermates to the ground. On top of that, her fangs were long and sharp, just like his.

It was settled then. He took his place beside the other King who was looking for a she-cub, and said, "Hey. I heard that you're giving out cubs here, is that right? If it's true, I- I mean, King Zarafa, would love to adopt the little savage over there."

(Would love to adopt Rabbit if she hasn't been adopted)

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(First off, Requiem, the whole "sharp fangs just like him" is adorable)

Tlaloca looked down at the adolescent primal. He made a growling 'hm?' sound and looked back at his sons. The hyena trotted over towards Ma'at, sniffing at his nub tail and large paws. "By the gods! You're massive! Hey Hyad, look at him!" he beckoned his brother-from-another-mother... and father... and species... over to look at the primal.

"Dang! You look like one of our sub males, Huitzilopotchli! He's a primal. Are you one?" he asked, plopping his butt on the ground and wagging his tail, much like a hyena would. It seems that the young lion was more hyena than lion. His colors were more reminiscent of the canine-like species, and his spots almost made it seem that way, though the way Bori'car picked the leaves from his brother's mane made him more lion that yeen.

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(hyda'vin and his brother are even more adorable )

"Yeah, you could say that kid." Ma'at peered down at the smaller cub. Well, this wasn't exactly in the equation, the whole talking to a member of another irrelevant pride. Especially a lion cub that looked like a hyena and an actual hyena cub. That was strange. But then again, as future heir, he had to become good at diplomacy.

"Being big isn't that great though. It's a pain in the tail when you're trying to fit into caves." He shook his head, remembering when he tried to fit into the broodmothers' cave. By Bast, that was one of the hardest things he'd ever done. "And for some reason, everyone wants to fight you and thinks you're the toughest alpha around."

Ma'at glanced again at the cub and the hyena. "What's the story with him?" He pointed a claw at the little hyena cub.
It was rare that lions talked to hyenas, let alone accepted them into a pride. King Zarafa had a clear policy: kill hyenas on sight. Perhaps this other king was a wacko.

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"Oh! You mean Mbambo?" (Changed his name to my sister's request) He glanced towards the hyena. "Well, I had snuck out of the den and found him passed out and starved. I brought him back and protected him. Huitzilopotchli tried to kill him, but I wouldn't let him. I took him to my dad, and he let us keep him. He's basically my brother now, but we want a sister!" he piped. The hyena pup nodded, smiling a toothy grin.

"Hyda'vin was born after praying to the hyena gods and to Xolotl, we're of Aztec cuanmiztli (jaguar) decent, whatever that means." he added the last part at a head tilt. "He is kinda like half hyena. So we're almost miccauh!" he stood and did the 'happy dog wiggle'. Tlaloca looked to his 'sons' and smiled. Miccauh is the Nahuatl word for 'brother'.

"Sorry if they're bothering you, lad. Tepiltzin (meaning young man)." He said, chuckling slightly, kind of embarrassed. "Kids," he turned his attention to the cubs, "Don't annoy the ocotochtli. (Meaning wild cat. Standard term for his pride to refer to other lions).

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Scorpius Neith paused outside the cave, her body tense as she looked in at the cubs running wild. She let out a heavy sigh, pawing the ground with worry. The new queen shook her head, ready to step and turn back when a paw was placed in front of her, she looked up-
"Oh.. Tefnut- you came?"
The queen smiled, "of course I came, you know I'm always happy to be out of my den." she chirped, her eyes sparkling with a bright look. Neith felt worry climb in her chest, Tefnut was far to old, she could get injured, and she just recently had her last litter of cubs.
"I'm okay, I promise, lets go." Tefnut said, sensing the worry, and Neith felt a sudden burst of confidence washing over her. She smiled, trotting into the den and looking around as her two queens entered. She approached one of the lioness' carefully- Indlovu,- she believed, hopefully Neith had remembered correctly. The lioness was grooming a brown cub who seemed to be in a good mood.
"Ah- e-excuse me," Neith stuttered, approaching and bowing to her, "My name is Scorpius Neith, I am the queen of Seth's Children. Please- correct me if I am wrong, are you Machwa?"
The lioness nodded, a smile on her face, "I am- are you interested in adopting?" she asked softly "or are you here to drop off some cubs?" she continues, tilting her head.
Neith turned to look at her paws, "adopt- hopefully.." she mumbled, a worried look on her face, "I fear my pride is about to become very, very, small, many of my lioness' are older and can no longer breed." She took a deep breath, panicked, "I'm sorry, the thought worries me."
"That's alright- I understand." Machwa smiles, letting Neith relax just a bit. "Go see if any cub seems to stick with you, if they do- you're more then welcome to take them."
Neith nodded, smiling as she turned, "thank you!" the piebald chirped, trotting off to find her queen. She looked around, the sunset pelt of Tefnut caught her eyes and she trotted over. The queen turned to her leader, smiling. "There's a lovely ebony cub, a beauty." she purred. She pointed to the cub, who was currently sitting away, paws crossed and glaring at the other cubs. Neith shuffled, muttering quietly.
"She looks rather, angry."
"Oh yes, she just battered another cub, but she looks amazing." She whispered, Tefnut did adore the markings, similar to her own colors. Neith inhaled, worried, but nodded.
"Then go talk to her, ask her name and we can talk to the broodmothers."
Tefnut purred, trotting over and smiling, Neith was watching, "Hello-" she chirped, leaning down and smiling, "What's your name?"
The cub blinked, as if surprised someone was actually talking to her, before responding in a harsh tone, "Witch." Tefnut began to beam, "I'll be right back little one." and hummed as she almost skipped to her queen. "Done and done, shall we?"
Neith blinked, then nodded, surprised herself, she lead her mate to Machwa and began to explain how to best approch the topic, but Tefnut's energy got the best of her, even for an old lioness.
"Hello!" she said brightly, her tail high as she approached, "My name is Tefnut, I'm with Scorpius Neith, may I talk to you about a cub, Witch?"

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(Okay first of all I love the random rp that is happening between two of you, it’s so fun lol)

@TiredBobcat:
Kijivu tried not to laugh at the visitors’ animated conversation. “You’re looking for a sibling for him? Hmmm.” She looked around the cave, her gaze landing on a cub playing on her own in the shade of an acacia tree just outside. “You could take Bird, perhaps. She’s quite friendly, I think she’d be a perfect fit.”

@Requirem:
After dealing with the first group, Kijivu padded over to the other visiting male. “Of course you can take her,” the young broodmother purred. “She’s quite the troublemaker, but I’m sure you can handle her.”

@Belle
Machwa smiled. It was nice to see such enthusiastic adopters. “You’re welcome to take her. She’s quite a pretty cub, isn’t she?”

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