Murderers in Thunderclan V.6

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Vote Update:

Spiderclaw: |||| (4)
Rosefeather: |||(3)
Harrierheart: | (1)
Kestrelfern: |(1)

9/14 have voted
Votes are now closed, Spiderclaw for exile.

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T H U N D E R C L A N

Honeystar sat withdrawn from the camp, having heard the news that one of their loyal warriors had been hit by a monster on the Thunderpath. Not only were the persistent whispers of that, though, but that some cat may have pushed him onto the path. This made no sense to the leader, so with decision, he got to his paws and padded onto the High Ledge, calling a meeting. Once every cat had gathered, he spoke, "It seems as though we have lost a warrior. Abstaining, found by Stealthvixen dead on the Thunderpath. It also seems that the lot of you believe it was not an accident. So I ask .. what would you like to do about it?"

The Clan erupted with mews, some angry, some concerned. The general consensus seemed to be a vote, to oust the cat that did it. "Then, who?" Honeystar posed the question, eyes staring unblinking at the cats gathered below them. Names were thrown out all over the place, but the one that was most prominent was Spiderclaw. Honeystar met their mate's eyes, though both seemed to be more disappointed than surprised or confused.

He frowned and nodded, leaping off the High Ledge and moving to stand beside Spiderclaw, "Very well. If you truly believe it was him, which it can't have been as he was with me the entire time, I resign as your leader and will be leaving with him."
Spiderclaw's kittybrows knit, "What?" he whispered into his mate's ear. "You can't resign."
"I can," Honeystar persisted, turning to his deputy. "Kestrelfern will make a great leader."
He turned to walk away with Spiderclaw at his side, but Stripepaw, who was standing next to his brother, mewed, "Dads?"
Spiderclaw stopped in his tracks, staring at his sons with a frown, "I'm sorry .. I - we must leave."
Honeystar nodded, moving forward to lick both of their heads, "You can always come visit us outside the borders," he turned to Spiderclaw and with a look of reassurance they both padded out of camp.
"No! You can't leave!" Stripepaw cried attempting to run after them.
Twistedthorn did his best to hold his brother back, but was unable due to his physical condition, "Stripepaw .. Stripepaw stop .."
Stealthvixen rushed forward to block the apprentice, putting her large white paw up in front of him, "Oh, child. I'm so sorry. Come with me, alright? We'll walk your fathers out."
Stripepaw looked on in decision, but agreed, "Okay," he whispered, following the elder fox out of camp.

The murderer looked on the scene with a blank face, though they wanted badly to grin at their work. Another would happen soon, they knew, as StarClan had said. Who, they didn't know, but it had to be soon. They hadn't intended for Honeystar to leave, however ... that could be a minor setback. For now, they’d just watch the aftermath unfold.

Your leader has left along with your choice, ThunderClan. Was that the right decision?

Leader --
↳ Honeystar // agender // Recklessgod
↳ Kestrelfern // female // mikan!

Deputy --
↳ Harrierheart // male // montmorency

Medicine Cats --
↳ Hollyhop // female // Zarouhi
↳ Twistedthorn // agender // dennis reynolds

Medicine Cat Apprentice --
↳ Wigeonpaw // male // jay.

Warriors --
↳ Spiderclaw // male // KookieKrumblz
↳ Rosefeather // female // gossamer,
↳ Ebonyrose // female // hxneystorm
↳ Abstaining // male // •DarkShadow•

Apprentices --
↳ Minnowpaw // female // Theodosia
↳mentor: Rosefeather
↳ Stripepaw // male // TheDemonskiller
↳mentor: Abstaining Kestrelfern
↳ Mossypaw // male // morrissey
↳mentor: Honeystar Harrierheart

Queens --
↳ Vixenleap // female // Smallfox

Kits --
↳ none

Elders --
↳ Stealthvixen // female // Stealthlock

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toms: 04
she-cats: 07
agender: 01
total: 12

