!YOU WERE HIGH WHEN I MET YOU!

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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL? HOLD ON, I'M COMING IN
RUNWAY LIGHTS WHERE DO I GO?

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The trot he maintained looked impossible. He was fast but not quick, the kind of momentous resilience you see on a freight train, a steady tank. He was huge, the strides of that mechanical gait (the joints rotated with a barely audible 'shffff!', locomotive for sure) eating up earth with less actual speed than reach. Wisely, those in his path moved when they saw him coming. And they would see him coming, for certain: the massive tom retained a blinding and bright day-glow orange that singed the pupils, made it impossible for him to hide anyway.

His jaw was not slack, the massive trapdoor clamped around one portion or another of today's booty: two mice, one especially plump, and a chipmunk. The rodents were absolutely dwarfed by the heavy cat's massive head, and bobbed freely under his chin as if they knew it.

Stiffening his joints a bit, Twistedscissor began to circle to a slow deceleraton, wearing his momentum down into the ground before creaking to a halt. Flicking his tail, Scissor blinked those deep-set eyes around, flickered an ear for a sign of his hunting patrol. The deputy had been left behind by his comrades, as he always took just so long to work up enough energy to get that huge body moving. Finding no sign of the other cats (and remembering to gripe at them later for ditching him with such abandon) he meandered to the prey pile, depositing the morning's worth.

The morning was tilting over one side of the sky, mottling the clearing through the sparse canopy above and the shadows relieved his vibrant pelt of some of its fire. Pushing his thick legs underneath his heavy body, Scissor parked it where he stood, head high to survey the business of the Clan as it woke. He had taken his patrol out early, bringing food back for the elders' breakfast before they stirred. A quick glance told him that they were in time; the grumbles and grunts of hte waking old were audible now.

Something of a smile touched the gentle giant's mouth; there is happiness and comfort in routine.

!POST! >> complete!
!THREAD! >> open! shard, maybe?
!CHARACTER! >> twistedscissor! this kid's a straight-up hustler!

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snowkit[/font][/color]

A smile could be seen bright on a petite calico kit's expression as she peered up at her foster mother with bright, pale amber eyes. A snowy colored paw moved to prod her gently, alert her on this new, wonderful and exciting day, until she looked beside her and frowned in puzzlement. 'Where was Tansykit, Dapplekit, and Frostkit at this time in the morning?' she frowned again, and realized Grasskit and Spottedkit were also not here, not present in the nursery. At first, she thought they went on an adventure without her, leaving the youngest of all of them back in the nursery to sleep. But as she studied Ribbontail with a sad, mournful gaze she realized it was nothing of the such, and yesterdays memories hit her. All of it, in one full swing. She remembered how Ribbontail told her, the she cat who rescued her, her foster grandma, Sunheart, had died and was now resting in StarClan happily. She frowned at this, but her sad face lifted when she realized that all her friends had not ditched her, they simply were apprentices now. She was happy for them, sure, but at five and a half moons she just wished she could've been apprenticed with them, so she wasn't so alone in the nursery. She looked around, and spotting Skunkkit she smiled, her paws lifting her up in once motion, as she danced toward the tom, whom she had already adopted as her new playmate before she even talked to him - she wouldn't even have known her name if Ribbontail hadn't told her earlier when introducing her to the whole entire nursery, shortly after she first came. "Skunkkit!" she mewed happily, her paw raising to gently cuff him over the ear, "Come on, wake up, the sun is already shining!" she sighed as he didn't immediately hop up, and like Ribbontail, remained resting so she turned around, letting her paws freely take her from the confines of the nursery. "Twistedscissor!" she meowed shrilly, as she spotted the brightly orange furred deputy, her calico pelted exploding into him as she couldn't stop her paws from running in full-out excitement as she saw the tom sitting there patiently waiting for his Clan to wake up.

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NOW YOU'RE FALLING LIKE A LEAF FROM A TREE!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU, CAN YOU SEE ME?

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The general ruckus of the youth is a little somethingsomething that one eventually grows used to. Twistedscissor had never had kits of his own (his feelings were mixed on that forefront-- the Clan was his family, thankyousomuch) but he'd seen his share and apprenticed his share and watched his share and ohh my.

