TP mending needed - help from Pride Rock lions?

[Nyigakali]

There was a glitch today in the African Wild Dog TP, a lioness Uchenna came across at the Pride Rock Watering Hole suggested he look in a place of shadows for the pups. That's a bit too obvious, heh, so we need a plot device to throw a wrench into it ... if Pride Rock players are up to it.

Uchenna doesn't know where the shadow lands are, but knows -- ICly posed -- he would head to Pride Rock for a view of where they might be.

I paused the RP with Uchenna heading toward Pride Rock from the watering hole for now, thought I might wait until there are some of King Ahadi's pride present on Pride Rock to RP.

Another goof I made was ... not knowing what had been RPed or not, figuring there were some big gaping holes ... on the spot I invented a relationship between Wahamishi and the Pride Rock pride. This was completely my bad because I figured Wahamishi couldn't just be in Pride Rock territory without having some sort of mutual understanding with Pride Rock ... anyway, in my poses I basically established (incorrect, but don't know if we'll go with it or retcon it) that Uchenna knows each and every member of Pride Rock by scent, and likewise they know him so they aren't strangers, and he has at least some sort of 'peace treaty' type agreement with Ahadi (I didn't really specify, but imagine it could be as simple as a we-won't-kill-dogs-if-you-leave-the-lions-alone type deal). Anyway, the pride shouldn't be alarmed as Uchenna wants to peer out from Pride Rock, but for the purposes of the TP, Uchenna needs to be prevented from seeing this shadowy place for now ... so I was thinking something or someone should stop him from reaching pride rock.

A thought I have is ... unfortunately I guess Ahadi no longer has an active player (hope that gets fixed! but don't really plan to wait for it ...), so maybe Uru or other higher-ups might at least ask Uchenna what he's up to as he tries to climb pride rock. Not wanting to let it be too widely known that he's lost track of the pups, he doesn't explain he's looking for them, only that he's heard about a place the sun never touches that he wants to visit and see for himself ... suddenly raising suspicion when he doesn't give anymore details, the pride might suddenly refuse to let him have access to Pride Rock to see where such a place is ... is the Pride Rock/hyena shadow lands conflict as strong here as it was in the movies? That should be a good convenient way to shut down Uchenna's plans to find the pups if he's refused access to Pride Rock when he reveals he wants to do so, so that he can find the shadow lands because he wants to go there (but refuses to say why, leading to the suspicion he might be trying to form an alliance with the hyenas).

[Bahati]

Fortunately, there are lots of "shadowy places" that Shausha could have been referring to. Mwenyezi looks shadowy from the Pridelands, so do the jungles of Palandasya, etc.

You're doing an awesome job with Uchenna, so I wouldn't worry about this little bump in the road. No need to retcon anything. Besides, does it matter if he figures out what the lioness was referring to? He has no real reason to believe she's telling the truth, especially if he, Chakua and Hlelile go to the Graveyard and the hyenas decide to hide the pups from them.

I thought the pups wanted to be found, but I could be wrong.

[Isoba]

I thought the pups wanted to be found, but I could be wrong.

Not anytime soon, I hope. I want Gondi and company to have a wee bit more time to mature before the game's up for good, but that's just me. <3

Oh, and I had a question. Where's Bwakia now? There was (to my recollection) a vague spoofed mention about Bwakia staying home and not running off with his siblings because he's the "good one" of the litter, but now that we have a player, I'm not sure exactly where ol' Bwak is (out on the lam with Chuki & co, or back in the pack). It's up to the player I suppose, but we haven't included him in the TP thus far (granted, we're not very far in, but still).

Edit: Not sure if that question should go in the other thread, but oh well. D:

[Gwala]

I don't think we do. The pups are getting tired, but they're not ready to go back yet.

And, about Bwakia, you could argue that we've already had the first RP of the plot, but then we did edit Gondi in, so.... It's up to the player, I guess.

[Bahati]

If that's the case, then I honestly don't see the adults looking anymore. If they're lost, they're lost. Uchenna, Lulu, Shahidi and the other adults don't have any reason to believe they're alive. After all, they're puppies, and they've been missing long enough that a predator probably would have gotten them if Bato hadn't taken them in.

The Wahamishi can hold out hope that they're still alive, but the search is gonna have to be called off--which is fine. They can always run into each other later down the road.