Done Deal [Private]

[Lacie]

Lacie wandered close to the farmland's territory. Yet somehow unsure of where exactly she was. She had suggested to her two comrades that they should go for a walk yet she ended up leading the way and well.. They had wandered aimlessly thanks to her. They weren't yet at the farmland tribe but pretty darn close to where they were established. She turned her head to look at her two companions then flicked an ear signalling them to advance. She was being a bit overly cautious because she had no idea where they were headed in the first place.

"Shh.." She hushed. "I hear something."

[Deleted]

Occhio was trying to walk beside Lacie, but that was failing, so he just walked in step with Hal. The white tom only saw half of his surroundings, his other eye permanently shut. He looked over at Hal once before looking at Lacie. Only his feet were rustling when she told them to be quiet. "We weren't exactly talking." he muttered, his voice quiet enough for only him to hear.

He stopped to stand beside Lacie, his ears craning forward to hear what was going on.

[Nightshade]

Nightshade was currently walking around. At some point, he'd crossed into Tribe territory. Not that he really cared right now, he was currently going through one of his moments where he absolutely HAD to go explore. Generally these lasted until he found something new, which was why he'd often disappear from Fireclan for moons on end. Usually he'd explore the twolegplace or the swamps, but today he decided to go to this 'farm' everyone had been talking about. And when he was there, he smelled two familiar scents and one unfamiliar scent.

"What the...Do I smell my dear siblings?" He said, his voice shifting from the low and aggressive voice he used for the clans into his natural sing-song like voice, the one he favored when meeting those he truly knew and when consuming those he had defeated. "I believe that I do. Oh, and a friend. Do tell me how your lives have been, mine has been absolutely fascinating!"

[Deleted]

I followed along quietly, slightly crushed by the aura of my sister and her companion.  I was only following the two, you could call me a nuisance, but how hurtful would that be to me?  Well, pairing up that with my incredibly low self-esteem, I was just a bucket of fun.

Putting aside my insecurities, I took notice of our surroundings.  I gulped as the strong scent of other feline creatures filled my nostrils, I gave a little awkward shiver and continued on.  I only took a pause when an eerie voice rang around me.  I looked to Occhio and Lacie to make sure the thing was not happening again.  It was obvious that I was not imagining this voice.  I blinked with fear and looked over frantically, trying to find the voice.

[Lacie]

Lacie's ears flicked at the sound of her brother's voice. "Dear Acidfang it's just you Nightshade." She lashed her tail. "Oh dandy. Very very dandy. Wandering around like a stray loner after Noir became a devilish fool. Wind, Vale and Falcon swept off to different places.. Pitch I haven't seen in the last moon.. They are all over the place and such." She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm glad you have been having fun. Where exactly have you been? FireClan is it?" She raised a 'brow'. "You've got the voice of the heavens Nightshade, that or a dying rooster." She managed a toothy grin. "My ears beg for you to be silenced sometimes.. My my." She sat down. "Occhio this is Nightshade." She flicked her tail.

[Deleted]

Occhio watched as the cat--Nightshade, Lacie had called him--spoke to the group. The white tom narrowed his eye at him momentarily, sitting down beside his friend. He only sat quietly as Lacie spoke about cats he had never even heard of, except maybe a few times. He was never one to learn about Lacie's past love life and everything that happened in it.

When she said his name, Occhio gave a small snort. "Pleasure to meet you." he meowed, his voice low in his throat as he eyed Nightshade.

[Nightshade]

"Well, I recently saw Vale. He followed me to Fireclan for a bit, we bothered the cats there, and then he left and I sort of haven't went back there since. Too busy searching." Nightshade said, having avoided Fireclan for some time after he saw Deathclan cats invade. Too annoying to bother with. "I see Hal is still as freaked out as normal. That's good. And you've got a new boy toy, also good. Have you had any litters yet? Oh yes, and in other news our offspring have successfully spread to every clan."

Then he turned to Occhio. "Nice to meet you too, boy toy. Nice eye." Then he made a show of looking like he had a thought. "Although, you could be with Hal. He's even prettier than most shecats after all, the little thing. I know I'd like to have some fun with him but that might break him."

[Deleted]

I looked away, bitter sensations crawling up my spine. Oh, it wasn't the thing, but much worse.  Words bubbled up to my head and died when they reached for my throat.  So many things to say, things to curse, things to cry.  Wow, I sounded pretty pitiful right now while just facing my brother.  I shook my head slightly and looked up to the conversation.  Greetings were being passed in the most friendly way possible.  So, everything was about an inch away from bursting to flames.  Ironic, right?

I froze in time as Nightshade spoke, I was having a moment of a small heart-attack.  I was starting to shiver as I shook my head profusely.  I shuffled back and hid my smaller body behind Occhio in some form of defense.

