MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Jul 17, 2022 10:49:51 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw padded from the den carrying leaf bundles of various herbs in his teeth now wanting to close his mouth completely as it could become dangerous if some were crushed together, something no one wanted to deal with. Looking around he found an area out of the way that would allow him to sort through them and also be able to identify them properly out in the light of day. So he padded on over and gently set the bundles down separating them by a couple of paw's length he began to go through them having brought an extra leaf with him so that he could remove the older stock and discard it afterwards, he began with the poppy seeds looking for cracked, sprouting or discoloured ones to take out of the main bundle at least he was close enough that if Foxlily needed him or a herb he had he could call to them and let them know were they were. As he could take one herb to them and leave the rest in the open it was too dangerous, especially with the kits or if the wind decided to play a game it'd be a mess to clean up. He began to hum softly as he sorted through the seeds picking them out gently so he wouldn't damage the others in the process, he soon realized he should have brought two extra leaves so there would have been the good seeds, the main pile and the bad ones, but its not like he could change it now unless he asked another to grab him the leaf... maybe he would if someone became interested in what he was doing.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
Pronouns: He
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Aug 10, 2022 21:43:42 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Dropping himself unceremoniously on the opposite side of Pantherpaw, Nightpaw quirked his head as he examined the herbs. Plants. Freshly an apprentice, he was very much so aware of Pantherpaw's position and the necessity of plants, but... it didn't make it make any sense to him. “What are you doing?,” he asked innocently enough, paying more attention to the piles than anything else. A bunch of plants and plant bits whose names were lost on him, he tilted his head the other way as if that might make it clearer. “How do you keep all these herbs straight? I always smell all sorts of weird stuff by the medicine den, I can't imagine how many different types of plants are in there.” And they all did different things? He didn't want to pester with questions, but his mind buzzed with the prospect of something as mundane as grass having some big and important usage. ... but what did that have to do with a whole pile of herbs and a random leaf? |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Aug 18, 2022 10:16:35 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw paused in his actions carefully setting the poppy seed he held down in the discard pile its browned cracked shell no good for regular day things it would now only leave a bitter taste with no relief. As he looked to see who was speaking with him "I'm sor-ting the h-herbs so that I can see what we might nee-need to gather with Leaf-fall coming soon, I want to get a ssslight head start on g-getting the herbs in so that we don't worry as much." he took the moment to explain taking the lavender that was placed on his ear off knowing he would need a new small piece soon, the one he currently had was losing its scent and his nervous stutter was returning stronger each time. "I don't keep them all ss-straight not ye-yet at least there are a few I still need to learn, Foxlily is a patient men-tor though and helps when I can't place the names." he explained softly.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
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Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Aug 19, 2022 20:09:29 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Sorting through the stutter, Nightpaw nodded along diligently with Pantherpaw’s words. “I hope all medicine cat mentors are that patient, that sounds like complicated work,” he grumbled, imagining just how long a cat would have to train to know all those plants and all those illnesses. He was pretty sure his parents enjoyed making up illnesses to convince him to not get into something, but sitting and watching Pantherpaw with his herbs made Nightpaw reconsider the notion. Maybe there were a million illnesses. Maybe that was why there were so many herbs and whatnot. “Oh- do you need me to leave you alone, then? That sounds like a lot of concentrations and I don’t want to mess you up.” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Aug 21, 2022 7:57:38 GMT -6
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The tom nodded he had thought the same way before and at the beginning of his training that all the herbs would be hard to keep track of especially what they're all used for, but as he had released his utter disappointment in being called to the medicine path he had begun to realize that he picked up the names and uses easier than he had fight training. He looked the poppy seeds over once more before seeing that the rest that lay there were fine though it would have gone smoother with an extra leaf to sort everything "You, don't n-need to le-leave. Though if I co-could ask y-you a favor?" he questioned softly accounting for all the bundles he had brought out plus the discard one that he had going. "Co-could you get a co-couple extra large leaves, so it'll be easier. It's the only t-thing I forgot." he grumbled the last part.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
Pronouns: He
