Murderers in Thunderclan V.5 [News on page 897]

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stand by for kill.

[~Macmanus~]

(Can we start a new round? It's been several days since the exile and 24 hours since the host told us to 'stand by for the kill')

[Katrione]

~Snip~

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beetlenose had sacrificed
everything for her clan.

when she'd given birth to
her son, she had nursed him
in secret for a single night,
before handing him over to
lilystep for her to raise him.

she could not afford to be
a full time mother.

beetlenose had always been
a strong, loyal warrior. she
had loved her mate, but not
as much as she had loved her
warrior duties and her clan.

he was always second best,
to her.

that was why he had left her,
and why she had given up her
single, beautiful, wonderful
son.

she had been there when gorse-
-face died. she had seen it happen,
had been unable to stop the
terrible tension. she had watched
her brother breathe his last while
she stood by his side.

he'd told her something.

when she had been asked to take the
position of deputy, she agreed, for
that was what she felt she should do.
to protect her clan. to protect her
son.

now, as beetlenose lay in the nursery,
she watched the tiny kit's flank rise
and fall as he slept. her heart felt warm,
and a yearning betrayed her. she was
tired, and the nursery was filled with
silence--lilystep had gone to take sootkit
to the dirtplace, so the nursery simply
belonged to mother and son.

beetlenose was tired.

everything was taking so much energy, so
much effort. she loved her clan, but, for
just one moment she wanted to rest. to
sleep next to her beautiful son.

gorseface had told her when he died
that nothing was more important than
family.

so, she closed her eyes.

when lilystep returned, she discovered the
bodies of a mother and her son, blood pooling
on the floor of the nursery, their lives long
gone.

watch out, thunderclan! your deputy and a
kit have been murdered! with beetlenose dead,
wetfur takes her place as deputy.

Leader --
↳ nightstar // she-cat // MockSun

Deputy --
↳ beetlenose // she-cat // Lafayette
↳ wetfur// tom // ~Macmanus~

Medicine Cat --
↳ froststep// she-cat // kinikat

Medicine Cat Apprentice --
↳ icepaw // she-cat // iupa.

Warriors --
↳ stormpelt // she-cat // ---?
↳ snowberry // she-cat // -Sparkledragon-
↳ mouselily // she-cat // BubbleT3a
↳ cloudfur // tom // .mochi
↳ acorntail // she-cat // SpiceCookie
↳ hawkwing // tom // MyLostShadow

Apprentices --
↳ smudgepaw // she-cat // kaden
↳ bluepaw // tom // crutchie_
↳ riverpaw // she-cat // Katrione

Queens --
↳ lillystep // she-cat // Soul Of Winter

Kits --
↳ sootkit // she-kit // sugar pixel .
↳ grasskit // tom // griffingirl4everx3

Elders --
↳ none

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round info: here
chatzy: here

toms: 4
she-cats: 9
total: 13

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only a moderator may start a new round. also, the 24 hour rule is only in effect for mir--since i am not the owner of mit, that is not something that has been installed here.

[kaden]

Smudgepaw yawned. She was curled up in her nest and felt groggy from the events surrounding Mouselily's murder. Although she didn't personally know the she-cat, she knew she was a gifted warrior. Smudgepaw never strongly believed that Riverpaw could have killed Mouselily. She was friends with Riverpaw and knew she was too gentle and kind to do such a thing, and was devastated when the clan chose to vote her out. The tortoiseshell apprentice exited her den, casting a glance at the sleeping Bluepaw before bounding into camp. She remembered her mentor telling her that she should be keeping up to scratch with her apprentice duties. Smudgepaw decided to gather some bedding for the queens and their kits. After exiting camp, Smudgepaw reentered with a mouthful of moss and carried it carefully to the nursery. She let out a gasp when she saw Beetlenose lying dead with Grasskit by her side. She glanced at Lilystep, and then Sootkit, before stumbling backwards, feeling dizzy. 'Deep breaths Smudgepaw. Take deep breaths.' She thought in an attempt to calm herself. Her suspicions were true. Riverpaw was innocent.

[koushi.]

Bluepaw was sleeping lightly in the apprentice den when he heard Smudgepaw wake up and pad away. He cracked open one of his eyes and looked over at the empty nests surrounding him. That's when he remembered that Riverpaw was gone. His littermate had been exiled by her clanmates, him included. He got to his paws, the feeling of guilt heavy in his heart.The choice now seemed more like betrayal than doing his duty to the clan. The blue-furred tom padded out of the den, attempting to blink the sleep from his eyes when he saw Smudgepaw. She looked frightened. "Are you alright, Smudgepaw?" Bluepaw meowed, padding over to her. He noticed that she was looking at the nursery. He frowned, peeking inside to take a look for himself. His eyes widened in horror as he saw the bodies of Beetlenose and Grasskit lifeless. "No." He whispered, flattening his ears. "There's been another murder! Riverpaw was innocent!"

[MockSun]

Nightstar had walked into camp feeling a dozen years older after guiding Riverpaw to the WindClan border. She had deflected the topic of the blind apprentice’s fate whenever someone questioned her what she had done with the young apprentice. So long as her clanmates believed her to be a murderer, Riverpaw would not be safe in ThunderClan, and if the murderer learned of her fate, she would not be safe in WindClan either. If all else failed, Nightstar held the knowledge that she had saved at least one other cat close to her chest. It was the spark of hope that let her believe that this had not all been for nothing.

Nightstar was grateful she had the strings to pull to keep Riverpaw safe, but she couldn’t say with any confidence that it was an act she could repeat. For all her resources, there was a very real risk that if her clan exiled an innocent cat again, she would not be able to save them.

The thought was troubling.

She hoped that, in some small way, she had atoned for failing Mouselily and Gorseface by saving their daughter. Perhaps she could begin to forgive herself. She pictured Riverpaw, who Nightstar knew was an innocent in the very fiber of her being. She wanted to rest easily knowing she had saved at least one innocent, but there was a tugging feeling in the depths of her soul that warned her Mouselily and Riverpaw would not be the last. She dared not voice this suspicion.

Her ears perked when she heard there was another murder from inside her den. Her first feeling was not shock, but vindication of Riverpaw's innocence. Then came guilt that she had felt anything but horrified. Dread rose in her chest as she approached the Nursery, forcing herself not to show emotion. What did ThunderClan have left if everyone panicked? She needed to keep her wits about her, she needed to be calm. Stars, that was... Beetlenose, and beside her a smaller bundle of fur. Grasskit. Something sunk in Nightstar's chest, and for a brief moment, she let her head dip in mourning. It was clear that they were far past the point where Froststep or Icepaw might have been able to save them.

She turned to the two apprentices, Bluepaw and Smudgepaw, her eyes subtly narrowed. "Get Sootkit and Lilystep out of the Nursery." She commanded. She needed to call a meeting, she needed to talk to Froststep, she needed to appoint a new deputy. She gave herself a moment to sort through her scattered thoughts, her posture stiff and rigid.

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votes? please continue to rp through this stage.

[VolcanicRaptor]

//awe, murderer pm me?