[ti]Open[/ti]The Place without Light

[silverfang218]

Spottedheart was wandering his usual route through the dreary, misty woods, though he has more recently been more attentive to his surrounding. Tansypaw- now Tansysong he supposed, a very pretty name for the determined little cat- told him that Sweetoak had been pulling all sorts of apprentices and other cats down here. He promised her that he’d keep an eye out for any other living cats that found themselves down here.

The solitary Dark Forest warrior had even taken his own apprentice in the form of a young MothClan cat named Lionpaw, who had been lured here back when he was just Lionkit. The ginger tom was a quick learner, and Spottedheart was knowledgeable about combat, even if he was not very good against larger opponents. The dead tom still hadn’t met Tansy’s brother, Finchsomething; he is particularly interested in the wayward young cat who, despite all signs, believes that he is in StarClan.

Spotted’s ears twitch and swivel around at the sound of another cat’s muffled pawsteps. He turns his head to face the newcomer, his characteristic soft, kind expression covering his face. “Hello; who is there? Come out please.” He mews, his voice warm though cautious. His gaze searches for the eyes of the stranger, trying to see whether they are alive or dead. He’d be more than happy to chatter with a living cat, but any resident of this forest should be treated with caution. Until he knows which one he is dealing with, Spottedheart wants to stay a bit wary.

[GnawingOnIce]

Tanglefur was walking around, seeing if anyone was around cause he wasn't tired. He caught a scent.. Spottedheart's. He went toward it, keeping low and quiet, since he wasn't sure of Spotted liked him or not. “Hello; who is there? Come out please.” Spotted must've heard him. He stood and walked out from where he was hiding and sat down in front of him, "Spottedheart. Nice to see you."

[silverfang218]

Ah, Tanglefur. Spottedheart has never been quite sure what to make of Tanglefur; Tangle had never seemed manipulative, like Sweetoak or Spooted himself, but the other Dark Forest cat had also never seemed bloodthirsty either. He didn’t fit into either of the two normal categories for cats down here. It was interesting. Spotted found Tangle’s presence a lot more tolerable (and a lot less dangerous) than Sweetoak’s, so the caution seems to melt away from the much smaller cat’s face. Oh, he was still wary, but he doubted he had anything to fear from this particular cat.

Spottedheart’s kind expression becomes a soft smile. “Ah hello, Tanglefur. It’s been quite a while hasn’t it? Nice to see you again.” He purrs. “I’ve rarely seen you away from your little home; what brings you all the way out here, hm?” Spotted asks out of curiosity as he sits down in front of Tangle with his tail curling over his paws.

[GnawingOnIce]

Spottedheart greeted Tanglefur as Tangle nodded his head in greeting. "I was bored, and I'm not tired either. There's always nothing do here." He complained, licking black stuff his maw. He hated that it got everywhere, it was super annoying but he guessed he had learned to live with it. He wasn't really alive anymore, though, so what it would be called? He had learned to.. tolerate it? He didn't know, anyway. "What've you been up to?"

[silverfang218]

Spottedheart nods in sympathy at Tanglefur’s assessment that there was nothing to do down here. It was a sad reality of boredom, though Spotted can’t imagine that StarClan is any livelier. “Sad but true.” Spotted is not at all concerned about the dark stuff leaking out of his companion; it seemed present on several of the cats down here, and if a cat looked at just the right angle in just the perfect place, they’d notice that Spottedheart wasn’t free of the dark gunk either; it just isn’t in a visible place on Spotted.

The small warrior shrugs as Tangle asks what he’s been up to, “Nothing much, same old same old. Wandering around. Pondering the mass amounts of living cats that have ended up down here.” He decides to leave out that he’s started teaching one of the apprentices; at least Spotted didn’t try to really manipulate his apprentice like Sweetoak does with all of her young cats.

[GnawingOnIce]

Tanglefur's ears pricked a bit as Spottedheart told him that he had been thinking about how many living cats that have been down here. "Yea, who knows how many are actually down here now. I kind of feel bad for them, now that I think about it." He commented, remembering Oakwish and how concerned she had been about his condition. At least she wasn't scared of him, despite him hurting her a bit. If she ever came back, which he was sure she would, maybe he'd walk her around a bit.

[silverfang218]

The smaller warrior nods as Tanglefur mentions the unknown number of young cats wander around in the misty forest; Spotted nods again as Tangle expresses pity for the lost cats, seeming like he also feels heartbroken for them. Don’t be fooled, however; Spotted finds the phenomenon puzzling, but nothing more.

“Most of them I’ve met say they were pulled here by Sweetoak calling herself Rosespark.” Spotted ventures. He believes that Tansysong mentioned Tangle as being a cat with no love for Sweet, but it never hurts to be careful. “I wonder what she’s planning on doing with them, particularly since many of them seem…. Unruly and not cooperating in furthering her interests.”

[GnawingOnIce]

Tanglefur nodded once as Spottedheart mentioned Sweetoak and her pulling random apprentices here, expecting them to do her work for her. "I really hate her. She just randomly pulls apprentices from every Clan here, expecting them to do her dirty work for her." He huffed, ears flicking back in annoyance. Tangle did want to help the apprentices, don't get him wrong, but he wasn't very interested in being.. well, gone forever.

[silverfang218]

“Of all the cats that deserve to be down here, she deserves to be here the worst. Sadly, she seems to have quite a bit of power down here… including the ability to still ruin the lives of the living.” Spottedheart is actually genuine there. “And if I’m the one saying that a cat deserves to be down here more than any other… well, that’s a bad sign. She creeps even me out. Even so, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve seen a cat drag an apprentice or two down here- but the sheer number this time is something I’ve just never seen before.” Spotted’s voice is filled with a big of awe, like wow this is messed up. More messed up than even Spottedheart.

[GnawingOnIce]

Tanglefur nodded in agrement with Spottedheart, "She creeps me out aswell. If we're lucky, she won't be down here much longer." He told the other tom, hinting at Tansysong's plan. Even if Tansy's plans wasn't to kill Sweetoak, Tangle was sure someone else would do it sometime. At least Tangle had no interest in pulling apprentices here, he wasn't sure he knew how to anyway.