Their energy was admirable, their optimism touching and their wisdom priceless.
He had an unending respect for the young.

THAT SAID, he was also a low-key animal himself and often found himself washed away by vim and vigor on kittens' tiny backs. And at the shrill cry of his name (they all knew him here, some even loved him) his tasseled ears perked, that thick snake of a tail lifting drowsily. He swung his head about, his skull heavy and broad as he surveyed the area with eyes clouded by idleness.

"Snowkit!" he exclaimed upon recognizing the patchwork of a kit scampering toard him. His voice was a cheery, low hum as he lowered his head to touch noses with the much smaller cat. No doubt, the playful little kit was positively dwarfed in the shadow of the colossal deputy.

"No one to play with this morning?" he asked jovially, giving his tail a flick-- this energetic little kitten was rarely tired of companionship and certainly never alone.

And this morning, he wasn't either.

!POST! >> complete!
!WHAT?! >> finally, a reply! :D
!CHARACTER! >> twistedscissor! this kid's a straight-up hustler!

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The petite kitten grinned happily as the large deputy bent down to touch noses with her, making her squirm in excitement, her rear end wagging as she attempted to appear refined and calm, her natural kit-joy overpowering everything else before she fell on to her side, giggles escaping her mouth in another shrill explosion. Snowkit jumped to her paws in a attentive manor as he spoke to her again, a carefree, lopsided smile capturing her face again, pale amber eyes bright as she sat down, wanting this to appear like a full fledged adventure her deputy would be proud of (though she never left the nursery walls, oh how exciting!) With her calico body relaxed, though an occasional spasm of a silent giggle ran through it, her pale amber eyes bright, tail curled around her paws in what she felt was 'elder-storyteller' physique. "No there's not!" she attempted to explain seriously, though a smile was twitching upon her lips at this 'dignified' conversation with her deputy. "I gently prodded Ribbontail and she is still sleeping" she went on to explain this as if she found a badger loose on a border patrol, "And Skunkkit, too, I cuffed him gently. He's still sleeping even though it's morning!" her ears twitched happily, obviously showing no more regret that he didn't wake up because she got to talk with the deputy.

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[Dansen[Mouse]]

~Mountainwind~

"Gentle for you, would be an understatement." A deep voice joked as a mottled gray-brown Warrior stepped out of the shadows. Mountainwind. He was one of the few who could have been chosen as the Clans new Deputy and it was true that he longed for the position, but Stormstar had chosen Twistedscissor over him and as always Mountainwind respected the leaders decision. Perhaps his duty was best served as a warrior anyway. Mountainwind respectfully dipped his head towards the deputy. "The moon shall be full tonight. I wonder how the other Clans have faired after the great battle."

[all out JINX ♥]

the sword is slicing through the question

Whisperwind

so I won't be fooled by his angel light!

_{Light green irises shone through the entrance of the camp, the scent of blood, water vole, and fish. The light gray tom trotted weakly into the camp his jaws full of prey, he set the prey down in the fresh-kill pile then turned to find Twistedscissor, Mountainwind, and Snowkit. Amusement filled light green orbs as the male heard Snowkit say his comment then heard Mountainwind with his comment. "I agree with Mountainwind, a gentle prod for you is like pushing a landslide." Whisperwind smiled before joining the group with a barely visible limp, he was still hurting from the battle when Blackmagic ripped off his tail. The light gray tom shuddered before coming back from the horrid memory. "Hello Twistedscissor, Mountainwind, and Snowkit" Whisperwind scooted closer to the kit so he could ruffle the top of the tom-kit's head with what was left of his tail.}

sometimes I'm a selfish fake, your always a true friend
and I don't deserve you 'cause I'm not there for you, please forgive me again

Emeraldkit

_{A dark brown tabby she-kit made her way out of the nursery, her emerald green irises sparkled under the sun's light. The she-kit gracefully padded up behind Snowkit, her wise emerald green orbs looked curiously at the group of 4. "Hello Twistedscissor, Mountainwind, Whisperwind.... Snowkit why were you trying to wake my brother up? You woke me up when you were hitting him." Emeraldkit didn't know if they could hear her because of her soft voice but she didn't care. It did feel like Snowkit wanted to be with Skunkkit more then usual, Emeraldkit had an idea of what it was but she couldn't jump to conclusions yet.}

