SkyClan Medicine Cat's Den

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Originally Posted by AbsurdJinx

@king kaleb! @Charmer

Juniperpaw huffed in frustration as Daydream pulled away from both her an Shinefang. Sometimes, the ShadowClan cat can just be so irritating! ``Daydream-`` she began, abruptly trailing off as Shinefang took over. And then, like a shadow, Juniperpaw stood beside the elder feline, mimicking his actions. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head at Daydream, following Shinefang's gaze when he looked to the burdock root before looking back over at Daydream. She eyed the severe-looking injure stretched across her friend's throat, and wondered how they hadn't noticed earlier. Now that they were aware of it, it seemed so obvious. Juniperpaw felt guilty for not seeing it sooner. At Shinefang's demand, Juniperpaw straightened with purpose and meowed, ``Okay, Daydream, don't claw my ears off. I'm just following Shinefang's orders. Instead, claw what remains of his ears off.``

She neared the hot-tempered feline, looking over at Nightpaw and remembering that the warrior apprentice hadn't been introduced to Shinefang. While inspecting Daydream's neck and considering how to approach the situation Juniperpaw spoke, ``Oh! This is Nightpaw. Nightpaw, Shinefang; Shinefang, Nightpaw. Nightpaw came as Daydream's escort.`` Juniperpaw smirked at her words. It sounded like Daydream needed a guard to go everywhere. She remembered back before Geckoleaf disappeared - her mentor was so close to assigning Juniperpaw bodyguards. The thought amused her. ``Hey, Nightpaw, why don't you wash the wounds... er, everywhere else? See where the blood is clotted?`` The RiverClan she-cat directed her attention on Daydream. ``Daydream, without you, where will ShadowClan be? You worked so hard to get to where you are - don't let it be for nothing.``

In all honesty, Juniperpaw was a little disappointed in Daydream. Hadn't they thought of the options where infection kicked in or whatever and ShadowClan was left without a medicine cat? Who would heal those cats then? What about Geckoleaf, who worked so hard to help Daydream get where they are? And what about Shinefang and Juniperpaw? What would they do without their Daydream? Juniperpaw roughly batted Daydream's chin up, though she was careful to avoid the injury. Her eyes were narrowed and she frowned as a result of her disapproval, but she concentrated on the rather nasty wound across Daydream's throat. Juniperpaw wrinkled her nose in distaste as she began to tend to her friend's injury.

Originally Posted by Charmer

"Uh, oh! Right yes," Nightpaw said to Juniperpaw, leaning down to give the herbs a sniff. Sure enough some of them smelled very different. The ones with jagged edges smelled really sweet. And now that she was looking more closely, the rounded ones looked a little... hairy? Juniperpaw got everything sort nicely just as Shinefang said something about wounds on Daydream. She stiffened and looked over as Juniperpaw rushed over to help, but she could see the scratches from where she was as they moved aside the fur on their body, and her stomach lurched. How did I not see that? Before she could join the crowd around her friend, Daydream had batted them away and come to join her. They began to talk about the herbs in the piles, but Nightpaw barely heard it, she was so stunned by her utter failure to notice the now obvious wounds on the medicine cat.

As the Shadowclan medicine cat batted their paw at him and walked away, he gave a snort. He had a feeling cats didn't challenge Daydream often, and if they were expecting more of that then boy had they come to the wrong den. "Really? So what exactly was your plan if you got an infection and had no cat with any herb training at all to help you? I don't know if anyone properly explained this to you, but the leader is the one with nine lives, not the medicine cat. Use your sense dreamer. If you try to heal cats while your not healthy, you may think you're being noble, and saving cats, but you're actually just killing more in the long run." Shinefang glanced around the clearing floor and found a good sized burdock root. "Well you're getting treatment now, and you're getting a heaping helping of something stronger than chervil since I'm guessing you're not going to exactly be diligent about reapplying your poltice. Junebug, clean their wounds off. Especially those ones around their throat." Not only did those look especially bad, but the old tom wasn't sure Daydream would be able to reach them properly. "And you, whatever your name is," he said, looking right at Nightpaw, "Help Junebug. Do whatever she tells you." With that, the old tom sank his teeth into the burdock root and tore off a good sized piece to chew into a pulp.

