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**gravekeeper.** · #**3141** October 2nd, 2022, 06:33 AM

Robinscratch shook her head. “No,” she reassured Moonkit,”Nowadays, I think with more members and a stricter leader, we will be safer.” She turned to Pinekit who was nudging her.

Pinekit was hungry so he nudged his mother like how he did when he was smaller, when he depended on Robinscratch’s milk. “I’m hungry,” he said,”Can I go to the fresh kill pile to get something for the 4 of us to eat?”
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**Wingnettle** · #**3142** October 2nd, 2022, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashcloud of WindClan

Robinscratch shook her head. “No,” she reassured Moonkit,”Nowadays, I think with more members and a stricter leader, we will be safer.” She turned to Pinekit who was nudging her.

Pinekit was hungry so he nudged his mother like how he did when he was smaller, when he depended on Robinscratch’s milk. “I’m hungry,” he said,”Can I go to the fresh kill pile to get something for the 4 of us to eat?”
@Wingnettle @MysteryCat

Moonkit (she/her)
Black calico with half face ginger and amber eyes

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Robinscratch's words made sense, but Moonkit guessed that even the most perfect leader couldn't hold everything under control. She recalled how Dawnstar had lost her temper as the news of Shadowfur's apprentice's death had reached her ears, and shrugged at the memory of that situation. She looked really ferocious. I hope I won't ever find myself in a situation like that.

Her attention switched back to reality as Pinekit asked for something to eat. Moonkit's gaze laid on the fresh-kill pile on the opposite side of the hollow, which today was full enough for everyone to eat without worries. Her belly rumbled. She was hungry, as well.
"I want a mouse." she declared with a glance at their mother, as to support Pinekit's request.

It hadn't been long since the three kits had started eating fresh-kill like the older cats, but Moonkit had instantly found mice and voles to be her favorite meals. Not too much fur, but enough meat to make a good snack. And the tiny bones were soft enough for her to tear them apart pretty easily, her teeth already strong to chew raw meat. I wonder how it is to catch our own prey and then eat it. We always find cold prey on the pile.

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**gravekeeper.** · #**3143** October 2nd, 2022, 09:05 PM

Robinscratch let Pinekit get some prey for the 4 of them, watching him scurry off to get some.

“Cloudkit?” Pinekit asked,”Do you want anything specific?”
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***Undertaker*** · #**3144** October 17th, 2022, 01:29 PM

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

The moon still loomed high in the sky as ShadowClan returned from the gathering. Dawnstar had ended up missing quite a bit of what was said since she was seething with boiling anger. After the gathering, Dawnstar left Elmshadow and Ivysnake to lead the clan home and immediately began sniffing around the territory for her damn deputy. She found him, but not as she had expected. Now, hauling the massive of pure dead weight down the cliffside that led into the gorge clearing. Dawnstar dropped Cinderblaze's dead body in front of the Shadowledge.

She took a moment to lick her fur as she now reeked of twoleg and then jumped up on the Shadowledge. The giant she-cat took a seat at the edge of the ledge and stared down at the deceased deputy. Dawnstar rarely felt emotions related to sadness or grief. The leader nearly always expressed herself with raw, unbridled rage, she was in a near-constant state of madness. It was all she knew, so no one should be shocked by how Dawnstar regarded Cinderblaze's death with cold irritation. If he had been a better deputy, she would have actually acknowledged him with respect, but at the moment she was simply irked that he had gotten killed by pesty twolegs. It meant one less warrior to contribute towards preparations for leafbare.

"ShadowClan gather," Dawnstar ordered with a shrill yowl. Considering how important this was, Dawnstar was expecting every cat's attention. Her clan could decide if they wanted to mourn Cinderblaze or not. Dawnstar wasn't going to bother. She had to figure out a replacement among other issues. "It seems that some twolegs caught him, I am assuming he fought back pretty hard hence why he was killed instead of taken. This explains why he wasn't present at the gathering." Dawnstar meowed with disappointment. The leader left her clan to draw their own conclusion. She hadn't bothered inspecting Cinderblaze's body, carrying him had been a workout even for someone of Dawnstar's size and strength. Cinderblaze was no average size cat and she was a tad fatigued.

**sock** · #**3145** October 17th, 2022, 01:33 PM

Darkray hauled himself over to the meeting.

**Moxie Foxy** · #**3146** October 17th, 2022, 01:33 PM

Cobwebpaw blinked, stund 70/100

**taillow** · #**3147** October 17th, 2022, 01:36 PM

Roanpaw
The Gathering had been rather interesting, and as Roanpaw sat near the entrance of the apprentices den, waiting for his grandmother to return of course, green eyes sharply noticed the arrival of Dawnstar - lugging with her the body of Cinderblaze. In an instant the tom was on his paws, trotting over but slowing his pace as he neared the deceased deputy. Hmm. He didn't really know the tom other than the one outing they'd had for hunting, where he had been taught how to crouch. Emotionless eyes went from him to his grandmother as he simply padded past and sat just before the Shadowledge, front and center as he always did to watch his mentor deliver whatever other announcements she had to make.

**Fade** · #**3148** October 17th, 2022, 01:37 PM

Burningfrost stepped up,Sitting below the tree. No emotions yet crossed their face,A Dead Deputy was A Useless Deputy after All.Burningfrost had never known the guy,Dawnstar seemed normal. Like She had just simply lost a peice of prey,Cinderblazes death was nothing new. Just cause he was deputy doesn’t he should be treated any differently from a fallen warrior. Burningfrost didn’t even bother with Saying a prayer. What good would it do? He was dead,Screw Tradition. It was useless now,It’s not like the Deputy could hear her say it after all. Yet why Did he Remain sitting under the tree,Next to the dead body? Was it sadness,Nope. It was simply an order.

**Shade.** · #**3149** October 17th, 2022, 01:41 PM

The deputy was dead! Frigidpaw was a little disappointed in his timing, though. If only he'd died like 10 moons later. Then she could've stood a chance to become her grandmother's deputy. Rotten luck, now she had to wait for whoever Dawnstar was going to pick to hug the bouquet too. Maybe she'd help them along.

The spiky apprentice sat next to her brother and looked up at her grandmother.
"Can't wait until it's my turn to be deputy. Surely I won't die such a pathetic death so soon." she whicpered to Ranpaw and nudged him.

@birdie

**Rose** · #**3150** October 17th, 2022, 01:53 PM

Larkpaw
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Larkpaw slunk out of the apprentice den on slow, steadily placed paws, fiery amber gaze flitting around the clearing. The smell of death undeniably hung in the air, and Lark had only just spotted the deceased body of Cinderblaze at the base of Shadowledge when Dawnstar's shrill yet commanding voice cut through the air, calling for a Clan meeting. Huh, well, it was long past due the time for one of those. Not that Lark had any knowledge of how frequent they occurred... Shaking her head, the grey Korat cat prowled forward, although her measured steps probably weren't perceived as prowling, exactly. Taking a seat in an empty spot, Larkpaw let her gaze travel around, soaking up information like a sponge. At least no one was particularly near her. Well, not yet. Her gaze refastened on Cinderblaze, and Larkpaw briefly felt bad for the deputy's family, if he had any, and if they loved him, that was. Brow furrowing slightly, Lark's head tilted to the side. There was something she was forgetting about Cinderblaze... What was she forgetting?