//I forgot about her.... I'm sorry but just to get it clear, Emeraldkit is Skunkkit's sister, Shadowkit's sister, Whisperkit's sister, Midnightlove's daughter, and Eaglefeather's daughter. I'm going to start playing her more so just so everyone knows

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Her patched, calico bodice danced in anticipation for the reply of Twistedscissor, her beloved deputy, seeing if he approved of her mission, pitied her that no one would wake up for her. She smiled, her grin wide, pale amber eyes blinking widely at Mountainwind in confusion as he said gentle for her is an understatement... or whatever, she didn't even know what that big word meant... but she assumed it was something bad. Her grin switched easily to a frown, her lip jutting out but her gaze still on Twistedscissor. "I promise I tapped both of them gently" and she did, she was not joking or teasing, or even kidding which would not be rare for the she kit. Snowkit smiled happily now, expression changing again, as she saw Emeraldkit appear from the nursery, though again her face changed quickly to a frown (again) as she listened calmly to what she had to say, and she let her pale amber eyes narrow as she heard. "I gently flicked Skunkkit on the ear, how you were pushed, I don't know!" she mewed indignantly, angry that this she kit had to ruin her time with the older cats making up stories about her that weren't true.

_{and nothing, nothings going right}^{close your eyes and think of me}

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[[xoxo] shard. :)]

Skunkkit

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It wasn't long before the bubbly tom known as Skunkkit burst from the nursery, bounding after Snowkit and his sister. His grin split his face cleanly in half as he excitedly ran around the two other kits. Even if he just woke up, this crazy kitten had enough energy surging through him to power ten Twoleg monsters. His halt was brief before he pounced upon Snowkit. "Thought you could wake me up and get away with it, huh?" he giggled, before cuffing her ear and retreating. "Not that I really care, anyway." With that, a spontaneous laugh erupted from his throat. His olive-green eyes glinted with mischief, and he headbutted Emeraldkit in the side. "Mornin', sis!"

In an instant, his focus was redirected to Twistedscissor. He stared in awe at the older CloudClanner. "What's it like to be the deputy?" he immeadiately asked. "Is it cool?" He bounced to and fro, at one point leaping upon the warrior. He continued with the energy burst, totally oblivious of the accident. Skunkkit finally halted in front of the small crowd, puffing out his chest. "I'm gonna be an apprentice soon," he boasted, even though both of the other kits would be apprenticed at the same time as him. "And then I'll be the bestest warrior that ever lived in the history of CloudClan!" He beamed his charming little tomkit smile, then continued bouncing. "I can't wait!"[/size][/blockquote]

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The kit grinned at the tomkit's appearance, her pale amber eyes shining brightly despite her brief argument with Emeraldkit, a smile and joy replacing her disgraced, distraught feelings and a frown, her kithood appearing so much brighter already. Her calico body crashed to the soft grass, her white legs squirming in shrill giggles as she tried to shove Skunkkit off of her, the tom easily out weighing the petite shekit. "I nearly did!" she teased him lightly, dancing on her four small paws "You were sleeping like a badger kit!" she laughed again at her own joke, and planned her next play-attack on Skunkkit, though she was immediately distracted when he brought up a conversation with Twistedscissor, her attention captured by the deputy again, her tiny muzzle agape in interest at a question she never thought to ask.

She nodded to, tail swishing proudly as she spun in circles for a moment, her hyperness fueled on by another hyper kit, giving her the energy she nearly lost being distracted by Emeraldkit and her arguing. "Is it fun?" she continued his questions, peering anxiously at the deputy for his opinions every time she spun with her face in his direction, before accidentally crashing into Skunkkit and landing in a giggling heap of brown hued patches. Soon enough, she jumped to her paws as he brought up being an apprentice, and her head nodded vigorously in agreement. "I'm very nearly six moons!" she bragged, her eyes drifting over the warriors around them, and then to the deputy "are we allowed to know our mentor early?" she shot him a dazzling, innocent smile.

