W A S P S I G H T
Gosh, it sure was cold. As the temperatures continued to drop, Waspsight found himself ever more hurried in going through their herb stock. Unfortunately, it wasn't like it was a chore that could be rushed. These plants were delicate and needed to be sorted gently, thoroughly, and most certainly one at a time. Let's see here... Cobwebs, moss, poppy seeds, we've got plenty of those. Won't be running out any time soon. We're good on comfrey, horsetail, and luckily, we haven't had to use our catmint stock this Leaf-Bare. Waspsight hoped they wouldn't have to. Although it had been dreadfully cold, none of their Clanmates had come down with anything more serious than a minor cold. It did do a number on their tansy and coltsfoot supplies, though. They would have to try and restock soon. Thankfully, tansy was easier to find and more necessary. It was just a matter of the plant surviving the snow and ice.
Hmm, what else? What else... Ah, I've got to remember to bring Tawnypainter some fennel later. He'll need it for his hip. I'm sure the cold weather hasn't been too kind to him lately. He'll appreciate some relief from the aching. Oh, and I need to see about visiting Quiethawk for some tormentil. It only grows during this time of year in WindClan territory. If we don't get our paws on it now, we may not until next season.
Well, now there was no disturbing the calico tom. He was far too gone in his own thoughts. Waspsight had probably gone over their entire stock two or three times today, as he had been cooped up in the medicine cat's den since he woke up this morning. By now, the dusk patrol would be returning and surely even Juncostar would be ready to settle down for the day. He thought he heard Hareflight's voice once or twice, but nothing had managed to penetrate his concentration. It would probably take the forces of StarClan themselves to shake the healer from the depths of his own mind.
Mellowfrost
Shadowclan Deputy
“Wait? Are you pulling some kind of prank? You and Mantisheart aren't dating?!” Mellowfrost said, his green eyes widened when looking at Waspsight as if he grew two heads. So they weren’t dating? Damn, the elders really were such gossipers. “Great, now I owe Leafstorm a couple of frogs because of you.” The cream and brown tom grumbled as the deputy shifted to lean on one side, pouting. The brown elder had mentioned that Bugeye and Waspsight weren’t dating, while Mellowfrost thought that they were indeed dating. Ugh. “Back when I was younger, Waspsight.. Toms usually were blunt and straightforward about wanting to court, but it seems like the young ones are changing it around these days with all your mixed signals.” Mellowfrost huffed, speaking as he was seasons older.. When in reality, Mellowfrost and Waspsight only had a year gap. Squinting at the tom, he shook his head “You sure that you don't even wanna cuddle with the poor tom? I know he looks like he wants to bite everyone’s head off, but he seems decent enough.”
“Ugh, forget it.. You’re too young for romance anyways, stick to the healing stuff.” Mellowfrost suddenly dismissed his thoughts with a flick of his tail, suddenly getting up and moving to get the bundle that Waspsight had prepared. It was quite a surprise that the calico tom trusted him enough to perform the action, but then again Mellowfrost was quite an observer with many things, thanks to Smokestar as his mentor. With his lone white paw, Mellowfrost carefully brought the package closer to him and wrapped his tail around it protectively. Tilting his head, the deputy arched an eyebrow while letting out a scoff “No, I said the treat was for me! Birdie can ask for his own treat.” Mellowfrost said with narrowed eyes. He didn’t want to admit that Waspsight was right, as it seemed like the healer caught him in the act.
“Fine, you can kindly tell him when he asks the next time.” Mellowfrost grumbled as he was given the piece of leaf that contained the sweet treat. He was fighting the urge to lick up the dab of honey, but Ravenkit was quite a scary little lad if angered.. Mellowfrost remembered when calling Ravenkit a ‘Pipsqueak’ the other day which caused the black and white kitten to run towards him and began slapping him at the foreleg as he was attempting to do damage.. For the drama, Mellowfrost pretended that he was hurt and collapsed. Ravenkit was pleased that he ‘defeated’ Mellowfrost and went to tell Juncostar. Suddenly his eyes widened as he was apparently being kicked out now
“Woah! How rude!” Mellowfrost said, but remained seated as he wasn’t intending on going anywhere. The deputy had just arrived, he intended on staying for a while until Waspsight had bored him enough to wanna leave. Finally settling down, his paws tucked underneath him, Mellowfrost smiled cheekily “You know Waspsight, if Deputyship doesn’t work out.. You better watch out for your position, Hareflight told me that I had the great potential of being a healer.” Mellowfrost teased the smaller tom. Waspsight seemed so serious all the time, the cream and brown tom wanted to teach him how to loosen up a bit and enjoy himself. Looking around the den, he just noticed that there were herbs all over the place before looking at the calcio tom and raised an eyebrow “So what do you usually do around here? Recite the herbs just for fun?” He questioned, as he wanted to see what Waspsight did for entertainment. #3ae83b
W A S P S I G H T
The calico tom was so far gone into his internal dialogue that he hadn't even heard Mellowfrost enter the medicine cat den. The crème tom's mentions of poppy and honey didn't appear to shake him from his concentration, his eyes still focused on the stock before him as the deputy approached him. It wasn't until there was a mention of Scorpionthroat and the word 'date' that Waspsight's bubble was popped.
