nemesis (p)

[Redpaw]

The camp, per usual these days, was empty--or, at least, Redpaw believed it to be. Which meant that it was an opportune time for a attack from Redpaw's arch nemesis, the vile Sir Fluffymuzzle. The ginger tom narrowed his eyes, scanning the fresh-kill pile for his old friend, and worst enemy. "Villain spotted," he mewed to himself, creeping up to the fresh-kill pile, teal eyes set upon a limp squirrel. Suddenly he dashed forward and swiped the squirrel from the pile and tossing it into the air. "So you think you can sneak up on me, can you?" he laughed in an almost maniacal way, walking slowly over to the squirrel, "Sir Fluffymuzzle" as he saw it, then crouched down to look into its eyes. "Don't look at me like that, you scoundrel. I know you're crimes, we all do!"he gestured towards the empty camp with his tail, only, to his surprise, find that it wasn't actually empty. There seemed to be another apprentice present. Redpaw only played with his food when no one else was around, since he often got complains about disturbance. He looked at @laurel with intrigue, wondering if she had overheard his little play.

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Laurelpaw had been half hidden in the camp. Only one other cat was aroungd, and she watched as the cat pounced on a mouse. She giggled at the display, but then snapped to attention when the other apprentice looked out her. She stepped forward timidly. She considered grabbing a peice of prey herself, but didn't. That would be to random. "Well we know you can kill a dead squirell," she joked, making sure she wasn't hidden at all now. She wouldn't mock him though, as a kitten she woul play like that too. Born outside the clan she got bored a lot being alone, so she played games with whatever she could. "What was it's crime exsactly?" she asked, walking closer to inspect the dead creature.

[Redpaw]

Redpaw smirked, circling the she-cat, thinking that she could be addition to his little game. I've been needing a partner in crime since Moonpaw disappeared, he thought, wondering where the she-cat had run off too. Not even Silvercloud, a "nemesis" he was on better terms with, was around to bother. "Oh, I wouldn't want to burden your cute little ears with the horrible treacheries this foul beasts has managed to commit," the ginger tom mewed, walking over and prodding the squirrel roughly with his paw, he narrowed his teal-blue eyes menacingly at the fluffy beast.

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Laurelpaw blinked, her eyes narrowing slightly for a moment both at Redpaw and the squirrel. The combination of squirrels and the words don't worry brought back memories of her childhood outside the clan. She pushed away the thoughts and returned her attention to the cat and the squirrel before her. "How considerate." she responded with a small shake of the head as she gazed down at the prey. "But as a trained mercinary of this here animal, I think I can handle it." she said, holding back a small laugh. She rolled the squirel over with a sharp nudge of her muzzle.

[Redpaw]

(Sorry this took forever! I'm dealing with some school things and am trying to prioritize plot/group threads first. My project is due this upcoming Thursday, so I should be responding at faster pace by then :>)

"Mercenary, eh?" Redpaw mewed, leaning forward with interested. He watched her work carefully, nodding in approval. "Could be more violent, but we still need to get some info out of the criminal, so we're good for now," Redpaw decided for sure that he was going to rope this apprentice into his game, she seemed interesting. "I'm Redpaw," the tom mewed, gesturing towards himself before turning on the squirrel, "and this foul creature" he prodded the squirrel detestfully with unsheathed claws, "is Sir Fluffymuzzle. The bane of my existence, the water to my fire, the clouds to my sun, the unpleasant chill to afternoon sunbathing!" 

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"Well then sir fluffymuzzle, let's see what we can get out of you." she said as she turned from the cat to the squirel and back again. Though she had played with her food as a kit, she wasn't exactly sure how this other cat preferred to play, so she tried not to get to much in the way while still playing.

[Redpaw]

Redpaw grinned as the she-cat began to play along. He turned back to the squirrel, shaking out his pelt and falling back into "character". "Alright, fluffbutt, you know how this goes," the ginger tom mewed to Sir Fluffymuzzle, bending down so his belly fur brushed the ground and he could look the squirrel in the eyes, "this nice lady over here," he shot Laurelpaw a wink, "is gonna ask you a few questions, and if you don't give us some answers," he unsheathed his claws, "bad things are gonna go down."

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Laurelpaw wasn't sure exsactly what questions she was asking, and due to this she wasn't sure she liked being in the questioner position, but she came up with some quickly. "Where were you two nights ago?" she asked asked in a cool tone, her face indifferent, placing a time for the event, what ever it happened to be.

[Redpaw]

Redpaw nodded approvingly at Laurelpaw's question, then turned to stare intently at Sir Fluffymuzzle. A few seconds went by, then he lashed out angrily and clawed that the squirrel's leg. "Answer the lady, Fluffs!" the ginger apprentice mewed, teal eyes narrowed and tail lashing. He leaned in closer to the dead squirrel, ears angled towards it, "listening" intently. "Mm hmmm, mm hmmm. Alright, so, that was total mousedung," he mewed in a calmer voice, sitting back and looking towards Laurelpaw, "he's trying to convince me was just at home with his kids. Please," Redpaw shot Sir Fluffymuzzle a glance feigned with exasperation, "I know you're sworn to celibacy, Fluffs. You say you've quit that acorn trafficking cult you were involved in two moons ago. But I know you're still involved, we all know."