[ti]Private[/ti]Possum Party 2: Surprise Edition

[Fireflake]

Debris the Loner

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Debris dragged in a deep breath, her brown eyes shimmering. Behind her was a pile of stuff covered by a black plastic bag. In front of her was the rest of her litter. It hadn't been easy to get them all there, from remembering to ask to dodging their questions to asking Paper Towel at the last possible heartbeat. And that was a lot for the cat that could hardly arrange for herself to be there! She puffed her chest up with pride and nearly tipped over. "I bet you're all wondering why I got you here," she began in a rehearsed manner. The she-cat left a moment for suspense before announcing, "Well, I'm gonna tell you..."

She took a deep breath. "There are four different seasons, and now we've seen them all together for the first time. It's real exciting when you think about it that we're so old, so I thought we should celebrate!"
She flicked up the edge of the black bag with her tail-tip, but didn't let it lift up any more than that. "Soooo, for a few moons, I've been collecting you all gifts! Sometimes I lost where I hid them or they got rained on or carried off..." She flicked an ear in annoyance. "Anyhow, I've got them all now."

A smile filled her face, her tail reaching for the sky. "Who wants theirs first?"

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[mewmehh]

Box had at first been skeptical of the odd proposal of her sister; not that she didn't trust Debris, it was far from that. No, perhaps Paper Towel or Socket would cause the dusty she-cat more worry, but Debris had always been one of the littermates she got along with best. Instead, her red sister's request had piqued Box's interests, but as nervous as she tended to be, Cardboard Box couldn't help but feel twitchy at the situation. But twitchy wasn't always a bad feeling, and in this case, it was twitches of excitement.

Box shifted on her knobby haunches beside her brother, particularly enjoying the familiar musky scents of all her kinmates as they floated around the group in a thick cloud. It was soothing, all of them in one place. even when they weren't apart for too long, Box was always quick to feel lonely and miss her siblings, so it was always a treat for her to have them all together to herself. Though, she was sure if anyone of them pointed out as selfish she was, Box's would have a frantic tongue-lashing to give them in response. 

Steely blue eyes flicked from Debris' beaming face to the rumpled mass behind her and Box's ears perked up curiously. She glanced from PT to Stink and then to Socket and Snippet. No one seemed to want to move, thus the most motherly of them all decided to set a good example. Standing up, Box half walked, half scampered over to the ruddy she-cat and affectionately nuzzled Debris. "I'll go first then."

[Fireflake]

Debris the Loner

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Debris purred loudly and looked at Box with glittering eyes before diving halfway under the bag. Her tail swished as she shuffled a bit, yet she reemerged empty-pawed. "One more thing!" she announced quickly. Debris's speech, though practiced, was laid out in fragmented pieces inside of her mind, and it took the sight of her gifts to bring the last note to her tongue.

"I was going to just get you all something you liked, but that didn't seem special enough... so I used another way to figure out what to get."
The she-cat stood up straight again and struck a profound pose-- or at least what she interpreted as a profound pose-- while she carried on, "We all got our names four seasons ago too! It made sense for you to get your names again, this time as solid stuff."

Debris's short ears twitched and she realized she was falling into a ramble. Flashing another joyful look, she dove under the bag again. A few moments passed. A rustling sound. And then... Debris popped her head up, a small box dangling delicately from her jaws. She dipped her head to place it carefully on the ground in front of Cardboard Box and brushed against her sister's face before stepping back.

"This one took ages! Finding a clean cardboard box in trash is... oh, well, it's a treasure hunt!" Debris chattered, beaming. "But look, it's got a shiny outside and no stains inside. And all the flaps. The shiny bit doesn't get hurt by water either."
Pride seemed to be bursting out of the brown she-cat.

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[gingersnapsdacat]

Paper Towel could not stop making happy little wiggles, constantly shifting his paws. He had no idea what Debris was planning, but knowing his sister, it would be great! And she had said something about presents! Presents were amazinggggg!!! He stared at his siblings, wondering who would want to go first. Even though he was excited, he was also incredibly curious to see what sort of thing Debris had come up with for the others. 
"I'll go first then."
He perked as his thin framed sister scampered forward to receive her gifts, hand his eyes widened with every word Debris said, and his ears stood straight up in alertness. 
Our names? 
He recalled a recent encounter with a rogue named Cedar, and the harsh judgement she had given of their odd-sounding names. 
Huh, thats a nifty lil connection. 
As Debris presented the box to his jittery sister, Paper Towel let out a squeak of awe. He could not help but interrupt Box's moment with a compliment to the reddish she-cat. 
"That is so cool!"

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[Fireflake]

Debris the Loner

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"Do you think?" she asked joyfully, turning away from Cardboard Box as her attention shifted to her brother. "Oh, then you'll love yours!"
Debris momentarily forgot about waiting for Cardboard Box's gift approval and ran to brush against Paper Towel. "Wait here! Or, er, come if you want. Just not under with me!"

The she-cat bounced over to the plastic bag and shuffled underneath. She bobbed up and down under it for a few moments. "Where did I put it?" rose her quiet mutter. And then, Debris herself popped triumphantly up. The bag wavered as if threatening to reveal all of the gifts and she squeaked with alarm, dropping the paper towel tube to the ground as she stopped to hold down the plastic.

"There," she meowed in relief. The bag had settled again. Debris turned back to Paper Towel and nudged his present forward. "Look, it's cardboard just like Box's. I was going to get a whole bunch of paper towels, but one of them wouldn't let go of my paw and I had to run away. So... I got you the thing they come on instead!"

Her ears perked high, her sister completely gone from her thoughts by this point, she stuck her paw under the flap of a single paper towel still clinging to the roll. "It can wave, as well. See?"
The tissue fluttered with the breeze.

