-sneezes on everything-

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(Littlefox/Mintfrost; thought I'd start this little plot rolling. Glowingrain has whitecough, which will turn into greencough later.)

A rather skinny and tired-looking warrior stepped into the medicine den, his presence announced by a loud sneeze. This little cold seemed to have come out of nowhere. Glow probably had it coming - he was barely sleeping or eating recently - but waking up with a headache and a sore throat was still a surprise. Guess he'd have to forget about training Gracklepaw that morning.

"Anyone here?" croaked the patched cat as he sat down to wait. Maybe one of TreeClan's healers could fix him up so that he could go back to his usual tasks. Taking a sick day was not exactly on his list of priorities.

- pls don't leave me to die :c -

[Mintfrost]

I will save youuuuuu.

B^)

Mintfrost was rummaging through some herbs when he was startled by the sound of a very loud sneeze. He immediately knew this meant there was a new patient today. The fluffy feline turned his head to see a familiar face enter the den. This cat had been an apprentice last he'd seen him and had brought him the injured Turtlepaw. "Hello Glowingrain." He turned his body fully and padded over. "Yes, how can I help you?" He cocked his head with a flick of an ear.

"I think I might know, suffering from a bit of sneezing are we?" He turned back to his herb store and looked through his immense stock of herbs. "Tell me, are you feeling any other symptoms? Are you coughing?" He looked back at Glowingrain. "I'd like a list of symptoms and please also let me know the amount of sleep you have gotten and if you have been able to consume any food at all as of late."

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Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) for Glowingrain, the medicine cat was quite sharp. "Um…" he stalled. Might as well start with symptoms; there sure were plenty of those. "My head sorta hurts. Not to mention that my throat's sore, and I can't stop sneezing." The tom felt a bit warm, too, but he figured maybe it was just hot in the den.

Food and sleep were somewhat more difficult topics. The warrior didn't really want to admit that he'd been neglecting his own needs, but what good would lying do? "I haven't really been hungry," Glow stated while his tail-tip flicked. It wasn't really false; the sickness had dulled his appetite. "Aside from that, I guess I haven't slept a lot? I've mostly been busy hunting for the Clan…"

Littlefox/Mintfrost

[Mintfrost]

Sorrrrryy lateeee @glowing

"Well you aren't going to have any more of that. No more hunting for a while." He listened to the symptoms and nodded his head. "You are dealing with at least whitecough if not close proximity to greencough. It's hard to tell sometimes. But we will treat you either way. Lucky you! You get some catmint. But please stay somewhat sane from this small dose. I'd rather not leave and have my patients be throwing wild shindigs by the time I get back." He grabbed some catmint from the herb storage. "You're lucky I still have enough for you, I've had to give chickweed and tansy to my other patients." He grabbed some honey too.

"You'll need both of these." He placed the herb down as well as the honey. "The honey will soothe your throat and the catmint will do its job in fighting your cough. But for now you are going to be staying in the medicine cat's den, only times you should go out is for food, and sometimes a little break because staying in a den too long will make you a little nuts." He nodded.

"Got that?"

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The half-DeathClanner sighed upon hearing that he wasn't allowed to hunt, but the sound ended up turning into a wheezing cough. What would happen if there weren't enough healthy warriors to hunt for everyone in TreeClan? Glowingrain winced internally at that thought.

He swallowed the medicines silently; at least Mintfrost hadn't decided to give him some disgustingly bitter herb. The catnip and honey actually tasted rather nice. Once the black-and-white feline had finished lapping up the last few sprigs of catnip, he looked back up at the medicine cat.

"Fine," Glow meowed reluctantly. "Where do I sleep?"


Mintfrost

[Mintfrost]

Sorry been bombarded with finals.

"Good boy." He teased lightly with a twitch of his whiskers. "You can sleep somewhere in here.. Hmm Go ahead and get yourself comfortable in that corner over there." He pointed over to it with a flick of his tail. "You can go ahead and bring your old nest from the warriors den in here or make yourself a temporary one. I'm a little busy with all these sick cats but if you need any hlp I can find some free time to help you collect some stuff for it." He nodded and fixed around a few of the herbs.

"Also keep me aware of your condition. If you start to get a fever or any more symptoms, anything, please let me know. We want to dose you up with herbs when we can if you are going to get any better." He glanced back at him.

"And remember no hunting for the time being."

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Though it was clear that Glowingrain wanted to hunt and patrol and train his apprentice, the illness was taking its toll already; The half-DeathClanner's limbs felt heavy with exhaustion. Or maybe that was just because he'd hardly gotten any sleep recently? Hard to say.

"Alright," muttered the younger feline as he headed out of the den wearily. Fetching his nest from the warriors' den seemed easier at this point - and since it already reeked of sickness, he'd have to get rid of it anyway once he was better. Provided he got better in the first place. Glowingrain couldn't imagine himself being killed by this little cold - he was stronger than that! Right?

Unfortunately, he'd get much worse before he could get any better.

(Wanna end it here? I can make another thread once Glow has greencough.)

[Mintfrost]

[Sure sounds great. ]

"Mhm." He turned his head and looked back at his herbs. He felt sympathy for the warrior and the rest of his patients. It wasn't fun being sick but if this was really to become greencough they would all have a very big battle ahead, and it wasn't on any battlefield, but their body would have a lot ahead. Mintfrost would have to ready for a battle of his own to try and heal and treat all these sick cats.

He noted to himself he'd need a large abundance of herbs.

@glowing