"Ok!" Nightpaw said, the sudden command almost startling her into action as she quickly moved to Juniperpaw's side to help however she was told. She could hardly make sense of any of this medicine stuff, but if this cat said Daydream needed help, she'd help.

they were stubborn; but daydream wouldnt admit that. they didnt like to admit that they needed help, when others could do use so much more. ¨i was planning to see geckoleaf after this, thank you very much.¨ they mumbled under their breath, but even then, how much would they have let gecko treat them? [at this point in time, day does NOT know gecko is missing.] their eyes were in slits, gazing back just as fiercely to juniperpaw as she inspected their neck. they didnt like the feelings of being inspected and prodded at, attempting to shift their neck away. they didnt like to think that they were weak, that they had needs like any other cat. ¨when all of your herbs are destroyed, and you see cats dying at your paws from battle, you learn to pick and chose whats more important.¨ to daydream, they werent important. atleast; not compared to a queen who was recently kitting before they left, or the aprentice they had saved from the breath of death at seastones. or the countless warriors that had come in, battered and bleeding, needing something, yet daydream didnt have a lot to give. that, right there made them feel weak. so of course they would tend to other cats before their self. they knew geckoleaf would yell at them if she heard about this, them going back into their old habits of self sacrifice. they could be on their death bed and daydream would still some how manage to stand up and treat someone else. they felt slightly embarrassed; having three sets of eyes on them. their tail swayed in annoyance,¨i came here so i could have supplies to treat others, not a doctors appointment.¨

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by AbsurdJinx

@king kaleb! @Charmer

Juniperpaw huffed in frustration as Daydream pulled away from both her an Shinefang. Sometimes, the ShadowClan cat can just be so irritating! ``Daydream-`` she began, abruptly trailing off as Shinefang took over. And then, like a shadow, Juniperpaw stood beside the elder feline, mimicking his actions. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head at Daydream, following Shinefang's gaze when he looked to the burdock root before looking back over at Daydream. She eyed the severe-looking injure stretched across her friend's throat, and wondered how they hadn't noticed earlier. Now that they were aware of it, it seemed so obvious. Juniperpaw felt guilty for not seeing it sooner. At Shinefang's demand, Juniperpaw straightened with purpose and meowed, ``Okay, Daydream, don't claw my ears off. I'm just following Shinefang's orders. Instead, claw what remains of his ears off.``

She neared the hot-tempered feline, looking over at Nightpaw and remembering that the warrior apprentice hadn't been introduced to Shinefang. While inspecting Daydream's neck and considering how to approach the situation Juniperpaw spoke, ``Oh! This is Nightpaw. Nightpaw, Shinefang; Shinefang, Nightpaw. Nightpaw came as Daydream's escort.`` Juniperpaw smirked at her words. It sounded like Daydream needed a guard to go everywhere. She remembered back before Geckoleaf disappeared - her mentor was so close to assigning Juniperpaw bodyguards. The thought amused her. ``Hey, Nightpaw, why don't you wash the wounds... er, everywhere else? See where the blood is clotted?`` The RiverClan she-cat directed her attention on Daydream. ``Daydream, without you, where will ShadowClan be? You worked so hard to get to where you are - don't let it be for nothing.``

In all honesty, Juniperpaw was a little disappointed in Daydream. Hadn't they thought of the options where infection kicked in or whatever and ShadowClan was left without a medicine cat? Who would heal those cats then? What about Geckoleaf, who worked so hard to help Daydream get where they are? And what about Shinefang and Juniperpaw? What would they do without their Daydream? Juniperpaw roughly batted Daydream's chin up, though she was careful to avoid the injury. Her eyes were narrowed and she frowned as a result of her disapproval, but she concentrated on the rather nasty wound across Daydream's throat. Juniperpaw wrinkled her nose in distaste as she began to tend to her friend's injury.

Originally Posted by king kaleb!

they were stubborn; but daydream wouldnt admit that. they didnt like to admit that they needed help, when others could do use so much more. ¨i was planning to see geckoleaf after this, thank you very much.¨ they mumbled under their breath, but even then, how much would they have let gecko treat them? [at this point in time, day does NOT know gecko is missing.] their eyes were in slits, gazing back just as fiercely to juniperpaw as she inspected their neck. they didnt like the feelings of being inspected and prodded at, attempting to shift their neck away. they didnt like to think that they were weak, that they had needs like any other cat. ¨when all of your herbs are destroyed, and you see cats dying at your paws from battle, you learn to pick and chose whats more important.¨ to daydream, they werent important. atleast; not compared to a queen who was recently kitting before they left, or the aprentice they had saved from the breath of death at seastones. or the countless warriors that had come in, battered and bleeding, needing something, yet daydream didnt have a lot to give. that, right there made them feel weak. so of course they would tend to other cats before their self. they knew geckoleaf would yell at them if she heard about this, them going back into their old habits of self sacrifice. they could be on their death bed and daydream would still some how manage to stand up and treat someone else. they felt slightly embarrassed; having three sets of eyes on them. their tail swayed in annoyance,¨i came here so i could have supplies to treat others, not a doctors appointment.¨