_{you just call out my name}^{and you know wherever i am}

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~Mountainwind~

The squirrel-tailed Warrior almost hissed out loud at the annoyance of the young kits. For a while he wanted to get use to the idea that he wasn't going to become Deputy for his Clan. Mountainwind has never been able to except defeat, he has always wanted to become Deputy for his Clan then one day Leader. But now he had no hope for it unless either the current Leader or deputy died, yet then that would be something he would never want to happen. The warrior turned his gray-green pools over to the Fresh-kill pile. It was getting a little low. "I'm going out to hunt." He murmured more to himself as he left the group and headed out to the forest.

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YOU WERE HIGH WHEN I MET YOU!
NOW YOU'RE COMING IN ON MY FREQUENCY?

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The large cat made a pleasant expression, purred amiably as he rested heavy haunches back on the ground. A mirthy rumble churned his throat momentarily and he eyed the kit with amusement. "Gently, gently, I'm sure," for he was never one to argue, really. He flicked an ear at the sound of approaching pawsteps, slowly lifted his great head while continuing to speak with the kit. "And how does one cuff gently?" And his voice rumbled bass like thunder, a purr of laughter boiling under the syllables.

Twistedscissor recognized Mountainwind, a loyal warrior he held in high regard, and he flicked his tail, bobbed his head in greeting. "Good morning, Mountainwind," he began, that tumbly rumbly voice light with the ease of the day's beginning. Looking thoughtful, he chewed on Mountainwind's comment for a moment before speaking. "I wonder too," he admitted slowly. He was not the world's most intelligent cat, but he got the work done and in all truth, he hadn't been thinking much about other clans. Twistedscissor's scope was narrow-- his mind had been here. That would have to change, of course, now that he was deputy. He licked his broad teeth for a moment, "Hopefully nothing but good news tonight."

More friendly faces drifted towards their congregation and he perked his ears, watching their arrival in deepset eyes. "Hello Whisperwind!" And his voice was a bellow to reach across the clearing before the warrior arrived, well suited for the behemoth cat. "And Emeraldkit!" As pleased as ever to see his fellow Cloudclanners. One began to wonder if Twistedscissor even had off-days. When the kit voiced her complaint, he flicked his eyes in mock concern to Snowkit, amused in the argument of the youngsters, but not wanting to get his paws in that sticky mess. Kits fought with more aggression than warriors!

Another small cat clamored onto the scene, splitting Twistedscissor's maw with a grin, and he watched the little ones bump about in their greetings before the newly arrived Skunkkit turned tiny olive eyes in his direction. The deputy bowed his head to get to the tiny tom's level, ears alert. At the question, Twistedscissor's doughy face rumpled with pleasure and he flicked his whiskers. "It is, it's very cool," And he grinned up at the older warriors as if it were an inside joke as the other questions rolled in from the kits. "And fun, but it is a lot of hard work that I'm glad to do." He closed his eyes around his smile when Skunkkit's minor collision had the kit bumping off of his face. He rumbled with his thunder laughter. "An apprentice! One step closer to being a warrior, hum? I like the sound of Skunkpaw! ... And I'm sure you will be great, I can't wait either."

He frowned, wiggling his whiskers. "Your mentors? No, no, no. I don't think I can tell you that yet," He winked. "It would ruin the surprise!" and his voice was a jolly bellow again, great and mirthful, infectiously joyous.

But, it didn't seem to be infecting Mountainwind, and Twistedscissor looked concerned as the warrior hunched and hissed, excusing himself. He didn't want to make a scene out of it, but he flicked his ears a bit, watched the tom's retreat; did he sense a little bitterness? "... Have a good one, Mountainwind. Good luck," but he sounded uneasy, feeling a little guilty for the tom's mood.

!POST! >> complete!
!WHAT?! >> holy mother of god I'm so sorry this took so long. D:
!CHARACTER! >> twistedscissor! this kid's a straight-up hustler!

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[all out JINX ♥]

the sword is slicing through the question

Whisperwind

so I won't be fooled by his angel light!

