Closed Thread Rime without Reason

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Rimekit was bored...

She’d already pounced on a a stink beetle three times before it decided it wanted no part in her games and scurried off under a root. Huffing, she flopped onto her side, rolling onto her back with her paws in the air as she stared at the nursery ceiling.

Then, her ears twitched.

Something rustled, just a little. Rimekit rolled back onto her belly, eyes flickering toward one of the darker corners of the nursery, where - Oh. Robinkit...

Rimekit's ears perked as she spotted her denmate fussing over her nest, nudging tiny bits of bark into place like it was some big important warrior duty. And, okay, maybe Rimekit didn’t totally get why she cared so much about a bunch of old leaves and sticks, but - well. She was here. And Rimekit was bored.

With a devilish grin, she slunk closer, tail flicking behind her. "Whatcha doin’?" She asked, plopping down beside Robinkit's nest with all the grace of a toppled tree. Her bright mismatched eyes gleamed with barely contained mischief. "You act like you’re buildin’ somethin' special..."

Her paw twitched. So many tiny things. So many just… sitting there. She poked at a piece of bark experimentally, waiting to see what Robinkit would do.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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"I'm fixin' my nest" Robinkit replied to her denmate's first question without really looking at her, though there was a slight flinch when Rimekit nudged one of the pieces of bark so suddenly with her paw before, quite promptly, putting it back in the correct position it was in. "What is special to me isn't to you" Robinkit added as she sniffed one of the flowers. It wasn't at it's best so she placed it at Rimekit's paws.

"You can keep that one" Robinkit stated, twitching the tip of her dappled tail in a strange sense of concentration. "If you want something else you can ask me, but you can't have any real herbs, I don't got any of those" she added, though she didn't sound like she wanted any real herbs in her nest, that would mean that the other cats that need them couldn't have them, she wanted all the cats in ThunderClan to be as healthy as they can be.

Robinkit took notice of Rimekit's seemingly everlasting boredom and let out a sigh, she didn't really like how Rimekit and Finchkit played but maybe she could learn to play like them, maybe then Rimekit would stop thinking she's boring, and Robinkit would not have the finest idea where Finchkit was, so she didn't really have much option. "Do you wanna play somethin?"

Frost-kissed fur hides a fiery spirit
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Rimekit watched Robinkit fuss over her nest with a wrinkled nose, mismatched eyes flicking between the carefully placed bits of bark and the flower now sitting at her paws. She prodded the wilted petals lightly, unimpressed.

"Just fixin' it? Looks like you're doin' a whole lot more than that."

She barely resisted the urge to swipe at another piece of bark, especially after Robinkit flinched, but she did let out a huff when her denmate shot down the idea of real herbs. "Pffft. Well, why don't you got any? If you want a proper nest, shouldn’t it have real stuff in it?"

And just like that, a brilliant idea sparked in her mind.

Rimekit’s tail flicked excitedly, and she leaned in close, dropping her voice to an excited whisper. "Hey, y’know what would make your nest really good? Real herbs... From the medicine den."

The little silvery kit continued. "Those smell way better than flowers, and I bet they’re way softer, too! And we can grab just a little bit - just enough - so no one’ll even notice!"

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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"Chewing off my own paw sounds more helpful for my nest then stealing from cats that might need the herbs" Robinkit said, firmly but not harshly, simply trying to get her opinion across. She knew decorating her nest with her paw was entirely hypothetical and would only cause terror in her denmates, but she would rather do that than steal precious resources, that would be like stealing prey from the fresh kill pile.

Robinkit then turned to a fresher pile of flowers and gained an idea, whether it was a perfect distraction or not was up to the result, but it was worth a shot, and keeping Rimekit occupied was worth a couple of flowers. "What about we can try to keep the flowers in the air without biting them, just usin' our paws" she suggested pulling the pretty flowers to the edge of her nest, one was a beautiful golden color, the other was somewhat of a blue-ish shade, both seemed equally average though.

"We can start with one and then I could throw the second one in when it gets too easy" Robinkit proposed, she had no idea if this would even work or not, but anything was better than blatantly stealing from the medicine cat, anything. "It will make you a lot less bored, even if it's temporary"

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Rimekit wrinkled her nose at Robinkit's response, flicking an ear in mild annoyance. "Chewing off your own paw? That's a bit dramatic..." The fiesty she-kit wasn't impressed. But even she could tell Robinkit wasn't budging. The caliby she-kit had that firm tone and perhaps arguing wouldn't exactly get what she wanted...

Herbs would’ve made the nest better. She was about to grumble about how it wasn’t really stealing when Robinkit suddenly switched tactics, drawing attention to a little pile of flowers. Rimekit blinked at them, then at her denmate... suspicious. This couldn't be anything more than a distraction to keep her from doing what she really wanted to do.

"Keepin’ ‘em in the air, huh?" She mused, mismatched eyes flicking between the golden and bluish flowers. The offer wasn't much different from moss ball fighting and she knew Robinkit would make for a wimpy fox... so a flower offering to test her dexterity was interesting enough for now.

Rimekit sat up, swiping a paw through the air experimentally. "Alright, fine...but if I win, we gotta find something cooler to put in your nest. Now throw it!"

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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Robinkit's unfolded ear perked up in curiosity, and almost a sense of joy, but she twitched it until it fell back into place. She didn't really take much offence to Rimekit calling her dramatic, as she probably was being a little dramatic, but she got her point across, that's what mattered. "It isn't a competition, we will be working together to keep it in the air, clanmates are supposed to work together, even when a cat thinks they can handle things on their own" she meowed taking a glance at each of the flowers, weighing out which one she could choose first. "Plus even if you did 'win' I better be finding something outside of the medicine den" she added

Both flowers were one in the same but the yellow one was much easier to see in the shady den, so Robinkit nodded to herself before preparing her paw to bat the flower "We have to keep the yellow one up first m'kay?" she confirmed before twitching the tip of her dappled tail before using what strength she had to swipe the petal in the air she quickly jumped out of her nest and stood beside Rimekit, she didn't really have a good hunter's crouch about her, but what she had gathered of herself wouldn't make a bad leap if she tried one.

Robinkit seemed to start perking up again, a small smile passing over her maw as she thought of the thrill of keeping Rimekit out of trouble, she liked caring for others, even if the... the much bigger cats had to look after her first. "C'mon Rimekit! We can't let it fall!"

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Rimekit huffed, rolling her eyes dramatically. Working together wasn't something that she had much experience doing - even she had to rely on her sharpest warrior instincts to chase foxes out of the den. The competitive gleam in her mismatched eyes couldn't be dampened, even if she leered at the teetering truce the two now shared.

Her tail flicked pointedly when Robinkit insisted on finding something outside the medicine den for her nest. "Whateva' you say." she muttered, not quite conceding. There had to be something cooler than flowers and bark. And she was certain they'd be locked away from prying eyes in the medicine cat's den.

She watched as Robinkit chose the yellow flower and launched it into the air, springing from her nest to join her and Rimekit’s ears perked at the challenge. "Ha! Don’t worry, I got it!" She meowed with a blantant crow of confidence before swiping a paw out to bat the flower upward before it could hit the ground. She half scuttled with excitement, just as eager to see the flower fall to the ground as she was to see Robin bat it back up.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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Robinkit's normally bristled kitten-fluff seemed rather flat now, as if she had relaxed a little from the first interaction with Rimekit when she had walked over to Robinkit's nest. Batting this flower about was... fun, Robinkit didn't allow herself that feeling very often and now it flowed through her veins like wild rapids, perhaps it was adreneline but who knows. Robinkit bunched up her haunches and leapt upwards, granted it was as graceful as a falling tree branch but it was a leap non-the-less. 

With an outstretched paw, she batted at the flower to keep it airborn before landing, less than gracefully on the ground with a soft 'oomf' but the little caliby got back to her paws, almost as if nothing had happened. Sure she had played with leaves and stuff before, doing this exact game, but that was by herself. Playing this game with another kit seemed so, different, and she wasn't sure if it was a negative kind of different yet.

"Okay now it's your turn again, make sure you hit it as high as you can!" Robinkit added, her tail twitching with uncharacteristic excitement for the tri-colored she-kit. As she used her usual pace to move over beside Rimekit, her tail held high "And I'll be here if you need me, though I know you're strong and brave enough to do this by yourself" she purred a little more softly

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Rimekit smirked at Robinkit's leap. The act itself was clumsy to the silvery kit, clumsy but she managed to do what she had set out to do. With her tail flicking smugly, she crouched, odd eyes locked onto the drifting flower like a warrior with gaze locked on unsuspecting prey.

Getting the flower as high as possible with a leap or pounce was nothing. With a sudden burst of energy, she sprang forward, swiping at the flower with an exaggerated flick of her paw. The petals fluttered wildly as it shot upward, spinning in the den.

Rimekit landed with a soft thump, glancing sideways as Robinkit moved to stand beside her. Her ears twitched at the caliby’s words, and for a brief second, her expression wavered - just a flicker of something unreadable before she just scoffed it off.

