Muse on being dragged out and mun re-reading old tags

[followpawprints]

I had hoped you had forgotten about me. [sigh] So what have you interrupted a perfectly good nap for this time? Oh, you're feeling nostalgic. That's nice. Allow me to tell you how much that means to me and how much I really care.

Oh, wait - I don't. Go away.

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[tasteslikecoconut]

Touchy kitty. I'm in total agreement with you, though. Interrupting good naps are a big no no.

[followpawprints]

Exactly. She always bugs me when she's bored and never thinks about what I might be doing.

[proudand_king]

Kovu.

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Simba.

[proudand_king]

[...]

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[You stared this, Simba

GLOWERS]

[circle_of_life]

You certainly look familiar.

[followpawprints]

[eyebrow raise]

Yeah? And who are you Pridelander?

[circle_of_life]

Mufasa. [Faintly amused here.]

[followpawprints]

[Annnnd both eyebrows disappear into his mane. He knows that name. Oh, he knows that name VERY well. Being the heir of Scar meant knowing the whole story - at least Scar's version - and this Mufasa doesn't seem to match the image he has had in his head for so many years.]

I see. It is a pleasure to meet you, Your Highness.

[He makes a curt, definitely edging on mocking, bow. The resemblance to Scar in appearance and attitude is uncanny. It's hard to believe the two weren't blood related.]

[circle_of_life]

[His amusement fades at that bow. He had been willing to brush off the resemblance. But now...]

Are you related to Scar? [He stays motionless, a faint frown on his features.] You do resemble him.

[followpawprints]

Unfortunately, I cannot claim to have any royal blood in my veins.

[circle_of_life]

Who is your mother?

[followpawprints]

Zira.

[circle_of_life]

[A sigh.]

I can only imagine what she told you about me and my son.

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My mother was wrong - as was my step-father, King Scar. I have turned away from their beliefs and I am a rogue now.

[Lies, lies, lies]

[circle_of_life]

Are you? [He gazes directly into Kovu's eyes.] If you mean harm to my pride - or Simba's pride, it won't be easy for you.

ooc: I love your Mufasa

[followpawprints]

[Kovu raises his chin and looks like he is above all this.]

I saved the princess's life. You gratitude is only mildly better than Simba's.

ooc: Right back at you. I always love interacting with Kovu. <3

[circle_of_life]

One act of bravery won't be enough. How you live will be the telling sign. [ALL EYES ARE ON YOU.] Even in death, I am not far from my family.

ooc: Thank you! I love playing him from his angsty, Scar-ish phase

[followpawprints]

Yes, yes - I've heard all about Great Kings and Queens and stars.

[Even if he had never star-gazed as a cub he had heard the legend in passing about the Great Kings and Queens of the past. He still wondered, however childish it might seem, if Scar was up there, watching over him.]

I am sorry you were murdered. However, I was not born until many years later. You judge me based on how you think I will act even if you don't say so. You judge me more harshly than you would another rogue lion because of who I was raised by. Are you going to be like Simba and punish me for a crime I didn't commit? Exile cubs and lionesses to barren lands because of their mere association with King Scar?

ooc: The angst is lovely. 83

[circle_of_life]

Is that what Simba decided? [He looks, if anything, a little saddened by that news.] A cub should never starve. If it were in my paws, I would keep a close eye on you. As a rogue and the son of a lioness who was openly loyal to Scar, it cannot be helped.

However, as time passed and you found your place, my worries would dissipate.

Every lion deserves a chance. [Here he pauses.] But you must be sympathetic to the pain Scar caused. Because of him, our home was nearly lost.

ooc: Hehehe

[followpawprints]

My home was lost. I was born in the Pridelands. I am a Pridelander by birth. I cannot help who I was born to nor who I was raised by. I have tried to rise above it, though.

[A little bit of Kovu's real feelings are seeping through now. Maybe the Pridelands had been in ruin but it had been his home. He was so young when they were exiled but he remembers his brother and sister crying out - the pain it caused them.]

[circle_of_life]

[Disagreeing with his son on this matter isn't easy, but - ]

Simba was scared. He let his fear rule him instead of seeing the innocence and potential before him.

[He closes his eyes, inhaling deeply.]

I wish I could have stayed with him.

[followpawprints]

[That... touches a nerve for some reason in Kovu and he looks away. Maybe it's because he never knew his own father. Maybe he knows how it feels to wish someone had been able to stay. For all Zira and Scar's brainwashing, Kovu actually has a kind heart but it is barely surviving thanks to the emotional and physical abuse he has endured.]

Things would have been different if you had.

[It's noncommittal enough to pass off as neither supporting nor disagreeing with Mufasa.]

[circle_of_life]

Not as they were meant to be. [Mufasa knows that. Every new life and every death has a purpose.] Welcome to the Pridelands nonetheless. I pray your intentions are good.

[followpawprints]

What do you mean? You wanna be dead? You're okay with that?

[Going to side-step his intentions for the moment - he's too focused on life and death.]

[circle_of_life]

No, but it happens. [He looks away, pained.] Without it, I would not know the lion my brother has become.

[followpawprints]

And you think what he became was bad?

Dat icon. >8|

[circle_of_life]

I think what he became was a bitter murderer.

YES. >:D

[followpawprints]

[Kovu shrugs.]

So what do you do with this knowledge now? You're dead.

Eeeevil.

[circle_of_life]

Being dead doesn't mean I disappear. I can influence many things in the Pridelands. [And beyond apparently.]

Hehehehehehe

[followpawprints]

[Oh, Mufasa - if only Kovu had known you in life he wouldn't be such a mess now.]

So. That whole star bit? It's true?

[circle_of_life]

Yes. [It's more like a "one with the weather/atmosphere/wind" type of thing, but stars is easier to remember.]

Why do you think Simba returned to Pride Rock?

[followpawprints]

To fight Scar and eventually kill him in order to take Scar's place in the Pridelands. To kill Scar and become king.

[circle_of_life]

He didn't want to originally.

[followpawprints]

I am aware that Queen Nala brought him back. He challenged King Scar and won. Such is the way of monarchies.

[circle_of_life]

Who do you think sent her to him?

[followpawprints]

No one sent her. She was wandering around, trying to find help for the Pridelands, and she found him.

[circle_of_life]

Crossing the desert is no mean feat. I gave her clues to make her journey shorter.

[followpawprints]

...what?