A Night for Breaking Rules (open)

[PikaJoker]

The night air was cool and a sliver of the moon peeked behind a cloud in the sky. Nobody would be out at this time which meant there was no chance in getting caught. Snowwhisker halted when he reached the FireClan border. The taste of catmint was tantilizing in his mouth, but the white tom didn’t dare to eat the precious herbs. He glanced over his shoulder, trying to make sure no one was following him. Without another thought, he crossed the border, running at top speed. He came skidding to a halt when he reached his destination. 

In front of the white tom was a small pile of rocks. Snowwhisker felt around until he felt a lose stone. He pulled it out and there was a small cranny. He placed the herbs in it before covering it back up. The tom glanced around again, trying to make sure he wasn’t seen. If anyone found out he was smuggling herbs to non FireClan cats, it wouldn’t end well for him. He shook out his fur, wishing it was thicker in the crisp air. The moon was covered completely now. Snowwhisker couldn’t help but scoff as he remembered the tales of StarClan sending storms or covering the moon as a sign of discontent. A story for naughty kits. The thought was quickly tossed aside.

Snowwhisker needed to get back inside his borders. He knew he was a sitting rabbit out here and he wasn’t testing his luck. The tom felt a thrill of excitement at getting caught. He just wanted to see whoever caught him expression. He tossed that thought aside as well. He couldn’t let boredom get him in trouble. Snowwhisker started making his way back to the border until a shadow caught his eye. He immediately lowered his body in a defensive position. He hoped it was just his eyes playing tricks on him and not some fearsome foe. He waited to see what was watching him, his ears twitching.

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Nightfall had been wandering around the FireClan territory, unable to sleep and not wanting to be near other cats. By other cats, he meant Wolfspider. While on his evening walk, he had picked up a familiar scent, the scent of someone else from his clan, but he couldn't quite differentiate who it was. He had also smelled a faint scent of catmint. His first thought was somebody was out here enjoying the herb's less medicinal side effects while away from the watchful eyes of the leaders, but of course he wouldn't know the full story until he found whoever was behind this.

Nightfall followed the scents until he came to an area at the very edge of the border. He saw something white in the distance, and as he approached it, he realized it was the cat he was looking for. Nightfall had a skeptical look on his face at first, because he really did not expect to find anybody out here this late at night. Was he hallucinating? That would be very out of the ordinary... He cautiously approached the other cat until he finally got close enough to get a good view of him.

"What in StarClan are you doing out here?! And why do you reek of catmint?!" Nightfall asked, puffing up his chest in an attempt to look intimidating. He had heard that he wasn't too intimidating due to his small stature and youth, but he really wanted to be the strong and fearsome warrior he was supposed to be by now. Perhaps if he appeared threatening enough, he could forcefully persuade this cat into giving him the catmint for himself. He put on the best scowl he could muster.

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker calmed himself down when he realized it was a cat from FireClan. It also looked like Nightfall knew anything and not wanting to pass up an opportunity to cure his boredom, the white tom let out a purr. “Oh no, you caught me,”the bigger tom said, circling the younger. His tail brushed against the dark tabby’s pelt. “I found some catmint earlier and I couldn’t help but roll around in it. Then I sort of lost my way.” He brushed against Nightfall again, letting out an amused purr. “You know how boring staying in camp can be. I got...restless. You won’t tell anyone about my...fun, will you?” He made eye contact with the younger, his icy blue eyes lit up with mischievousness. Hopefully, he could charm his way out of this.

@symmetry,

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Nightfall winced somewhat at Snowwhisker's behavior, taking a few steps back as Snowwhisker's tail brushed up against him. He didn't want judge too hard because he knew he would do the same thing if he happened upon some catmint. Nightfall almost went without questioning him, but slowly grew a bit more skeptical of the tom's story.

"I don't think it was very wise to do such a thing so far from the camp and so close to the border." Nightfall said smugly and confidently, circling Snowwhisker in return until he ended up behind the cat, gazing at the border instead of at Snowwhisker. "Makes you look a little... suspicious. Suspicious of what? I can't be sure, but something about this situation doesn't sit right with me." Nightfall then circled back around to where he originally was in front of Snowwhisker, grinning a manipulative grin. "I might have to bring this up with the leaders... Either that or you might just have to show me where the catmint is. I can smell that it's right near the edge of the border, but you'll have to show me exactly where it is or else things aren't gonna end too well for you."

