Valentines Massacre - Open !

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Icy sauntered confidently towards the Iceclan cats' hideout, along with her companion, a pitch black feline named Ember. They were Deathclan cats, and as such, they played the most gruesome of games.

As they drew nearer, the white cat crept underneath the bushes, staying downwind to keep her drifting scent from detection. She then spotted their unlucky victim, an Iceclanner exiting the barn all by themselves. Such idiocy..

"Natural selection is coming for you" whispered Icy, who then tilted her head to the side. "Rumour has it, their higher ups have been absent for god knows how long. Ha! I bet we could waltz right in there and watch them scatter like rats" she murmured, observing the lone Iceclan cat as if they were a zoo animal.

[ @emberfriend must post before anyone else does! So we were originally planning for a single target, or should we allow more than one? ]

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((Ehh... Okay, here's what I think. If we get kits wandering off... Max should be three. If we get apprentices, max should be two. If it's a full grown cat, we should only get one.))

Ember let Icy take the lead as she hummed under her breath, as the two rogues approached the barn. She figured it probably really stung for these arrogant cats to be holed up in this sort of place. She'd heard they'd been here for a while, so she bet they probably had some members who didn't even know what a mountain is.

That was actually fairly amusing.

She followed Icy's lead, crawling under the bushes as well, and smiled pleasantly, seeing their victim to-be. She tilted her head in amusement. "Mm... Perhaps. For now... Baby steps, eh?"

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[ Okay! I'm gonna tag @lightning123 and Foxpaw since you guys seem pretty active c: ]

Icy circled her targets, growling.

[Foxpaw]

Foxpaw barred his fangs as she let out a low growl. Snapping his jaws at the she-cat as he narrowed his eyes. He stood alone as the strange cat circled him. Foxpaw didn't allow the cat to get behind him he spoke in a low hiss "Your some of those disgusting Deathclan cats aren't you?" He said with complete hostility. A figure move behind him 'I hope that's Lightningpaw..' he thought concerned.

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Ember sighed. "Oh no, we've been caught red-handed. Whatever shall we do?" She meowed, in such a way that was painfully obvious she was being incredibly sarcastic. She lifted her head, dispelling any pretense of trying to remain hidden. Ah... It was a pair of apprentices.

She tilted her head, fixing the mouthy, female apprentice with an amused expression. A light smile adorned her lips. "Heh. So what if we are?" She asked, false curiosity in her tone.

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Lightningpaw shrugged and smiled at the cats slowly circling. Round and round, it could be hypnotizing if she let her mind wander. "I am afraid I don't care what you guys do... however... Foxkit, dont get drawn into fighting if they attack. Stay open and listen for tips." she said with a smile. She turned back to the two circling cats. "I'm Lightningkit and this is Foxkit incase you were wondering what our names were before you tried to kill us. Easy victims to. Two little kits only trained sparcly by other apprentices. A bit old to still be kits, so your mind is at ease, but still easy to fight. Wonderful choices, I must say I would pick the same if I were in your position. Not that you'd acctually kill us though. Cats don't just kill other cats without a true reason driving it, and you dont have a true reason with that attitude. It will be just like a game!" she said, her face lighting up with fake, but authentic looking, enthusiasms. She rested her tail on Foxpaw's back as she turned to face the oposite direction, urging him to go along with it.

[Foxpaw]

Foxpaw smiled as he followed Lightningpaw. 'That was clever Lightningpaw pretending we're just two poor kits.' He thought with amusement. "I guess it will just be like a game." Foxpaw muttered under his breath with a smile. 

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Ember hummed to herself as she observed the apparently less easily fazed Iceclan brat. The kid didn't seem to understand the danger that Icy and herself posed to them. She watched as 'Lightningkit' tried to sell the idea that they were kits. Which didn't exactly work, since Lightning-probably-paw was almost the size of a full-grown cat and while probably-Foxpaw wasn't quite as big... The kid wasn't too far behind.

