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Post by blackrose on Mar 25, 2013 21:33:50 GMT -5
"Correct, Minepaw. Now do one more thing and we can be done," mewed Hurricanevortex, quickly smoothing her black and white fur. "Now tell me the four plants you should never use?"
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 25, 2013 22:27:50 GMT -5
Now tell me the four plants you should never use.
Minepaw's hackles rose slightly. Just thinking about those plants made him edgy. "Deathberries, water hemlock, nightshade, holly berries, and foxglove seeds." he listed.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 25, 2013 23:01:26 GMT -5
"Hm, you listed one extra that I never even taught you about, water hemlock. Good job. And why do we keep them in this den?" asked Hurricanevortex, awaiting his answer.
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 25, 2013 23:24:23 GMT -5
The truth was, Minepaw hated doing things wrong, so he'd asked his clanmates about a few herbs that Hurricanevortex hadn't gone over. When she spoke again, he paused. "Uh . . . to show cats so they know not to go near them?" Now the tall male was just guessing, as he had no idea of what the answer was.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 25, 2013 23:42:56 GMT -5
Hurricanevortex shook her head. "Some cats suffer when they are dying. We want them to die without suffering, so if they request it or if they look in deep pain, we take one of the plants and feed it to them and they peacefully fade off into StarClan instead of dealing with all of that pain," explained the serval, standing up.
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 25, 2013 23:51:23 GMT -5
That made much more sense. Seeing that his mentor was beginning to stand up, Minepaw did the same.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 25, 2013 23:56:08 GMT -5
"Now, we are running out of catmint. Come with me," mewed the serval, stretching and then walking to the entrance of the den before waiting for her apprentice Minepaw.
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 26, 2013 1:39:36 GMT -5
Minepaw trotted after her, muscles gliding beneath his short, tawny pelt.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 26, 2013 16:38:07 GMT -5
The black and white serval glided out of the den, heading towards the entrance to camp. "There is also a herb I have discovered for myself, and I'm pretty sure the other Clans do not know about it. It can cure many different sicknesses and pains. It is sort of like a couple of herbs combined. I call it Salvia, and beside it is another like it called Lemongrass. I'll show you what they are," she said to her apprentice, stopping to sniff the air for where the plants were. "This way," Hurricanevortex said, heading East.
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 26, 2013 17:26:43 GMT -5
"Salvia? Lemongrass?" he echoed. Wheh had Hurricanevortex discovered these herbs? Did Skylightstar know? "When will we tell the other medicine cats? At the next meeting? Or will we head out later?" the savannah asked.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 26, 2013 17:58:29 GMT -5
"We will keep this a secret as long as possible. If anybody finds out they will come to take it, as this is the only place it grows throughout the Clans. Possibly, if a Twoleg planted some somewhere else, but so far this is it," answered the serval, stopping at the sight of the two plants. One was a tall purple plant with purple flowers coming off of it. "This one is Salvia. It is bitter, and scratchy. I have tasted them both to make sure they were safe," explained the cat. Hurricanevortex the looked to the tall green grassy plant called Lemongrass. "This is Lemongrass. You can identify it by its white bottom and tall, smooth, sweet leaves," mewed the medicine cat. ooc;; this is salvia, recognize it? and here is lemongrass
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 26, 2013 18:57:33 GMT -5
Minepaw's eyes widened. He could understand that they wouldn't tell Bloodclan's medicine cat, since they were Thunderclan's enemy. But they wouldn't tell the pro-clanners? "But the medicine cats and their apprentices are bound by the medicine cat code," the savannah protested. "They would never let their clans steal from us!"
ooc. Oh yeah 8 D
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Post by blackrose on Mar 26, 2013 19:06:09 GMT -5
"The medicine cats may not steal, but you know how the Clans are, always jealous. Skylightstar and Photoflash will decide who we will tell about the new plants once we go to tell her," mewed the she-cat. Sitting down, slowly Hurricanevortex gently pulled the buds down from the Salvia and uprooted some Lemongrass.
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Post by hawky ♡ on Mar 26, 2013 19:13:38 GMT -5
Minepaw nodded and began to gather the newly discovered herbs like his mentor. "When will we tell them?" he asked.
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Post by blackrose on Mar 26, 2013 19:24:35 GMT -5
"We will show them today, once we gather some more of these. Just to let you know, they are both herbs that must be eaten," mewed the serval, finishing collecting and picking up the Lemongrass.
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