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker almost purred at the challenge the other was giving him. He flicked his tail again, ears twitching. He gave Nightfall an innocent look. “Catmint? Around here?” He glanced around, feigning cluelessness. “Are you sure your nose is working right?” He invaded the others personal space again, partly to make him uneasy and partly to hear him better. He didn’t want to show the other the secret stash, especially since it wasn’t in FireClan territory. “I’ll show you the patch I rolled in but it’s going to be hard for me to remember exactly where it is...was it near RavenClan? Or the Frog Pond? Maybe I just snuck into the medicine den and rolled around.” The mischievous glint in his eye didn’t disappear. “Or we could play it dangerous and go near kittypet territory. They usually have them in the Twoleg garden.” This was a dangerous game he was playing, but Snowwhisker couldn’t find it in himself to care. If anything, he could claim he was kidding around.

@symmetry,

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"Aw, quit lying! I can smell it very near to us, right by the border almost." Nightfall growled, backing up yet again after this strange cat continued to invade his personal space, as if his mere presence was offensive. "So either you're lying or my nose is lying, and I trust my nose a lot more than I trust you."
The little grey tabby then cocked his head to the side and hesitated for a moment to think. He then looked down at his paws, unsheathing them and examining his claws. He was captivated by the way they shined in the moonlight, and he made sure that Snowwhisker noticed them too. Although Snowwhisker was a lot bigger and older than Nightfall, this unfazed him, as Nightfall was under the impression that he was dealing with a cat who was severely inebriated and therefore easy to take advantage of.
"I think it'll be safest for you to be honest with me." Nightfall said bluntly. "Show me exactly where it is and nothing will happen to you and nobody will even know this encounter happened." Nightfall was clearly less concerned with this cat potentially colluding outsiders, stealing herbs, or whatever he was up to and more concerned with just figuring out where the catmint was and taking it for himself.

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker just let out a soft purr. He noticed the other showing off his claws, but that didn’t frighten him. Nightfall thought he was inebriated and well, Snowwhisker wasn’t acting rational. “You could ask nicely,”he said, a pout in his voice. “Haven’t you heard the saying that being mean gets you nowhere? If you Want catmint, then you’ll have to follow me.” He wasn’t going to give the precious herbs he hidden away to this cat. Now when someone else needed them more. He doubt he could lose Nightfall if he showed him the hiding place anyways. Without saying anything else, Snowwhisker started walking in the direction he got collected the herbs. He glanced over his shoulder. “You coming or are you going to stand there like a confused badger?”he teased, not leaving any room for negotiation. The other tom could tell the leaders for all he cared, but Snowwhisker could always let it slip that Nightfall had a nasty catmint habit. He could tell what the tom wanted it for.

(Druggie cats. Pffft. XD)

@symmetry,

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Nightfall growled, specifically ignoring the comment about being mean, as that did not concern him. "I swear, I smelled the catmint in the exact opposite direction you're going..." He waited a little bit longer, looking exactly like the confused badger he had been described as, but Snowwhisker showed no sign of wanting to explain the mysterious scent coming from the edge of the border, insisting that the source of the scent was somewhere else. Perhaps Nightfall's nose actually was lying to him after all.

He then let out a deep sigh and ran over to where Snowwhisker was, catching up with him. "Alright, well even if the herbs aren't at the border, which I still highly doubt, that doesn't explain what in StarClan you're doing so close to the border. Are you just that concerned about getting caught using catmint for less than medicinal purposes? Or are you really that confused that you didn't even realize how far from camp you were?"

(I tend to always discover new dimensions to my characters in every new thread, but this is not a dimension I imagined Night ever having lmao)

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker pretended to concentrate as he touched pelts to the smaller so he could hear him quickly. He always hated how some cats talked quietly. His ears twitched from frustration. “Hmm...probably the latter,”he lied. “I actually thought I was closer to camp but then I was following a beautiful rabbit. It was inviting me to a rabbit gathering.” His whiskers twitched in amusement at his own story. “Though I could have fallen asleep and was having a dream. Maybe I was sleep walking.” The white tom’s tail flicked nearby again. The tom purred. “What do you think? Hallucinations? Or a dream? Or maybe...” He lowered his voice as though he were about to tell a secret. “Maybe it was a message from StarClan.” He couldn’t help but chuckle at the last statement. “What do you think?”

