Herbs, Herbs and more Herbs [OPEN]

Being left in charge of being medicine cat alone so soon into his apprenticeship was hard, cripplingly so. Gorsepaw was working twice as hard as he should have been, madly scrambling to try keep on top of things. He had learnt all the herbs and their properties from his brief mentorship with Suntail, but he lacked the hands on experience of dealing with cats in pain. It was all good and well to know what to do, but in the heat of the moment, it was a different thing. He'd always imagined the path ahead of him would be dull, and one of aiding elders. But he'd been dead wrong. It was a battle on it's own, a battle to preserve others lives, and protect in a way he'd never imagined himself doing.

Between fetching herbs, tending to the elders, and healing minor scrapes, he was busy. And with intense workloads, came stress. Stress the young apprentice was ill prepared for with only his short apprenticeship under Suntail. Which was why when he was disturbed organising his herbs that he'd collected in the morning, he, out of reflex, snapped over his shoulder.

"I swear if you're here because you ran into those stinging nettles growing near the twoleg farm, I'm going apply the poultice without poppy seeds. I've got better things to do than running around collecting dandelions because you lot can't be careful."

Ashkit backed away. "Oh, sorry. I just... wanted to see what was going on. Say, what are those plants you're messing with?" She brightened. "Can I see? What are they for?"

Though he was feeling quite snappish, he couldn't fault the kit for being curious. Had he been that age, he could easily imagine himself being just as interested in all aspects of the camp. The kit looked almost apprentice aged, and there was little to do in camp for a kit that sized. So instead of continuing on his grumpy tirade as he might of had either of his siblings or another warrior had come, he waved the kit in with his tail. Still not apologising for his outburst.

"Ashkit, is it? This is dandelion. Good for stings. Especially bee stings. But works for minor things like nettles." He nudged the dandelion aside for her to sniff. Then he took it back and placed it in a nook in the wall. Then he opened the second herb parcel that contained a sweet golden comb, honey. "Can you guess what this is?"

"Um, um, um..." Ashkit hopped up and down. A bee flew in the window and right by Ashkit's ear. "Oh yeah! It's honey, right? Don't tell me- good for soothing throats?" She nudged the honeycomb curiously with her paw. "Whoa- it's sticky!"

Gorsepaw rolled his eyes at the kit's antics, though he was a little impressed that the kit knew what honey was for. Taking the honeycomb back before it was damaged beyond use, he spoke over his shoulder. "Try tasting it rather than wasting it by wiping."

Meadowfall padded over to her brother and Ashkit. She smiled a little at Ashkit bwfore looking at Gorsepaw"hey "she mewed.

"Hmph, why are you here? Something wrong?" Gorsepaw called out briskly to his sister in turn. While he did like her, and definitely preferred her to his brother, Littlepath, after the bitter revelation of their pasts, he hadn't really spoken to either of them. More dedicating himself to his role as Medicine cat, as it was easier than deal with the multitudes of issues that surrounded their birth. They hadn't even told Falconstar, and personally that's how Gorsepaw wanted to keep it. Seeing his siblings only reminded him of the problems they faced, and that was something Gorsepaw sucked at. Dealing with issues like this, and most likely would continue to avoid without someone to intervene.

"Well i just came to visit nothing's wrong"Meadowfall mewed. She kinda missed actually talking to Gorsepaw dispite everything that they had discovered and after since her brother avoided her and Littlepath it sometimes made her a bit sad but she usually got over it.

"Sorry," Ashkit apologized to Gorsepaw before turning to the other cat. "Who are you?" she asked Meadowfall. "And are you two related or something?"

"I'm Meadowfall and yes we are related this is my brother."Meadowfall mewed.

"Hmph." The calico let out a grunt of annoyance at his sister as he broke off a piece of honeycomb, and handed it to the little kit. "Ashkit, could you give Meadowfall and I some space? Take the honeycomb and show it to your friends. You can all try tasting it."

He figured Meadowfall would continue to harass him if he ignored her so chose to send the kit away. They need to talk anyway, and he needed to gather more horsetail.

"Okay!" Ashkit grabbed the honeycomb in her mouth. Around the comb, she said: "Thanks... wait, what is your name? You never told me!"

Meadowfall blinked before smiled some watching the kit scamper off with the peice of honeycomb. She smiled then looked to her brother.

"Gorsepaw. Now shoo!" The calico called out, nudging the kit away. Then he turned to face his sister, flicking with his tail for her to follow as he carried a leaf out with him to carry some herbs. "Pick up the other leaf, if you're here, you might a well help me."

"Ok"Meadowfall mewed picking up the other leaf. She didn't mind helping her brother. She quietly flicked her tail.