Acornfall nodded, though he had hoped for a little more clarity this would have to do.
At least I know what the seeds smell like. Poppy seeds were a fairly commonly used herb for treatment. He closed his eyes and tried to remember the scent of the small black seeds before he opened his mouth to taste the air around him. But it was no use. He could only pick up the normal scents of all the flowers and prey-scents. But he was a warrior, not a medicine cat. He didn't train to identify herbs based on scent alone.
He decided to search for moss, cobwebs, and sticks for the time being. Maybe he'll find poppy seeds while he searched? He looked around the meadow, guessing he probably wasn't going to find a lot of moss near the water on the cliffs, at least not where he could easily reach or climb. But the tree line would likely have lots of moss. He trotted over and didn't have to go far before he found an abundance of moss. He sniffed around until he found a piece of tree bark that he could use, and scraped off as much as could be carried off a nearby rock and a fallen tree, collecting it on the tree bark. He picked it up and brought it back to Yarrowcrest before bounding back over to the treeline.
Nosing around the undergrowth, this time for sticks, he found some that were long and seemed sturdy enough to possibly carry moss soaked in mousebile for the elder's ticks. Or long enough to poke at something. He wasn't quite sure what size was needed, but when he had a decent mouthful of varying lengths he turned to head back. Then he paused, his eyes drawn by a bright red flower. He noticed the centers were dark black, and his eyes lit up. Could this be the flower? He quickly bounded over to Yarrowcrest and set the sticks down before rushing back over to the flowers to inspect them.
He sniffed the flowers, the ones that bloomed seemed to not have seeds in the center. He batted them gently with his tail, but nothing fell from the flower that resembled seeds. Then he noticed small ball-shaped things on the tops of some of the stems. Curious, he unsheathed his claws and gently cut the stem just below one of the little balls, catching it in his paw as it fell. He laid it on the ground and gently used his claw to cut it open, smiling victoriously.
"Yarrowcrest!" He lifted his head and called to his clanmate.
"I think I found poppy seeds!" He waved his tail to catch Yarrowcrest's attention from among the flowers, then flicked it to indicate where he found the bright red flowers and these little...pod things.
[OOC: I had to actually Google where the danged seeds are on these plants LOL. Probably ended up on a watch list somewhere.
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