#im probably not gonna try to claim another lioness for at least 2 more impression levels

[clanoffelidae]

Liolocke Day 4 - Empty Bellies and Hungry Faces

Ilocke got glowed up:

New Decor: Great Hunger Background, Dried Bones, Caracal Rib Ornaments

Progress Report:

King Impression: Slightly Impressive --> Somewhat Impressive Territory Size: 5 --> 7 2 territory 'expansions' were 'purchased' for 250 SB and 300 SB. The beetles were treed. Cub Slots: 25 --> 35 'Increased' automatically with Territory 'expansion'. NPC Battles Encountered: 26 - NPC Battles Won: 17

Lore:

I think I've retreated in on myself again, after the incident with the other lioness. I'm so lonely, so terribly by myself, but I just... I am afraid. Afraid of rejection. Afraid of acceptance. Because if they accept me, what if they get hurt? I can't stomach the thought of bringing someone into what is supposed to be a new home, only for them to face what my old pride had to. What I had to. I don't want them to ever go through that. Not like I did. No one deserves to feel that terrible weakness, the unbearable fever. The awful confusion, delirium, the delusions brought on as fever dreams. Your body wastes away as you are stuck in another world, so hot and sick that the whole worlds seems to be flipped upside down and backwards. I don't think I could stand to watch it again either. To watch someone waste away to nothing in a matter of days. But... am I not doing that right now? This hunger is brutal. The weather so adverse and times so hard that bones cover the ground like grass in some places. With nothing else to do and no one to talk to, I've even taken to collecting some of the bones, getting those with the physical capabilities to make me things out of them for lack of anything else to do. They'll be a mark of my survival. (If I do survive.) A mark I not only survived the sickness, but survived this terrible time of hunger and tragedy. I am fortunate. I stumbled across the food pit constructed by other prides, even helping some myself with what little I can find. Those more fortunate are managing to keep everyone fed. I don't have to worry about going hungry, but every time I go out, all I see is empty bellies and hungry faces. ~~~ I managed to broker for some more territory today, although I'm not sure why I'm even bothering. I could probably raise a whole litter of cubs here now, with their mother, of course. There's just enough room for a group of little ones to grow up. It's a nice thought, even if I don't know if it will come to pass. It wasn't so hard to get the nearby kings to accept my offer, interestingly. They seemed almost desperate for any pawful of beetles I could give them, they took them in seconds and ran. They seemed so thin, they're probably trying to trade for food. I wish I could've told them about the pit, but they ran off before I could get another word in. I hope they find it eventually. ~~~ I've been trying harder and harder to take care of my appearance now. Keeping my mane nice and groomed, making sure my pelt isn't dirty. I wonder if the bones will help me seem more impressive? A childish part of me wants to say that 'ladies love trophies' and strut around with my new items, showing off. Another part of me looks at them and remembers that they exist because of empty bellies and hungry faces, and wants to cry. ~~~ My cough is being persistent.

When you're 'paying' for territory expansions and need to get rid of beetles fast: