[BigFrog4231]

What a calm looking kitty! Tell me about a time they lost their cool.
cat suggested by nio

max of 500 words and 1 art piece.

Ends January 10th at CS rollover (10th to 11th)

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Name: delmira
Gender: female (she/her)
Rank: technocat
Clan: azeryn
Description: caramel mink point with purple eyes
Age: twenty-one moons
Edits: - [nr] expression, accessories, weight edits
[c] whiskers, short tail
[uc] unnatural eye color, med fur, short ears, round ears
Owner: vivika

[SilentMelody]

Username: SilentMelody
Cat Name:
Gender:
Rank:
Clan: (Please link)
Age: (1 year or above)
Prompt: Mark!!

[changeling.]

Username: K1NGCL3M3NT1N3
Cat Name: wave’watcher stellan
Gender: male [he/him]
Rank: commander
Clan: lily meadow alliance
Age: 43 moons
Prompt:
they thought, in their plans, that wave would be no trouble. he’s calm, they said, unlikely to fight back. he’d give in to keep the peace.

“they said… that, um, they’re going to keep clam until you agree to speak to one of them,” stammered lily. wave could feel his ears pressing back against his skull and heat rising to his face. “sure, then,” he said evenly. barely contained anger bubbled under the surface of his voice. “take me to where they wanted to meet. let’s talk.”

the frightened molly nodded jerkily, turning to begin quickly making her way through the long grass around, heading towards the forest. wave followed swiftly after her. his agitation was rising with each too-slow step lily took, but he shoved it down. after all, she wasn’t the one involved in kidnapping his little brother, clam; just a poor witness forced to relay a message.

at the edge of the woods, lily stopped, and wave in his impatience ran into her. he forced himself into neutrality and stiffly asked, “what?”

she jerked upwards with her head, and following the action, he spotted it; a small white cat laying in the tree branches towering above them. wave knew at once what this was, tensed up and hissed, “what have you done with my brother?”

the white cat, with a furrowed brow and seeming taken aback, said, “oh, calm down, wave. we just want to negotiate, really.” they flicked their tail, hopping out of the tree, and a brown molly slipped out from behind the trunk where she must have been hiding. wave finally got a good look at them, and- “moonstone, chestnut. i… suppose i should have known. who else is in this?”

moonstone answered, “sunset. in fact, she’s with clam now-“ wave’s claws dug into the grass beneath him- “and they told us to come tell you their demands. either pass leadership to her, or, well… you won’t be seeing your brother again.”

wave snarled, and he hardly had a chance to think about his actions before he was leaping. he slashed moonstone’s cheek before they could move out of the way, and chestnut sprang into action. she lunged at him and sank her teeth into his tail, her claws reaching out for his flank. wave shook her off and was about to retaliate when a light blur tackled the brown molly to the ground.

“go!” lily shouted, and wave nodded swiftly, taking off. following the scent of his brother, he came across a ginger cat. sunset began to speak, but wave wasn’t listening, and he darted towards her. then he spun the other way around her, and the confusion let him slip past.

“wave!” yelped clam’s terrified voice. wave paused to nuzzle the kit’s head, but he didn’t let himself be relieved just yet; he grabbed clam by the scruff and continued running. “we’re getting out of here!” he promised gently.

they were mistaken to think he wouldn’t lose his cool for his family.
[500 words]

[feverish]

Username: basils
Cat Name: lavender
Gender: dfab she-cat [she/her]
Rank: queen
Clan: delta gardens
Age: 60 moons | 5 yrs
Prompt: serenity.
the forest was quiet this time of morning, still as a lake on a windless day, pale light dappling the ground the way a fawn is specked. after several heartbeats of taking in the fresh morning breeze, lavender slipped back into the nursery and nudged two of the older kits with her soft paw.

it was time for a walk.

and walk they did, chatting quietly as if speaking too loudly would disturb the ruins' peace. lavender's tail waved from side to side, her gaze sweeping the scenery as they descended deeper into the heart of the woods. she was careful.

she wouldn't let anything hurt the kits.

and she didn't.

peace never lasts, lavender knows this, but she expected the quiet to at least linger for the kits' sakes... but lavender had spent many moons having her expectations never quite met, and she was prepared.

always prepared.

when the fox drew close, lavender unsheathed her claws.

"dears," she spoke, calmly, as the kits trembled, "why don't you close your eyes, and count to twenty? can you do that for me? when you're done, open your eyes, and everything will be okay."

the she-cat felt anger boil up in her blood as she lowered her head. the kits counted behind her, little mewls making her heart ache, and lavender faced the ginger devil as it snarled. was it too much to ask for a morning of peace? a little adventure for the kittens when they had been so good lately? lavender's lips curled, and her paws shook in rage as she stepped forward.

"you've made a mistake, i fear."

she made quick work of the beast, the fox's squeals sending birds fluttering from the treetops as it retreated. turning back to the kits, lavender crouched, a warm smile on her face.

their little eyes opened, nervously, hesitant, only to widen when they scanned the underbrush and found no fox.

"see?" she hummed. "when you're faced with something scary, all you need is to stay calm, and i will fix it."

