High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

**dino.** · #**452** July 14th, 2023, 11:07 PM

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

Irritation washed over Bumblestar's features. She counted ten members of her Clan willing to venture out and claim new land--that was it? That wasn't even enough to fill the patrols she needed to fill. She'd have to drop the amount of participants, and even then that would leave one cat out. Ugh. She was going to have to do some serious work around here if her Clanmates were that unwilling to at least try.

With a frustrated exhale, she opened her mouth to start calling the patrols together.

Then something hard whacked her right in the middle of her forehead. She jerked back with a startled yelp, ears flipping back, and glanced down at the objected that clattered to the Stormcrest in front of her paws.

A pebble. Of course it was.

"Ohhhh, I am going to BITE someone's paws off," she snarled, gaze snapping back to her Clan to try to find the offender. Mudhound looked suspicious. Then again, Foxflurry had just been throwing it around. GRAH. If only she knew who to whack! "Next cat I see with a rock is getting locked in the apprentices' den for a moon! Of all the immature, IDIOTIC…" She trailed off into infuriated grumbles and curses before abruptly sucking in a breath and swatting the pebble harshly off the Stormcrest. It flew sideways and landed far away from the meeting place.

"Patrols." Ow. She was seriously going to bite someone. "Listen up 'n listen well, 'cause I'm only saying it once, and if you're here and somehow miss your name, we're going to have serious problems.

"Alderstep [ @.squid ]." Her attention flickered down to her deputy. "Take Pebbleshine [ @Poprock ] and Echopaw [ @Octavia! ] out to the old camp. If it looks stable enough, I might consider letting cats head out that direction again.

"Spiderthroat [ @Starfall ]." She hadn't missed the tom's look at all. "You, Sunleap [ @Katiethewolfchild ], and Wildpaw [ @Catherine ] should venture into the outskirts 'n see what you can find. Just try to avoid Twolegplace, and take care of any threats that are out there. Make sure to expand our borders.

"Wolfmist [ @naiad ]." Hopefully the new warrior wouldn't disappoint. "Take Dragonflycliff [ @dragonwind ] and Cherrypaw [ @CreeperLover649 ] in the same direction as Spiderthroat's patrol, but hang back further and look a little closer. Clear out anything you find, try to secure something useful.

"I'm not expecting these to take any less than a couple of days. Just be careful, 'n be quick. If you've got any injuries, get looked at before you head out."

Weariness tugged at her limbs as she descended the Stormcrest for the last time. "Meeting's over. If you need me, I'll be in my den."

She'd get her injuries looked at later. Maybe she could have five minutes of peace before someone came to bother her.

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