"Obviously! I'm the strongest, bravest kit in the whole nursery!"Came her pompus interjection. Be if leaf or fox, she could protect Robinkit if she were ever in trouble, but as of right now, this was a competition - or at least that's what Rimekit believed, even if it technically was cooperative.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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Robinkit dismissed Rimekit's prideful comment with a small 'mhm' before giving the flower another whack into the air, her pads barely touching the flower as the momentum of her paws swiping so swiftly into the air helped the flower raise as high as the young kit could get it. "Maybe you are, but that doesn't mean anything if you don't have real ways to prove it yet" she murmured quietly as she dashed to give the flower another swipe, this time, she unsheathed her rather clean claws out of instinct but was sure to keep them away from Rimekit.

"If what I see out of the nursery is right, you gotta do warrior stuff to be fierce n' brave like them" Robinkit intergected, however her voice was a normal and even tone, lacking in any emotion that would convey any sort of positive or negative conviction to her words, that is how she liked it most of the time.

Robinkit noticed the dancing petals in the air and watched them for a moment, there was a reason that she had picked that little flower for her nest, it was so beautiful when it drifted in the air, she'd give anything to make this beautiful game last forever "Go on Rimekit, while it's still in the air!"

This time her voice carried conviction, one of somewhat determination to keep the game going, to keep watching the flower drift so beautifully in the air, while trying to match the energy of Rimekit with little to no success. Oh well, I'm trying at least

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Rimekit flicked an ear at Robinkit’s murmur, narrowing her eyes. "Oh, I’ll prove it..." She muttered under her breath, watching as the other kit batted the flower skyward again. The way the other kit spoke - so matter of factly - itched under Rimekit’s pelt. Like she didn’t think Rimekit could be fierce and brave. Like she was just a kit playing pretend...

Her claws slid out instinctively. "Warrior stuff, huh? Guess I’ll just have to show you what a real warrior does!"

The moment the flower came within reach, she lunged, striking with claws unsheathed. A satisfying shhk split through the air as her claws tore through the delicate petals even as she launched it upwards, shredding them into tiny golden fragments that fluttered downward like broken sunshine.

Rimekit landed with a small huff, smirking. "Oops!" Not even trying to sound apologetic. Her mismatched eyes gleamed with mischief, waiting, half hoping to see frustration spark in Robinkit’s gaze. Let’s see how much fun you have when you lose, huh?

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.

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Robinkit’s body immediately froze when the shredded petals floated through the air, she paused to look at them for a moment, they were still beautiful somehow, even when they were ripped apart. Kinda like Bravesong and Wildcry, Robinkit thought to herself, but the beauty wasn’t really enough to mask that the flower was gone, sure she had more, but she volunteered that flower to play with Rimekit, and she ruined it, how dare she…

The yellow in her eyes glossed over with clear water as Rimekit stood there with pride over the destruction. Robinkit flattened her ears and let out a loud yowl. “It’s gone!” She sobbed loudly, her claws unsheathing onto the nursery floor as her watery eyes narrowed at Rimekit. “You’re no real warrior, you’re just a bully” she growled, her paw shaking for a moment, a burning knot in her belly requesting action

Robinkit let out a final growl and swiped at Rimekit’s face, in an attempt to score her cheek with her little claws. “You just wait until something important is taken from you Rimekit!” The tri-colored kit cried, wiping her paw over her eyes and turning to walk towards her mother. She knew she would be scolded for harming her denmate, but it was nothing Rimekit didn’t have coming for her. “One day you’ll learn your actions and words hurt Rimekit”

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Rimekit barely flinched at Robinkit's outburst, but her smirk faltered for just a second at the sheer volume of the other kit’s yowl. Come on, it was just a dumb flower! But then came the strike, attempted revenge!

Rimekit let out a startled hiss as tiny claws raked across her cheek, sharp enough to sting. She blinked as a whisker was pulled from its sheath. Her fur bristled as her ears flattened, and for a moment, all she could do was stare as Robinkit spat her final words and turned away.

Rimekit’s tail lashed, her mismatched eyes blazing as she sucked in a sharp breath. She had half a mind to chase after her, to prove just how wrong she was - but then she caught sight of Sunstrike’s watchful gaze.

She huffed, turning her head sharply away, as if dismissing the whole thing. Let her. Rimekit didn’t need some stupid flower to prove she was strong. With a small scoff, she padded back to her nest, pointedly not rubbing at the sting on her cheek. "Hmph. If you wanna whine to your mama, that's your problem..."