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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 22:29:11 GMT -5
Morathi, a black ruffed lemur and the oldest in King Julien's tribe, lies sound asleep in the crook of a tree, snoring loudly and drooling in his sleep. Being nearly deaf, he can sleep through almost anything--even Julien's wild parties. Many of the other lemurs remain curious as to why he's still alive at his age. In all honesty, some of them wish he were dead as he can be a slight embarrassment at times because he is extremely senile. It can be considered a miracle if he remembers even one lemur's name...much less his own half the time.
It's nearly dusk now, when most normal lemurs would be coming to life, but not old Morathi. It takes a tremendous effort for anyone to rouse him and, even if they succeed, there's no guarantee he will stay awake for very long. For now, he remains as he is, dead to the world and perhaps young again in his dreams.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Jul 31, 2005 22:44:54 GMT -5
Julien, a young ring-tailed lemur and the leader of a very large troop, was already awake and sitting on his royal throne. Julien was, unlike Morathi, young, hip, and a tremendious party animal. He could dance and party all night long without even a yawn.
"Maurice!" Julien barked, summoning the Aye-Aye lemur, "I want you to get me some breakfast! I need brain food in order to make arragments for the banquet this evening!" He informed pointing to his black head.
"Yes you're majesty!" Maurice informed, saluting his king and scurrying off to complete the kings' orders.
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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 22:58:15 GMT -5
Morathi--oblivious to the others beginning to stir--is practically flooding the branch he rests on as he continues drooling in his sleep. Incidentally, his branch is directly above Julien's throne and the inevitable happens; old lemur slobber starts dripping down on the self-proclaimed king's head.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Jul 31, 2005 23:10:56 GMT -5
Julien was practically oblivious to the drooling lemur above him as he started to mentally plan the events for that evening.
"Let's see...I'll have my workers find extra rare fruits for tonight, they'll be dancing...as always!" He laughed at the comment. Suddenly, a large sticky drop of clear slime fell onto Juliens clean fur. "What the?" Julien shrieked in shock. "What is the meaning of this?!" He looked up and saw Morathi just as another string on drool appeared from the ruffed lemurs' mouth landing on his face.
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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 23:25:01 GMT -5
At that moment, Morathi actually snorts himself awake--for about five seconds. Just long enough to turn over and flop on the tree branch, causing it to sway and an entire wave of slobber to fall from the tree and thoroughly drench Julien.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Jul 31, 2005 23:29:24 GMT -5
"Okay! I've officially had it! You! Old lemur! Get down here!" Julien screamed in anger at the water facuet above him while wiping slobber from his forehead. "Man! Now I have to wash again!" Julien muttered under his breath.
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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 23:37:08 GMT -5
"Eh? Hey, pipe it down!" Morathi grumbles, barely awake as he shakes his fist at Julien below, but in shaking his fist, he loses his balance and falls from the tree, landing--you guessed it--on the king of the lemurs, "In my day, when the elderly was a-sleepin', we young whippersnappers left 'em alone! Kids today...no respect at all."
The old lemur staggers to his feet and dusts himself off indignantly, then arches his back, causing his spine to crack in various places.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Jul 31, 2005 23:43:52 GMT -5
Julien jumped to his feet and scraped a clump of dirt from his gray fur. "Don't you know who you're talkin' to old man?!" Julien indicated himself, "I'm the king ya know. You just landed on the KING! You're probably gonna die tomarrow anyway, so if I executed you it probably wouldn't matter!"
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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 23:48:39 GMT -5
"Ah, a scrapper, are yeh?" Morathi challenges him, putting up his fists, "C'mon, bring it on, young'un! I'll take yeh out with one paw tied behind my back!"
He dares to take a swing at Julien, misses by about five miles, and winds up flinging himself into some nearby foliage.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Jul 31, 2005 23:55:32 GMT -5
Julien rolled his eyes, "Okay, now I'm really gonna have to do something about you..."
"What's going on here?" Maurice asked as he appeared next to Julien holding a armful of ripe fruit.
"Looks like some whippersnapper tried to hit me...ME THE KING...but he missed by about..." Julien motioned with his hands about how far Morathi missed by..."This, no maybe, this...THIS MUCH!" He spread his arms about as far as they could streach.
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Post by Morathi on Jul 31, 2005 23:59:46 GMT -5
"That's because yeh moved!" Morathi's voice barks from somewhere in the mess of leaves and vines, "If yeh woulda held still, I coulda knocked yeh into next Tuesday and yeh know it!"
Of course, Julien probably never had to move to avoid being hit as Morathi's eyesight has been failing him and he couldn't hit the broad side of an overweight hippo if he tried.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 0:02:20 GMT -5
"See what I...SEE WHAT I MEAN?!" Julien yelled at Maurice indicating the lemur in the bushes.
"Yep! We're really gonna have to do something about him!"
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 0:15:56 GMT -5
"Just wait 'til I get my stick!" Morathi continues making threats as he crawls out--rather pathetically--from under the thick bushes, panting in near exhaustion as he drags himself up, "I'll knock some sense into that thick noggin of yers and yeh'll learn to respect yer elders, sonny."