'I wonder how stupid this kid thinks we are.' She wondered to herself. 'I guess these kids don't really understand that smart cats exist outside of their clan. How naive.' Plus, all the talkative stuff about them being easy targets was more than a little suspicious. Maybe someone more gullible and less paranoid would've fallen for their act. Ember? Nah. She was always on the lookout. Still... It was rather obvious. 

The signaling to her friend, Fox-probably-paw also didn't really help their case.

There was also the random comment of games.

Then there was the complete turnaround of attitude for Fox-probably-paw. From being hostile, he'd jumped immediately to false-pleasantries. 

Her ears flicked. "Ah. So, you're kits, huh?" She chuckled lightly. "Wonder what they're feeding you, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were apprentices! One of you looks the size of an adult, almost! Crazy, huh?"

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Lightningpaw shrugged. "If our leader," she glared in the direction of camp, "We're up and about to give us ceremonies we would be. Not even the deputy is up to the task apparently." Her voice held much impatience as to the fact they hadnt gotten their ceremonies, and it was true. They haven't. They had to find their own stupid mentor to train them and then got private ceremonies. She shook her head. "I could be a warrior if I could get a stupid ceremony." she spat, but never took her attention form the circling cats as she spoke. "Right foxy?"

[Foxpaw]

"Right Lightning" He smiled.

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Icy narrowed her eyes at the two young cats.
Her lips curled into a gentle smirk, and she trotted around her clan-cat companions in a loose spiral.
Her ears flickered delicately as she listened in amusement. They not only had the nerve to tell a bold-faced lie to her face, but then the more talkative of the two blatantly betrayed her clan's weakness, implying that her leader and deputy were too negligent to deliver a simple ceremony.

"They are rambunctious specimens, aren't they?" Icy purred to her accomplice.
They weren't fully grown, and she almost had the heart to go easy on them.
..Almost.

"You wanna be a warrior so bad.."
Her voice was soft and venomous.
"Then we'll treat you like one."

Icy unsheathed her claws and sprang at the littler cat, Foxpaw, to smother him under her greater weight, trusting Ember to keep the elder one - 'Lightningkit' - off her back.

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Ember sensed a grain of truth in Lightning-probably-paw's voice as she tried to offer an explanation for why a pair of almost warrior sized brats were still 'kits' apparently. Tch. 

Then Icy started circling around the two. Ember thought it interesting that apparently the cats in position of power weren't around enough to even promote their kids, if Lightning-probably-paw was to be believed. It conveyed weakness... Heh. The way Iceclan was now, she was sure more than ever that the clan was enduring a period of weakness. The perfect time for Deathclan to attack. 

She inclined her head. "Yes, I'd say so." She answered her partner in crime. 

Then Icy sprang. On the smaller one, the less talkative one, who didn't seem to have it in her to be clever. She curled her lip and lunged forward, immediately going for Lightning-probably-paw's neck. Not for a fatal blow, but it'd still hurt.

A lot.

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Lightningpaw dodged off to the side, as went her plan that she had formed before she even first spoke. 'First I have to get to foxkit though.' she thought as she took a few more steps to close the distance, not taking her eyes off her attacker. She knew better than to get to close, or to distract him, so she stood a fox length away, as judged by her perifical vision.

[Foxpaw]

Foxpaw dodged as well, his eyes focused on the attacker. "Now that I think about it I am smaller than Lightningkit now." He said as he landed slightly stumbling. "Wow that really sucks!" Foxpaw pouted. He unsheathed his claws though he wasn't really planning on fighting unless he needed to.

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Icy hissed, immediately launching a second attack before the apprentice had time to think. This time she shoved her weight underneath him, hoping to unbalance him, and then fluidly twisted around to swipe her paw at his face with the intention of damaging his eyes, using the momentum of her spine to strike powerfully.

She would claim this cat as her own by leaving her own customised scars on his body. And then, when he was pretty enough, she would present him to Iceclan like a broken doll.