[Empress Of Evil]

Originally Posted by Charmer

"Eh what?" Shinefang turned his head to glance at the entrance to the medicine den. The gaze of his single eye fell up the shecat and he squinted, already unsettled. "Does Skyclan not say 'hello' anymore, or something," the older cat grouched under his breath, turning to pad toward the new-comer to get a better look. His bright orange eye scrutinized the shecat, and his ear flicked in concentration. "Yeah yeah, I'm going to be working as the new medicine cat. So what's wrong with ya? Did you twist yer paw too?" Shinefang looked her over carefully for any sign of injury as he muttered under his breath, "I swear to Starclan, we're going to have a clan of cats with no feet at this rate." It was then that he realized just who the shecat was, "Ah, Auroraflame,"when she asked who he was, he grunted, affronted. "Who am I? I'm Shinefang. I was a warrior when your parents were kits," he grumbled. "Can I help you with something?" he asked with an impatient twitch of his tail.

(too much? Let me know if I need to tone it down. Them working together should be challenging, not impossible.)

The deputy was not really sure what to think of the cat. Honestly, Auroraflame was normally annoyed when cats sounded so annoyed even though she'd hardly said anything, yet this time she didn't frown or feel grumpy. As a bright amber eye came into view, the she-cat had to suppress a shiver from running down her spine. Either this tom was really good at keeping one eye closed, or he was missing an eye. She decided not to ask about it, at least not right now anyway. She didn't know this cat, and she didn't want to risk the chance of him being sensitive.
"Oh nothing. I just came by to see if the rumours were true," Auroraflame said. I'm too graceful to twist my paw, she thought, a flicker of amusement flashing across her eyes at her own joke. "My paws are all perfectly fine and well functioning," She continued.
"Oh. Uh, okay," Auroraflame said, slightly weirded out by the sudden fact. The deputy had to bite back the urge to make a comment about how old he must be. Well, she managed to stop herself from saying it aloud. How old is this cat? She thought, her icy gaze scanning the tom. With the way that he grumbled all the time and muttered under his breath, Auroraflame could already tell that he was very impatient. Once again, she wasn't sure how to react to this. Suddenly the thought of sharing prey with this tom seemed a little comfortable to her. It wasn't because he was old, but just because he seemed so grouchy and Auroraflame had the feeling that sooner or later, he would say something she didn't like and she would find herself with another cat to not like. And he didn't seem very happy to meet her, or happy with her presence - not that everyone was happy with her presence. "No. I just wanted to give you this rabbit and maybe ask a few questions," Auroraflame said, pushing the rabbit towards him. She sat down where she was, curling her tail neatly around her paws. If this tom was now the medicine cat of SkyClan, then Auroraflame would want to know a thing or to about him. Like how was he chosen? Did StarClan choose him? Or did he ask Grousestar for the position? How did he know which herb was which and what each herb did? The deputy had a load of questions, and had to run her tongue along her teeth repeatedly to stop them from tumbling out all at once.