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Post by duckyaisha on Apr 26, 2009 6:38:41 GMT -5
"I don't like having to follow orders," Rainstripe meowed. "And besides, I don't want to live so close to so many other cats. It-scares me. I agree with Bronzefoot and Grimykit," she said firmly, backing away a little when Bronzefoot appeared. "Why do we need a Clan when we're doing fine on our own?"
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Post by Thistle on Apr 29, 2009 7:40:15 GMT -5
"Because life will be better!" argued Branchkit, barely acknowledging the fact that there were three cats that had different opinions and could attack her if they wanted to. "And it's not like we'll be slaves or anything. Sure, there's a leader, but then it's more..." She paused as she sought out a word. "It's better."
She turned to Rainstripe. "But that's just because you're not used to it," she said, in reply to she-cat. "When there's a Clan, everyone knows each other and it won't be so scary."
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Post by duckyaisha on Apr 29, 2009 16:27:11 GMT -5
Rainstripe shook her head swiftly. "I'm not dead, am I? I may be thin, but I survive. I can live the way I want to. Having to live the way someone else wants me to is not worth being well fed. Besides, how do you know it will be better? The leader will tell us what to do. I won't want to do those things voluntarily, so if I'm doing them because I'm forced to and not voluntarily, that makes me a slave. And no matter how often it happens, I'm scared of being in a large group of cats. Sleeping together, eating together- I just can't do it. I've lived alone all my life, and that's how I like it. I don't want my life taken away from me!" she meowed passionately.
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Post by Thistle on May 5, 2009 2:26:36 GMT -5
"You're not dead, but you're thin. You admitted it," pointed out Branchkit.
"When there's a Clan, there'll be enough food for everyone 'cause the leader will make sure that everyone gets to eat. And they don't really boss everyone around..." Her voice faded as she thought. "They just tell you to do something because it'll be helpful, like hunting and all." She didn't say anything about Rainstripe being scared of the presence of lots of cats, since there wasn't much the brown tabby could do about it.
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Post by duckyaisha on May 5, 2009 17:07:12 GMT -5
"But what if I don't want to hunt right then? What if I want to be able to do what I want, when I want? Being well fed is good, I admit, but is it really worth losing your freedom? How will the leader magically make sure everyone gets enough to eat? Lizards and rats won't suddenly start breeding more when we form a Clan. And even if there was no leader, and everyone was well fed, I still wouldn't want to join. I'm scared of other cats. The Clan would need more food to make sure every cat is well fed, so those that weren't in the Clan would get less food. I would be even thinner than I am now, simply because of a difference in opinion. Is that fair?" Rainstripe asked. Branchkit seemed sensible. She should know the answer to this.
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Post by Ten on May 5, 2009 17:09:24 GMT -5
"They dun rilly boss ev'one 'round," Grimykit mimicked in a high-pitched voice, rolling his green eyes. "Bossin' cats around is tha whole point ta bein' leader. They make cats do stuff." He began to strut in a circle around Branchkit. "Well, me, I don't want to do anythin' like huntin' or nothin', not when I don't hafta, and 'specially not if some dirtface thinks they can give me orders."
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Post by duckyaisha on May 5, 2009 21:25:23 GMT -5
Rainstripe nodded slowly; Grimykit's ideas were making more and more sense every minute. She almost forgot her previous fear of the tom now that she realized that the two of them had similar ideas. "I agree with Grimykit. Cats don't have to have a leader. We survive perfectly fine the way we are. I don't like these cats that think they can just change everything. Some cats aren't going to want a Clan, for many reasons. And if we are forced into Clanhood, well then, that goes against everything you're saying about a Clan being better."
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Post by Thistle on May 9, 2009 8:56:14 GMT -5
Branchkit shuffled her paws; for a moment she had nothing to say, but quickly found her voice again. "The leader could make sure that nobody took too much and the prey could also be divided, since rats are big and are usually for more than one cat."
The brown she-cat dug her claws into the ground as Grimykit sauntered around her. Who does he think he is? "Well, if you think like that, then live on your own until your bones rot!" she spat at the tom.
"And you wouldn't be forced." Branchkit shook her head as she replied to Rainstripe. "You'll see. Once there's a Clan, you'll soon change your mind once you see how it actually works." She spoke confidently, without any trace of doubt in her tone.
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Post by duckyaisha on May 9, 2009 10:50:38 GMT -5
"Sure, I wouldn't be forced, but eventually I'd have to join, wouldn't I? The leader would have to make sure every cat was well-fed, taking more food from enclosure, meaning that the cats that don't want a Clan have less food. Eventually, as the cats outside the Clan get hungrier and hungrier, they will have to join the Clan or get even thinner. As the Clan's ranks grow, they will need to take even more food. As this cycle continues, even the most independent of cats will have to join the Clan so thy can be fed or starve to death. We'll have to join eventually, no matter what our opinion on the subject is," she replied angrily.
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Post by Ten on May 9, 2009 12:59:02 GMT -5
"Livin' on my own's what I'm a-doin' already, stupid," Grimykit spat, stopping in front of her. "And speakin' uv bones... I dun saw ya and Shortwhisker in tha boneyard togetha. He's a real big Clanner." The tom smirked and flicked the tip of his tail. "I think sumbody's in lurrrve."
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