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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 18:36:26 GMT -5
Smokefur pulled out her stores, they were still pretty full as they had just been stocked recently and it wasn’t yet leaf bare. Looking and shuffling through all the herbs and other bits she had collected this season the gears in her mind whirred to life. What would be best for Strawberryfrost? That was a good question because the grey medicine cat was sure she would feel guilty if she brought out an herb cocktail and set it before her to eat. She would be like all the other prideful warriors who didn’t want the clans precious herbs wasted on them, despite the herbs being there for that very purpose. It was mouse-brained but it would never change. So grabbing a three poppy seeds gently in her maw she walked back out and set them before Strawberryfrost, “Eat them.” She ordered simply leaving no wiggle room, she hoped to manage the pain and hopefully get the muscles to relax so with any luck the poppy seeds would be all she needed.
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INVENTORY
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 22, 2013 19:15:29 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
Strawberryfrost shifted in her nest slightly, or rather the nest she had been assigned, trying to find a position that was comfortable, and wouldn't bother her injured shoulder. Whenever she thought she might have found something, her shoulder would twitch suddenly, the discomfort rising once again. Her jaws parted in a bit of a yawn, the large she-cat remembering that she was a little exhausted. Straining her ears, wondering where Smokefur was, the NightClan warrior hoped that the gray medicine cat wouldn't be using too much herbs or anything on her. She would feel mighty useless if such were the case.
The sound of approaching pawsteps had the mottled she-cat looking up, gray-green eyes looked up as the gray she-cat came into view. When the medicine cat spoke, depositing three poppy seeds before her, the she-cat blinked slowly, thinking that she could probably accept taking just those three little seeds.. Not to mention the medicine cat's voice was so sharp, she immediately stooped, stretching as best as she could to lap up the seeds. They felt odd on her tongue, but she forced herself to swallow them, her tongue brushing the top of her mouth as she finished up. Looking up at Smokefur, the she-cat offered a slight smile.
"All finished."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 19:32:04 GMT -5
“Good…” Smokefur’s voice softened after Strawberryfrost ate the poppy seeds as she had been instructed, smiling back to match the one the younger she-cat gave her. The silver medicine cat lowered herself beside Strawberryfrost again and spoke in a much softer tone then she had been using since they entered camp. “I don’t think you will need to be here for too long.” She explained as she began to massage her side and the muscles of her shoulder again. “With any luck a good nights rest and the poppy seeds will relax your muscles and heal them well enough you will be functional tomorrow, albeit a little sore.” She said as she moved positions with her paws and began to massage some more, “However if that isn’t enough to get you functioning normally again I’ll have to keep you for a few more days where we will do some exercises to get your shoulder working better and loosened up again.” She paused her massaging to look into her patients eyes, “If that is the case I may have to keep you here for a little while longer.”
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 22, 2013 20:02:29 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
Mottled brown ears pricked as the injured warrior listened to the words that NightClan's medicine cat had to offer. Nodding her understanding, the large she-cat slowly let herself sink into the nest. Once again, Smokefur was massaging her shoulder. The way her paws kneaded into her muscle... It was oddly relaxing, just barely on the edge of painful. A slight, groaning purr escaped her as she stretched in the nest. The gray medicine cat's paws were working the muscle, meaning that even when she extended her leg, it didn't seem to hurt all that much. It was a simple tug, telling her the muscle was tight. Or so she assumed.
Relaxing once more, Strawberryfrost let her eyes drift closed slightly. "I... I really think you have magic paws, Smokefur. And... I hope that it's just until tomorrow... I can't imagine being stuck in one place for too long." Laughing slightly at her words, the NightClan warrior fell silent for a bit, just letting Smokefur continue to massage her. Her brown ears were tipped back slightly, but this time, it was simply due to relaxation, and nothing to do with discomfort or embarrassment. After a moment, she spoke again, her voice drowsy, as though she were just barely awake. "Thanks again Smokefur... I mean it..."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 20:16:43 GMT -5
Smokefur yet again got a compliment about how amazing her massages were, she wasn’t at all surprised. She had given her fair share to overworked warriors; usually they had done it to themselves, in her time as a medicine cat. Besides that she liked to give them whenever she could, she found it therapeutic and a great time for her to collect and organize her thoughts. Besides that knowing how good she was making another cat feel caused a small purr to emanate from her chest every time. She snorted as Strawberryfrost made a comment about staying in the den for more than a day being awful, “I happen to be a very good host.” She said slightly defensively “If you stay and don’t complain I’ll see to it you get a massage at least once a day, how about that?” She said all of this after Strawberryfrost thanked her nearly asleep by the sound of it. She quickly added a short, “You’re welcome.” On the end nearly forgetting to respond to it hoping that her patient would be asleep before too long.
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 22, 2013 21:18:19 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
There was a part of the she-cat that wanted to answer Smokefur, to tell her that she was sure the gray medicine cat was a good host, and that Smokefur would surely take fantastic care of her, no matter how long she stayed there. And yet... The massaging was making it incredibly hard to remain awake for very much longer. When she tried to speak, her jaws simply parted to let a yawn escape her. It split her mouth open, her tongue poking out slightly before drawing back into her mouth once more. With a sleepy grumble, which had been another failed attempt for the she-cat to speak to Smokefur, Strawberryfrost drifted out of consciousness.