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families + relationships:
- Vixenleap + Ebonyrose = Wigeonpaw, Minnowpaw, Mossypaw
- Spiderclaw + Honeystar = Stripepaw, Twistedthorn
- ? + ? = Harrierheart, Hollyhop, Kestrelfern
- ? + ? = Honeystar, Rosefeather

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T H U N D E R C L A N

The murderer was awake, silently waiting for the rest of the Clan to fall under the wing of sleep. Once they were sure the camp was still, they rose to their paws and snuck out of their den, bumping into Rosefeather on the way. This is who StarClan wants me to kill next? they thought, analyzing the she-cat before mewing, “Rosefeather!” they moved to the side of the she-cat, breathing in the fresh air of the night and looking around. “What are you doing up this late?”
Rosefeather startled at the run-in, a bit confused herself as to why the murderer was up, though it seemed unimportant to ask so she dismissed it, “Just thinking,” she murmured.
“About what?”
“About what happened to Abstaining,” Rosefeather mewed quietly. “I don’t believe Honeystar would leave with a cat he wasn’t sure was a murderer or not, so really I doubt Spiderclaw killed him.”

The murderer analyzed the target further, trying to grasp why StarClan had chosen her to die. Perhaps her lineage? Or maybe it was random ... but StarClan always had reasons, they knew.

“... I’m just not sure who did it,” Rosefeather finished, a look of distant sorrow on her face.
“Well I know,” the murderer frowned, making dead eye contact with the warrior.
Rosefeather became confused, beginning to say “Wha-“
“It was me,” they whispered, launching themselves onto the large warrior, trying to keep her pinned down. It was draining too much energy, so quickly the killer explained, “This is what they want me to do,” immediately, they slashed her throat with an elegant — as elegant as possible while struggling to hold her still — swipe, backing away and looking down at their work, and watching her cease to live. “Goodbye, Rosefeather.”

After staring at the warrior’s limp, bloody, lifeless body, for awhile, the murderer repeated, “This is what they want me to do,” before washing their paws off in the stream and quietly returning to their den in wait of the tragic morning that would come.

Setback averted. Quite minor, after all.

Leader --
↳ Honeystar // agender // Recklessgod
↳ Kestrelstar // female // mikan!

Deputy --
↳ Harrierheart // male // montmorency

Medicine Cats --
↳ Hollyhop // female // Zarouhi
↳ Twistedthorn // agender // dennis reynolds

Medicine Cat Apprentice --
↳ Wigeonpaw // male // jay.

Warriors --
↳ Spiderclaw // male // KookieKrumblz
↳ Rosefeather // female // gossamer,
↳ Ebonyrose // female // hxneystorm
↳ Abstaining // male // •DarkShadow•

Apprentices --
↳ Minnowpaw // female // Theodosia
↳mentor: Rosefeather
↳ Stripepaw // male // TheDemonskiller
↳mentor: Abstaining Kestrelfern
↳ Mossypaw // male // morrissey
↳mentor: Honeystar Harrierheart

Queens --
↳ Vixenleap // female // Smallfox

Kits --
↳ none

Elders --
↳ Stealthvixen // female // Stealthlock

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toms: 04
she-cats: 06
agender: 01
total: 11

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families + relationships:
- Vixenleap + Ebonyrose = Wigeonpaw, Minnowpaw, Mossypaw
- Spiderclaw + Honeystar = Stripepaw, Twistedthorn
- ? + ? = Harrierheart, Hollyhop, Kestrelfern
- ? + ? = Honeystar, Rosefeather

[Smallfox]

Vixenleap

-shecat-queen-vote: --tags: None-

Vixenleap was awoken by a scent that seemed oddly familiar, her eyes widened as she realised what it was. Blood. She stood up from her nest in the Nursery and ran out. She let out a yowl of horror as she spotted the cat laying dead. "Rosefeather is dead!" She announced. "The murderer is still here!" She hissed. "Spiderclaw was not the murderer!" Vixenleap was one to hold onto her beliefs, she believed one of the cats in her clan did it. She sat over the black cat's body.

