Looks can be deciving (Joey)

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Calli walked through the forest, walking strait forward and not really looking at anything. Most cats would decide that meant she wasn't paying attention, and she let it be that way. She had trained herself to look at everything and nothing at the same time, but sharing that might not be such a good idea. 'Calli' would never have a reason  to even think of bothering. She wasn't sure where she was headed, and she was out of Deathclan by then. She wasn't sure where she was either, there weren't street signs like the twolegs have for cats. She did know to just turn around to get back though. 

She eventually slowed and looked around, her wide eyes not darting, but rather her head turning from side to side quickly. She saw signs of another cat, so she knew other cats had been there. It was really just a paw print, but told her there were no major preditors there. She didn't see any cats though. 

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Joey lay on a branch in the forest as he stared down at the ground with multicoloured eyes. He had been staring down there a while for now, looking at everything to try and find something valuable or perhaps another cat whom he could either befriend or fight- depended on who they are. The young tom had a golden chain around his neck at that moment, he had recently been to the nearby twoleg place and had taken it from a twoleg nest. Well, it was their fault- they should have locked the catflap that their pathetic kittypet used as a way to get into their warm houses. Well, at least they were living in luxury.

As Joey observed, he saw a calico pelted cat on the ground. He watched the stranger as she stopped walking and looked around. She had seen signs that he had been there... The young cat probably should have hidden his tracks, not that he expected this feline to attack him anyway, she looked harmless. Smiling, Joey leaped down from his branch, the golden chain making a jingling noise as it waved against himself.

"Well well well, what have we got here," He said to the other cat, referring to her.

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Calli jumped slightly as a cat appeared infront of her from a tree above. "Me? I'm Calli. Uh... why did you try to scare me?" she asked. She ussually didn't deal with raining cats, so she wasn't exsactly sure what to say, but she knew she wasn't going to not respond. So she decided to play it scared. A typical go to for seemingly shy cats. "I mean, you could have just stayed up there..." her tail flicked to a branch in a tree above her that she assumed the other cat had come from.

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"I didn't try to scare you, I just love dramatic entrances," Joey replied, swishing his white-tipped tail, offering a small, meaningless purr as he stepped forwards once towards her. "So, Calli, what brings you here," He asked, wondering why such a shy seeming cat would be out in the forest on their own, "And where's the fun in staying up there," The young cat asked rhetorically, placing a white paw on the part of the golden chain that dangled onto the floor, making sure that Calli didn't try to take it.

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Calli stepped back when Joey stepped forward. "I was just walking. A rather liong way I guess, but still just walking." she shrugged. "The fun in staying up there is you don't risk getting your face riped off. Wait, let me guess, your gonna say, 'well living is about taking risks.'" she rolled her eyes. She knew the kind of cat and assumed he was one. "Mr.dramatic entrances, why do you wear that chain? It would be a disadvantage in a fight, would it not?"

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"I could get my face ripped off?" Joey said with shock amazement, a look of overly exaggerated and fake confusion on his face, "And you couldn't?" He challenged back, twitching his white and slightly bent whiskers. "And no, I'm not going to say that 'living's about taking risks' because honestly it's not. Life's about being the best and proving yourself," He said.

Joey looked at the chain, speaking again, "I don't wear it all the time, just now because I took it from a twoleg nest and now, it's mine," The tuxedo cat said possessively, grinning. He knew that the shiny object would bring him respect. Anything expensive and rare looking brought you respect back where he was from.

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Calli nodded. "You jumped infront of a cat your didn't know. I could have been a mass murderer who claws off faces. You don't know." she shrugged. "And no, I could not have gotten my face clawed off. I have my ways of avoiding that, like not jumping infront of unknwn cats. she tilted her head. "You do relise you said no, I'm not going to say life is about taking risks, and said the exsact thing in a different wway, right?"

"Ok then, you have been promoted to prince dramatic entrances. You get what you want when you want it. Very worthy of the prince title." she gave a little bow, and took another small step back.

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"Well I was watching you for a while and you don't seem like the mass murderer type to me... Not scary enough if you get what I mean," The black and white tom replied, swishing his tail with a smile, "Okay next time you're out avoiding getting your face clawed off holler my name and I'll be right there," He smirked, showing his set of small-ish white teeth.

"There's a difference between proving yourself as the best and taking risks, Calli," Joey continued, "For example, proving yourself as the best sleeper in the forest doesn't require any risks and neither does proving yourself as the best at sitting in a twoleg nest for an hour," He replied, trying to act smart just to cause minor irritation.

Joey couldn't help but grin when Calli bowed down to him, calling him a prince and stepping back, "Seems like I'm finally getting the recognition of royalty that I deserve," He grinned, closing his eyes for a second.

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Calli nodded. "I'd never hurt anyone, I'm just saying that I might just be an actress that's trying to get some cat near enough, then become a mass murderer. And I'm aways out not getting my face clawed off. See my claw markless face?" she asked, ducking her head incase he did see the faint marks from the foxes.

Calli tilted her head. "Aren't both of those things risky. Sleeping all day cats or wolves will attack you, and twolegs are plain out dangerous." she said, confused.

"Sure." she said, not bothering to mention that it was meant more as an insult. It would be better if it just passed by unnoticed.

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-Sorry if my next posts are lazy. I'm on mobile now.-

"You're acting like I have no battle skill whatsoever," Joey replied, feeling slightly annoyed that Calling would assume that he'd lose a fight whether or not it was a mass murderer. Of course, he did have a few marks from previous fights like the nicks in his ears and the scar on his thigh but then again those were from fights that he had won. "If your face is clawmarkless then what are those faint scratches, huh? " Joey said, having observed her face pretty well during their conversation. The young cat always thought that it was pretty imprtsnt to observe every feature of any others he met for safety and privacy reasons. Wouldn't want anyone he couldn't trust following him. Then again, the thought of someone who he did trust following him wasn't the most pleasant either.

"Nah, not if you have people watching your back like most of us do. Where I'm from, you mess with one of us then you gotta deal with the rest... and most twolegs seem to be alright with cats, the ones with cat flaps do anyway."

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"No, I'm sure your a better fighter than me, but your not the best fighter in the world." she said quietly. "The marks on my face aren't from a cat. At least, not one that you could relate to in any way." the words she spoke were surprisingly the truth, and she had never recognised the growing hate.

"Ok. Maybe those aren't risky, but what do you strive for?"

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"I realise I'm not the best fighter in the world but I'm still amazing at it, that's what I've been told anyway," Joey replied, looking at the marks on his face, "Did you get your face stuck on a bush? I've seen that happen before, it's funny," He replied, giving a small and quiet laugh.

"I strive for authority," Joey said with a grin, imagining if he became leader of a large group of thieves some day. He could teach all the younger cats how to do what he did and use them to get items in small places. It'd be great.

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"I'd rather not take you on then." she shrugged. "The marks on my face are not from a bush. Or a rock. Or even a tree." she shook her head, and atleast that was true. "I'm still deciding weither to tell you. I won't liie if ypu guess right though."

"So your in the race? And you strive for more risk than any other cat?"

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"Really? 'Cause I bet seeing you with your face caught on something would be hilarious," He continued with a guess at what happened, "Attacked by a predator im guessing then." it was the only reasonable answer he could think of.

"You never give up do you?" Joey replied, "I don't think there's much risk when everyone wants to help and protect you."

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"Not a preditor, please, guess in the cat zone." she shook her head. "It was another cat. If iy were a preditor I would have escaped long before that scar." She had many scars from that fight, but only the one on her face was really visible at all. "The fox caused the bite marks on the belly."

"With power comes rebellitation." she said simply.