Out on his daily stroll, the sight of a stray cheetah cub reminded Scarlet Letter of Sweet Pea. He decided to pay the cub and Horizon a visit as he had been disappointed that he couldn’t meet them the other day along with Coral and Dusk. As he approached the pair, he saw Sweet Pea wrestling with a tattered weasel pelt. Moving closer, he was struck by the atrociousness of her hunting form. Scarlet Letter shook his head and smiled in amusement. Stopping her mid pounce, he took pity on the cub and taught her the proper way to swiftly take out her prey. He thought that even cubs should be taught some sort of hunting as they one day may be the main hunters of the pride.

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Winter: Sweet Pea looked up at the festively-decorated king, distracted momentarily from her weasel pelt. She seems unsure how to respond at first, listening as the king gives her a suggestion. Seeing him dip his head slightly, she seems bolstered and her ego a bit more inflated. She gives an overly-thoughtful look, as though deciding whether she will take his suggestion or continue the way she's going. After only a few second, though, she says in a regally tiny voice, "Hmmm . . . I'll try it." She follows what Albedo told her to do and does much better! Rather pleased with herself, she says to him in a queenly manner, "Good suggestion."

Zhāng: Horizon greets Oil pleasantly, quite used to him coming around, and doesn't look twice as he goes over to help Sweet Pea. The cub seems receptive to his advice, listening politely, but like many cubs when told what to do, she isn't the best at taking directions. She's quite huffy to have her tail posture corrected, but does take his advice and winds up doing much better by the end of the day. She seems to be enjoying herself - she does have a minor mental breakdown in the middle when she trips over her own feet, but she's up and running within a few minutes. She gives Oil a flower she picked to go behind his ear, "to match his wings" she says.

Beau: Horizon was very happy to see Harvest, and even more delighted to meet her cub. It was almost like meeting a little sister - after all, Harvest had raised her. She was immediately taken up with talking to her broodmother, and told her this and that. She mentioned some worries about her king, which she hadn't really discussed earlier, but she moved on from the topic quickly and started chatting about Sweet William. She said she may very well be able to get him over there next time Harvest visited. Sweet Pea, meanwhile, was happy as eve to have a new cub to play with. She asked about Amber, quite haughty in a cubbish way that she had not come. But she let Summer show her some moves, applauded like a broodmother encouraging her cubs, and then suggested Summer pretend to be her cub so she could "hunt" for her and put her to sleep. They played until the two were too exhausted to play anymore.

skye: Horizon seemed glad to see Scarlet Letter again, and happy to have someone to teach Sweet Pea a thing or two about hunting, since she had no experience. Sweet Pea was eager to show the great king her moves, and mortally offended by the first small correction - which she quickly got over, starting to do what he was telling her. She wasn't super good at following directions, but was enthusiastic, at least, and quite keen to climb on Scarlet Letter's massive shoulders and pretend he was a "mammoth" that she was bringing down with her mighty claws. At some point it devolved from actual learning to her insisting he must die a dramatic death if he was going to be a mammoth, but she did improve quite a bit over the day.

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DAY 6 ENDED! Day 7 prompt is up!

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Capricorn Paced over to Sweet Pea once more, his thick fur clinging to his skin like a possum does to it's mother. The heat bore down on the earth and scorched everything bathed in the pools of warmth. 'Sweet pea,' He said 'I know it's terribly hot today, but I've brought someone to help you with the heat.' Behind Capricorn Stood beautiful young tigon queen. Her fur shimmered with pink and blue, almost irridecent in the sunlight. 'This is Hydrangea,' He went on 'I borught her because she knows how to swim! She's very good at it too. I was wondering if you'd like to have some lessons with her?'

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Albedo listened to the sound of sweet pea complaining, and padded over.
He nosed the cub and said “Get into the shallower parts of the stream. The water will cool you down.”
He then proceeded to nudge her paw into the water
“Is that better?”

