spy 2 hire

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Shimmer's only show that she recognized the insult was a tiny hiss. She had trained her children well, and the suggestion that her eldest, the largest of her litter, would get himself killed while washing of his paws was, well, insulting. But the snide comments were all part of a game, in a way, that she was playing with Touslepelt. So she wasn't particularly mad. Maybe in a way it was like flirting, but Shimmer simply didn't let her mind travel in that way. She was, of course, a master of her expressions, and continued to keep her face looking only slightly ticked off, with nothing deeper behind the emotion.

She sat on the cold ground of the cave, watching her son and his father. She took in everything, ready to pull Ice out of the job altogether if Touslepelt showed any signs of not treating him well. Sure, Touslepelt was violent by nature, but if he made one threatening step towards her son - he was smart enough, Shimmer was sure, to know what would happen. She dragged her claws across the hard stone beneath her, a habit she had retained from long ago and never gotten herself to let go of.

[rex.]

Touslepelt threw Shimmer an odd look at the random scraping sound of claws against stone. surely she couldn't have been THAT ticked off by his comment... shrugging, he turned back to Ice and looked him over; it was obvious that the kit would grow to be broad shouldered yet lean. The tom looked made to fight, and in a way it made Touslepelt proud. After walking around and examining his offspring, he nodded and meowed "Actually i came to you for help. I am in need of a spy... and I can think of no other cat that would be capable of doing such a thing other than my own son." True, his last statement was flattery to create an incentive for ice to follow him; if he thought that Touslepelt was proud of him...
"I am going to ask you to leave your home though..." he continued, casting a glance from Shimmer, back to Ice; he knew what it was like to be separated from close kin. "I will train you with everything you need to know before I actually give you your mission though..." And then giving a stern serious look at the tom before him he growled 'Do you think you are capable of this?'


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Ice narrowed his eyes as Shimmer sat, looking rather.....ticked. Then he turned his eyes to Touslepelt, who had began to speak. A spy, he said. And Ice was capable? As Touslepelt mewed the words that would change the young tom's life, he circulated around the white kit, examining Ice's soon-to-be muscular body. Then he said the words that probably broke Shimmer's heart. Ice...would have to leave home. As Touslepelt glanced at Shimmer, Ice snuck a peek at his mother too. He winced at her reaction, but then came his own. Leave Shimmer....leave his home.....how could he do this?
Of course he would be happy to be trained by the best fighter in the forest; he had heard Touslepelt's words even through the rushing sounds of shock.....leave? How could he break Shimmer's heart like that? To leave his mother for his father? He barely knew Touslepelt! His eyes narrowed as Touslepelt asked him if he was capable of leaving, leaving to train and fight and spy. Physically, of course he was. But mentally.....Ice wasn't sure.
I....I don't know, Touslepelt. Leave home?
He looked up at the older tom with grief in his eyes. In the end, he would have to leave, for his sake. But how about Shimmer's sake? Her soul, her heart would be shattered if he left...and she would cover all of this up with anger....how could she deal? how could he deal?, if he left the Black Meadow?

[rex.]

guessing what was running through the kits head, Touslepelt "...If its leaving your mother your worring about, I dont think I'd worry; she is stronger than she looks. She'll get over it. But if you really dont think that you can do this for me, then I think i've come to the wrong place..." He flicked his tail casually. What he said about Shimmer was true, he knew her to be a strong-hearted feline- Cold oftentimes, but very strong willed. He had no doubt that- unless something happened to Ice, that she would survive just fine without him.

Touslepelt could see the debate raging behind the kits eyes, and he stared right into them, awaiting Ice's final answer.

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OOC-again, ai forgot X.x

Ice twitched his tail a bit. He glanced at his mother swiftly....but this was his dream. To do something with his life. Now that he thought about it, she'd be fine without him. She was fine before him, wasn't she? As Touslepelt voiced his doubts about Ice, he narrowed his crystal-colored eyes.

No. I'll do it.

This was going to be one of the biggest decisions he had ever made...he had better not mess up. Especially with this kind of father leading him....

