Character Sheet - ADLA

Yay! Adla's character sheet!

Here's a little excerpt of my latest story, which explains why Cub Adla has a little vervet monkey on her back:

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Tisha looked at the tree and felt a bit silly for a moment. "Okay, so what am I supposed to be looking for?"

Adla gave her a big grin and pointed her nose upwards.

Tisha looked up, and spotted a big group of vervet monkeys sitting on the branches of the tree, staring down at them with curiosity.

"Surprise!" the two cubs yelled in unison, startling Tisha slightly.

"Er... What's this all about? Who are these guys?"

"Duh, they're monkeys, of course!" Bahiya exclaimed, looking excited, "It was actually Adla's idea, isn't it great?"

Tisha looked at Adla, feeling confused. "Monkeys? Again? I'm sorry, I don't understand... What's with your sudden fascination with monkeys, and what does it have to do with me?"

"They're here to help with your itch," Adla replied, "Only they won't come down until you promise them you won't eat them. I already told them it's okay, but they wanna hear it from you too."

Tisha's eyes opened wide in surprise. She looked up once more, yelling out loud, "I've never eaten a monkey in my life and I promise I have no intentions of doing it now!"

There was a loud murmur coming from the tree, and one by one, the monkeys started descending.

"We'll keep guard," Adla told one of them, "So you guys go ahead, don't worry. Enjoy your meal!"

The monkeys urged Tisha to lie down, and they all gathered around her. Within seconds, they skillfully started picking out the parasites with their tiny hands, tending to the damaged skin too in the process, clearing out dead skin and scabs.

Tisha felt as if she was in heaven, while every itching point in her body was being gently scratched all at once.

"Did you arrange all this? Just for me?" The lioness asked as she opened her eyes and focused on Adla, who was sitting nearby, watching the vervets at work.

Adla gave her a smile and nodded. "I once saw two monkeys grooming themselves and I asked them why they didn't use their tongue, like we do, you know? Turns out their tongue is not rough, like ours, so they use their tiny little paws instead. I was surprised to see how quickly they could pick out fleas and such. They also said that they thought fleas were kinda yummy, so they were really glad to come and help when I told them about you, and how you had about a million fleas on you. They brought family and friends along for the feast, as you can see!"

Tisha chuckled and motioned Adla to come closer. The cub did, and Tisha gave her a warm, loving kiss on her cheek. "You'll make a great leader some day, you know that?"

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Art and character (c) Nichers
Story (c) Nichers