The Park - Sunday Afternoon

[takingthedayoff]

Simba had woken on Saturday in a strange place. He'd hightailed it out of there as soon as he was able and had spent the last day in the Preserve or, as he thought of it, a strange jungle, trying to find his way back to the Pride Lands

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[advicefrommice]

There was a lion in the park.

Coraline stared.

A lion in the park. She should probably run away, or hold very still, or scream - depending on whether she followed the example set by television, movies, or nature shows.

Instead she just said, "Oh."

[takingthedayoff]

"You talk." Simba may have been a lion, but he made excellent use of facial expressions to show that yes, he was weirded out that this skinny beast he'd never seen before could talk.

[advicefrommice]

"Yes," Coraline said, still staring, but more in puzzlement than anything else. "Are you going to try and eat me?"

It was important to know these things.

[takingthedayoff]

"I make a point of not eating anything I can't identify. Besides, I prefer wildebeest." Simba started circling around her. "What are you?"

[key_of_heart]

Sora wasn't looking for Axel, nope. Because that would be like looking for trouble and that just wasn't something Sora did. Even if Roxas had ripped him a new one in his dreams last night...

Yeah, Sora was looking kinda tired.

The brunette paused though at the familiar sight of the lion on the rocks and grinned. "SIMBA!"

[takingthedayoff]

Simba had never been more happy to hear a familiar voice. He spun around. "Sora!" Something dawned on him. "So there are others of your kind when you're like this," he realized. "I thought they all had spiky manes and baggy skin."

[key_of_heart]

Sora smirked and rolls his eyes slightly. "Yeah, we're all different," he laughed. "Not all lions are exactly the same! Right?"

[takingthedayoff]

"Riiiight." Simba laughed. "I can't believe I didn't realize it before. What are you doing here, Sora? Did you summon me?"

[the_merriest]

OHMIGOSH A LION!!!

It was huuuuuuge and soooooo fuzzy! It looked cuddly and snuzzly and happy!

"Helloooooooo, Mister Lion!" Rikku said, following it up with a far-too-enthusiastic wave.

Being dim meant she had no real sense of danger.

[takingthedayoff]

"Helloooo little firefly. What are you doing out during the day?"

[the_merriest]

"Hiya!" Rikku grinned excitedly. "I'm not a firefly! I'm a fairy! And I hunt treasure with Yunie and Paine! But they're not here. Have you seen them?"

[takingthedayoff]

"Uh, no. I haven't seen any other fir- fairies around. What kind of treasure? Like a zebra bone you forgot you buried?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin was cutting through the park when he stopped dead and stared. "You again!"

He wasn't joining in a musical number this year, either, dammit.

[takingthedayoff]

Simba did the lion equivalent of raising an eyebrow. "Again? I think you're confused." At least this guy had a decent mane.

[sith_happened]

"No," Anakin said, shaking his head. "Simba, right? You can't wait to be king? There was something about a circle of life and becoming the grass..."

[takingthedayoff]

Simba stiffened. "How do you know that?" Only his father knew that. Right now, he was spooked.

[raspberryturk]

Axel was not in the best of moods. Something to do with being told about his best friend and partner being bound someday to leave the Organization to join up with Sora hadn't sat well with him.

Must have just been moody.

So, if he happened to be stalking though the park just for the sake of moving around without the cathartic burning of things, and if he just so happened to just barely glance at the lion? Well. He was feeling pretty sour.

[the_merriest]

He had another cloak! Just like the last guy! He probably had good, big pockets in them! And he was in a moooooood. Could she swoop in close enough to see?

[raspberryturk]

Axel was in a moooood, but he wasn't entirely unobservant. Something about having his personal bubble invaded that rubbed him the wrong way.

The swooping fairy earned herself a grumpy eyebrow raise.

"Yo."

[the_merriest]

"Hiya!" Rikku said brightly. "I was just looking for treasure."