Murderers in Riverclan V.3 [welcome back!]

[eltonn]

abstaining - |||
3/7

[22tabby]

FireFeather hadn’t wanted to get out of bed all morning. He woke up late, but kept trying to go back to sleep in hoping that these nightmares would go away.
But they didn’t.
He slowly forced himself out of the nest and into the clearing. He heard the low voice of BlastClaws, and he approached the Tom slowly before seeing OnyxPaw. He felt himself stiffen and he looked at the cats around him.
“We need to find whoever is terrorizing the Clan...” the comment was half to himself, especially since he knew it was a redundant statement. He was sure everyone felt that way by now.
((Abstaining for now))

[web.]

Emberstar had quickly aided Hollythorn, moving Onyxpaw to the center of camp- yet they were interrupted by the waking cats. Emberstar motioned to gently rest her down, and he took in a deep breath. "Onyxpaw was murdered." He mewed simply, attempting to sit tall among his clanmates. "And we must find who did this. Who did all of this. It pains me to say it, but.. whoever did this could be sitting right here next to us." He wished he hasn't said that, his eyes drifting to the ground in embarrassment. "we will grieve, and we will bury our loved one," his tail motioned towards Onyxpaw, "and afterwards I wish to begin investigating. The sooner we find where they got the herbs, and the sooner we find out anything, the sooner we come to bringing justice. I feel as though we have given this matter the cold shoulder. I understand that this is hard, but I believe it should be the clans priority to figure out who is doing this. I understand that the clan is not fully gathered, but if you could spread the word, it would be appreciated. Most important of all, stay safe. That's all I ask."

(Changing from Abstaining to Nightpaw)

[twistedm0th]

Hollythorn sighed, listening closely to all the leader had to say. He quickly turned to fetch the rosemary and lavender he had dropped earlier, bringing them back to the center of camp and placing them on top of Onyxpaw's bloodied form. "I agree. It's come too far to just sit back and wait anymore. We have to find the cause of this." He dipped his head to Emberstar, turning around to head to the warriors' den before he realized that everybody had gathered to hear Emberstar except for Tumblekit. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, turning back around to go back to his own den. He couldn't bear to hurt the kit like that.

[Changing vote to Nightpaw]

[Fading Dreams]

Nightpaw had sat down next to Onyxpaw's corpse, being quiet as the others around her talked. Not only had she lost her mother and brother, but now she had also lost her dear sister. She wanted to speak, though her thoughts were muddled by the shock and grief of all that had happened in the past few days. Starclan why does this misery have to befall upon us? Nightpaw thought in her head quietly as she closed her eyes. "Please, we must find the murderer soon," The apprentice finally said quietly, breaking her silence as she once more opened up her green eyes, this time with a spark of vengeance for her fallen loved ones.

voting mosswish. ]

[✧Mahou Shoujo✧]

Mosswish raised her head up to face the cats. "And we will. I'll do everything I can to find out the murderer." She paused, before hypocritically adding "There's little time to grief, while one among us is a murderer." her eyes drifted between the cats in the camp, and the she gulped as her eyes went to the apprentices, one who would never see tomorrow. As she spoke her confidence quickly faded and she sat and curled her tail around her paws.

(Gonna bandwagon here and say Nightpaw

[doggoesmeow]

Tumblekit woke up to see that Hollythorn was not right next to her anymore. "Hollythorn!" Tumblekit let out a cry as she though that Hollythorn had left her like her mother and sister did before. Tumblekit raced out of the nursery to see a group of cats gathering around in the center of camp, she didn't know what was going on, but it was like what happened when her family had left.

(Nightpaw)

[Tainted~Wings]

Blastclaws
He looked at night paw. His ears shot back hearing murmurs of votes for his daughter. He looked at his clanmates. "Night paw," he whispered. He felt his heart break. First Ragepaw was gone, then his sister and ex mate, then onyxpaw. If they threw his daughter out his kin would be gone. He looked back to nightpaw

[twistedm0th]

At Tumblekit's cry, Hollythorn darted back out of his den, his eyes wide in worry and confusion. "Tumblekit!" he yowled, running back up to the kit and giving her several fierce licks on the head. "Don't scare me like that," he muttered, feeling like the kit in this situation. "You're okay. I'm okay. Everything's going to be okay. I promise."

[web.]

Emberstar dipped his head to his clan, eyes clouded with anguish. He looked over to Hollythorn, who now stood beside Tumblekit and he felt hope. The clan needed love, and it was clear that Tumblekit could be that beacon for the clan. He looked to his mate, Mosswish, and nodded in agreement to her words. But as he looked to Nightpaw, he felt uneasy. He felt sorry for her, that was certain, but something didn't sit right with him. However, he did not show his suspicions nor did his voice his opinions. As a leader he felt he should stay neutral in the matter. Everyone was innocent until proven guilty, in his eyes. He moved his gaze from the apprentice, taking in a deep yet short breath. As he got to his paws, he flicked his tail. "I believe that although we are in a state of limbo, we must still take into matter the health of the clan." He flicked his ear in the direction of the, somewhat, empty fresh-kill pile. "I'm going to take a hunting patrol out, to soften everyone's nerves. If anyone wishes to join me, head to the entrance. I will give everyone some time to.. think." He smiled softly, but the smile soon faded as it felt inappropriate. He then briskly made his way to the entrance, sitting beside it in a patch of sunlight, awaiting to be joined by some of his clanmates.