Maskedknight had nearly jumped out of his fur when he'd gone through the twoleg bag that had wound up on SpringClan's territory a day ago to find what looked like a giant spider. Furry and black and big.



But after closer inspection and some prodding, he'd discerned that no. It was in actuality a toy. It didn't move when he touched it, nor did it react when he picked it up.



It was still kind of terrifying and realistic despite it's large size (well minus the bright orange markings on it's abdomen). But he didn't need it scaring any cats in SpringClan.



But perhaps he could have some fun despite the tough times in SpringClan?



Maskedknight picked up the spider toy and darted towards the border SpringClan shared with SummerClan. Admittedly it smelled weirder than usual and cats seemed to be out at night rather than during the day (but he guessed with nights getting longer they were maybe just trying to optimize productivity perhaps?). But regardless there was the possibiltiy that them being up at night rather than during the day meant he'd be more likely to make them think the spider was real. 

Once he crossed over he quickly rolled it around in the dirt getting his scent off of the toy as much as possible and left it there, innocently, at the base of a tree just near the beach of the lake. 

Then Maskedknight crossed back into his territory proper and settled down to wait.