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Shimmer smiled, a quick expression that faded as fast as it had come. Pride swelled inside her, suppressing the worry and stress. She didn't really care whether the two toms had caught her little grin, and didn't care. If they had, Touslepelt would still know that she had limits to her pride and Ice would feel more confidant about his decisions. Very softly, she spoke: "Touslepelt, I'm trusting you. And if that's a mistake..." Her words trailed off. He already knew then end of that sentence.

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OOC-kashhhh?

[Kash]

ooc: I'm sorry guys. I actually lost my internet, and i have been unable to log on. Im on a school computer at lunch right now...Sorry for just dissappearing...

ic: Touslepelt's eyes glistened with optimism. So far, things were going well, now he just had to train the young cat to be his eyes and his ears. "Yes Shimmer" he nodded to the she-cat, all too aware of the consiquences if something would happen to Ice. "Lets go Ice, we must start your training immediatly"
and with that, the rex tom turned around and padded out of the den, expecting the younger tom to follow.

ooc: bell rang sorry. bye

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Shimmer wanted to tell her son that she'd miss him, to say that he'd to wonderfully, to ask him, perhaps, to change his mind. She desperately longed to go with him, to claw Touslepelt into realizing how important her son was to her. If he lost her her son.... A tom had only done that once before the this proud queen of the wild, and Fang was gone now. Shimmer wanted to tell her son's father that story, to use it to threaten him, to scare him into taking someone else's dear child. She would kill the mother for him. Why had she let this happen? She regretted not throwing out the huge visitor when he'd first arrived. No, instead she'd welcomed him, collapsed so embarrassing, and then encouraged - encouraged - her only son to go with him.

She wanted to drag Ice back to his den, but her face was beautiful and emotionless as she spoke: "Ice, train well," she said first, her tone wishing him good luck and ordering him to do his best. Then, once more, she let herself threaten Touslepelt - "Remember, if one hair on this boy's pelt is harmed..." she cut off; he knew what she was saying. She'd said it, what, ten times already? But it was of utmost importance that that message sink in, to hit home. If he didn't take it seriously, she was going to rip his throat out. Or perhaps, just for fun, she'd reenact her vengeance on Fang. She stopped her internal threats to watch her precious kit and his new caretaker leave her den, holding back the urge to race after them.

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Ice blinked at the suddenness of the situation. As Touslepelt urged him on, he turned to his mother; his heart felt broken in half. He had lived with his mother all his life, trained with her, done everything with her--until now. Now he would change his path, turn from his mother to his father. As Shimmer spoke her farewell, he nodded. He almost snickered when she threatened Touslepelt yet again--he knew he could protect himself, and he didn't need Touslepelt for that. Again he blinked, but this time it was because his eyes burned and were filling up with water. He padded slowly towards his mother and touched noses with her, whispering softly:
I'll come back to visit you. Goodbye.
Although he was just a kit, Ice was pretty mature for his age, as any cat could tell. Now he brushed his white, fluffy tail against his mother's flank in farewell, and turned around, padding to Touslepelt's side.
I'm ready.
That wasn't true. He wasn't ready at all. But he had to pretend to be, for his sake, and his parents' sake--especially Shimmer. She seemed tough on the outside, but he knew her, and inside was a broken-hearted mother who just wanted her kit alive.

[rex.]

ooc: Touslepelt stared back at Shimmer, searching her beautiful face for any hint of remorse or regret for letting her son go. But he saw none. The rex found it painfully obvious that Shimmer had a special talent of hiding her emotions-for the most part, and that she wasn't really showing those around her her true self. that bothered him, especially since he had known this she-cat for Moons and moons. didnt she trust him? obviously she trusted him enough with her son, but since his response to the scene she had made a little bit ago, he doubted that she'd ever trust him again with her emotions......hang on. he caught himself as he turned to look at the misty horizon what do I care about Shimmer's emotions?! Bah!
Ice had returned to his side by now and seemed to- finally be ready to depart. 'lets go' he meowed gruffly as he started off toward his Glade, (careful to watch his step).


ooc: I'm at Panera on my dads comp supposed to be writing a couple reports for humanities and reading 'antigone.'
oh well.
ANYWAY. I'm going to open a new thread in my terra, have Ice join me when your ready, i might not be able to get on again for another day or so. word had it that we had a snow day tomorrow so i wont be able to use the school computers.

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ooc//kay, so is this thread
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