rookfire eyed the crowd, more specifically hawkbite who appeared to have taken an interest in their lesson, perhaps another tired soul seeking some resemblance of peace about lostsparks unfortunate passing,, he certainly wouldnt blame him. from what he had gathered the older showed the bare minimum of interest outside of this, namely the one time he checked out his cuts n they got to chatting..
lots of small voices squeaking from the crowd, rookfire couldnt help but lean in a bit to try and catch a whole sentence or at least logical words. hawkpaw, one of the cats with a voice he would not describe as squeaking due to her age alone was the first he understood, ear twitching at the question and scorpionkits obvious enthusiasm. the medicine cat let another pair of questions find their way into his ears, pantherkit and sleepysunrise this time, before getting to answering.
"nice questions, very nice." the medic praised, taking the time to seek the kits gazes and offering a small nod. lucky for him, this was something he had thought about and observed before..not the giving ten seeds at once part but the reactions cats tended to have to poppy seeds."since poppy seeds cause cats ta' fall asleep at a dosage of two or three i assume if ya give a warrior four or five nothin' much is gonna happen besides a real long sleep n a bit a' discomfort, but ten may cause their heart ta' stop beatin' so i would prefer none 'a yall try any 'a that n come to the med den if yer injured cuz thats what we're here for, aye?" he warned, words and following silence carrying a certain weight despite the overall relaxed atmosphere and hopefully communicating that this was indeed serious. while it would certainly be interesting to try out different dosages and figure out the ultimate limit each and every cat would push if given too much medication, it wasnt something he could validate or excuse to his conscious and otherwise not overly relevant to him at the moment.
next question, pantherkit then his..friend? co-worker? whatever she was to him, sleepysunrise. another question about dosage, however, this time he had to try a bit harder to come up with an answer to the second part of this question he didnt really have any experience with. "for kits n queens one seed is the maximum for different reasons, see, kits have wee little bodies n if i gave ya two or three poppy seeds it'd be like givin a warrior six or more. too much can hurt equally n sometimes more than too little, keep that in mind." he explained, perched on his hind legs to briefly gesture to underline his point about cat sizes.
now for the harder bit, rookfire left the last explanation hanging in the air for a moment whilst he thought about a logical reason. he was pretty sure he'd been told more than once that you specifically shouldnt give nursing or pregnant queens poppy seeds which led him down the hopefully correct path. what was the difference between a nursing or pregnant queen and a queen with kits old enough to eat solid prey? they werent directly feeding the kits anymore. "for queens 'm assumin' poppy seeds are not recommended so the kits dont get hurt which means it only applies to pregnant n nursin' cats. cuz the herb could travel through em to the kits n that'd be bad for em ya know?" he concluded, leaving another pause to let the information settle and allow for follow up questions before moving on to the last question as of now, asked far more quietly to the point where he almost missed it but valid none the less.
"not all herbs can be dried but for poppies ya look for a nice n sunny place n place the flowerhead ta' face the sun. 'takes a while n pretty hard to do once the days get shorter but it makes it easier to remove the seeds." vague memories of a steamy dreamscape, slick pelt and the unfamiliar toms words ghosted around his mind, deeply intertwined with the information he had gained that night and still used to this day.
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fishkit walked up out of the nursery she was still healing from her injury, but she was getting around better now. As fishkits got closer it seemed that the first lesson might have already been passed by or was close to an end, but it didn't hurt to stay and learn the others.
FIshkit walked into the small crowd and sat down looking at the herbs as the medic apprentice said the plants name 'poppy' and how much to give queens and kits slightly she caught onto it one herb for them each and so on. Did Mr moss give her any poppy seeds when she got hurt? fishkkit didn't know that week was mostly a blur to her leaving a gap in her memory so Fishkit sat back keeping quiet as she looked around the group she noticed her fathers pelt.