Her sleep was light to begin, the mottled brown she-cat still vaguely aware of the medicine cat's touch. She mumbled again, her mouth barely parting at all as her mind tried to formulate words. Of course, her attempts continued to fail, rather hilariously. Strawberryfrost's tail tip twitched slightly, as though something had bothered it, though the warrioress didn't rouse from her sleep. In fact, the darkness began to creep up on her, fogging the bit of her mind that had been trying to stay conscious.
And soon enough, with a slight, sighing snore, the NightClan warrior was fast asleep.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 0:17:37 GMT -5
After a bit of time there would be a prod on Strawberryfrost’s shoulder as Applepaw did her best to rouse her sister. She had let the larger she-cat sleep for quite a while and now wanted to here it straight from the source, what had happened to her? Besides that she planned on taking care of Strawberry because it was no doubt what she was very good at, and felt there was nowhere in the clan she needed to be more at the moment. “Strawberryfrost…” she mewed out in a gentle tone, “Come on sleepyhead.” She continued to coax gently. She had a small piece of prey, which she had caught herself and was providing with pride, just in case Strawberry frost was hungry. Applepaw had even gone to Smokefur and had a few extra poppy seeds waiting if the soreness was still too much for her sister. All in all she felt fairly prepared and was ready to start taking care of Strawberry, but she had to wake up. Like right now.
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 23, 2013 20:41:38 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
Her sleep had been blissful, blackness surrounding her entirely. There were no dreams, which meant no nightmares. Only the darkness that composed of the back of her eyelids was visible to her. Her ears were relaxed, not picking up the sound of anything. The only thing that seemed to be aware of her surroundings at all was her sense of touch. She could feel the nest beneath her, cozy around her, letting her curl up comfortably, other than her slightly outstretched leg. She left if there, not wanting to draw it any closer to her, at the risk of causing herself any further harm.
She was perfectly happy where she was, but it would seem that this bliss wouldn't be able to last forever. The bliss that had been created by poppy seeds, free of pain and consciousness, would end rather abruptly at the paws of none other than... "Apple...paw?" She mumbled, her gray-green eyes blinking open with great difficulty, flickering in the light, before firmly shutting themselves, to block out that same light. With a heavy groan, the she-cat shifted, intending to roll away from him. "Tell ma... Five more minutes..." It was right about here that she finished her roll.
The moment she landed upon her damaged shoulder, her eyes flashed open, a hiss erupted from her, turning into a growling, which she used to muffle the cry she had wanted to let loose. Her entire body tensed up as her body weight leaned into her tender muscle, causing ripples of pain to course through her whole leg. Unable to move to push herself off of her damaged shoulder, the NightClan warrioress was left to beg, in a sort of awkward chant-cry, repeating the same three words until someone was merciful enough to comply with her pained demand. "Get me off, get me off, GET. ME. OFF."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 21:08:28 GMT -5
Applepaw was in fact able to rouse his sister and got the same response he had gotten back when they were in the nursery, this told him the poppy seeds were working rather well. She didn’t have much of an idea where she was or what had happened but he assumed as soon as she was awake she would feel her shoulder and remember in a hurry what had happened. However her not knowing at the moment caused a serious problem, she rolled onto her bad shoulder having forgotten its injury and the results were to be expected, Applepaw was quick as he could to her side to help flip her. The repeated pain laced chant of her sister didn’t exactly calm Applepaw as she tried to flip the much larger she-cat off her should but with a grunt of exasperation she succeeded. Flopping down and sighing as she tried to catch her breath, having been holding it since her sister started her roll, she puffed until her breathing was normal again. “Good morning…” She said with a shaky smile sure Strawberryfrost was awake now.
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 23, 2013 21:35:40 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
When by some StarClan given miracle, Applepaw reacted, leaping forth and doing all that was physically possible for the panicking NightClan warrioress, the mottled brown she-cat could do nothing but let out a relieved sigh. Now comfortably lying on the proper side, Straweberryfrost let her eyes drift closed. She focused on banishing the remnants of the pain, as well as taking deep, calming breaths. Much like Applepaw, the NightClan she-cat had found herself hyperventilating do to the increased pain and the constant chanting. Lying side by side, moments stretched on where the two siblings did nothing else except... Well breathe.