"Yes, Juniperpaw," Nightpaw answered at once, giving Daydream an apologetic look before beginning to lick the wounds clean here and there as Juniperpaw inspected the worst of them. She was honestly happy to have another cat telling her what to do. It gave her less time to claw herself up over how stupid she must have been to miss all these wounds. Wasn't she supposed to be Daydream's friend? And escort too? Her entire job had been to keep them safe but she'd been too excited about the adventure.

Shinefang continued chewing on the root as the two shecat's worked, listened to the Shadowclan cat gripe. Once he had it into a nice pulp, he moved closer, licked the paste onto his paw. "Then you're bad at math. Here's a quick lesson: one dead or incapacitated medicine cat plus all the herbs in the forest, plus twenty sick cats equals twenty dead cats. I have no doubt you were trying to do the right thing, Daydream," Shinefang added, his voice more gentle now, "But you have to understand that if you neglect yourself too treat other cats, eventually it will catch up with you. Then there will be no one to help the cats you couldn't get to before your time ran out. And frankly, I don't care if you don't want the healing from me. I've already lost a cat today..." Shinefang said nothing more for a long moment as he sat there holding the pulped herbs, grief clouding his eye, "I'd appreciate it it if that was the last of the blood on my paws today." He gave the wounds on Daydream's neck a quick look and gave a quick, "Good work getting these clean, Junebug." He spared a nod for Nightpaw and held the herbs out to apply them to the wound, fully aware that he may in fact lose his remaining shreds of ear in the process.

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Kyra-Wolfe-666

@Charmer

(Sorry about not replying I didn't have internet for a few days)

Petalstorm padded into the medicine den, gruntin in pain. She settled down in the entrance. She winced as pain lanced through her wounds and she waited for Shinefang.

(it's alright. thank you for your patience. BTW, the name below is not a typo. He tends to misname cats. Something by accident, sometimes on purpose, it's kind of a crap shoot.)

Shinefang's ears perked up as he heard the sound of pained grunted coming from his den entrance. "Petalbreeze? what happened?" He said curiously as he padded over. As he got nearer he could smell fresh blood from the wounds. "Come on in and lie down in a nest already!" he said, flciking his tail to signal her to come in. "What did you go and do?"

[The_10th_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Charmer

(it's alright. thank you for your patience. BTW, the name below is not a typo. He tends to misname cats. Something by accident, sometimes on purpose, it's kind of a crap shoot.)

Shinefang's ears perked up as he heard the sound of pained grunted coming from his den entrance. "Petalbreeze? what happened?" He said curiously as he padded over. As he got nearer he could smell fresh blood from the wounds. "Come on in and lie down in a nest already!" he said, flciking his tail to signal her to come in. "What did you go and do?"

"First of all, it's Petalstorm, and I was wounded in the battle with the Dusk Syndicate. I can't tell if they're infected, but they reopened recently. It happened when I fell down a hill on patrol." she padded forward and lay down in a nest.

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Kyra-Wolfe-666

"First of all, it's Petalstorm, and I was wounded in the battle with the Dusk Syndicate. I can't tell if they're infected, but they reopened recently. It happened when I fell down a hill on patrol." she padded forward and lay down in a nest.

Battle wounds? Shinefang's shredded scraps of ears perked up at once. He padded over quickly and began sniffing the air around the warrior for any scent of infections. "Nothing too obvious," he muttered under his breath. So if she did have an infection, it wasn't bad. Yet. "Where does it hurt the most?" he asked the shecat. An infected wound was bound to hurt more than the others.

[The_10th_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Charmer

Battle wounds? Shinefang's shredded scraps of ears perked up at once. He padded over quickly and began sniffing the air around the warrior for any scent of infections. "Nothing too obvious," he muttered under his breath. So if she did have an infection, it wasn't bad. Yet. "Where does it hurt the most?" he asked the shecat. An infected wound was bound to hurt more than the others.

