Three Wildebeest

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[Action - Mayfield High]

[So Simba's quickly learning that animals are not allowed inside any of the buildings around Mayfield. But stubborn curiosity has kept him going as he's determined to see what they're keeping secret from him. Obviously it's something that he's not meant to see, otherwise why else would they chase him out every time he tries to snoop around? And his exploring eventually leads him to outside the school, a place where he definitely hasn't been yet.

After waiting by a nearby tree, it dawns on him how he's going to get inside. He crouches down and sneaks closer to a group of drone kids, one of them that has set his backpack down in order talk to some of his friends. While the drone's distracted, Simba crawls into the backpack and waits. Eventually, as the bell rings the drones disperse and the drone boy picks up his bag - only to find it much heavier for some weird reason.]

Oof! I didn't remember packing this many books this morning!

[But since the kid is a drone, he doesn't question it much and hauls that heavy backpack to class. However, as he gets to class and gets settled in, his bag seems to be...twitching? As soon as the kid reaches down to open his backpack for his notebook, Simba scrambles out before he can get caught.

There is now a lion in the school.

And he's currently sneaking into classrooms, lunchrooms, the teacher's lounge, and wherever else he thinks he can get to without being caught.

Do you want to try catching him?]

Comments

[closerthanheaven]

[Vincent has seen many things in his life: horrible monsters, women with unexplainable psychic powers, and a town that turns into a nightmare.

A lion is not among those things. He sets his book down and focuses his attention on the new, strange thing. Since it is just a cub, he doesn't seem too afraid and actually gets up from his desk. He peers at Simba with an odd sort of curiosity.]

Now just where did you come from? I don't imagine one of the children owns a lion now, do they?

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[Simba jumps at first and starts backing away cautiously, because he's not sure if Vincent's going to grab him and toss him out.]

Shhh! You're gonna get me caught!

[closerthanheaven]

[A talking lion cub. Okay, now that is definitely new to him. His natural curiosity takes over and he puts his hands up in a defensive manner, trying to show he's no threat.]

So...you can talk. I'm not going to throw you out of here, so don't worry about that...I'm much more interested in what you're doing here at all.

[sunnydwithagun]

(And to think, this is one of the few times Django actually goes to school! He was actually on his way to his next class, but this was definitely more interesting! Here's hoping Simba still thinks Django hasn't seen him yet; he's busy pretending to organize his locker.)

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[And Simba totally thinks Django doesn't see him! Simba will attempt to dart past him in order to sneak into one of the nearby classrooms.]

[sunnydwithagun]

(Good, it's working! Now Django's just going to-

-woah, he's fast! Well, it's now or never, solar boy. As stupid as this may be, he's going to turn around and try picking up the little lion cub. Is Simba too fast to be caught that easily?)

[the_end_run]

[Oh, is that the tip of a yellow lion's tail? Shepard pauses a moment to stare at the desk in the teacher's lounge.]

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[A second later, Shepard will hear the sound of a light thump from behind the desk as Simba smacks his head while trying to stand up.]

Ow!

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[Shepard will duck behind the desk and raise one eyebrow.]

You know, most kids would try to stay out of school. If you wanted to join a class, you could've just asked.

[noluckduck]

[Aaah, lunch time. Clover's tray, which she is now carrying to an empty table, happens to contain meat that actually looks edible. Very much edible, even. Looks too good to be true, but as suspicious as she is about drone food, it hasn't stolen her soul yet, so she's rather eager about sinking her teeth into it.]

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[Right as Clover does go to eat, she might feel something quickly brush against her legs from under the table.]

[noluckduck]

[Whoa. Whoooa. Her first impulse is to kick the crap of whatever that might have been, but for once, she does the prudent thing and looks under the table.]

[british_things]

[England's class has just left, and he's at his desk, catching up on a few things when he hears a noise at the back of the classroom. He frowns and looks up in time to catch sight of...

Was that a tail?

Sighing, he puts his pen down and stands up. He closes the door, then puts his hands on his hips as he stands in front of it.]

I don't have time to play games. Come out.

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[Great, now he knows he's going to get tossed out. Simba cautiously emerges behinds one of the desks.]

I-I was just leaving! I just wanted to know what was in here!

[british_things]

[...A lion cub? That's a new one on England. Especially a talking one.]

You could have just asked. I'm sure the drones wouldn't have noticed. [He steps away from the door to have a better look.]

[sparkling_eyes]

[Lyon's just getting done using the girls' bathroom between classes. There's the sound of a flushing toilet, and then she steps out of the stall only to find a little lion cub poking around. And of course, not having expected this in any way whatsoever, she does what any high school aged girl could be reasonably expected to do when confronted with this sight.

She screams.]

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[Whoa geez lady he was just trying to figure out where the sound of water was coming from. Simba responds to the scream with a startled yell of his own before trying to dart to between a wall and a nearby trashcan.]

W-whoa, whoa! Wait, stop!!

[sparkling_eyes]

[Once she's over the initial shock, Lyon moves into a more natural state of behavior: indignant anger. Hands on hips and everything.]

What are you doing in here? This is the girls' bathroom!

[Not 'you are a lion and there are no animals allowed in school' - no, instead it's this.]

[headedforhope]

[ > come out of the bathroom

> lion

....despite quickly slipping around the nearest corner to better surreptitiously observe, Mami is barely fazed by this point. Still, since this is Mayfield, there's a good chance the cub's not an ordinary animal - either in the sense of being as intelligent as a human, or as some new monstrosity meant to terrorize everyone. The latter seems more and more unlikely the longer she watches....but no point in taking chances.

Her ring glimmers faintly as she carefully approaches from behind.]

There's nothing worth seeing in the teacher's lounge, you know.

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[Simba, after obviously being spotted, jumps nearly a foot in the air before quickly turning around.]

Wait, don't kick me out!

[headedforhope]

[Mami watches him jump, still looking outwardly calm.]

I'm not going to, unless you start nibbling on people.

[After a long moment, she settles back on her haunches, bringing herself down to Simba's level.]

....although I was hoping that wouldn't be the case.

(School)

[ex_haveaplan64]

(The only non-drone janitor at the high school is an Australian who used to make a living out in the wild before turning his skills onto human prey. He's not about to not notice a lion in the hallways, nor is he going to take a chance that some non-drone kid who can't fend for himself ends up getting noshed on.

Good thing Simba's just a cub, or Sniper just might have shot first and ask questions later. Instead, he's set up a series of traps all over the place--some of them are fairly obvious cages and the like, others more subtle pits. All of them are baited with freshly prepared raw meat.)

(School)

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[The meat is kind of tempting, although Simba doesn't know why he keeps finding it. Was this the reason why drones kept tossing him out of buildings?

The first thing that Simba comes across is one of the cages. He cautiously sniffs around it trying to figure out what exactly it's supposed to be used for.]

[acuity]

[ sure she would like to catch him in a pokeball! Platina's just passing by mayfield high on her way home and wow Simba you are a pretty oddly-colored shinx. clearly she has to approach and investigate! ]

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[And Simba has no reason to fear Platina, and stops what he's doing to greet her.]

Oh, hey there!