Herb Collecting (OPEN)

[kirby]

Flypaw was snuffling through the marshy ground, searching for any herbs he might find. He came across some lilypads, which were good for storing mashed ointments together on. It orevented them from drying out quickly. He was spooked as a bird overhead called out, Flypaw had to catch his breath. He looked around, peering between the cattails and bulrushes, listening for the sound of paws squishing the muddy ground. He heard nothing, and continued nipping the lillypads off of their stems.

((Open for anyone. ))

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Whitewind padded through the forest, toad only foxlengths away. The was about to spring and make the catch when a noise, not far away, scared away her prey. The toad hopped away before she could make her kill.
"Fox dung!" she spat in anger. She swung her head around, looking for whatever had make the noise. She spotted Flypaw scuffling around some herbs. The medicine cat apprenitce was quite far away-she had to squint just to see him. The white she-cat padded over to him, the lost toad forgoten.
"Hi, Flypaw!" she meowed to him once she had gotten close to him. "Need any help collecting herbs?"

[kirby]

((Thanks for joining. ))

Flypaw dropped his lilypads and looked up. He saw Whitewind padding through the marsh toward him. "Hello." he meowed, dipping his head to the warrior. When she offered her help with his collections, he beamed. It would mean less time carrying things back. "Sure! You can help me nip some of the lilypads." Flypaw offered her, bending down to bite the next stem.

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"Alright," Whitewind replied. She bent down to help Flypaw gather some of the lilypads. For a moment, there was silence. She didn't know what to say, and hoped that the the brown and white apprentice would say something.
Bothered by the area being so quiet, she decided to make small talk with him. "So... how are things doing? Are you enjoying being a medicine cat?"

((OOC: Sorry for the short post... I didn't know what to type...))

[kirby]

((It's fine. xD I thought it was good sized.))

Flypaw began to pile the lilypads together, sorting them as he went along. He tossed a few aside, ones that had already dried up or were rotten. "Being a medicine cat is... heart-warming." he responded, looking up at her from his hazel eyes. "And you, as a warrior? Is it everything you dreamed about when you were a kit?" He asked, eyes shining slightly at the thought of the life he would never know. Flypaw loved being a medicine cat, he loved his mentor and collecting herbs, helping sick cats and tending to his clan, but he couldn't stop himself from wondering about the life of a warrior.

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"I suppose," she mewed, eying the lilypads she had gathered carefully. "It could be easier. But not everything's all mice and moonlight." Whitewind pushed all of the lilypads that seemed fit towards Flypaw. "Here."
The white she-cat found herself staring at the sky. The sun was shining brightly with hardly a cloud in the sky to block it's rays of light. "What does it feel like? To talk to Starclan?"

[kirby]

Flypaw blinked in appreciation as she pushed the lilypads to him. He began sorting them before speaking. He considered his answer carefully, there were many feelings involved. "A lot of the time, when speaking to StarClan, it's like you're no longer in your own time. Time disappears in a way." Flypaw struggled to explain. "Other times however, you can adjust yourself to the cat who is sharing dreams with you, and it seems as though they've never been altered." He spoke lightly, his mind travelling into his memories of meetings with StarClan. Leaving the lilypads in a pile, he began to sniff the air, wondering if there were any Cat-tails around.

((Sorry, I've been really busy lately. I'll be on regularly now though.))

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She stared at Flypaw as he explained. What he was saying sounded confusing, yet exciting all at the same time. I wonder if I'll ever be able to speak with Starclan... Whitewind thought after he had finished speaking. Nah... Only medicine cats and leaders speak with Starclan. She thought about it for a moment. Maybe I will speak to Starclan! Whitestar of Shadowclan. It does have a nice ring to it.

"I think we're done here. Is there anything else I can help you with?" she mewed, trying to push the thought of becoming leader away. Yet, the words hung in her mind. Whitestar of Shadowclan...

((It's fine. We can't be on all the time, can we?))

[kirby]

Flypaw nodded. "I was going to look for some cat-tails in the reeds." He told her, sniffing the air, and picking up a faint, musty smell of the cat-tails from a distance. "If you want to head back, I don't mind." Flypaw told Whitewind, blinking his amber eyes at her understandingly. Sometimes, medicine cat's wor was boring for warriors. StarClan knows, it was boring for himself half the time. But the satisfaction of knowing he could help the clan he was loyal too was worth the training. Flypaw swished his tail across the muddy ground, waiting for her decision.

((I suppose. xD))

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"I think I'll tag along a bit longer," she said, smiling. "I guess it might get a little boring by yourself. Plus, if I go back to the camp, I'll most likely have to go on patrols far worse then this one. That is, if you want to call it that."

The white she-cat stretched. "Well? Where to now?"

[kirby]

Flypaw stood, and meowed his agreement. "This way then." He stated, padding off deeper into the reeds, following the tangent smell of the cat-tails. He held his tail high as the two of them advanced. "I appreciate your help." Flypaw said quietly, "not many warriors take the time to help a Medicine cat." He meowed, turning his eyes on her for a second, and then back to the sodden ground they were trodding upon.

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"Well, some warrior's going to have to do it sometime, right?" Whitewind said as she followed Flypaw through the marsh. "But I don't mind helping out. Not at all."

She enjoyed talking to the medicine cat apprentice, really. She wasn't the most popular cat in Shadowclan and always seemed to wind up being alone. Being able to talk to someone for once was what she needed.

[kirby]

Flypaw flicked his tail in a friendly gesture. "I suppose you're right." He said, pausing to sniff the air again. He took a few paces more, and stopped to show Whitewind which Cat-tails would be useful. "Okay. You see this one?" He asked, hooking it with his paw and pulling it closer. "It's tip is rotten, so its no good." Flypaw explained.

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Whitewind nodded as Flypaw explained which cat-tail were good and which ones were bad.

"Can't you just bite off the parts that are bad?" she asked between biting off the stems of the cat-tails. "Or would that ruin them even more?"

((Sorry for the short post...))

[kirby]

Flypaw began bitting the stems of the cat-tails to make them fall into a loose pile around himself. "No, because the liquid inside of it will seep out over time and they'll dry out." He explained simply.