private severe misunderstandings

[cottonsprig]

"You'll have us both in trouble if Bluefrost finds you in here again."

Cottonsprig addresses her daughter with a calm, chiding distance. In this moment, and for every moment forward, Rimekit is not her daughter. The child is her niece and nothing more. Perhaps petulant and selfish like she can be, but Bluefrost's child still. And in this moment, Cottonsprig reinforces that with a sly smile only an aunt would hold to. Aunts are meant to break rules for their niblings, are they not? Who is she if not the avenue for the litter to be a little rebellious?

And if not her, who desperately craves to be close to the children she birthed, who will keep them safe even if they make unsafe decisions... then who?

"Quick, let's think of a reason why you're here!" Cottonsprig suggests. Her tail curls around her body, and she looks at the child that looks so much like her. Her and... a name she cannot say with confidence. "How are your paws? Has the chill caught them yet?"

𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖ 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

• ooc // @rimekit

• ❥ MEDICINAL KNOWLEDGE
  ♥♥♡ WOUNDS ; can confidently stop bleeding and mend lacerations. will often request that you keep your injury clean and wait it out first.
  ♥♥♡ INFECTION ; as a side effect of likely her own doing, very dutiful with technique and treatment shortly thereafter.
  ♥♡♡ ACHES & PAINS ; will defer to a dark tunnel and rest. if pain persists, maybe she will offer something.
  ♥♡♡ BROKEN BONES ; has never dealt with a broken bone. likely will ask that you never move. ever again.
  ♥♥♥ TRAVELING HERBS ; learned well from her previous mentor. will pile even too many remedies to tough the wilderness with.
  ♥♥♥ KITTING ; having kittens of her own and helped several others with their litters, she is very well versed with calming techniques and quelling pain.
  ♥♡♡ POISONS ; she knows what they are... but that isn't enough, isn't it?
  ♥♥♡ ILLNESS ; having worked through two yellowcough bouts, she is confident in her remedies. much else... she's operating on trial and error.
  ⸻ cottonsprig is a dutiful and excitable medicine cat. she enjoys company and loves conversation. she'd rather not have too many curious noses snooping around her den... but who is she to quell curiosity?

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  ⸻❥ cottonsprig is the primary medicine cat of windclan. a former princess to the moors, she harbors many guilts for her actions throughout her short life. she has no consistent partner, unwilling to commit and settle, and she is training celandinepaw in medicine.

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[rimekit]

Her wobbly crouch and stealthy crawl into Cottonsprig's den is not as sneaky as she had hoped, evidenced by the medicine cat's calm chide. Something icy forms in the pit of Rimekit's stomach, a fear that her aunt will march her back to the nursery and hand her over to the judge, jury, and executioner known as Bluefrost. But as brilliant blues shift to the smoky molly and a sly smile greets her where a frown could have been, the kitten's worries all but disappear in a puff of air. A cheeky laugh escapes Rimekit as she rises from her crouch and scampers to Cottonsprig's side, nestling in close to the plush molly.

"My paws are fine," Rimekit giggles, trying to show off the pinkish pads to the medicine cat to prove it so. Bluefrost couldn't be tricked with uninjured paws… but perhaps another part of her body less visible? "But my throat? It is so scratchy, Aunt Cottonsprig. I think I need some honey to help it feel better," the kitten urges, naturally rasped voice the perfect cover for her presence in the medicine den… and she might even get a sweet treat out of such deception.​

[ penned by kerms ]​

 

[cottonsprig]

She smiles, a cheery giggle mimicking the child's slipping through her teeth - but her body tenses with Rimekit's quickness to hold to her side. It's cold out, and her den is not immune to the chill. It's better than being out in the hollow, for sure... but she cannot begrudge young ignorance. Her tail loosely wraps around the small form of Rimekit, shielding her from any particularly cold breeze.

The child bids, "My paws are fine," and Cottonsprig screws up her nose, scrutinizing the white toes of the she-kit. She makes several quiet, uh-huh sorts of noises before ultimately agreeing. The snow has yet to eat away at pink paw pads, at least. But, oh - it seems to have irritated the kitten's throat. Honey. It's not easy to maintain a store of it whilst in the winter, but the molly figures her daughter can have a drop, rather than a whole dose.

"You're right, Rimekit. Honey would do just the trick!" she chirps. "You stay right here, I'll find some for you..." for sending the young girl into her herb stores would only be a recipe for disaster. Once the youngling's shield, Cottonsprig stands to part with Rimekit and search her herbs - eventually she returns with a dollop of honey for the girl atop a wide leaf. "Here. Take as much as you need."

Regardless of if Rimekit decides she is truly deserving of such a sweet treat, Cottonsprig leans back on her haunches, head tilted. "Why've you sneak back in here today, Rimekit? Something bothering you?"

𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖ 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

• ooc //

• ❥ MEDICINAL KNOWLEDGE
  ♥♥♡ WOUNDS ; can confidently stop bleeding and mend lacerations. will often request that you keep your injury clean and wait it out first.
  ♥♥♡ INFECTION ; as a side effect of likely her own doing, very dutiful with technique and treatment shortly thereafter.
  ♥♡♡ ACHES & PAINS ; will defer to a dark tunnel and rest. if pain persists, maybe she will offer something.
  ♥♡♡ BROKEN BONES ; has never dealt with a broken bone. likely will ask that you never move. ever again.
  ♥♥♥ TRAVELING HERBS ; learned well from her previous mentor. will pile even too many remedies to tough the wilderness with.
  ♥♥♥ KITTING ; having kittens of her own and helped several others with their litters, she is very well versed with calming techniques and quelling pain.
  ♥♡♡ POISONS ; she knows what they are... but that isn't enough, isn't it?
  ♥♥♡ ILLNESS ; having worked through two yellowcough bouts, she is confident in her remedies. much else... she's operating on trial and error.
  ⸻ cottonsprig is a dutiful and excitable medicine cat. she enjoys company and loves conversation. she'd rather not have too many curious noses snooping around her den... but who is she to quell curiosity?

• 

  ⸻❥ cottonsprig is the primary medicine cat of windclan. a former princess to the moors, she harbors many guilts for her actions throughout her short life. she has no consistent partner, unwilling to commit and settle, and she is training celandinepaw in medicine.

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