Episode 29: Apples to Apples
Yellowfang and Nightcloud sat in their chairs, engrossed in some kind of card game. They were completely oblivious to Tansy madly waving her paws, trying to tell the hosts she'd begun filming.
"Dead fish are fascinating?" Yellowfang asked disbelievingly, looking at a red card in her paw.
Nightcloud nodded. "Yep!"
"You are the worst Apples to Apples player on earth!" Yellowfang hissed, shoving the card at Nightcloud's face.
"Then why am I winning?" Nightcloud asked.
Yellowfang glanced around the stage. "There are only two players..."
Nightcloud finally saw Tansy and the crowd of cats behind her. "Why don't we take volunteers from the audience to play with us?"
"The show's already started?!" Yellowfang gasped.
Tansy sighed. "Yes."
"Great StarClan!" Yellowfang huffed. "Well...who wants to play Apples to Apples with us?"
Paws shot up in the air. Nightcloud and Yellowfang looked out into the crowd, choosing a couple cats to join them.
"Okay..." Nightcloud thought, "how about...Ashfoot."
"And...um...Brackenfur," Yellowfang decided.
The tabby tom helped the elderly WindClan deputy onto the stage, and together they took seats facing Yellowfang and Nightcloud.
"Alright, I'll be judge first," Nightcloud announced, picking up a green card. "The adjective is 'sweet'."
Yellowfang, Ashfoot, and Brackenfur all hand Nightcloud red cards.
"Let's see..." the black she-cat said, reading the cards. "We have peaches, lollipops, and my son. My son wins!"
"I won!" Ashfoot croaked.
Nightcloud recoiled in horror when she realized Ashfoot meant Crowfeather. "Oh, you put that card down? I change my mind. Lollipops win!"
"Yay!" Brackenfur meowed as he took the green card.
Ashfoot cast an unhappy look at the golden tabby tom. "Back when I was a young 'un..."
Yellowfang just shook her head. "Don't argue with Nightcloud, Ashfoot. It'll do you no good. I'll go next." Drawing a green card, she read, "The word is 'amazing'."
The gray she-cat waited as the others handed her cards. When they were all in, Yellowfang picked up the red cards and read them out loud. "Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, and...pickles?"
Ashfoot nodded. "When I was a young warrior, my mate brought me pickles every day!"
"You're strange," Yellowfang muttered. "Niagara Falls wins!"
"Yay! I won again!" Brackenfur cheered. "I'll go next. The word is 'cuddly'."
The tabby tom studied his fabulously painted pink claws (painted by Seedkit and Lilykit, of course) while he waited for everyone to give him their cards.
"Hm...we've got kittens, pillows, and sharks. Who put down SHARKS? They aren't cuddly!" Brackenfur exclaimed.
Ashfoot waved an angry paw in the tabby's face. "Now listen here, you whippersnapper! Back in my day, sharks were cuddly!"
"Why are you even playing?" Brackenfur mumbled under his breath. "I guess kittens win!"
"Yes!" Yellowfang shouted. "I got one!"
"My turn!" Nightcloud meowed, picking up a card. "The word is 'handsome'."
Yellowfang, Ashfoot, and Brackenfur quickly passed their cards to the black she-cat.
"Hm..." Nightcloud said, reading the cards. "Justin Bieber, a monkey, and ick- a 'Create Your Own Card' that says Crowfeather. Dumb tom ain't handsome! Justin Bieber wins!"
"Now see here, young lady!" Ashfoot spat. "My little boy is quite fetching!"
Brackenfur ignored his elderly competitor. "I won again!"
"Crowfeather is not handsome!" Nightcloud hissed to Ashfoot.
Ashfoot unsheathed her claws. "Back when I was a little she-cat, cats were taught to respect their elders!"
"I don't respect you!" the black she-cat growled.
"Back in my day..."
"AHH! I can't take this anymore!" Nightcloud shrieked, and ran off the stage.
Yellowfang watched her co-host run off. "I guess I'll end the show," she meowed. "Thanks for playing, Brackenfur."
"Thanks for letting me!" the tabby tom replied. "I won!"
Nightcloud ran back on stage, looking at Brackenfur furiously. "#ishouldhavewon #ashfootisannoying #ancientashfoot"
Brackenfur ignored her. "I won! Nightcloud has been defeated!"
Tansy walked onto the stage, ready to shut off her camera. "You'll have to play me next. I'll show a winner!"
