Tranquility at its Finest (Discontinued)

[Bagheera]

}[Geh, it's been a long time....]{

It had been quite some time since the freezing over of all of Fantasmic Kingdom due to the White Witch of Narnia, Jadis. And since then, the conglomeration of lands had thawed out as her threat had passed over. The world was restored back to order over the course of a few months, and things returned back to normal for everyone. The villains were held at bay, and while that would be rather worrisome had it been in the past, there had been no major damages to the peace of the Kingdom. It was better this way, things were back to normal... there were no witches, or Gods, or anything out of the ordinary disturb the normalcy of his own little world.

As long as they stayed away from the jungle and did not move to corrupt Mowgli's interests away from the jungle, the panther Bagheera was fine with it. It was morning in the jungle when he had awoken from his slumber up a tree, giving a wide muzzled yawn as he stretched out on the thick branch, kneading the wood and gripping it with his claws as he worked the kinks in his spine. Hearing the final pop from some distressed spinal column portions, the panther looked down to the jungle floor before rearing back to leap down, finding the right timing he acted on it.

Giving a sharp grunt as he landed, Bagheera began to pad down the jungle path. He couldn't be happier.. things were just as they used to be.

[mowgli]

((Baggy! <3))

There was a soft rustle in some of the bushes behind Bagheera, but it was sudden and was quiet soon after. Mowgli crept carefully behind the bushes, peering through the leaves every so often to make sure he hadn't lost the black jungle cat.

With a soft growl he paced himself, waiting for Bagheera to move a slight bit more ahead. The wolf pack had been training Mowgli, just as all young pups, to hunt alone. Normally it was a packs jobs, but it was a good thing to know how to hunt alone.

With a very pup like growl Mowgli leapt from the bushes, heading straight for Bagheera.

[tarzan]

*Tarzan had been picking a various array of jungle flowers for Jane, swinging from tree to tree from vines. So busy with his task, the jungle man didn't notice the mancub coming from the opposite direction...and collided with him with a grunt, his hand letting go of the vine, sent reeling. Knocked for a loop, Tarzan shook his head, sprung to his feet, and looks to what--or in this case, who--he had ran into. He was surprised to find out it was a young boy, dressed in nothing but a loincloth, as he had been when he himself was little. He watches Mowgli, at first, saying nothing.*

...

[mowgli]

Mowgli gave a pained grunt, rolling a bit on the floor before coming to stop. He laid flat on his back for a moment before he caught his breath; turning over to glare at whoever had bumped into him.

"Hey! Watch it!" he snapped, narrowing his eyes at the human. He scrambled to his feet, brow lowered in distrust- man was never in the jungle at this time of year.

"..."

[tarzan]

*Tarzan blinks, surprised...the boy knew how to speak animal. His posture now ape-like, he looks to the mancub, in apology.*

Sorry...it's kind of hard for me to see where I'm going when I travel by vine.

*He glances around, curious. The forest here looked...well... new to him. It even smelled different from his own.*

I...don't think I've ever been to this part of the jungle before.

[mowgli]

Mowgli never thought there would be someone else like him- so in his mind Tarzan was a Human from the Man-village.

His gaze was annoyed as he stood up, dusting himself off. " You shouldn't be in the jungle at all. Man isn't supposed to come for a whole season!"

[Bagheera]

Hearing the commotion that brewed up behind him, the panther stopped, his ears folding back at the break in the particular stillness in the air. A single ear slowly erected itself, from hearing one familiar voice being that of the man-cub under his charge, Mowgli... while the other, an older voice that while speaking in the tongue of the people of the jungle, was under a slightly different dialect. Ape?

Suspicious, Bagheera's head turned around to gaze behind him to see that Mowgli was conversing with an as of yet unidentified man. Much to his surprise, the man before the man-cub was clothed as Mowgli was, only enough to cover his lower extremities. His head tilted slightly as he turned to pad in the direction of the two. Hearing that tone in Mowgli's voice disheartened him a little, though it was probably out of protection of his home.. but... if he was to ever become integrated into a man-village, he would have to become more accepting of other people around him who were not animals.

"Now, Mowgli.." he began as he neared the two, sitting beside Mowgli and gesturing a paw over toward Tarzan, "...He may be a man, but just take a closer look at him. Does he look as though he comes from a man-village?"

The panther lowered his paw, to turn his attention to the young boy, "...Remember, man-cub, there are more jungles in the world rather than ours."

[mowgli]

"Bagheera!" Mowgli exclaimed happily when the panther made his presence known- stopping to look at Tarzan carefully. The jungle cat had a point, most man he had seen wore strange cloth bags over their chests and legs.

"Well yeah but..." he really had no argument, he scratched his head. maybe that's why the older man hadn't been to this jungle.

"You mean..." he turned to Tarzan, "You might be from another jungle?!" the suspicion had turned to excitement, the prospect of exploring a new jungle wiping away Mowgli's ill mood.

[tarzan]

*Tarzan was about to reply, when Bagheera entered. At first the ape man was a little wary, and rightfully so, as he'd had...less than positive meetings with panthers in the past. But once this panther had shown to know the young boy, he relaxed a bit. He glances at Mowgli, nodding, giving a slight smile.*

Yes. I am with the gorilla clan...the apes, near the mountains, I have been ever since I was a baby.

[mowgli]

"Gorillas? Wow! How far away are they?" It was becoming clear that Mowgli was thinking about wandering off towards the mountains- they weren't part of Akela's territory, but if this other jungle raised man could live there. Well Mowgli saw little reason why he could not visit.