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Post by Horselover on Sept 9, 2014 3:39:31 GMT
I thought I had you figured out
The brown and white tom walked to the entrance of camp. He was bored, as a mentorless apprentice. He was so ambitious, but no one to see it. So the green-eyed cat decided to go on a hunting patrol. By himself. Mountainpaw walked out of camp, watching the birds. A swift pounce and a mouse was at his mercy. He killed it with a white paw, buried it, and strutted on. He kept walking, smiling at the blue sky. Who couldn't be happy, on a day like this? He came to a stream, and almost slipped on a wet rock. He caught himself, eyes wide, then chuckled. Got to be careful around water, he chided himself. Especially after- no. He wouldn't speak her name. Suddenly all the happiness seemed to drain from the world. The birds stopped singing, and the vibrant blue sky had turned a dull grayish color. He remembered the days after... her death. But he had to keep walking. Walking, walking. Maybe if he kept walking, he would leave the sadness behind.
Can't breath whenever you're gone
He started running now, blinking back tears. The leader's daughter. The shaman apprentice. All were just titles. He had grown to like her. But he turned away from that too. He started running faster, so he almost had a heart attack when he was suddenly face to face with a badger. He looked at it, green eyes staring into harsh brown. He stared for what seemed an eternity, but jolted out of it when the beast swiped at his face. He howled defiantly and swiped at its belly, giving it a deep wound. Suddenly, a white paw collided with brown, and he felt a snap. He screamed again, this one in pain. It ran away, pushing him over, and his head collided with a stone. He sat sobbing, unable to move.
Can't go back I'm HAUNTED! Oh oh oh oh... Oh oh, oh-oh oh...
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Post by nightwhisper on Sept 9, 2014 4:08:52 GMT
Moon heard the screech and howled, "Medicine cat! We need a medicine cat!" she immediately snatched up a few herbs and raced over to the tom using her super senses (which whispey just gave her). She wasn't 100% sure what to do, being an apprentice, not a med cat, and began making a poultice of comfrey root. She applied it to the place where it looked as if the bone had broken, and began whispering to the tom in a soothing voice. "Don't worry, you'll be fine," she murmured, lifting his head and placing it lightly on a soft pillow of grass. (omg when you said the part about the happiness draining from the wold i immediately thought dementors cx did he like snowpaw?)
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Post by Horselover on Sept 9, 2014 15:41:57 GMT
(Mmmm kinda but yeah i was bored so...)
He tried to sit up, but yelped and fell back down.
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Post by nightwhisper on Sept 9, 2014 23:49:49 GMT
"Stay down," she instructed, adding some moss below his head. She chewed up some stinging nettle and broom, mixing the new poultice into the old one and spreading them over the broken bone again. She now binded the bone with rush and a few cobwebs. "Chew on these," she mewed, placing some chamomile and thyme in front of him. She delicately placed one poppy seed on the pile before him. She hoped that she had remembered what to do correctly. Padding a few steps towards the camp, she howled again, "medicine cat!" Turning back to him woriedly, she mewed, "does anything else hurt?" (does he have any other injuries?)
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Post by spottedleaf on Sept 10, 2014 0:59:50 GMT
Spottedkit, who had been super bored and inactive sitting inside camp, heard Moon and relayed the message. "Medicine cat!" She screeched loudly.
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Post by Horselover on Sept 10, 2014 2:17:07 GMT
"My paw," he said weakly. "And my head." His white paw was now tinged pink, and a small but steady stream of blood was trickling down it.
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Post by liara on Sept 10, 2014 3:00:07 GMT
"What happened?" Lightskies said sharply, arriving instantly on the scene. She padded straight past Moon, and immediately began assessing her patient. He was in pain. "Fetch several dandelion leaves" she said, flicking her fluffy white tail. She did not directly address Moon, simply the air around her. If Snowpaw were here she would- But no, now was no the time to think about Snowpaw, she had to concentrate, she was healing. They wouldn't be able to move him just yet, but the dandelion would ease his pain. "Hurry!" she snapped. She wasn't being intentionally mean, however ever since her apprentice had.. disappeared, she had been in a much darker mood than normal.
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Post by liara on Sept 10, 2014 3:00:14 GMT
"What happened?" Lightskies said sharply, arriving instantly on the scene. She padded straight past Moon, and immediately began assessing her patient. He was in pain. "Fetch several dandelion leaves" she said, flicking her fluffy white tail. She did not directly address Moon, simply the air around her. If Snowpaw were here she would- But no, now was no the time to think about Snowpaw, she had to concentrate, she was healing. They wouldn't be able to move him just yet, but the dandelion would ease his pain. "Hurry!" she snapped. She wasn't being intentionally mean, however ever since her apprentice had.. disappeared, she had been in a much darker mood than normal.
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Post by nightwhisper on Sept 11, 2014 23:44:00 GMT
Moon flinched and snatched up a huge pawful of dandelion leaves from the place she had left her gathered herbs and immediately sprinted back over to Lightskies, gently laying them at her feet. The young she-cat's speed was amazing, especially considering that she was still small and hadn't had any training.
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Post by liara on Sept 11, 2014 23:59:43 GMT
Lightskies frowned slightly. There was nothing wrong with the leaves, it was just that they would have to have been already be picked to be delivered at that speed. Disregarding this for now, she was just glad they were in good shape. "Chew these" she said to Mountianpaw. She did not snap, but spoke was somewhere in between kind and firm. She held out three of the dandelion leaves to the apprentice for him to take.
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Post by nightlight on Sept 12, 2014 1:02:52 GMT
decci arrived, a moon after her apprentice ceremony should have been called. she had received basic training from lightskies and knew a small bit about herbs and medicine, so she came as she heard the words, "medicine cat!" the black she-cat smiled lightly at the older she-cat as she appeared, sadness at the back of her golden gaze but not showing. she too was thinking of snowpaw, a dear friend of her's. but she shook herself out of the state of melancholy and nodded to lightskies. "tell me. is there anything i can do, lightskies?"
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Post by liara on Sept 12, 2014 1:14:15 GMT
"Not at the moment" the shaman said briskly, nodding a quick little hello to the younger cat. She watched Mountainpaw carefully, waiting for his to finish chewing up the dandelion. Of course, it would be best if he continued to have them in his mouth to strengthen the pain numbing effect.
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Post by Horselover on Sept 12, 2014 1:35:00 GMT
He chewed them gratefully.
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Post by nightwhisper on Sept 12, 2014 5:09:46 GMT
Moon stepped back shyly, suddenly feeling a bit dizzy. She cast Mountainpaw one last worried glance before watching from the edge of the clearing. They didn't need her. Her tail drooped as she watched the medicine cats work. How dare she think she could help. How dare she try and heal the tom. How dare she take herbs from the store. How dare she how dare she how dare she. Moon flinched at her own thoughts, sorrow and doubt overtaking her mind. She nearly collpased as another dizzy spell struck her, but caught herself, then gently lay down.
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Post by Horselover on Sept 12, 2014 15:07:33 GMT
Mountainpaw flashed her a worried smile.
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