@Mica @furrensic @silver. @Omari @sillycreatur @IDIOTICBEAN101 @alec @SuspiciousMindz @Wingnettle @paris [So its clear, Enforcers and Mica you do not have to interrogate anyone as I'll be giving you an IC excuse to get out of the extra work.]

Loud! Dawnstar had been planning to leave her den when Fireflyflicker dashed inside apparently with a tuft of mouse fur, yapping about speculations and dung that Dawnstar was already aware of. Of course, it was a ShadowClan warrior! There was a reason Dawnstar had told her Enforcers to get to the bottom of this discreetly! Ugh! She got this for ignoring the problem and hoping it'd go away. Ignoring the urge to shatter Fireflyflicker's jaw, without a word to the molly, Dawnstar stomped her way outside to the clearing.

Hawkbite, Lynxshade, and Mistlewhisker were already on the scene she assumed doing crowd control or something similar, among a bunch of other mousebrains. Dawnstar walked towards the body, giving a deep thunderous growl to get cats out of her way. Blocking her path could result in some jaw-breaking. The hulking feline slowly rove her amber glare over the body. As disappointing as it was to lose another clanmate, at least it wasn't someone she deemed overly useful.

Still, hadn't she told her Enforcers to figure out who was eating her cats?! The natural urge to blame them was there, but as she had only informed Hawkbite not long ago, snapping at them would do no good. Fireflyflicker had already given her a general run-down of the incident.

She'd rather hear it from the one who found the body. Goopywhisker's statement gave her more to go off of but nothing helpful. Wonderful. This was going to cause such a headache. On top of worrying about a stupid prophecy, now she had to worry about idiots and speculations trying to find out who was killing cats, not to mention the clan's fear. What a mess! Why was ShadowClan always the clan turning into a murder mystery?!

"No one is allowed out of camp without a patrol of three cats, and permission from me, Mistlewhisker, or the Enforcers." Dawnstar roared. This was getting out of paw.

"Fireflyflicker," Dawnstar turned her irked gaze to the warrior. "I don't care what you were trying to do, help or not, there is an order around here. An authority I created so I don't have to deal with cats barging into my den and wasting my time." She spat at the warrior. Dawnstar hated wasting time.

"You don't think I don't know it's a damn ShadowClan cat?!" Dawnstar hissed. "You don't know whether it was planted there or if Whitetwist just had a mouse for breakfast, you don't know if it was a set-up or not, and the reason the body wasn't eaten could be simply because they couldn't finish it or they're taunting us, the latter seems more likely at this point. But between entering my den without permission, stealing evidence, disrespecting authority, and your lack of self-control. You've earned yourself a demotion, Fireflypaw." She was lucky this was all she had earned. Dawnstar should be breaking something for walking into her den like that!

"You need to learn to slow down, respect authority, and listen to your clanmates. They might have saved you from earning my ire. You'll remain an apprentice for the next two moons." Dawnstar glanced in Hawkbite's direction and Mistlewhisker's direction.

"You two can add any punishments you think she deserves. I want the Warriors questioned, see if you can figure out who went out with Whitetwist. No one was allowed out of camp without a second cat. Also, see if you can find out who was out of camp in the last few hours, I want another cat to account for their whereabouts if the warrior remained in camp. Let them know that if they are found lying about the warrior's whereabouts, they face exile or execution." Dawnstar was not happy about interrogating the whole clan, but this was getting too serious not to.

"I want guards at the entrance and the medicine den. If you need extra paws, have the Guards help or enlist those you trust. I'm going to sniff around the Icy Heartlands, no one leaves camp until I return." She ordered the commander and the deputy. "Have Lostspark or Mossfreckle look at the body, maybe they'll find something we're missing. Once done, get Whitetwist buried."

Originally Posted by redshiftreign (Post 1592734) GROUSEPAW THE TRAILBLAZER "it's quicker and easier to eat your young." [ @ashtuft [ashkit]] yaaaaawn, grousepaw rose from the apprentice den bright and early, ear flicking as he arched his back to the ground in an unceremonious stretch. his mottled fur needed some grooming down from sleep, all messy now. whatever, he'd have plenty of time to do that once the sun had risen more and the day's heat sat in. and man, he was exhausted. that's what he gets for staying up late, it seems like. as he padded into the clearing, he glanced about for anyone to pester. but it seemed like most were still in their nests or out doing who knows what. he spotted a lonely little kit in the corner. "'ello, kid." he greeted, voice still rough from sleep, and sat down a few tail-lengths away, giving his chest a lick to smooth down his chest fur. then, his gaze followed theirs up to the sky. "cloudgazin'?"