(I know that feeling. I realize how flirty I’m making Snow out to be. Pffft.)

@symmetry,

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"You're insane." Nightfall said bluntly as he followed Snowwhisker. "But I'm also starting to think this entire situation is a bizarre dream. This is just getting too weird to be true, it's very late, and I'm very sleep deprived." He looked around, perhaps looking to see if there were any rabbits nearby. A rabbit gathering would certainly be an interesting sight to see and certainly a sign that he was dreaming.
"If this were a sign from StarClan, I think they're trying to tell you to lay off the catmint." He understood how hypocritical this statement was, given how he must have totally come off as someone with a catmint problem, but if anything he wanted the catmint just to ruin whatever Snowwhisker was up to. He took great joy in ruining others' days, or at least exerting some form of power over them, as difficult as that was for him given his short stature.


(I ship it lol.)

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker purred. “You’re probably right about my little catmint problem, but I don’t think you’re one to judge seeing as you were practically begging me for my nonexistent secret stash.” He brushed against the other again. He knew the other was trying to antagonize him and he knew he was doing the same. It was nice to meet someone who could give him a challenge. A thrill that he was almost caught and Snowwhisker could only blame the smell of the catmint getting to him. He found the catmint that was growing within FireClan territory. “Here we go. Try not to eat too much of it,” he purred teasingly.

@symmetry,

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"Nonexistent?! I could smell it right over by the border!" Nightfall growled. If cats could blush, he certainly would be blushing out of embarrassment, but he figured it wasn't worth the fight to persuade this cat of what he was so bent on not believing.

"And I'll be honest, I only wanted to see your hypothetical catmint stash just so I could blackmail you..." he sounded very disappointed, but not at all guilty or sorry in the fact that he had just admitted to what he admitted to. "But I guess you really have been being honest with me this whole time... You really did just get all messed up on catmint and ended up near the border. I guess it was just all a coincidence that you ended up looking as suspicious as you did. Like, for a while, it looked as though you were smuggling herbs across the border, which would have made for some juicy blackmail, but I guess I just misjudged you." He then sat down, looking disappointingly at the catmint bush he had been brought to. He didn't even want to think about catmint anymore, yet here he was. Nightfall was tempted to enjoy himself but.... To lower himself even more? He didn't want to risk it.

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker could tell the other cat was down and his ears twitched. He liked to see cats angry at him, not depressed or hurt. He gave the Nightfall's shoulder a comforting lick. "Actually, I wasn't being completely honest. The reason I was near the border was because I was chatting up a charming enemy warrior." It was a lie but it was better to throw himself under a monster than see the younger tom sad. "Don't tell anyone though. It would be embarrassing for me if the Clan found out that I was high on catmint and was flirting with the enemy. Though to be honest, I could have been flirting with a very handsome rabbit. I was very out of it earlier."

@symmetry,

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Nightfall gave Snowwhisker a rather smug and satisfied look at first. Finally, he had some leverage over this cat... But, it felt somewhat unfair, even for him. This poor cat was completely out of it, and as much as Nightfall enjoyed to play around with others' emotions and take advantage of them, this time it felt almost too easy. Plus, he had no real proof of what the other tom had just said, so there was no real way he even could blackmail Snowwhisker if he wanted to.
He then approached the catmint bushed and rubbed himself up against it playfully. He might as well do that while there at the bush. "You seem to have a thing for rabbits." Nightfall said. "It's slightly concerning, and if I should be blackmailing you over anything, it'd be that. I'm not sure which she-cat would want anything do do with someone who flirts with rabbits... But I'll leave it be for now."

[PikaJoker]

Snowwhisker chuckled. "I never said it was a she-cat. Maybe it was a handsome tom." The white tom inwardly cringed at his own words when he thought of someone wanting to do anything with him. Love was not on agenda. He was not going to end up like his father, dying from heartbreak. He watched as the tom rolled around in the catmint. Fortunately, Nightfall still thought Snowwhisker was intoxicated. He purred at the thought of tricking the dark tom. "Try not to become too out of it. We don't need you chasing after imaginary rabbits!" he called out. His ears twitched and he followed the younger tom as he rolled around.

@symmetry,