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Sleepysunrise
[ 13 moons | She / Her | Shc Enforcer ]
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Sleepysunrise’s wait was patient, calm; here for knowledge and intent on absorbing every minute detail they let slip from their maw about the herbs that would be presented today. And how she hoped it would be many. She could not feel satisfied until they were all known as clear as the sun shone to her; until she knew every element, idea and technique – every bit of knowledge there was to have, so she could adequately serve Miss Grandmama and live up to her mother’s name. That is all she wished for, and today was a rare moment where tidbits of that exclusive knowledge were to be shared.
So intently focused on the knowledge ahead, Sleepysunrise nearly missed the small body moving in her peripheral vision and taking a seat at her side, effectively stumping the enforcer’s mind. This was a kitten. A kitten she didn’t know. Normally, Birdpaw would come sit with her. Or she could recognise some of her other siblings, but this little one… She scrutinized Adderkit from the corner of her eye, mild interest and recognition lighting and dimming in her eyes when she realised. Was this one of Miss Grandmama’s kittens?
She looked to be about that old, and the kitten had a similarly dark brown pelt. It was not as if the largest give away was the kitten leaving her Grandmother’s den on previous occasions, or Sleepysunrise’s recent appearance in the nursery where she was fairly certain not to ave seen this one. Or, most all, her visits to Miss Grandmama – the pelts of her kits all looked strikingly similar, but the enforcer felt this might be one of them. So… The odd thought was. Did that make them mama’s siblings, and thus this kitten her aunt? Despite Sleepysunrise being her senior?
It was a thought for the oddities, and one Sleepysunrise was quick to cast aside when her mind was already wondering over why this kitten had chosen a seat at her side. Compared her, Miss Grandmama must favour her blood kin – Sleepysunrise didn’t want to spiral into the same overwhelming thought process as when her own half siblings had been born, yet the thought was still there, ever present in her mind. Compared to kin of the blood that Miss Grandmama had born herself, Sleepysunrise must be… Nothing much. Nothing at all.
But Sleepysunrise had sworn not to let these thoughts overtake her mind once more; net when it was her duty to protect them, not when Miss Grandmama cared for them. It merely was one of the many reasons why the enforcer could not afford any mistakes, why she had to strive for perfection in all she did. And in the process, teach what she can to the young, ensure nothing happened to her family. Miss Grandmama and her kits included. Perhaps even Darkfall received a spare thought.
But if it were so, what was she meant to do? Address this kitten? The youngest enforcer had no guiding when it came to social etiquette a cues, her one weakness. Luckily by now Rookfire had begun to speak, and she could find reason to focus her attention on the newest medic apprentice. Unsettling gaze settled upon the flower and its seed, a mild memory of a time Mossfreckle might have given her one. The flower looked weak, fragile, as if it could break at the touch of a paw with such delicately ruffled large petals of blood-red colour and abyss black centre where the stalks rose up. Though only the seeds were used, knowing it came from the flower, gathering the whole plant was more beneficial indeed. Easier to carry, and a build-in storage,,, Though her head tipped, intrigued by the notion of drying the plants. She blinked, slowly, uttering her silent question. “How.. do you dry?”
Given in instances of shock or pain… It must be the seed Mossfreckle had given her that time, then. A state of shock, it was difficult to imagine; even how administering and taking a poppy seed must feel. It had been moons and Sleepysunrise had been in too much of a lost daze to be able to focus on its effects; one seed was to be given to apprentices and small warriors, where two were given to the average sized feline – could a particularly large feline get three poppy seeds? Ah, some form of an answer came. One or two seeds dulled the pain, whereas two or three seeds (she supposed adapted by size and weight of the cat) offered more pain relief and could put the patient to sleep. That was… Interesting. She pondered, what happened if you gave too many poppy seeds? Kits and nursing queens nothing more than a single seed, she noted the information in her mind (as was Nightshiver; while Elmshadow had told her never to give a kitting queen anything other than the plant she had now grown increasingly familiar with, she was curious to hear that a nursing queen could still have a single poppy seed).
