Welcome to the Pride Lands

[hamlion]

[One of the worlds that can be visited? It's a world called the Pride Lands. And everywhere the African sun touches belongs to the king, named Simba.

Of course, when humans visit, the place ends up changing its guests to better suit the dreadful environment. Some of you may be familiar with such a thing, but it's likely a learning experience for just about anyone else. And of course, various lionesses on patrol have mentioned this to the king.

So of course, Simba is there! He's ready to investigate and see who's come to the Pride Lands, and he's ready to either ask them to leave or invite them to stay for a while... it all depends on presentation. Then again, the king himself is sort of dancing and humming to himself, so it can't be that difficult to win him over...]

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[keybearer]

[Four legs? That's nothing too new for Riku. After all, he became a leopard when he visited the jungle. Really, he's gotta laugh at the irony of being turned into a cat again.

Silver lions aren't exactly normal, though, and neither is the shaggy head of hair in place of a mane. But why the heck is that other lion dancing? He's getting instant Baloo vibes...

But, ah well. Why stress it? This calls for his own investigation.]

Looks like you're in a good mood.

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[hamlion]

[Simba stops dancing a little, standing a little straighter. What a strange-looking lion! Not that much stranger than the way Donald and Goofy looked, in retrospect.]

I'm usually in a good mood.

So you're one of the new people in the pridelands? You've got the lionesses in quite a stir.

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[keybearer]

Guess so.

[He takes another quick look around before sitting himself down.]

But believe me, I'm not here to start anything shady. To tell you the truth, I just sorta... wound up here.

[One step through a door out of curiosity, and bam. He's a lion. By now, he should probably not question oddities like that.]

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[hamlion]

So you're a wanderer? You sure don't look like any lion I've seen before.

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[keybearer]

Well, I'm usually not even a lion.

[He snickers, giving a flick of his paw.]

But this wouldn't be the first time I've been stuck on four legs. Last time just involved a little bit of Donald's magic and a lot more trees.

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[hamlion]

Ah, sounds about right. So Donald's not actually here with you now?

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[keybearer]

[He shakes his head.]

Haven't seen him, and I'm pretty sure he'd stick out with that temper of his.

[Though, this does raise an interesting question...]

Why, you know him?

[Well, of course he does, but... how? That's the real question.]

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[hamlion]

I do! Sora's friend, right? The three of them have done me and the Pridelands a lot of good.

[...Hmmm.]

Hey, are you that friend he was looking for?

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[keybearer]

Wait, you saw Sora with Donald and Goofy? But that can't be right...

[The Sora he knows never really traveled with them. Riku's not even sure he's had any travel buddies since he became a Heartless.

But then again, he's used to the whole alternate universe thing by now, having met a few doubles himself.]

I'm the one who's been traveling with those dorks, but Sora is my best friend.

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[hamlion]

Well, whatever's going on with you guys, maybe you could stick around for a little while. There's some of those strange creatures here and there, and we can always use a hand lessening their numbers so they stop scaring the prey away.