[Lacie]

"Oh Nightshade you never change." She flicked her tail. "Pfft no. Any new meals?" She rose to her paws and grinned. "The food you eat is rather.. peculiar.. exotic almost." She went on. "Rather it's like you see what you eat." She cocked her head. "How was Vale when you saw him? Hanging around you, he must have gone mad." Lacie looked back at her brother Hal and her friend.

"Don't break Hal now. We know you don't know how to be careful." She hadn't seen Nightshade in ages. Curious, she wondered why he was even out here. Yet he mentioned.. Searching. "What exactly are you looking for out here?" She inquired. "Spread? What do you mean?"

[Deleted]

Occhio narrowed his gaze at Nightshade. Boy toy? Nice eye? This cat is getting something, mark my words. he thought, his tail lashing behind him. "Me? Be with Hal? No way. He's ... not my type." he replied, glancing behind him as Hal took cover behind him. He gave a small scoff at the younger tom, shaking his head.

Occhio glanced at Lacie as she looked back. How was she even standing this cat? He was insane. Wait, didn't he say he was their siblings? How can they have offspring if they were siblings? But, the question of litters between Occhio and Lacie were brought up. "I'll have you know, I have no spawn." he muttered.

[Nightshade]

Nightshade watched Hal with extreme amusement. His brother was always quite fun to torment. And not in a brotherly way, it was much more fun to try and push him past his breaking point. Then he turned to Lacie. "Well, Vale was pretty good. Quite mischievious, not quite as nasty as I had hoped though. Oh well, he stills quite fun. And carefulness is boring." Meanwhile he ignored the question about what he was searching for. That was a secret.

He then directed attention to Occhio, absorbing the anger apparently on the one-eyed tom's body with increasing pleasure. "Well, if you don't want him I'll take him. He wouldn't like that though, and others might intervene, so I'll wait until he's somewhere alone and vulnerable first." Then he got to the matter of offspring. "Well, you see Lacie they've ended up having their own children and many of those children are in the clans. Quite entertaining, I do hope they eventually lose track of who is their family. Much more fun that way."

[Deleted]

Wow, okay then. So was I going to take after my sister with an excuse for no kittens?  Great, just great.  I flattened my ears and looked at Occhio, trying to beg for help.  I had never been a fan of my brother who moved to make constantly question any sexuality possible.  This was obviously not good, but I had no willpower to defend myself with.  "I-I'm sorry," I whispered towards the white tomcat's scoff.  I knew I wasn't really helping my situation, but I'd rather not be in open sight of Nightshade.

I took a peek around Occhio's leg, silently listening to the three cats speak.  Wow, surprise, surprise.  They were talking about spawn.  I stopped and started to feel my fur rise as my brother mentioned me once more.  Was this a good time to run?  Probably, but the everyone knows I would die without My sister and her friend.  I sat there frozen for a moment, unsure on what to say.  "I, uh.  No," I meowed, voice small and weak.  Jokes on him, I was always vulnerable.  Wait.  Not good.

[Lacie]

"Not as nasty.. Good. I'd hate to imagine if Vale had turned out like you. One of you is enough." She listened on. "Well then.. I thought I was too young to be a grandmother. I guess not.." She muttered. "Anyway why does it smell like cats have come and gone frequently around here. This can't be a Clan's territory, can it? We would of been attacked. Another question would be, why are you not with your Clan right now, Nightshade?" She inquired with a cock of her head once more.

"Ah leave Hal alone Night, we all know you got your ideas on what to do with him. You seem to be freaking the poor boy out." She yawned and sat down once more. "I will say though it's nice to see you again Nightshade. Glad to see your alive and well, not dead like our old man."

[Deleted]

Occhio gave a small huff, both at Hal and Nightshade. The big cat sat down, his eye trained on Nightshade. He didn't speak--it wasn't his conversation to speak in. Occhio decided that while Lacie and Nightshade spoke, he could just look around at the more new surroundings. All he caught was golden grass that was really dry. Nothing to be excited about. He looked at the sky, which looked as though it was getting slightly darker, at least in his sight.

"It's getting darker. Should we continue for shelter?" he asked, turning his head to Lacie.

[Nightshade]

"You're probably a grand grand mother by this point, those clans cats don't quite understand the concept of abstinence. Lots of kits there." Nightshade said, thinking for a bit. He must've seen at least a hundred kits during his time in Fireclan, and that was probably a small fraction of the total amount. "They're even worse than you are."

Nightshade then turned to Lacie with an answer. "This is the territory of the Tribe. I don't like them, they stick together too much. I never get a chance to single any of the them out. Led by Ragabash, openly recruits loners as members. If I weren't me I'd join." He then took on a nasty expression. "Alternately, there is Deathclan. Vale lives there, but they aren't nice people. I plan to thin their ranks a bit soon. Wouldn't recommend them, the shrinking violet over there," He tried to get a look at Hal. "Would end up as someone's play toy."