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[LupTacco]

SNIPPET
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Snippet sprawled on the ground, looking at Debris upside-down- to be honest, she was trying to peep under the covering, but it wasn't working and by now the asphalt was comfy enough to her bony shoulders she just stayed like that anyway. She let out a light purr as Debris explained the odd meeting and the mystery pile of things, reaching a playfully affectionate paw towards her sibling. Letting someone else go first, the scruffy grey she-cat's ears were pricked forward, watching with curiosity as Debris unveiled CB's gift- a rather impressive box that even seemed to be immune to rain. Her jaw hung open a little, stunned and humbled; she had expected these things to be small but heartfelt, but it seemed Debris really had gone all out. Rubbing her nose on the box appreciatively and brushing by Cardboard in silent congratulations, she stood by still a bit awestruck while Paper Towel's gift was revealed, too. A whole flappy-paper thing?? Snippet prided herself on her ability to find whatever she wanted plus some stuff she didn't know she had wanted yet, but this was an amazing show of rare finds. The towel container even still had a faint odor to it, some sort of dimly floral thing that twolegs were fond of in their homes.

She could bear it no longer, and finally she managed to speak, "Me-! Me next, Deb, I'm gonna go crazy, I gotta see please." She shifted from paw to paw, antsy and excited, her eyes round and watery as she half-pled half-asked Debris to see her gift next.

[Fireflake]

Debris the Loner

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A loud purr erupted from Debris's throat. Her littermates were loving this as much as she'd hoped! When she finally managed to shove it down, she nodded vigorously.
"Oh, Snippet, yours was like a miracle!"
She sat down and launched into her story of how she came by this sister's gift, apparently unaware of how desperate Snip was for her to actually reveal the object.

"Firstly, I went looking for snippets of food because I thought you'd like that, but then I guessed you'd be better at that than I am. Sooo, I asked the nice house cats that helped me to get Stink's present and they said you might like something called a parsnip."
She took a deep breath and went on, "I really tried to find you one, but I don't know what they look like or where to get one... So I moved on..."

And on, "And then I was in this interesting dumpster and I saw something shiny at the back. I hoped it would work for Stink's present, since dumpster stuff does stink sometimes."
Her sincere retelling was broken into by a large yawn. Shaking her head, she finished simply, "It was strange so I batted it to see if it was dangerous and it made this sound that reminded me of you."

Debris finally pattered over to the black bag and slipped her paw under it. "It was this 'snip'. You'll see what I mean."
Feeling the unique texture, she pulled out a small pair of metal scissors. Debris batted them. And then again. To no effect. Debris frowned and tipped her head at them. "Oh. Well I don't know what makes it snip for sure, but I've seen it at least four times, so I'm sure it does."
She nodded as if her saying so confirmed it and looked to Snippet with bright brown eyes.

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[gingersnapsdacat]

Paper Towel wriggled in excitement as his gift was revealed. What could his sister have found for him? His jaw dropped as she dragged out the tube.
It...was...GLORIOUS!!!!
He stuffed his paw into the tube, and flailed it around, waving it proudly. 
"Ohmygoshiloveitit'ssobeautiful! Itwavesandlookguysinnitnifty!?" 
His words all mushed into one long string as he nuzzled his sister. With the tube still stuck around his leg, he hopped back to his place among the others, paving way for his equally excited sister to receive a gift. He was still purring at an obnoxiously loud volume, and rubbing his face on his tube-leg, claiming it securely as his own. 

[mewmehh]

Box's eyes glistened, glued to the smooth square surfaces of her namesake and utterly stuck as Debris hurried to divide the gifts to the rest of their siblings. The dusty grey she-cat gave a gurgled cry before dashing towards her gift in a quick scamper. She sprang up and over its side, slipping into its confines and accidentally flipping it from its side upward. Her large ears peeked out over the edge, but otherwise hid the scrawny cat. It was only once she tentatively rose her head to peek just over the top of the box that the widest, goofiest grin could be seen upon her face.

"My very own box..." she mumbled in a giggle, her normally dark eyes bright with glee rather than anxiety as she delicately bushed a paw over the smooth cardboard surface. "I'll cherish it forever!! I care for her like my very own kit." So wrapped up in her elation, Cardboard Box just about missed seeing Debris' other creative gifts from beyond her new clean quarters.

[Fireflake]

Debris the Loner

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Debris bounced joyfully in place before hopping over to the bag. The shiny black surface shimmered with mystery. Of course, Debris knew what was under there! She giggled and reached for one of the things. Under her paw rolled out another shimmering bag, this one covered in patchy bits of glitter. She batted it to Stink like part of a game and a few specks flew off.

"Smell it! Go on, put your nose up to it."
Under the smell of general trash that surrounded Debris and many of the nearby streets was a hint of some nice plant. "Be carefully with that stringy bit. It opens if you pull it sometimes."
Debris purred quietly and dragged a paw over one of her short ears. "I, um, tested it a bit."

She beamed for a solid five seconds before snapping her attention away to Socket. "Oh, and finally... Socks!" she exclaimed. "You've been so patient."
Debris wasn't entirely sure that her last sister hadn't just dozed off, but in any case, she was awake now. "I couldn't capture a socket for you for obvious reasons, but..."

Debris dramatically threw off the black plastic and revealed three odd socks. She picked them up, carried them over, then dropped them at Socket's paws. "These nice kittypets told me that these are called socks, and I started looking for them right away. I'm not really sure what the extra holes are for. I do know the top ones are for housefolk to put their back paws in."
Debris flopped down onto the ground. "Phew! That was fun. So, who wants to go find some grub?"

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