rookfire could barely see what was going on to be honest, already half tempted to come over to see for himself as the hoard of rats slowly grew smaller. or perhaps the rats were fanning out, blending into the dark soil beneath their paws, tufts of grass or fleeing into bushes, he didnt know, couldnt know and he didnt like it. lots of bites and scratches though, he could recognise that. the faint shine of blood on fur, that coldnt simply be those coming from the rats and snakes, yet no cat injured enough to come by him just yet. genuinely, he was slowly starting to believe he couldve easily just joined the fight and treated cats after, back at camp and without the nausea that was slowly creeping up on his, not yet sure if it was the knowledge that swallowing burdock root did that exact thing or the actual reaction of his body. honestly, it was probably the knowledge in combination with the nerves still radiating through his body. when dawnstar started twisting and clawing at her neck in order to remove the snake tightening, threatening to cut off her air, rookfire lunged forward with little hesitance but stopped, seeing two apprentices had gotten to her already.
halfway towards the 'battle field' rookfire was met by willowpaw who looked miserable to be honest and offered her to lean against him as they made their way back to his impromptu medicine den.. medicine..clearing..medicine..tree stump. nothing really had a ring to it but this wasnt a competition for the best name anyway. "yes, come on, sit, ya can lean against th' stump" he ushered her to sit, moving to rip some of the moss off the tree stump and dab it on her wounds, "'s may sting" the medic warned, brushing the soil and fur infested wounds clear by use of the moss before discarding it to the side and scooping up the leaf covered in his already chewed up burdock root paste to place it next to her.
perched up on his hind legs, he first coated the larger wounds, some of which looked to be small in size but relatively deep. the burdock root would numb the wounds no matter their size and get willowpaw well enough to at least not pass out on him, perhaps even rejoin the fighting. though, at a glance to the side, disrupting his retrieving of cobwebs to wrap up the wounds, it appeared most rats and snakes had found their end beneath skilled claws, laying unmoving scattered around the clearing. untangling the cobweb from the stick that had kept it clean and seperated, rookfire applied the silken threats with practiced ease, ensuring everything stay in place and clean for a while, in addition to calming the bleeding.
"all done. anythin' else i missed?" the medicine cat apprentice asked, briefly seeking her eyes before letting his eyes ghost over his body again.

rookfire just concluded his last visual check-up of willowpaw when a warrior made their way over, dilute tortoiseshell pelt covered in so much blood it made rook feel a bit bare with his clean pelt. he realistically couldnt make any assumptions about the percentage of rat to cat blood still sporting a wet shine in their pelt but given that it looked to be a bit of a harder fight than expected (he shouldve been allowed to participate star damn it) he wouldnt be overly surprised if it were a lot of their own blood. willowpaws snake bite had been bleeding a unusual amount as well and as he glanced over to her, the cobwebs wrapped around her leg were already taking on a pinkish tint. stars what the hell did the snakes do.
as the former enforcer strode over to the tree stump to gnaw another bit of burdock root off the .. well, root, he faintly recognised starlingcall swatting away a rat yet the faint appreciation that briefly bloomed in his chest knowing he didnt have to worry about willowpaw being attacked again wisped away like fog in the wind when the warrior spoke up, voice more of a growl than anything. "no worries, 's done, i'll get ta' ya now" the medic muttered around the bitter root currently being crushed and ground between sharp molars, voice as neutral as could be while swallowing stomach-ache inducing leftover juices and having a cat irrationally mad at some apprentice that had probably never seriously fought anything before..which rook thought was a bit stupid but man they needed all the cats they could get to not get overpowered by some rats n snakes. letting the burdock root paste gather on the leaf on the ground he ripped out some more of the trees moss, shaking off bark, soil and any potential bugs before turning to address the dilute tortie.
the first real wound he recognised was on the warriors hind leg but took a moment to locate amongst all the blood before he could briefly press the moss to the wound to soak up some of the coppery liquid before applying some of the burdock paste and securing it with cobwebs. if the warrior flinched at the sting, rookfire ignored it as best as possible, moving onto the next wound to repeat the process, cool eyes flicking to the apprentice and the remaining cats fighting every once in a while. where the burdock root sat dry and bitter on his tongue and throat, the herb would allow almost immediate pain relief for the injured cats, cooling and numbing the affected area.
"this'll help with the bleedin' n pain, try ta' not rip the cobwebs off so soon."

[ since i forgot last time L: 4.5x burdock root, 3 cobwebs, 3 horsetail | perhaps more cobwebs wouldve been a good choice huh :skull: ]

once rookfire finished treating starlingcall, grey eyes flicking between the two cats, the rats and snakes still involved in the fight and the remaining herbs, stars three cobwebs what had he been thinking when deciding to take five whole burdock roots and only five cobwebs..to the fair, this wasnt supposed to be some big healing set up here but if a lot more cats came around too injured to go back to camp before being treated he might have to send someone off to find him some more cobwebs.. by the time another tortoiseshell (what was it with tortoiseshell cats and getting injured anyway?), turtlepaw, made their way over to the little 'gathering' around the tree stump, rookfire had not yet finished worrying about the cobwebs. her appearance didnt really make this any better either if she needed to be treated now.
the quiet question that met his ears above the screeches and growls of the fighting, one he had more or less expected as soon as he had seen the apprentice approach. cool grey eyes flicking from the other point of interest to scan the apprentices form, locate and assess any wounds he could see from here. "she'll be fine, 's nothin' i havent seen b'fore. d'ya need anythin' treated urgently?" he asked, swallowing the question about someone fetching cobwebs for the moment before addressing all of of three cats gathered around, "anyone able ta' tell me how much longer ye thing this is gonna last?" the medicine cat apprentice enquired, nodding in the direction they had all come from, in an attempt to scope out the necessity of some impromptu herb patrols.

[ sorry for the double ping | @MangofDoom ; @Myling ]