The hunter and his prey [open]

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Knotkit sat as still as possible. Not a single one of his muscles twitched as he watched the room. There was a bug. A singular bug crawling it's sneaky little way across the floor, and he was going to catch it. His almost black eyes tracked from the darkness. Each time another kit passed by the bug it would quicken its self toward its demise. It wasn't a question as to whether or not he was going to catch it, it was only a question as to when. 

Then, after a long time of not moving, the bug was close enough. With the loudest yowl he could possibly muster the young kit lunged. He didn't hit the bug. Instead he tumbled flank over ears into another kit's nest. He was up in a second and chasing the scurrying bug. It was trying it's best to get away from him, but Knotkit wasn't giving up. He ducked around another cat and then lunged again.

There was a small squish, and then Knotkit realized his mistake. The bug was crushed under his paw, and not only was it probably the grossest thing ever, but the guts were now stuck to the pads of his foot. He backed away very quickly and began shaking his paw vigorously trying to remove the remnants from his paw. It was very gross.

[Scorchkit]

runningkit's ears quivered as he watched the other tom, his head aimlessly switching from tilting one side to the next as he tried to figure out what the other tom was doing in vain. it intrigued him at how concentrated this kit was being compared to the other various mindless members of the nursery, yet for the life him runningkit could not figure out exactly what this other tom was concentrating on.

a sudden yowl from the other kitten almost made runningkit jump out of his nest, startled, and on reflex he unsheathed his claws and sunk them deep into his mossy bedding. what seemed even more surprising was that the tom-kit he had been watching was now lunging in his direction. runningkit wondered if it was him the other tom was aiming for, but even if it was it seemed that this other tom wasn't going to be making an attack soon-- unless he was trying to kill the floor that it. runningkit couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the sigh, although he supposed it probably wasn't too polite, since he himself have had a fair amount of tumbles. once again the other tom was up and running.
the black tom unsheathed his claws and took a few pawsteps back, believing now that this other tom was not after him, and that he should probably get out of his way. still curious, runningkit continued to watch the tom, the fur that had earlier spiked on his pelt gently lying flat against his skin once more.

"that was quite the chase," runningkit mewled once the other tom had halted, padding over him and looking curiously at the paw he was cleaning, nose wrinkling when he spotted bug-guts.

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Knotkit was still trying to get the bug guts off of his foot. He had tried his darnedest to free the nursery of the evil bug and now his paw was gross and covered in guts. Knotkit was about to wipe his paw on the ground when a voice sounded near him.

The cat who had walked up had mentioned his chase of the bug. Knotkit was about to say something when he noticed the other kit's reaction to his paw, and he remembered the bug guts. Knotkit felt his ears grow hot with embarrassment. "I was trying to get rid of a bug." He explained to the other kit. He looked at the sad little bug that he had crushed just seconds earlier.

Knotkit didn't feel bad about killing the bug, but it was pretty bad that somebody had been watching, usually he tried to go through these things without others noticing. Of course his yowl didn't really help in keeping him out of attention. "I'm Knotkit." He stated, trying to draw attention away from the bug as he discreetly wiped his paw on the ground.

[Sunpaw]

"Yuck! why would you get bug guts all over? You should of just chased it out of the nursery!" Sunkit meowed, interrupting the other kit's conversation."And, why would you crush it with your PAW? Gross. Nasty. Get some water or something to wipe it off."

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Knotkit was pretty proud of his change of subject away from the bug. He was glad that just one other kit had seen him kill the bug. He was waiting for the other kit to state their name when somebody else walked up started exclaiming different things about how gross it was that he had killed the bug.

Knotkit frowned now. If they kept talking about it others were going to notice. The kit kept on talking and talking, and then they mentioned water. Knotkit's fur prickled at the idea of water in any form. He began to violently shake his head. "I'm not going anywhere near water. Here look." Knotkit held up his paw that he had just wiped off to show that it no longer had bug guts on it.

He looked at the new kit who had walked up. She was an orange cat who seemed to be maybe just a bit younger than he was, but that didn't seem to fade her. Knotkit was a little taken aback, but he tried not to show it. She seemed ready to yell at him just because he crushed a bug. Which was gross, but not really a big offence.

[Sunpaw]

Sunkit looks back at the other kit. Hmm, he seems to be showing me that the bug got off his paw. Well, maybe he's not so gross after all... but still. "Hi I'm Sunkit. I see you got that bug off your paw. You wanna play a game now?" Sunkit asked out of nowhere. She was curious about this kit. He looked to be a little older then her, and he had seemed scared at the mention of water.