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Oil slinked over to Sweet pea. Hearing her complaints he decides to figure something out with that little noggin of his. With his pride not so far away, he dragged Pantalone and Melon on over to get Sweet Pea all wet and cool during this hot day. Both cubs, although a few months apart, loved helping Sweet pea get cool by "dragging" her into the river with them. "Does that solve your problem now Sweet Pea? Hah!" Oil laughs, opting to lay under a tree with a smaller stream nearby, he watches them to make sure they dont get in any trouble.

//finally remembered to post today hah, this is Melon since I havent mentioned her until now https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794170232790 not sure if you've seen Pantalone yet though so here she is too https://www.lioden.com/lion.php?id=794170114440 have a nice day

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TODAY'S PROMPT
Today is a hot, hot day, the kind of hot day that makes you want to do nothing but lie down and let the sun pound you into the ground. Sweet Pie is flopped on her side near a small stream, moaning about how hot it is. Horizon is under the shade, drooping with sweat. The flies are buzzing, and nothing else is moving. "I'm so HOT!" Sweet Pea cries. "Make me not hot!"

“Shuddup Sweat pea.” Karen grunted, using his paws to cover his head. The sun’s heat was beating down on all the lions of his pride, and he was miserable. Their hard rocky territory didn’t provide much shelter from the sun, and the small streams that trickled through were almost completely dried out. Karen gasped as sweat pea lunger her claws at his face.
“I want water-“ She wined, glancing at the pathetic muddy stream that couldn’t even hold a goldfish if you squeezed it in.
“Astro is out collecting water-storing plants for us to drink out of, just wait until sundown.” He pushed the small green cub off. “Know what, I remembered that Vincent was setting up a hide and seek game, and the winner gets African Cacti.”
“Really!?” The green blob bounced up and down, her droopy ears and tail had instantly perked up. She raced out of sight, somewhere towards the other cubs, as Karen nestled into a pile of cool grass.

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Harvest approached on shaky paws, Amber at the broodmothers side, letting her lean against her, Summer running ahead of them, the cub was more then excitedly shouting about her “friend”

Harvest flopped right next to Horizon, out of breath, Amber running off to go fetch her water. “I just wanted to see you today.” Harvest said, gasping for air, “I guess I wasn’t expecting it to get so hot.”

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Triangle: Sweet Pea looked up to see who it was who was going to help her not scald her fur off. Upon seeing the queen, she flopped back down, quite certain that this lioness wasn't going to make her less hot. Unless she had ice powers? Now Sweet Pea was slightly interested. But, upon hearing that the queen knew how to swim, she seemed indignant. "I know how to swim!" she said proudly, puffing out her chest. "Look, I'll show you!" With that, she went racing right into the water, splashing everyone nearby. "Come on!" she called to Hydrangea. "Pretend to be a sea monster!" She spent a long time swimming around, tussling with Hydrangea, and being rescued from a harmless water snake by her. By the end, she was completely cooled off. (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

Winter: Sweet Pea, despite Albedo's good advice, didn't seem to want to move. She laid like a limp noodle, and when he nosed her into the water, she shrieked with laughter and fell with a great plop. "Hey!" she giggled, and then splashed him in the face. "This water is too hot!" She laughed to herself and sat herself down in the water to marinate in coolness, looking much happier. (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

Uchawi: The flower hill was bustling with lions, all of whom had come to see little Sweet Pea, and Horizon was very happy. She had hoped for at least one good king or queen to show some interest - and now there were nearly as many here as had shown up for her own leaving-of-pride. She had a few lions to talk to, and of course her family. Though it was unbelievably hot, she had found a spot in the shade that provided some protection. She could easily have gone into the water, but she hadn't been raised near the springs and still wasn't very fond of getting wet. As she chatted, she could hear very little but her conversation and the shouts of play in the stream. But as she heard the snap of a twig, she looked up. There was a lovely pale-coated lioness who was watching Sweet Pea. Horizon excused herself and stood to introduce herself to the lioness, since it seemed she didn't realize what was going on here. "Good morning," she said gently, worried she might startle the lioness. "I haven't seen you around here. I see you're watching little Sweet Pea." She invited the lioness to come sit with her so she could fully explain what was happening, and that Sweet Pea's mother didn't feel she would be safe in the pride. She was vey curious about Bastet's pride, too, not so very far away. Soon enough Sweet Pea, soaking wet, came over to Horizon to complain that she was hungry. Catching sight of Bastet, she seemed immediately taken with her necklace. "May I touch it?" she asked very politely. "I know what it's called! Phantom quartz! My mommy told me that. She said she would find it all over at her old home. I'm gonna have jewelry one day, maybe. Like a shawl and earrings and stuff." She seems cooled off enough to tell Bastet about some of the amazing jewelry she will some day own, but soon becomes hot and agitated and remembers she's hungry. "I think we'd better head back," Horizon says. "I really hope you'll come back again soon." (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

