R E G I C I D E

[Kopa]

Kopa snarled and pushed Boso out of the way as he walked near his sister. He could feel the anger and hostility, but he didn't care. He didn't have any emotion other than anger on his face.

He ignored Shani as she was carried by Nevada. All he could think about was his father, lying on the ground lifeless. His anger boiled up. "What is wrong with you people??" He blurted out to the watching and angry freedom fighters.

"Don't you realize what he did?" He said with rage, referring to Jasper.

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He had been nowhere near the camp when the yelling started but he had booked it towards his temporary home as soon as he heard his boss roar. It took a lot to piss Jasper off, and if he was in that type of state he knew it was bad. The saber had come tearing through the crowd, pushing and shoving anyone in his way out of it.

The six-footer cat came to a slow halt beside his family. Confusion and anger twisted his features as Kopa shoved past Boso. He had missed the heart of the argument, and only caught a tidbit of what the Gourmand had said but he had a strong feeling he knew what this was about.

"What's wrong with us? What's wrong with us? You won't even let him speak for him! You arrested him without giving him a chance to speak! He has protected us, given us food, shelter, a HOME! And now-" He snarled deep and low at the cub in front of him. "Now you dare take him away without so much as a chance to speak? Doesn't he deserve at least that!" He frowned as no one seemed to listen, no one seemed to care despite how many people plead with the royal family.

He closed his jaw, something dark and twisted coiled in his chest. Something he hadn't felt since the night of Simba's murder. "Fine... you won't listen then you will suffer that fate which you've wrought." He muttered quietly to himself. He turned to the young buck beside him, Boso. "Go find Hikaru, quickly Boso it's important." He ordered in a hushed voice. It was then turned his attention to his currently shattered family. "Follow me... This will not stand..." He then moved past them, his paw steps carried him back deep within the heart of the camp. Something was brewing. Rebellion.

[Zamora]

Zamora bristles as Kopa continues to yell in his rage, but it seems Rafael is quicker to the draw than she is. Instead of spearing the lion through, as she wishes she could right about now, her arms wrap tightly around Nevada as long ears pin back. She’d had enough of this ‘royal’ family and their ‘justice’. She’d found something beautiful here, on this strange planet, and these horrid, self-serving creatures were taking it away.

Her tail sways lowly as she gently turns her family to follow Rafael. She didn’t want to hear any more yelling. She didn’t care what the other lions had to say anymore.

They were going to fix this.

[Mulan]

"So. Whats going to happen now with Jasper arrested?"

  The sudden question had pulled Mulan violently from her thoughts. "Oh. It's... Tarzan, yes?" She knew of the man, having seen him in camp a few times. The wildman in little more than a loincloth and a smile was hard to miss, even with the army's colorful lineup. But this was the first she could recall of ever speaking with him. At his question, Mulan frowned.

  "I... I don't know." She admitted, her brows furrowing together. Her gaze fell to the ground. So much had happened so quickly. "There's so much I don't understand. Jasper doesn't seem like someone who would do something so..." her eyes lifted again, watching Jasper's silhouette recede out of sight.

  "...heinous."

  Mulan's eyes traced back to the center of the commotion. People were still screaming at each other. Lions were bearing their teeth and claws. Her gaze fell upon the young princess, who had gone from righteous fury to cowering in the span of a breath. Mulan couldn't help but feel sympathy for her. How did it come to this? Worse still, a horrible little thought pushed itself to the front of her mind: would the Freedom Fighters fall apart over it?

  Mulan parted from Tarzan with a brief glance, as if it would convey that she was going back. Sorry Huela, she thought as she tucked the small lizard into her pocket. I'll take you back to bed soon. But first...

  "Everyone, please!" Mulan pushed her way forward, until she had once more put herself in the heart of what crowd was remaining. "The show's over now. Either go back to your tents, or back to your jobs."

[Rapunzel]

The once-blonde medic had been sequestered in the medic tent. While Shani had left to gather herbs, Rapunzel was left to man the medical tent in case anyone came in and needed care. So when the calamitous roaring and screaming began Rapunzel hadn't been able to reach the events quickly. She was a small woman in an encampment full of many larger, stronger, and fantastical beings. But that wasn't enough to stop her.



"Excuse me," she grunted, thrusting a shoulder against one soldier, than slipped past another, "Pardon me."