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Aug 21, 2022 23:21:21 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ His ears perked with Pantherpaw’s request, and he diligently nodded along. They were both apprentices, sure, but Pantherpaw was older and a medicine cat apprentice - training for a title that begged a little more prestige than the bulk path of warrior that Nightpaw’s own position led him on. “Sure, no problem! I’ll be right back!” Scrambling up to his paws, careful to not blow the herbs away, he scampered off to complete the quest. How many was a couple? How would he know which size was the right one? Well, he’d already run off so he wasn’t going to head back just to ask questions. No, instead he grabbed a mouthful of the largest leaves he could find and trotted his way back to Pantherpaw, bestowing the green bundle with pride. “These work?” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Aug 29, 2022 22:00:46 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw was a little surprised that Nightpaw had agreed and gone off to complete his request before he had a moment to let him know exactly what he needed but was not disappointed when the other brought back large leaves looking them over and making they would suit his needs though sometimes these leaves were kept to help with bindings he would just find some more later "Yes, t-these will w-work." he replied separating them slightly so that they weren't overlapping noting that he could now add another as he pulled out and began sorting the comfrey root somewhat over dried and had begun to crumble into dust something he hoped wasn't effecting the good roots. He set up the discard leaf he had begun on one side of the pile and a clean new leaf on the other as he put the fresher herbs on the clean leaf he looked at Nightpaw for a moment. "How i-is your t-train-ning going?" he asked.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
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Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Aug 30, 2022 0:36:43 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Sitting straight with pride, Nightpaw beamed with the confirmation. He wrinkled his nose with the question, looking up as he thought, tilting his head. “I think it's going pretty good, but it's kind of frustrating when I don't get something. My dad, er, Phantomstrike says that cats always want to be great right away, but that all good things take time. He's usually right, but I'd rather not have to try to the same move over and over.” Well, he supposed Pantherpaw might know something about that. He'd mentioned that his own training was confusing, Nightpaw imagined that that got frustrating, too. “I mean, I like Stormfade, though! She's nice enough, I just can't believe this is going to take a whole six moons or so to do. That's literally my entire life all over again.” Eternity, he'd have to wait an eternity to be good at fighting and stuff. “It's fun, but I don't think I can imagine all that time.” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Sept 7, 2022 11:23:04 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw held back a small chuckle "There is a lot of re--repeating if you can't get the moove the same each time, though in-instead of doing the move f-first sometimes wait-ing for the cor-rection in ssstance will make up for the moovement and will give a greater chance of n-hot having to repeat everything. Besides that, it passes qui-cker then you think when you ack-tually enjoy what you're doing." he replied thankful he didn't stutter over every word since it was rather long winded. Though he hadn't enjoyed being called to the medicine cat path to start with he now knew it was the better option for him. It gave him focus and he picked up the herbs a lot better then he did battle moves.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
Pronouns: He
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Sept 9, 2022 4:18:39 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Knowing that repetition was part of the process was reassuring, but didn't make it any less frustrating. Maybe StarClan should forfeit some of that knowledge or something, it wasn't as if they were using it. He tilted his head curiously. “So then, you enjoy your training?” The notion made sense, Nightpaw noticed that the sun set much faster on days when he was enjoying himself in contrast to the way time seemed infinite when he had to do things that were boring or just... sucked to do. Like the mundane chores apprentices had to do. Those were boring. Made the mornings take up the whole day in his opinion. “... it'd be good to enjoy medicine cat training, I heard it takes longer than warrior training. You must have a lot of patience.” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
Pronouns: he/him
Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Sept 12, 2022 9:44:17 GMT -6
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"I d-do en-joy my train-ning, it only take's long-er because Foxlily needs to make sh-sure I true-ly know what I am doing. So that I don't end up hurt-ing a clanmate by accident with the wrong herbs." he explained briefly. "As for my patience.... I guess you could say I have enough." he chuckled finishing off another herb sorting pulling the edges of the leaf together carefully to close it then turning the bundle a couple times and setting a small hardened stem through the tips to keep it closed telling him those ones were completed before moving on to another herb and proceeding to sort them. He had chosen the more tedious of his tasks to do today because the sun was still warming the cold unforgiving season of leaf fall had yet to cool off the days.
