Snakeheart was anxious to say the least. The after battle healing had been rough, the air tainted with loss more then any previous battle the medicine cat had healed for and that stung and brought a sense of hopelessness to the whole matter. Like the healing he was doing was for naught and that all the clan had done just hadnt done anything in the end. All hopeless thoughts that made the bitterness in his heart towards thunderclan grow. He knew he just knew the clan didnt see anything they'd done wrong and even now they were turning things around in their head to absolve them of all blame for the death they'd brought on both clans and paint riverclan as the villain. They were wrong of course, the tom knew full well by now there was fault on both sides and even his beloved clan wasnt free of blame but god the whole mindset of them being the perpetual victim and the heros of the world earned his ire more then anything else. Maybe if he had more energy he could do something about it but what little he had left (and he had so little, he was so so tired now) needed to go towards his duties. His clan.
So here he was.
The herb store was low lower then Snakeheart had ever let it get before since he took the reigns of the medicine cat position and that alone promoted anxiety in the tom. That was to say nothing of the fact that the herbs would be needed, and soon as Snakeheart didnt see the hostility fading anytime soon. As was right he supposed but nevertheless not a good thing for a struggling medicine cat.
So here he was running a mental list in his head and standing where patrols gathered opening his mouth and crowing out.
"Palehound @Rainquail Blizzardsky @Zesty Mango Brindlefeather @sid Risingpaw @Atticus Cloudpaw @Zenosourus Fawnpaw @marni Duckpaw @Mercury and Robinpaw @starry ! Gather up on me now for herb patrols and hurry would you! We need to do this quick before anymore cats get injured and we have no one or nothing to heal them with!"
The group would only get just enough time to arrive before the tom was speaking again.
"Risingpaw and Duckpaw youre with me. Were going to be heading to gather burdock root and burnet and given we need a lot of it I expect you to be ready to carry as much as you can. Ill elaborate on what they are and so what we're looking for when youve gathered up on me so dont worry yourself into a mess on that just give me a second to explain things to the other patrols and well be off.
Palehound youre taking Fawnpaw and Robinpaw to retrieve some marigold and poppyseeds which I expect will be at the sleepy thicket, its usually thick with flowers this time of year so it should be simple. Poppies are a red bloom on a long stalk with a black center, take the entire flower Ill shake out the seeds once you get back. Marigold is an orange/red/yellow ruffled bloom that grows on a bushy stalk that smells musky like wet dry grass. Hop to it and maybe pay respects to the new graves while youre there to remember why we do what we do.
Brindlefeather please take Blizzardsky and his apprentice Cloudpaw to get cobwebs. Just cobwebs. As much as you can carry. Ive noticed they tend to gather in the rocks along the lionsbeach if you want a tip of where to start and if you stick them to your pelt you can often carry as much as five at once though with Blizzardskys pelt you may loose the cobwebs in him.
Go head off now and drop off the herbs in my den once youre done, you dont need to talk to me after I'll probably be busy anyways."
Info:
-Each cat can carry 5 total herbs of any combination and I'd love it if you could all bring in at least 3 herbs even if you dont manage a full 5.
-You dont need to find one herb per post its like hunting in that way too!
-To 'report' post a herb addition post in the herb storage using my format and linking to the post of your cat collecting the herbs.
-Each person needs to do a report or it'll be considered incomplete and Snakeheart will yell at you.
-If you need extra time or to pull out just tell me and you wont be in any trouble! I never refuse these and totally get it/prefer it to just going ghost.
-Patrol reports are due on the 4th!