"Wh-wh-wh-wh--" Unable to clearly get any words out, the calico tom's head whipped around with the speed of a wood mouse trying to outrun a hunter. His eyes were as wide around as the moon and his ears burned hotter than the sun. A date!? The silver warrior seemed to sneer at him and belittle him every chance he got, their interactions consisted only of verbal fights and confrontations, what in the world could have possessed Mellowfrost to think that they would be dating???
"Don't be ridiculous," the medicine cat pleaded, swiftly getting to his paws with a shake of his head; his brain decided that now was a great time to finally register the herbs that the deputy had asked for. Turning to their stock, he carefully cut off a piece of a comfrey root from their stash, just taking a small portion from what they had. He took a moment to chew it up into a poultice so that he could place it into a leaf bundle. He then passed it to the striped tom and told him, "What he's looking for is comfrey, this will take care of his aching joints. Rub this on gently."
After that, he turned away from Mellowfrost one more time, clearly trying to keep himself busy and desperately avoiding the confrontation of the dealing with the topic of Scorpionthroat. He took out another carrying leaf, though it was one much smaller. A moment later, he was nudging it over, a small dollop of sap resting on it. "Here's your honey, but please tell Ravenkit that we do use it to help cats with sore throats. It's not a generous treat to look forward to routinely, especially in leaf-bare when bees are dormant."
"Now if that's all you need, please be on your way. You have duties that need to be done as well," Waspsight reminded him, "And I need to finish stocking these herbs." He didn't, really. He had finished a long time ago but he needed some sort of excuse to get Mellowfrost out of his fur and to flatten his interest in whatever relationship he concocted between the healer and Scorpionthroat.
Mellowfrost
Shadowclan Deputy
Mellowfrost wasn’t really in the mood to perform his deputy duties, something about today just felt off for some reason within the cream and brown tom. No, he wasn’t sick.. Otherwise he would had stayed in a separate nest so Jasmineflame didn’t get sick as well. Perhaps it was the accident between himself, Roachwing and Skunkbreeze that left Mellowfrost such a terrible mood. The deputy had tried not to overthink things after that situation happened, but Jasmineflame had suggested to him to keep his distance for the time being until Roachwing had managed to smooth things over so the two toms could talk things over whenever the time was right. His green gaze looked up for a moment when he found himself in front of the medicine cat den and released a small sigh before strolling inside with his tail flicking from side to side.
Watching Waspsight for a moment, he noticed that the calico tom’s back was towards him as it seems like the healer was busy. His green eyes narrowed slightly as he couldn’t find Hareflight, most likely she was with that rogue. Debating if he should just leave, Mellowfrost began to turn his back and make his way towards the entrance to go visit Ravenkit, but a soft sigh escaped him as the deputy looked down for a moment before having to flip the switch.. Resorting to the personality that he was well known for, as it was rather easy these days for cats to have low expectations on him. His green eyes lit up in happiness and a bright grin appeared on the large tom’s face before suddenly turning around “Hey Waspsight!” The cream and brown tom said as he trotted towards the small calico tom, the biggest grin on his face and walking with such confidence before looking at the herbs nearby “You got some Poppy Seeds? Leafstorm said that he’s feeling sore today, cranky tom told me that you had some kind of herb to smooth his muscles” He said, waving his paw in dismissal as the deputy obviously didn’t understand that poppy seeds weren’t for elders’ joint pains.
“You got some honey around? Been craving it the last few days, can’t find a damn Beehive these days” Mellowfrost said, narrowing his eyes in annoyance as the tom didn’t really want honey.. It was Ravenkit who wanted the sweet treat, he knew the poor black and white kit had been asking his parents for it the last few days.. But Mintstrike hadn’t been able to find some as of late, he could tell the kit was losing his patience. Padding around the den, the tom was scanning the area but it seems like Hareflight and Waspsight really hid that honey.. Maybe he can ask his siblings in the other clans if they got honey around, someone has to have it.
“Oh!” Mellowfrost said, his eyes widened slightly before turning around with a boyish grin on his face “How are you and your tomfriend doing?” He questioned, tilting his head at the confusion on Waspsight’s face and Mellowfrost released a huff “Oh don’t act dumb, you know who I’m talking about” The cream and brown tom said as he sat down for a moment and waved his paw, trying to go through the list of names “Uh.. Bugthroat, Scorpionshell, Bugeye…” Mellowfrost said, trying to remember the name of the gray tom before it hit him and his green eyes widened “Scorpionthroat!” He said, as he finally remembered the name before tilting his head with a playful grin on his lips “Yeah, what’s the deal with you two? Have you gone on a date yet?”