with no light of my own | tasks

Interacting: Pansystar

Frazzled as she had been for what she imagined to be the past several moons, Foxlily jumped hearing Pansystar speak. She gently nudged the poppy seeds back into place, and popped her head out of the den and swiveled her ears forward. Pansystar was planning to dole out tasks. The busier parts of the day were never Foxlily’s favorite, but she bounded out of the den nonetheless and promptly approached Pansystar.

“Good morning,” she meowed pleasantly, smiling calmly while her fur stood on end and her tail twitched nervously. “Is there anything in particular you’d like me to do for now?” Her head swam with possible tasks. Her eyes darted about the camp. She took a couple of deep breaths, and was briefly successful in keeping her tail still.

“Are you doing alright?”, she asked in almost a whisper. She knew that, as a medicine cat, the days after a battle were hard on her. They were hard on everyone, she was sure. Especially so for the injured, and those particularly close to any slain warriors. Her stomach churned as she thought about it, only for the thoughts of what materials she would need to gather soon and making sure everything was stored properly, to sweep away the past.

Interactions: Pansystar

Forcing her fur to lie down flat, Foxlily returned Pansystar’s soft smile. They brushed her shoulder lightly with their tail, hoping to wordlessly pass a message of being there for her and wishing her well. That made Foxlily think. ”Pansystar,” she started, almost cautiously, ”would you like to come with me to replenish supplies after you finish delegating tasks?”

Foxlily themself hated being alone (as much as they may need the social break now and then), and they could only imagine that being alone would make the leader’s loss that much harder on her. She tilted her head, twitching her ears nervously. “If you’ve got other things to attend to, I won’t be offended. I always enjoy borrowing apprentices for simple tasks like this, they’ve much to learn beyond their claws.” She laughed lightly to herself, remembering the offense Foxlily themself had taken when dragged along by the medicine cat, back before she had decided to be a medicine cat rather than a warrior.

”It could be fun for you.”

Their tail curled in excitement at Pansystar’s acceptance of the invitation, nearly making them forget how to even answer her question. “Believe it or not, I usually like to head to the fishing rocks,” Foxlily answered. “The trek itself is great for herb hunting, and the plants enjoy the running water the river provides.” She paused, and then laughed lightly.

“That, and it’s less water to worry about falling into. I’m not the strongest cat in the forest, but I think I can handle that, at least,” she confessed in good humor. They also enjoyed just watching the fish, but that wasn’t really relevant to herb gathering and they were trying to stay at least mostly on topic.

PANSYSTAR

Pansystar dipped her head to Flintstorm, a smile on her maw. How kind of him to check up on her. "Morning, Flintstorm, I've rested fine, thank you." She noticed Webpaw trot up beside Pantherpaw and wondered if she'd be accompanying Pantherpaw on his task. That wouldn't be a bad idea. On that basis, she decided not to give her apprentice a task unless she directly asked for one.

"Now, Flintstorm, let's see here." She paused to think about the task. With everyone coming at once, she needed to come up with more in mind. "Oh, this might sound silly, but can you gather building supplies? The camp move is coming sooner than I'd like. We need to be prepared."