Just so everyone knows, Amazon decided to split the elimination of Kitty into two posts so everyone could react to the first part. (And yes there is a lot of chatting and planning behind the scenes, and yes she does know what the mission is, so does Aurelie, and no, neither of them will tell you. They have been sworn to secrecy on pain of... well, pain! (Actually, lack of it in Aurelie's case and my refusal to receive it in Mistress' case!)<br/><br/>Once Amazon has done what she'd going to do, I will post a little explanation for the team. Obviously, the OOC reason for the character's untimely death is that the player is no longer with us. The IC reason, as Kacy points out, has got to be more than simply not wanting to get naked!<br/><br/>In fact, it will be a combination of things, primarily putting the team in danger, lack of respect her superiors, refusal to obey an order... The original idea was that Niki strips Kitty to humiliate her in front of everyone as a punishment for barging past her at the door. But with Vincent's untimely removal, the character's refusal to obey an order is all the excuse we really need.<br/><br/>In a combat situation, a soldier refusing to obey an order from a superior officer can be summarily executed by that officer, quite legally, although it rarely happens in Western armed forces. Frequently happens in the armies of less democratic countries! What we have is effectively a terrorist cell where everyone is an outlaw.<br/><br/>That last word, "Outlaw", tells the whole story. They are "with out law". With no law to govern them, the strongest rule. Niki is, basically, proving a point, that she is the Beta female in the pack, and she defers only to Anne's Alpha.<br/><br/>Your characters are all used to working alone. Niki's job is to very quickly weld a group of loners into a team. And the easiest and quickest way to do that is through fear. If they fear fer, and she respects Anne, the logic is that they will also respect Anne.