_{Whisperwind smiled as Skunkkit and Emereldkit came from the nursery, he didn't know why but it felt good talking to everyone he wasn't even afraid. Maybe I can forget about the past and start a new future, the light gray tom looked at Mountainwind "Have fun, the prey's running beautifully" Whisperwind's light green irises glinted seriously for one second to show him that he wasn't joking. He turned to the 3 kits as Snowkit asked who there mentors were, "That reminds me, have any of you seen Frostpaw? I want to start training with her as soon as she feels better about the deaths and stuff" Whisperwind glanced towards the apprentice's den for a few heart-beats before turning back.}

sometimes I'm a selfish fake, your always a true friend
and I don't deserve you 'cause I'm not there for you, please forgive me again

Emeraldkit

_{"Sorry Snowkit, I guess it was either Shadowkit or Whisperkit. My mistake" Emeraldkit didn't want to hurt the femme's feelings, her wise emerald green irises glowed with uncertainty. She almost turned to leave when Skunkkit came up to them, "Hey Skunkkit" she felt a little better around these cats with atleast one of her siblings. When Snowkit mentioned mentors Emeraldkit felt a small thrill of excitement, she too as well as Skunkkit and Snowkit was going to be an apprentice and she couldn't wait. Emeraldkit felt a little crowded but she was afraid that she would disappoint someone, she padded up to sit next to Skunkkit wondering who her mentor will be when she's an apprentice.}

[&&R.A.V.E.N :3]

fadedmemory

[/color] She asked, acting like a mother. Ah yes. Fadedmemory could be like that. Never serious, though. The bi-colored she-cat bent her head down to lick Snowkit's head. A grin could be seen across her face as she looked back up at the deputy.

He was the only cat she had remembered after her accident. It wasn't fair to all the other cats that knew her. But that was how it happened. Fadedmemory's tail flicked back and forth as she glanced around the camp before letting her eyes settle onto the deputy again. The she-cat seemed happier now. Yes.Today was the day she would tell her best friend that she had a mate. She didn't know how he would react, she just wished he would understand. "I want to speak to you after your done here, if you don't mind" She mewed, looking straight at the deputy, something most cat's would never do. [/ul][/size]

[[xoxo] shard. :)]

Skunkkit

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Skunkkit listened with interest as Twistedscissor spoke. Wow, imagine being deputy! Or leader! The moment the older one stopped speaking, the kit's attention span broke. "Hey, Snowkit! Wanna play?" Without waiting for an answer, he continued. "I'm Skunkstar, leader of...FlameClan! And you," he thrust his paw in Snowkit's direction, "you are my trusted deputy, Snow...what do you want your name to be?" Then his olivine eyes focused on Emeraldkit. "Medicine cat or warrior?" Yeah, he loved to take charge.[/size][/blockquote]

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The petite calico kitten watched with wide, soft amber eyes as the deputy answered all of her questions and a she cat sneaked up behind her, and gently licked her head. She mewed, bouncing up as she did so, colliding with Fadedmemory's side before running under her belly in a semi-crouch and grinned foolishly at Skunkkit and Emeraldkit (their argument behind them) as she arrived by their sides. "Sure, what game?" she listening excitedly as he chose one and announced himself leader of FlameClan, and she was deputy! She hopped giddily on her paws, deciding her name with ease. "I am Snowraven, deputy of FlameClan!" she slipped into the role with ease, accepting the state of Skunkkit's leadership. "Skunkstar, what is our first task as leader and deputy?" she added a cough after she spoke, attempting to sound important.

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Arriving silently with small paws leaving no mark on the ground underfoot and making no sound for the ears the warrioress smiled at the parade of cats chatting in the Clan's center and she decided amiably enough to join them. Flicking Snowkit and Emeraldkit on the head gently, cuffing Skunkkit softly, as she passed the kit's play area hearing mumbles of FlameClan and duties as she passed swiftly, she had mixed emotions remembering her own kithood with some confusion.
Approaching Fadedmemory and Scissorteeth (Twistedscissor?) quickly enough she smiled silently at both, before she simply let her silence build to a grin, her head shaking. "Ahh, kits" she obviously had observed the kits earlier questioning Scissorteeth, before her smile stiffened and she took a step backward, seeing just the she cat and tom here. A soft frown captured the young she cat's expression as she gasped "I hope I didn't just interrupt?" she mewed earnestly, willing for a friendly chat among friends.

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