September 04, 2018, 07:48 AM
The healer nodded in response to Elixir's words, touching her nose to the Gamma's uninjured shoulder briefly before disappearing into the darkness.
The sylph prided herself on a keen sense of direction. She didn't know how to use the stars for navigation, as some did, but she had an inner compass that had never led her astray and a knack for memorizing landscapes. It hadn't taken the tracker long to map the plateau in her mind's eye and even in darkness, the Alpha more or less shot straight for the cairns.
Some of her plants, the ones that required cool, shady areas, had been stored in hidden nooks within the atrium. Others had been stored in homemade cairns in a small clearing near the Door. It was here that the healer carefully moved the rocks from their pattern, taking out bundles of herbs and laying them out neatly at her feet for examination.
Her dark gaze skipped over some of the milder herbs - oak leaves, chervile root, burdock root - in place of horsetail which was strong enough to cure the corruption in wounds that had already festered. That's sure to kill anything left in the wound, Liri thought as she sat a small branch of the herb aside. The healer grabbed nettle leaves for the swelling of the wound and celandine as well, for the pain - skipping over the stronger poppy seeds which could be addictive.
With herbs and cobwebs clutched in her maw, the healer returned to Elixir - dipping her pale crown as she approached. She settled on her haunches before the Gamma, resting her mouthful of medicines on the ground. The healer nudged the celandine - which had been doused liberally with mouse blood before drying to make it more palatable - towards Elixir as if to say eat this one.
The nettle leaves and horsetail she took for herself, for the healer got the unfortunate task of chewing the bitter herbs into a pulp. The sylph squinted her dark eyes shut, attempting to block out the disgusting taste as she chewed them to a mash. Once she was done, the northron unceremoniously spit it onto the wound and carefully covered it with cobwebs - which were sticky enough to act as band aids.
"All done," the aspiring medic stated as she stepped back, taking a look at her handiwork.
The sylph prided herself on a keen sense of direction. She didn't know how to use the stars for navigation, as some did, but she had an inner compass that had never led her astray and a knack for memorizing landscapes. It hadn't taken the tracker long to map the plateau in her mind's eye and even in darkness, the Alpha more or less shot straight for the cairns.
Some of her plants, the ones that required cool, shady areas, had been stored in hidden nooks within the atrium. Others had been stored in homemade cairns in a small clearing near the Door. It was here that the healer carefully moved the rocks from their pattern, taking out bundles of herbs and laying them out neatly at her feet for examination.
Her dark gaze skipped over some of the milder herbs - oak leaves, chervile root, burdock root - in place of horsetail which was strong enough to cure the corruption in wounds that had already festered. That's sure to kill anything left in the wound, Liri thought as she sat a small branch of the herb aside. The healer grabbed nettle leaves for the swelling of the wound and celandine as well, for the pain - skipping over the stronger poppy seeds which could be addictive.
With herbs and cobwebs clutched in her maw, the healer returned to Elixir - dipping her pale crown as she approached. She settled on her haunches before the Gamma, resting her mouthful of medicines on the ground. The healer nudged the celandine - which had been doused liberally with mouse blood before drying to make it more palatable - towards Elixir as if to say eat this one.
The nettle leaves and horsetail she took for herself, for the healer got the unfortunate task of chewing the bitter herbs into a pulp. The sylph squinted her dark eyes shut, attempting to block out the disgusting taste as she chewed them to a mash. Once she was done, the northron unceremoniously spit it onto the wound and carefully covered it with cobwebs - which were sticky enough to act as band aids.
"All done," the aspiring medic stated as she stepped back, taking a look at her handiwork.
"i'll keep you here when I lose my mind."
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Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - August 29, 2018, 04:14 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - August 29, 2018, 07:55 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - August 29, 2018, 08:58 PM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - August 30, 2018, 08:58 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - September 01, 2018, 08:19 PM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - September 04, 2018, 07:48 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - September 08, 2018, 10:49 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - September 10, 2018, 05:09 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - September 10, 2018, 06:59 PM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - September 11, 2018, 07:36 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - September 13, 2018, 11:52 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - September 17, 2018, 08:37 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Elixir - September 20, 2018, 11:22 AM
RE: Haunting details, but you’ll get over it. - by Síff - September 24, 2018, 10:16 AM