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MoonClan
riding the momentum
Posts: 37
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Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Sept 16, 2022 0:40:57 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Nightpaw watched carefully as Pantherpaw went about his work, as if considering every movement the older tom made. “Are there really that many plants that look alike? I know there are all kinds of plants, but I thought they all looked different enough. I can't imagine getting lavender mixed with dandelions or something - and they all do such different things?” The thought was almost dizzying. It sounded like the world's own little prank, to have two plants that look alike only for one to be harmful while the other was helpful. He glanced back up at Pantherpaw's face, tilting his head gently. “... do you ever want to do the training that other apprentices do?” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
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Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Sept 16, 2022 7:44:01 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw had finally managed to get to the lavender breaking off a piece he carefully set it in the slightly tangled fur by his ear its calming scent had him taking a moment to breath it in, the now familiar scent working quickly to calm his nerves once more. "Well there is Cham-momile they can look similar to daisies and feverfew. They all look different on a closer look and have different distinct scents but at just a glance there all the same flower just different sizes, then there is Hawkweed, Marigold, and Coltsfoot, all multi-leaved yellow flowers all have their own scent and grow in different areas." he explained the few that had him stuck at times as he was learning "Cham-momile helps strengthen the heart and sooths the mind, Daisy leaves eases pain from aching joints. Those two herbs are only two of four traveling herbs as well though Cham-momile isn't used all the time." he explained just the two from his list in case Nightpaw ever needed the traveling herbs as he thought about his old training and how he used to fumble at it always trying to prove he was a good apprentice. "I used to miss the training when Foxlily first named me as her apprentice, I thought that there was nothing better then becoming a warrior, but with my stutter and the way I was learning battle moves it wouldn't have done any good for anyone with me in the way of a battle." he meowed unsure if Nightpaw knew he had been a warriors apprentice before he was named the medicine cat apprentice.
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MoonClan
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Posts: 37
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Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Nightfrost on Sept 19, 2022 19:05:41 GMT -6
~~~★ Nightpaw ★~~~ Jolting to an upright position, Nightpaw watched with bewildered eyes. “Wait, you weren't always a medicine cat apprentice? They made you become one?,” he asked in his shock. There had been a lot of information offered to him about herbs, and Nightpaw would do his best to tuck that away in case it was useful, but more than anything the news that a cat's position could be so suddenly switched around was... disconcerting. Hunkering back down, he chose to ask another question. A much quieter question, whispered almost like it wasn't meant to be asked. Maybe it wasn't. “They can do] that?” |
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MoonClan
High Position
Posts: 71
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Played By: Nightrose
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Post by Pantherfeather on Sept 20, 2022 6:56:03 GMT -6
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Pantherpaw looked at Nightpaw now understanding the younger tom hadn't known that he used to be a warriors apprentice before Foxlily received a sign that he was to be her apprentice he supposed that decision was made a little easier when he seemed to pick up herbs a bit during his stay in the medicine cat den after drowning just slightly "Well, no I wasn't always a medicine cat apprentice. I began as a warriors apprentice, I was apprenticed by Jaggedwind they were very patient when it came to mentoring but I was having a hard time." he explained that part fairly easily. "When the floods came this year I had still not been shown how to swim so I did rather poorly and kind of drowned..." he trailed off for a moment he felt his heart beat a little faster remembering what had happened. "Because of that I spent some time in the medicine cat den with Foxlily, they showed me how to calm down with some lavender and some other herbs while I was there which were rather easy for me to remember. One day a meeting was called as Foxlily had been shown a sign as to who would be her apprentice. I was surprised and a little bitter to hear my name being called." Pantherpaw meowed calmly "I slowly got over it and now I know this was the path for me to take whether I started here or not." he added as he finished up the last pile he had taken out. He could only carry so much its not like he was carrying them into battle where he could carry it another way it was just in camp and he didn't want to waste resources on the simpler task. "So to answer your question, yes I suppose they can do that but I believe they only truly do it if given a sign that you would be better off doing something else."
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