Zhāng: Sweet Pea, always happy to see other cubs, looks torn between getting up and having fun or continuing to complain. In the end, though, she decides to stay flopped down dramatically and let them try and get her up. Sure enough, their first instinct was to pull her into the stream to cool off. She protested loudly and giggled, and then knocked them over into the water. "Oil! Come in!" Sweet Pea called, but was immediately distracted by her haunches being attacked by one of the little cubs. She shrieked and turned to play with them, forgetting all about everything else. Horizon, on the other paw, was quite happy to pad over to Oil to have a little chat with him, and invited him to come meet some of the other lions she knew. (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

Adonis: Sweet Pea seemed to forget how hot she was as she ran about, looking for other cubs so she could win herself a tasty, thirst-quenching stripped cactus. Though she didn't wind up winning, the winner did let her have a sip, and when she got back Horizon had an entire water root for her. (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

Beau: Horizon ran over to help Harvest, looking very worried. "Are you feeling alright? Do you need to lie down?" she asked fretfully. "Here, come and sit in the shade." Watching her, Horizon glanced at Sweet Pea, who was off playing with some other cubs and kings. She smiled to herself. "You wait here just a moment," she said to Harvest and Amber. "I'll bring you a surprise . . . two." She padded over to a rainbow-winged king to ask him to keep an eye on Sweet Pea, and took off with surprising speed considering how the heat was beating down. Rather quickly, she came back carrying a bundle of water roots in a scrap of fabric. And behind her ambled another lion, slower and creaking with older age. As he got closer, though, his eyes glinted with excitement. "Harvest!" Sweet William said, moving forward more quickly. He sat down next to her, and Horizon bounded after, looking quite pleased with herself. "Here, have some water," she said to Harvest and Amber, dropping the water roots. Sweet William had eyes only for Harvest, and he was immediately his old talkative self, though he had more of a rasp to his voice and he talked to bit slower. (Ticket counted for 9/14/22!)

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DAY 7 ENDED! DAY 8 PROMPT UP!

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Nephthys approached with Harvest, choosing to accompany her and Amber after Harvests incident last time. She shuffled Harvest, muttering to stay here, and gave Horizon a gentle head bump. Harvest laid down, her cub choosing to cuddle up to her, Amber settling between the two and quietly reassuring Sweet Pea.

Nephthys, without hesitation, patrolled over, maneuvering herself between the others and the omen. Time with the Harbinger had taught her well enough not to get too close, but within the range to hear and burst into battle if need be.

Harvest watched, the fur on the back of her neck raised, after the excitement of seeing William, today seemed like a major contrast, an almost worrying amount. Summer pressed up against her mother, asking softly if they could go home, though eventually moved to try and play with Sweet Pea.

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Both Scarlet Letter and Coral are here today. Excitedly they both approach Horizon. A shiver goes down Coral's spine and she alerts Scarlet Letter to the danger. Coral steps back and joins Horizon and Sweet Pea and reassures them despite being nervous herself. She's glad she didn't bring Dusk today.

Scarlet Letter emits a low growl before approaching the creature with confidence. Fangs bared and claws unsheathed he is ready to fight the omen at a moments notice. Let's hope it doesn't get that far though...

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Albedo bounds over to the hill and scratches at the…eyes…?

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