High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]
No Acornkit. Her loss, moving on. Bumblestar stood up and stretched out a hind leg to prepare for what had to come next; typical reassignments and then some unfortunate news.
"Thankfully there's not as many reassignments as there were last time. Coyotepaw, Mirepaw, Sunpaw, Nightpaw - your mentors seem to have vanished so you're getting new ones.
"Coyotepw [ @Kass ], you're with Drizzlenight [ @Cherry~ ]. Mirepaw [ @RavenzzGlow ], Skunkstripe [ @Tiabirb ]. Sunpaw [ @FrostyGalaxy ], you'll be with Shadowshine [ @Shellwhisker ], and Nightpaw [ @Eraserhead ], Honeydew [ @~MothDust~ ]."
Hopefully they were listening, because she wasn't going to be running through this list again.
"Bad news is never something I want to give, but we've had an unfortunate time of it this past moon," she continued. "A snake got into the nursery and killed Tawnykit. Wolfpaw was thankfully there in time to kill the snake before it did anymore damage, but even with attempts to save her, the snake's bit still killed her. Redhawk 'n I worked to reinforce the camp, patch up any holes in the dens and walls, so there should be no more snakes seen." Her gaze darted down to the kit who had been screaming about it earlier. "But just be careful when out in the territory. I've never seen a snake bite kill someone as if they'd been poison, but clearly that's become a concern. Avoid 'em if you can - do not go out trying to hunt these things. Don't wanna end up bit."
She rolled her shoulders. "Silentpaw's also been killed. I'd taken her out of camp to speak to her after the Gathering, but she ran. Something got to her before I could - a fox, I think, goin' by the sounds. She was marred nearly beyond recognition. I had to bury the body where I found it, was too torn up for me to move properly to the Rise. She was young. Her death is unfortunate, but also a reminder not to leave camp by yourself at night. It's leaf-bare. Dangers are hungry 'n desperate. Be smart, stay safe. I don't wanna have to find you torn up in the middle of the territory."
Now Bumblestar looked to Mudhound, remembering her sibling's request. "Mudhound has also found Heronsnarl at the bottom of the pit in Haggard Ruins. Fell, we think, 'n it's been deemed too precarious to try to get her body out, so unfortunately we'll have to leave her there unless you want to try yourself to get her back to the surface for a proper burial. Just be careful if you do. Don't get trapped yourself."
She craned her neck to look for Drizzlecloud, thankfully finding her amongst the gathered cats. "Mudhound's requested that Drizzlecloud say some words in Heronsnarl's memory, so keep quiet."