She went over the words several times after she noted that some kits had already posed the questions on her mind. Curiously, though avoiding others’ gaze, she finally settled blue eyes on the kitten at her side, still occupying a corner of her mind. She paused, considering her words before speaking. “You are… Miss Grandmama’s.”
She finally uttered, voice a quiet tone much like she had grown accustomed to over the moons; a mindless blabber leaving her mew she felt, after speaking. This was much like a meeting, only less… More interactive. Therefore she ought not speak, but a small part beneath the enforcer’s mask seemed curious about the act the kitten had taken in joining her.
It was strange to her that she hadn't been immediately addressed, she knew for a fact the older she cat had seen her. Blue eyes had glanced at her, Adderkit was sure of it so why hadn't the she cat said anything. Nothing at all, she just sat silently and stared ahead at the two medicine cats. Maybe.....she did care? Oh. It was a new feeling, being ignored. Adderkit didn't like it but she understood, this was a lesson not a socialising event. She shouldn't have even bothered the she cat to begin with. Green eyes looked away from dark fur and back to the dirt under her paws, she wouldn't pretend like the ground was interesting in any way but she'd rather stare at that instead of looking for an interaction that likely wouldn't happen.
Ear twitching at the new voice that spoke above the rest, Adderkit looked up to see the other medicine cat, Rookfire unwrap one of the bundles revealing an assortment of different and strong smelling plants. The different coloured flowers amongst them caught her attention the most. She hadn't seen any of those types of flowers on her little mound above the nursery, they were strangely pretty and she found she really liked their color. Adderkit leaned forward, watching as rookfire picked a blood red floor with a darkened Center and placed in front of everyone. Adderkit looked between the flowers and rookfire as the tom explain what they were and what they were used for. This was why she was here! She was curious on how plants, exspecially flowers could play an important role in the clan. It was for healing it seemed.
Green eyes inspected the lovely blood red poppy that sat not far away. Though the flower itself might be pretty, it wasn't what the medicine cats used for healing but instead the Poppy's seeds were. The seeds were chewed when a cat was in shock, whatever that meant, and to dull the pain of an injury. Two or three more seeds could be used to for relief and put injured cats to sleep. As rookfire fell silent, a bunch of questions were thrown at him regarding the amount of poppy seeds consumed and why it had to be a certain number. She assumed it was because it would cause harm if too many were taken? How, she did not know but she had come to this conclusion. Adderkit looked up at the she cat that she was seated next to as she asked her question. how to dry.... adderkit looked back towards the medicine cats waiting for their response to the questions.
Rookfire seemed to answer the questions well and adderkit stored the knowledge she had obtained. She had her own query but was unsure on whether to ask it or not. Wrapping her tail around her paws tightly, she sat up a little straighter. "Where would Poppy's be found?" maybe it was a dumb and unimportant question but she wanted to know the answer nonetheless. She liked how the looked and had already decided she wanted to decorate mother's nest with a few. If Mother could have her trinkets then adderkit would like her own too.
«“You are… Miss Grandmama’s.”»
Adderkit almost didn't catch the words spoken to her by the older she cat, almost. Green eyes looking towards the dark she, she contemplated her words. Grandmama? Who was that. Maybe she meant....Dawnstar? "Um, if you are talking about Dawnstar then yes. She is my Mother" she smiled brightly. Smiling was a display of friendliness and so that's what adderkit had been practising recently. She hoped she was getting it right this time, last time she just ended up baring her teeth on accident. "You call Mother: granmama. What does that mean?" she asked now, her brief smile slipping away as she tilted her head as all kids did when asking questions.
( Rookfire; @alec )
{Sorry if this is messy, it's not proof read}
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Re: [ Herb Lesson - all ages ] Somewhere Over the Rainbow
