#guys i was planning so hard for Stoatflash Lightningcry and Shiveringneedle to kill Stoatstar and then id get them all exiled for funsies

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

Finally! More murder!

why do i feel like these are connected somehow??? Storkocean died moons ago by *checks notes*

WHAT?!?!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY SECRETLY MURDERED STORKOCEAN???

istg thats not how Storkocean died???? i would have remembered that??? hello??? BUDPELT WHAT DID YOU DO??

okay.... maybe he did it because this was during Palestar's rule?? and Budpelt is Palestar's kit so maybe they felt forced to, or thought it was okay???

but the really crazy thing is BUDPELT AND HAILSTRIPE ARENT EVEN FRIENDS???

Hailstripe is a mediator, sure, but why tell HAILSTRIPE and not one of the other mediators?? Moontail and Reedskitter also would have known Storkocean, but young Jadetide wouldn't of!!! But Budpelt chose to tell Hailstripe who was VERY CLOSE TO STORKOCEAN AND, IN FACT, HAD A CRUSH ON HER

(side note Hailstripe has. so many crushes on cats lmao. and the ones he has crushes are all the only cats he has, like, friendships with too)

i cannot fathom what Budpelt was thinking.... maybe it really was guilt and they do truly feel bad? idk... but i feel like Hailstripe isn't a forgiving type...? this is so strange...

....oh yeah. Springdawn was murdered. thats what i was supposed to be all excited about!!! Springdawn is the deputy, right! so, who was the culprit??

uhhh, one of these guys probably. i assume it was a group effort since---wait.

wait.

SMOKYSTRIPE IS DEPUTY?!?!?

SMOKYSTRIPE???? BUDPELT'S MATE?!?! BUDPELT THE MEDICINE CAT??? BUDPELT THE APPARENTLY MURDERER?!?!?!

oh my StarClan

"is worried others are judging them"

why would they be judging you, Smokystripe? huh? what did you do?