When she heard the sound of Applepaw's voice, the mottled brown she-cat shifted to roll onto her stomach, careful not to disturb her shoulder. Focusing her gray-green eyes upon the figure of the NightClan apprentice. Her brown ears were pricked forward, intent on hearing the words that her sibling had to offer her. In the end, it only ended up bringing a smile to her face. With a slight laugh, Strawberryfrost gazed back fondly at Applepaw. Using a voice that was uncharacteristically soft, the large framed she-cat purred gently. "Good morning to you too, Applepaw. Sorry about that... Thanks for helping me out though. You're the best, you know that? The best sibling anyone could ever ask for."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 21:42:36 GMT -5
Applepaw was more then a bit pleased that her goofy response had elicited a purr from her sister, she of all cats knew how hard it was to see this done. They had known each other all their lives and Applepaw was fairly sure she knew Strawberryfrost as well as any cat ever would, she hoped this at least, and the softness she used in her reply was very uncharacteristic. “When you hurt your shoulder you didn’t happen to hit your head did you?” She purred softly herself, as was her usual way nothing had changed about that. “Softly speaking to your sister and gently purring? I never thought I’d see the day.” She giggled, then becoming wide eyed she started to panic realizing she had referred to herself as Strawberryfrost’s sister. She had never brought it up with her and it was a recent life choice of hers to start refereeing to herself as a female, she wasn’t sure how her sister would react to the change.
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 23, 2013 22:14:02 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
Though Applepaw had been born as Strawberryfrost's brother, it had been apparent from a very young age that the tom didn't seem to want to be a tom. He was always much more feminine than the other toms, more feminine, even, than his own sister. Strawberryfrost had adopted a more tom-boyish attitude, in order to balance out Applepaw's docile, gentle nature. The mottled brown she-cat had only ever wanted her brother to be happy, so she had done her best to help him attain whatever it was he wanted, treating him more like a queen who was about to give birth, rather than an apprentice.
This didn't mean that Applepaw's words didn't surprise her. Her eyes, which had been softened by their previous conversation, hardened over slightly, her posture straightening fractionally. Without breaking eye-contact, Strawberryfrost considered Applepaw for a moment, her head tipping to the side ever so slightly before she spoke again. This time, her voice was more guarded. She wasn't mad, she was simply.. Curious, confused, as to why her brother had referred to himself as a she-cat. "I did a terrific face-plant, so I wouldn't be surprised if I hurt my head... And I only figured that it was the proper way to address a sibling who means the world and a half to me..."
Hesitating a moment longer, the mottled brown she-cat whispered gently, her eyes flashing in the dim light. "When did you begin referring to yourself as a she-cat, Applepaw..?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 22:27:15 GMT -5
Applepaw noticed slight changes in Strawberryfrost’s posture and demeanor as she made them, they were little changes that made her recognize the sister she had always known a bit better. After her careless slip up with her self assigned gender pronouns she was relieved and breathed a sigh softly as her sister showed no signs of being upset. Applepaw purred softly at the joke her sister made before falling quiet as she was questioned about when she had started to refer to herself as a she-cat. “It was a few days ago…” Applepaw admitted truthfully, “I dunno I suppose I’ve felt it coming on for a long time… I just decided it was what I wanted to do.” She picked her gaze up again to look into her sisters eyes and continued, “I hope you don’t mind the change, I hope you find it easy to understand why I did it.”
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Post by BlooRey DVD on Aug 23, 2013 22:38:19 GMT -5
[smear:ff3300]Strawberryfrost[/smear:3399ff] ~~~~~~~~~
The large NightClan warrioress listened quietly as her... Sister? As her sister gave her reply. For a moment, she let silence descend upon them, remaining quiet so as to gauge her own reaction. She wanted to answer Applepaw with the earnest truth, whether or not it truly bothered her. And to do that, Strawberryfrost had to reach into herself. She was not one to let her feelings roam about willy nilly. Especially not about something as important as this. Staring down at her forepaws for a moment, the mottled brown she-cat took a deep, steadying breath, before establishing eye-contact once again.
"If it is what you want... If it makes you happier to refer to yourself as a she-cat..." She hesistated, trying to figure out a way to approach this. She wasn't exactly the type of she-cat who was good with words, so discussions like this were a bit difficult for her. "If it is what you wanted, how could I possibly have a problem with it, Applepaw? You know that all I want is for you to be... You. And if being you means that you refer to yourself as a she-cat, that you become my sister... Then so be it."
Had she been of the ability to stand, she would have done so, and settled down closer to her new-found sister. She would have stretched a paw out to lay it comfortingly, lovingly on Applepaw's paw. But with her current ailment, the she-cat was stuck exactly where she was, only able to offer Applepaw a ginger smile. "You'll always be my best friend, okay? No matter what. You're my sister, after all."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 22:45:41 GMT -5
Applepaw waited for her sisters response to her jumbled mess of an explanation and wasn’t at all disappointed. Strawberryfrost’s kind words pierced something deep inside of her, she had held fear in her heart for the reactions she would have from her clan mates at the decisions she was making about her life. However knowing that no matter what her strong and protective sister would always have her back meant more than the world to her. So as Strawberryfrost laid her paw across Applepaw’s and whispered her last loving phrase the smaller of the two couldn’t help but scoot closer and snuggle up to the other as carefully as she could. She didn’t want to injure her sisters’ shoulder but she couldn’t bare not touching her at the moment, “I love you Strawberryfrost…” She uttered in a small voice as she laid her head on her sister’s paws and closed her eyes as a purr emitted from deep inside her.
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