[montmorency]

❝ 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓
( male ) ( forty-nine moons ) ( deputy ) x. ( medicine den ) ( open )
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xxHarrierheart hoped the murderer had been Spiderclaw. But he didn't want to believe Honeystar, a leader, was involved. He was curled up in his nest, halfway confident in the clan's choice, when a yowl erupted from outside the warriors' den. He immediately dashed out of the den and into the camp clearing, eyes settling on Vixenleap before he could comprehend the body next to her. Rosefeather.
xx"Great StarClan," Harrierheart murmured. The new deputy ran to the medicine den, hoping to find a medicine cat awakened by the shout. There was nothing anyone could do about the death, but at the very least they could prepare Rosefeather for her burial.

[Stealthlock]

Stealthvixen / Female Elder / Form / Tags: General

This wasn’t like before.

Stealthvixen woke to the horror and chaos of a panicking ThunderClan, and the presence and pungency of Rosefeather’s dead body.

“Why...!?”

Why had the murderer done it!? Why were they still here?? Why hadn’t they even hidden the body?? Why Rosefeather!?

Stealthvixen shakily approached Rosefeather. She dared to smell the death and blood, letting her huge nose sift through all the horrible odor for answers. The smell of a particular cat? Claw patterns? Motivation?? What answers still lay here??

Despite still being uncertain whether a ThunderClan cat was to blame, she looked up and around at her beloved clanmates, for the first time, with distrust and fear. She loved all of them. She KNEW all of them. Which of these noble cats could ever do this??

[web.]

Twistedthorn

Woken by the murmur of cats outside, Twistedthorn opened his eyes and looked up. Spotting a distressed Harrierheart, the cat sat up. "Harrierheart," he meowed, quickly licking down a patch of fur that stood up on his chest, "what happened?"

[DaisieGames]

(Votes are open )

[montmorency]

❝ 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓
( male ) ( forty-nine moons ) ( deputy ) x. ( medicine den ) ( twistedthorn )
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xxHarrierheart looked at Twistedthorn. The mundane act of smoothing the fur on his chest felt like a stark contrast from the chaos the deputy predicted would be immediately outside the medicine den. "Rosefeather is dead," he replied frankly. The surprise had already faded from the tone of his voice. "She's in the clearing. You—we should get her body ready for burial."


[ mossypaw ]

[mikan!]

k e s t r el s t a r
she-cat | leader | apprentice: stripepaw | siblings: harrierheart, hollyhop | tags: harrierheart

Kestrelstar woke up with a start, her fur bristling on end. After straining her ears, she could hear the murmur of conversation in the clearing, strangely uncharacteristic for Thunderclan at this time of day. Most of the voices sounded unhappy, or even despairing. She frowned, wondering what surprise may have caused this hubbub. As she licked down her chest fur, a slight shock hit her as she recalled this same atmosphere from just a while back, with the murder of Abstaining... But this time, she knew it couldn't be the same reason. Thunderclan had already exiled the murderer. Although the idea that Honeystar was also didn't sit right with Kestrelstar, and unease gripped her tightly as the Thunderclan leader padded outside.
In the center of a clearing lay a group of Thunderclan cats. And in the center... a body. No, Kestrelstar's ears flattened in disbelief. She made her way through the throng, not meeting the eyes of the cats around her. "Rosefeather," she meowed quietly, putting her nose to the dead she-cat's body. Grief washed over her in miniature waves, and she looked over the faces of the cats around her who seemed to be thinking the same.
Kestrelstar quickly stood up and pushed the emotions away. She was Thunderclan's new leader, she had to fulfill her duty. Her brother and deputy, Harrierheart, seemed to be a lot more calm than she, talking to the medicine cat with little to no fluster.

She padded toward the tom, who seemed to be talking to Twistedthorn about burial. Kestrelstar couldn't help to admire his ability to remain calm like this. She needed to discuss the alleged murder with him, especially since it was now apparent that Spiderclaw and Honeystar were never murderers at all.

[voting mossypaw]