He rights himself for a few brief moments as his weak and arthiritis-inflicted knees quiver with his efforts to remain upright. Apparently forgetting the "fight" that had taken place only seconds before, Morathi really looks at Julien for probably the first time since he'd fallen from the tree.
"I remember you!" he cries, seeming to finally recognize the king lemur--almost, "Now...who are you again?"
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 0:38:37 GMT -5
"I'm teh KING of this here tribe you belong to," He stopped and paused under his breath, "But you won't if you continue to act like this!" He went back to his normal voice, "Anyway old man, you DROOLED on me! You drooled on ME...THE KING!!!!! How dare you?!"
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 21:26:48 GMT -5
"I drolled on you?" Morathi asks, completely clueless about this, "I don't remember drooling on you. Where was I when that happened?"
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 21:29:28 GMT -5
"Old man probably can't remember his own name!" Julien whispered to Maurice annoyed.
Maurice just nodded.
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 21:51:38 GMT -5
Morathi either doesn't take notice of the gossip or he's become accustomed to it or...he didn't hear anything or even see Julien's mouth moving as he spoke. Of the three of these, the answer probably lies in that last one.
"Ah, there's my stick!" the old lemur gives an almost toothless grin as he stoops to pick up a crooked piece of petrified driftwood resembling a cane, "Well, I'll be on my way now. Nice meeting you, Julius Caesar."
Morathi turns on his heel with the stick over his shoulder and accidentally clunks Julien in the back of the head with it in his about-face. Oblivious to his own blunders, he hobbles away--making a snail look like a track champion.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 21:58:09 GMT -5
Julien was steaming with anger as he turned and watched Morathi walk away. The old lemur had hardly gotten three feet from the king and his assistant when Julien, with anger, picked up a small pebble he found on the ground and flung it at Morathi's head.
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 22:12:46 GMT -5
"D'oh! Who did that?!" Morathi demands, wheeling around and taking on a karate-type stance of defence, though it's more comical than it is threatening as his knees are knocking the whole time, "You'll pay for that, sonny! Throwin' rocks at a senior citizen is a federal offense--whatever that is."
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 22:15:46 GMT -5
Julien crossed his arms over his chest. "Well, it's not if I say it's not!" Julien threaten and picked up a whole pile of rocks and started flinging them at Morathi, only a few pebbles hit him though.
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 22:22:32 GMT -5
After getting hit with one or two rocks, Morathi isn't about to take this lying down. Like a professional baseball player, he swings his stick like a bat and--surprise of surprises--he actually hits one of Julien's airborne pebbles and sends it flying right back at him.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 22:27:26 GMT -5
Julien tried to dodge the pebble but he wasn't quite quick enough and a small rock smack hit him in his sensitive nose. "Owwww..." Julien squeeled in pain, grabbing his nose. Then he looked up toward the old baseball playing lemur and shouted, "I let you off easy before but now, now you're gonna get it!" The self-proclaimed king shot off in the old lemurs direction.
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 22:44:48 GMT -5
"Yadda-yadda-yadda!" Morathi yells back, mimicking Julien in a mocking way, puppeting the king with his hand, "You just wait 'til you're my age, wise guy! You'll get what's coming to you!"
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 22:47:33 GMT -5
But Morathi didn't notice Julien about to tackle him and in his rage, Julien trampled Morathi. "You get what you deserve!"
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 22:58:02 GMT -5
"Ack! My hip!" Morathi yells in pain as undoubtedly his aged and weakened joints are causing him pain in this scuffle, "My spine! You little disrespectful twerp! You'll pay for this!"
He's in no position to make threats really as he is now flat out on the ground and will probably be unable to get up for a while. Nevertheless, he takes the crook of his cane, reaches out, snags Julien's ankles, and yanks his feet out from under him, putting both of them in an equal position--flat on the ground.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 23:06:23 GMT -5
Julien crawled over so he was close enough and yanked on Morathis tail...hard. Then Julien grabbed the old lemurs' whiskers and yanked on them too.
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 23:13:09 GMT -5
A loud and rather sickening "crunch" is heard when Julien yanks Morathi's tail and the old lemur wheezes as if the wind has been knocked out of him, going completely limp for a few seconds before he leaps to his feet and--ignoring the whisker-pulling--he squashes Julien in a bear hug.
"You re-aligned my spine!" he cries joyfully, "I feel ten years younger because of you!"
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 23:18:56 GMT -5
Julien wore a face of pure confusion at Morathi's last comment. "Really?!"
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Post by Morathi on Aug 1, 2005 23:28:14 GMT -5
"As sure as I'm standing here," Morathi replies, releasing Julien, "Look at this! My hips work again!"
He dances a little jig and jumps up and clicks his heels together, then lands on his feet in a manner that actually has some amount of gracefulness to it.
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Post by kingjuliengirl on Aug 1, 2005 23:31:34 GMT -5
Julien didn't know what to do anymore. Should he still accuse him of insulting the king, physical interference, ect...or should he let him off easy?
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