[faelyn]

username: faelyn
cat name: zion
gender: male
rank: decay
clan: faerie!!
age: twenty moons
prompt when it became summer :(

[Vivika]

Username: vivika
Cat Name: delmira
Gender: female (she/her)
Rank: technocat
Clan: azeryn
Age: twenty-one moons
Prompt: 490 words <3

“justice malachi. i assure you, the situation is fully under control.”

with a smile, she wielded the greatest tool within her toolkit. soft and mellifluous, her voice was like a lullaby. a charm soothing the woes of customers, never faltering from that steady, smooth cadence. squeezing the judge’s shoulder, she guided the tiny, silver piercing from the judge’s paws into her own. “there’s nothing to fear, justice. the malware on your comms will be removed and i’ll install a virtually infallible security system on the house.”

the judge’s nose twisted. “is anything infallible these days? how can you be sure? voids, i’ve missed at least half a dozen appointments due to this idiotic virus. the whole courts will be backed up and…”

she let him finish.

if there was anything she’d learned from her time in the tech sector and as a mother, it was to let these pompous brats rant. let them rant. and rant. and rant. once they were done, they’d listen in due time. for now, she waited, smile on her lips.
“...how can you be certain?”

“the king uses this security system.” she chose her words carefully, tailoring them to the judge. “it operates the grid ━ the source of the kingdom’s energy. it’s a hacker’s deadzone, virtually impenetrable, and azeryn thrives with this in-place. how about we try it? if you aren’t satisfied, we can look at other options.”

and it worked like a charm.

difficult as he was, the judge left and blissful silence was restored once more. a sigh left her lips and she leaned back, curled up in a corner of her workshop.

check her notifs and she could leave. return to her son, her partner, her home━

her paw froze on the glassy screen.

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⚠️⚠️⚠️ WARNING FROM GRID SECURITY ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Threats detected. Malicious malware virus (1) </cube.net.825> has infiltrated your personal device. You have one sunrise to remove this issue and prevent permanant damage.

Provide your contact and safety deposit information to tech support immediately to resolve problem. We only require a deposit of fifty peças to halt further compromisation of device.

Please view this video for assistance contacting tech support.

!!WARNING!! Do not remove virus on your own━may cause critical corruption of files.

hi mami ━ hope i didn’t scare u! just needed to get ur attention
bc i’m hungry and ur ignoring my pings. when u coming home?

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the blood rushed from her cheeks… and returned.

burning red.
deep breath in. out. breath in━

she flung the glass screen against the walls, unflinching as it shattered. oh, her dear son, indeed. he knew better, knew how she played this aristocat’s game every day, tempering the worst of them.

he’d still played her like a fool’s puppet. with a scam notif. but now those strings had snapped.

one breath in, one tap of her comms.


<ɪɴɪᴛᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛᴇᴏ.. ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴇᴅ?>

<ʏᴇꜱ>

oh, he was in for a reckoning.

[LittleMaple]

Username: LittleMaple
Cat Name: Dustlily
Gender: female she/her
Rank: warrior
Clan:Aetherclan
Age: 5 years
Prompt: Dustlily lets out a mrrow of laughter when you ask her if she’s ever lost her cool. She has to take a moment to collect herself and stop laughing before she can answer your question. “Well, of course, I have! Every cat that’s ever lived has lost their temper,” she tells you, covering her mouth with her paw while she stifles another chuckle. You ask her to be specific, or at least tell you about a time that they really got mad. She ponders this question for a moment, very deep in thought. “Well… there was this one apprentice…” she trails off, and you nudge closer to her in an effort to get her to keep talking. She looks over at you mischievously before she starts.


“They were a bit of a troublemaker, always getting themselves into situations that I would have to go get them out of. One day, we were on a patrol along the border of our clan. Mind you, this was long before my days in Aetherclan, and my clan was more of a rag-tag group of warriors. We arrived at the nearby thunderpath, and that’s when the trouble started. I was telling them to stand back while I checked around and marked that part of the border. They listened, for about one second! I was about to turn back to tell them that the coast was clear, and they could start looking around. When I looked though, they were gone! I tried to remain calm, and looked around the trees for a moment to find them.”


“After running around for what felt like forever, I finally spotted them hiding in one of the tall trees. When I asked them what in the name of Starclan they were thinking, they said it was just a prank. Ha! A prank! I couldn’t believe my ears. I lost it on that poor apprentice. I yelled at them about how they were being extremely immature and that they could’ve seriously gotten hurt, and I made the poor thing cry. I felt so guilty, I even tried to get my leader to revoke my mentor privileges. Of course, he didn’t, and I managed to make a big impact on that apprentice! They were one of the best fighters we ever had.”


Dustlily sighs again, a sadness filling her eyes with a tinge of fondness to it. She looks over at you and nudges you with her shoulder. “Well? That good enough for losing my cool?” She asks you. You nod vigorously, and she laughs loudly. She stands, stretches, and pads towards the warriors’ den. You watch her go, wondering about the look you saw in her eyes as she left. Why did she leave that clan, if she seemed so happy in it? (469/500)

[BigFrog4231]

[size=80][list]Username: vivika
Cat Name: delmira
Gender: female (she/her)
Rank: technocat
Clan: azeryn
Age: twenty-one moons
Prompt: 490 words <3

“justice malachi. i assure you, the situation is fully under control.”

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congrats!! i loved the creativity in your response, especially the formatting!
ty to everyone who entered!

[Vivika]

sdfhgsdjsdf i wasn't expecting this, but thank you so much! i'm holding this darling so incredibly gently, ahh <33