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Now it was the other kit's turn to change the subject. He had been l
expecting to argue with the she-kit about whether or not he had to go to the water, or if he really had gotten all the bug guts off. Instead she just stated that her name was Sunkit and then asked if he wanted to play a game.

Knotkit flicked his ear lazily as he thought about her offer. He loved games, and it would get him away from the bug. So there were two pros. He decided that a game would be completely appropriate right now and nodded. "I'd be happy to play a game." he stated and stood up.

Knotkit shook his brown fur lazily, but the movement was kind of ruined thanks to all the knots that cluttered his fur. They made it hard for his fur to move, but he didn't really care right now. He was just excited for the game. "So what game are we playing?" he asked Sunkit. So far he experienced mixed feelings about her.

[Sunpaw]

Sunkit was wondering what game to play herself. Then she had an idea. "We can play capture the mossball!*" Sunkit hands a moss ball to the other kit. "I try to get your moss ball and you try to get mine! What's your name, anyways?"


*sorry kinda ran out of ideas already playing cat and mouse with someone lol

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The game sounded easy enough. It also sounded pretty fun. If he could get her mossball without losing his then he won. Once she was done explaining the game she asked for his name. He had kind of forgotten that's e hadn't been their when he had said his name. "I'm Knotkit." He told her before picking up the mossball.

There was a slight pause, but then Knotkit launched into a full out sprint across the nursery, dodging all the kits who got in his way. He reach a wall and turned to wait for Sunkit to show herself. He'd be ready to get her mossball that was for sure. He wasn't going to let her get the jump on him.

[Sunpaw]

Sunkit watched as Knotkit bounded to the other side of the nursery. As he started to come closer, she hid her mossball in her nest and started running towards the direction Knotkit was coming from. She didn't see him hide it, so it had to be near where she threw it. Of course, Knotkit was in her way. She attempted to jump on him and use him as a spring board. She was getting closer, and closer, and closer. Then, she jumped.

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Knotkit hadn't hid his mossball or left it back at the spot, in fact, he still held it. His tail was firmly wrapped around the ball as he watched for Sunkit. It didn't take long to see her as she was running right towards him, except it didn't seem like her goal was to get him, rather it seemed she was looking for his mossball. Knotkit tightened his tail around the little ball to try and hide it in his fur. He thought it was a pretty good hiding spot.

As Sunkit got closer it looked more and more like she wasn't going to change directions. Knotkit wasn't really sure what to do until she was only a mouse-length away from him and she jumped. Knotkit ducked as fast as he could and avoided her by a hair. He then took off running the way she had just come from, as her ball was probably this way. If it was, he would find it and if he got there before she figured out his plan, then he would win.

[Sunpaw]

Sunkit ran quickly to where Knotkit was. She looked around. "Where's the moss ball?" she meowed quitely to herself. It's not here, she realized. She saw Knotkit heading near where her ball was located. "I should probably go back.." She ran back by Knotkit.

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Once Knotkit realized that Sunkit hadn't figured out his non-hiding-hiding-spot for the mossball he began searching for hers. He was looked closely and everything he came across. If he had known which nest was her, he probably would have went straight for Sunkit's nest, but since he didn't he resigned to searching them all. Knotkit wasn't having much luck though. He wasn't about to give up yet.

Knotkit looked around once, only to see Sunkit coming back his way. Knotkit instantly sped up his searching process of check each nest and at the edges of the walls. He was getting closer to her nest with each step, but of course he didn't know this. For all he knew she still had the mossball and the game would turn into a wrestling match to get each other's mossballs. Every couple of seconds Knotkit would look over his shoulder to make sure that Sunkit wasn't too close.

[Sunpaw]

Sunkit knew Knotkit was almost to her best, but he was starting to get worried about the fast approaching Sunkit. Sunkit smiled. Her moss ball was too hidden to be found at the rate he was searching. She was close to Knotkit, and then attempted to jump and tackle him.

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Knotkit was getting closer and closer to the mossball. He kept his own mossball tightly wrapped in his tail. He checked over his shoulder again just in time to see Sunkit leap at him. Instantly Knotkit tried to think of the best way out of it. He could try to dive under her or away from her, but if he wasn't fast enough she might land on his tail and see the mossball. Knotkit made up his mind and clumsily rolled to the side. He got out of the way just in time and got up to face Sunkit. His plan had just gotten harder to pull off.