@bmkmb @Rani @Beau
Dawnstripe listened intently to Adderfang's report, the muscle in her lower jaw twitching as she heard the she-cat leaving out what Dawnstripe felt was vital information. Who the hell was slacking off?

'What do you dink she's twying to hide! tsk tsk, such diswoyawty. Wet's cawve out her insides!'

'Now now, she reported to us, let's not make a fuss. A simple warning would be fair, no need to cause a scare.'

Dawnstripe tossed around both of their ideas, Sanity sounded a little better. Her pawns didn't know what she wanted from them, she'd have to teach them. She could dish out punishments after they knew better.

"Interesting, I'll inquire further about the Mousemunchers when the lastest border patrols returned. I've heard about the dog, I was going to send out a patrol to hunt it down. Yet if you say it's already long gone then I won't waste the time." How disappointing, she had plans for that dog and her clan. Oh well, she'll have to think of something else instead.

"You may go." The leader raised a paw in a shooing gesture but didn't let her go without a warning. "Oh, and Adderfang, I'm well aware that cats don't always arrive for patrols and that some even slack off. I must be informed of them so I can handle the issues. I will not have worthless kittypets lazing around in my clan. Should you omit any wrongdoing in the future reports, you will be the one that suffers."

The controlling feline twisted her head over to Talonstone, no longer interested in Adderfang, as he spoke to her. She flattened an ear as her eyes widen for a split second before returning to their usual look. So mother was talking to this tom, he must hold some intense loyalty to the former leader and great trust. She'd have to keep an eye on him, thoughts now somewhat conflicted about the silent cat. Dawnstripe allowed him to go with a flicker of her tail tip, she might have to talk to him more later.

Dogsnarl's arrival scrambled her thoughts and brought her back to the present. A heated glare was thrown at the warrior, "You're rather late." Tone laced with disappointment. Yet another cat to watch out for, however, Dawnstripe wasn't getting the same vibe she got from Stardust. She saw just a hint of herself in Dogsnarl's demanding and crass demeanor. Dawnstripe was unable to decide if it was something useful or not. She'd see what Madness and Sanity thought of her later, both voices were silent currently.

"If you want to lead a patrol, I need someone to take charge of battle training. You may gather whoever you wish, I need," Dawnstripe made sure to stress the importance of this, "ShadowClan to have a higher pain tolerance. Make sure you have cats spar with their claws unsheathed and fangs bare. I want nothing severe or any wounds that will result in cats losing their worth to ShadowClan, try and avoid killing anyone as well." That would be counterproductive. The only reason ShadowClan lost to WindClan was due to her clanmates, they couldn't handle a little pain and gave up when it was too much. She needed cats, special cats like herself, who could override merge pain with will alone and dish out more than was given.

"Report back to me on who can handle the pain and who gives up immediately, do well and prove yourself and I'll make sure to reward you." If Dogsnarl was anything like Dawnstripe, she'd only expect the best. Unlike her mother who had overlooked Dawnstripe until the very end, she wouldn't waste competent talent. "Do you believe this something you can handle, just as I promise a reward, I have no problem punishing you for failure." There was a lose and win with this task, Dogsnarl had better be sure she could handle it.

Originally Posted by wren (Post 816387) @Star Wolf @~dust~ Hogsnout was generally surprised to be head of a patrol, considering you know he’d been a pretty big ass earlier. Maybe Dawns brain was alittle on the short term side. He gave a flick of his ear and stood with a stretch. “We leave now” the tom announced rearing his head to his patrol mates- whom he didn’t know the names of and didn’t care to ask.

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Russetpaw

The apprentice padded over to Ebonyfang. She needed the training experience anyway. "I'm in. What do these herbs look like?" Russsetpaw asked the Medicine cat apprentice. Her pale green eyes were cold, friendliness or any positive emotion seemed to be hidden from any watching eyes.

Lynxdusk
The warrior bounded over to the cat, happy to help. He couldn't hunt or fight very well due to his horrible balance but he should be pretty good at finding herbs. It didn't need many requirements, right? Smell possibly, sight and ... oh! a body but that was kid of obvious. "I'm happy to help!" the brown tabby purred, amber eyes filled with joy.

[ I'd prefer if they are in separate patrols ]