She could hear Shani admist the shouts, and she could see, was that Zamora?! Rapunzel's mind spun as she barely managed to peak through the crowd and see the events transpiring. Jasper was being arrested? For murder? Rapunzel chewed her lip and wilted quietly in the crowd. Her arms crossed around her, but she had no long golden strands to hide behind. Her hands gripped helplessly at her own arms.



The crowd was swirling, starting to dissipate as the majority of the spectacle had seemed to have passed. Not Rapunzel, though. She was rooted to her spot. She was frozen in a moment of overloaded confusion. She didn't know what to do next.

[Boso]

Boso looked up at Rafael, his brown eyes now the size of lilypads. The saber cat was so tall that the fawn had to crane his neck to see Rafael's face. "Y-yeah," he stammered anxiously, doing his best to ignore the primal urge to sprint for cover. "I'm on it."

Rafael left him, and Boso sadly turned away from the dispersing crowd. Hold on, Jasper, he thought. Rafael might have a plan. He better!

The uproar had drawn every Freedom Fighter from their tents. If Hikaru was not here, then she had to be on patrol. Naturally. Boso took off, following the trail that circled their territory.

Boso had just passed Rafiki's Tree when he finally spotted Hikaru. She seemed to be heading toward Gnu Plain, a grazing ground for wildebeests - whatever those were.

"Hey! Hikaru!" he bleated, trying to catch up to her. "Wait up!"

[Afua]

Afua brushed against the young lioness as she stumbles backwards between himself and Mega, the elder lion turns and dips his head nuzzling against her in a effort to comfort her. “He won’t be leaving this place alive” he murmured softly to her. “No doubt he will be executed for what he did to your dad” Afua steps forward towards Kopa grabbing his friend tail tugging him backwards to not cause more of a scene. “C’mon Kopa” He mumbled “let’s follow your mom, she might let us help guard the murderer or something” he tugs again

[Hikaru]

Hikaru had been far from the camp when the commotion had began. Had she heard even just a inkling of what had transpired she would have sprinted to Jasper with out hesitation. She would have been one of the few present surprised. Hikaru had been present when Jasper had broken. When he could no longer hold in his secrets and pain. But she hadn't been there when the secrets had broken again.

"Hey! Hikaru!"  "Wait up!"

There was a shift of dried earth crunching beneath her boots as Hikaru shifted and turned to face the galloping faun. She lowered the rifle slung over her shoulder, and met Boso on his way to her.

"What is it?" her tone was soft, but not brusque. She looked over Boso, taking in the tension of his frame and the distress in his eyes. Hikaru's tone turned more alert, "What's wrong, Boso?"

[Boso]

Boso slammed to a sudden stop. "It's Jasper!" the roe deer replied breathlessly. "Nala arrested him! They said he killed Simba!"

Boso felt his fur prickle with discomfort at the memory. "I-I know it was wrong of Jasper to kill Simba," he added defensively - afraid Hikaru would outright spurn him. "But I know him."

That was partially true. Boso was not so sure he knew Jasper as well as he had thought. Jasper had always got on to him about "taking shortcuts" like rushing through his chores or literally cutting corners running laps. Simba needed to go, but was killing him really the only way? If not, then that would have been one hell of a shortcut, and Jasper would be the biggest hypocrite ever. "It's just not adding up what they're saying. We should hear Jasper's side of the story; he was never given a chance to speak!"

The fawn inhaled and exhaled. "Please," he begged. "You have to come with me, Hikaru. We need you."

[John Silver]

The wolf tips his head back watching and listening to Eugene as he speaks. “Grey Brother, of the Seeonee wolf pack, arrested? That is something. Can’t say I have seen her” Grey Brother couldn’t say much else on the matter for starters he never met Jasper or his family, he was a simple solider, keeping to his own family most of the time. The wolf then turns as Mulan speaks and twin pointed ears perk up and he nods slowly moving out of the crowd. “You ever fought a wolf before Flynn?” He asked the man.

The ursid gives a soft sigh as he continues to watch the events unfold. “Grand” Silver muttered to himself as he watched Jasper being taken away. The old captain was at odds now for one he was friends with Kopa on the other hand he respected Jasper, well, now he thought he did. Cybernetic eye hums as he zooms on mulan as she tells everyone to return to what they had been doing, that the spectacle was over. He turns moving out of the crowd in search of Jim.

(Silver has left the thread)