Petalstorm winced as she shifted and held out her front left paw. "It hurts the most above my eye and there's a scratch in between my pad and my middle toes. It makes it hard to walk."

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Kyra-Wolfe-666

Petalstorm winced as she shifted and held out her front left paw. "It hurts the most above my eye and there's a scratch in between my pad and my middle toes. It makes it hard to walk."

Shinefang moved in closer, sniffing the area above the warrior's eye and breathing in the scent. What he smelled was faint, but it unmistakably the sickly sweet smell of the beginning of an infection. "I do not like how that smells, and I like where it is even less." Next the golden-furred tom bent his neck to sniff at the offending foot. "Your foot smells fine, but if you spend the day walking on it, that may change." Shinefang reached to his side and pulled out a long, frond-like branch and tore off a pawful of leaves. He chewed the leaves into a pulp and spat them into his paw. "This ought to sooth the stinging and it will prevent infection too. But I want you off warrior duty for two days to give that paw time to heal." The tom reached up with his paw to apply the herbs to the gash above her eye, but he found that he couldn't quite reach with his stiff shoulder. "Uh, do you mind?" he asked.

[The_10th_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Charmer

Shinefang moved in closer, sniffing the area above the warrior's eye and breathing in the scent. What he smelled was faint, but it unmistakably the sickly sweet smell of the beginning of an infection. "I do not like how that smells, and I like where it is even less." Next the golden-furred tom bent his neck to sniff at the offending foot. "Your foot smells fine, but if you spend the day walking on it, that may change." Shinefang reached to his side and pulled out a long, frond-like branch and tore off a pawful of leaves. He chewed the leaves into a pulp and spat them into his paw. "This ought to sooth the stinging and it will prevent infection too. But I want you off warrior duty for two days to give that paw time to heal." The tom reached up with his paw to apply the herbs to the gash above her eye, but he found that he couldn't quite reach with his stiff shoulder. "Uh, do you mind?" he asked.

"Of course." she crouched down a little so Shinefang could reach the wound. She held her wounded paw off the dusty ground. "And I'll make sure to stay in the nursery for a few days as well. I'm not surprised you thought I was a full warrior. I just like to hunt or do something else when my kits are asleep."

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Kyra-Wolfe-666

"Of course." she crouched down a little so Shinefang could reach the wound. She held her wounded paw off the dusty ground. "And I'll make sure to stay in the nursery for a few days as well. I'm not surprised you thought I was a full warrior. I just like to hunt or do something else when my kits are asleep."

Shinefang began to apply the herb to her head, but paused when she mentioned she was a queen. "Oh. Sorry about that, Petalstorm," he said, getting her name right. "I guess I just assumed you were on patrol or something if you were out hunting. You know what they say about assuming." he. The old tom picked a couple more leaves and put them in front of the queen. "It'll be easier for you to apply those yourself. Just check them up and lick the pulp onto the wound between your toes." The medicine cat turned to his herb shelf to search for a thin cobweb to hold the poultice on her foot in place. "I'm surprised I didn't notice you in the nursery. I've been trying to visit daily since Skyclan has a couple of queens getting close to kitting. Then again, I miss half of what I see anyway," the old tom joked, referring to his lost eye. "How old are your kits, again?"

[The_10th_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Charmer

Shinefang began to apply the herb to her head, but paused when she mentioned she was a queen. "Oh. Sorry about that, Petalstorm," he said, getting her name right. "I guess I just assumed you were on patrol or something if you were out hunting. You know what they say about assuming." he. The old tom picked a couple more leaves and put them in front of the queen. "It'll be easier for you to apply those yourself. Just check them up and lick the pulp onto the wound between your toes." The medicine cat turned to his herb shelf to search for a thin cobweb to hold the poultice on her foot in place. "I'm surprised I didn't notice you in the nursery. I've been trying to visit daily since Skyclan has a couple of queens getting close to kitting. Then again, I miss half of what I see anyway," the old tom joked, referring to his lost eye. "How old are your kits, again?"

Petalstorm chewed the leaves up into her wound and winced a little. It stung at first, but after a few seconds the pain melted away. She chuckled in amusement at the tom's joke. "My kits are four moons old. And don't worry about the assuming thing. I don't really mind."